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Student Work
This section contains selected examples of work done by Columba College students.
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August 2009
The Otago Science Fair is compulsory for the Year 8 girls at Columba
College and girls in years 9-13 can choose to submit a project. Once
again, there was a high standard of projects from the girls with numerous
prizes awarded. Here, the focus is on two of these projects.
Anne-Sophie Pagé, a year 8 student submitted "Snail Trails". This project
was centred on whelks (sea snails) and how far they were prepared to
travel for food. Anne-Sophie was investigating the strength of their
sense of smell and her field work was carried out both on the beach and in
the University of Otago Portobello Marine Science Laboratory. She
comprehensively and methodically recorded distances that whelks travelled
over time and her thorough approach enabled Dairy NZ to award her "most
promising young scientist." Anne- Sophie also won awards from the
University of Otago Zoology department and the University of Otago Marine
Science Award.
Kim Schultz, also a year 8 student submitted "Is our ice-cream clean?" Kim
and her family spent a lot of time eating vanilla ice-cream from dairies
throughout the city while Kim collected samples and incubated them. This
project attracted much media attention as she discovered that some samples
were infected with nasty pathogens such as E.Coli and Staphylococcus
Aureus. These microbes highlighted the importance of human hygiene in
dairies when making ice-creams for its customers. For her efforts, Kim was
awarded the following prizes; NZ Institute of Food and Science, an Aurora
Award and Otago Medical Research Foundation award.
The Otago Daily Times featured two articles about this project:
Both girls demonstrated skills of independence and initiative in
completing their projects. They showed a sound understanding of the
principles of scientific testing and as a result, were well rewarded for
their efforts.
Rachel Mortimer - Science Teacher.
Snail Trails
See the presentation board for this project.
Is our Ice Cream Clean?
See the presentation board for this project.
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June 2009
As part of of English programme this year, the Intermediate Department
created mask characters.
The Year 8's were studying Myths & Legends from around the world and chose
a character from one of them to create into a mask. The girls had to
research their character and from what they found out, use it as a basis
for the mask. After that, they had poetic licence to fill in what was not
told - which was a lot of fun. There was a wide range of characters
created from Greek Myths to Chinese, Indian, Egyptian and Russian folk
heroes.
The Year 7's were studying Fairy Tales and chose three tales to represent
in mask form. These were The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and
Jack and the Beanstalk. The girls devised some amazing ideas to make the
pig snouts and the wolf faces and some of the characters looked as if they
had stepped out of a Fairy Tale book!
To display the masks the girls paraded them at a school assembly during
Book Week and then they were put up on the wall for everyone to enjoy at
their leisure.
Mrs A Walker, Year 8 English Teacher.
Click here to see the Masks image gallery.
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St. Columba Day Bookmark for 2009 July 2009
Designed by Aicha Wijland, Year 8 - the winner of the competition to design the 2009 St. Columba Day Bookmark.
Click for a high resolution version of the bookmark: front, back.
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
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September 2008
Here are a variety of sculptural artworks created by a Year 10 art class. The students were influenced by the environmental installation artist Christo. The students’ work involved wrapping a ready made object from
their own environment. The purpose of their art is simply to make an
ordinary everyday object into something visually special - creating new
ways of seeing familiar objects. The students were inspired by this unit
and they displayed the final works in the school library. The artwork was
also displayed as part of the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival week ‘Art in
the Garden’ event at Glenfalloch. It was great to hear such positive
feedback and interest in the work at this event.
- Kezia Field, Art Teacher.
Click here to see the 'Wrapped Objects' image gallery.
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
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June 2008
For the second year running a Chamber Group with Columba students has won the Otago Chamber Music Competition. This is a very significant achievement with fifty ensembles involving 167 students taking part. The winning group was Trio Boulanger consisting of Asayo Takada, piano, and Nanae Sato, cello, from Columba College and Natasha Dwan, flute from Logan Park High School. They played a challenging modern piece, Trio for Flute, Violoncello and Piano Mvts. 1, 3 and 4 by American Composer, Ned Rorem.
The Otago Chamber Music Competition was held over the weekend of the 14th and 15th, June 2008.
View video of the performance. (77 MB Quicktime movie. Requires Quicktime plug-in.)
