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The Importance of Being Earnest April 2013
The NCEA Level 3 Drama production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde has been a highlight of the latter part of this term. Directed by Mrs Erina Caradus who teaches Levels 2 and 3 Drama at the College, the play was a fitting showcase for the talent of students studying Drama who clearly enjoyed the wit and style of Oscar Wilde’s characters, as did the audience!
Cast members were:
Algernon Moncrieff: Elizabeth Wells
John Worthing: Elizabeth Yarnall
Lady Bracknell: Katie Swire
Gwendolen Fairfax: Jessica Elsom
Miss Prism: Libby Brown
Cecily Cardew: Isabella Crawford
Rev. Dr. Chasuble: Penelope Couper (Old Girl)
Lane & Merriman: Caitlyn McMillan (Year 10)
Stage Crew:
Director: Erina Caradus
Margot Darling
Rachel Eccles
Georgette Watkins
Christine Wierda
Backdrop artists:
Julie Choi
Piraya Kijsupanont
Se Yoon Kim
Sawarin Maneerit
Sirintra Maneerit
Khattiya Thammongkolchai
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New Zealand Gold Panning Championships April 2013
Amelia Gatward-Ferguson, Year 13 became New Zealand Gold-Panning Champion with joint fastest time, panning for all the hidden gold dust in only 59 seconds, when the Championship was held on Butlers Green, Arrowtown as part of the Arrowtown Autumn Festival.
For the second time, Amelia won $1,200.00 towards representing New Zealand at the Australasian Championships.
Amelia was the youngest person to win the national title three years ago and said she was feeling generally positive about a return to the trans-Tasman stage.
“I think I have a good shot, but it’s a lot different there.”
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New Zealand’s Ambassador to Switzerland April 2013
We warmly congratulate Amanda Ellis on her appointment as New Zealand’s Ambassador to Switzerland. Amanda takes up her position in May of this year.
Amanda has been based in Wellington as the head of the New Zealand Aid Programme, leading 220 staff in New Zealand and offshore who manage over half a billion dollars of official development assistance annually. Amanda is the only woman who holds the title of Deputy Secretary in New Zealand’s foreign service and the first woman to head New Zealand’s Aid Programme.
In 2011, Amanda received the International Alliance for Women’s (TIAW) World of Difference Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual Global Forum. TIAW’s award acknowledged Amanda’s consistent commitment to promoting women’s economic empowerment in developing countries and reducing gender disparities in the areas of business, finance and management. In 2012, she was awarded the East West Center Distinguished Alumni Award.
Amanda sits on the Advisory Boards of NZ Global Women, the Global Banking Alliance for Women, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and is a member of Rotary International.
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2013 South Island “Chinese Bridge” Speech Competition April 2013
The Competition was held at the University of Canterbury under the auspices of the Confucius Institute on Saturday, 6th April.
Excellent results were gained by our students.
Holly Hanson, Year 12 was placed 1st in the South Island in the Senior Secondary Students’ category with Tayla Ashworth gaining a 2nd Prize and Jamie Wood a 3rd Prize. Both Tayla and Jamie are in Year 12.
In the Intermediate Secondary category Alice Jones, Year 10 was awarded a 2nd Prize with Rose Finnie and Brianna Clulee, Year 10 each gaining a 3rd Prize.
In the International/Chinese Native Students’ category Sayuri Naito and Mifu Suzuki, Year 13 gained a 3rd Prize and in the Tertiary Students’ category Tineke Jannink, Old Girl, was also awarded a 3rd Prize.
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April 2013
Girls involved in cycling have had a very busy and successful term. Besides the success at the Otago/Southland Secondary Schools’ Cycling Championships (which were highlighted in the previous newsletter), there have been several other excellent cycling achievements earned in both road cycling and mountain biking by members of the Columba College Cycling Team.
At the Otago Championships, Bailey Saville earned the title of U17 Female Otago Champion after her win in Palmerston on the 16th March. Indiana Williams was the U15 Female Otago Champion and Megan Foley won the Junior Time Trial title.
On 6th April, Mrs McMahon, Olivia Kennedy (Old Girl and team manager), Jodie Llewellyn and Tara Bennett competed in the Grape Ride, which is a 101km race through Blenheim and the Marlborough Sounds. With 2,500 participants, it is the largest cycling race in the South Island. Tara Bennett was the 3rd U19 female in this event, with Bailey Saville placing 4th and Jodie Llewellyn placing 6th. In the 42km course, Ella Bennett was the 5th placed U19 female.
Megan Foley also won the Cycling Otago Cup for the first Junior Cyclist at the Cycling Otago Palmerston 30km race on the 13th April. In the 60km course at this event, Bailey Saville was the 1st U19 female, followed closely by Ruby Knight in 2nd place. As the race was handicapped, Laura Bridger was the 3rd U19 female across the line, however, she recorded the fastest event U19 female time.
In mountain biking, Laura Bridger won the U19 Female title at the South Island Secondary Schools’ Mountain Biking Championships, held in Dunedin on the 30th March. Ruby Knight was the first Junior Female in the Tour de Wakatipu mountain biking race held over the Easter weekend in Queenstown.
The team has been training hard for the New Zealand Club Nationals to be held in Queenstown, 18th – 20th April. On behalf of the School, I would like to wish the following girls success as they represent Cycling Otago nationally, on the challenging Queenstown course: (U19) Laura Bridger, Tara Bennett, Georgie Wood; (U17) Bailey Saville, Kaitlynn Wheeler, Jodie Llewellyn, Phoebe Swale, Ruby Knight, Olivia Jones; (U15) Megan Foley and Indiana Williams.
On behalf of the girls, I would also like to thank our new coach, Chris Henderson, for his outstanding commitment to the team.
Julie McMahon
TIC Cycling
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National Success in Triathlon and Open Water Swimming April 2013
An impressive team of 31 girls from Years 7 to 13 represented Columba College at the New Zealand National Secondary Schools’ Triathlon and Open Water Swimming Championships, held at Pegasus on the 21st and 22nd March. The team represented Columba College splendidly, earning several NZ medals and top 8 placings.
NZ Bronze Medal - U19 Female Triathlon Team
Olivia Stevens (Swim), Laura Bridger (Cycle), Sian Engish (Run)
NZ Bronze Medal – U16 Female Triathlon Team
Caitlin Deans (Swim), Bailey Saville (Cycle), Hanna English (Run)
NZ Silver Medal – Year 7 Female Open Water Swim
Meg Sycamore
NZ Gold Medal – U14 Female Open Water Swim
Caitlin Deans
NZ Bronze Medal – U19 Female Open Water Swim
Olivia Stevens
On behalf of the School, I would like to congratulate the team on an outstanding season at Otago, South Island and National levels. I would also like to thank all the parents for their support at the events. Successful teams are always supported by coaches and families.
Julie McMahon
TIC Triathlon and Multi-Sport
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New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships March 2013
National selection and six national medals
Columba College athletes produced their best national results ever at the national athletics championships held in Dunedin on December 7th, 8th and 9th 2012. The championship boasted 1,400 competitors from 243 schools and was a showcase of New Zealand’s up-and-coming talent.
Sian English ran an extremely strong race all the way to gain a silver medal in the senior girls’ 4km Road Race which had 36 of New Zealand’s best distance runners. This is the first road race medal for Columba. Sian was rewarded with selection in the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Road Race Team. Her time was a very smart 14:13.43.
Maddy Spence showed her class and superb hurdling style in gaining a bronze medal in the Junior 80m Hurdles; only hundreds of seconds separated the top athletes. Maddy’s performance was incredible considering she was on crutches weeks prior to this with a bad knee injury at winter tournament week.
The senior 4x100m Relay team, consisting of first runner Analise Cowie, Laura Saville in 2nd position, Zoey Flockton in 3rd and Maddy Spence in 4th exceeded all expectations by gaining a silver medal in the senior event. The team had two junior runners and no Year 13 athletes, thus competing against teams that comprised older and more experienced runners. This was an absolute amazing run from all members and bettered the time the senior team posted in 2011 to win the gold medal, 49.61 seconds. Your commitment to training, the desire to succeed, the team belief and your focus in the final made you deserved medalists. Well done, girls. Sophie Napper and I share in your success and are immensely proud of this achievement.
All Columba athletes competed with distinction with many personal bests achieved along with gaining valuable experience at national level. As a group you had great team spirit, encouraged one another and gave of your best. Well done to you all. May you build on the past and look to be inspired in 2013 and keep improving to reach your potential.
Thank you to Sophie Napper, a Columba Old Girl and top athlete herself, for giving of her time to coach and manage the team. Your help and mentoring was fantastic and valuable to the girls and myself.
Special thanks to Mrs Saville for all the support she gave to the team in so many ways.
Lastly to Miss Wilson, staff ,families and students who came to watch (also the bus of boarders) - your support, and cheering, helped foster a sense of pride in competing for Columba on our home track and inspired us all to do the best we could.
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Columba College NCEA Results March 2013
Click here for the 2012 Columba College NCEA Results.
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Blue Light Youth Scholarship March 2013
Nicole Samuel in Year 8 has
won a NZ Blue Light Youth
Scholarship of Excellence to
attend the Australian
Blue Light
Leadership Camp
for Years 7
and 8 students
in Canberra
and Brisbane.
Two Scholarships were
awarded nationally
–
one to
Nicole, the other
to a boy in the
North Island. The
Scholarships are worth $2,500.
Nicole is off to Australia
from
the
7th
to 12th April.
Nicole
won the
Scholarship for
her academic achievement,
which includes
receiving High
Distinctions in the
Australian
Maths competition and the
University of New South Wales
Science examination, finishing
runner
-
up
in the Otago Maths
competition
and winning a
Columba College Academic
Scholarship.
