Over the past few years, tennis at Columba College has been on the rise, and the performance of our top-ranked students at the recent Southland Tennis Open highlights the calibre of players that the school has!

We are delighted to be having our first communion service in many years at the Years 7-13 Chapel on Maundy Thursday.

Do you want a chance to dunk one of your favourite teachers and raise money for a good cause?

On the 25th of March, an event called Relay for Life was held on the Otago University campus. This event is a fundraiser to help the Cancer Society to continue important research into improving cancer treatments and also to be able to provide support to cancer patients and their families.

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)

We were fortunate to have our Year 13 Geography trip to Queenstown last week. Despite some rough weather to start us off, we were able to rejig our schedule to incorporate studies of both the natural and cultural environments.

The Middle School Photography Club is up and running on Thursday lunchtimes. Here is some of their work so far.

On Friday the 24 March, a team of enthusiastic Year 6 bookworms took part in the Otago Kids Lit Quiz competition.

On Thursday, at International Club, we recognised the valuable contribution that the members of the International Committee have been making to the department and the wider school community this term.

Thank you to everyone who has donated - last chance Monday.

The International Department was able to have their annual start-of-year BBQ after several years of Covid cancellations.

Incredible throwing performance by Year 12 Columba College athlete secures gold at the prestigious New Zealand Track and Field Nationals, held in Wellington, March 2023.

On Saturday, 25th March, Columba had two teams compete in the Jr Young Farmer of the Year Regional Final for Otago/Southland.

Columba College Senior A Touch Team claimed second place at the South Island Secondary School Championships held in Christchurch over the weekend.

Columba College has a proud history of students competing and excelling in the South Island IRB Championships, and 2023 proved to be no exception with some great results achieved.

Congratulations to our Middle School teams who took on 'a battle of the books' at the Kids' Lit Quiz.

The Columba internationals took on the JMC internationals for an afternoon of bowling fun.

Students have been using early 19th century technology to make cyanotype photograms.

Over the weekend, 12 Columba College students competed at the Otago Primary School Swimming Champs held at Moana Pool.

Scholarship applications are now open.

It is with great pleasure that we can advise our international students of their guaranteed entry to undergraduate programmes at the University of Otago.

Our much anticipated formal dates are set for 2023.