COVID

The impact of COVID took on a sharper sense of reality for me last week as my family and I tested positive for COVID-19. It also reinforced to me how COVID can affect people differently, with each of us displaying different symptoms for varying lengths of time.

Next week will be our last week of the Term and again, we will not be rostering any year groups home. I am extremely grateful to our staff who have volunteered to cover classes as well as our relief teachers who have helped ensure that we remain fully functional as a school.

Currently our numbers - 164 students/staff self-isolating including 92 current positive COVID cases.

Maadi Success!

One of my big disappointments of contracting COVID was missing the opportunity to watch our rowers compete at the Maadi Cup in Twizel. The 75th Maadi Cup will go down in history for Cashmere High School as one that holds many highlights and first time achievements. One of which was our first ever girl's medal & the boys performing so well in the U18 Eight!

A big congratulations to the following students:

A Finals

• SILVER GU16 Quad
  Poppy Wyndham, Em Poulsen, Nina Oliver, Abbie Higgins + Meg Macdonald
• SILVER GU16 Double
  Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
• 4th BU18 Eight - best ever finish in the premier race
  Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, George Higgins, Will Anderson, Pablo Fitzgerald, Sam Evans, Jack MacDonald, Archie MacDonald + Hazel Bown
• 4th BU18 Pair - First time featuring
  George Higgins & Will Anderson
• 5th BU18 Four - First time featuring
  Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, George Higgins, Will Anderson + Hazel Bown
• 5th BU17 Four
  Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, James Martin, Jimmy Middleditch + Hazel Bown
• 8th GU16 Single
  Nina Oliver
• 8th BU18 Quad
  Archie MacDonald, Jack MacDonald, Pablo Fitzgerald, Sam Evans + Meg Macdonald

Also a special mention to the following students who will be trialling for regional and national representation:

North vs South U18

• Oscar Clatworthy

• Sam Clelland

New Zealand U19

• George Higgins

• Will Anderson

House Chalk Art Competition

Well done to Sheppard House who took out our Chalk Art House Comp!

Head of Faculty presentations to the Board

On Monday 28th March and Monday 4th April our Heads of Faculties presented their annual academic reports to the Board of Trustees. These reports cover NCEA achievement and reflections, future strategies and other faculty matters. This process is a very important part of our faculties reflecting on their learning areas and looking at ways in which to improve, how and what we teach at Cashmere High School.

Service/Citizenship at CHS

One of core values at Cashmere is Citizenship. It is core because the desire and disposition to serve others is a critical part of enabling our vision - together, empowering our communities. I am delighted to see some of our various Service Councils out and about giving back to the communities we are part of. My thanks to the students most recently involved in supporting some of our most disadvantaged through ‘‘kai for the community’ and for the students involved in supporting Landsdowne Tce Playcentre.

Jesus Christ Superstar Production

We are delighted to have completed the audition and casting process for our 2022 Major Production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

Shaun Edwards-Brown, our Production Director - “we are so blessed to have the incredible talent at Cashmere High School and can't wait to share the work with the community at the end of Term 3. Rehearsals begin in the second week of Term 2, with this term being spent preparing and planning. The staff are excited, the students are excited, and the community needs to get excited, for what will be a true highlight of the year. Keep and eye out for ticket information, we look forward to seeing you all there."

Congratulations to the following students who take the lead roles in the Production:

• Jesus - Isaac MacDonald

• Judas - Diego Damoco

• Mary - Sadie McLoughlin

• Pilate - Ben Evans

• Caiaphas - Darcy McMillain

• Annas - Amelie Devos

• Simon - Georgina Cockfield

• Peter - Ava Hendry

• Herod - Juliette Gray

House Olympics

Congrats to Ngata House who took out last week's House Olympics!

Computational Thinking Challenge

Congratulations to Justin Wood, James Cropp, Ethan Simpson and Callum Hynes who gained first places at the 2022 Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge. This is a National online challenge that asks students to solve puzzles that relate to computer science concepts including; networks, data structures, trees, graphs, hashing, error detection, pattern recognition, complex pattern decomposition, logic and algorithms. And under pressure of a 45 minute time limit!

COVE Award Winners - Jessica Fastier and Emily Cropp

Congratulations to both Jessica and Emily who were our COVE Award winners over the last 2 weeks. Both these students are fantastic representatives of the Cashmere values and are making great contributions to our school community.

Silas Jones - NZ U14 Champion

Congratulations to Silas Jones 9AUJ who is the NZ Schools U14 triathlon Champion! Silas has overcome a few recent setbacks to achieve this outstanding result. He is following the footsteps of Henry McMecking (Class of 2021) who took out the Junior men's race and has younger brother Gwilym (1st U12/13 Hillview) close on his heals.

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Whos Who at Cashmere High School - Nic Falloon

Kia ora. Ko Nic Falloon toku ingoa. 

 I joined Cashmere High School as the Careers Administrator in 2021 after being a full-time mum. I have a young daughter at Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kereru and my husband is the Chief Executive of Sport Canterbury.

This year I have also taken on the role of CHS Netball Coordinator. I love being active and I am an avid netballer; a player, coach and manager.

I have lived in Cashmere for the past 15 years and enjoy having the Port Hills on my doorstep. Our community is important to me and I am incredibly proud of the role our school plays within it. I enjoy working and volunteering to make it a great place for our tamariki and rangatahi to thrive. Having spent time on the Cashmere Primary PTA, to coaching sport and supporting and organising events, I love being involved.

When I’m not being a sideline supporter of cricket, touch and netball, I’m planning outings with my family and friends or I’m busy baking.

The Week Ahead