Nicole
has also received High
Honours in Grade Four
Piano and Grade Six Jazz D
ance, won the
principal role of Little Cosette in the Taieri Musical Society’s 2013 production of
Les Misérables
and
was a member of
the Columba
Year 7 Basketball team which won the Dunedin Basketball
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Columba College U12 Relay December 2012
At the 2012 Otago Primary Athletics Championships the Columba College U12 Relay Team broke a 39 year-old record with its time of 28.13 sec.
The old record was set by the Vincent team in 1973. Well done, girls!
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COGA Business Hall of Fame December 2012
The 2012 Business Hall of Fame was the first COGA function that this year’s Year 13 students were invited to. The Old Girls’ Committee was keen to get the Year 13 girls involved in the organisation so that they would want to be involved in the centennial events in 2015.
Two new laureates were inducted, taking the number of laureates to 13. The Business Hall of Fame Committee consists of five Old Girls, two members of the Commerce Department, and the Patron Mrs Natalie Ellis-Wilson. This committee met many times over the year to consider possible laureates. Columba students have done very well in the business world.
The inauguration evening began with the laureates being piped on to the stage by the school piper, Frea Anderson in Year 12.
Before the laureates were announced the Head Prefect, Holly Cadzow, spoke of some of her experiences as a commerce student at Columba.
Mrs Natalie Ellis- Wilson read the citations for both laureates and the reasons why they were chosen to be the laureates for 2012.
The two new laureates inducted were Susan Berry and Sarah Ottrey.
Susan Berry was a student at Columba College from 1955-60. She was formerly a physiotherapist who worked in New Zealand and overseas. When she returned to New Zealand with her husband, Robert Berry, they went dairy farming near Oamaru. In the economic downturn in the late 1980’s, she and Robert made the decision to diversify and co- founded Whitestone Cheese. They began their business in a converted garage but, as the business grew, they moved to a purpose-built factory ten times larger than the original garage and they now employ 60 staff. The complex includes the factory, delicatessen and now a café.
Mrs Berry said one of the key successes of Whitestone had been the development of its regional cheese. Its flagship, Windsor Blue, has won ten trophies, including New Zealand’s supreme champion in 2006.
Sarah Ottrey was a student at Columba College from 1981-3. She is now a professional company director. She had a twelve-year career with Unilever and DB Breweries, working in both New Zealand and Asia, culminating in being the head of marketing for DB Breweries.
She said a belief in the primary effect of marketing on personal shareholder value led to a personal focus on company governance. Sarah started Sarah Ottrey Marketing Limited, specialising in consumer advocacy and brand building advice to the chief executive and boards.
Her marketing goals led her to appointments to the Public Trust Modernisation Board, EBOS Group, Smiths City Group and Blue Sky Meats.
Both laureates spoke to the school assembly the next day and gave the students clear messages.
Susan talked of her career and it was very clear to the students that while you prepare for one career, it might be something quite different that you end up doing.
Sarah’s message was that the girls must have courage above all else to reach their goals as even though it was getting easier for women in business, there were still barriers to overcome.
These two women will provide two more wonderful rôle models from our Old Girl numbers.
Mrs Suzanne Bishop
HOD Commerce
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December 2012
On Wednesday, 28th November 28 Year 6 girls “crossed over” to the Bishopscourt campus to spend the lunch-hour with Year 7 buddies. They were watched and clapped by all the Junior School pupils and teachers, the Years 7 and 8 girls and several Years 6 parents as they “crossed over” Oban Street to experience a taste of the next stage in their education.
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Columba College
Sports Awards Evening
December 2012
Guest Speaker – Fiona Paterson, 2012 Olympic Rower. Old Girl of the College.
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December 2012
The Rowing season is well underway and Columba rowing is in very good heart this year with 11 novice rowers and the other girls returning for another season. The Head Coach of Columba rowing this year is Mr Will Hyndman. Will is an accomplished rower and the girls have found his technical expertise to be invaluable. Mr Matthew Adam will also be assisting the novice rowers. Elysia Shettler is the Rowing Captain this year and she has been a wonderful asset to the team. She organises the novice rowers, helps to coach and motivate them and she liaises frequently with myself, the girls and the coaches. We are much further ahead because of her. We have also been receiving a lot of help from the Otago University Rowing Club, in particular from Glen Sinclair. Without his input and the use of the OURC facilities, we would be very stuck indeed.
The Term Four Secondary Schools’ Rowing Regatta was held recently on the Otago Harbour. Unfortunately, not all of the girls managed to get out racing, as the weather got the better of the water and the regatta was called off. However, it was good to see that Emma Winders was placed 1st and Annabel Angland, 3rd in the Under 17 girls single sculls. The following weekend, the Dunedin Regatta Club and North End Regatta were held out at Waihola. In the Novice Under 15 Double, Sara Griffin and Olivia Anderson were placed 1st and 2nd (respectively at each of the regattas); Emma Winders and Annabel Angland were placed 2nd in the Under 17 Double and 1st in the Club Double. It was pleasing to see the Novice girls race their 8. Despite being the only crew in the race the girls still raced hard and enjoyed themselves (we think they scared off the opposition). The Under 15 Quad was also placed 3rd at the North End Regatta – an excellent result given that the Columba girls who raced are all novices. So now, we look forward to the Dunstan Arm Regatta in Clyde on the 2nd December, followed by the Otago Championships in Twizel on 15th and 16th December. The girls are training on the water five or six times per week and they are also training once or twice per week off the water. So you can see they are all working hard and they should see the benefits in the New Year.
On a different note, the Rowing Club has just purchased a safety/coaching speedboat and a new pair/double for the girls to race in. This amounts to $27,000 worth of equipment that has just been purchased. Many thanks to all those who have put in countless hours of fundraising and to The Lion Foundation and The Otago Community Trust for their generous donations. This is the beginning of the turnover of Columba equipment. Much of the equipment the girls use is being held together by a lot of glue and bog, and we need to replace the majority of the gear we currently have. So, thank you once again to all of those who have helped and continue to help Columba rowing to get back up to the levels where it used to be.
Mrs Christie Sinclair
Teacher in charge of Rowing
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University Scholarship Recipients November 2012
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Pacific Island Recognition Awards and Scholarships November 2012
The above is a new initiative on the part of Otago Polytechnic to recognise students in Otago secondary schools who have Pasifika ancestry. Each school was invited to nominate two students at junior and senior secondary levels who have distinguished themselves through their achievements, service and/or leadership.
We were pleased to nominate Natasha Kumar and Rileigh Fields as our inaugural recipients.
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2012 Mana Pounamu Young Achievers Awards (Celebrating Maori Achievement in Otago Secondary Schools)
November 2012
The University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu combine to host the annual awards ceremony, held this year on the 26th October.
Our 2012 recipients were:
Emma Griffin, Year 13
and Gabriella Perry, Year 10
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The 6th New Zealand Chinese Essay Competition 2012
(for non-native speakers only)
November 2012
We were very pleased to have Mr Li Yucai, Education Consul of the Consulate – General of the People’s Republic of China in Christchurch come especially to Dunedin on the 25th October to present prizes to three of our Year 11 students who had done very well in the above competition.
Julia Isoyama and Kim Schultz received prizes and “Excellence Writing Awards”, and Holly Hanson who also received prizes was awarded “Most Promising Writing”.
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October 2012
Our biennial school musical, "Oklahoma!" by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was one of the highlights of the past term. We were treated to three outstanding performances at the Mayfair Theatre – the standard and the quality of the production was a credit to all the students involved, whether they were singing, acting or dancing on stage, playing in the orchestra or helping backstage with lighting, sound, props, make-up or front of house.
Such an ambitious project does not succeed without the help of a hard-working and dedicated Production Team and sincere thanks go to:
Mr David Corballis - Director
Ms Anna Nees - Choreography
Mr Richard Madden - Musical Director
Ms Pauline McNeill - Wardrobe
Ms Teresa Andrew - Set, Costumes and Props
Mrs Jan Paterson - Production Manager The boys from Otago Boys’ High School were a pleasure to have involved and the standard of their singing was commented upon by many. Nick Tipa (Curly), Sam Madden (Will Parker), Zac Seales (Jud Fry), Marco Taiaroa (Andrew Carnes) and Zac Nicholls (Ali Hakim) all made a significant contribution to the success of "Oklahoma!"
Laura Bridger (Laurey Williams), Adelaide Dunn (Aunt Eller) and Elizabeth Wells (Ado Annie) played the lead female roles with equal assurance and skill.
The singing and orchestral accompaniment throughout the whole musical were of a very high standard, and the dancers, especially in the dream scene, added another memorable and enjoyable dimension.
The whole cast is recorded at the end of the newsletter. Well done and thank you to everyone involved for a splendid musical.
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The Arrow Foundation 2012 Leadership Scholarships October 2012
Warmest congratulations to Holly Cadzow, our Head Prefect, on being selected as one of the six 2012 Scholarship winners. Holly is the first Columba College student to win an Arrow Foundation Leadership Scholarship – we are very proud of Holly and this well-deserved recognition of her outstanding leadership ability.
The letter we received from Arrow International includes this sentence: “What stood out for the judges was Holly’s initiative in setting up the Vertical Grouping System programme and her commitment to her sports teams whilst recovering from a serious sporting injury”.
Four of the six Scholarship winners are from the North Island, and two from the South Island (Greymouth and Dunedin).
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New Zealand Youth Orchestra October 2012
Laura Barton, Year 13 is a member of the 2012 New Zealand Youth Orchestra (violin). Laura has made a valued and generous contribution to school music during the past five years through the school orchestra, chamber groups and musicals, and we congratulate her warmly on her selection for the New Zealand Youth Orchestra.
