Wisdom through learning : Akona to matauranga kia mōhio 8 MARCH 2018 SPORTING START TO THE YEAR Saving Lives at Darfield High School Practical Farming Skills - Rural College Principal’s Comments We all want our children to be happy at One key factor in supporting student mental school and schools play a significant role in wellbeing depends on students feeling supporting the well-being of our children. part of a school community that they feel Our Health and PE programmes are an connected to. Connection with the school DHS CROSS COUNTRY obvious and important aspect of this. These is strengthened by feeling listened to, CHANGE OF DATE programmes cover aspects of both physical contributing and participating in school and mental wellbeing. Students experience activities, and having friends and positive Please note that the DHS Cross Country date has these as part of their class programmes and working relationships with the adults at changed. also school-wide activities such as the recent school. As well as being fun, the House Attitude speakers. competitions help engender a greater sense of belonging. As well as promoting physical New date is Student well-being is one of our strategic health, participating in sports teams can goals. This year strategies include supporting Wednesday 4 April build positive links with others in the school. a student wellbeing committee, emphasising Activities such as school camps enable the pastoral role of form teachers, additional students to have shared experiences that can This event is held at the guidance counsellor time, and emphasising work to build greater camaraderie. the digital citizenship agreement. Darfield Domain James Morris Breakfast with the Mayor On Tuesday 20 February, the Selwyn Head A huge thanks to Sam for taking us all out to an exciting year ahead! Prefects were invited out to breakfast breakfast so that we could all meet. We are Katie Sharp and George Brown with the Selwyn Mayor, Sam Broughton. really looking forward to forming bonds with We all met over at Robert Harris Cafe in both Lincoln and Ellesmere, which makes for Rolleston at 7.30 am, and introduced ourselves. The Lincoln Head Prefects are Gabriel Clarke and Petra Campbell, and the Ellesmere Head Prefects are Iain Wright and Fylgia Romero. It was great to meet these awesome people; we found that we actually had a lot in common with each other, which is a great start to a year of working together. We ordered some breakfast which was generously paid for by Sam, and then we sat down and we all told stories about ourselves and where we came from. After our stories, we shared some quotes/ one-liners that we like to live by. Mine are ‘everything happens for a reason’ and ‘treat others how you would like to be treated’, and George’s was ‘life is good’. It was really cool to listen to Sam; he had lots of valuable information for us about leadership, as well as some inspiration. 2 8 MARCH 2018 University Presentation Visits Youth Advisory Group Our Year 13 students will have the opportunity to meet with a range In early February, I flew to Wellington for the first meeting of the of University Liaison Officers during the term. This is an opportunity Minister of Education's Youth Advisory Group. I had an amazing for them to hear about what each has to offer, including course time over the two days getting to know the 11 other members details and campus information to help them make their decisions from all over NZ. We discussed a wide range of topics, such as for next year. On 21 February, Ara Institute of Canterbury came over-assessment, mental health, careers and pathways, student along and talked about the range of courses they offer: from engagement, and digital assessment. We got to share our certificates to diplomas to Bachelors and beyond. We had a experiences, opinions and ideas on these topics with several key classroom filled with Years 12 and 13 students asking some great people, including the Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins. I felt like questions about pathways and what it will take for them to access our voices were truly being heard and listened to, and I'm excited to the courses they are interested in. Course fees, student loans, fees see what changes we can inspire as the year progresses. free, student support and campus accommodation were also on the Kate Morris list of topics. Check out the school calendar for who's next. Tēnā koutou DHS community. My name is Andrea Jacobs. My family and I have lived and travelled all over New Zealand; in the past five years, we've lived in Twizel, Mapua and Rolleston. We now call Congratulations Greendale home and are all loving the rural lifestyle. to Jason and Amy on the birth of I've had a number of vocations over the years; a highlight was working in adventure tourism in NZ and Europe from 1997, before switching to teaching in 2008. This year, I am part-time in the Social Baby Dickens Sciences department, teaching two Year 9 classes. Born 20 February Tena koutou katoa. Nga mihi mahana. Ko wai au? My name is Morehu Solomon. My tribal affiliations are Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Raukawa