Sue Davidson's Blog 21/10/2013: Classes underway at Shirley Primary School
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An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 21 October 2013 entitled, "Classes underway at Shirley Primary School".
An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 21 October 2013 entitled, "Classes underway at Shirley Primary School".
A PDF copy of a poster promoting the 'Write Now' 2014 young writers workshops. Some of the best works from the workshop were published in a chapbook and in posters for Christchurch 2014 WORD Festival. The workshops were supported by All Right?, Christchurch City Libraries and The School for Young Writers.
Caption reads: "We have to find a new home. We have to move on but we don't know what to look for."
Caption reads: "People brought food to the area and we were grateful. It was a disaster but we were coping. Our house was broken but that didn’t mean we had to be."
A PDF copy of a 'chapbook' featuring selected writings of "some of Canterbury's most exciting young writers, aged 10-15 years". The booklet was created for the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival 2014 with the support of All Right?, The School for Young Writers, Christchurch City Libraries, and WORD Christchurch.
A PDF copy of a poster promoting the 'Write Now' 2014 young writers workshops. Some of the best works from the workshop were published in a chapbook and in posters for Christchurch 2014 WORD Festival. The workshops were supported by All Right?, Christchurch City Libraries and The School for Young Writers.
A PDF copy of a certificate for the Avondale School Pumpkin Growing Competition 2015. The certificate depicts 'All Righties' harvesting a giant pumpkin and carrots.
A PDF copy of a poster promoting the Shirley Primary, Shirley Intermediate and Banks Avenue Schools Pumpkin Growing Competition 2015. The poster depicts 'All Righties' harvesting a giant pumpkin and carrots.
A PDF copy of two posters created on the All Right? Poster Generator. The posters are for Room Four: St James School, Aranui. They include the responses from a number of students about what makes them feel good.
A PDF copy of six poster designs. Each poster features a Christchurch resident's response to the question, "What makes us feel all right?" For instance, the first poster reads, "What makes us feel all right? Making pikelets with my children after school and hearing about their day. Sarah, Ilam." Posters like these were used in Adshel bus stops around Christchurch as part of phase 3 of the All Right? campaign.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 8 March 2011 entitled, "No school doesn't mean no lessons [or 'let them eat cake']".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 18 September 2014 entitled, "Raffle quilt for the Steiner school fair".The entry was downloaded on 3 November 2016.
A pdf copy of a cut-out dress-up game for young children involving safety gear.
Caption reads: "No, I don’t think they deliver the mail everyday. Not anymore."
A presentation given to St Martin's primary school students about SCIRT work in Opawa and Hillsborough.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 1 September 2014 entitled, "Tunnelling".
A web story about a site visit to the Bridge and Arch by local school pupils.
A web story about the model design work by Christ's College pupils.
Caption reads: "Yeah yeah, I know, but you’ve got to look. It’s incredible what’s happened to these places. It’s not something you see everyday and once it’s gone, it’s gone forever."
Caption reads: "You can’t do a thing about it but I can’t be bothered going house hunting. I’ll just live each day as best I can. I keep thinking it could change again. The dust here doesn’t bother me, the noise doesn’t bother me. When they start pulling down houses the vibrations don’t bother me. Nothing bothers me. We’re all like that. That’s how you have to be when you can’t do a thing about it."
Caption reads: "At the moment we’re trying to carry on like everything is normal. It’s not easy. It’s hard sometimes to remember what things were like before the earthquake."
A pdf copy of a drawing for children focusing on diggers and road cones.
A PDF copy of a newsletter sent by All Right? to their mailing list in April 2017.
A digital photograph in PDF format. Image taken from within the Horseshoe Lake Reserve, of the local wildlife.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image looking East, on Kingsford St. Memorial Day remembrance flowers, on the side of the street.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of two spectators watching a Red Zoned home be demolished. Image looking south-west.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home that sits right on the edge of the Horseshoe Lake reserve. Looking North.
Caption reads: "It used to be lovely. We would go out walking all the time and we always went through the wetlands. There was all the beautiful flax and bushes that were around the track, and now it’s gone. All gone."
Caption reads: "There’s nothing we can do about what we’ve lost. We just keep hoping for the best."
Caption reads: "At night we light up the house like a Christmas tree so that people know we’re here."