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
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June 2008
The Dresden Trio with Annabel Drummond, violin, Anne-Sophie Shogimen, piano, from Columba College and Dominic Shogimen, cello, from Otago Boys' High School was awarded the Adjudicator's Award for an outstanding performance at the Otago Chamber Music Competition. The Dresden Trio performed Piano Trio No. 2 in F major Opus 80 3rd movement by Schumann.
The Otago Chamber Music Competition was held over the weekend of the 14th and 15th June, 2008.
View video of the performance. (57 MB Quicktime movie. Requires Quicktime plug-in.)
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
Want to go to the Movies? December 2007
Year 12 Design students were asked to produce promotional materials for a movie film for their NCEA Achievement Standard 90235. The film is their own invention, and the promotional materials adhere to and reflect the identified conventions of their choice of film genre (e.g. Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi etc.) These posters are the final product amongst other promotional materials which included flyers, foyer stands, CD soundtrack covers and DVD covers.
- Adrian Cartwright, HOD Art & Design.
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By Nikki Bridson |
By Tunan Pan |
By Lee White |
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By Emma Elsom |
By Kelsey Davis |
By Amy Anderson |
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By Paige Parslow-Boyd
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
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Emirembe and the Saxophone December 2007
By Flavia Wilson Year 9.
Year 9 Economics classes were asked to produce a book for Years 1-3 to encourage the young children to read. Each book had to have simple language with a little moral to the story. This is one of the best examples from the class and one little children would love.
- S M Bishop, HOD Commerce.
Click here to read Emirembe and the Saxophone. (pdf 1.1 MB)
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
Mount Aspiring National Park Project September 2007
by Courtney Cunningham, Year 7.
During a social studies unit of work, Forests and National Parks, students
were given the task of finding out about a New Zealand National Park of
their choice. Information was to be presented in the form of an A4
booklet under the headings:
Important Natural Features (e.g.rivers, mountains, lakes)
Plant life (Flora)
Animal Life (Fauna)
Activities available in the park
Problems faced by the park
Illustrations were to include examples of their own art work.
- Vivienne Monteith, Year 7 Dean.
Click here to read Mount Aspring National Park (pdf 7.2 MB).
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
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May 2007
This is a variety of artworks from the 2006 Year 12 art students. This work represents a range of painting ideas and compositions which used a botanical theme and integrated other associated subject matter into the final artworks. This work is a sample of the Achievement Standard 2.3. It involved using drawing as the central means to generate and develop ideas. When creating these works the students used a systematic approach to generate and develop ideas using processes, procedures, materials and techniques from a range of studied artist models. In May the artwork was exhibited at the Dunedin Botanical Gardens Information Centre. It received a lot of interest and good comments from the public.
- Kezia Field, Art Teacher.
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By Brooke Morshuis |
By Jessica Shields |
By Lisa Thompson |
By Sophie Graham |
By Jessica Shields |
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Poetry
June 2007
The aim of this assignment was for each student to gain an understanding
and familiarity with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare.
The work set comprised of artistic interpretation of the play and its
characters, answering close reading questions and studying recurring
symbols, such as 'eyes' and 'sleep'. One particular task was to explore
the feelings and emotions of a character and their individual situation.
The play offered a wealth of opportunities for the girls to express
themselves in a sonnet or poem. Ideas such as 'unrequited love' of one
character for another or obeying a parent's wishes were discussed and many
students excelled themselves with their creative writing and imaginative
flair. These poems are a small representation of the excellent work which
was completed by Year 9 English.
- Lynn Wainwright, English Teacher.
A Poem from Helena to Hermia and Demetrius
Hermia, thou art the fairest of the fair,
O, thou hast beauty with no compare,
None but the translucent painted butterfly wings,
Or the love of Cupid's strongest bow can bring,
Your hair coloured golden as if spun from silk,
Your skin so white, whiter than fresh milk,
If perchance I might glance into thine eyne,
Your eyes would glow, never dimmed by time,
How come your eyes so bright?
Mine art so dark, they engulf all light,
O, Demetrius how can you love her so?
Am I that ugly, so worthless, so low?
Have I not loved you always? Forever and for more?
Hermia, are you just so exciting and I am such a bore?
If only, if only he could bring himself to love me,
But no, not I, I was never good enough for he.
