This term, students were invited to create designs for our school mural competition and we had an exciting and creative collection of artworks submitted.

Alyssa Paduganao, Y13, won first place, with Sam Baxter taking second, Ruiha Reuben coming third and Joseph Charles, highly commended. Congratulations to these students! 

Alyssa's design has also made it into the finals of the Keep New Zealand Beautiful 'Wall Worthy' competition, which is won by popular vote using the link below...so go get sharing and voting!!

https://www.knzb.org.nz/programmes/paint-new-zealand-beautiful/resene-wall-worthy-competition/

Winners of this competition will be announced on 16th April and will be awarded $750 of Resene paint and a $500 cash prize for the school. So, please vote to support our school in taking home this awesome prize to help bring this artwork to life!

This is Alyssa's description:  "The meaning behind this concept represents the community of Kaiapoi. The hands which hold the river that runs through the town symbolises our values that we hold. There is also a man fishing on the hands as something Kaiapoi is known for is its fishing. On the buildings, there are evident cracks which reminds us of the earthquakes and how there is always hope and restoration after hardships, thus the flowers which grow upon it. The water flows from the hands and creates a river, which then bleeds into mountains. The mountains represent our Southern Alps. I chose this quote in particular because it reminds us that doing something together as our community makes feeling home much more meaningful and gives us a sense of belonging. Especially here in Canterbury, we suffer through many hardships however we are always capable of bouncing back when we are together as a community."

Second place went to Sam Baxter, Y10.

"I chose to do this design for my mural to symbolise how we're constantly grabbing new ideas and new techniques while learning. While I chose to draw the hand in the polygon typestyle and add the school colours in the background along with text stating “RICE” above, standing for our school values."

Third place went to Ruiha Reuben, Y13.

"The mural is of three brightly coloured tuna (eels) along with the whakatauki “Kua kaheko te tuna i roto i aku ringaringa”. This directly translates to “I let the eel slip through my hands”, so this mural represents the idea of don’t let bright opportunity slip through your hands. Tuna is also a very important food resource to Ngāi Tūāhuriri living in Kaiapoi pā."

Joseph Charles, Y13, got Highly Commended with his vending machine.