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Columba College Newsletter - Thursday 6 April 2023

Contents

Ms Jenness Riethmaier

Message from Acting Principal

by Ms J Riethmaier

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Easter Service

by Rev C Nicol

Today's Communion Service was a wonderful way for the school community to celebrate the message of hope and love this Easter. We were thrilled to have our chaplain, Dr Macleod, and Board of Governors Chairperson, Dr Hill, assisting.

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Academic Blues recipients with Mrs Sinclair, Ms Riethmaier, Mrs Piebenga and Mrs Harris

Academic Blues Awards for our outstanding 2022 results

by Mrs L Piebenga

Achieving an Academic Blue is a distinguished achievement. It was a pleasure to celebrate both our past and present students who achieved this accolade based on their 2022 academic results.

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Elloise, Aliyah and Briar

Columba College Easter Outreach

by Mrs E Harris

Thank you to everyone in our community who donated chocolate and other treats!

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Mr Tagg's 2023 Level 3 English say goodbye

Goodbye, Mr Tagg!

by Administration

Much beloved English teacher, Mr Tagg, is leaving Columba College to take an Assistant Principal role at KVC

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Mr Eric Johnson

Goodbye to Mr Johnson

by Mrs E Harris

Our wonderful gardener and caretaker's assistant is moving on

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Mama Mia! is GO!

by Ms I Bercinskas

Save the dates: 2-5 August at the refurbished Mosgiel Coronation Hall.

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The 2023 Maadi crew

2023 Maadi Success

by Miss B Sutton

On Friday the 24th of April, a squad of 21 girls flew to Auckland Airport, before driving to Cambridge for the prestigious Maadi Cup.

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The Day the Teachers Were Dunked

by Mrs E Harris

To raise money for 'So They Can', our Prefect team organised and run a Dunk-the-Teacher event

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JS students proudly showing off their hunted Easter eggs!

Junior School Easter Egg Hunt

by Mrs M Hogg

The Junior School children were treated to a wonderful, surprise Easter Egg hunt today, initiated and organised by Samuel Riley and supported by the wonderful Year 6 team of FBI's.

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Columba Success

by Miss D Turnbull

New Zealand Secondary School Nationals in Gym Sport Aerobics were over the weekend with four Columba College Students competing.

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Addison, Leo and Annabel

Junior School Assembly

by Miss G Darling

Throughout the month of March the senior students ran lunchtime activities to raise money for One Human Race.

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International Blues Recipients

Congratulations to the International Academic Blues Recipients

by Ms L Stirling

The International Department was delighted to see a number of international students receive Academic Blues on Monday.

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Debating team

Debating Regionals

by Miss Z McElrea

This past weekend Columba College was lucky enough to have six teams compete at the Otago Regionals for Debating, and had a very successful time, with both Columba 1 and Columba 2 making it into the semi-finals.

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Mary Milne and Neresa Hall

Greetings from Your School Counsellors!

by Ms M Milne and Ms N Hall

Hello! We wanted to introduce ourselves. We are your Columba Counselling team.

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Columba Doves - Emma, Kayla, Faith.

New Zealand Secondary Schools Triathlon

by Miss D Turnbull

On Thursday the 30th of March, Year 13 students Kayla, Faith and Emma (Columba Doves), and Year 11 student Melanie, competed in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Triathlon at Glendhu Bay.

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Volleyball Round Up (Term 1)

by Mrs G Beardmore

Thank you to all our amazing student coaches, parent managers and volleyball supporters from the Columba Community who have made the start of volleyball for 2023 such a positive one! Some encouraging results were achieved across the board, highlighting the progress seen within this sport at Columba College over the past few years. The future of Volleyball is most definitely looking bright!

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What a team!

Shelia Winn Success

by Ms I Bercinskas

A massive congratulations to our SGCNZ Shakespeare (Shelia Winn) kaiwhakahaere o nga whakaari and their kaiwhakaari.

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Arts Prefects, Juliette McDonald and Brie Monk

by Mrs E Harris

In these articles, we talk to our student leaders about what it is they actually do and how they are growing through their role(s)

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Teams race to create a car frame to go through a car wash

EPro 8 Challenge

by Mrs K Lodge

On Tuesday, two fantastic Junior School teams took part in the Year 5 and 6 Otago EPro 8 heats.

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Abigail and Maddi (Year 10)

Water Polo and Flippa Ball finishes with a Splendid Splash!

by Mrs G Beardmore

Term One Water Polo and Flippa Ball for Columba College has been a great success, with our teams showing impressive progress in and out of the water with their team unity, skill development and general knowledge of the game.

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Year 3

Year 3 Religious Education

by Mrs S O'Malley

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Highlights from Shakespeare Week 21-24 March

by Dr A George

His last play may be about 410 years old but William Shakespeare is quite popular at Columba College.

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The Athletics team

Athletes Shine at SISS

by Mr S Rhodes

A team of 11 Columba College athletes set off to Invercargill to brave the elements and take on the best of the best in the South Island.

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Volleyball Team Nationals Experience

by Miss D Turnbull

Last week the Columba College Senior A Volleyball Team traveled to Palmerston North to compete in the National Secondary School Championships.

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Learning German through music

by Miss C Gardiner

On the 23rd of March, four students from the senior German class headed to Otago University to take part in a language and music workshop, run by German rap artist An Jay.

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