Education / June 2020
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Ensuring New Zealand access to COVID-19 anti-virals
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A group of New Zealand experts is coming together to ensure New Zealand has access to COVID-19 anti-virals.
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Wellington’s Antarctic Research Centre wins the Prime Minister’s Science Prize
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The world will be better prepared for the worst effects of climate change due to Antarctic ice-sheet discoveries by the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington-based winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Science Prize.
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Cervical cancer prevention, malaria vaccines receive funding of $2.5 million
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington research projects aimed at improving rural access to cervical cancer screening services and developing a vaccine for malaria have received nearly $2.5 million in funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand.
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School Matariki Day
- Kilbirnie School
- The Kilbirnie School Matariki, Māori New Year, celebration is planned for this Thursday July 2.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Research reveals South Pole warming much faster than the rest of the world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The South Pole is warming more than three times faster than the rest of the world, research by Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington experts shows.
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Phoenix Patea – Why Sport Matters
- College Sport Wellington
- In the past year, Phoenix Patea has gone from the dizzying heights of playing basketball in front of LeBron James to being deprived of any sporting opportunity because of Coronavirus.
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1st XI Boys Football – Players to Watch
- College Sport Wellington
- First XI football is two weeks into grading fixtures and already a number of players are making a strong impression and are expected to capture headlines for their respective schools in 2020.
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Plimmerton Farm: getting greenfields right
- Talk Wellington
- If we’re hellbent on doing more residential development in greenfields, what does “decent” look like in Plimmerton, hilly land near an existing suburb – like most of our region’s greenfields? This post is basically a guide for anyone who cares about Plimmerton, good urban development, or healthy wetlands, streams and coast, but is time-poor and can’t face going through the truckloads of documents they’ve stuck up without any specific meta-guidance (some FAQ are here). Hopefully this will help you pop in a submission! PCC’s “information” pages they suggest you use for submitting. Every one of these is a large PDF document, 90% written in technical language… aargh! The background: what where and how For those who don’t know, Plimmerton Farm’s a big proposed subdivision of hilly farmland draining into the significant Taupō Wetland and to Plimmerton Beach, just over the train line and highway from Plimmerton village (original Ngāti Toa name: Taupō). It’s going through a Streamlined Planning Process, a pre-COVID government scheme for accelerating development. The key step is the requisite change of the land’s zoning in the Porirua District Plan (“rural” zone to “residential” and other “urban” zones) that sets out what kind of stuff can then be built, where. It’s mostly streamlined because there’s just one shot for the public to have input on the plan change. One shot. Why submit? I was born and raised in Plimmerton, live here now, and intend to for the rest of my days. I’d love to see it grow, well. I would love Plimmerton to get more wallets, more hearts and minds, more faces (more diverse ones too!). But not with more traffic, and pointless damage to our environment. Right now, the proposal has some serious flaws which need sorting. I say Sorting because the changes won’t make it crazy innovative, just good enough for a development in the spot it is, being kicked off in 2020. Time matters too: there’a a bunch of good things happening imminently (and some bad Porirua trends that need to be reversed). I cover these in Get it right, below. It’s worth submitting because given the situation, a 1990s-grade development just won’t cut it. So what about Plimmerton Farm needs to change? It boils down to two themes: dial down the driveability and dial up the liveabilitymake Local the logical and easy choice for daily needs I’ll outline what needs to change in each. NOTE: There’s a third – don’t stuff the wetlands and streams. This is really important as Taupō Wetland is regionally significant, and all our streams and harbours have suffered from frankly shameful mismanagement of sediment from earthworks-heavy subdivisions like Aotea and Duck Creek, and from the earthworks-a-rama of Transmission Gully. Friends of Taupo Swamp have an excellent submission guide for you – add in some of their suggested bits to your submission. I: Dial down the driveability, dial up the liveability There aren’t many truly black-and-white things in life, but there’s one for towns: If a street is nice to drive in, it’ll be a crappy place to do anything else in (walk / eat / hang out / have a conversation / play / scoot or cycle / shop / have a pint). If it’s nice to do anything else in, it’ll be a crappy place to drive in. Mostly this is because of the nature of the automobile: big solid things that smash into our soft bodies if someone makes a mistake (75% odds of death if that’s at 50km/hour, 10% odds of death if at 30km/hour) big objects that need lots of space for manoeuvering and especially parking – which offstreet can be crazy expensive and push up the cost of a home, and onstreet hoover up valuable public space. big solid things driven by us real humans (for a while at least) who respond to the environment but also get distracted, and generally aren’t good at wielding these big solid things safely. The transport setup proposed for Plimmerton Farm makes for a much too driveable and poorly liveable place. 