Bay Harbour: October 31, 2024

<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Thursday <strong>October</strong> <strong>31</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />

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STAMP SUCCESS: From left, Fresh Choice Sumner owner Nick Brown with<br />

competition winners Axel A, Mishka M, Charlie C, Sienna M, Georgia C, Elise P and<br />

stamp expert Brian Keeley.<br />

THE FIRST DAY back at Te<br />

Kura o Matuku Takotako<br />

Sumner School after the<br />

school holidays proved to be<br />

an exciting one for year 3-4<br />

pupils.<br />

On the first day of term 4,<br />

pupils enjoyed an informative<br />

and interesting visit from<br />

Brian Keeley, a local postage<br />

stamp aficionado.<br />

Keeley shared his knowledge<br />

and enthusiasm for postage<br />

stamps and the ways they can<br />

teach us about the history and<br />

culture of countries all over<br />

the world.<br />

The pupils were able to<br />

catch a glimpse of when communication<br />

and technology<br />

were very different to modern<br />

times.<br />

Each pupil was given a<br />

selection of stamps donated<br />

by Shades Stamp Shop to start<br />

their own collection and a<br />

puzzle postcard to send to a<br />

relative.<br />

Keeley also wrote a letter to<br />

King Charles on behalf of the<br />

pupils, telling him what they<br />

had learned about stamps.<br />

The pupils followed up the<br />

visit with letter writing and<br />

postage stamp-related activities<br />

in class.<br />

Many pupils enjoyed seeing<br />

their parents’ and grandparents’<br />

stamp collections at<br />

home and then sharing them<br />

at school.<br />

Keeley also organised a<br />

design-a-stamp colouring<br />

competition with the support<br />

of Fresh Choice Sumner owner<br />

Nick Brown.<br />

On Tuesday morning,<br />

Brown visited the school to<br />

present prizes to all the winners.<br />

Prize categories included<br />

– the stamp with the most<br />

importance for New Zealand,<br />

the best stamp representing<br />

Sumner, the most colourful<br />

stamp, the most creative<br />

stamp, the best stamp<br />

featuring a pet and the stamp<br />

that best featured a Fresh<br />

Choice product.<br />

The winning entries can<br />

be viewed at Fresh Choice<br />

Sumner.<br />

Now, the only thing that<br />

remains to be seen is if King<br />

Charles will write back with<br />

his thoughts on postage<br />

stamps, Keeley said.<br />

Railway crossing upgrade across<br />

Heathcote Expressway cycleway<br />

We’re temporarily closing part of the<br />

cycleway until the upgrade of the Scruttons<br />

Road railway crossing is completed.<br />

The cycleway will close from 14 November <strong>2024</strong> between Vaila<br />

Place and Truscotts Road.<br />

The railway crossing on the Heathcote Expressway cycleway<br />

is considered unsafe for ongoing use, following an updated<br />

KiwiRail safety assessment.<br />

We plan to make the railway crossing safer for cyclists and<br />

pedestrians with permanent features.<br />

It is anticipated to remain closed for at least 18 to 24 months<br />

until this work can be completed.<br />

Ngā mihi nui, thanks for your patience.<br />

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