Tena koutou katoa.  Welcome to Columba College 2018. A very special welcome to all new families who are joining our school this year. We wish you every success and happiness in your association with Columba.

Head Prefect, Lydia Joseph gave an empowering message to the Year 7 - 13 students at assembly on Monday 5 February, sharing her vision and goals for Columba College in 2018.

We value our partnership with our parents and appreciate working together for your children's success.

Boarders are now back in the House and settling into routine after successfully finishing their first week of school.

Parents, grandparents, Old Girls, teachers and students, we are seeking volunteers to work on stalls, and help before and on Fair day. If you would like to be involved we would love to have you on board.

Mrs Corbishley is available to Columba students and families 

After six weeks in France, we left our host sisters, who are now lifelong friends and family, at Nice airport mid January. 

Our cattle purchased last year are doing very well and we will be selling them mid-2018. 

A very big thank you to all Columba parents, students, staff and friends who have supported the Parents’ Association this past year. Your generous support was returned directly to benefit the students, including in the following ways:  

Wellbeing has become a nationwide focus. The Education Review Office and the Ministry of Education have both released documents with guides and goals for improving student wellbeing. There is a myriad of books on stress and anxiety alleviation in the Self-Help section of bookstores. The latest Listener has dedicated 12 pages to ‘Expert Advice in an Era of Anxious Kids’.

Year 7 Student Peyton Wafer competed in the South Island BMX Championships in January.

19 Year 11 and 12 girls departed Dunedin on an Antipodeans trip to Vietnam for three weeks.

Mathematics and Statistics tutorials run every week. The times for these are Wednesdays at 8am and Thursdays at 3.30pm.

The 2017 The Chronicle is now ready to order.