1. Narrow down all the roads. The current proposal’s roading setup has roads and streets that are too big, and there’s too much of them. Right sized roads for a liveable community The cross-sections for the roads include on-street parking and really wide lane widths. This is really gobsmacking for a consortium that talked a big talk about good practice. For all the reasons that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are good, this is bad. (And it’s especially nuts when you realise that the excessively wide “arterial” roads (11 metres!) will need earthworked platforms built for them where they’re drawn running up the sharp ridges and across the tops of gullies. Expensive, damaging for the environment, and … what were they thinking?) So recommended changes: NARROW DOWN THE ROADS. Seriously. Design all the living-area streets and roads, and the centre, to be self-explaining for an operating traffic speed of 30km or less – that’s the speed where mistakes are rarely fatal. What does that look like? The designers will know and if they don’t they should be fired. Narrower crossing distances; chicanes (great way to incorporate green infrastructure and trees and seating!); narrowed sight-lines (trees! sculpture!) so no-one driving feels inclined to zoom. Reduced trafficked lanes (rori iti on the larger roads!), with properly wide and friendly footpaths. Threshold treatments, humps, modal filters, all the things we know very well are the natural ways to slow us down when driving, and make streets nicer for people. The beauty of all this “restriction” on driving is how much it frees us up for making everything else appealing. Streets become hospitable for kids to walk, scoot, bike to school safely, using the road not the footpath. Older people and those with impairments can walk and wheelchair safely. Teens coming home from town of an evening can scoot or bike home, safely. Popping down to the shops or for a coffee or to the train becomes a pleasure to do on foot, or on a scooter or bike. And you’re moving in a legitimate way – seeing and being seen, not stuck off in the bush on a “recreational” track like what they’ve described. The ordinary streets and roads are walkable, bikeable, scootable, mobility-scootable, and perfectly driveable, equally safe and useable in all weathers and anytime of day or night. Used to be a big, fast road. Now, kids bike to school and old people can chill out on it. (Mark Kerrison) (And in case you’re worried about firetrucks / rubbish trucks / buses, recall that on even Wellington City’s far more winding, narrower hilly streets everyone gets their rubbish collected and fires fought just fine. On public transport, smaller buses, like those that community transport operators use, are the way of the future for less densely-populated areas like this). Don’t build the through and loop roads. You don’t need signs like this when the only people who bother to drive in are those who live there, or who are visiting friends, because you just have to drive out again the way you came. When it’s the place you live, you’re invested in not being a dick far more than if you’re just out for a drive – or worse, out for a bit of a boyrace hoon on a massive loop route through a whole place. So just don’t build those big connector roads that enable people to drive easily from one residential area to the next, especially the ones up in the hilltops (section C) that just say “come for a hoon!” Instead, connect the living spaces heavily with bikeable, walkable, scootable, disability-friendly streets and lanes, and as much as possible, only one way in and out for cars from each living area. II: Make local logical and easy Plimmerton is a true village, with a great little centre (including a train station!) but Plimmerton Farm is ultimately a damn big area. The way to go is to enable people to get the basics of life – like school, groceries, a coffee – with a little local trip on foot, bike or scooter – it’s more of a bother to get in the car. Right now though, it needs two changes: 1. Provide for a second centre “Bumping into” spaces are known to be crucial to a feeling of neighbourhood, and in the (initial) absence of third places (worship places, community hall, sports club, cafe/pub, a supermarket is a vital social centre. Yet the north end of Plimmerton Farm is currently a deadzone for anything except residential. What things will probably look like under current layout. Like in Edwards Scissorhands without the interest of a castle. There’s no provision for a place to do your household groceries, so people will drive to Mana New World – more car trips – and less opportunity to bump into people who live nearby. (There’ll be no school in Plimmerton Farm for a while, because Ministry of Education isn’t allowed by the Education Act to build a school somewhere until there’s a certain population density of kids to fill it. A shitty Catch-22 for developments which is hopefully going to be fixed … sometime. Just another reason to make walking, biking and scooting really kid-friendly, as extra dropoff traffic for kids going to St Theresa’s, Plimmerton School, Paremata and Pukerua Bay schools will be a nightmare.) So they should provide for an additional centre in the north, including a