Darfield High School 13 April Newsletter

Wisdom through learning : Akona to matauranga kia mōhio

13 APRIL 2017

DRESSAGE TOP TEAM

ARROWTOWN GOLD HISTORY LET'S GET

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SHAVE FOR A CURE SELWYN MP, AMY ADAMS AND MAYOR, SAM BROUGHTON, JOIN STUDENTS ON SHAVE DAY

ANZAC DAY 25 APRIL 2017 8.45AM

DARFIELD

From the Board Chair – Sue Robinson Term one has flown by—each year I marvel that the days go faster and the weeks seem to roll by. I remember my Nanna saying as you get older time gets shorter. I think she may be spot on.

We have had a busy term which started with a very messy timetable: this was investigated and has ensured some valuable learning for the future. Thanks to the students, parents and, especially, the teachers for their patience. We understand this wasn’t ideal and has caused angst in the playground and staffroom but, thankfully, that time is now behind us.

Looking ahead, I am thrilled to advise we have finally had the sign-off for the new classroom build. It is running around three months late; however, we are hoping that over the school term break we will have fencing installed for the new site on the field area and, subject to Selwyn District Council Building Consent, we will be starting to build in Term Two. To be honest, the hoops we have had to jump through have been frustrating for all involved, but SDC are seeing this as an opportunity to ensure the school is “brought to standard” and, even though the main school buildings are owned by the Ministry of Education, SDC are obviously making sure the MOE are in line with the planning authority.

The good news is we are hoping to have the eight classrooms ready for use in 2018. The bad news is that the promised disruption to the school grounds is imminent.

Sadly, progress cannot be completed without some disruption, so we ask that the following be considered: • •

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Please ensure you use the appropriate entrances (as marked) to the school Please DO NOT enter the construction zone and please follow their safety notices Please understand that disruption will be kept to a minimum but we cannot stop progress during school times. However, we have an agreement with the main contractor that they will work with us to advise those affected by any noise Strict guidelines on access will be implemented and infringements will be issued for cars or students using the service area. Please take this time to remind your children about this

Complaints, if there are any, need to follow the school’s complaints process, but I am hopeful that our school community will understand the need for a few months of pain in exchange for some amazing facilities that will benefit all students.

In other news, the Community of Learning appointed Judith Beales from Springfield School as our Lead Principal. Judith brings amazing experience, having been central to our former “Learning Cluster” of Malvern schools. I have seen the achievement challenges and I am excited at the prospects for the students now, and in the future, who choose to live in our little slice of paradise.

Term Two looms and the Board is working on policy review and looking ahead to the NZSTA conference in Dunedin in July 2017.

This is a great opportunity to ensure that we are at the forefront of educational initiatives.

The conference is held in the school holidays to ensure maximum attendance; the last time we went (in 2014), over 2500 attendees celebrated education. Without doubt, how we educate our children has changed from when I was at school, but the combined commitment of the school, our staff and the Board will ensure we continue to develop a curriculum fit for purpose.

Stay safe, have a Happy Easter and I look forward to welcoming our students on 1 May for an exciting Term Two. Photo: Back: Rachael Phillipson, Marcus Waters, Brad Sutton, Toni Bellamy, James Morris, Scott Jermyn. Front: Melissa Jebson, Sue Robinson and Anne Hann

AL’S AWAR NCIP DS PRI

Congratulations to the following students who have earned five Deans Awards. They are presented with a certificate in assembly and receive a $10 voucher.

Ultimate Frisbee Champion!

Congratulations to Miss Baillie Graham.Her team, Christchurch Chicks (top Christchurch womens team), won the National Title at the New Zealand Ultimate Women's Championships. On 22–25 April, her team (left) will be competing in the Australian Ultimate Women's Championship. Winning this years means they will be competing in the World Ultimate Club Championships in July next year and this is to be held in Cincinatti, Ohio.

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Bernie Campbell Emma Miles Duncan Riddle Kelly Rod Rose Williams Niamh Guy Ella Forrester-Rolton Brooke Winter-Reid Ryan Neal 13 APRIL 2017

Principal’s Comments One of the reasons we go to school is to enable us to get a job. To get a job we need to have the skills an employer is looking for. Recently, a national employers' group developed a list of the core skills they are looking for in their employees (see below). None of the skills will be a surprise and it is reassuring that these are skills that are a core component of the NZ Curriculum and our School Curriculum.

students are late to class or disrespectful to others, we will remind them of our expectations and put in place consequences if it keeps happening. When students are doing an excellent job of meeting these expectations, we will celebrate this with recognition, such as Principal’s Awards. It is why teachers get students to work in groups, speak in class, and ask questions—they all help to develop confidence with important skills.

The employability skills are reflected in our School Expectations and what is reported in school reports under key competencies. They are the things that teachers (and parents) will keep reminding students about and having high expectations for. For example, when

It is notable that specific subjects are not mentioned. It is through doing the subjects that students develop the skills. It is also through sports, cultural activities and camps.

On the reports and testimonials, we put the range of school activities students have been involved in. Employers want to know these, as

involvement is an indication of the skills that have developed and potentially a person’s attitude to learning.

The skills students develop in school will contribute to their portfolio of employability skills. Value them and the opportunities to develop them. If you don’t like group work—take the opportunity to get better. If you are disorganised and hand work in late— learn the lesson and improve. School is about the life and work skills taken when you leave. Most of the things we do at school can help students to develop these. Asking “Why are we doing this?” is a good question. One answer is “To pass the exam”. The better answer is “To build skills for the rest of your life”.

Employability Skills Framework 1. Positive attitude a. Is positive and has a “can do” attitude. b. Is optimistic, honest and shows respect. c. Is happy, friendly and enthusiastic. d. Is motivated to work hard towards goals.

2. Communication a. Understands, and reflects on, the way they communicate and how it affects others. b. Asks questions when unsure or unclear. c. Understands how employees, employers and customers communicate. d. Speaks, listens and shares ideas appropriately.

3. Team work a. Works well with others to complete tasks and meet goals. b. Contributes to developing new ideas or approaches. e. Works well with others of different genders, cultures or beliefs. f. Recognises the authority of supervisors and managers, and follows directions.

6. Thinking skills (problem solving and decision making) a. Identifies and assesses options before making a decision. b. Recognises problems and uses initiative to find solutions. c. Thinks about consequences before they act. d. Recognises when they need to seek advice.

4. Self-management a. Arrives at work on time, with appropriate clothing and equipment to complete a work day. b. Understands and reflects on their own actions and behaviour, and how these affect others. c. Shows commitment and responsibility. d. Is dependable, follows instructions and completes assigned tasks. e. Is responsible for their own health and wellbeing, and follows health and safety guidelines.

5. Willingness to learn a. Willing to learn new tasks, skills and information. b. Curious and enthusiastic about the job, organisation and industry. c. Looks for opportunities to work more effectively to make the business better. d. Accepts advice and learns from feedback.

7. Resilience a. Adaptable and flexible in new and changing situations. b. Handles challenges and setbacks and does not give up. c. Able to seek support and help when needed. d. Recognises and accepts mistakes made and learns from them.

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Celebrating Diversity Are you okay with asking for help? Taking a stand? Or accepting others? Are you okay with being successful?

