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Avonside Girls High School and QEII Park – the land
In the lead up to the release of geotechnical reports on the eastern suburbs there has been speculation on what might happen to particular significant assets. Two such assets are QEII Park and Avonside...
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New bus information for AGHS students
The Ministry of Education has consolidated bus transport and modified routes for Avonside Girls’ High School pupils attending Burnside High School. Full details are available on the Ministry’s website...
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Earthquakes for kids.
Not sure how I managed to miss this earlier – the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has a series of web pages dedicated to explaining earthquakes to kids. One page (here), has interesting little...
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Avonside Girls High School update
Demolition work is expected to start on the Stevenson’s Block at AGHS on Monday.
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Building a better city – Christchurch Methodist Mission
The Christchurch Methodist Mission is producing information sheets on various social issues, with a view to using the rebuilding of the city as an opportunity to make changes. These issues are...
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Avonside Girls High – demolition of the main block
Demolition of the main block at AGHS is scheduled to start today.
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Private sector investment for failing schools in central and eastern...
The Press this morning has an article on National implementing an ACT policy whereby schools that are failing can access private sector investment. From the Press online Failing schools in central and...
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Changes to education in greater Christchurch
The Education and Tertiary Education Ministers have today released a draft programme to guide the renewal of the education network in greater Christchurch following the Canterbury earthquakes. As has...
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Save our Schools rally – Saturday 22nd at 12 noon.
Mike Hawker is organising a rally for this Saturday to protest the recently announced school closures and amalgamations. The following is from one of the flyers. JOIN THE FIGHT Public Rally Saturday...
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Fracking and earthquakes
From the website Science Daily (here). How Shale Fracking Led to an Ohio Town’s First 100 Earthquakes Aug. 19, 2013 — Since records began in 1776, the people of Youngstown, Ohio had never experienced...
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