groceries place of some kind. 2. Intensify within walking distance of Plimmerton proper. We should intensify properly, with lots of medium and even some high density (6 storeys of nicely laid-out density done well!) in the area that’s within a 5-minute walk of Plimmerton Village. The more people can live and work with access to all its many amenities, and its rail station (10 min to Porirua, 30 min to Wellington), the better. But there’s not enough density provided for there. Plimmerton Railway station: buzzing in 1916 and has only got bigger. (Photo: Pātaka Porirua Museum) So they should add another zone – E – of higher density in that 5-minute walking catchment of Plimmerton Village. What could it look like? A good example is 3333 Main, Vancouver . Submission tips On the site they ask you to fill in a Word or PDF form, saying which specific bit of the gazillion proposals you are talking about and the specific changes you want. This is a BS way to treat the vast majority of people submitting: normal non-professionals, just regular people who care about good development and liveable places. So just don’t worry about that. In those question 6 column boxes just put “Transport” and “Layout”. It’s the professional planners’ job to figure out specifically how to change a planning document. Just be specific enough that they know what you want to see. The text above is worth copying and pasting – it’ll be enough. And don’t forget the Friends of Taupo Swamp and Catchment advice is essential – definitely go read and use. That’s all you really need – just go submit! But if you’re keen to know more reasons why they should be doing this better, here’s some… Get it right, now Once this plan change is through, traditional developers like Gillies like to whack in all the infrastructure – hello, massive earthworks. And yet the place will take decades to fill with actual people – those hearts and minds and wallets. (Note even before COVID, Porirua’s growth rate was 0.1% per year. Yep, one tenth of one percent.) And extra pressure’s on to do this better because all these things are features of the next one to three years: the One Network Road Classification (sets the design specs for roads of different types) is being updated right now to be more people-friendly in the specs for roads in residential and centre areas, so designs like Plimmerton Farm’s will soon be Officially Bad Practice Sales and riding of e-bikes and e-scooters are going through the roof, continuing through and beyond COVID – this shows no signs of slowing, and prices are dropping. E-power flattens the hills of Plimmerton Farm and makes wheely active travel a breeze for the middle-class people who’ll be living here, if the streets and roads are hospitablePlimmerton Railway Station (on the most popular Wellington train line) is being upgraded to be a terminus station – i.e. better servicesThe Wellington Regional Growth Framework is setting a bunch of directions for councils on how to grow well, including well-known but often well-ignored issues like intensifying around public transport hubs Councils will soon be required to do to a bunch of a bunch of international good practice including get rid of many minimum parking requirements (in the news lately), and to upzone (enable intensification) of landuse in the walking catchment of public transport hubs. (5 min walk = approx 400 metres, 10 min = 800m).Bad trends we need to stop: Porirua’s really high car-dependency (we own cars a lot and drive a lot) is continuing, due to car-dependent urban form [PDF]– despite nice words in council’s strategic intentions.People living outside Wellington City are mostly to blame for our region’s 14% increase in emissions from transport in just 10 years. OK go submit now – and share with anyone who you think might care!
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Weekly Wrap Up (Week 11, Term 2)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates Monday 29 June: Open Evening 6pm Wednesday 1 July: Music Evening 7pm Friday 3 July: End of Term 2 Monday 20 July: Start of Term 3 Wednesday 22 July: Parents’ Evening (Senior Students) Monday 27 July: Parents’ Evening (Junior Students) Important Information Board of Trustees by-election results As a result of the recent Board of Trustees by-election, Dr Wyatt Page has been elected to the Board. Wyatt will join the Board with effect from the next meeting on Monday 27 July. Reports and parent-teacher meetings Learning Profile reports for Term 2 are now available for download from the Parent Portal (see Results > Reports). Parent Teacher meetings will take place on Wednesday 22 July (Senior students) and Monday 27 July (Junior students). To make appointments go to: Go to: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/ Enter the code: vdm7q (Juniors) or 5yjhn (Seniors) Choose the SUBJECT then the TEACHER. Please leave a five minute gap between bookings. Note that we are only able to run one conversation with each teacher per student. If you are hearing impaired the Riley Centre can be a challenging environment: please email admin@whs.school.nz and we will aim to accommodate your bookings separately. Revised guidance on testing for COVID-19 The Ministry of Education has circulated the following information to all schools: At a time where there are increasing numbers of colds and other winter illnesses, the Ministry of Health has revised its guidance on who might need testing for COVID-19. It is important to note that there is currently no known community transmission of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The vast majority of adults, children and young people with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 will not have COVID-19. Symptoms of COVID-19 can include new onset or worsening of one or more of