Ye Olde Fool

Ye Ole Fool is a cartoon about the misadventures of an ambitious royal fool who finds himself having to stop a Scottish psycho path from having his revenge on a lazy mean king!

The cast consists of three Hagley students who do the voice overs, Christopher Waffleton, Keaton Flitney and John Smith. Script and animation are by Richard Townsend. There are 6 episodes in season one and the team is well underway with season two (8 episodes). Richard is very keen to get as many views on YouTube as possible so please check them out, like and subscribe, and share with family and friends. Thanks :-)

Episode1 'Ye ole Jerry'

Sports roundup

Senior girls black volleyball team had a great win against Lincoln in the semi final on Monday night last week, they are in the play offs this Monday, wish them luck! We had a great couple of wins in indoor football. Year 9s winning 11-10, this was their first win and they played some great football. The senior girls red team had another great win 8 - 1 playing against Catholic. All teams showed some great football, were all pleasing games to watch. Only 2 more weeks of sport left, keep up the great work.

Sports roundup for last week

Senior Boys White had a great win against Mairehau 8-7. We had a clash with both of the senior girls playing each other with the senior girls red taking it out 3 - 0. It was a great game and we are looking forward to the outdoor season with all the girls in one team! Indoor netball girls have shown great improvement and the junior girls got some great goals. The senior girls had their first win with a awesome comeback after half time.

Composition skills

School of Music student, Adam Webb, has created this piece that he has put on YouTube. He composed it on Garageband and you will notice a similarity to an old but famous song - see if you can guess! You can search for more of his music under the name GammaKiwi.

Sam and the Guitar Lord

TodaysMeet

I have been using TodaysMeet in class with my 11Sci.  A lad in my class posted 3 answers to worksheet.  Others thanked him by posting back.  He didn't have to look at them or talk to them, he doesn't like doing that.  He looked like he grew 10cm taller.  Check out TodaysMeet.  Ask me or Andy or Sue Mc or Kim Swann how to use it if you need help  http://todaysmeet.com/

Carmen

Shape Poem

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A 

descending

drizzle of tiny

clear crystals, hitting

the sharp blades of grass

and the glass of windows, sliding,

racing one another down to the pane.

Her reflection is captured as she watches,

the image of her features almost trapped in the

splattering glass. The pitters and the patters accelerating

as she observes the sparkling droplets collecting on the rim of

the panes. She watches intently as ducks plop and paddle through

the Puddles, their webbed feet disappearing beneath the shallow murky

surface. In a flash, they shake their matted down, the yellow blur a bright

contrast to the drab fog. Her gaze drifts from them but remains fixed on

the drizzle before her. And then, suddenly, the rain abruptly comes to a

halt, everything still and silent. Almost imperceptibly, the sun peeks out

from behind the clouds which conceal it, illuminating. The

droplets remain clinging to the blades of green,

glinting like tiny shards of glass.

It’s over. For now. 

By Clementine Page 9Bt

Sport roundup

Week two of sport was a great success! Teams have shown great improvement and the sports department was very impressed with all our students. We had a great day with Volleyball and all our games were so close (coming down to 2 points). It's great to see all of the students supporting each other and cheering on Hagley teams. We are very excited to say we have a new Sports Assistant Nathan that will be joining the department. He will be running recreation time in the gym and helping with sport Monday and Wednesday so if you see him make sure you say hi! Players remember to check the draw in the old gym for this weeks games and good luck to everyone playing!

Hagley Theatre Company Tour

Hagley Theatre Company 2nd year students have just completed their annual Theatre in Education tour of Christchurch primary schools. This year they took Little Red Riding Wolf across the city.

The final figures – 8 days intensive rehearsal with 24 shows following over a 12 day period. They travelled almost 500kms in total and just over 2800 people saw a performance. Not bad for our wee company, not bad at all!