Laura has reached Trinity Grade 5 level in Singing, Piano, Theory of Music and Viola. It is, however, the Violin which has become her instrument of choice. She has participated in the Queenstown Violin Summer School for four years and, more recently, has been travelling once a month to Wellington for Violin Tuition with Emma Barron, First Violinist with the NZSO. In addition to her membership of the National Youth Orchestra and the Dunedin Youth Orchestra, she also plays from time to time with the Southern Sinfonia. Her Trio was placed First in the 2012 Otago Chamber Music Competition and she is also a member of our Madrigal Choir and Columba’s Music Prefect for 2012.
Achievements:
Member, National Youth Orchestra 2012
Member, Southern Sinfonia 2011
Chamber Music Contest Regional winner 2012
Chamber Music Contest Regional Highly Commended 2009, 2011
Dunedin Youth Orchestra Section Principal 2010 – 2011
Violin Tuition with Emma Barron, 1st Violinist, NZSO
Columba College Music Prefect 2012
Trinity College London Grade 5 Singing, Viola, Piano, Theory of Music
Queenstown Violin Summer School 2007 – 2010
Morrison Music Trust Award for Best Use of Music at the National Finals of the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2011
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October 2012
Columba College dominated the teams’ section of the Otago Secondary Schools’ Duathlon Championships for the second consecutive year. The dedicated training put in by our cyclists and runners was evident as the girls stood out amongst the field of competitors. Columba also had four students competing in the individual section (Anna Macdonald, Jodie Llewellyn and Olivia Jones who are part of the Otago Junior Triathlon Development Squad and Tara Bennett who is part of Columba’s Senior Cycling team and just recently completed the Dunedin half-marathon). All four performed well, showing their athleticism and endurance.
The Duathlon served as a perfect lead-up event for the Columba College Senior Cycling Team that is competing at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Road Cycling Championships in Feilding and Levin from the 29th September to the 1st October. The team of Laura Carruthers, Laura Bridger, Tara Bennett, Georgie Wood, Bailey Saville and Kaitlynn Wheeler have been training hard and honing their racing skills at the Cycling Otago events during the winter season and are on top form leading into this event. The girls are the only representatives from Otago at the event and are the first team from Columba to compete at national level in road cycling. The team would like to acknowledge the support of Chris Drake and Suzy Pryde as their cycling mentors and also thank Olivia Kennedy, Columba College Old Girl, for her help as an assistant manager and mentor.
Otago Secondary Schools’ Duathlon Results
Senior Girls’ Team
1st Sian English (run), Laura Bridger (cycle)
2nd Charlotte Cahill (run), Georgie Wood (cycle)
3rd Emma Lloyd (run), Laura Carruthers (cycle)
Senior Girls’ Individual
4th Tara Bennett
Intermediate Girls’ Team
1st Hanna English (run), Bailey Saville (cycle)
3rd Mary-Jane Wennekes (run), Kaitlynn Wheeler (cycle)
Intermediate Girls’ Individual
3rd Jodie Llewellyn
Junior Girls’ Team
1st Charlotte Calder (run), Phoebe Swale (cycle)
2nd Margot Brown (run), Ruby Knight (cycle)
3rd Olivia Anderson (run), Megan Foley (cycle)
Junior Girls’ Individual
2nd Anna Macdonald
5th Olivia Anderson
Julie McMahon
Teacher in charge of Duathlon and Cycling
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National Secondary Schools' RoboCup Championships September 2012
A great result from Columba’s team in the Premier Search and Rescue event with its second place nationally. Warm congratulations to the students involved: Ailsa Carroll, Ryely Burtenshaw-Day, Holly Hanson, Year 11 and Annabelle Ritchie, Year 9.
There were also two Columba students in the Independent team that was placed 2nd nationally in Senior Dance: Annabelle Ritchie and Caroline Moratti in Year 9. Well done to this team as well.
Alice German, Year 8 also did very well to gain a 4th place nationally in Junior Search and Rescue.
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Confucius Classroom opened at Columba College September 2012
The first Confucius Classroom in the South Island of New Zealand has been established at Columba College. The Confucius Classroom Opening Ceremony was held at the College on Friday, 29th June.
China, through the Confucius Institute, has established non-profit public institutions which aim to promote Chinese language and culture in foreign countries such as New Zealand. Three hundred and sixty-nine Confucius Classrooms across ninety-six countries have been opened since 2004.
The Confucius Classrooms not only provide a place to teach Chinese language and culture but they have also become a platform for cultural exchanges between China and other countries as well as a means of encouraging friendship and co-operation between China and the rest of the world.
Dunedin City Councillor Mr Andrew Noone, on behalf of the Dunedin Mayor and Mr Xie Baoming, on behalf of the Consul General of the P.R. China officially opened the classroom together. It was good to welcome other distinguished guests to Columba College such as Professor Hong Hu and Dr Adam Lam, Directors of the Confucius Institute at the University of Canterbury and Ms Susan Bouterey, Member of the Advisory Board of the Confucius Institute Canterbury, Mr Malcolm Wong, Chairman of the Dunedin Shanghai Association, Mr Steven Spelman, President of Dunedin Branch of NZ China Friendship Society, Dr Paola Voci, Senior Lecturer in Chinese at the University of Otago, Ms Stephanie Evans, Division of Humanities at the University of Otago, and Dr Margot Skinner, Chairman of the Columba College Board of Trustees.
Columba students and their teachers, Ms Ivy Ding and Miss Pan Chen, sang “Welcome to Columba” in Chinese, to start the opening ceremony programme. After enjoying the students’ speeches, a flute performance, singing and dancing programmes and a slide show of the recent school trip to China, the Columba College Confucius Classroom was officially opened. Then the guests visited the new Chinese Confucius classroom and saw a Chinese class in action.
Julia Anstey
HOD Languages and Classics
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September 2012
This year's Year 9 Ski Camp was held a little earlier than usual, which is just as well as, until this week's late fall, the snow was thinning fast and we had Spring conditions for most of the week, meaning reasonably firm in the morning and pumpkin-soupish by the afternoon. With 83 students, six teachers and seven parents, it was one of our biggest groups to date. We set off on Monday, 20th August, and managed to get to Coronet Peak in time to get everyone fitted and issued with their skis or snowboards and boots, before settling into the Otago, Vincent and Southland Ski Club Lodges, which were to be our home for the week. Lessons began at 9.00 a.m. each morning and lasted for 1 and half hours and it was great to see the progress that the girls made over the week, with all able to use the chairlifts and ski down various slopes by the end of the four days. Fortunately we didn’t have too many trips to the medical centre and only needed to travel down the mountain twice to have students x-rayed at the Lakes District Hospital, with one broken arm needing to be set and plastered. The weather was kind to us and we managed to ski right through until 3.00 p.m. on Friday, 24th September. After a quick stop for fish and chips in the park in Alexandra, we arrived back at school very close to the scheduled 8.30 p.m. with a tired but happy group of girls.
This was the second year that we had two Year 9 students from Turakina Maori Girls' College in Marton join our Ski Camp. We were very happy to have Kohu Thomas and Sativa Mataia with us for the week. They fitted in beautifully with our girls who, in turn, learnt a lot about their school in the lower North Island.
I would especially like to thank the parents who gave up their time to help with the camp: Mrs Anne Parker, Mr Callum Reid, Mr Craig Foley, Mr Graeme Thompson, Mr Edward Fields, Prof. Anthony Ritchie and Mr Evan Baddock, who has helped with many school camps and also made a DVD of each for the girls to keep as a memento. Also, many thanks to the teachers who helped and who also skied or snowboarded with the girls – Mrs Anstey, Ms Boek, Miss Wright, Mrs Skerten, Mr Stevenson and Mr Williams. I would also like to add that this was a particularly pleasant group of girls to take away and it was lovely to see them all supporting and encouraging one another, both on the slopes and back in the huts.
I’ll finish with the words of Emily Ward: "My friendships grew a long way throughout this camp, and I cannot thank Columba enough for having such an awesome camp! I wish I could go back ."
Jenness Riethmaier
Year 9 Dean and Teacher in charge of Ski Camp
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September 2012
The First Xl Hockey Team has had a very impressive season in 2012. It claimed the Dunedin Secondary Schools` Premier title beating Otago Girls` First Xl 9- 1 in the final, Columba last held the trophy in 2007. The team won fifteen games in a fifteen week season, scoring 109 goals which is the highest on record.
This provided an excellent platform for tournament week, where the team competed in the Jenny McDonald South Island Tournament in Invercargill.
At this tournament the team was able to step up to a higher level and remain unbeaten in the seven games, scoring 53 goals, and winning the gold medal and bringing home the Jenny McDonald cup, beating Southland Girls’ 6-2, in a fantastic final.
The power of teamwork, goal setting, excellent preparation, quality leadership (by Samara Dalziel and Jessie Chapman) and tremendous parental support provided the pathway to success. This group of committed girls have had extra practices and have succeeded in achieving their season’s goals.
Parental support has been amazing on a weekly basis and for the duration of tournament. To the marvellous parents, you have helped the team reach its potential and assisted your daughters and myself extremely well. Thank you all.
Scores from the tournament were:
V Southland Girls’ 6-6
V St. Peter’s College 4-1
V St. Margaret’s College 5-0
V James Hargest High 8-0
V South Otago High 17-0
V Waitaki Girls’ 7-0
Final v Southland Girls’ 6-2
Samara Dalziel was the Most Valuable Player of the tournament for Columba College. Phoebe Steele will join Samara at a high performance ISAP camp in Auckland during the September holidays.