the following: Cough Fever Sore throat Runny nose Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing Temporary loss of smell Health’s information on who should get tested notes that people with any of the COVID-19 symptoms who are close contacts of confirmed cases, have recently travelled overseas, or been in contact with recent travellers, should get assessed. If anyone has symptoms but is unsure if they have been exposed to COVID-19, they should ring Healthline on 0800 358 5453 or their GP for advice. Over winter there are many other viruses about that can cause people to feel unwell and have symptoms similar to those of COVID-19. Some people with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 may be tested as part of Health’s ongoing surveillance to ensure that there is no community transmission in New Zealand. If they are not close contacts of confirmed cases, have not recently travelled overseas, or have not been in contact with recent travellers, then there is no need for them to self-isolate while awaiting the test result, and they can return to school once they are feeling well. If not recommended for testing, they will be able to return to school or their early learning service when they are feeling well and no longer displaying symptoms. Wallace Street roadworks update The current phase of the Wallace Street roadworks is due for completion by the end of the month. As long as the rain holds off, Wallace Street should be re-opened to through traffic on 1 July. Following this, however, works will need to get underway along Wallace Street, near Massey University’s entrance, to upgrade wastewater pipes. This will take place in off peak hours (9.00am-4.00pm) on weekdays and traffic will often be reduced to a single lane with Stop / Go control. This is likely to take two months to complete. What’s happening? Economists breakfast with Dr Allan Bollard On Thursday, Year 13 Economics students Sarah Bennett and Rachel Woolcott, attended a Cullen Breakfast at the Wellington Club. Speaking at this week’s breakfast was Dr Alan Bollard, who has held numerous senior positions in Government and interGovernmental agencies. Dr Bollard discussed the economic impact of the covid epidemic and then participated in a question and answer session. Sarah said “the range of angles in the topic discussed was thought provoking”. Rachel commented “it was a very interesting discussion and I enjoyed listening to his jokes and insight.” Year 13 performance of ‘Girls like that’ Evan Placey’s Girls Like That is an ensemble play that explores the pressures young people face today in the face of advancing technologies. Year 13 Drama students produced and performed this play this week. The students are to be congratulated for their sophisticated performance which was an enduring piece of theatre, an achievement all the more impressive when considering that much of this production was conceived and developed during lockdown. Congratulations to all, and to Drama teacher Roger Mantel. He Kākano The He Kākano students have been engaged in a range of creative activities, cognitive thinking skills and maths throughout the week. Winter in the garden The weather over the past few weeks has seen our horticulture students spend time on maintenance, cleaning and repairing tools including secateurs. They will be well prepared for winter pruning and work outside once the weather improves. Instrumental & vocal lessons update If your Junior student is interested in taking instrumental / vocal lessons but has not yet enrolled, please download the form from the Student Hub and hand in or email the completed form to Fritz Wollner Lessons will be reorganised for Terms 3 and 4. If students have not been attending regularly, they need to see Mr Wollner as soon as possible to ensure they do not lose their spot. Achievements National Bridge Speech competition place secured Year 13 Amelia Smith qualified for a place in the National Bridge Speech competition following her success in the regional Chinese speech competition last week. Amelia will represent the North Island outside Auckland region in the competition, to be held at Victoria University on Sunday 2 August. At that event, each qualified candidate will need to present a speech, perform to demonstrate a skill and answer questions in Chinese. Finalists will represent New Zealand and compete with candidates from all over the world in October. We wish Amelia luck as she progresses through the competition. Sports Junior girls football For the first time in many years WHS has a junior girls football team out in competition. Their most recent game resulted in a very close 2-1 loss but the girls had fun and were very impressive despite some players not having very much experience. This team could not have gone ahead without the support of parents who helped with both transport and officiating. Special thanks to Bea Gladding and Jennifer Argyle who are the coach/manager dream team who make this team possible. Below are some photos of the action and sideline support. Basketball Basketball is underway with all teams at WHS having played at least one game so far. Big thanks to Jason Reddish who is taking on the entire boys programme at school which includes four teams and doing a great job. Another big thanks to Nick Andrews who along with a parent is coaching the Senior girls team. Junior Boys play on a Tuesday and another junior team plays on a Thursday. All Senior teams play on Fridays, with the top boys and girls team playing at the ASB Centre. Below are some photos from the first junior basketball game. Boys 1st XI football The 1st XI played their first game of the season, bringing home a 5-1 victory against St Patrick’s Silverstream. Their next fixture is against Newlands College this coming weekend.
