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Yazmin Miles-Watson was watching the Erin Simpson Show yesterday after school, and was inspired by the show's star, to go out and clean up her own street. The clean up is part of National Clean Up NZ week which runs from 17 Sept to 24 Sept. In just an hour Yaz, (aged 11 yrs,) filled three supermarket bags from around her street. Today at school, she gave up her morning tea and lunch times to do a thorough clean up of the bushes and trees along the school boundary! She inspired some friends to join her, and they cleaned up other areas of the school. Most of the boundary rubbish was from people who pass through the school grounds outside of school hours. There were wrappers, cigarette butts and beer bottles which were "disgusting" explained Yaz. Yaz (pictured with Line Kalolo) hopes to encourage more of her classmates to help clean up other areas of the school community. Fantastic Addington Attitude Yaz!! We are very proud of the initiative you have taken, and the inspirati...

Addington School children were back at school today, catching up with friends, sharing stories and practicing their "Drop, Cover and Hold" moves. Room 7 produced some great art work for their cloakroom about their experiences during the past week. We are all pleased to be back and returning to our normal routines.

School will not be open until Monday the 13 Sept. See you all then.

Because of the Earthquake to our area on Saturday 4 September Schools and early childhood services within the boundaries of Christchurch City Council, Waimakariri (including Rangiora) District Council and Selwyn District Council will be closed to students and children until Monday 13 September.

Reading Discovery Graduation and Celebration! Today two students, Mackenzie Wallace and Andrew Sparks celebrated their graduation from Reading Discovery with a special morning tea. At the celebration were Reading Discovery Teacher Pat Watson , class teacher Mrs Douglas, Mrs Barr and invited guests Andrew and McKenzie's Mums, Grandparent reader Mrs Rainey, Ms Heath and Ms Meachen. Both Andrew and McKenzie entered the programme reading at level 2-3 and have finished off on level 19-20!! Fantastic, and a great example of how successful the partnership between home and school can be.

CURATED BY DAVID GIBSON and KEREN MOSCOVITCH The School of Visual Arts,141 West 21st Street August 7 - August 21, 2010 Christie Blizard and Steven Page, Stephanie Halmos, Cate Holt, Mary Murphy, Max Razdow. Adrianne Rubenstein, Hagar Sadan, Pam Saturday, Jennifer Shepard, Gabriel Shuldiner, Meg Thompson, Miryana Todorova and Ashley Omahne, Tyler Vipond, Sarah Vollman, Cay Yoon School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Abstract Intentions,” an exhibition of work by former participants in the Summer Residency Programs in the Division of Continuing Education.  Curated by David Gibson , faculty member, and Keren Moscovitch, coordinator of the Summer Residency Programs. “Abstraction is a verb, an activity, an action,” says Moscovitch in elaborating on the exhibition’s title. “These artists all use their materials in new and unexpected ways and create tools out of substance. The camera no longer captures what exists in the world, but takes advantage of optic and chemical processes to ...

I didn’t think that there was much hope for Vui Kong in the recent application before the High Court. Even if the Court had decided that the President may exercise his discretion, it would not have won Vui Kong a reprieve. But, the decision appears to have aroused a primal cry from netizens and armed critics with another weapon with which to mock the highly paid and allegedly powerless ‘Elected President’. Many decry the legal confirmation of the President as a figurehead. Some have taken the Court ruling to mean that the President has no legal authority at all under the Constitution and that he is nothing more than a puppet. At the other end of the spectrum, there are lawyers and legally trained persons who are puzzled as to why M Ravi attempted this outrageous application when a ‘plain’ reading of Article 21 and Article 22P of the Constitution is supposed to reveal that the President does not have discretion in the matter of the Pardon. I think that it is important to understand...