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Columba College Newsletter - Friday 24 April 2020

Contents

In Remembrance

Update from Mrs Duthie

by Mrs Duthie

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ANZAC Poppy Wreath

Family ANZAC Service - Resource

by Dr Macleod

Below are resources for you to hold a simple ANZAC Service in lockdown. This service has been prepared by our Chaplain, Dr J Macleod.

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The Great Columba Bake-off

by Miss J Liu

Deadline has been extended!

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Columba Red

Online debating

by Ms Togneri

In response to the postponement of debating in all schools across the country, debating organisations collaborated and organised Aotearoa Schools' Online Debating (ASOD).

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Remote learning

Remote Learning

by Administration

Please refer to the attached guidelines.

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Speaking 4 the Planet

Speaking 4 the Planet 2020 Canterbury

by Ms Andrew

A speech and art competition for your people passionate about our planet.

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Hat day Friday

7Wi Social Studies

by Mrs Bowden

Hat day for Mrs Bowden's Year 7 students while in Social Studies making Anzac poppies.

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Books

Click and Collect Library News

by Ms Wootton

For those folk who have exhausted their book piles and are hankering for new books to read, please read on...

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Writing Competitions

by Ms Togneri

Many writing competitions are currently open for students to enter. Listed below are the ones that have crossed my desk recently.

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Fitness in your bubble

Winter Sport in 2020

by Mrs Graamans

Sporting bodies are working closely with Sport New Zealand to help provide information to the public on when they might be able to begin any form of competition in 2020, and if so, what this might look like.

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Dr Seuss.

A time capsule from the graduating class of the 2020 lockdown

by Mrs Wafer

Making memories, from our 2020 Year 13 class to future Columba College students.

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Change is Possible

40H Famine - Cyclone in Malawi

by Misses Georgia Wong, Angela Fu and Olivia Charles

Malawi has a population of 18.1 million. Over 70% of these people are subsistence farmers who rely on their crops for survival. Over the last decade, Malawi has been witnessing more extreme weather events due to climate change, which doesn’t make it easy to grow crops.

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Even the bears are working hard during lockdown at Max Smith's (Year 4) house.

Junior School Lockdown Pictures

by Mrs Pollard

Here is a collection of pictures from our Junior School students making the most of their lockdown experience this week.

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Safe on Social Media

Online Safety

by Mr Everett

With the school running online classes, it is important that we are all aware of the safety issues surrounding devices.

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Trapped Butterflies

Trapped Butterflies

by Ms Andrew

A poem written by Melanie Ansell, student at New Plymouth Girls' High School in 2011.

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Human skeleton - best knock before entering!

PE in Lockdown!

by Mrs Sinclair

Our middle school PE students have been busy during the lockdown period - take a look!

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Young Enterprise Scheme

Young Enterprise Scheme

by Miss G Bird

One of Columba’s Young Enterprise teams, Dove Ambition, needs your help!

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Examination

Mid Year Examinations

by Mrs Harris

Given the realities of remote learning and the uncertainty regarding when schools will be able to run as 'normal' again, we have decided to cancel the Mid-Year examinations for both Middle and Senior School.

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happy birthday

Birthday Shout-outs

by Administration

We want to wish all our students who have had a birthday during lockdown a very Happy birthday! We hope you enjoyed your day.

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