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Tuesday 2 November 2010
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Teachers face axe as bumper year moves on Phillip Rollo Some teachers at Nay- so that’s never pleasant. land College face losing Some staff will be a littheir jobs as the number tle concerned that they of students at the school might not have a job is expected to decline by here next year.” 100 pupils next year. Some of the drop will The drop is the result occur naturally with of a small year eight staff departing for their group coming through, own personal reasons combined with a large he says. “Our staffing is number of school leav- based on roll. So when ers departing the roll grows Nayland says we employ, principal Rex and when roll Smith. drops we have “The populato shed, and as tion growth in a way of shedthis is primarding, there’s ily in the Richa process you mond area, so go through, within Nelson called the curNayland princiitself, there riculum and pal, Rex Smith. are fewer year pastoral needs eight students. We’ve analysis. That’s a way of also got big year 12 and managing the staffing in 13 groups, so when they all schools,” says Rex. cycle through we’ve got With a current school a smaller group coming roll over 1300, Rex says through.” it is likely Nayland will The process is just in the drop as low as 1200 over early stages, and may the next two years, betake three weeks before fore rising again. teachers find out says Rex. “It’s always a bit of uncertainty for staff, Continued on page 2.
Jarrah Dowrick, 16, with his tuba which shows the reflection of fellow Nelson brass band-mates from left; Danielle McQuinn, 16, Madeleine Burton, 17, and Paige Newport, 16. All were selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Brass Band last month. Photo: Andrew Board.
Band-mates reflect on NZ selection Nelson’s top young brass band members had some reinforcement last month as 36 other players from around the country joined them in Nelson for a week-long camp for the Secondary Schools Brass Band of New Zealand. Jarrah Dowrick of Nelson College, Danielle McQuinn of Nayland College and Madeleine Buront and Paige Newport, both of Nelson College for Girls,
were selected in the national band after making it through a gruelling selection process led by Nelson selectors Nick Sharpe and Mick Dowrick. The selection capped off a great year for the four-some, who were also members of the Nelson Vivace Youth Brass Band, which won the National Youth Champs in July. Mick says an influx of brass players
at a youth level in Nelson is great for the region and hosting the secondary school band showed Nelson had a quality setup. “It’s kudos for us as a region that we have been selected to host the band two years in a row.” The band played to an estimated 4000 primary school students and finished its week with a performance at the Theatre Royal.