Friday 14 May 2010 Issue Three Hundred and Seventy-Six Happenings Hargest James Hargest College Science Fair When: Monday 9 August (Week 4, Term 3) Where: Senior Campus School Hall Who: All Year 8 and Year 10 Students and other keen Science students Students in Years 8 and 10 will have some class time available for the carrying out of their Science Fair projects. Some hints to help your child at home: Choose a topic that is of interest, and can lead to a practical investigation. Students will need a logbook where they keep their early planning notes, subsequent observations, notes of trials that they carried out, changes to their initial method following earlier trials, data collected from their trials, research that they have found that will help to provide background so that they may draw valid conclusions from their data. All entries should be dated. Projects can be presented as a poster or on a Science Fair display board (available at local stationery outlets). Further information can be found at the following excellent website http://www.southlandsciencefair.co.nz/ Winning entries from the James Hargest College Science Fair will be entered in the NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair. So lets get scientific and see the amazing ideas that James Hargest College students can come up with. 40 Hour Famine Weekend is the 21st - 23rd May this year. And James Hargest College have set the target of raising $20,000 for World Vision! In order to meet this we are offering all students the opportunity to do a traditional famine, or, this year the year 9 - 13 students have the opportunity to enter in something a little bit different called “JHC Big Brother”.This will be run from: Year 9 - 12: 10am - 10pm Saturday, 22nd May 10am - 4pm Sunday, 23rd May Year 13: 10am - 4pm Saturday to Sunday There will be many challenges throughout the day that simulate what it is like to live in a third world country, and it will be a school-wide “no electricity” famine. In order to participate in Big Brother, you will need to be sponsored a minimum of $50.00 (this is easier than it sounds - ask family, friends, neighbours, relatives, workmates etc - it’s all going to a good cause!) Parents will also have the opportunity to come and watch when they drop their children off and pick them up to see what is going on - also, they can watch the challenges as they are happening, via a live webcam feed on the Southland Times website. For more information please collect a permission slip from Careers today! by Anna Goble (Year 13) 40 Hour Famine Paddles Up 2010 Equestrian Over the weekend of 13 and 14 March about 100 kayakers from schools around Southland competed in the 2010 Southland Secondary Schools Slalom Kayaking competition at Mavora. The weather was much kinder than the rain and wind in Invercargill over the same time. Teams and individuals compete in a downriver sprint race and a slalom course over the two days testing kayak skills against the clock. James Hargest had four teams in the competition. The Senior Boys gained a very good second place with Jamie King and Michael McDonald coming second and third respectively in the individual slalom. Kayla Holland came second in the Senior Girls downriver race and Aaron Findlay was awarded the ‘good egg’ award for his efforts helping the many competitors who tipped over in the rapid! Above: Nicole White with two of the ponies she competed on recently in Hastings at the Kelt Capital Horse of the Year 2010 National Competition. Nicole came first in the 1.2m Open Pony and fourth in the 1.2m Speed Pony of the Year section on Cuban Connoisseur (right) and came second in the 1.05m Open Pony class and second in the Pony 6 bar competition on Benson Dun It (left) Photo courtesy of the Southland Times SISS Adventure Race Champs Two teams from James Hargest travelled to Cromwell on Friday 26 March in readiness for the South Island Secondary Schools Adventure Championships. After a 4.30am wake up call the competition started at the Roaring Meg in the Kawarau Gorge. The first leg involved a 4-5 hr tramp/run over the Pisa mountains down to Lowburn next to Lake Dunstan. Once down the teams then had a further 4- 5 hrs of mountain biking, kayaking and abseiling ahead of them before the finish. The boys’ team came in 5th in the their section and 9th overall. The girls had problems with cramp from an early stage, but team work won over with a great effort to cross the finish line. Swimming Right: Andrew Bester has been named in the New Zealand Development Swimming Team. He will be involved in one of three training camps before an annual series against Australia. Andrew won five individual medals including gold in the 14 and 15 year olds 200m backstroke at the South Island Swimming Championships in September. Photo courtesy of the Southland Times
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Friday 14 May 2010Issue Three Hundred and Seventy-Six
HappeningsHargest
James Hargest College Science Fair When: Monday 9 August (Week 4, Term 3)
Where: Senior Campus School HallWho: All Year 8 and Year 10 Students and other keen Science students
Students in Years 8 and 10 will have some class time available for the carrying out of their Science Fair projects.Some hints to help your child at home:
Choose a topic that is of interest, and can lead to a practical investigation. Students will need a logbook where they keep their early planning notes, subsequent observations, notes of trials that they carried out, changes to their initial method following earlier trials, data collected from their trials, research that they have found that will help to provide background so that they may draw valid conclusions from their data. All entries should be
dated. Projects can be presented as a poster or on a Science Fair display board (available at local stationery outlets). Further information can be found at the following excellent website http://www.southlandsciencefair.co.nz/
Winning entries from the James Hargest College Science Fair will be entered in the NZAS Southland Science and
Technology Fair. So lets get scientific and see the amazing ideas that James Hargest College students can come up with.