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New Zealanders open up about life in COVID-19 lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Simon Chapple, Dr Kate Prickett and Dr Michael Fletcher share some of the answers from their survey of wellbeing, family resilience and employment at alert level 4.
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Some in the media need to calm down
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Journalists slamming the New Zealand Government over new cases of COVID-19 are over-reacting, writes Professor Jack Vowles.
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EXPLORING CREATIVITY IN THE ONTV STUDIO – Part 2
- Capital E
- Words by Kristen Rowe, OnTV Coordinator at Capital E.
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Keen interest in Wellington University COVID-19 scholarship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- There has been strong interest in the free tuition Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is offering to people affected by COVID-19.
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Divided memories: The myths made by monuments, and what statues tell us now
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This is not the time to ask for ‘a conversation’ about colonial statues, writes historian Giacomo Lichtner, but a rare opportunity for action.
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Lockdown survey finds NZ families ‘incredibly robust’, despite economic jolt
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The impact of the global pandemic on New Zealand families has been highlighted in new research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s, which surveyed New Zealanders’ experience under COVID-19 lockdown.
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Why long-term environmental observations are crucial for New Zealand’s water security challenges
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alongside NIWA's Andrew Lorrey and Ben Noll, Dr Lauren Vargo from the University's Antarctic Research Centre writes that long-term environmental observations are critical for confronting water security challenges in New Zealand.
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Size matters – a case for more weight-restricted junior rugby
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Touchline Twenty years ago, there were 72 weight-restricted boys’ teams competing in Wellington Secondary School Rugby. That’s right, 72 teams. At that time, the strength of secondary school rugby in Wellington was represented by weight-restricted teams, which accounted for two-thirds of all boys playing the game at high school. In 2020, weight-restricted teams comprise...
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Teaching and learning in Trimester 2
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University will be offering the on-campus experience for most courses in Trimester 2.
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Watt, Get Along
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- Harrison Watt celebrated his 100th match for the Hutt International Boys’ School (HIBS) First XI hockey team on Friday night.
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Athletics Day 2020 Awards
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Let’s get serious about what older people can contribute
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It's easy to overlook the contributions of older people given the way our economy is structured, but if we can identify these contributions we’ll be less likely to respond to the next crisis by telling them to get out of the way, writes Professor Nicholas Agar.
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Weekly Wrap Up (Week 10, Term 2)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates Monday 29 June: Open Evening Wednesday 1 July: Music Evening please note change of date Friday 3 July: End of Term 2 Monday 20 July: Start of Term 3 Wednesday 22 July: Parents Evening (Senior Students) Monday 27 July: Parents Evening (Junior Students) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits WHS Last Friday, as part of the Creatives in Schools initiative, which is enabling our He Kākano students to work with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern visited WHS. This visit presented the opportunity for the Prime Minister to announce an additional $4 million for the project which will ultimately enable students from 500 NZ schools to work with professonal artists and creative practitioners, benefiting from their specialist artistic knowledge and creative practices. Thirteen of our He Kākano students are involved in the programme which is aimed at enhancing student wellbeing and improving their ‘core competencies in communication, collaboration and creative thinking’, as well as inspiring awareness of careers in the arts and creative sectors. As part of the visit He Kākano shared what they had learned prior to lockdown, demonstrating fantastic memory of their routines and great coordination too. The Prime Minister also met students passionate about the creative arts, taking time to talk to them about their interests and talents. Important information Breakfast club We are pleased to announce that we are opening up a Breakfast Club at the school from the start of Term 3. This will run in the canteen each day and will be free to any student who wishes to start the a nutritious bowl of Weetbix. Resources for your mental health Melon Manual is a kete of resources specifically for teenagers’ emotional wellbeing. Supported by the Ministry of Health, the website provides videos and worksheets and advice to support the young people of Aotearoa. You can access the resources here Dyslexia – How you can help WHS Community Education Centre has a 2.5 hour talk with expert Mike Styles, on Dyslexia – How You Can Help. This is an interactive and participatory session to assist parents and loved ones understand and support a family member or friend who has dyslexia or a similar learning difference. Wednesday 24 June – 5.30pm-8pm $20 Call 04 385 8919 to enrol or go here: https://www.cecwellington.ac.nz/w/courses/1506-dyslexia-how-you-can-help Now that we are at alert Level 1, CEC courses are back up and running with a wide variety of courses on offer. To find out more, and enrol, click on the image below of visit cecwellington.ac.nz. What’s happening? He Kākano hard at work This week the He Kākano students have been busy in science, art, fashion and design classes. Achievements DocEdge documentary success Contratulations to Year 10 Sky Gobbi who has secured 3rd place in the DocEdge Student Short Documentary Competition last week. Now that it has had its premiere, Sky’s documentary can be shared. To view, click on the image below or visit https://youtu.be/jVdvCoy9TSY.
