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Flying Up to be Web Rangers in Christchurch
Today a group of 7 of us attended the Web Rangers training day in Christchurch. Web rangers is a Digital Citizenship partnership with Google, Netsafe and Sticks n Stones o promote positive online behaviour and interaction We arrived to Goodie bags and a room decked out in Google colours, Caito Potatoe and Liam Waverider were there and for some of…
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Training with Youthline and the Ministry of Youth Development
In the first week of the school holidays, we were lucky to have Youthline Otago join us along with Trystan from the Ministry of Youth Development for a training day for representatives from our FIVE school action groups Bail on Bullying were hoping to join us from Dunedin but Black Ice and Below zero temperatures made travel too dangerous Bella…
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Rainbow Youth Workshop- Sexuality and Gender
We started the day off by being introduced to Aych and Morgan’s smiling faces, representatives of Rainbow Youth. The day consisted of different activities, an open discussion and lots of questions asked by ourselves about sexuality and gender identity. In groups, we were given different scenarios, in which we all worked together to answer. An example of a scenario given,…
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S’nS Singer/Songwriter Hitting the Right Notes
An insight by the talented Singer/Songwriter Janie Shaw I have been a part of Sticks ‘n’ Stones since it began, one of the first members and someone keen to get involved. When I was offered the chance to take on the music side of the group and write a song I was all for. I write songs all the time,…