Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Is this digger training school? St Margaret's College, Winchester Street".
A rowdy protest was held in Christchurch yesterday over the Government's plan to revamp education in the earthquake-hit city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Redcliffs school".
Houses teeter over the edge above Redcliffs School.
A video of an interview with Grant Ross, teacher at Branston Intermediate School, about the boys-only class he set up to encourage learning for boys. This video is part of a series which looks at the innovative projects which will be lost if the Ministry of Education pushes ahead with its school closure and merger plans.
A video of an interview with Rosey Acker, a helper at Kendal School, about the bike track that was set up at the school. This video is part of a series which looks at the innovative projects which will be lost if the Ministry of Education pushes ahead with its school closure and merger plans.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new staff room at Avonside Girls High School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Burnside High School with the University of Canterbury (upper left)".
The new staff room at Avonside Girls High School with the new classrooms in the background. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Girls High School staff room. We spoke to two Science teachers who talked enthusiastically about their new Science labs and how great it was to return to their own campus again".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A group of students eating lunch in front of a classroom at Avonside Girls High School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Burnside High School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashmere High School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "West Spreydon School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Unlimited school High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The River Avon close to the gate of Avonside Girls High School. The river forms part of the lovely setting for the school, along with the mature trees".
A protest sign painted on a fence shows a bulldozer labelled "Govt." driven by a woman (presumably representing Education Minister Hekia Parata) running over a sheep labelled "Chch schools", next to the words "Every time you close a school you have to build a jail - Mark Twain." The photographer comments, "Due to the earthquakes in Christchurch and parents leaving the area to give their children a quieter and more education friendly life a lot of the local schools especially in the East of Christchurch are to be closed or amalgamated. This was a decision by the government without consultation with any other authorities. Mark Twain actually said 'Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail'".
The topic of ‘resilience’ thinking seems of late to have superseded that of ‘sustainability’ thinking. Sustainability means simply that which sustains and lasts but has taken on many different subtle nuances over the last 20 years since it came into common parlance with the Bruntland Report of 1987, which sought to clarify the definition. However, resilience ‘speak’ has become hot property now, especially highlighted since Christchurch experienced a natural disaster in the form of several large earthquakes from Sep 2010 until most recently in December 2011. Many people comment on how resilient people have been, how resilient the city has been, so it seems timely to investigate what resilience actually means and importantly, resilient to what and of what? (Lorenz, 2010). This essay will look at the concept of systems and resilience, definitions and theories will be explored generally and then these concepts will be more closely defined within the context of a particular system, that of Somerfield School located in the western suburbs of Christchurch.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Medbury Preparatory School".
High school students waiting for the Re-Entry concert to begin.
Volunteers and High School students setting up seats for Re-Entry.
A video of a protest at the Hagley Park netball courts against the Canterbury school reforms. 57 schools will be affected by the reforms, with 13 set to close and 25 undergoing some form of merger. The video includes speeches from Reverend Mike Coleman, Richard Chambers (Principal at Manning Intermediate), Jelena (a student at Greenpark School), Jennifer O'Lerry (Principal at Branston Intermediate), Eugenie Sage (Green Party MP), and Mia Harrison.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christchurch Boys High School".
High School students setting up the Re-Entry concert on Gloucester Street.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Linwood Intermediate, McLean Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rangi Ruru Presbyterian Girls School, Hewitts Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rangi Ruru Presbyterian Girls School, Hewitts Road".
A photograph of high school students working at the Fitzgerald Avenue Community Garden.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 12 December 2012 entitled, "Old School, New Times".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Working at the Haldenstein's/Unlimited Paenga School site".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street and Unlimited School (centre)".