Making mistakes?

We are.

Last week a group of students and staff were wearing T-shirts in order to let people know that it is okay to accept and embrace differences. Each T-shirt has a message printed on it. We, as prefects, believe that these messages are relevant to all of you, as students of Darfield High School. We want to encourage you to celebrate each other’s differences, to take a stand for who you are and what you believe in. Our aim is to send a positive message across the school which lets people know that it is okay to accept differences. It is okay to be open to change.

It is okay to be yourself.

Students make a difference at Plunket site Caleb Banks, Samantha Gordon, and Katie Sharp, alongside the University of Canterbury Student Volunteer Army (SVA) and other local Year 12s, have come to the aid of Prebbleton Plunket. In the space of a few hours, the students transformed the grounds as part of the SVA’s UCan volunteer programme— clearing 400 kg of waste from the site.

Despite wet weather, 38 Year 12 students from ten Christchurch schools arrived eager to get to work. The group was active painting, gardening, trimming hedges and spreading bark at the clinic—and even prepared their own BBQ lunch, which they shared with everyone present.

Plunket volunteers were grateful for the help after falling behind in the maintenance of the facility.

“As volunteers and busy mums ourselves, we really appreciate everyone giving up their time to help us out. It would have taken our volunteers a whole weekend to get that amount of work done.”

The UCan programme encourages local secondary students to become leaders in their communities through volunteering, while being mentored by SVA members. Sam Lam, Taylah Mawson and Tim Greene, the SVA’s In-Schools Mentors, were impressed with the students’ willingness to get stuck in.

“They showed great attitude and did some excellent work. We hope they enjoyed their time and are keen to continue to help their communities.”

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Senior Students Set Orienteering Course for Juniors On Friday 31 March, some of the Year 12 Physical Education students (Stella, Miki, Anna, Earon, Campbell, Taylor and Naho) set an orienteering course for Mrs Laws' and Mrs Jermyn's Year 8 Mathematics classes.

In class we are learning about maps, directions, compasses and boundings, so the Year 12s were helping us to improve our skills for future situations we may find ourselves in.

At the beginning of P1, we all set off in teams of five or six with a map and a Year 12 student, stamping the numbers of the places we had been. Whether we were running or walking, we would all stick together to mark off the places we had been.

The markings were all over the school from bushes to trees to just being stacked into the ground. There were about twelve markers and we had to look for them all so we could finish the course. It took one whole period to finish this, yet it felt like 15 minutes. Thank you to all the senior students who helped out in this orienteering course for our Maths classes.

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World Vision Youth Conference Recently, six of our seniors attended a World Vision Leadership Conference, held in Christchurch. They, along with other seniors, will lead our 40 Hour Famine fundraising campaign beginning next term. At the conference, they listened to several engaging speakers—musician, Emily Muli, young dad and entrepreneur, Noa Woolloff, and others—young people who want us all to be united in helping those affected by the Syrian crisis. Throughout the day, they were inspired to look beyond our own safe country and see what is really happening to children and families who are Syrian refugees—now six years displaced from their homes and families.

Once again, this year we will be fundraising to help set up child friendly spaces within these camps, providing stationery, school equipment and teachers so they won't miss out on their education and they will have counselling to deal with the trauma of things they have seen and experienced. Early next term, Alex Hitchmough, from World Vision, will be visiting our students in assemblies to kick-start our fundraising here and tell us how our money will be spent. You will be able to sign up to do the Famine and more details will be available in Weeks 1 and 2.

Above: Harriet Watson, Georgie Watson, Caleb Banks, Gus Thomas, Maddie O'Callaghan and Tiaan Johns at the World Vision Conference.

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

Winston Churchillw

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Country Schools Music Festival On Friday 31 March six students from Darfield High School attended the Country Schools Music Festival, hosted by Ellesmere College.

The day started with a Powhiri, which included a performance from the talented Ellesmere Kapa Haka group. Students were then divided into groups to begin rehearsing.

These groups were the string group, choir, junior band and senior band. Out of the students from Darfield, five went to the Senior Band with one going to the Junior Band. This kicked off hours of rehearsal, split up by morning and lunch breaks. These rehearsals concluded with a dress rehearsal in the main hall, which gave us an opportunity to hear what the other groups had been working on.

Spence, Tom Wilson and me, playing the Theme from Hawaii Five-O, the theme from the Great Escape, and a medley from the Blues Brothers.

We then had a dinner break before the final concert, which allowed family and friends to come and see the results of talented students from seven different schools working together. The Junior Band, including Emily Waters from DHS on flute, opened the concert with popular Pharrell Williams song, Happy, Boogie Blues, and a rendition of the Star Wars Theme. They were followed by the string group, the choir and finally the senior band, including the other five DHS students: Hanako Wilson, Hunter Benbow, Jacob

Leigh Walters

The concert then closed with a performance from the Ellesmere Band, which was inspiring to watch for many of the young performers.

On behalf of the students who attended, I would like to thank Mrs Balchin, for organising our group and taking us to Ellesmere, and Mrs Wakelin and her team at Ellesmere College for hosting and organising this amazing event. Overall, the day was a huge success and I hope students from Darfield High School will be in attendance at next year’s festival.

Technology: Soft Materials

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Secret Family Recipes Wanted!

We are Steph, Caitlin, Chris, Tane, Brett and Bilguun and we are in the Year 13 Business Studies class. As part of the Young Enterprise Scheme, we are making a cookbook filled with traditional family recipes and the stories behind them, such as the origin of the recipe and who created it.

We are looking for more entries for our cookbook from local families. These recipes can be anything from mains to desserts; anything that you could contribute will be much appreciated.

If you have any questions or would like to send in any recipes, you can contact our Communications Manager, Caitlin, at caitlin.secretrecipes@gmail.com. A big thank you from the Secret Family Recipes team.

Ms Kelly's Year 7 Soft Materials class recently completed their bags and proudly display them at the end of the rotation.

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Shave for a Cure

Darfield High School students who took part in last week's Shave for a Cure fundraiser were well supported by our Mayor, Sam Broughton, and Selwyn MP, Amy Adams, who came along to shave Sam's head.

Raising funds for the Leukemia and Blood Cancer Foundation, once again DHS students showed how awesome they are by raising approximately $3000! Auctions were held so students could bid to be the one to shave a participant's head. Thank you so much to Lisa Mohi, from New Image Hair Studio, who, once again, came along and tidied up everyone's hair after they had been shaved. Thanks also to family members who came along to be with their students. It is still not too late if you would like to donate: look for Darfield on the Shave for a Cure website to donate online.

Thank you to all our supporters!

Well done to the following shavees: Mayor Sam Broughton, Teacher Jared Bell, Cam Ellis, Nathan Croy, Sophie Bucknell, Nicholas McLaren-Kirkwood, Andre Fouchee, Georgi Pander, Shannon Treleaven, Daniel Felipe and Denis Smith.

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Battle of the Stars: Teresa's Team Takes Top Place Contemporary Division giving them National Champions title. This team was then selected from over 700 teams to enter ‘Battle of the Stars’; the team was then placed 1st and won their teacher a trip to Bali, which she was overwhelmed with.

