Alex Todhunter, 17, final year at secondary – and upper secondary school Christ’s college. Right now he has taken a small break to walk along the wall of flowers and condolences that had been built up right next to his school. Earlier this morning there was a fair at the school to gather all the students and teachers.
– the Message at the fair was that we must continue to be strong. To show love and support each other and not to meet hatred with more hatred.
” It’s a completely different feeling than last week. It’s just very sad, ” he says.
was closed at two o’clock on Friday, in common with all other schools in Christchurch. The students were allowed to stay in the classrooms until just before six o’clock in the evening.
” Our biggest responsibility was to communicate with everyone in order to counter the concern, says the school’s communicator, Claire Sparks.
Alex Todhunter was the home from the school and he was worried for his friends who were still there, locked up.
“But we have practiced on this kind of stuff before, so I know that there are good routines,” he says.
kept in touch with the police, the parents and students. To the school’s start on Monday has an extra counselor been called in, in addition to the two that already work at the school, if the boys would have someone to talk with. 150 of the students come not from Christchurch but live in school boarding school.
In the week would the school have Open house but the date has been postponed.
– Now we must all brace ourselves and see to it that the boys are doing well. Then we can go further, ” says Claire Sparks.
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