Kia Ora Koutou and Mānawatia a Matariki!

I hope that you have re-charged over the winter break and are ready to embrace learning and extracurricular opportunities with ‘Vibrancy’, our theme for Term Three. The start of a new term is a great time to reflect on all the things you are doing well and set some goals to move forward.

The focus for term two was Citizenship and the wero of displaying this value was taken up enthusiastically by the cohort. During Week Four, we celebrated Kindness week. The week culminated in Pink Shirt Day during which students showed their support for inclusivity by wearing pink. Students across the year group have also shown citizenship by participating in Shave for a Cure, the 40 Hour Challenge, volunteering for open night, as well as their positive contributions within sports teams, musical groups and clubs. Service hours can be logged for house points and towards a Student Volunteer Army service award. There is further information on our Year 9 Google Classroom regarding how to do this.

During Term Two, the Police visited to speak to our students about keeping themselves safe and being good citizens online. Key messages included being friends only with people you know in real life and never sharing harmful messages or sensitive images. If you have any concerns regarding something you have seen online, please talk to a trusted adult. You can also contact NETSAFE or the Police on 105.

It has been wonderful to see so many students embracing a wide range of opportunities within Sport, the Arts and Academia. Some highlights in Term Two included:

• The DaVinci Decathlon: 1st in Creativity, 2nd in Art, Poetry and code-breaking, 3rd in English and Cartography, 4th Place overall: Saori Cassidy, Quinn Clarke, Harry Durdin, Neve Ferguson, Fergus MacDonald Ned O’Neil, Julia Walters, Isabel Whitaker.
• Adventure Racing-South Island Secondary School Championships
  1st Place Mixed Intermediate 6 hour race. Sam Cook, Pieta Bennett, Anna Wright, Finn Groer. This team finished 1 hr and 22 mins ahead of the other teams.
  1st Place Girls Team: Torun Jorgensen, Isla Ensor, Lucy P Moore, Greta Prince
  2nd Place Boys Team: James Stoney, George Smith, Toby Gilbert, Quinn Clarke
• Canterbury Cross Country: 2nd Place girls team Abby Graham, Felicity Newsom, Anya Sandford and Torun Joergensen. 2nd Place Leo De Monchy who was part of the boys team who placed 2nd with Samuel Wild, Cameron Fairhall and Selwyn-Jack Bayliss making up the team
• Readers Cup Regional Winners Lucy Phillips (9KLM), Lucy M. Moore (9KLM), Vida Gerard (9KLM), Genavieve Graham (9TNE) and Julia Walters (9TNE). This team has qualified for Nationals.
• Kahutaiki Calman represented Cashmere at Manu Korero, speaking on the impact of the Cyclone entirely in Te Reo Maori and placing 7th.
• Charlie Thomas, Simone Strange, Ethan Cox, Faisa Ahmed placed 2nd at the New Zealand Canterbury Region Japanese Trivia Competition

A special congratulations to our two COVE award winners in Term Two, Samuel Cook and Kahutaiki Calman, both of whom personify our values of Citizenship, Opportunity, Vibrancy and Excellence.

If you know of any success that we can celebrate or have any matters of concern please don’t hesitate to reach out to myself or any member of the pastoral team.

Johanna Stewart
Head of School Year 9
syj@cashmere.school.nz
337 4726
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