As the team coach I am so very proud of what the girls have achieved this season. Individually and as a team their improvement has been amazing. Well done to each and every player for a most memorable season.
First Xl Team members: Samara Dalziel (Captain), Jessie Chapman (VC), Laura Becker, Grace Brosnahan, Mackenzie Cassie, Sian English, Tyler Jeffries, Rose Johnston, Lily Le Brun, Anna McFarlane, Alexandra Menzies, Toni Mulholland, Phoebe Steele, Emma Stackhouse and Tyla Toheriri-O’Neill.
Shona Harvey
First Xl Team Coach
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September 2012
Another successful netball season has come to an end. Columba had fifteen teams in the Secondary School competition – four senior competitive teams, three senior social teams, three Year Ten teams and five Year Nine teams. The Columba Senior A netball team competed in the top club grade in Dunedin. The Senior B netball team won the top Secondary school grade, beating off a spirited St Hilda’s 10A team in the final. The team was coached by Mrs Lauren Piebenga and led very capably by Jessie Chapman. Most of the team will return for 2013.
The Columba 9A netball team won the Premier B grade (second top Secondary school grade), beating OGHS Year 10A team in the final. The 9A netball team put in a very gutsy performance given that they had been away at the Year 9 Ski Camp all week in the lead-up to the final. The 9A team also received the trophy for the top Year 9 netball team in Dunedin.
Other notable performances for the netball season include: Columba Senior Blue winning the Senior Two grade, Columba Senior Green placed 3rd in the Senior Four grade, Columba 10B placed 3rd in the Intermediate Two grade, Columba 9B placed 3rd in the Junior One grade, Columba White and Columba 9D placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Junior Four grade.
Columba College netball is in a very strong position with 14 girls (Years 9 to 13) being named in Dunedin Netball Centre representative teams, the Senior A netball team winning the Senior Section of the Otago Secondary Schools’ Netball Championships, 10A coming third and 9A being placed 2nd.
The 9A and 10A netball teams competed at the South Island Secondary School Development Netball Tournament in the July school holidays. Both teams learnt a huge amount from the tournament and came away from the games, much better teams as a result. Congratulations to Maddy Spence who was named one of the ten Year 10 girls in the South Island identified as Talented Players.
Well done also to Bridget Thayer, Year 13 who was named in the “Tournament Team” at the recent South Island Secondary Schools’ Netball Championships held last week in Dunedin.
We have had very good coaching for each of our netball teams this year and this has paid off with the girls improving their strategies and overall technique. I look forward to another rewarding and successful netball season next year. Thank you to the parents, families, friends and supporters who have all helped the netball teams to enjoy the season and be successful this year.
Christie Sinclair
Teacher in charge of Netball
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The Hague International Model United Nations In The Netherlands August 2012
Claire McCorkindale in Year 13 is one of the 21 New Zealand secondary school students selected to
attend the 4,000 – strong Hague International Model United Nations in January, 2013.
The 21 students were selected after a five-day simulation of the United Nations at the Otago/
Southland Model United Nations Assembly competition in Dunedin in May and at the national contest
in Wellington which followed.
The aims of The Hague International Model United Nations are to seek – through discussion,
negotiation and debate – solutions to the various problems of the world, such as questions of human
rights, protection of the environment, economic development, disarmament, the problems of youth and
refugees, and the more critical issues of war and peace.
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Junior School Production – "The Emerald Crown" August 2012
This year the Junior School children put on the musical, The Emerald Crown.
The musical portrayed the story of how the tranquillity of the Amazon rain forest is shattered with the
arrival of a twentieth-century Highwayman, who instructs his gang of Slashers and Burners to destroy
large areas of the forest for profit. After witnessing the devastation that follows, the Toucan decides
that it is time to teach these people a lesson. He promises to lead them to the Jungle Queen and show
them treasures greater that they ever imagined. The Slashers and Burners agree to go along with the
Toucan but secretly plan to steal the riches. They begin their long journey through the forest, meeting
all sorts of amazing creatures on the way. At last the Jungle Queen emerges. Little do they know, they
are in for a big surprise when they realise that once removed, rain forest treasure becomes worthless.
This is our sixth Musical Production and it was evident the excitement had not waned. Once again Mrs
Borick and the children are to be congratulated on such a superb effort.
As usual with a production there are always behind the scene activities which must take place to
ensure its success. Many thanks go to Mrs Clair Robertson, Claire Anglin and Dylan Shield for
assisting with the lighting, Mr Tony Borick,Mr Bruce Blucher and Mrs Mandy Joseph for the props, Mrs
Debbie Ericson and Mrs Jo Westgate for the beautiful bird costumes and Abbey Hamilton, Heather
Robertson and Jade Buck who assisted at the door.
Our sincere thanks must also go to Mr Richard Warnock for his superb piano accompaniment, Miss
Alison Bowcott who so ably teaches and conducts the Junior School Orchestra, Mrs Glenda Simpson
for the choreography and of course to our wonderful Musical Director, Mrs Judith Borick, who put so
many hours into perfecting and bringing The Emerald Crown to life.
Finally a big thank you must go to all the Junior School children. They managed to showcase their
superb talents in a most successful 2012 Musical Production.
Marion Hogg
Dean of the Junior School
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Selection For A New Zealand Sports Team August 2012
We were delighted to hear that Hanna English in Year 10 has
been selected for the NZ Secondary School Girls' U16 Football
Team. The letter we received with this news reads: "This
selection confirms that your student has been recognised by
NZ Secondary School Head Coach, Paul Temple, and leading
coaches in her Federation as a player with the potential to
aspire to high levels in football."
The team will participate in an international age group
tournament in Fiji from the 9th to 15th December. Eighteen girls
were selected for the team with four of them from the South
Island.
We congratulate Hanna warmly on her selection for a national
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2012 Winter Quadrangular Tournament August 2012
The annual Winter Quadrangular Tournament was recently hosted by Columba College. It was
fantastic to utilise our wonderful Marsh Sports Centre. Activities contested included 1st X1 Hockey,
Senior A Netball, Senior A Badminton and Debating. The tournament provided excellent competition
with several outstanding and talented individuals and teams on show including New Zealand,
Canterbury, South Canterbury and Otago representatives.
All teams were able to benefit from the Tournament spirit of goodwill, friendship and fair play.
Congratulations to St. Margaret's College (Christchurch) on winning the Tournament. Columba
College shared second place with St. Hilda's Collegiate and Craighead Diocesan (Timaru) was 4th.
A special thank you to Columba families who hosted seventy girls from the visiting schools. Your
generosity was very much appreciated.
Columba's creditable performance was the result of determination, commitment and application by
players, coaches and staff members. A fantastic tournament atmosphere prevailed and was enjoyed
by all. Each team had momentous moments they will treasure.
"The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it".
Mrs S. Harvey
Director of Sport |
2012 Young Writers in Europe Competition June 2012
Ellen Gipp in Year 12 was awarded 1st place internationally in the age category of Year 12 students for her story in French. It is a wonderful result to gain the top award in a European short story-writing competition (Jeunes Auteurs pour l’Europe) contested by secondary school pupils from New Zealand, Australia and Europe.
Ellen spent eight weeks of Term I writing a short story as part of Columba College’s Gifted and Talented Education programme. Ellen wrote her story of over one thousand words in French about a young woman who hit her head, and the ensuing memory loss and confusion.
A student from Onslow College won the top prize at Year 13 level.
The competition is organised by the School for Young Writers in Christchurch and this is the fifth year that New Zealand schools have entered. Columba students have won prizes in the last three years.
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2012 Otago Robocup – held at Otago Museum on the 23rd June June 2012
Excellent results were gained by our students in RoboCup 2012.
Premier Search and Rescue
1st RoboAngels
Ryely Burtenshaw-Day, Ailsa Carroll,Holly Hanson and Annabelle Ritchie
Junior Search and Rescue
1st Alice
Alice German
Senior Theatre
2nd Chipettes
Olivia Anderson, Sacha Holland, Olivia Jones and Courtney Shaw
3rd Once Upon a Time
Rachel Eccles and Christine Wierda
Senior Search and Rescue
2nd CC Senior Reserve 2
Kara Bethune, Heidi Chin and Josephine Williamson
3rd CC Senior Rescue 1
Chloe Lai, Jenny Mi and Anastasia Varlamova
Senior Soccer
2nd Potato Pi (Independent)
Annabelle Ritchie – team member
Best Programming Prize
2nd Potato Pi (3.4) (Independent)
Annabelle Ritchie – team member
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2012 South Island Brainbee Competition June 2012
The South Island Competition was held in Dunedin on the 27th June with six Year 11 students representing Columba College:
Ella Barclay, Holly Barclay, Ryley Burtenshaw-Day, Ailsa Carroll, Aïcha Wijland and Emily Willis.
There were around 100 students competing individually in approximately 18 teams. The Columba team made it to the team final of seven teams but was unplaced.
Ella Barclay, Holly Barclay and Ailsa Carroll made it to the individuals’ semi-final of 30, with 11 of these students chosen for the final (Ella and Holly were among the final 11).
Warm congratulations to Ella Barclay on attaining 3rd place in the South Island. Ella won a plaque, a $50.00 book voucher, a $50.00 iTunes voucher and a place at the Hands on Science camp at Otago University next January.
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June 2012
Columba students were again to the fore in Stage Challenge 2012, earning 3rd place in Otago and five Awards for Excellence (Concept, Drama, Enviromental and Social Awareness, Initiative and Stage Use). 1st place went to Otago Girls’ High School and 2nd place to Logan Park High School.
