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Central Southland College

November 2022 Newsletter

Dates to be aware of:

Friday 11 November - CSC Orientation Day

17 & 18 November  - SIT Taster Days

As a requirement from the Government we have 2 additional Teachers Only Days scheduled for the remainder of the year. These are Friday 25th November and Monday 28th November

5-8 December - Year 10 Camp

Friday 9th December - End of Term and Junior Prizegiving

Contents

Cara Barnes and Richard Meechang - both awarded Dux 2022

Senior Prizegiving 2022

by Brendon Wallace

Student success was celebrated in style last week!

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Our School Production - Annie

by Mrs Wilkinson

This year's production of Annie was our first on stage season since before the pandemic.

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House Haka Competition

by Mark Tree

CSC held its first ever House Haka Competition on Monday the 31st of October. Students performed for their houses and were judged on a variety of different criteria, including effort, volume, pace and execution.

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A Word From The Principal

by Grant Dick

Our annual senior Prizegiving was held last Thursday evening, this was a fantastic celebration of the outstanding achievements of so many of our students.

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Calling for Planting Volunteers

by Jenna Halder

Calling for planting volunteers this Saturday 12th November from 9am!

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Video: Ben van Jaarsveld

Senior DTG Project

by Alister Gray

Ben van Jaarsveld has designed and created this 3D animated Sci-fi themed music video for his Year 13 Personal DTG project. His inspiration has been YouTube artist and tutor - Ducky 3D.

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Dunk-A-Teacher Day

by Alicia Harrison

The sun was shining on Friday 28th October.....thankfully!

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Southland Secondary Schools Cookery Competition 2022

by Miriam Borrie

Held at SIT on 24th September - CSC enjoyed exceptional results!

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Old Boy Sam Hodges gives back to CSC Volleyball

by Alyssa Johnstone

On 5-6 November, Old Boy Sam Hodges returned to CSC to coach our Junior A and Senior A Volleyball Teams.

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Students volunteered their time to show Year 6 Limehills students how to use the Microplastics kit and prepare to take their own samples

Science Micro Investigators

by Jenna Halder

10HL science class are involved in a pilot trial for the Micro Investigators initiative.

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Video: Finished Dolour

Onscreen Film Competition

by Claire Jenkins

This year we had two entries in the OnScreen Film Competition. Although we did not get through to the next round, our students worked very hard to write, film, direct and produce their short films.

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Trapshooting Nationals

by Andrea Beggs

7 students attended the Trapshooting Nationals in Christchurch over the school holidays.

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2022 Junior Speech Competition

by Kirsten Kean

Our wonderful junior orators competed in the CSC Speech Competitions in Week 9 of last term.

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Year 9 Clutha Gold Trail Mountain Bike Trip

by Kate Crowe and Meg Howard

Last weekend a hardy bunch of intrepid Year 9s, along with Mr Meechang, Mr Knapp, Mrs Cowie and “Nana” Noela headed up to Central Otago for two days of mountain biking along the Clutha Gold Trail.

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Duke of Edinburgh - Otago Rail Trail

by Claire Jenkins

At the start of this term, 9 students completed the Otago Rail Trail as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Leadership Award.

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Primary ITO Trade Academy

by Lynley Woodd

On 29 September the Year 11 class attended the Fonterra Careers Day where we were driven around the Edendale factory in a bus stopping at various points. We got to see inside the coolstores to see the robots in action. We then travelled to Woodlands to Dinnington’s Robot Farm which was fascinating!

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Beach Players Come Out Swinging

by Alyssa Johnstone

On Saturday 29 October, three pairs of senior volleyball players traveled to Brighton Beach near Dunedin to compete in a one-day Otago Beach Competition.

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Get2Go Challenge

by Dylan Pope, Tessa Cubitt, Olivia Montgomery, Kenny Hart, Mia Glover, Jamie Lyal, Jakob Anderson & Jack Crean

On the 16th of September, 8 junior students competed in the Get2Go challenge in Queenstown.

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Careers Corner

by Sue Ballantyne, Lynley Woodd & Cherie Tayor

Check out the latest news from the Careers Team!

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Southland Secondary Schools Sports Awards

by Andrea Beggs

Congratulations to the 6 students who were selected as finalists or Top Performers at the Sports Awards held early in November.

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SMAC Maths Competition

by Chris Jones

On Wednesday the 28th of September the SMAC maths competition was held at Southland Girls’ High after being cancelled for the past 2 years.

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Southern Outdoor Experience 2023 Youth Leadership Course

by Janine Daniel

The Lions Youth Leadership Course at Borland Lodge is fast approaching. This annual leadership course for 16-19 year olds has been run at Borland for many years by the Lions organisation in conjunction with Adventure Southland.

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Girls Rugby 7's

by Andrea Beggs

The Girls Rugby 7's team attended the South Island Secondary Schools 7's Tournament in Geraldine.

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Year 10 National Readers Cup Competition 2022

by Lucas Gill and Ryan O’Callaghan

On the 3rd of November, two teams of six Year 10 students competed in the National Readers Cup Competition, called the Battle of the Bibliophiles, against 49 teams from 34 schools.

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International Students Head Home

by Sue Ballantyne

Our 9 Brazilian exchange students headed home on Monday 24th October after spending Term 3 with us. They were part of a larger New Zealand-wide exchange of 100 students in total. The article below is a translation of a web post published by the Brazilian Government Department of Sports and Education when 2 of our students were interviewed about their stay.

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Southland Secondary Schools ODE

by Hannah Price

On Sunday 18th of September, Central Southland College took a team to the Griffin Equestrian Center at Oreti Beach for the Southland Secondary Schools One Day Event.

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Accounting Saturday School

by Fiona Engel

Year 11 Saturday 19 November - 9.30am - 1.00pm

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Beach Volleyball Stars!

by Andrea Beggs

Winners of the Southland Secondary Schools Beach Volleyball Competition.

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NumberWorks 'n Words Event

by Kirsten Kean

The Ministry of Education recently announced the intention to provide additional funding to support young people whose learning has been disrupted by Covid by offering an opportunity to access tuition.

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Marathon In A Month this November

by Rachael Norman

We are very excited to be offering Marathon in a Month for the first time in Otago and Southland this year.

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Forest Hill Trail Run 2023 - Team Challenge

by Summer Mckerchar

We are pumped to hold our second Forest Hill Trail Run event on Sunday 19th February 2023!!

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