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Content: ARAS Students,

ARAS Tutors,

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Layout Gaye Harry

Proofreading Greta Bowron

Editing Jean Day

Printing Andrea Charity,

Central City Library

Greetings from ARAS Matariki, or the Maori New Year, was the time to plant trees, prepare the land for planting crops and renew associations with whānau and friends. It is a good time to reflect on your place in the world, to reawaken old skills or try out new ones and set new goals. The earthquakes changed Christchurch and all that was in it forever. It was devastating, and a long road back. Now how-ever, things are starting to move again, and new growth is everywhere. People are starting to think about many of the things that they put on hold while they concentrated on getting their lives back to normal. ARAS is noticing this in the number of students starting to come through the doors, and in the number of people enquir-ing about tutor training. We are back in a more central loca-tion, which makes it easier for people to find us, and we have a number of new programmes to roll out. Sandy and Faye and our Chairperson, Niki Hannon who is stepping back from that role, have gone on to new challenges. As the sun turns round and begins its journey south and brings warmer, longer days and new beginnings, ARAS also faces new beginnings with a reorganisation of space, pro-grammes and staff. Jean

Volume: 100

Issue: July 2014

Phone: 366 9479

Email: aras.ch@xtra.co.nz

IN THIS ISSUE

Pg 1 Greetings from ARAS

Pg 2 Chairperson’s Letter

Pg 3 On Going Training

Pg 4 Tutor Resources

Pg 5 Thank yous

Pg 6 Congratulations and Website

Pg 7 Did you Know ?

Pg 8/9 Tutors’ Notice Board

Pg 10/11 Changes

Pg 12/13 Kupu

Pg 14 English

Pg 15 Student Contributions

Pg 16/17 Puzzle Pages

Pg 18 Bequest Form

Pg 19 Puzzle Answers

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Tēnā koutou katoa

Mid-winter greetings to you all!! Matariki is a wonderful time for weekend lying in bed reading and giving ourselves time to think and reflect, because it is too cold to get into the garden first thing. The blue-sky days which start with a frost are magnificent.

I am writing to wish you all the best at this time. I have resigned from being the Chairperson because like you wonderful students, I am also studying. I will how-ever continue as a volunteer tutor because ultimately this is where my heart is.

ARAS is also in good heart. It is amazing the amount of changes we have expe-rienced. We have farewelled Hoon Hay; we have also said “Haere Rā!” to Maureen Vance, Sandy Page and Faye Liang our Data Entry Person. We have said “Kia ora” to Walker Street Hub and to a deeper relationship with Literacy Aotearoa.

Jean Day our Coordinator and her team – Gill Lafferty, our Finance Officer, Ka-ren Ver Beek , our receptionist, and our tutors are continually developing new programmes and relationships with the community and continuing to run our groups and workplace programmes.

Charmaine Tukua will be running tutor training for ARAS in the third term. Kia ora Charmaine mō tōu mahi tino pai.

The Governing committee will also continue to support and guide the ARAS en-terprise. Lynley Eastwick and Glenys Whitelaw need to be thanked for their work on the library, and Cilla Taylor and Glenys for their work with the Walker Street Hub. You will hear more from this team of dedicated people including Peter Dobbs, Jennifer Leahy, Vanessa Tedescoe and Charmaine Tukua.

I encourage anyone else reading this to consider coming on to the committee. It is a wonderful way to contribute to the running of ARAS. This is also a warm wel-come to those considering volunteering especially in terms of tutoring. The joy of hearing the changes people make in their lives because they have been sup-ported to develop literacy and numeracy skills is beyond the price of pearls and warms the cockles of your heart especially in the season of Matariki.

Ka nui aki mihi ki a koutou

Niki Hannan

Once was Chair of ARAS

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On Going Training

Wednesday 30th July

6pm

How to use the TEC

assessments with

your learner.

Books give a soul

To the universe

Wings to the mind

Flight to the imagination

And life to everything

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Tutor Resources ARAS Library – our library is nearing the end of its banana box life and we hope to have the books sorted and

shelved along the hallway of 24 Walker St. before Easter. The ARAS library is and always has been a wonderful resource for tutors and students – it has been sorely missed while it has been hiding in boxes.

Next time you are in at ARAS, take a minute or two to welcome it back!