The performance-winning Battle of the Stars Hecate can now be viewed on the below link: Levings School of Dance, 'Hecate': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Jw7a3Dgs Not only did Teresa succeed in the Battle of the Stars, but her Ballet Team placed first in the National Championships and you can view their outstanding performance on YouTube: Levings School of Dance, 'Ballet': https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=yMgqgp0005M If you have attended any of the Talent nights held here at school over the last couple of years, you will remember Teresa Barnhill's amazing dance routines and her wonderful talent entertaining us. She has attended Levings School of Dance in Christchurch for the past 14 months and has been really busy doing very well attending and placing in dance competitions.

After auditioning, Teresa was selected to attend the Showcase National Dance Championships on the Gold Coast during January, performing in several teams.

Teresa was part of an elite team of 11 girls that won 1st place in the Small Team

Teresa's Lyrical Team also gained third place.

So overall, Teresa had a very successful time at this huge event, all due to her hard work.

Hours of dedicated practice and commitment went into the preparation of these teams, including practice in school holiday time.

Teresa is hoping to be successful in her application to attend the Royal New Zealand School of Dance in July for one week of tuition. She will also attend the Australian Dance Festival in Sydney in September, which includes dance workshops, and will perform in the winning team, Hecate.

Teresa recently also appeared on What Now performing in her Ballet Team and we wish her well as she continues her dancing.

Above left: Teresa holding her team's winning trophy from Battle of the Stars Top: Teresa placed 4th in her age catergory in the Contemporary Solo Above: Teresa's Ballet Team

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival Each year, there are 24 Festivals nationwide, in which high school students perform five and 15 minute scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, set in any time, place, dress—though definitely in Shakespeare’s words.

Special shout-out to Sophie Bucknell, who picked up Best Female Actress of the whole competition. And thanks very much to Mrs Hanson, who put up with us for 10 hours straight on the day.

At 9.45 on 1 April, Mrs Hanson set out with 10 excited students into town to compete in the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival at Villa Maria High School. After Adam and Maddie made us late for our tech rehearsal, we spent a couple of hours nervously practising our lines before the festival kicked off at 2.00 pm. Then we hurriedly applied our makeup, got in one last run through and headed backstage.

Caleb Banks and Adam Walker

Nervously, we walked onto stage, the lights came up and we started our performance.

Overall, the performance was great and we picked up Best Interpretation at the Prizegiving.

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Year 12s Geography in Mt Cook National Park Sunday:

At 7.30 am we arrived at school ready for our grand adventure to Mt Cook. We loaded our belongings into the bus and set out on our long journey. A short stop in Geraldine then on to Tekapo, where we had 30 minutes to explore and buy anything that we wanted or needed, as there wasn’t any shops close to where we were going to be staying.

After a long bus drive, we finally arrived at our destination, Glentanner Holiday Park. We got into groups of 8–10; these people were whom we would share a cabin with for the next few days.

After our gear was stored, we gathered our gear and data collection sheets and it was back on the bus. We arrived at the river where we measured the straight and S-bends' width and the speed which the water was travelling.

Next we headed to the Hooker Valley, walking up the track for a few hours, over swaying bridges that many people were afraid of. At the end of the track was the Hooker Glacier Lake, where some people bravely swam out to an iceberg; then we had to walk all the way back to the bus to return for dinner.

We had a barbeque for dinner, when the few boys that came on the trip piled their plates up, leaving hardly any food for the rest of us.

That night we had to be in our cabins by 10, but of course, like any trip, there was heaps of laughter heard throughout the park.

Monday

Monday began with a 7.00 am wake-up time with breakfast at 7.30 am. We had an hour to

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be ready, which included making our lunches and having everything that we needed, so we could be ready to travel to the Red Tarns to begin our very adventurous walk. We arrived at our destination, where we had a briefing from DOC Ranger, Andrew, who explained to us that he and the other DOC rangers could walk this track in 20 minutes, but this was a different story for us! After the briefing, we headed out to begin the walk. This walk was very different to the Hooker Valley Track, as we encountered stairs most of the way up. Many tried running, while other were struggling to keep going up the steep steps that seemed never to end. Once at the top, we had to collect more data. The descent was much easier but gravity kept pulling us down, making it difficult to walk.

Instead, the plan was to attend another presentation about Human Impacts by DOC Ranger Andrew and then head home earlier than expected. After the presentation, we had half an hour to look around the Recreation Centre and then headed on the buses to go home, with a stop in Tekapo for lunch.

We would like to say a huge thank you to Miss Petersen and Mr Quinn for making this trip an enjoyable one and putting up with us, and to Mandy for driving us around.

Laura Wong and Katherine Buck

After this, we were meant to go on the bus but it was nowhere to be found so we had to walk to another building, where the DOC Ranger talked to us about glaciation.

Then we got to go in boats to experience the glacier up close; we were driven around it and some of us tasted the ice from it.

Tuesday:

Tuesday was our last day on this trip. The day began with another 7.00 am wake up call. It was then time for us to pack our bags and help clean up in the kitchen. In this time, we also organised our groups for our helicopter flight, which everyone was excited about.

After this, we loaded up the bus and headed down to reception where Mr Quinn gave us the bad news that the helicopter flight had been cancelled due to the bad weather.

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History in Arrowtown

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On Saturday 24 March at 8.00 am, the Year 13 History class met up at Darfield High School to leave on our trip to Arrowtown. As we loaded up the vans, all of us were wondering what experiences awaited us there.

Unfortunately for us, Arrowtown was a sevenhour drive away, so at 8.30 we departed for Arrowtown, all of us in one van singing Sweet Home Alabama. On the way, we decided to stop in Cromwell to have a look at the historic village there. This was very interesting as we learned about the early history of Cromwell during the Gold Rush and then the more recent history with the creation of Lake Dunstan to provide water for the Clyde Dam. We then moved on to a walk around the Bannockburn goldfields. This area was known for its large levels of sluicing and it is still evident today with man-made canyons that look like something out of Arizona. During this walk, we discovered some caves that were created by miners looking for even more gold. A few of us ventured into these caves looking for some gold for ourselves.

Unfortunately, we didn’t find any gold but we did find some left over quartz deposits and did get some pretty cool cave selfies. This walk was a great and fun introduction to the effects on nature of the Gold Rush. We also got some pretty sweet views.

After this, we got back into the vans for a quick 40-minute drive into Arrowtown. It was good to have finally arrived at our destination after a very long day. We had some dinner and played a few board games and then went off to sleep.

Recently, the Year 13 History class travelled to Arrowtown to study the area's fascinating gold mining history. This is Tom Gullery's account of their trip. items left over from the gold rush. After the ride, we went up on top of Skippers Canyon to a museum where we saw artifacts of all types from the Gold Rush and also got to have a go at gold panning. Most students found a little gold but Tim Mathers found his fortune with a whole five gold specks in his pan. Another night of board games awaited with a break for everyone to watch The Bachelor.

On the third day of the trip, the real work started. We were up bright and early because we had to head to the Lakes District Museum to collect research about our topics for our internal. The archives room was full of information about the Gold Rush and was incredibly useful for our research for the internal. Many of us found sources that intrigued us and made us want to research further. One source that particularly interested a lot of us was the original Arrowtown Court records which contained records of court cases from the 1860s to the 1890s. It took a bit of work from us to

decipher the cursive writing, but we were eventually able to get some good information from it.

