Bridge Building competition

On the 2nd of  August 2013, three Year 10 Graphics students (Hektor Amazinnia Coyle,  Ruby Scott-Hewitt, Morgan Trestrail) took part in the Aurecon Australia /New Zealand bridge building competition.
These three students were selected because they earlier won the Yr 10 graphics inter-class competition for their bridge design.

To build the Aurecon competition bridge,  students used a balsa kit provided by Aurecon, to build any type of bridge they wanted.
One of the requirements was that the bridge had to be 700mm long.

During the competition, Aurecon Engineers would then load the bridge with weights to determine its load failure point.
The winning bridge was then judged according to it top load weight, quality workmanship and how it looked aesthetically.
You can check out their effort on this clip

The results were that Hagley Community college won 2nd place for the Canterbury competition.

They received a total of $1300 in prize money for their efforts.

Thanks to Ryszard Dybka for his support and guidance.

Yr 11 Geography Field Trip

Earlier this year, the Yr 11 Geography class had a field trip to the Port Hills. The trip was aimed at looking at volcanism, marine erosion and fluvial erosion (and earthquakes) and how these processes have interacted to create the landscape we see today, and how it is still changing. They also looked at land use on the Port Hills and the impact of human activity on the land.
Kiera Heartford put together this clip (6 mins long) that shows what they did on the day.
Geography Field Trip

Ye Old Fool Episode 4

The next episode to 'Ye ole Fool' is now out on YouTube and is urging for a brilliant audience!

In this episode things will get a little bit Theatrical! As this brand new adventure has a Broadway twist when our medieval heroes jump onto stage!

Ye ole Fool episode 4 "The play is not the thing"

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Youth Parliament

Every three to four years the Ministry of Youth Development coordinates New Zealand’s Youth Parliament. Young people are selected by members of Parliament to take part in debates in the Chamber and hold youth select committee meetings.
In the last school holidays Hagley student Hanna Deal represented Ruth Dyson at the Youth Parliament in Wellington.
You can hear her speech at this link.
 Hanna's speech



If you would like to know more about the Youth Parliament, click here.

Short elearning/blended learning presentation

Quite a nice short interview with a Professor from Massey University on e-learning/blended learning

Certainly worth <2mins of your time !!