All the girls enjoyed the experience of working and performing together, and can be proud of their entry which highlighted the issue of child soldiers and their result. The Year 13 girls who organised and led the Columba entry (Sara Colombo, Vienna Sutherland, Sacha Coghill, Tatiana Biggerman, Sarah Storm, Grace Swain and Mackenzie Whitaker) are especially to be commended on their responsible leadership throughout.
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2012 Otago Secondary Schools’ Netball Tournament June 2012
Held on the 10th and 11th June at the Edgar Centre, the Tournament was a very successful one again for Columba College netball. Our teams gained a place in each of the three divisions – a huge credit to the players, their coaches and managers.
Senior Competition - 1st (for the fourth consecutive year which is the first time this has happened at senior level).
Intermediate Competition - 3rd
Junior Competition - 2nd
Team members are:
Senior A: Hannah Cowie (Netball Captain), Annabel Angland, Grace Carruthers, Analise Cowie, Zoey Flockton, Holly Hoogvliet, Bridget Thayer, Heather Thompson, Olivia Wilson, Sarah Wood.
Intermediate A: Olivia Adam, Kaia Bishop, Sarah Dippie, Hannah McConnachie, Cherish-Peace Nielsen, Sandy Reid, Bailey Saville, Maddy Spence, Emma Turner, Kaitlynn Wheeler.
Junior A: Olivia Anderson, Jenna Chisholm, Briar Crosbie, Lily Cunningham, Olivia Jones, Anna Macdonald, Tania Savery, Phoebe Swale, Ella Wood.
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Friday, 20th July from 9.00 a.m.
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March 2012
% of students achieving NCEA at Columba College
|
Level 1 (Year 11) |
Level 2 (Year 12) |
Level 3 (Year 13) |
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Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
2005 |
98.8 |
65.7 |
95.1 |
72.3 |
96.7 |
68.5 |
2006 |
95.6 |
68.7 |
97.6 |
74.2 |
94.3 |
70.3 |
2007 |
95.3 |
71.7 |
98.6 |
76.1 |
98.5 |
71.8 |
2008 |
100 |
70.8 |
97.0 |
76.0 |
90.8 |
70.6 |
2009 |
92.5 |
71.8 |
97.0 |
76.0 |
98.1 |
70.4 |
2010 |
93.8 |
75.1 |
97.6 |
80.1 |
96.2 |
74.5 |
2011 (Provisional) |
98.9 |
76.1 |
96.6 |
81.4 |
91.8 |
74.5 |
2007 % of Overall Excellence and Merit Endorsements
|
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
% |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Merit |
42.6 |
28.2 |
32.9 |
19.3 |
36.4 |
20.7 |
Excellence |
29.5 |
6.9 |
31.4 |
4.6 |
12.1 |
4.3 |
2008 % of Overall Excellence and Merit Endorsements
|
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
% |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Merit |
44.6 |
27.1 |
33.8 |
18.6 |
27.1 |
20.4 |
Excellence |
26.2 |
7.3 |
20.0 |
4.8 |
25.4 |
4.9 |
2009 % of Overall Excellence and Merit Endorsements
|
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
% |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Merit |
44.6 |
26.8 |
39.1 |
19.3 |
29.4 |
20.9 |
Excellence |
28.4 |
7.9 |
31.3 |
5.8 |
11.8 |
5.2 |
2010 % of Overall Excellence and Merit Endorsements
|
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
% |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Merit |
51.3 |
28.3 |
43.9 |
20.1 |
37.3 |
22.3 |
Excellence |
23.7 |
9.1 |
26.8 |
6.5 |
19.6 |
5.5 |
2011 % of Overall Excellence and Merit Endorsements (Provisional)
|
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
% |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Columba |
National |
Merit* |
46.5 |
33.5 |
40.5 |
21.7 |
43.3 |
23.5 |
Excellence* |
33.7 |
13.2 |
20.2 |
7.8 |
16.4 |
7.2 |
Students Achieving NCEA Level 1 Literacy (%)
|
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
Columba |
100 |
97 |
94 |
97.0 |
96.3 |
100 |
100 |
National |
72.7 |
75.8 |
77.0 |
81.4 |
82.0 |
81.7 |
85.7 |
Students Achieving NCEA Level 1 Numeracy (%)
|
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
Columba |
98.8 |
101.5 |
97.0 |
100 |
97.6 |
100 |
100 |
National |
79.0 |
82.9 |
84.6 |
88.1 |
89.0 |
89.0 |
88.4 |
Students achieving University Entrance
|
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
Columba |
95.1 |
95.7 |
95.5 |
93.9 |
96.2 |
96.2 |
90.4 |
National |
64.1 |
65.8 |
67.2 |
65.9 |
64.6 |
66.5 |
65.5 |
Scholarship Grades
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
10* |
20* |
17* |
25* |
21* |
17 |
17o |
22* |
* Highest number of Scholarship Grades in Otago and Southland. In 2009 and 2010, second highest. In 2011 equal highest.
o In 2010 there were 53 girls in Year 13 (a smaller number than usual). Proportionally, the percentage of Scholarship grades on a “head-count” basis for 2010 was very pleasing.
Scholarship Grades
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
Accounting |
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|
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1 |
|
|
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Art History |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Biology |
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2 (O, S) |
2 |
3 (1O, 2S) |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
Chemistry |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Chinese |
|
|
1 |
1 (O) |
|
|
|
|
Classical Studies |
|
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
Computing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economics |
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
English |
3 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
French |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Geography |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
2 (1O, 1S) |
1 |
German |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
History |
|
|
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2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
Japanese |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Mathematics with Calculus |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
Media Studies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Music |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
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Physical Education |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Physics |
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Statistics and Modelling |
4 |
2 |
1 (O) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 (1O, 2S) |
Technology |
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 (1O, 2S) |
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Visual Arts (Design, Painting, Photography) |
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total |
10 * |
20 * |
17 * |
25 * |
21 * |
17 |
17 |
22* |
No. of girls gaining 2 or more |
2 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
No. of girls gaining 3 or more |
- |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
* Highest number of Scholarship Grades in Otago and Southland. In 2009 and 2010, second highest. In 2011 equal highest.
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2011 Cambridge International Results March 2012
Congratulations to the Annabel Drummond, Year 12 in 2011 who
gained top place in New Zealand in Cambridge A Level Music.
Annabel is pictured performing at the Cambridge
Awards Ceremony at Auckland Grammar School
in February. Annabel is now studying at the School
of Music, Victoria University.
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December 2011
The 2011 netball season was a busy and successful time for Columba College netball teams. Columba had 16 teams competing in the Years 9-13 Saturday competition. Of these teams, four were senior competitive teams, five were senior social teams, four were Year 10 teams and three were Year 9 teams. Of the 11 teams eligible for finals, eight of the teams made it through to the final day of competition. This year the grades were reformatted. There were three premier grades, where schools were to enter their three strongest teams, followed by senior, intermediate and junior grades. The Senior B netball team competed in the top secondary school grade – Premier 1 and they were the winners of the final in round 2. The team, coached by Miss Louise Thayer, had a wealth of experienced girls in it, including Jessie Chapman, Libby Cochrane, Lauren Elsom, Kimberley Martyn, Shannon Morton, Heather Thompson and Lauren Williams. Annabel Angland and Jessica Elsom were the new members of this team. The team can be very proud of its wonderful performance this year.
The Columba Year 10 A team competed in Premier 2. They were the winners of the first round and placed third overall. The team was very ably coached by Miss Pip Allan and Miss Lucy Carpenter. Girls in the team this year were Tayla Ashworth, Alice Hoogvliet, Emily Huddleston, Kay Martin, Georgia Nichol, Laura Saville, Millie Townsend, Georgie Wood and Jamie Wood. This team overcame numerous injuries to girls to complete a successful season.
Columba 9A competed in the Premier 3 grade and gained a creditable 2nd place at the end of the second round. The girls were coached by Mr William and Mrs Hinerangi Nielsen and assisted by Mr Glen Wheeler. Girls in the team were: Analise Cowie, Sarah Dippie, Fa’ao’osala Lale, Hannah McConnachie, Cherish-Peace Nielsen, Maddy Spence, Bailey Saville, Emma Turner and Kaitlynn Wheeler. The team can be proud of its achievements this year and we look forward to even more success next year.
One of the highlights for me personally this year was watching the performance of the Columba Senior D netball team. The ability of this team was evident to those watching and they overcame Senior A and B netball teams from other schools. Mrs Sandy Ehlers coached the team again this year. Her enthusiasm, support, understanding and knowledge of the game meant that the girls were well prepared for each of their games. She has been a real asset to the School and her contribution to Columba netball will be missed. The team was comprised of: Melissa-Jane Austen, Sophie Borland, Samantha Carswell, Sophie Ehlers, Lucy Hunter, Catherine Steiner, Victoria Steiner, Sarah Thomas and Kate Waterman.
There were many other highlights throughout the netball competition – too numerous to list here. Thank you to all of you who have coached, managed, assisted and supported Columba netball. Thank you also to the girls who played netball this year. You are wonderful representatives of the School. We look forward to another successful and enjoyable season in 2012.
Christie Sinclair
- Teacher-in-charge of Netball
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December 2011
An Otago/Southland Secondary Schools’ Inter-School One-Day event was held in Invercargill on Sunday, 27th November. The event involved dressage, show jumping and cross-country.
It was great news to hear that the Columba Equestrian Team won 1st place at the One-Day Event. The six students in our team were: Michaela Little, Hannah Johnston, Anya Johnston, Ellie Nesbit, Tyla Toheriri-O’Neill and Stephanie Jasperse. Southland Girls’ took 2nd place and James Hargest 3rd place.
Well done to everyone in the team, and thank you to the parents who supported their daughters and transported ponies.