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Hard Work Making Little Bigger
- College Sport Wellington
- Jonathan Little was captain of the Junior Black Sox at the Under-18 World Cup of softball in February.
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College netball competitions starting this weekend
- College Sport Wellington
- The 2020 secondary school netball season in the Wellington region starts this weekend.
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The UK plans to ban the ‘rough sex gone wrong’ defence. Should NZ follow?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With its use criticised in cases like murder victim Grace Millane’s, there are many reasons why the ‘rough sex’ defence is so problematic, writes Dr Samantha Keene.
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EXPLORING CREATIVITY IN THE ONTV STUDIO
- Capital E
- Words by Kristen Rowe Welcome to Capital E’s OnTV studio, an environment that provides kids new experiences with technology in the context of creating a ‘live’ news show! This challenge promises the excitement and uncomfortableness of trying something new with room to settle in and explore creativity in a team dynamic.
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The blockbuster that was The Sheik
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Move over Lord of the Rings. When it comes to sheer spectacle, a silent film from 1922 towers above them all.
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Should bosses be able to spy on workers at home?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With the standard against which actions are judged that of the “reasonable employer”, employees have very limited protection from intrusions into their privacy and personal life, write Associate Professor Val Hooper, Professor Gordon Anderson and Dr Stephen Blumenfeld.
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The lure of Antarctic experiences
- Victoria University of Wellington
- After eight years overseas, Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Holly Winton has returned to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington to work with Antarctic Research Centre scientists on uncovering the vital information the frozen continent can tell us about Earth’s climate past.
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Black Lives Matter
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington affirms its support for the goals of the Black Lives Matter movement, and its commitment to addressing systemic racism, injustice, and violence.
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Graduation celebrations return to the capital
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is bringing graduation back to the city in September with two parades and seven ceremonies.
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Health on a molecule level
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An interest in health and therapeutics helped to kick-start chemistry careers for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Associate Professors Bridget Stocker and Mattie Timmer.
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Shakespeare inspired design
- Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
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2020 Boys 1stXV Rugby Preview
- College Sport Wellington
- When St Patrick’s College, Silverstream was beaten 34-7 by Scots College in the seventh round of the Premiership last year it not only snapped Silverstream’s record-breaking run of 28 successive local victories but represented a seismic shift in the balance of power in the capital.
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Building disaster resilience in universities
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, resilience to the disruption of teaching is vital to the ongoing function and success of any university.
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Choosing your mother tongue, rather than it choosing you
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ukrainians shifting their primary language from Russian show not all people feel language is a fixed part of themselves, writes Dr Corinne Seals.
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Don’t hide statues away to be forgotten
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Controversial statues and monuments should be kept to provoke debate and challenge us to think deeply about our past, writes Hayden Thorne.
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Entry requirements to University for 2021 confirmed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has removed grade entry requirements for students wanting to study at the University in 2021.
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Weekly Wrap Up (Week 9, Term 2)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates Monday 15 June: Normal timetable resumes Monday 29 June: Open Evening Tuesday 30 June: Music Evening Friday 3 July: End of Term 2 Monday 20 July: Start of Term 3 Wednesday 22 July: Parents Evening (Senior Students) Monday 27 July: Parents Evening (Junior Students) Important Information Open Evening: Monday 29 June Know someone who is interested in 2021 enrolment at Wellington High School? Share this post with them and invited them to our Open Evening on Monday 29 June. To help with our planning, please register interest here: https://forms.gle/QFAWezmAKohH9JkH8 Emergency contact update Thank you to the families and whanau who have responded to our request for additional emergency contact information. If you have not done so yet, please complete the form at: https://forms.gle/yenaWPnB4R73x7J49. Board of Trustees by-election Papers have been sent by mail to all those on our electoral roll. If you have not received papers yet, then from Wednesday 17 June you will be able to collect a ballot paper from Reception. ‘Keep it real online’ campaign The Department of Internal Affairs with Netsafe and the Office of Film and Literature Classification has launched a ‘Keep it real online’ campaign. The campaign will support parents and caregivers to reduce the risks of online harm such as cyber-bullying, inappropriate content, pornography and grooming. Parents and caregivers can find information including tips on how to have conversations with their kids at www.keepitrealonline.govt.nz. What’s happening? The prefabs are here! In a much anticipated event, four prefab classrooms were lowered in to place on the school field last weekend. These four classrooms will provide more space on campus and will be important as the school moves through the master planning process. There is still some work to do onsite and we anticipate that