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Columba College Newsletter - Friday 13 November 2020

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The lovely photo taken by the ODT during their interview with Angela

Angela Fu wins the National Concours Oral

by Miss C Gardiner

Columba is very proud to announce that Angela Fu has been named the winner of the Year 12 National Concours oral - National French speaking competition.

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Teacher Only Day

Teacher Only Day for Year 7-10 Students : Tuesday 17 November

by Mrs P Duthie

The Ministry of Education has called a Teacher Only Day on Tuesday 17 November. There will be no Year 7-10 classes at Columba College this day.

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Mrs Wootton looking forward to the Book Fair next week

Scholastic Book Fair

by Parents' Association

Monday 16th - Friday 20th November

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Senior Formal

Senior Formal

by Mrs P Duthie

Persistence pays off for our Year 12 and 13 students.

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Senior Prize Giving

Senior Prize Giving

by Mrs P Duthie

Last Friday Columba College celebrated it's Senior Prize Giving.

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Playball

Junior School Holiday Programme

by Miss R McKenzie

Monday 7th – Wednesday 16th December 2020

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Library News

by Ms L Wootton

Barrington Stoke Publishers produce super-readable, dyslexia-friendly fiction and thanks to the money raised during Library Week this year, we are now starting to see more Barrington Stoke books appear on the library shelves for all students to enjoy. Thank you to everyone who contributed to improving this part of our library collection.

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Year 13 Camp

by Ms Riethmaier

Year 13 students have long borne a grudge that they had no camp in Year 8 nor in Year 10.

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Columba College First XI

Bates Cup Final a Battle of the Elements

by Mrs G Beardmore

After a super season earlier this year, the Columba College First XI Cricket team made it through to the regional Secondary Schools cricket final against St. Hilda's Collegiate. An extremely exciting opportunity for our top team, with the winner of this game getting a ticket to the upcoming NZSS National Championships held in Palmerston North.

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Mrs Jasmin Enright and Mrs Rachael Hanna receive Christmas gifts on behalf of Presbyterian Support

Christmas Gifts for Clients of Presbyterian Support

by Dr J Macleod

Middle School students, as well as a number of staff, donated a record 78 Christmas gifts for clients of Presbyterian Support this year.

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Wheelchair Rugby

by Miss V Eason

Hannah Scott tells the New Entrant class all about her recent experience.

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Minghongyu Li receives her Leavers Bible from Dr Doug Hill

Leavers' Service 2020

by Dr J Macleod

There is no question that 2020 has been a year of the unexpected. As we celebrate and acknowledge our school Leavers, it is worth considering what we might learn.

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Video: Air Pollution Animation by Aidan Forbes

Technology Department is All Go!

by Mr J Scott

The Year 10 Technology Option class this year was all about Game Design.

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A beautiful day for a walk in our local community.

Safe Walking

by Miss V Eason

Last Wednesday afternoon, the Year 0-5 students buddied up for Safe Walking around our local streets.

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Success on the Ice for the Sime Sisters!

by Mrs G Beardmore

The New Zealand Ice Figure Skating National Championships were held recently in Dunedin, and Columba College is extremely proud to highlight the achievements of two talented sisters and students of Columba, Hannah and Rebekah Sime.

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The chicks!

Chick Update

by Ms C Hillier

Thank you all for helping hatch the baby Orpingtons and Chinese Silkies.

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Second Hand Uniform Shop

Second Hand Uniform

by Parents' Association

Time to think about getting those unneeded uniform items to the Second Hand Uniform shop for sale.

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North Zone Athletics

by Miss D Turnbull

Columba leading the way with some quality athletics results on a beautiful summer day.

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S. Snow and C O'Brien

Columba Rowers to the fore in Twizel

by Mrs C Sinclair

Last Weekend the Columba rowing squad travelled to Twizel for their first regatta of the season.

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Gifts donated by the Junior School to Presbyterian Support's 'Growing Taller' programme

Thank you, Junior School!

by Dr J Macleod

Thanks go to our Junior School pupils for their generosity in donating to Presbyterian Support's 'Growing Taller' programme.

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Cooking workshop

by Ms I Ding

It has been a busy week for all preparing for exams, however students learning Chinese have had some fun.

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Honey For Sale!

by Mrs G Beardmore

Delicious Honey available to purchase. Buying some of this 'Liquid Gold' not only benefits you and your family, but our Columba College Rowing Club too!

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