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Columba College Newsletter - Friday 7 August 2020

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This is a photo of a bubble, created by a crab under the sand of a crab hole. 

Multiple Successes for Young Scientist

by Mr A Sparrow

Year 10 student, Nora Paicu, had an amazing run of successes over the Term 2 holiday period.

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Jasmine Ho

Bridge Artwork by Year 6

by Ms R Moore

The Year 6's have been learning about Bridges this term.

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Boots on, Switch on!!

QUAD 2020

by Miss D Turnbull

260 student athletes, 22 officials, 38 management and a whole bunch of supporters gathered in Dunedin as Columba College hosted the winter quadrangular tournament!

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Looking down on the Vincent Hut from Gobblers

Year 9 Ski Camp

by Administration

Year 9 students have been having fun at Coronet Peak this week.

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Frankie McAuliffe - Highly Commended

Otago Museum Wildlife Photography Competition

by Administration

Columba students work on display!

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Sihyun Ahn, Noa Kuroki, Grace Dong, Junxiao (Yoyo) Chen, Vivian Wang, Olivia Zhao

International Ski Camp 2020

by Mr P Murray

Thanks once again to Ms Riethmaier - we had a wonderful weekend at Coronet Peak with an enthusiastic group of International students.

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Library Week 2020

Library News

by Mrs L Wootton

The Library Border is Open: Let Your Imagination Take Flight! 17th - 21st August.

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Environmental changes resulting from different land-uses by different groups of people.

Creativity in Social Studies

by Mrs L Piebenga

Our Year 10 students are currently looking at the way people have challenged environments overtime.

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Columba Rowing Club - with Eric Murray

Rowing - Have a Go Day!

by Mrs C Sinclair

Come down to the Columba Rowing Club on Sunday, 9th August to see what all the fuss is about!

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Scarlett Wilson, Carys Williams and Georgia Houghton

Aparima Solo Singing Awards

by Administration

Otago branch of Newzats (New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing) recently held the annual Newzats Aparima Solo Singing Awards.

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A mix of nerves and excitement as the race is about to start

Young Columba Runners Shine Bright

by Mrs G Beardmore

The annual Hills Cluster Cross Country Champs were held at Bishopscourt on Tuesday afternoon this week, and Columba was extremely proud to have 27 of our Year 4 - 6 students qualify for this event. Strong determination and competitive spirit resulted in some very impressive results from our young runners, and we are immensely proud of their efforts.

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Jesse McIlroy

Construction Works

by Mrs M Hogg

As part of our Construction Unit this term, Year 3 has produced these wonderful sculptures using marshmallows and toothpicks.

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Beautiful calligraphy girls!

Chinese calligraphy in class

by Miss Qi Fang Shi (Annie)

Mrs Ding and Annie enjoy teaching their Chinese classes the ancient skill of Chinese Calligraphy.

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Otago Secondary Schools Swimming Championships 2020

Otago Secondary Schools Swimming Championships

by Administration

The Otago Secondary Schools Swimming Championships were held at Moana Pool on Sunday 26 July. Our swimmers had a successful competition with fantastic results.

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Southern Steel

Southern Steel Netball Tickets

by Mrs L Piebenga

Come along and support the Southern Steel in their last Dunedin home game of the season.

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Keen to try Squash?

by Miss D Turnbull

Otago Squash Club are having an open day this weekend!

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Atomic Travel

Atomic Travel Exclusive Boarding School Service

by Administration

Term 3 Service

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