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Students from Marian College, Christchurch, modeled the body flowers designed by the competitors.

Here is a link to a wonderful source of information on festivals & celbrations. It has been presented by Woodlands Junior School.

Customs and Traditions in the UK

Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England

Britain is full of culture and traditions which have been around for hundreds of years. British customs and traditions are famous all over the world. When people think of Britain they often think of people drinking tea, eating fish and chips and wearing bowler hats, but there is more to Britain than just those things. We have English and British traditions of sport, music, food and many royal occasions. There are also songs, sayings and superstitions. Who was Guy Fawkes? Why does the Queen have two birthdays? You can find the answers here in our pages on life in Britain.

The best page to check out first, is a page full of questions sent in by people from around the world. Enjoy!

Results for the “Young apprentice Florist of the Year Competition” for 2010 held at Ellerslie are:

The winner:  Kirstie Autridge from Forget Me Not Florist, Matamata (Sponsor National Flower Promotion Group)

First Place - Kirsty Autridge from "Forget Me Not Florist" Matamata, sponsored by National Flower Promotion Group

First Place Kirsty Autridge, receiving her certificate from "Festival of Flowers" chairman, Mr. Alan Jolliffe

Second equal:  Colleen May, Airway Florist, Auckland.  (Sponsored by Academy NZ, Auckland) and Aroha Hebberd, Pink Poppie Design Florist, Blenheim (Sponsored by Direct2florist.com)

Second Equal: Colleen May

Second equal: Aroha Hebberd

Third equal:  Nichola Mitchell, Pioneer New World (Sponsor Wellington Foodstuffs) and Third equal:  Amalia Wilson, Academy NZ Christchurch (Sponsored by Academy NZ Christchurch)

Third Equal: Nichola Mitchell

Third equal: Amalia Wilson

The highlight of the day has been a visit by the Prime Minister who chatted to some of the contestants and judges.

The standard of work has been fantastic, with a fantastic variation of materials used and techniques applied.

Well done to all the girls. Everyone has had a great day and looking forward to a rest and a slightly later start tomorrow.

Tomorrow’s tasks will be “Body decoration of a live model”. The competitors will be designing their creation on ten Marian College students who have volunteered to wear and model their work.

Also a ” single hand tied flower”, and an “item for a masked ball”. How much fun will that be!!

Ten apprentice florists arrived in Christchurch on Tuesday to compete in the inaugural Ellerslie International Flower Show (EIFS) “Young apprentice Florist of the Year Competition”.  over the next 5 days they will compete for a chance to represent their country at the Worldskills International Competitions in London 2011.

At the conclusion of the first day, the competitors had accomplished 3 tasks.

Rachael Percival

Clara Pullar

Amalia Wilson

Nichola Mitchell

Hannah Smith

Amy Schweder

Colleen May

Aroha Hebberd

Kirstie Autridge

Danielle Smith

Left to right, back row: Caitlin Thorburn 2009 Winner and international representative at worldskills at Calgary and Culhane Petrie timekeeper. Front row: Penny Trubshaw, Ray King, Cassie Cross, Judges