Remember the Open Polytechnic and Open Wananga courses that are available for you to do with your learners who do not have their Level 2 NCEA qualification.

Open Polytechnic offers three courses designed to staircase students through the NZQA framework as they

complete each programme:

Feedback from those already doing these courses is very positive.

Get Ahead Start is a foundation literacy and numeracy programme for second-chance learners.

Get Ahead Skills is a pre-employment and self-development programme.

Get Ahead Choices is a Level 2 training and education programme and allows students to explore their career options as they align to the Government’s Vocational Pathways structure to pursue vocational pathways in which they are interested.

Top Up to NCEA. is for learners who already have 50+ credits towards NCEA. This programme allows learners to study just the bits they need to complete their qualification.

Open Wananga offers three courses designed to give students the confidence to go back to learning, the skills to

handle their finances and prepares them for entering the workforce.

Papa Ako - Learning to Learn

Papa Whairawa - Financial Literacy

Mahi Toa - Certificate in Employment Skills

There are copies of these programmes in the office for you to look through, along with information about enrolments, time scales and credits earned.

Student Packs

Literacy Aotearoa have provided Student

Packs for all students. If your student does

not yet have one, please call in and ask Karen.

Student feedback is great – they really

appreciate the bag and its contents.

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Hello Everyone!

How are things going? I hope that you are keeping warm in this colder weather.

I have been warming up by planting beautiful shrubs - rhododendrons and roses - in my

garden. This is due to the wonderful garden voucher that you presented to me at my

farewell lunch at the beginning of May.

It was great to see so many of my friends meet together, wow!

A BIG Thank you to you all – and to all who gave me wonderful individual presents as

well – fantastic!

I look forward to hearing about your continuing progress in reading and confidence, and I

wish you all good reading. Enlarge and enjoy your world.

Cheers,

Maureen

Our Volunteer Thank You afternoon tea on Friday 20th was well attended, and all enjoyed the time to catch up with others with a cup of tea and delicious home baking.

For those that were not able to attend, please accept your vir-tual chocolate fish and our sincere and grateful thanks for the time you give to ARAS.

THANK YOU

“You are-O-fish-ally awesome!”

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Check out our Website!!!

www.aras.org.nz

or

Google “ARAS”

Have you found the ‘Donate Now’ button?

Many thanks to Zeald for their

generous sponsorship.

‘Like’ us on Facebook

Learning is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Chinese Proverb

Congratulations to

Junior - for completing his certificate as Traffic Controller and Road

Work Sites, as well as his Red Cross certificate. He is now working on

his CPIT Carpentry course.

Junior came in to thank his tutor Rita for helping him achieve his goals. He said if it wasn’t for ARAS, he would “still be slacking around”.

Nicole - for completing her Papa Ako course.

Paul - for passing his Heavy Vehicle Licence

Robert - for taking on three voluntary students and working with a

group.

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DID YOU KNOW…

Two months after ARAS opened its doors for the first time, Barbara Petre, the first coordinator

of the scheme, typed up Newsletter. No. 1, dated 1st December, 1977. Typing was as much a

challenge to Barbara as reading and writing was to some of the original students. The one -

page newsletter gave information and encouragement to tutors and contained as well, a plea

for tutors to get their evaluations or student reports in.

The Scheme grew much bigger and faster than anyone had expected, and the newsletters that

Barbara brought out every month kept tutors informed of trainings, fundraising, meetings, stu-

dent and tutor social events. Always however, there was the plea for tutors to get their reports

in.

Barbara signed her name to 48 newsletters before she left the Scheme in 1984. Cherry Hill

took over from Barbara and when the first newsletter came out under her name, it started at

No 1 again.

The newsletters have continued to come out on a regular basis. At one time, the students

published their own newsletter, Canterbury Challenge. After a few years this ceased and the

student writing and puzzles became part of the ARAS newsletter which then became a re-

source for tutors to use with their students.

The newsletters now are done on the computer and printed for us by the Christchurch City Li-

braries. They can be emailed to tutors if they prefer, or a hard copy picked up at the office if

they are to be used with the students. They appear on the ARAS website under the “News”

button.

The number of this issue is 100, although in reality it is No 148. Newsletters have been with

ARAS since the first months of its life – as has the plea for tutors to “Get the reports in on

time!”

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Tutors’ Notice

Board

Please say “Hi” to our

receptionist

when you arrive

And “Bye” to her when

you leave ARAS.