- Joanna Brook, Year 9.
A Sonnet from Lysander (while under the influence of Oberon's magic juice) to Helena
Oh Helena! Heaven's maiden fairest!
Thou art more worthy than any I woo.
Oh, how I long to be clutched to thy breast
When thou smiles the heavens smile too.
No face I'd rather look upon than thine
Rays of light illuminate thy fair hair.
Thy face is beautiful compared to mine
Thy graceful figure moves everywhere.
As the petals fall, thy beauty lives on
Thy devotion impresses, to say the least,
I'll slay the fool who dares do thee wrong.
Oh, thou art clever! Why love thou the beast?
Oh Helena, goddess of the almighty!
I wish thou would return my love to thee!
- Penelope Couper, Year 9.
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All requests for permission to copy or reproduce the works in any form should be made directly to: The Principal, Columba College, Private Bag 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand who will act as agent for the student for this purpose”. |
2007 Freemasons Big Science Adventures June 2007
Three Columba College Year 11 students (Harriet McDonald, Gemma Lindsay
and Melissa Buckingham) created a 5-minute digital video entitled "Sun +
Wind = Power" to enter into the 2007 Freemasons Big Science Adventures DVD
Competion. The nationwide DVD competition is for Year 11 to 13 students
with this year's theme focussing on climate and energy. The video created
by Harriet, Gemma and Melissa is a "News Show Documentary" showcasing a
local home on the Otago Peninsula which was built to be self-sustaining
with regard to energy. The video production involved research, script
writing, filming, acting and editing and was a huge but rewarding project
for the students.
- Julie McMahon, HOD ICT.
Click here to watch Sun + Wind = Power. (14.7 MB Quicktime movie. Requires Quicktime plug-in.)
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St. Columba Day Bookmark for 2007 May 2007
Designed by Jamie Metzger, Year 13 - the winner of the competition to design the 2007 St. Columba Day Bookmark.
Click here for a high-resolution version of the bookmark.
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An iceberg off the coast of Dunedin November 2006
Photos by Christina Gray - Year 8.
The icebergs which appeared off the Otago coast during November, 2006 created great interest in the Intermediate Department.
Christina Gray in Year 8 was very fortunate to experience a helicopter flight to view them. The following breath-taking photos were taken by Christina as a record of her flight. Thank you, Christina, for sharing them with the Intermediate Department.
- Denise Harley, Year 8 Teacher.
Click here to see the iceberg photo gallery.
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Close to the Skin
September 2006
A poem by Chloe Anson - Year 7.
During Term Three of 2006, a small group of Years 5 to 8 students attended weekly
Creative Writing extension classes. Their tutor was well-known author and
Writer-in-Residence from the Dunedin College of Education, Tania Roxborogh. A
lovely anthology of work was produced, an example being the poem 'Close to the Skin' by Chloe
Anson, a Year 7 student.
- Vivienne Monteith, Year 7 Dean.
Close to the Skin
I run my hands lovingly
Down the arms
Of my mother's jersey.
It feels warm,
Beneath my icy fingertips.
It smells slightly of perfume,
And hangs comfortably,
Down to my mother's waist.
I wish I could wear it too.
The stripes in various shades of pink
Are perfect.
The high neck
Reaches up to her chin,
A warm hug.
- Chloe Anson |
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John Toomer - Contemporary Realism Artist November 2006
A website by Sophie Toomer - Year 13.
For the final assessment in Year 13 Computing, students were to create an
interactive website. Sophie Toomer elected to create a website to showcase her
father's artwork, allowing users to browse an on-line gallery of his paintings
and contact him if they would like further information. The final result was a
well-designed website both technically and aesthetically.
- Julie McMahon,
HOD ICT.
Click here to visit the John Toomer - Contemporary Realism Artist website.
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July 2006
By Columba College Year 8 students.
Year 8 was fortunate to be given masks to trial by a company that produces them, so mask-making was incorporated into our English programme. The students created a character description and then translated it into a mask.
A huge variety of characters emerged, ranging from animals to fairies and pirates to princesses. The girls greatly enjoyed the experience of being able to link their written work to a visual representation of their ideas. The masks on display generated great interest from all the students.
- Anwyn Walker, Year 8 English Teacher.
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