they will be in use from the first day of Term 3. Outdoor Education This week Year 11 students have been out on the water to Makaro (Ward Island). Students participated in a beach clean up and spent time looking at the habitats of Little Blue Penguins. The fact that students were able to observe seals and penguins on the rocks and in the water was a real bonus. Art This week we share stunning landscapes painted by Ms Peters’ Year 10 Art class. Year 13 took advantage of the winter sun and fine colours to work outdoors. Āwhina Āwhina is our Thursday homework club which takes place in the Library every week. This popular, supportive environment is one where students can come for support with assignments and homework, thanks to the dedicated teachers who regularly give up their time after school each week. MyKindo As recently reported, the cafeteria has adopted the mykindo app to facilitate easy pre-order and contactless payment for food. To support those using the mykindo app, the attached guide provides information on the different methods you can use to top up your account. Achievements NZ Online Mathematical Olympiad Well done to Ruby Nicolson and Lias Morris who achieved marks which placed them in the top 10 in the NZ Online Mathematical Olympiad. Ruby and Lias are both in year 9. From the careers desk Virtual Careers Expo — 18-19 June Even in unusual times like these, our students still have important decisions to make about their futures. Next week, a number of NZ’s top providers come together to give you a Careers’ Expo experience, virtually! Attendees will have full access to the Virtual Expo Hall, where you can interact with exhibitors, ask questions, and access useful resources that will help you choose the right path. Students only need to register once to be able to access the expo across the 2 days (and with you during the evening on Thursday night). They can access the expo at any time. There will be representatives from each institution during expo hours to chat to attendees. Outside of these hours they can still log in an access information. Registration: https://www.mediadesignschool.com/virtual-careers-expo Webcast Timetable: https://www.mediadesignschool.com/virtual-careers-expo#webcast-programme
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Three Sisters in the bubble
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One moment, they were rehearsing Anton Chekhov’s seminal Three Sisters for the first time, the next moment New Zealand went into lockdown and the world was spun on its head for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington THEA301 students, who had been readying themselves for a choreographed production of Russian theatre.
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Wellbeing, employment and COVID-19
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A key test of the New Zealand Government's wellbeing focus over coming weeks will be the extent and nature of its support for firms to survive, writes Professor Arthur Grimes.
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The oxpecker and the rhinoceros go for a ride
- Victoria University of Wellington
- They hitchhike on the backs of black rhinoceros, but red-billed oxpeckers are doing more than just catching a ride across the African savannah.
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Open Evening – Monday 29 June
- Wellington High School
- Interested in 2021 enrolment at Wellington High School? Come to our Open Evening on Monday 29 June. To help with our planning, please register interest here: https://forms.gle/QFAWezmAKohH9JkH8
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Teaching children as citizens
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The inclusive worldview provided by the ground-breaking New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) curriculum allows children to understand the value of community, says Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie from the School of Education of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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An election like no other
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With 100 days to go to New Zealand's general election, can Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity, writes Professor Jack Vowles.
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Expert advice on water quality 'ignored'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The New Zealand Government's long-awaited $700 million package to address freshwater pollution is highly flawed, writes Dr Mike Joy.
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Kindness doesn’t begin at home
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia’s, writes Dr Michael Fletcher.
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Classes now online & Annual General Meeting
- Inverlochy Art School
- Starting Monday 29 June - Classes are online now.
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Why didn’t we see COVID-19 coming?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Richard Logan asks how we deal with the problem of being surprised by 'black swan' events.
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Could food and drink save the tourism industry?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ahead of a a free public webinar exploring the role of food and drink in reimagining New Zealand tourism post-COVID-19, its participants spoke to Newsroom.
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Misconceptions of locked-down digital work
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 lockdowns have acted as a facilitator for digital work, but as people’s experience has occurred during exceptional circumstances it has also led them to draw false conclusions, writes Professor Alexander Richter.
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Solving housing crisis will take leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It is not just about numbers, it is about a wider range of housing for our increasingly diverse population, writes Associate Professor Morten Gjerde.
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University’s calibre reflected in global rankings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s excellence is reflected in its QS World University global rankings, which show the University remains among the top 225 of the world’s 18,000 universities.
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Leading researcher to head Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has announced the appointment of Dr Jane Bolitho as the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice at the Wellington School of Business and Government.