At lunch, we went for a walk to the Chinese settlement to look at the original buildings— it was a way to bring history to life for us.

Another couple of hours' worth of research at the museum followed this before we turned in for the night. Back at the camping ground, many more board games were played —this had become a theme of the camp. Our last day saw us back at the museum to get those last couple of sources that we had missed out on. On the way back to Darfield, we stopped at Lake Pukaki as it was a lovely clear day and we could see Mount Cook overlooking the lake.

Overall, this trip was great fun and it was good to bond with members of the History class even more. The trip also gave us a huge number of resources for our internal, which will be incredibly helpful to us. I recommend anyone who is even remotely interested in History to take Level 3 as you get to go on this trip which gives you a new perspective on early New Zealand. I would like to thank Ms Blakemore for coming on this trip to help out and deal with us yelling at each other during board games. I would also like to thank Mrs Lee for organising the trip and taking us down to Arrowtown so that we could increase our historical knowledge.

On the second day of our trip, we woke up bright and early as this day started off with a couple of hours in Queenstown doing whatever we wanted to. This led to many discussions at breakfast about what we were going to do. A few of us decided to go for a swim; the rest of us decided that they were crazy. So we left for Queenstown and spent a couple hours there, swimming, shopping, eating at Ferg Burgers and going to the Fear Factory.

After this, we left Queenstown and met with the Skippers Canyon Jetboat company. We then jumped into a bus and went down the Skippers Road. We were told how the Skippers Road is one of only two roads in New Zealand that if you drive a rental car along it you won't be insured. We also learnt about the construction of the road and that, like most roads in New Zealand, the speed limit is 100 km/h. This road was super impressive and it was amazing to think it was constructed in the 1800s. After about an hour, we reached the jetboats. We got into two jet boats and went for a quick blast up the river spotting

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Front: Laura McLean, Iva Vukovic, Rachael Phillipson, Sean Pennells; Back: Amy Bruce, Georgia Cottrell, Harriet Watson, Fin Davidson, Georgie Watson, Tom Gullery, Kylie Schnell, Gus Thomas, Tim Mathers, Gary Wei, Tane Nikora, Sam Roper and Marcus Burney

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Wanaka Rock Climbing On 31 March, the Year 13 Outdoor Education class and some from the Year 13 Physical Education class piled in the mini van and headed to Wanaka (#roadtrip), all excited for our five-day rock climbing trip.

Arriving, we unpacked the trailer and met Tim, our instructor for the next five days when we were climbing.

On Saturday, we were all up far too early for a weekend morning, but we were all prepared for all big day out at Hospital Flat on the Engine Block. Before we could start climbing, we had to set up our climb safely. After completing all climbs there, we then moved out to Riverside, where we climbed about 9 or 10 harder grades, which prepared us for the next few days which weren't going to get any easier.

On Sunday we had more of a sleep-in; some still complained this wasn't enough, but we had to get out bright and early because we wanted an early finish so some of us could go mountain biking. We climbed at Main Cliff all morning on top rope and in the afternoon the group split and six of them went and practised their lead climbing on the easier rocks, while four of us did some more top rope climbing and abseiling.

Afterwards, the boys loaded the bikes and went to Sticky Forest, while Hamish, Caitlin Ethan and Kylie stayed back and cooked dinner for the group (#chefs). With a few phone calls back to Mr Dickens about how to cook the meal, we managed it; however, the boys weren't very keen on the way we cooked it, as they were on cleaning duty and they all complained the kitchen was a mess.

On Monday, we got up really early AGAIN! Some of us had to carry the chilly bin up the mountain without any handles (#work).

On Tuesday we were focused more because all the climbs we did counted towards our assessment. After a big day climbing, some of the boys still found energy to mountain bike in the afternoon. Wednesday brought another early morning and this was the last day to climb for our assessment so everyone was on the job and did what they had to do to get the marks that they needed.

At the end, we said our goodbyes to Tim and thanked him for all the knowledge and skills he taught all of us. We had heaps of fun and we would like to thank Mr Dickens for taking us and showing us that he has some sick bars (good at rapping).

Ethan and Kylie Schnell

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Canterbury Country Years 9 And 10 Big Bash Cricket Tournament On 28 and 29 March, a group of keen cricketers took part in the above tournament.

The weather and ground conditions made it challenging for all teams but they managed two full days of cricket!

The teams involved were Rangiora High, Rolleston College, Kaiapoi High, and Darfield High. Two games of 15 overs each were played both days, which made for some exciting and close matches.

Karen Armstrong, our Sports Co-ordinator, reports on recent events.

Canterbury Primary Schools Swimming Championships On Thursday 6 April, a keen group of Years 7 and 8 swimmers travelled across to the Selwyn Aquatic Centre, Rolleston for the above championships. This year, the team was supervised by Mr Maude and my thanks to him for his help with this.

Our team was made up of the following players: Oliver Sutherland, Jesse Sutherland, Jordan Russell, Jesse Gray, Sebastian Middleton, Harley Gray, Isaac Earl, and Jack Kennedy. A strong team on paper, but would it translate to wins in the matches?

In the first game, we played against Rolleston and batted first. We made 117 in our 15 overs with Sebastian making 59 not out and, in reply, we bowled Rolleston out for 56 runs, with Isaac taking three wickets for 22 runs.

In the afternoon, we played Kaiapoi and, batting first, we made 101 with Jesse top-scoring with 29 (not out) and we then bowled Kaiapoi out for 40 runs. This time, Jack Kennedy topped the bowing with four wickets for four runs!

Wednesday morning saw us back at Brookside Park. Although not raining, the outfield was very wet and long, so made fielding and batting challenging. Once again, we put the opposition, this time Rangiora, into bat and they made a very respectable 93 runs, with Jack taking the only two wickets to fall. In reply, thanks mainly to an outstanding 50 runs from Sebastian, we cruised past 93, losing only two wickets in the process.

This now placed Darfield High School in the final! Our opposition was Kaiapoi High. We won the toss again (we are much better than the Black Caps at winning the toss!) and put Kaiapoi into bat. This time, our bowling was very impressive—of the 15 overs bowled, five of them were maidens! We were able to restrict Kaiapoi to 49 runs. In reply, with Jordan Russell and Jesse Sutherland as our openers, we were easily able to make the 50 runs without losing a wicket!

We had won! It had been a great team effort. with the team ably led by Oliver Sutherland.

A big thank you to all the parents who helped with transport and supported our team on both days! The future of cricket at Darfield High School is looking promising! Roll on the next season of cricket.

All students competed to the very best of their abilities as the competition was intense and very competitive.

Congratulations to Chloe Newbigging who placed third in the Open Girls 50 metres Butterfly and third in Girls 12 years and over 50 metres Backstroke—an outstanding effort in both events. Chloe has had a great year this year in all her swimming competitions— hopefully she has a break now before hitting the pool again for next year’s events!

Also, well done to our Mixed 12 and over Relay team, Chloe Newbigging, Tess Jenkins, Tom Freeman and Callum Summerfield, who finished in third place! So very exciting!