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Sports Distinction for our Director of Sport December 2011
Mrs Shona Harvey was one of six New Zealand School Sports Directors (out of over 100 applicants) to be selected to attend a fully funded Sport and Academic Study Trip to Melbourne from the 21st November to the 26th November, 2011.
Mr Des Smith, the Otago Secondary Schools’ Sports Director, attended assembly on the 3rd November to announce this well-deserved award for Mrs Harvey.
Speech by Mr Des Smith at Assembly
In addition to my rôle as Otago Regional Sports Director, I am also a member of the NZSSSC, a body that oversees secondary school sport throughout the country. The Board consists of 13 Principals as well as two representatives from Sparc and myself as an RSD.
Earlier this year, the Board made the decision to offer six Sports Study Awards to people in schools who demonstrate outstanding leadership in sport, not only in their own school but also in their province. To apply for this award applicants needed to be experienced Sports Leaders, to be Sports Co-ordinators or Sports Directors who have demonstrated proven ability to deliver quality sporting opportunities for their students, and above all to have shown the ability to influence the sporting agenda in their school.
The successful applicants will visit schools in Victoria, Australia, including the Maribynong Sports College, the only government-funded specialist Sports College in Australia, as well as observing an innovative sport in education project in central Melbourne schools.
Columba College, along with its high academic standards, is fast becoming one of NZ’s leading sporting schools. Not only does the school have a high participation rate of 91%, but it is also competing successfully at the top level in a number of sports.
The close links with Physical Education and Sport, the wonderful support from the Principal, staff and school community, and the student desire to be involved in sport, are all key factors in having a strong sporting culture at Columba College.
The person who has led this development over a number of years, deserves recognition for her fine efforts. Her outstanding organisation, her desire to ensure that all students are given the opportunity to participate regardless of their ability, and her commitment to help make Columba College reach its sporting potential, should be applauded.
As outlined earlier, the NZSSSC Sports and Travel award will involve visiting a number of schools in Melbourne in late November this year.
It is with a great deal of pleasure that I now announce that one of the six NZSSSC Sports and Travel Awards for 2011 is made to Mrs Harvey.
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Donation of Dining-Chairs to Bishopscourt December 2011
We acknowledge with sincere appreciation the kind donation of 51 dining-chairs for the Bishopscourt dining-room. People visiting the dining-room have commented very favourably on the chairs, their comfort and the way they have enhanced the look of the dining-room.
We record with appreciation the parents and individuals who have donated chairs with plaques designated as follows:
Kimberley Barker
Tara Bennett
Tatiana Biggeman
Emma Booth
Holly and Zoe Cadzow (2 chairs)
Libby and Rebecca Cochrane (2 chairs)
Georgia and Emma Cotton (2 chairs)
Margot Darling
Charlotte Foster
Zoe Lenagh-Glue
Charlotte Hall
Shannon Harrison
Rose Johnston
Jodie Tsukasa Llewellyn
Mrs Magda Marx
Amelia McGeorge
Alexandra Menzies
Paige and Shannon Morton (2 chairs)
Ailsa Ottrey (Wilson), Ruth Ottrey (Craigie), Jane Ottrey, Sarah Ottrey and Kate Menzies (Ottrey)
The Parents’ Association (8 chairs)
Kylie Pennycook
Sandy Reid
Harriet and Maddie Reith (2 chairs)
Bridget and Sasha Roulston (2 chairs)
Laura and Bailey Saville
Kelsey Shaw
Sim Family, Garston
Brittany Spark
Emma Stackhouse
Grace Swain
Heather Thompson
Gina Watts
Miss Elizabeth Wilson
Anna, Rachel and Olivia Wilson
Grace Wilson
Georgia Wood
Sarah Wood
Emma Wylie
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2011 “Torchlight” Silver Awards December 2011
Illumination – join us in taking up The Torchlight List
Over his University teaching career, Professor Jim Flynn, author of The Torchlight List, around the world in 200 books (published by Awa Press, available UBS and elsewhere) noticed that fewer students were reading the great works of literature. This trend is clear at school too. We support our students in Wide Reading programmes and discuss popular reading, but although our most academic girls read and talk about reading with their parents and like-minded students, Facebook and downloaded films more often claim most girls' attention.
Professor Flynn's book is far more than a standard list, though that does occupy the last 40 pages. The body of The Torchlight List is a discussion of each book selected, presented with insight accumulated through years of academic and personal experience, written by one “born into the magic realm”. He includes sections such as Latin America, A Few Books on Africa, The Human Condition, Science and Early Civilisation.
My first copy of Professor Flynn's book was stolen back to London by my visiting daughter. She challenged me to a competition – which of us had read more titles from the list. I was very relieved that I scored more than she did, my reputation just surviving annihilation. I suspect she'll challenge me again in five years. Professor Flynn's books offer “food for the soul” and guidance for us all when, in this time-poor lifestyle, we want to make our reading time count.
We have trained our students to be goal-centred, to expect more than the intrinsic value of our wise words, and so a certificate system was born. I am very pleased that Imogen Davis, Ghazaleh Dousti and Shalini Ramarao earned the first Torchlight Certificates in New Zealand. Other schools are making enquiries about following our lead. Completing the Certificate supports the other reading programmes in the school and offers a deeper reading experience. I hope many more of our students will take up the opportunity in 2012, which is why we allowed our Years 11 and 12 students to borrow a copy over the holidays. I hope families make use of them too.
Chris Carrell - HOD English |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarships December 2011
Sophie and Sasha were two of the four South Island recipients of a PwC Scholarship. In total, PwC awarded 21 Scholarships to New Zealand Year 13 students this year. Recipients each receive $7,000.00 towards the cost of their University education, mentoring support, and a summer internship in their final year of study at one of the seven PwC offices nationally. The three Dunedin winners have also been offered the opportunity to work part-time while completing their degree at the University of Otago. |
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December 2011
Good wishes and congratulations to Tatiana Biggeman who has won a two-week trip to New Caledonia to stay with a French-speaking family in a competition run by the Alliance Française de Dunedin.
Up to 90 Years 9 to 13 students enter the New Caledonia Air-sponsored competition every year. Well done, Tatiana!
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National Winners in a Film Competition. Year 9 German win – German Short Film Contest December 2011
Congratulations go to all the members of Ms Riethmaier’s Year 9 German class who have recently learned that their entry in the 2011 German Short Film Contest has won First Prize in the Years 7 – 10 category. This is the second win for Columba in the past three years in the competition that is run each year for students of German by the National German Adviser together with the Goethe Institut and the German Embassy. Each year a topic is set and this year’s was ABCde, to reflect an exhibition that toured capital cities of the world on aspects of life in Germany represented by each letter of the alphabet. Students write and act their own script and, after much discussion, Nicky Ker came up with the idea of a TV show to find Germany’s next top letter, run along the lines of “Germany’s Next Top Model.” The girls used several class periods to write and rehearse the script and Mr Evan Baddock came in for the filming which was completed in just two periods. We featured the letters of Germany and New Zealand (Deutschland and Neuseeland), using four students from the Junior School, Oscar Sycamore, Aiden Hung, Poppy Jennings and Charlotte de Lautour to help supply the extra letters of Neuseeland. The three girls playing the letters which did not feature in both countries (C, H and T) were eliminated from that round. These film contests are an excellent way for students to use their language creatively and to have fun at the same time. Each girl is to be commended on her pronunciation which was outstandingly clear. We were very fortunate that Mr Baddock was willing to film our efforts with the added bonus that he was also able to incorporate some ski camp footage into the photo shoot scene. The Film Contest is run at three levels: Years 7 – 10, 11 – 13 and Tertiary, and the winning entries will be shown at the Prize-Giving Ceremony to be held at the National Film Archive Centre in Wellington. Three of the students, Amy Logie, Claire Anglin and Tyla Toheriri-O’Neill, accompanied Ms Riethmaier to collect their $500.00 prize on Friday, 2nd December. We will be holding a celebratory pizza lunch for the girls of both German classes who entered the competition and the remainder of the prize money will go towards resources for German.
Cast:
Amy Logie, Alice Toomer - Presenters
Helen Gregory – Hostess
Sarah Dippie, Nicky Ker, Genevieve Ward - Judges
Letters: Claire Anglin (D), Emma Turner (E), Isobel Pearson (U), Hanna English (T), Shannon McKee (S), Kaia Bishop (C), Tyla Toheriri-O’Neill (L), Alyssa Williams (A) – Alyssa was ill on the filming day and her place was admirably filled at the last moment by Olivia Adam – Mary-Jane Wennekes (N)
Charlotte de Lautour, Poppy Jennings, Aiden Hung, Oscar Sycamore – Little Letters
Rest Home Inhabitants: Mrs West, Ms Riethmaier
Stop Press!! Further congratulations to all the participants – our entry, “Deutschlands Nächster TopBuchstabe”, won not only the Years 7 – 10 category but also the trophy for “Bester Film”, beating the Years 11 to 13 and University films, a commendable achievement for Year 9 students!!
Jenness Riethmaier - Teacher of the Year 9 German Class
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New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Film Competition Best Documentary to a Columba Student December 2011
New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Film Competition Best Documentary to a Columba Student
Well done to Flavia Wilson in Year 13 on her success in the 2011 New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Film Competition run by the National Association of Media Educators (N.A.M.E.). Flavia who has been studying NCEA Level 3 Media Studies through DunedinNet this year was awarded 1st place in the Best Documentary section with her film, “Decoding Downloading.”
Judging criteria included:
Natural flow and cohesion
Technical control and polish in camera work
Sound
Editing
Overall impact on the audience Flavia’s film was also entered by her Media Studies teacher in the Otago Secondary Schools’ Film Festival where she won 2nd place (across all genres and entries).
