Bay Harbour: September 19, 2018

Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

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Lyttelton School celebrates Maori language<br />

ART: A Lyttelton School pupil colours in koru designs for Maori<br />

Language Week.<br />

Our Lady Star of the<br />

Sea pupils enjoyed<br />

a trip back in time at<br />

Ferrymead Heritage<br />

Park as part of their<br />

technology theme<br />

for the term. Park<br />

staff showed them<br />

the technology<br />

used in the past<br />

and compared it to<br />

today’s technological<br />

offerings. Activities<br />

for the children were<br />

held in the historic<br />

classroom, general<br />

store and bakery.<br />

• By Matt Salmons<br />

MUMS AND staff from Kimihia<br />

Parents’ College collected bags<br />

of rubbish at Sumner Beach last<br />

week.<br />

The clean-up was organised to<br />

recognise the work of Sumner<br />

mum Becky Ward who coordinated<br />

the Family Share event<br />

earlier this year, said college staff<br />

member Bianca Nielsen.<br />

Ms Ward said she had<br />

organised Family Share as<br />

starting a family was “hard<br />

enough, let alone if there is<br />

hardship.”<br />

Said Ms Nielson: “The things<br />

donated have been very useful,<br />

in particular the car seats,<br />

warm winter clothes, blankets<br />

and pushchairs. There were so<br />

many donations that Becky had<br />

organised for the Salvation Army<br />

to collect the left over gear as we<br />

couldn’t take it all.”<br />

“We would like to thank<br />

Sumner residents again for their<br />

generosity.”<br />

Ms Ward said she worked with<br />

Ms Nielson on ways to help the<br />

community.<br />

“I wanted them to feel<br />

empowered as young people<br />

that they too can make a<br />

difference and contribute to the<br />

community,” she said.<br />

Ms Nielson said the group<br />

SCHOOLS<br />

LYTTELTON Primary School<br />

pupils celebrated Maori<br />

Language Week with a range<br />

of activities.<br />

The senior pupils planned,<br />

organised and led a the initiatives<br />

and activities last week.<br />

The whole school would<br />

start each morning with a<br />

karakia (prayer) before kai<br />

(food/eating). The activities<br />

included taiaha, poi, rakau,<br />

soap carving and kupu bingo.<br />

Trip back in time for pupils<br />

held off doing the clean-up to<br />

coincide with Keep New Zealand<br />

Beautiful Week.<br />

“We collected one recycled<br />

paper bag of rubbish each.<br />

We started at the new<br />

Scarborough Playground and<br />

paddling pool then walked<br />

along the Esplanade and beach to<br />

Cave Rock. Mostly we picked up<br />

bottle caps, cigarette buts, tissues<br />

and wipes. There was the odd<br />

bottle. I think it took us about an<br />

hour.”<br />

“We had a fun trip and some<br />

of us dipped our toes in the<br />

water and had a go on the new<br />

playground before starting the<br />

clean-up.”<br />

ART: The pupils played traditional<br />

Maori games.<br />

PAST: Pupils in period costume play on<br />

a heritage cart and in the phone box at<br />

Ferrymead Heritage Park.<br />

CLEAN-UP: Staff and students from Kimihia Parents’ College<br />

held a clean up day in Sumner last week. ​<br />

Grab your girlfriends, mum or daughters<br />

and come have a great day out!<br />

Students<br />

help bring<br />

wetlands<br />

back to life<br />

FERRYMEAD’S Charlesworth<br />

Reserve is looking good after<br />

Linwood College students spent<br />

a day planting and maintaining it<br />

last week.<br />

Forty two students participating<br />

in the Stars peer mentoring<br />

programme, rolling up their<br />

sleeves to support the restoration<br />

of wetlands in the area.<br />

The group planted and mulched<br />

more than 160 trees donated by<br />

Trees for Canterbury after a demonstration<br />

by city council park<br />

ranger Andrew Crossland.<br />

The volunteers were a mix of<br />

year 9 students supported by year<br />

12 and 13 mentors.<br />

The programme is one of three<br />

provided to Canterbury schools<br />

by the Graeme Dingle Foundation,<br />

and this is the first year it<br />

has been available at Linwood<br />

College.<br />

Programme co-ordinator Sarah<br />

Apiata said the planting day was<br />

“a great success.”<br />

“It was a great opportunity<br />

for the peer mentors and year 9<br />

students to work together and put<br />

into practice some of the skills<br />

they have learnt this year in the<br />

Stars programme.”<br />

Kimihia mums help clean up Sumner Beach<br />

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