A big thank you to the parents and caregivers of our students who helped with transport and supported all the students in the pool!

SI Secondary Schools Athletic Championships This year, due to the cancellation of the Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletic Championships, schools were asked to nominate students to represent both their school and the Canterbury region at the above championship held in Dunedin over the weekend of 1 and 2 April.

Thankfully, the weather was much better in Dunedin and our team of seven students all achieved some pleasing results.

Special thanks to parents and caregivers who helped get our students down to Dunedin and then supported the whole team.

Brianna Longdin: 6th in Under 15 Girls Javelin with a throw of 25.13 metres (personal best for Brianna!)

Clay Bird Shooting If you are interested in participating in clay bird shooting then please see Mrs Armstrong either in her office or by emailing ka@darfield.school.nz

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Brodie Wanhalla: 3rd in Under 16 Boys Javelin with a throw of 44.42 metres Stefanie McKenzie: 2nd equal in Under 15 Girls High Jump with a jump of 1.48 metres

Callum Murdoch: 2nd in Under 16 Boys High Jump with a jump of 1.76 metres (personal best for Callum!)

Shay Gerrard-Smith: 11th in Under 15 Boys Javelin with a throw of 28.47 metres Georgia Shinn: 6th in Under 19 Girls 3000 metres in a time of 11.03.05 seconds (personal best for Georgia!)

Zoe Spinks: 3rd in under 15 Girls 100 metres in a time of 13.32 seconds and 2nd in under 15 Girls 200 metres in a time of 27.27 seconds. Well done, Zoe—an outstanding achievement!

Thank you also to Kay Spinks who helped with managing the team over the two days—very much appreciated!

Some of the above students have indicated that they are keen to participate in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletic Championships to be held in early December in Hastings. Hopefully we will achieve similar results!

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South Island Primary Schools Athletics Basketball Pippa Foster

Cycling Sam King

Rugby Ged Roessink

Hockey Sam Ridgen

Netball Jade Collier

2017 Sports Captains

Sports Captain is a new leadership role here at school and one that was born out of Year 12 Leadership Camp at the end of last year. The key idea behind this role was to help create a further support network to administer sport at DHS and so raise participation and success of our teams and individuals.

The Sports Captain's role is very different from being a Team Captain and carries a greater role of overseeing multiple teams and liaising with their separate team captains and coaches to get results, photos and other information—mainly for our new Sports website.

While there are only 11 Sports Captains—we have many more sports available—it was decided to start smaller and create a Captain for sports with multiple teams and a regular competition. The recipients of these roles were presented with their Sports Captain badges in assembly a few weeks ago.

Equestrian Athletics Touch Rosa Millar Georgia Allison Georgia Shinn

Volleyball Olivia Lemon

Ki o Rahi Isaac Proud

Football Jacob Buck

Please note that Athletics encompasses all forms of running: road race and cross country, while cycling includes mountain biking and, essentially, anything on wheels without a motor.

Touch This year was the first season Darfield High School has entered both a junior and senior Touch team in the competition at Hagley Park on a Wednesday afternoon. Our Senior team was placed 4th in the Mixed and Senior Boys Div 1 grade. The Boys Junior Div 1 team was placed 5th in their grade. Both great results!

It was awesome to have the opportunity to represent the school playing Touch this year. A big thank-you, on behalf of Darfield High School's Touch players, to Miss Petersen for entering us in the competitions and providing us with this opportunity! The school Touch season will begin again in Term Four. If you are keen to represent Darfield playing Touch please let me, or Miss Petersen know, to sign up and get involved!

Rosa Millar Touch Sports Captain

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EQ U ES T R I A N

Darfield Equestrian

Are you interested in being part of our Equestrian Club at Darfield High School?

We cater for anyone with horsey interests, whether you own a horse or not. Meet like-minded people and get a chance to participate in our monthly events, as well as lunchtime video and special guest sessions. If you love horses, you’ll love being a part of this club.

For further information email Miss Voss: nv@darfield.school.nz Keep an eye on the notices for meeting dates, or check out Miss Voss’ website: missvoss.weebly.com and click on ‘Equestrian’.

Above: Dylan and Izak

Lately, Izac Derik-Westaway and I have been competing in many different meets, but this one outshone them all: the South Island Champs/995 triangular meet.

It has been a very boisterous experience for Izac and me. Being selected to represent Canterbury, we were given free transport in a massive bus with more than 30 seats, and a cabin each to share with two or three roommates.

The day of the competition was a very nerve-wracking time. Izac had been selected to run the 200 m,100 m, Relay B and his favourite, the 400 m, whereas I was selected to compete in the High Jump, Relay B and my favourite, the 800 m.

Izac was the first of us to race; he had his 400 m. I could tell the nerves were at extreme level, but this is what we have been training for. Before you know it, he was standing behind his blocks, "On your marks, get set GO!" Izac hussed the first 200 metres like a rocket but he couldn't stop, he had to keep going. It was at the last 50 m and he wasn't slowing down.

Izac had finished 2nd with a time of 1.04.42 (WOW!) Now it's my turn to run my heart out of my chest. My stomach is twisting and turning with nerves, but I can do it. I'm standing behind the starting line; they blow the whistle, "On your marks, GO!" I start off at third place feeling almost too comfortable.

The first lap is over and they ring the bell to show it's the last lap; I change to a faster gear, passing one person—now I have only one person to beat. It's the last 100 m. I pull out a home straight. I pass the winner; the crowd is screaming at us. I finish first by a split second, falling to the ground at the end of the race with a time of 2.28.04. It was all worth it!

Dylan Butler, 7PL

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Ki O Rahi On Friday 24 March, the Ki O Rahi team piled into the school mini vans and headed to Catholic Cathedral College to play in the Canterbury Secondary Schools Ki O Rahi Tournament.

With endless amounts of training, we made it to the tournament that we had all been anticipating. Through all the jokes about the moisturiser and avocado socks, we played our first game. We sadly lost this game against the eventual tournament winners, Linwood, by two points (end of game score 13–15). We had a bit to improve on after this first game and we went into our second game with some personal and team goals to achieve. Our second game was against Whakapumau, which we lost by one point; a close fight to the end. After losing this game, we made adjustments which gave us a quick turnaround to win our third game against Whānau Tahi—our first win of the day: 12–1.

After winning this game, we made it through to quarter finals where we faced Christchurch Boys' High School. This is when our tactics came into play with them not having any girls for double points. We played our all-star boys line-up when we were Taniwha and the girls gave the boys some boost when they came on for Kioma. Through Gus’s amazing negotiation skills, the Boys' High team had

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only two subs instead of four. However, we lost this game by one point, meaning we couldn’t make the final.

The next game was the semi finals and it was against a solid Haeata High School team. We won this game and made it to the penalty shoot-out for 5th and 6th. This is when when we elected Isaac Proud, Callum Murdoch and Haydn Rose to do our shooting, with Jackson Proud being our barrel defender. This shootout was close and we couldn't wait to see Isaac’s signature shot. Unfortunately, the ball was a bit greasy and it slipped from his grasp forfeiting a shot at the tupu. In the end we lost this penalty shoot-out and ended up in 6th place out of 16 teams.

