Origami master  | Jarred and is creations |  | Alvey gets stuck in |  | Luke looks on |
After reading a couple of books about origami Jarred Thornton
has created some magnificent origami geometric masterpieces
and is attempting to pass on his skill to Alvey Little and Luke Palmer. Jarred starts with a small rectangle or square of paper
and ends with a large hexagon or square.
This lunchtime library activity could become the next craze – try it!
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High Poets’ Walk a step closer |
At a ceremony to mark the end of Library week the first two poems for the linkwell  | Adaire & Jane announce |  | Alex reads Lachlan's Being Pakeha |  | Lily reads Horizon Line |
Poets’ Walk were announced.
Lily Uivel and Lachlan Dixon’s poems were the two chosen and they were read.
The other poets Sienna Kelly, Zarina Ahmed, Chora Charleton, Cheryl Wong and
Mereana Latimer's work was recognised also with the presentation of a certificate.
The ceremony ended with chocolate cake all round.
The Poets’ Walk is a joint project between Arts, Graphics, Creative Writing and the Library. Horizon line - Lily Uivel The beauty
forced the breath
from my lips
- I felt it like a blow to the chest.
I saw the edge of the world
joining with the sky,
an imaginary line,
and all was clear.
A thousand miles away
waves shone
as if they crashed on the shore before me.
Being Pakeha - Lachlan Dixon
Wha Nuke, Rereke, Tautoku.
It's supposed to be my heritage.
I wish I could understand the words printed on the walls of Taraika,
But I can only stare.
Tutuki,Tapu,Whakaaro.
They hold a sacred meaning.
The words are alive, I can feel it,
Yet they stand meaningless in my mind. I very nearly went to the Kapa Haka meeting.
They would all have been experienced - full-blooded Maori
Trained in the art from birth.
I would have been embarrassed. I almost circled Maori on my subject choice sheet.
The other students would have laughed at me.
The teacher would have laughed at me.
My own parents probably would have laughed at me.
A Pakeha could never learn Maori.
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The Golden Weather Ends at High |
Paul Sullivan’s Yr 12 Drama class presented the Kiwi classic  | Henry's poster |  | Narrator and Boy |  | Boy reads for Firpo |
The End of the Golden Weather by Bruce Mason,
and adapted by Raymond Hawthorne, last week. Narrator Bea Joblin kept the story flowing and the sun shining
as the words flowed from her smiling face. Boy, Riley Brophy, and his interactions with his family,
the world and Firpo were all melded together with expert
ease and professionalism.
The audience could feel the story with all its highs and lows. Well done all of you!  | School starts |  | The race is on |  | Firpos loses and Boy consoles |
CAST
Abby Adams Sister, Bob Ferguson, Jewellery Girl, Rioter
Felix Borthwick Reverend Thirle, Mr Johnson, The Man
Riley Brophy Boy
Brandt Feeney Firpo .
Mae Grant Miss Effie Brett, Miss Mackay, Rioter, Roy Baker, Mrs Atkinson
James Guzzo Harry, Joe Dyer, Rioter
Briar Hayes Sergeant Robinson
Bea Joblin Narrator
HanaRochford Barber Mother
Sarah Rutten Amy, Ginger, Woman 2, JewelleryGirl,Miss Sybil Brett, Choir
Harriet Salisbury Brother, Choir Girl
Dirk Skagen Jesse Cabot, Uncle Jim, Rioter, Butcher
ManoaTeaiwa Father, Rioter
Em Wafer Aunty Cass, Mr Stephen Irons CREW
Director Paul Sullivan
Lights Sasha Morrison and Jonathon Churton
Costumes Tanea Chapman
Set Yr 12 Drama class
Poster and photo-shoot Henry Cooke (Yr 13)
Dress rehearsal photos Laurel O’Brien (Y 12)
Thanks to: Allie Hodge, Wellington High Music Dept, Paul McDougall, all families
who lent props and costumes (especially the endless supply from the Joblin family),
Student Services, Jania Bates, Play Market.
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High wins as robots skirmish |
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High wins as robots skirmish A new technology sport is growing in popularity at High. A group of students under the tutelage of Chemistry teacher Ryan McCroskery is building and competing robots At a recent competition Rowan Self, Callum O'Neil, Thomas Fuller, Tom Leslie, Michael Kula and Joshua Machiela took out the opposition in the Wellington vex robotics Skirmish. Well done teams we look forward to more robotic victories. |
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WHS Robots win regional soccer play-off |
The Wellington High School Team of Jack Bannister-Sutton, Blake Scott  | Putting it together |  | The robotic player |  | The field |
and Oliver Spicer are the Wellington Region Robot Junior Soccer champions.
They gained the title at the Wellington Regional Robocup Competition
held at Tawa College on the 8th of August.
The team is off to the nationals at Christchurch on the 4th of September. |
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