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BAY HARBOUR
Wednesday September 23 2015
LEARNING PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE Head Students 2015, left to right: Jordan Meddings, Dep Head Girl, Waiariki Paraone, Head Boy, Sammy O’Hara, Head Girl and Clayton Amer, Dep Head Boy
Enrolling now for 2016 Gateway Success
Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival 2015
Gateway is a programme designed for senior students to experience real-life industry work. Ivan Hart-Floyd has gained valuable experience, a First Aid Certificate, a Site Safe Building Construction Passport, a Hilti Tools Certificate and completed a BCITO Gateway Carpentry Level 3 programme gaining 20 credits towards his qualification. He has now gained a Vocational Pathways Award in Construction and Infrastructure. Thank you to Taniora Ripia and Nick Ayto from Ayto Building for their continued support. Ivan Hart-Floyd (Yr 13) at Ayto Building Ltd.
Taiaha Training Trained by Sergeant Huata Martindale, Linwood College students have been learning the art of the taiaha within the programme Mau Rãkau. Mau Rãkau is a martial art based on use of traditional Mãori weapons. With oversight of Mãori, Pasifika and Ethnic Services within the Canterbury Police District, Sergeant Martindale is committed to promoting pride, self-discipline and respect for self and others amongst our youth.
Congratulations to Sammy O’Hara, winner Thomas McHutchison (Yr 11), Sammy O’Hara (Yr 13), Jos van Olst (Yr 13) & of the Sandy Beverley Regan Lippitt-Quested (Yr 13) in action. Memorial Award, for In August, the Linwood College Jazz Band and Jazz Combo headed Best Saxophone Soloist north to Blenheim to compete in the 2015 Southern Jam Youth Jazz in the competition. Festival. Over four days, more than 250 students from fifteen schools Sam my was selected to around the South Island performed and competed in the festival. play 1st Alto Saxophone Both groups from Linwood College received Bronze Awards from in the 2015 Southern Jam the CPIT judges, which meant they showed great potential and have All Stars Band. some fantastic players in their groups.
First Aid Certificate
Basketball Champions Praneel Chand (Yr 13), Mosheen Ali (Yr 12), Ruckshad Ali (Yr 13), Avisheck Kumar (Yr 13) and Ngarama O’Keefe (Yr 12) in action.
Life Care Consultants have been working with Level 2 (Year 12) students on their First Aid Certificate as they work towards their NZQA Qualification. For their efforts on the day, each student earned four credits and in the future they could save a life.
Service Projects For the first time; the Linwood College Senior A Girls’ Basketball team has placed Runner Up in the South Island Secondary Zone 4 Tournament. In doing so, they have earned a qualifying position in the 2015 Basketball Nationals to be held in Palmerston North - a first in Linwood College history. With coach Rosanna Katene (a representative of the Canterbury Wildcats team) and talented sportswoman, the basketball team has moved up three divisions in just one year.
In August, Year 7 & 8 Linwood College students completed service projects, which included raising money for a charity for animals (Dog Watch) and a Sustainability Project. The Dog Watch team were extremely grateful and showed the girls around so that they could see where their money would go.
Dog Watch
Beach Clean-Up
Continued Football Success Football First XI player Jacob McHutchison (Yr 13) in action at Tournament.
Winners of the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Division 1 Competition qualifying for a Mainland Championship place in 2016.
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A group of sixteen Year 7 and 8 students volunteered to participate in a beach clean-up at Brighton Beach one afternoon as part of their Sustainability Project.
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