Thanks from the ARAS

Office!

ARAS now works on a booking system for

reserving rooms.

If you are not sure how to do this, please call Karen so

you can be sure of getting a tutoring space.

Please take a minute to sign in and out when you come to ARAS.

This is so we can keep track of who is in the building in case of an emergency.

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TUTORS’

PROGRESS

FORMS

Due end of March,

June, September

and December

These are necessary for ARAS’s funding and need to be hand-

ed in to the ARAS office at the end of every 3 months whether

or not you have tutored for all the period, or if you have fin-

ished tutoring your students during this quarter.

Many thanks to the tutors who handed their forms in on time.

The tutors who do not get their 3 month forms in will be count-

ed as having tutored 0 hours and this reduces the funding

ARAS will get.

Please note ….. progress forms

= funding for ARAS

Progress Forms

In the past, we have included in the newsletter a copy of the Student / Tutor 3 Monthly Progress Forms.

To save on the cost of postage, we ask tutors to please pick up a copy of the form when you come into ARAS.

Alternatively, you can have a copy emailed to you if you ask Karen in the office or call her at 366 9479.

You can also fill them in and send them to us on-line.

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A conversation with Sandy

I have decided to move on and head in a different direction.

I started as a student at ARAS a long time ago. I was scared and I would only walk into the build-

ing when I knew no one could see me. It was the best thing I ever did. I was hoping that I would

get in but Maureen made me feel very welcome and said that anyone could come. The staff also

made me very welcome.

I was matched with a tutor and found that she was as nervous at meeting me as I was about meet-

ing her. I really enjoyed coming to ARAS – it made a great difference to me. My goal was to im-

prove my reading and writing and to make my kids proud of me. I couldn’t read the newsletters

they brought home from school. I wanted to be able to use my brain like they did. With my tutor I

wrote two books about my life, and how I’ve coped since I got my brain injury. That made me

more confident and I have since been on TV, the radio and in the newspaper. I‘m not afraid to

speak my mind although it sometimes gets me in trouble.

I improved my reading and writing, but I didn’t want to leave. Maureen got me to talk to the new tu-

tors and I saw that they really were nervous to meet their students for the first time. I tried to make

them laugh and not be nervous.

Then I started going with Maureen to talk to the service clubs such as the Lions and Rotary. I was

a wee bit nervous at first. Maureen would tell them about ARAS and I then I would tell them about

my journey. I got used to it though, and we always got a good meal!!

Not many of those who come through the doors of ARAS know Faye Liang, who took over Rec-

ords when Helen left at the end of 2010. Faye was a valued member of the ARAS team who

quietly and efficiently entered the information needed for our database submissions to Literacy

Aotearoa every month and was often called on to translate when we had a caller who spoke

better Mandarin than English.

In her time at ARAS, Faye did a Master’s degree in Bible Studies at the Harvest Seminary, a Chi-

nese theological academy. On graduation, Faye gained a position as Assistant Pastor with the

Abundant Life Church. A non-denominational community based and focused church, Faye is

passionate about the work she does in that role.

Faye has found it difficult to juggle the demands of both jobs, and has chosen to leave ARAS to

concentrate on her work with her church.

We will miss her quiet ways, her smile and her delicious Chinese tea eggs! The staff and governing committee wish Faye all

the very best, and look forward to seeing her a bit later as she has promised to return as a tutor.

CHANGES

Sandy Page was fourteen when she suffered a brain injury as a result of a prank on a school trip. Sandy had a long and difficult journey to where she is today – talking, walking and working. She has been around ARAS for a number of years, first as a student and then as the Student Representative.

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I then started working at ARAS as the student support. I felt that I had found my niche be-

cause I am a people person. I tried to help them if they had a problem and they knew that

they could always come and talk to me. I understood what they were going through. I

would call about every three months to see how they were getting on and found that they

would talk to me and not just answer yes or no.

I organised raffles and group outings. We had a lot of fun and went on some good trips -

Hamner, Lyttleton, to Porters Heights on ski trips and to Akaora.

I went on to the ARAS Governing Committee as the student rep. It was sometimes a bit

boring, but it broadened my horizons.

Everything changed after the earthquakes. I lost my office which gave the students privacy

and confidentiality when they came to talk to me. It was different at Mather’s Road. We

were lucky to find a space, but everything changed. I ended up having to share a small of-

fice with other staff members who all talk to their computers!!

