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Columba College Newsletter - Friday 30 October 2020

Contents

Arts Soiree

Arts Soiree 2020

by Mrs E Harris

Columba College's inaugural Arts Soiree presented a showcase of our community's outstanding talent.

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Reflections on the things that have helped us

What helps you through?

by Dr J Macleod

Sometimes we get so focused on 'keeping going' that we forget to pause and reflect. In Chapel today, we considered the things that have helped us to get through this unusual year.

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Top Honours

Sports Awards 2020

by Miss D Turnbull

On Thursday 22 October, Columba College held their annual Sports Awards Evening in the Marsh Sports Centre.

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Olivia Charles and Maia Robertson next to the Columba College beehive

Powering Potential

by Mr B Duckett

The Powering Potential programme run by The Royal Society, is an opportunity for students who demonstrate high performance in at least two science subjects to collaborate and research the ‘big issues’ facing New Zealand and the world.

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Having fun at the disco

Junior School Disco

by Mrs M Hogg

Thank you to Holly Friedlander and the Year 13s for organising such a fun night for the Junior School pupils.

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Liam Mao

Year 1/2 Class Visit to the Science Department

by Mrs E Corkhill

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Peter Rabbit with his invitations

Mystery Trip

by Administration

Our new entrant class were very excited to receive their invitations from Mrs Duthie and Peter Rabbit to go on a mystery trip later this month.

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Year 8 Student Melanie Button

Squash SuperChamps

by Mrs G Beardmore

Year 8 Columba College student Melanie Button competed in the Squash NZ SuperChamps held recently in Oamaru (September 2020).

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Iris Gibson, Makaia Moore and Jasmine Low coding their Sphero to move safely along their lego road.

Digital Technology

by Ms R Moore

Year 6 children were fortunate to have Mr Breese come in and teach us about Spheros (round robots) and how to code them to follow our instructions.

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Congratulations Caitlin O'Brien

by Mrs G Beardmore

After some fantastic results this year, Year 12 Columba College MultiSport athlete Caitlin O'Brien has been selected to represent New Zealand in Duathlon! The 2021 World Champs are scheduled to take place in Almere, Netherlands (September 2021).

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Alexa Duff, Brenna Lyons, and Ryan Dailey

Columba students shine bright at Basketball Nationals

by Mrs G Beardmore

Three Columba College students represented Otago at the recent age-group Basketball Nationals in Hamilton, and their performance helps to pave the way for a promising future for Basketball at Columba!

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Lara Seaton (Year 13) with Clara Ballantyne (Year 9) and Brenna Lyons (Year 10)

Interhouse Debating Results

by Ms A Togneri

Iona and Braemar have taken out the senior and junior interhouse debating competitions respectively this year!

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Bobby Song, Bilal Ahmad, Zoe Alderson, Mia North and Connor Sinclair displaying their art work.

Printmaking at the Art Gallery

by Mrs B Bridger

On Wednesday Year 5 and 6 attended a Printmaking workshop at the Art Gallery where we viewed paintings, prints and learnt stencilling methods to make colourful prints.

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Elaina Fu - Top 30 in the OUJMC

Otago University Junior Maths Competition Results

by Mr G Potter

During lockdown under trying circumstances we had 28 Years 9 to 11 girls sit the 2020 OUJ Maths Competition.

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Sevens team

SISS Sevens

by Miss D Turnbull

In the weekend, the Columba College Senior A Sevens Team travelled up to Timaru for the South Island Secondary School Girls Event.

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Holiday programme

School Holiday Programme

by Miss R McKenzie

Planning is underway for a Pre-Xmas programme.

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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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Atomic Travel

Atomic Travel Exclusive Boarding School Service

by Administration

Term 4 Service

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