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Lest we forget the power of knowledge
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Discarding more than 600,000 books from the National Library's overseas collections will bury vast insights into two current crises, writes Associate Professor Dolores Janiewski.
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Level 1 message from the Principal
- Kilbirnie School
- Kia ora koutou, Today is the first school day under Covid Alert level 1.
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Jelley Chomping at the bit for Football
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- Football is back and the Hutt International Boys’ School (HIBS) First XI will be seeking to make a seventh consecutive Trevor Rigby Cup final when the premiership kicks off next term.
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Matariki Day
- Kilbirnie School
- Matariki will be celebrated at school on Tuesday 2 July and the children will have the opportunity to try a variety of activities during the day.
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Weekly Wrap Up (Week 8, Term 2)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates Monday 15 June: Board of Trustees meeting (6pm).
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Queens Birthday honours for Victoria University of Wellington community
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fifteen alumni were among the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington community members recognised for their achievements in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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Q and A with Lynne and Tim
- Queen Margaret College
- We sat down and had a chat with Lynne and Tim, our new co-chairs of the Board, about their new roles and their vision for Queen Margaret College.
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Q and A with Lynne and Tim
- Queen Margaret College
- We sat down and had a chat with Lynne and Tim, our new co-chairs of the Board, about their new roles and their vision for Queen Margaret College.
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2020 Hurricanes U15 Tournament – Cancelled
- College Sport Wellington
- It is with deep regret that College Sport Wellington (CSW) is cancelling the Hurricanes Under 15 tournament for 2020.
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Making history
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Following his interests has led alumnus Dr David Harland into a career at the heart of war, in order to negotiate peace.
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The southern adventures of the 70th regiment
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It’s a meandering, fascinating story that involves Taranaki, India, Auckland, Dunedin, war, gold and a bunch of soldiers who spent a lot of time drunk or trying to desert.
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Exploring the concept of the bubble
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As the country went into lockdown under alert level 4, medical anthropologist Dr Nayantara Sheoran Appleton was balancing caring for her toddler and working with her students, while frantically writing notes on her phone in the middle of the night, as she considered the concept of the bubble and its broader meanings.
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An online intern
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 has changed the way many of us learn and work. A group of students at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are at the forefront of adapting to a changing world as they undertake internships online next trimester.
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Bringing taonga into the future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand’s historical treasures should be actively connected to the future as much as they provide a natural link with the past.
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Central Secondary School Individual Champs
- For details, click here Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the 2020 Fencing Central Individual Secondary School Championship Key Information Date:13 June 2020 – 14 June 2020Venue:Wellington Swords Club, 8 Tanera Crescent, Brooklyn, WellingtonEntries Due:Thursday 11 June 2020 – Late entries are at discretion of the competition organizerEntry Form:Click hereContact:tournaments@fencingcentral.org.nz Equipment Requirements Jacket:Jacket & Plastron 1150N totalPlastron:Jacket & Plastron 1150N totalBreeches:350NMasks:350NWeapons: FIE / S2000Notes:All masks need to conform to current fie rules as at 1 January 2018(without new requirements adopted from and including worldchamps) regarding secondary straps.Hireage :If you are interested in fencing in this event and do not have the appropriate gear, please do not hesitate to get in contact with:huttvalleyfencing@gmail.com Competition Timetable Saturday 13th of June Event Registration Start Time Mixed Individual Epee 1.00pm 1.30pm Mixed Individual Sabre 2.30pm 3.00pm* Sunday 14th June Event Registration Start Time Mixed Individual Foil 9.00am 9.30am
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New Zealand language values equality
- Victoria University of Wellington
- If you walk into a workshop to learn a trade in New Zealand, you’ll hear the teacher referring to the group as ‘guys’, and individual students as ‘mate’—reflecting the egalitarian values of the society we live in.
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Suite of new exhibitions reopens Adam Art Gallery after lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A contemporary of composer John Cage and artist Joseph Beuys in the 1960s and 70s Fluxus movement features in a suite of new exhibitions to mark the reopening of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.
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Easy Unity Game Tutorial (Whack-A-Mole)
- Capital E
- New to Unity and coding? Try making this easy game and learn a lot along the way! Why use Unity? Unity is one of the best apps for game development.
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Literacy in lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Doug Van Belle from the University’s School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History spent his lockdown helping create a read-a-long novel, helping kids across the world keep up with their reading skills during the pandemic.
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Lecture tells tropical tales of polar ice
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Data about past changes in the Antarctic ice sheet can come from unexpected places—including coral fossils on tropical islands.
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