and Te Arawa. I have recently moved to Christchurch after living in Kawerau ( Bay of Plenty). I have been involved with drama and theatre education over the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. I worked with the Court Theatre last year as the Maori and Pasifika producer, a position I absolutely enjoyed. Teaching is my passion, particularly in supporting young rakatahi in the Darfield community. I enjoy tennis, sailing and the outdoors. I look forward to teaching my Drama students at Darfield High school. Ka nui te mihi. Naku noa na. Prodigy MX Academy Training With Cody Cooper and Scotty Barr-Smith Recently, DHS students Tyler Wiremu and Jesse Willis took part in the Prodigy MX Academy training, which has been started by Dion Wiremu and caters from beginners to advance riders. The training involves one-on-one advice and group sessions explaining body position and technique for racing performance. Tyler Wiremu training for corner speed Jesse Willis with Cody Cooper ISSUE 02 / DHS DISPATCH 3 2017 The following students, who gainedAcademic subject and/or Colours certificate endorsements in NCEA 2017, were recognised in a special assembly on 13 February 2018. NZ Scholarship results were released later - Abi Cider gained an Outstanding NZ Scholarship in Biology. We congratulate all these students. NCEA Level 3 – Subject Endorsements Devin Benbow: Merit in Home Economics; Rahul Chandra: Merit in Japanese; Hamish Evans: Merit in Mechanical Engineering; NCEA Level 2 – endorsed with Merit NCEA Level 1 – endorsed with Merit Isaac Proud: Merit in Statistics; Caleb Banks, Hunter Benbow, George Brown, Cassandra Aubrey, Maddison Beardsmore, Anna Hefferon: Excellence in Art; Laura Brown, Jaymee Burrows, Ashley Jennifer Bell, Sam Clarke, Ashleigh Cridge, Coleman, Renee Cullen, Abbey-Lee Dunlop, Jack Curle, Jemma Dalley, Ellouise Day, Grace Hodgman: Excellence in Art; Daniel Felipe, Holly Gibson, Imogen Groom, Hannah Forrester-Rolton, Kilita Fouchee, Ethan Haines, Teri Jackson, Emma Kellock, Bridget Freer, Mereana Gilmour, Lucy Vincent Li Creagh: Excellence in Classics; Samuel King, Bridget Leach, Lucy Learned, Glassey, Laura Gough, Cassandra Hart, Bilguun Norjinkhan: Excellence in Japanese; Poppy Lloyd, Zara MacDonald, Aeryn Cameron Hendriks, Ryan Hughes, Mikayla McMillan-Da Via, Jehosua Muiznieks, Adrian Jarvis, Emily Klaassens, Aleisha Knowles, Nolan, Shae Read, Ella Reeves, Ged Roessink, Elizabeth Laws, Rachel McLean, Benjamin Jodie Rollings, Katie Sharp, Ethan Spence, Millar, Georgia Mitchell, Penelope NCEA Level 3 – endorsed with Merit Kate Sutton, Bronte Thomas, Julia Trushin, Mitchell, Callum Murdoch, Reilly Neal, Lily Barrett-Power, Amy Bruce, Georgia Laura Wong, Natasha Young. Kelsey Parsons, Jackson Proud, Lexie Burrows, Jade Collier, Eloise Dance, Findlay Purvis, Samuel Ridgen, Chantelle Rod, Davidson, Pippa Foster, Caitlin Frazer, Tom Cleo Searle, Jesse Smith, Jessica St Clair- Gullery, Madison O'Callaghan, Sean Pennells, NCEA Level 2 – endorsed with Excellence Newman, Ethan Taylor, Angel Taylor- Fergus Thomas, Iva Vukovic, Leigh Walters, Traves, Abby Thornley, Aaliyah Van der Georgia Watson. Esther Blain, Adriana Cornelissen, George Heyden, Gibb, Elyse Kerr, Olivia Lemon, Jack McConnell, Courtney Newell, Niamh Rayne. NCEA Level 1 – endorsed with Excellence NCEA Level 3 – endorsed with Excellence Georgia Allison, Madeleine Berge, Corien Blom, Michelle Bruce, Daniel Conway, Abigail Cider, Georgia Cottrell, Caitlin Fraser, NCEA Level 1 – Subject Endorsements Sara Dorsey, Nicole Grigg, Sarah Kellock, Stephanee Lomas, Joseph Manifold, Rachael Saskia Kremers, Eboni Lawrence, Anna Phillipson, Samuel Roper, Georgia Shinn, Thomas Grafton: Merit in Mathematics; Lovelock, Edward Manson, Alex McGregor, Caitlin Soal, Harriet Watson. Kieran McKay, Kate Morris, Emma Ella Harper: Merit in Commerce; Pennells, Brooke Robinson, Aiko Sakurai, Jack Hedley: Merit in Mathematics; Beowulf Scott, Zoe Spinks, Brooke Steele, NCEA Level 2 – Subject Endorsements Alexander Stiles, Abigail Tuhill, Hanako Jak Phillipson: Merit in Mathematics; Wilson. Kyla Benbow: Merit in Statistics; Jenna Pont: Merit in Mathematics; Brittney Blackburn: Merit in Home Economics; Lachlan Summerfield: Merit in Physical Hanel Blom: Merit in Biology; Education; Emma Boyes: Merit in Commerce; Emma Van der Wilt: Merit in Mathematics, Merit in Physical Education; Jeroen Breunisse: Merit in Physical Education; Cameron Brunton: Merit in Commerce; Caitlin Chambers: Merit in Commerce; Micaela Curtin: Merit in Physical Education; Viktoria Derik-Westaway: Merit in Commerce; Joseph Devlin: Merit in Physical Education; Grace Earle: Merit in Physical Education; Chloe McCaughan: Merit in Art; Cole Spinks: Merit in Physical Education; Kerryn Tomlinson: Merit in Physical Education; Brittany Hewitt: Excellence in Art; Harry Pooler: Excellence in Design and Visual Communication; 4 8 MARCH 2018 CEO Update Monday 26 February 2018 New study shows when ‘broken hearts’ are most deadly A University of Otago, Christchurch summer student has identified the days when patients are most vulnerable to dying suddenly from a ‘broken heart’.