40 Hour Famine Weekend is the 21st - 23rd May this year. And James Hargest College have set the target of raising $20,000 for World Vision! In order to meet this we are offering all students the opportunity to do a traditional famine, or, this year the year 9 - 13 students have the opportunity to enter in something a little bit different called “JHC Big Brother”.This will be run from:Year 9 - 12: 10am - 10pm Saturday, 22nd May 10am - 4pm Sunday, 23rd MayYear 13: 10am - 4pm Saturday to SundayThere will be many challenges throughout the day that simulate what it is like to live in a third world country, and it will be a school-wide “no electricity” famine. In order to participate in Big Brother, you will need to be sponsored a minimum of $50.00 (this is easier than it sounds - ask family, friends, neighbours, relatives, workmates etc - it’s all going to a good cause!)Parents will also have the opportunity to come and watch when they drop their children off and pick them up to see what is going on - also, they can watch the challenges as they are happening, via a live webcam feed on the Southland Times website. For more information please collect a permission slip from Careers today!by Anna Goble (Year 13)
40 Hour Famine
Paddles Up 2010 Equestrian
Over the weekend of 13 and 14 March about 100 kayakers from schools around Southland competed in the 2010 Southland Secondary Schools Slalom Kayaking competition at Mavora. The weather was much kinder than the rain and wind in Invercargill over the same time. Teams and individuals compete in a downriver sprint race and a slalom course over the two days testing kayak skills against the clock. James Hargest had four teams in the competition. The Senior Boys gained a very good second place with Jamie King and Michael McDonald coming second and third respectively in the individual slalom. Kayla Holland came second in the Senior Girls downriver race and Aaron Findlay was awarded the ‘good egg’ award for his efforts helping the many competitors who tipped over in the rapid!
Above: Nicole White with two of the ponies she competed on recently in Hastings at the Kelt Capital Horse of the Year 2010 National
Competition. Nicole came first in the 1.2m Open Pony and fourth in the 1.2m Speed
Pony of the Year section on Cuban Connoisseur (right) and came second in the 1.05m Open Pony class and second in the Pony 6 bar
competition on Benson Dun It (left)
Photo courtesy of the Southland Times
SISS Adventure Race Champs
Two teams from James Hargest travelled to Cromwell on Friday 26 March in readiness for the South Island Secondary Schools Adventure Championships. After a 4.30am wake up call the competition started at the Roaring Meg in the Kawarau Gorge. The first leg involved a 4-5 hr tramp/run over the Pisa mountains down to Lowburn next to Lake Dunstan. Once down the teams then had a further 4- 5 hrs of mountain biking, kayaking and abseiling ahead of them before the finish. The boys’ team came in 5th in the their section and 9th overall. The girls had problems with cramp from an early stage, but team work won over with a great effort to cross the finish line.
SwimmingRight: Andrew Bester has been named in the New Zealand Development Swimming Team. He will be involved in one of three training camps before an annual series against Australia.Andrew won five individual medals including gold in the 14 and 15 year olds 200m backstroke at the South Island Swimming Championships in September.
Photo courtesy of the Southland Times
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