Thursday 27 May 2010Issue Three Hundred and Seventy-Seven

HappeningsHargest

JHC CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 29th April 2010

Congratulations to all students who participated in the School cross-country. There was a great atmosphere among the runners and it was good to see the many smiling faces crossing the finish line. There were some excellent performances in each event, with the Year 9 boys and girls pushing the Year 10’s for the top placings in the Junior section. Nathan Blomfield (Senior boys Champion), Sarah- Ann Meredith (Senior Girls Champion), Holly Pierce (Junior Girls Champion), and Paul Richter (Junior Boys Champion) had stand out performances.Results were:Junior Girls 1st Holly Pierce (9PWN) (Junior Champion) 2nd Maggie Fellowes (10RBS) 3rd Monique Erkes (9MPE) 4th Claudia Hutton (9PWN) 5th Tanya Dobson (9RBH)

Junior Boys 1st Paul Richter (10CR) 2nd Scott Anderson (9KMN) 3rd Joel Fletcher (9RBH) 4th Jono Bond (10SY) 5th Guy Redpath (10MCN)

Senior Girls’ Champs 1st Sarah Ann Meredith (HDP) 2nd Rachel Wilson (HDP) 3rd Bailey Lovett (WPF) 4th Katelyn Froude (TAMO) 5th Kim McCabe (MSA)

Senior Boys’ Champs 1st Nathan Blomfield (WRWN) 2nd Sam Smith (MLSN) 3rd Jeremy O’Connor (TAMO) 4th Ethan Campbell (TMM) 5th Dylan Lovett (WLS)

Senior Girls’ Non Champs 1st Sarah Carnahan (WGW) 2nd Tessa Hoffman (WLS) 3rd Kristen Froude (TRCG)

Senior Boys Non Champs 1st Andrew Bester (MLSN) 2nd Cody Evans (HRLF) 3rd Remi Corompt (MPB)

House Points1st Thompson 408 points2nd Hamilton 378 points3rd Menzies 368 points4th Watson 317 points

Student Support Centre News

Right: Students from the Student Support Centre

participating in lawns bowls. Specialized

equipment acquired with the funds provided by an

ILT grant to the Lawn Bowls Association.

Right: Students from the Student Support Centre

enjoy many aspects of the Beauty Therapy course

held at SIT

Left: (Back row, from left) Stage Challenge performers, Isabella Forde, Julia van Eeden, and Laura Skeggs (choreographer) and (front row, from left) Sam Price, Mana Wright and Hunter Shepard. The group made up the team to represent Hargest at the ASB 2010 Stage Challenge and J Rock which was held at the Civic Theatre recently.

Stage ChallengeOn Friday 7th May, at the Invercargill Civic Theatre, James

Hargest College’s senior campus put on a moving performance at the ASB Stage Challenge Southland heats. A cast and crew of 68 students and 5 teachers spent the day in rehearsals, preparing for the 6.30pm show. Laura Skeggs, the student director and lead choreographer spent months preparing the dance moves, costuming, set and lighting for the performance entitled “Positive Choices”. The 8 minute performance followed 3 girls who discover they are pregnant and are faced with the difficult choice of how to tell their boyfriends, their parents and how to raise the baby. The lead performers portrayed the issue with maturity and sensitivity. While not taking out first place this year, JHC won a lot of different awards, most notably the top award for a student led performance. Thanks to the Liaison teacher Miss Debbie Bowman and all the students and parents who put in so much time. The Stage Challenge National finals will be a televised competition using footage recorded during the heats. They will screen on TV3’s Sticky TV later on in the year.

Photo courtesy of the Invercargill Eye

Cooking in Languages

On Friday 21 May, the Year 11 Spanish class prepared two traditional Spanish dishes. The dishes were a main of Tortilla de Patatas (an omelette with potatoes) and a dessert of Churros con Chocolate (similar to donuts with chocolate). For the duration of the period they had to talk in Spanish,

including explaining how they were making the dishes. It was a fun learning experience and the food was ¡Fantástica!

Then on Tuesday 25 May the Year 12 & 13 Japanese students cooked okonomiyaki, a Japanese style savoury pancake. They also had to speak in the target language and food was delicious! Oishikatta!

Music NewsCommunity Trust Chamber Music Contest is on Thursday 10 June. Hargest has several promising chamber groups competing. The contest is both at 3.00pm and 7.00pm at Central Baptist Church on Deveron Street.The Big Sing is on Tuesday 15 June. Ancora, the school select choir, will be competing. Held at First Church at 7.30pm. Come and support them!

Right: Oakleigh-Jane Edwards models Hip Hopster which is

made of oyster sacks at the Bluff Oyster and Food Festival

held recently.

Photo courtesy of the Southland Times

Congratulations to . . . • Josie Frew, Erin Hughes and Kimberly Ballam who have been chosen as Invercargill Netball representatives in the Under 15A and to Kate Pope, Waiwhakaata Hamilton and Jordyn Ronald who have been chosen as Invercargill Netball representatives in the Under 15B. • Tegan Hunt who has been named as a training partner for the 2010 Southland Under 17 netball team.