The well-deserved McDonalds after the tournament topped off the great day and we are all happy with this result. We can’t wait for the next Tournament in Term 3, where we are hoping to improve our placing and be able to bring the DHS B team to compete as well.

Tournament Awards: •

Isaac Proud: one of five MVPs for the Tournament.

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Gus Thomas: Fair Player Award.

Rachael Phillipson

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Year Seven Team Building:

Overnight Camp On Thursday 6 April, the Year 7s and teachers had a sleepover at school—this was for our Team Building days. First, when the bell rang on Thursday, we stayed in the classroom then headed over to the hall where we played lots of games and had some afternoon tea.

We were sleeping in the gym on some mats in the centre of the floor so, once these were put out, we were able to make up our beds.

For dinner we had a hangi, a Maori dinner, sometimes done for celebrations. Dinner was quite filling and it was cool seeing how they cooked the food.

That night, I don’t think anyone got much sleep, certainly not the teachers, so we were all tired in the morning.

On Friday, the teachers and some Years 12 and 13 students had a big day planned for us. We did rakau, river crossing, obstacle courses, water balloon volleyball, Easter egg hunting, quizzes and puzzles, First Aid, mountain biking, bush crafts, and orienteering. By the end of the day, I was exhausted and I had had lots of fun.

Thursday and Friday were both really fun days and I think the teachers deserve a giant thank you for all the work they put into it.

We are very grateful for the generosity of Paddy's Butchery and Fonterra for the donation of sausages and for coming and preparing the BBQ. It was greatly appreciated.

From top left: Games on the sports turf; A virtual reality tour through Fonterra; Hiria and Huta lay down the hangi; Miss Kensington hands out muffins baked

by Rhedz Diaz's mum; more games Opposite page from top right: Niamh Guy and Jenny Walter provide first aid lessons throughout the day; Fonterra staff cook a bbq (sausages donated by Malvern Butchery); Jenga games in the hall; group photo

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Thank you to Sicon DHS Year 7s and teachers would like to say a huge thanks to Sicon. They dug the hole for our hangi and, if it weren’t for them, we may have had to cook our food in the cooking room.

Thank you to Fonterra Thank you to Paul Green, Manager of Darfield Fonterra, and Fonterra staff who came and cooked our BBQ! Paul also brought along a virtual reality headset so students could experience the whole milk production from pasture to the factory to being shipped overseas, and did activities with the students and gave prizes.

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We all had a great time at our overnight stay in the gym and the dinner was a highlight for us all. It was interesting watching the food put into the flaming pit and how all the soaked towels were laid over it. I think all the Year 7s really enjoyed the two days and told their family and friends all about it.

Thanks again!

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Georgia Allison

Above: Team A. Charlotte Thomas, Katherine Hadler, Nicky Voss, Lily Barrett-Power and Georgia Allison

Brooke McKay

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Dressage Championships A commonly held belief, and one that I’ve often heard in the media, is that Dressage is all about ‘poncy’ horses prancing their way around an arena, with equally ‘poncy’ and financially ‘gifted’ riders. Some have even declared that it’s not even a sport! Not many know or understand that Dressage is one of the most difficult and demanding of all of the equestrian disciplines and is the basis of basic training. The strength, suppleness and power a horse needs to carry out the advanced movements for Grand Prix (Olympic) level take years for a horse to develop, and riders a life-time to master. And, anyone who has horses will know that you may start out financially ‘gifted’, but you soon end up in the financial ‘special needs’ department.

So…I am especially heartened that our Dressage team (Team A) took out the Canterbury Interschools Dressage Championships for the second year running.

Our riders gave consistent performances, with Team A (Lily Barrett-Power, Charlotte Thomas, Katherine Hadler and Georgia Allison) either winning or placing in at least one of their tests. Charlotte Thomas gained 84% in one test which was an exceptionally high score.

Well done, girls!

Conditions were trying with plenty of rain, mud and giant puddles in the arenas.

Team B (Mikayla and Sophie Jarvis, Alex Gerritsen and Brooke McKay) also performed consistently and should be proud of their efforts. Individually, several riders stepped up on the day and showed what they were really made of. Alex Gerritsen showed a marked improvement with two consistent performances, as well as an absolutely

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positive attitude and endless enthusiasm.

The hero of the day has to be Brooke McKay. Brooke was asked to ride at Level 2 instead of Level 1 at the last minute (which she had never done before), on a horse she had had for only a few days. A huge ask, and Brooke just smiled and said ‘sure’. She did all of this with a smile, a can-do attitude and a lot of grit, and to me she epitomises what being a team member and sportsmanship are all about. On top of all that, Brooke did a great job with both of her tests and gained a couple of credible scores. Super stuff, Brooke!

Overall, a tiring but extremely pleasing day, and I can’t help but feel like a proud mum.

A big thank you to Georgia Allison who is doing a tremendous job as Captain of the Equestrian Team this year. Also, I’d like to mention that the team looked superb in their newly-made saddle blankets (from Punk Ponies) and that the team is looking for sponsorship and donations for these, as well as hat covers that we will be purchasing before the Eventing in August. A super talented and successful team to sponsor, filled with amazing riders and future stars. If you are interested, please contact Nicky Voss at nv@darfield.school.nz.

Mikayla Jarvis

Alex Gerritsen

Charlotte Thomas

Nicky Voss

Lily Barrett-Power

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What an amazing city Paris is!

Three weeks ago, four of our Darfield High School students embarked on a twomonth journey to France. Kate Morris, Michelle Bruce, Penny Mitchell and Elyse Kerr were all selected to participate in the French Exchange programme. They were accompanied by their French teacher, Marjorie Juhel.

The first part of their journey consisted of a four-night stay in Paris. They all wish they could have stayed longer as Paris is an amazing city where there is so much to do and see! But they certainly made the most of the four days they had and visited a fantastic selection of historic buildings, museums and churches. And of course, did a little bit of shopping!

At the end of the week, our students then moved to Brittany, in western France, to join their host family in Lannion. They will attend school at the Lycee Le Dantec until mid-May and, on their return, Darfield High will host six French students who will stay with us for two months. Our exchange students will be reporting on their time in Brittany in the next newsletter so keep an eye out for more reading about their time away.

The photos chosen here are just a little overview of some of the places visited.

On their return to Darfield, the students will present a wider selection of photos in assembly so that they can share their experience with others who may feel inspired to apply in the years to come.

Marjorie Juhel

Celebrating Success in French Today we recognised the achievement of some of our senior students in French.

Clockwise from top left: Les Invalides and evidence of some shopping!; The Pantheon, memorial to the great men who marked history; Pyramide du Louvre, entrance of the largest museum in the world and home to the Mona Lisa; The Caroussel du Louvre and the Royal Palace

Jayden Hann, Sophie Bucknell and Cameron Brunton (above with Mr Morris) received their official DELF certificates.

These documents come straight from France and validate their level of French on the international scene. Sophie also received a Certificate of Excellence from the NZ Association of Language Teachers, in recognition of her gaining an Excellence endorsement in French Level 2.

Elyse Kerr also received a DELF certificate and a Certificate of Excellence for French Level 1, but she is currently in France so will receive her certificates on her return.

Mme Juhel

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What is this 'intern thing and why did you make a video?