Inspiration for her documentary came from the Government’s Copyright Amendment Act 2011, which came into effect on 1st September this year.
Under the Act, copyright owners can tell fixed-line internet service providers (ISP) that they believe an internet subscriber is infringing their copy-right through peer-to-peer file sharing.
The ISPs in turn send warning notices to the relevant subscribers and, after three warnings, the copyright owner may take their case to the Copyright Tribunal, which can impose a penalty of up to $15,000 on the internet subscriber.
Flavia said her documentary was in response to the new legislation, and showed there were “more positive effects to downloading than the Government cared to admit.”
“I outlined the benefits of downloading to New Zealand industry.”
“I believe artists and film-makers should definitely be paid for their work. But copyright law is irrelevant to digital media.”
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University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships December 2011
Well done to both Stephanie and Melanie on being awarded a University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship.
The University of Otago Selection Committee considers the following factors in recommending the award of a Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship:
Academic ability (a minimum of NCEA Level 2 awarded with Merit, or equivalent, is required for consideration).
Demonstrated leadership potential.
Sporting and/or cultural involvement.
Contribution to the community. Recipients receive $5,000.00 against their fees for the first year of study at the University of Otago.
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Programming Challenge 4 Girls – Columba Success December 2011
The Programming Challenge 4 Girls is a competition held around New Zealand and parts of Australia during November for teams of Year 10 girls. The philosophy of the challenge is to introduce girls to the concept of programming via Alice and to boost their interest in the field of Computer Science. The day consists of a period of tuition and practice in Alice for the girls, which is then followed by a two and a half hour programming challenge. The team programs are marked by a panel of judges and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are awarded based on the quality of the program developed by the team.
Eight Year 10 Columba College pupils attended the Otago Challenge and all were successful in receiving medal placings, which is a fantastic result and a credit to the Year
10 Digital Technology course taught by Mr Luke Smith. The Gold medal winning of team
of Holly Hanson and Nanako Shitara were the top Otago students and thus have been selected to attend a computer science summer camp in
Sydney in January 2012 which has been funded by Google.
Programming Challenge 4 Girls Winners:
Gold - Holly Hanson and Nanako Shitara
Silver (2nd Equal) – Holly Barclay and Julia Isoyama
Silver (2nd Equal) – Ailsa Carroll and Aïcha Wijland
Bronze – Amy Carruthers and Ryley Burtenshaw-Day |
2011 Columba College Stage Challenge Entry
(Based on a Dr Seuss story)
July 2011
Second Place in Otago with nine Awards for Excellence
Award of Excellence for Environmental and Social Awareness
Award of Excellence for Drama
Award of Excellence for Choreography
Award of Excellence for Concept
Award of Excellence for Performance Skill
Award of Excellence for Stage Use
Award of Excellence for Soundtrack
Award of Excellence for Visual Enhancement
Award of Excellence for Costume Character
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NZ Theatre Federation One Act Play Festival July 2011
Columba students made a very successful entry in the Otago/Southland One Act Play Festival held in Invercargill. Penelope Couper, Imogen Davis and Dannielle Hall performed "The Rosenberg Sisters" by Michelanne Forster, directed by Mrs Erina Caradus.
The girls won the prize for Best Production overall at the Festival; also the prize for Best Youth Production; and Penelope one of the three awards for Outstanding Performances.
The South Island Festival, held in Te Anau soon afterwards on the 15th and 16th July, was also an excellent experience for the girls who received the award for Best Technical Production. Peneleope was also awarded Best Female Actor. Well done!
Mrs Caradus wrote after the South Island Festival:
"Those who had seen our play before said it was even better than in Invercargill and it certainly felt that way to me as well. We had an enormous amount of feedback from audience members seeking us out after the play to talk about it. Whether we make it through or not, to the National finals in the North Island I am exceedingly proud of the girls' performance and attitude throughout the time I have been working with them. They are a real credit to the school and they have certainly earned the respect and support of the wider dramatic community".
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July 2011
We were delighted to hear that the Mousikos Trio was selected as one of twelve regional winners to perform at the National Chamber Music Semi-Finals in Hamilton at the end of term. This is the second successive year that the Trio of Annabel Drummond, Modi Deng and Hannah Kim has won the Otago regional finals and been selected to compete in the national semi-finals. From the national semi-finals, six groups are selected to perform at the finals.
It is a great achievement musically to be selected as one of the twelve top performing groups from the regional competitions to compete in the national semi-finals. Well done to our two students, Annabel and Modi.
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Top honours in International French Writing Competition July 2011
When Helen Kent, Jessica Barton and Melanie Redding decided to enter the "Jeunes Auteurs pour L'Europe" writing competition, they did so for a bit of fun and as a way to extend themselves in French. The trio spent five weeks writing a short story in French about a family living in Soviet times who boarded a ship in Russia and emigrated to Nice.
Entering students into this international competition forms part of the Gifted and Talented Education programme (GATE) of the College. GATE funding meant that the girls could work closely with French native speaker, François Buffet on drafting and redrafting their work. The competition is open to schools from all over Europe and the USA.
New Zealand co-ordinator for the competition, Glyn Strange of The School for Young Writers in Christchurch said that Columba College students had fashioned an enviable record of taking out top placings every year. However this is the first year that a group has taken out the First Prize in the Senior Category, effectively the top prize in the whole competition.
The students' work will feature on the website of the Academie Orléans-Tours in September. They will be awarded with various works of French literature.
Elaine Kelly, Teacher of French.
(Photo courtesy of The Otago Daily Times, June 27th 2011)
Read the girls' winning story here : http://www.schoolforyoungwriters.org/frenchCompetition/entries.php
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Invitation For Prospective Parents And Students Open Day 2011
Friday, 5th August
9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. (Visits to classes and the Boarding Residences)
1.00 p.m. (Principal's address)
1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Visits to the Boarding Residences)
We extend a warm invitation to visit the College on our Open Day.
All tours will start at the School Office on the corner of Highgate and Oban Street where student guides will be available to take parents and prospective students on the tours.
A Columba College Open Day is a normal school day with the usual timetable operating. Visitors are, however, most welcome to enter classrooms and observe classes in progress. We hope by running an Open Day in this way that visitors are able to gain an insight into how the School operates on a typical day.
Morning-tea: A continuous morning-tea will be served in the dining-room of Bishopscourt from 9.00 a.m. until noon. All visitors are welcome to call in for morning-tea during the course of their visit to the College.
School: The School (Years 1 to 13) will be open for tours from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Boarding Residences: These will be available to visit from 9.00 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. and again from 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Prospective boarding students and their parents are welcome to attend a buffet lunch in the dining-room from 12.15 p.m. to 12.45 p.m. Mrs Richelle Manson, Director of Boarding, will also attend the lunch along with members of the House Committee.
Principal's address: This will be at 1.00 p.m. in the Recreation Room of Katharine Buchan House. The address will cover key aspects of the College, its aims and objectives, strengths and special features, co-curricular programme and key points of entry such as Year 7 and Year 9. It will also be an opportunity to ask questions, if so wished.
We look forward to showing you around the College on Open Day and thank you in anticipation of your interest.
Elizabeth Wilson
Principal
3rd June, 2011
Click here for a campus map showing the following key locations:
School Office (College Administration)
Bishopscourt for morning-tea and the lunch for Boarding parents and students.
Recreation Room of Katharine Buchan House for the Principal's address. The Recreation Room is on the ground floor.
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A Selection of Recent School Photographs July 2011
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Otago Secondary School Leaders' Breakfast at Custom House on Friday, 25th March March 2011
Valerie Adams as guest speaker delivered a very inspirational message - to achieve one must put in hours of practice, have a balanced life and focus mentally. |
New Zealand U17 National Mountain Biking Title April 2011
Warm congratulations to Laura Bridger in Year 11 on winning her first New Zealand Under 17 Cross Country Mountain Biking Title at the New Zealand Mountain Bike Championships held at Forrester Park last month.
Laura has been involved in the sport of Mountain Biking since a young age and has the ambition to become a professional rider and represent New Zealand at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Laura shows great commitment by training four days a week and enjoys her coaching sessions with NZ 24-hour champion, Erin Green.
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Otago/Southland Athletics Championships April 2011
The top eight qualifiers from the Otago Athletics meet competed with Southland's Top 5 competitors in the Annual Otago/Southland Athletics meeting held in Dunedin on 11th and 12th March. Here athletes were vying to make the Top 5 to gain entry into the South Island event in Timaru in two weeks. Columba had a record 25 athletes competing.
On Friday night the team got off to a great start with an excellent run by Laura Carruthers who won the 2000m Open Steeplechase in a very smart time of 7m:43.18.
The Saturday saw Columba athletes perform with distinction. Individual titles went to Laura Saville, Bailey Saville, Hanna English, Renaye Flockton, Charlotte Cahill, Laura Carruthers, the 4 x 100 Senior Relay team and the 4 x 100m U16 Relay team. Many girls recorded personal bests and achieved individual goals they had set themselves for the meeting.
A record 21 athletes qualified in the Top 5 for the South Island Athletics Meeting in Timaru.
Well done to all team members on outstanding results and sportsmanship, and on representing the School with style. Timaru awaits in the first week in April for the South Island Championships.
Thank you to the great group of parents and supporters. For the second week in a row team spirit was high and the encouragement of all families and supporters was appreciated.
