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Columba College Newsletter - Friday 20 November 2020

Contents

Peter Rabbit

The Year 0-1 Peter Rabbit Trip at Finestere, Mosgiel

by Miss V Eason

Wow! What an enchanted day Wednesday the 18th of November was for the Year 0-1 class and parents.

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Crossing Ceremony 2020

Crossing Ceremony

by Mrs M Hogg

Our annual 'Crossing Ceremony' took place today for all the students in Year 6. The students were piped across the road by Mrs Pollard.

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Isabella and Tessa learning 'The dentist and the crocodile'

Year 9 English: poetry in the afternoon sun

by Mrs E Harris

Mrs Harris' Year 9 English class took a break from the classroom to enjoy the sun while learning a selection of poems in small groups.

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Otago Championship Athletics

by Miss D Turnbull

On Tuesday 17th November Columba College had 25 superstar athletes compete at the Otago Athletics Championships after qualifying from the recent North Zone event held earlier in the month.

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Touch Champs

Touch - What a GAME!

by Miss D Turnbull

On Thursday 19th November the Junior A Touch Team took to the Kensington Oval for the annual Otago Secondary School Tournament Week.

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Carol Service

Carol Service at Dunedin City Baptist Church

by Administration

Sunday 29 November, 5pm

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Ms Chrystal Gardiner, Miss Angela Fu, Ms Cecilia Madeleine, Mrs Pauline Duthie

Alliance Française Presentation to Angela Fu

by Miss C Gardiner

Angela Fu (Year 12) being presented with a subscription of books donated by Ms Cecilia Madeleine, the official representative from the New Caledonian government.

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Holiday Programme

by Miss R McKenzie

Monday 7th December - Wednesday 16th December

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2020 Market Day 

The Best Market Day Ever : 2020

by Mrs S Bishop

Covid delayed the Enterprise market day from September to early November.

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Sophie Tizard, Georgia Spek, Mia Revel-Lynch, Kate McGowan and Keira Hollamby support their school mates from the side lines between games.

Beautiful Weather for Beach Volleyball

by Mr A Sparrow

Columba College competed in the Otago Beach Volleyball tournament at Brighton Beach on Saturday 14th November.

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Thank you for your support

Parents' Association

by Mrs M Henderson

Thank you to our Columba College families for supporting the Parent Association throughout 2020.

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Chloe Chagnon and Zara Walker present their Sanctuary model and its Google site.

Teach the Teacher

by Mrs K Lodge

This term, for their final oral language presentation, the Year 6 class were each given a slot to ‘Teach the Teacher’.

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Chinese Immersion Day Teachers

Chinese Immersion Day

by Ms I Ding

Columba hosted the 2020 Chinese Immersion Day to promote and share Chinese culture in the local schools’ community.

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An Action-Packed Junior Sport Week (16 - 20 November 2020).

by Mrs G Beardmore

A number of Year 9 & 10 Students are taking part this week in 'Junior Sports Week', run by the Otago Secondary School Sports Association. Growing in popularity each year, the week offers an exciting and well organised week of sporting opportunities for junior students, and Columba has had teams participating in a number of the tournament days this week.

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Helpers at Sewing Bee

Columba College Junior Kapa Haka

by Ms Ailsa Rose

New Uniforms and Special Performance

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3x3 Basketball Stars

by Mrs G Beardmore

Columba had two teams enter the 3x3 Basketball Tournament day at the Edgar Centre on Tuesday this week, with both teams showcasing their class and talent on the court. A very successful day for Columba College indeed!

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Pearl Harris, Portia Chambers, Zoe Trotman

ODT Extra! Published Writing

by Mrs A Walker

The Year 8 girls have had more of their writing published in the final edition for 2020.

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The Handball team

Handball Highlights

by Mrs G Beardmore

On Monday 16th November Columba College started Junior Sports Week with a blast as our Junior team entered the Handball Tournament at the Edgar Centre.

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Kids Lit Team

Kids Lit Quiz NZ Finals

by Mrs A Walker

On Sunday, 15 November our team travelled to Wellington for the NZ finals.

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Junior Volleyball Otago Champs

by Miss O Bolwell

Columba’s Junior Volleyball A and B teams competed in the Otago Champs tournament last weekend.

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Distinguished Alumna turns 100

by Ms Riethmaier

On Tuesday 10 November Monet Morrison, Year 9, and Gwendoline Somerville, Year 3, took flowers and a card from the Columba community to former student and Distinguished Alumna, Honor McKellar, to congratulate her on turning 100.

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Erin O'Neill brings Tennis Trophy home to Dunedin

by Gretchen Beardmore

Year 10 Columba College student Erin O'Neill won the U16 Ashburton Junior Doubles tennis open with partner Jess Aldridge recently, and brought the trophy home to Dunedin.

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Grace Johnston, Mayor Aaron Hawkins and Zoe Revell-Lynch at the opening of the exhibition

Climate Change - Striking a Balance

by Miss G Johnston

Exhibition has been extended to 4 December. Zoe Revell-Lynch and Grace Johnston were involved in the Otago Museum Science Journeys youth led exhibition on Climate change inequality currently showing in the Beautiful Science gallery 3 October - 1 November.

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Atomic Travel

Atomic Travel Exclusive Boarding School Service

by Administration

Term 4 Service

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