It was hard for us and for the students to come over to Hoon Hay. At first students had to

take two or three buses to get there, and for some of them it was just too hard. People had

other things to think about and it hasn’t really come back to the way it was. It probably

never will. But we must move on. It used to be about the students but now it’s all about

money, and I think that’s sad.

I’m moving on to Ideas. It used to be IHC. I visit clients in their homes or at their day base, which is where they spend the day. I‘m their advocacy person and they can talk to me without staff around. That gives them more freedom to talk about anything. That’s what I like doing, and I have made a lot of progress with some of them. I’ve loved my time at ARAS. I’ll really miss the students, tutors and the staff. It taught me

that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. My goal was a part-time job, and I got

one that I really loved. It also gave me the confidence to move on.

I want the students to know that they can achieve their goals and aspirations, and that they

should speak up when they are right.

Sandy has left the building - but I’ll be back

(to catch up and have a cup of tea!)

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Kupu for 50 Weeks Campaign

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori has released 50 Māori words for the motu to learn over 50 weeks from

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2014. This ‘Te Kupu o te Wiki’ campaign aims to teach 50 Māori words to all

New Zealanders. “With these 50 kupu Māori we’ve considered usability, pronunciation, and kupu that

are easy to learn and remember,” says Pita Paraone, Acting CE for Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.

“By sharing these words with more than four million New Zealanders, we give them an important

Māori language learning tool,” says Paraone. “These are small steps in building a bilingual nation

and the campaign is a world first.”

Te Kupu o te Wiki begins 21 Hōngongoi (July) 2014 and lasts for 50 weeks. The campaign will

provide online audio files to support pronunciation, sample sentences, a poster and other

resources. Here is a list of the 50 words (with suggestions for appropriate context to use them). Te

Taura Whiri o te Reo will post further resources to its website ahead of the campaign launch.

These are the 50 kupu Maori to be

introduced over 50 weeks Date Kupu English translation Theme/events/partners

21 Jul 14 äpöpö tomorrow Weather forecasts 28 Jul 14 heihei chicken Retail, hospitality 4 Aug 14 poitarawhiti netball Commonwealth Games ending 11 Aug 14 nau mai welcome A national welcome 18 Aug 14 engari but 25 Aug 14 waea phone

1 Sep 14 rangi sky 8 Sep 14 niho tooth World Oral Health Day 12 Sep 15 Sep 14 pahi bus World Car Free Day 22 Sep 14 awa river World Rivers Day 27 Sep 29 Sep 14 kaiako teacher World Teacher’s Day 5 Oct 6 Oct 14 wahine woman 13 Oct 14 Täwhirimätea god of the wind Weather forecasts 20 Oct 14 marama moon 27 Oct 14 homai pass (to me) 3 Nov 14 inu drink Wine and food festivals 10 Nov 14 Ötautahi Christchurch Canterbury Anniversary 17 Nov 14 äporo apple Apple season 24 Nov 14 päremata parliament New parliament sits 1 Dec 14 ra whanau birthday

8 Dec 14 whare häkinakina gym Health and fitness groups 15 Dec 14 kaukau swim Swimming Aotearoa 22 Dec 14 whakatä rest Holidays begin for many 29 Dec 14 Break5 Jan 15 Break

12 Jan 15 maranga get up Routine after school holidays 19 Jan 15 kura school School year preparations

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Date Kupu English translation Theme/events/partners 26 Jan 15 Poihäkena Sydney Australia Day 2 Feb 15 manuhiri visitor Waitangi Day 9 Feb 15 ïPapa iPad 16 Feb 15 rü earthquake Anniversary of earthquake 23 Feb 15 pirihimana police officer NZ Police, Police Association 2 Mar 15 Te Waipounamu South Island Te Matatini Festival in Ötautahi 9 Mar 15 ukurere ukulele Ukurere orchestras and events 16 Mar 15 ngutu lips 23 Mar 15 taihoa hang on / wait 30 Mar 15 Aranga Easter Religious groups 6 Apr 15 horoi wash 13 Apr 15 maumahara remember ANZAC 100th anniversary 25 Apr 20 Apr 15 Papatüänuku earth Earth Day 22 Apr 27 Apr 15 manu bird Forest and Bird, DOC, environmental