Shona Harvey
Director of Sport
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Columba Fair Thankyou
April 2011
It was a great day at the Columba Fair! We would like to thank the
following businesses for their support of Columba College and ask you to
help support them with your business.
| Ace Alterations |
www.acesuithire.co.nz |
| Active Furnishers |
www.activefurnishers.co.nz |
| Akarua Vineyard |
www.akarua.com |
| Alpine Milk |
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| Anne's Sewing Room |
218 George Street, 477 3650 |
| Anthony Motors |
254 Taieri Road, 476 3134 |
| Art Zone |
www.art-zone.co.nz |
| Automotive Solutions |
www.automotivesolutions.co.nz |
| Awawhiti Vineyard |
www.vinpro.co.nz/awawhiti.html |
| Bay Restaurant, The |
494 Portobello Road, 4761357 |
| Beauté |
www.beaute.co.nz |
| Belinda Van der Zande Interiors |
www.bvdzinteriors.co.nz |
| Black Quail Estate |
www.backquail.co.nz |
| Brooker Travel Group |
www.brookertravel.co.nz |
| Robyn Buis Interior design |
79 Isadore Rd Saint Clair , 487 7871 |
| Cadbury's |
www.cadbury.co.nz |
| The Cattery |
1 Potters Road, North East Valley, 473 9156 |
| Cavit and Co |
www.cavitco.com |
| Centre City New World |
www.newworld.co.nz |
| Cook-Howlison |
www.cookehowlison.co.nz |
| Custom House Restaurant |
www.thecustomhouse.co.nz |
| Cyce Surgery |
www.cyclesurgery.co.nz |
| Cyclone Computer Ltd |
www.cyclone.co.nz |
| D Fa Dog |
www.d-fa.com |
| David Ward Motors |
10 Melbourne Street, 455 4382 |
| Dernier Cri |
www.derniercri.co.nz |
| Dunedin Cupcake Company |
www.dunedincupcake.com |
| Edinburgh Realty |
www.edinburghrealty.co.nz |
| Everyday Gourmet |
www.everydaygourmet.net.nz |
| Executive Cars |
www.executivecars.co.nz |
| Favourite Interiors |
295A Highgate, 477 4414 |
| Fisher's Meats |
www.fishersmeat.com |
| The Fix |
www.thefixcoffee.co.nz |
| Fortune Theatre |
www.fortunetheatre.co.nz |
| Frames Footware |
www.framesfootwear.co.nz |
| Fred D. Eskrick Butchers |
35 North Road, 473 8766 |
| Fresh Choice |
www.freshchoice.co.nz |
| Great Taste |
12 St Andrew Street,479 2088 |
| Highgate Bridge |
300 Highgate, 474 9222 |
| The Highlanders |
www.highlanders-rugby.co.nz |
| Hype |
251 George Street, 479 2277 |
| Jacks Point Golf |
www.jackspoint.com |
| Jé |
www.je.net.nz |
| The Jitsu Japanese Restaurant |
133 Stuart St, 470 1155 |
| John Robinson Jewelers |
www.gallery33.co.nz |
| Jonathon Camera and Video |
Cnr George & St Andrew Streets |
| Joseph Jones Florist |
www.josephjones.co.nz |
| Kawarau Jet |
www.kjet.co.nz |
| Kelk Photography |
www.kelkphoto.co.nz |
| Kiwi Mortgage Market |
www.kmm.net.nz |
| Konica Minolta |
www.konicaminolta.co.nz |
| Koru New Zealand Art and Jade |
Castle Street,477 2138 |
| Les Mils |
www.lesmills-dunedin.co.nz |
| Life Pharmacy |
www.lifepharmacy.co.nz |
| Lucy Warren Pilates |
8 Stafford Street,027 472 7176 |
| Luna Restaurant and Bar |
www.lunaroslyn.co.nz |
| John McGlashan Pipe Band |
www.mcglashan.school.nz |
| Mitre 10 |
www.mitre10.co.nz |
| Monarch Cruise |
www.wildlife.co.nz |
| Mondillo Vineyard |
www.mondillo.com |
| Mt Difficulty Vineyard |
www.mtdifficulty.co.nz |
| Nancy's Fruit |
42 Clyde Street, Balclutha |
| Nevill Studios |
www.nevillstudios.co.nz |
| New World Mosgiel |
www.newworld.co.nz |
| Nomad Safaris, Queenstown |
www.nomadsafaris.co.nz |
| Number 7 Balmac |
www.no7balmac.co.nz |
| Numberworks |
www.numberworks.co.nz/dunedin |
| Nut Hairdressers |
295 Highgate,477 1540 |
| Office Max |
89 Great King Street, 0800 878 569 |
| Orchid Florist |
www.orchidflorist.co.nz |
| Otago Business Equipment |
www.otagobusiness.co.nz |
| Otago Daily Times |
www.odt.co.nz |
| Otago Road Services |
www.ors.co.nz |
| PAK N SAVE |
www.paknsave.co.nz |
| PaperPlus |
www.paperplus.co.nz |
| Perfect Poultry |
455 9148 |
| Phil's Painters |
488 4996 |
| The Photo Gallery |
www.thephotogallery.co.nz |
| Plato's Restaurant |
www.platocafe.co.nz |
| Queenstown Gateway |
www.gateway.net.nz |
| Rebel Sport |
www.rebelsport.co.nz |
| Regent Theatre |
www.regenttheatre.co.nz |
| Rhubarb |
299 Highgate, 477 2555 |
| Rialto Cinemas |
www.rialto.co.nz |
| Rings and Things |
187 George St, 471 8307 |
| Roar Velvet Ltd. |
www.roarvelvet.co.nz |
| Rockbourne |
298 York Place, City Rise, 474 5511 |
| Rockgas |
65 Hillside Road, 455 5448 |
| Roslyn Chemist |
287 Highgate, 477 9793 |
| Tania Roxborogh |
www.tkroxborogh.com |
| Sandy Trails Penguin Tours |
716 Ahuriri Flat Road, Balcutha, 3 415 8474 |
| Ally Shanks |
www.alisonshanks.co.nz |
| Simply Squeezed |
www.simplysqueezed.com |
| Slick Willy |
slickwillysdunedin.blogspot.com |
| Sontag Fox |
381 Princes Street, 477 8845 |
| Southern Colour Print |
1 Turakina Road, 455 0554 |
| St Clair Golf Club |
www.stclairgolf.co.nz |
| St. John's Anglican Roslyn |
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| Stevenson & Williams |
64 Prince Albert Road, 455 4034 |
| Sub Zero |
15 Midland Street |
| Suit Surgeon |
55 Highgate, 477 1001 |
| Summer Hill Cooking School |
www.summerhilcoking.co.nz |
| Taieri Gorge Railway |
www.taieri.co.nz |
| Tamsin Cooper |
www.tamsincooper.co.nz |
| Tara Hills Station |
Omarama |
| Temple Gallery |
www.templegallery.co.nz |
| Tokyo Gardens |
345 George Street, 474 5993 |
| Treehaus Landscape Studio |
0800 248 567 |
| Tuapeka Gold Print Ltd. |
www.promoshop.co.nz |
| Tudor Clothing |
www.tudorclothing.co.nz |
| U Flight Mainland Air |
www.mainlandair.com |
| University Bookshop |
www.unibooks.co.nz |
| Van Aart Sycamore Lawyers, Ltd. |
vslawyers.co.nz |
| Vitalis Fitness |
www.vitalis.net.nz |
| Wallace and Gibb, Arrowtown |
Shop 4, 50 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown |
| Waugh's |
www.waughs.co.nz |
| White by Design |
291J Highgate, 470 1400 |
| Willowbrook, Queenstown |
www.willowbrook.net.nz |
| Wing On Sales |
8 Strathallan Street, 456 1262 |
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Fair Auction List
March 2011
Click here for the list of Auction items for the Columba College Fair. |
Columba College Fair 2011
Columba College is excited to announce their upcoming Fair, to be held on
Saturday, April 2nd at the campus on Highgate. A pipe band will start the
festivities at 11:30 a.m.
The school will host many family-oriented activities -LOTS of games with
great prizes, TWO bouncy castles and an inflatable climbing wall, music,
a magician and much more!
The International Foods stall, the Easter Stall and the meat sale are
always a highlight as are the variety of delicious cakes and sweets
available-stock up now for the Easter break. And don't miss The Gourmet
Market-filled with delicious foods, fruits, chutneys and breads. Call
into the "Columba Tea Room" for your choice of a "Kiwi", "English" or
French tea and a "cuppa" to rest during your whirlwind of excitement and
shopping.
Items have been pouring in for the "Elegant Junk"stall and gently used
clothing/ toys booths. Boxes of books and magazines will fill an entire
room! There are many wonderful prizes and surprises at the Tombola, Dutch
Auction and Raffle tables.
Columba College looks forward to fun-filled morning on the 2ND and hopes
to see you there!
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Gold and Bronze Medals at National Athletics
January 2011
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November 2010
Winner of the 2010 Otago Young Enterprise Scheme and an Excellence Award at the National Finals.
Biddy Skerten, Managing Director, and Sarah Robertson, Production Director, attended the National Finals in Wellington with Mrs S. Bishop, HOD Commerce, and Mr Craig Smith, mentor. Biddy and Sarah made an excellent presentation to the judges, and their product (the bio-degradable pen) attracted a lot of interest at the trade show.
It was announced at the dinner that Re-Think Green had won The Movac Award for High Growth Potential.
The criterion for the Movac Award is: The company with the best fast growth idea with the potential to yield $5 million annual revenue within five to seven years. The prize was a $1,000 cheque for the company directors and a trophy.
We warmly congratulate all the girls in Re-Think Green on their success at national level: Samantha Allen, Michelle Bridson, Gemma Cowie, Caroline Crowley, Ashleigh Keen, Gemma Laws, Gabrielle McFarlane, Amanda Navaratne, Jennifer Noone, Lydie Schmidt, Sarah Robertson, Biddy Skerten and Kirsten Williams.
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