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Columba College Newsletter - Friday 13 August 2021

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Quadrangular Exchange 2021!

by Miss P Hopcroft

On Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th August Columba College competed against St Margaret's College (Christchurch), St Hilda's Colligate (Dunedin) and Craighead Diocesan School (Timaru) in the annual winter QUAD exchange. This years host was St Margaret's College.

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High School Musical ticket info

High School Musical on Stage

by Administration

Have you got your tickets? With over 80% of tickets sold, you will need to be in quick to secure your seats to this musical extravaganza.

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Friendships (Lucy, Hannah, Arabella, Charlotte)

Year 9 Ski Camp

by Mr A Everett

On the 2nd of August, 68 Year 9 students departed Columba College to head to Coronet Peak.

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The Columba Classics Cwiz Contingent

Columba's Classics Quiz Success

by Mr J Hayden

With Covid sweeping the board in the annus miserabilis that was 2020, it was a welcome relief to partake in the first Otago University Senior Classical Studies Quiz for the decade this past Tuesday night.

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Our Year 0-1 students wearing daffodil hats

Daffodil day is just around the corner!

by Administration

With your help we can make a real difference to New Zealanders affected by cancer.

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Can you help?

by Mrs G Beardmore

The Sports Council at Columba College has their annual Golf Day fundraiser coming up on Friday 10th September 2021 (St Clair Golf Course). This event is a very important fundraiser for the school, and we need your help to make it as successful as possible.

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Year 0-1 students

Shuttlecock Kicking

by Ms I Ding

Year 0-1 and Year 2 students learned about the evolution of the Olympic Games and explored the Tokyo Olympics together with Miss Yang and Ms Ding.

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Columba's rowing team members

Rowing 'Have a Go' day : Sunday 15th August

by Miss Bridgette Sutton

The new rowing season is coming up fast, so the squad are looking for new novices to join us for what we hope will be another fun-filled and rewarding season.

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Weightlifting by Archie

Olympic inspired Sculpture

by Mrs M Small

Like most people, the Year 4 Class loved watching all of the different sports during the Olympics.

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Columba Ski Team

Columba Ski Team Carve Up at Cardrona

by Mrs G Beardmore

The Columba College Ski team competed in the Otago-Southland Ski Championships recently and had a fabulous day on the slopes!

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Weekly Wellbeing: Mental Health Days

by Ms J Lach

When is a mental health day needed? A message from your Wellbeing Prefect.

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Maya Bromby Chinese calligraphy writing

2021 New Zealand Final Chinese speech competition

by Ms I Ding

On Sunday 8th August, Confucius Institute at University of Canterbury hosted the 14th 'Chinese Bridge' Proficiency Competition (汉语桥) for NZ Secondary School Students.

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Year 6 children read the assigned chapters prior to meetings

Year 6 Bookworms

by Mrs K Lodge

This term, the Year 6 class are enjoying Book Clubs as part of their reading programme.

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Parents' Association

Parents' Association Meeting

by Parents' Association

The Columba College Parents’ Association has their next meeting on Monday, 23 August 2021 at 7.30pm in the Rose Room.

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John Minto talking to 11 History

John Minto inspires 11 History

by Ms K Evans

We were lucky to get John Minto to visit Columba College on his current tour of the country.

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Don't forget - 2021 STEM Blue Applications are due Monday 23 August

by Mrs E Harris

The College invites students in Years 9-13 to apply for a STEM Blue.

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Carson and Jett arranging objects for their stop motion animation.

Junior School Digitech Term 3

by Mrs J Pollard

The Junior school students have been enjoying a range of digital technology lessons.

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Zuzanna Kochan and Ellie Cameron and their project on opening child-proof lids

Otago Science Fair

by Mr A Sparrow

It the time of year again for the Aurora Otago Science Fair. This year Columba has entered an extremely strong group of projects from students in Years 8, 10, 12 and 13.

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Columba Student Selected for Otago Cross Country Team

by Mrs G Beardmore

Congratulations to Year 11 student, Faith Courtney, on being selected for the U18 Women's Otago team to compete in the NZ Cross Country Championships at Chisholm Links (Saturday 7th August 2021).

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Big Teddy and Suliya

The Year 0-1 Chair Inventors

by Miss V Eason

The Year 0-1 class has been inventing chairs for our Teddy Bears using recycled materials.

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2021 Raffle ticket

Raffle Winners Announced

by Parents' Association

Congratulations to our 2021 raffle winners!

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Scent hearts

Scent Hearts Project

by Miss Olivia Charles

Over the past two terms, Columba College has taken part in the Scent Hearts Project initiative, led by the Neonatal Trust.

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Henry Pratley on the rings

Junior School Gymnastics

by Mrs J Pollard

The Junior School students have attended their third of five sessions at the Dunedin Gymnastics Academy on Vogel Street this week

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Outward Bound

Outward Bound Scholarship

by Administration

2nd - 22nd December 2021 or 6th - 26th January 2022

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