At assembly today we congratulated the following students on their fine achievements in NCEA in 2018. Our guest speaker was Miss Katie Mulholland who attended Columba College and was the Dux for 2013.

Thank you to everyone who again made the fair hugely successful. The Parents' Association would like to thank all our sponsors who contributed to the success of the day.

We would like to provide you with tools and knowledge on how to keep your children ‘Safe’ in the age of Social Media applications.

The Columba Senior A Waterpolo team are very proud to have won the bronze medal at the South Island Secondary Schools tournament held in Christchurch last week.

Wednesday 1 May, 5pm, Knox Church

The Otago Secondary School Athletic Championships were held recently - read below.

The South Island Secondary School Athletic Championships were held recently in Nelson.

On Tuesday 2 April the Junior School children were involved in the Swimming Sports at Moana Pool. Years 3-6 raced in the main pool and Years 0-2 had fun races in the learners pool.

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2019 - Regional Competition 10 April at King's and Queen's Performing Arts Centre

The Year 4 class have been studying Bees this term and visited Orokonui Ecosanctuary on Thursday to find out more about our native and introduced bees.

On Tuesday 2 April, Columba College held their annual school Cross Country. Despite challenging conditions, participation was high and the overall spirit of the day was outstanding.

Hanin Taha's speech to last Monday's assembly

Our class has been looking at ways in which we can become more sustainable in our daily lives. In response to this, we have made our own Beeswax food-wraps.

As part of the Year 8 camp to Deep Cove in February, the girls were encouraged to take photos of the natural environment, according to the categories for the Otago Wildlife photo competition.

A Greek Tragedy - Antigone

Following on from the success of our students in the Gore Adventure Race, we had two competitive teams take part in the NZ Adventure Race in Cromwell.

The Year 0-1 class were first to check out the new chocolate wheel before the school fair on Saturday.

Kia ora parents and whanau. Throughout the year various competitions cross my desk and I will start putting them on this forum as well as advertising them at school in case you would like to encourage your child to enter.

Over 40 of our senior PE students recently took part in a timed duathlon - read about it here.

Parent Teacher Interviews for students in Years 9 - 13 will be held on Tuesday 9 April for day girls and Friday 12 April for boarders.

Letter from Professor Harlene Hayne, Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago regarding the upcoming Hyde Street party on 13 April