Jess: I heard on the radio about being an intern and just filled out the online application. They then sent me an email explaining that I made it to the next stage and that I needed to tell them why I want to become an intern. By the next day, I was notified that I was accepted to become an intern! From there, we had an orientation night (an information evening) where we met the other interns.

Maddie: At our first 'team' meeting, with all the other interns, we where given this first task: to create a 30–60 second video at our schools promoting The Edge. The second was a photo incorporating The Edge logo. For the competition, we wanted to do something different that the other schools would not have thought of. This is why we chose to use the drone.

What is it for?

We are recording an ad that will be played in August to promote Darfield High School and to see what happens behind the scenes.

Why? There are two students from each school in Christchurch. We receive tasks each term that allow us to win prizes for the school. Also, Maddie and I will be away with The Edge

Canterbury Road Runners and helping around the Media Works office over the holidays. The overall outcome out of this experience is that we will have more of a chance of getting into the Ara Broadcasting School in Christchurch where we can further our passion.

When did you get all the students together—how, and which ones?

Maddie: On Wednesday 29 March, during fifth period, Jess and I organised for all the Year 9s and as many Year 11 and 12s as possible to help with our vidoe. We had originally planned to spell out the entire word, 'Edge' but it was not as realistic as originally thought as we would have needed a very large number of people.

While Jess was using the drone to get footage, I organised everyone into lines with the help of a few other Year 13s. Once they were all in lines, I got them all to stand across the lines earlier put on the field. This was very effective.

What is the prize?

If we win most of the tasks, we will be flown up to Auckland to The Edge Head Office where we will have the chance to sit in the live studios with the current presenters and learn more about the environment and behind the scenes of a radio station.

The winning school will receive a 'School Ball Upgrade’ including have The Edge Candy Stand at their ball and a photo booth with print-out pictures thanks to Classic Photo Booths!

Where can everyone see this or the competition?

The video will not be available for viewing as it will be sent up to Auckland for judging, but all of the competition photos will be uploaded to The Edge Canterbury Facebook page for everyone to vote for their favourite.

When can they vote?

Friday 7 April–Thursday 13 April Votes will also be taken by texting the keyword 'School' and 'Darfield High School' to 3343 (texts cost 20c). Anyone who votes, using either method, will go in the draw for a $100 Prezzy Card.

When will you know?

The winning school will be announced on Thursday 13 April and will be decided by the following criteria: •

50%—Video score

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50%—Facebook ‘likes'

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Tuck Shop News 2017 Dear Parent/Caregiver and Valued Customer Welcome to the new school year!

We are proud to inform you of positive developments at your school tuck shop. Libelle Group, New Zealand’s leading school food & beverage service provider and winner of Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2015 – Excellence in Customer Service Delivery – has been contracted to operate the canteen facility at Darfield High from the beginning of Term 2, 1st May 2017.

All our in-school shops (50) are operated under this banner and brand: Our mission is to be a trusted, nutrition-focussed, quality food service provider. We achieve this with passionate people and smart systems, delivering a professional and efficient service to every customer. Here, some of the benefits with the change:        

Value for money, nutritional menus for school tuck shop customers Daily service during break times Food designed by students for students Audited compliance in food safety Free fruit at the school tuck shop, regardless of decile rating Absolute open book policy with school clients and student customers Diabetes Projects Trust endorsed and audited – Cool Canteen Award Cashless payment options, including coupon, eftpos and online ordering

We successfully deliver this service by offering a broad spectrum of freshly made hot and cold, but also suitable/approved packaged items. Our listed menu changes every season and reflects the feedback and direct input we get from our customers through surveys and group workshops at schools around the Country. This process generates our generic menu, specialty items on trial and actual retail pricing at tuck shops. As each school has a vast range of very individual criteria / specifications / personality, what actually suits our customer best will vary from suburb to suburb, decile to decile, city to city and also month to month. This means, our teams at your school will respond to local, school community customer demands by tweaking, adding or subtracting items and/or ingredients to suit.

You can follow developments at your tuck shop on our website www.libelle.co.nz and Facebook.

We look forward to a great year and hope to get plenty of feedback at the counter from you once the daily service starts.

The team at

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Winter Menu at the Canteen

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School and Community Notices TERM TWO WEEK ONE Monday 1 May • First Day Term 2 Wednesday 3 May • 1st XV vs Greymouth at DHS •

Cross Country

Thursday 4 May •

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Swimming Sports

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World Vision Leadership Day for Juniors in Christchurch

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Year 12 Market Day

Friday 5 May • Year 12 Rural College Practical Day WEEK TWO

WOMENSWEAR • MENSWEAR • CHILDRENSWEAR • HOMEWARE

School Uniform If you need to buy or sell good conditioned second hand Darfield High School Uniform then let Polkadotcom make it easy for you.

We can take orders and sell on behalf, taking the hassle out of school uniform.

Dont hesitate to contact us.

Monday 8 May • Otago Tertiary Open Day •

Year 12 Outdoor Ed Camp (to 9th)

Tuesday 9 May • BOT Meeting, 7.0 0 pm Wednesday 10 May • Student Volunteer Army Workshop • 1st XV vs Westland in Hokitika Thursday 11 May • Canterbury Secondary Schools' Road Race •

Year 11 Market Day

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Newsletter

Saturday 13 May • NZ Careers Expo in Christchurch Sunday 14 May • Mothers' Day

If you have changed addresses or phone numbers, please tell the Student Administrator, Mrs Hill. Ph 3188 411

WEEK THREE Monday 15 May • Year 13 Biology Trip to Wainui (to 17th) • Cyber Safety for Year 7s, P5 Tuesday16 May • DHS Careers Expo •

PTSA Meeting, 7.30 pm

Wednesday 17 May • 1st XV College Day at Burnside Park Thursday 18 May • Stage Challenge

Payments for Activities and School Fees Bank Account: All payments to school (school fees, activity fees, NCEA fees, etc) can be made by direct credit to the following bank account. Please include the student’s name and the reason for the payment, eg Camp Fees.

Darfield High School, ASB Bank Limited, Riccarton, 12-3147-0207317-00

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School Uniforms All Darfield High School uniform items are for sale at The Warehouse, Rolleston. The Warehouse is also offering layby with a 20% deposit and three months to pay. This offers the additional advantage that if, in the intervening months, your student has grown, you can change the size at no extra cost.

Blazers: Blazers are to be worn on Tuesdays.

Parents, please remind your students to bring their blazers on Tuesdays for Assemblies.

Uniform Reminders: YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION REGARDING UNIFORM 1.

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The regulation shoes for boys and girls are black, LEATHER shoes. Boys choices are lace-up or slip-on. Girls may wear lace-up, t-bar or d-bar.

In terms of keeping warm, you may wear regulation DHS school jersey, DHS blazer, or a plain navy, or black, fully zipped jacket. The jacket must be shower proof.

Thermals may NOT be seen at the neck or below the sleeves of school shirts. Be aware that both short sleeved and long sleeve shirts are available for purchase at The Warehouse in Rolleston School Ties: from Term 2 you will be required to wear the school tie with your uniform. Make sure you are organised with this and have one ready for the beginning of next term.

If you do not have a tie you can buy them at the school uniform shop or from the Warehouse.