4 May 15 ika fish 11 May 15 moana sea 18 May 15 tio oyster Oyster festivals 25 May 15 taringa ear Save your Hearing Day 31 May 1 Jun 15 Hämoa Sämoa Te Wiki o te Reo Hämoa 8 Jun 15 äe yes 15 Jun 15 whetu star Matariki 18 Jun 2014

22 Jun 15 tohutö macron 29 Jun 15 täkuta doctor RNZDA 6 Jul 15 whakaata mirror 13 Jul 15 Wïwï France French Independence Day 14 Jul

Resources

By June 27 we’ll have resources available online at www.koreromaori.co.nz Te Wiki o te Reo Mäori

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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave un-said the wrong thing at the tempting moment. - Unknown

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STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS

Papa Ako

I have started the Papa Ako Learning to Learn course this year. I have found this

course great for a lot of reasons. It has been good to help my learning skills such as

time management, research skills, reading and writing.

It has built my confidence up.

I really enjoyed finding quiet time to do my study and felt so rewarded after complet-

ing what I set out to do.

The resources were fantastic, very easy to follow and they always came on time.

I definitely recommend it to other people. It has helped me to think about what I want to do in the future. Lucy

Our Cosy Place in the House Our lounge is a significant room in our house. It could be described as one of the nicest rooms to relax in and it is where we share each other’s company and this is why I’m going to explain about it.

The best thing about the lounge is the sun and the warmth it oozes. It looks warm and feels warm. We get a lot of natural heat on a sunny day and the heat pump and thick drapes keeps us warm in winter.

The colours mainly are red in the carpet and curtains, and golden brown in the furni-ture which includes the piano, the coffee tables (which are made of wood), and creamy beige walls.

The ceiling still has 1970’s style stipple that has a pattern and is white with an archi-trave. The light fittings also take us back in time. In the centre of the ceiling the lights have glass light shades hanging off wood-like chandeliers in a set of three lights. On the walls above the piano there is a picture painted by an artist known by the residents who live in the house. The painting is of the Last Supper – some ladies sitting in a church having a cup of tea.

Although I really like this room I don’t like the stippling and some of the furniture be-cause it is out of date. What I do like is that it is comfortable. This room is peaceful and a time of getting together to watch TV, to think or just listen to music and will con-tinue like this for the future.

Roanna

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PUZZLE PAGES All answers on page 19

WORD SEARCH

Y A J P J O T G A H B M M C U Y

G U V T M N O I T I S O P P O T

E T C Y R P B I S E C J D J N Q

T Z U A C A D U T Q I T E E T T

A N L W L E C A T J W V U I E U

R S Q L B U D B D P B T B V G R

T J O A A I Z H K N I L S Q D N

S T T C D K C Y Q T Y N L I U O

X E Q N L X O A S F B Y F N B U

K I A U G V E N M E T X X C S T

B C C K W T O V M P F D A U C D

W R K W U C R H W E A N J M F L

E E T T I M M O C P L I Z B L M

I O R E F E R E N D U M G E Z R

A H E T A R O T C E L E L N R Q

Ballot Electorate

Budget Incumbent

Campaign Opposition

Candidate Referendum

Caucus Strategy

Committee Tactics

Constituent Turnout

Debate

I love learning at ARAS. I love learning at spelling class. I love learning at maths class. I love learning at ARAS. I like the ARAS staff and students. I love learning spelling and reading and maths and computer in group classes. I wish the ARAS classes were back to normal like it was years ago. Richard

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P.O.Box 33049, Barrington, Christchurch

Please think of when you are making a Bequest.

You can enhance a life, a family, a community and a city.

ARAS

24 Walker Street, Christchurch 8011

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PUZZLE

ANSWERS

HOW DID YOU

DO?

Accept that some days

you're the pigeon, and

some days you're the

statue.

Unknown

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ARAS

24 Walker St

Christchurch 8011

Ph: 366 9479

CON-

ARAS is grateful for financial support from-

ACE /TEC COGS Rotary & Lions Clubs

Christchurch City Council Canterbury Community Trust

Friends of ARAS Pub Charity

Keith Laugesen Trust NZ Federation of University Women

Literacy Aotearoa Southern Trust

Lottery Grants Board ENERGY

Christchurch City Libraries