Open Day

Yesterday afternoon we had around 1200 people visit our school Open Day. This is always a great opportunity to showcase our school to our community. We hope all who attended found the afternoon useful and enjoyed meeting our staff and students. Please note, families looking to enrol for 2025, need to fill out the online application forms on our website.

Future Problem Solvers - World Championships

Our incredible Future Problem Solving Team is currently in the United States for the Future Problem Solving World Finals at Indiana University. We have just learnt they have achieved outstanding success!

So far on their travels they have attended a lecture hosted by professors from Columbia University, visited a young New Zealander studying at Princeton, had pizza with an ex-student who works at Microsoft, went to the United Nations, visited the UN New Zealand Mission, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, met a Kiwi musician studying at Juilliard, and savoured ice cream while watching the sunset over the magnificent Manhattan skyline. A great opportunity for all of them!

The latest results are:

• William Dyhrberg 1st in the World for Senior Multi Affiliate Problem Solving

• Moss Turner 2nd in the World for Senior Scenario Writing

• Abby Laird 3rd in the World for Senior Multi Affiliate Problem Solving

• Naomi Wilson 6th in the World for Senior Scenario Writing

Further Cashmere results are pending.

Dave Turnbull Art Collection

Last Thursday we were delighted to welcome back former Principal, Dave Turnbull, to open the Dave Turnbull Student Art Collection. This collection contains 10 artworks that will be purchased every year, creating an extensive future collection that will inspire young artists for many years to come.

Manu Kōrero

Tihei Mauri ora! Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending the annual Manu Kōrero speech competition. We had two speakers involved, Kahutaiki Calman and Mānuera Riwai-Couch, supported by our whānau class. Both Kahutaiki and Mānuera spoke incredibly well, and did their whānau, school and community proud. Ko Te iringa o Kahukura ko te korowai mātauraka ō tātou tīpuna.

Jazz Night

Recently we had our annual Jazz Night concert. We have more combos, big bands, and ensembles than ever before with close to 100 students performing and running tech for an amazing night of swing, funk and latin jazz tunes.

A big thank you to Papanui High School for joining us with some incredible performances from both the Big Band and Combo.

Year 9 and Year 10 Assemblies

Congratulations to our award recipients at our latest assemblies. A special mention to Max Hills who received our COVE Award.

Winni Goldsbury - Cycling

Congratulations to Winni Goldsbury who won the Junior Women’s Enduro U21 title in her World Cup debut!

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare National Award Winners

Melissa Sheldon and Max Charteris (representing Canterbury) won the National Title for 'Best Use of Sound and Silence' at the National Competition held in Wellington recently.

Ben Evans also attended as a member of the Young Shakespeare Company who are off to London these coming school holidays to train and perform at the Globe Theatre.

Quizmere House Competition

Congratulations to Rutheford House who won the annual Quizmere House Competition for the second year in a row!

Canterbury Schools Cross Country

We had a team of 24 runners compete in the Canterbury Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships at Ascot.

Congratulations to Brynne Gordon and Leo de Monchy who backed up their recent Road Race wins with the Cross Country Senior Girls' and Junior Boys' titles.

Other top results went to Elspeth McGuinness (4th Senior Girls) and Maclane Gordon (5th Year 9 Girls).

The senior girls' team of Brynne, Elspeth, Zania Roberts and Leah Pratten won the Senior Girls' Team title.

All the best to the runners competing in the NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs in Christchurch 15-16 June.

Squash Success

Congratulations to Sophie Howard for winning Division 1 at the School Sport Canterbury Individual Squash Champs!

Congratulations also to Simone Strange - Runner up, Girls Division 1 and to Curtis Gilmore - Winner Boys Division 6.

Our squash teams are now preparing for the upcoming Canterbury School Team Champs and the South Island Champs later this month.

Staff Only Day

On the 31st of May we had a Staff Only Day. This was a great opportunity for our staff to focus on recent curriculum and assessment changes.

Alumni Art Collection

We had the pleasure of welcoming back a first-day (1956) pupil, Neta Robinson to our school with her whānau and friends to speak about her painting 'Beneath the Surface' - the most recent addition to our Alumni Art Collection in the PAC.

Oliver!

Tickets on sale https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/oliver/christchurch

From the Archives

A throwback to our Open Night back in 1993 - technology has rapidly changed since then!

Who’s Who at Cashmere High School - Louise Whitehead

Kia ora, my name is Louise and I have been part of the International Department Team as the Homestay Coordinator since the start of 2023. Before starting here, I had previously worked in another CHCH school and tried my hand at real-estate before returning to the educational sector once again. After applying for a different position here at CHS, I was sought to join the International Team. As the Homestay Coordinator I am responsible for assessing and completing student homestay placements and helping both students and host families with issues that arise during their stay. Due to Covid and the affect it had on the community at large, we had a significant decrease in homestay families as did many other schools across the country. Coming into a demanding new role certainly was a challenge. It is not a nine to five role, but I enjoy what I do and have the support of my team. We are always looking for homestay families, whether this is short term, holiday, half year, or long term. 

If anyone out there would be interested in finding out more about becoming a host family, please email me on the following email: homestay@cashmere.school.nz I look forward to hearing from you. 

The Fortnight Ahead