Students are permitted to wear a plain navy beanie or the DHS beanie with crest. This is for outdoor wear only.

Lost Property: Many uniform items have been found around the school. Please name all items of your student's clothing and check that they have not lost anything. Lost Property will now be stored in the Uniform Shop. Students can access it by seeing Sue at the office or by visiting the shop when it is open.

We are having a Sale!

The following items have been discounted for sale from the DHS Uniform Shop. Stock for sale is in particular sizes as detailed below. Other items are available at the regular price. Most of our uniform supply has moved to The Warehouse in Rolleston. We do, however, still have stocks of some uniform items for sale here at school. If you would like to purchase items from the Uniform Shop, please contact the Uniform Co-ordinator, on 3188 411, to make an appointment for a fitting. We no longer hold a second-hand uniform database.

Item

Sizes

RRP

Sale Price

Discount

Blazer

J8

205.00

164.00

20%

Blazers

M, L, XL,

220.00

176.00

20%

Short Sleeved Blouse

L, XL

64.00

51.00

20%

Gym Dress

J8

175.00

140.00

20%

Gym Dress

XS

189.00

151.00

20%

School Shorts

J8

60.00

48.00

20%

School Shorts

6

65.00

52.00

20%

Blazer

64 J8

240.00

192.00

20%

Blazer

76, 84, 96, 100, 108, 112

259.00

207.00

20%

Long Sleeved Shirt

XXL

82.00

66.00

20%

Short Sleeved Shirt

L, XL, XXL

72.00

58.00

20%

Trousers Wool Mix

64, 68

106.00

74.00

30%

Trousers Wool Mix

72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112

114.00

80.00

30%

Shorts Wool Mix Tailored

68

88.00

70.00

20%

Shorts Wool Mix Tailored

100

94.00

75.00

20%

School Shorts Summer

92

70.00

56.00

20%

Sports Tee

L

48.00

38.00

20%

Sports Shorts

L, XL

42.00

34.00

20%

Knit Jersey

J8

105.00

84.00

20%

Knit Jersey

XL

115.00

92.00

20%

29.00

23.00

20%

Girls Uniform

Boys Uniform

Unisex Uniform Items

Bucket Hat Anorak

J8, J10

128.00

90.00

30%

The only jewellery permitted is a wristwatch and one gold or silver stud in each ear. No other jewellery is to be worn.

Anorak

XS

138.00

97.00

30%

Ensure that your child is wearing the correct socks to school. For both girls and boys, knee-high black socks are required.

If your student is playing a winter sport in the following codes, they will need a pair of Darfield High School socks: Rugby and Hockey. These are available from the school office only.

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Unisex Optional Sportswear Trackpants

J8, J10

69.00

48.00

30%

Trackpants

M, L, XL

72.00

50.00

30%

Fleece Sweat Top

J8, J10

77.00

54.00

30%

Fleece Sweat Top

XS, S, M, L, XL

83.00

58.00

30%

Uniform Shop Hours for Students Monday: 11.00 –11.25 am Thursday: 11.00 –11.25 am 25

Remember: If your student is not at school, or arrives late, please phone the school to explain the absence

Situations Vacant Torlesse Travel require School Bus Drivers for routes in Darfield, and Hororata areas.

We offer job security, a good pay rate and the chance to join a great team of dedicated people.

Drivers need a Class 2 licence and P Endorsement which we can help with obtaining.

For any information please phone Tony on 027 4480 117 or email: torlesse.darfield@xtra.co.nz

SURFKIDS Childrens Surfing Programme Learn the skills of Surfing in a fun, safe environment. All equipment provided and professional instruction from Aaron Lock and team.

For kids 8–14 years Sundays: 10 am to 12 pm until 30 April April holidays: 18–21 April, 24–28 April, 10 am–12 pm Cost $30 per day or $135 for five

Darfield High School

Cross Country

Bookings essential

will now be held on

Call Aaron on 0800 80 SURF (7873) or register online at www.surfcoach.co.nz

Wednesday 3 May

Venue: Sumner

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM DARFIELD POLICE: Outside the school on McLaughlins Road, is a no stopping zone. We need parents to observe the ‘No Parking or Stopping Zone’ between the School’s front gate and bus bay.

To keep students safe, we need this area clear before and after school. There are signs indicating the restrictions.

Opposite Darfield High School on McLaughlins Road, car parks are marked out and broken yellow lines are painted outside residents' driveways. Please ensure you park within the allocated carparks and not in front of residents’ driveways. The carparks outside the school hall are reserved for staff and visitors coming into the school.

Your co-operation in this matter is appreciated. There is usually plenty of space around the bend towards Bangor Road, or south-west on McLaughlins Road.

Free Health Clinic for students Public Health Nurse: Pa m Eaden Pam Eaden, our Public Health Nurse, is available every second Monday during lunchtime in the Counsellor's Office, commencing Monday 6 March. Pam is available to discuss confidentially any health concerns, physical, mental and sexual health. This is a drop-in service or you can make an appointment with Ms Mallinder or Mrs Townsend.

Parents with concerns regarding their child's health are able to refer to the Public Health Nursing service on www.cdhb.health.nz/phns.

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Visitors to the School If you are visiting our school during the school day please visit reception on arrival at our campus. Our friendly office staff will then assist you from there.

Lost Property There is a large number of unclaimed items from last year. Please can you get your students to come and take a look if they know something has been misplaced. Parents: you are most welcome to come and check the clothing and items at Student Administration.

DHS DISPATCH welcomes any news or photographs you have from events our students have attended outside of school.

We love to hear about and share successes and interesting stories.

Please email: sheryl@darfield.school.nz Black and white paper copies are available from reception or Student Administration.

Colour and back copies can be ordered by emailing the above address. Please enquire for cost.

Advertising: If you would like to advertise in our newsletter, please email for more information.

7 McLaughlins Road PO Box 5 Darfield 7541 New Zealand admin@darfield.school.nz www.darfield.school.nz Phone: +64 3 318 8411 Fax: +64 3 318 8543 Copyright: You are welcome to reproduce material from the newsletter after gaining permission from the school.

All reproduced material must be appropriately acknowledged.

Photos of school events can be found on our website and may be downloaded for personal use only. There is a download icon at the right of each photo.

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Facilitators Pup Chamberlain Sam Robinson Lee-Anne Tarling David Cairns

Venue Darfield Rugby Clubrooms 92 North Terrace Darfield

Enquiries Lee-Anne Tarling Education Coordinator - MHERC projects@mherc.org.nz 0800 424 399 Brenna Russell Community Connector - RCPHO Brenna_Russell@rhcpo.org.nz 027 228 7995

Free Workshop

Beating the Blues: Boosting Your Connections with Those Around You Friday 12 May 2017 6.30pm - 8.30pm Participants will be provided with the opportunity to:

• Understand the importance of communication • Explore the concepts of ‘ups and downs’ • Ask questions and discuss issues openly without judgement

• Share ideas and strategies on how to get off the bus sometimes

Register at www.mherc.org.nz

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Address: 7 McLaughlins Road

PO Box 5

Email: admin@darfield.school.nz

Darfield 7541

Web: darfield.school.nz

New Zealand

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