November, 2012 - Columba College

November, 2012
Dear Parents and Students,
NCEA examinations started at the weekend with Scholarship Statistics and Modelling and Biology,
and this week all of the girls in Years 11 to 13 will be involved. The last NCEA examination is on
Tuesday, 4th December – by then our Years 8 to 10 school examinations will be well over and we will
be very much looking to the end of the school year.
The Years 7 to 13 Prize-Giving is on Tuesday, 11th December at 4.00 p.m. in the Regent Theatre
with the Leavers’ Dinner to follow.
The Junior School Concert and Prize-Giving follows on Wednesday, 12th December at 3.00
p.m. in Constance Hall.
Years 7 to 10 students will attend school until 12.50 p.m. on Tuesday, 11th December then report to
the Regent Theatre by 3.45 p.m. There is no school for Years 7 to 10 students on Wednesday, 12th
December.
Junior School pupils have school as usual all day on Tuesday, 11th December and will attend
school on Wednesday, 12th December until 12.30 p.m., returning by 2.45 p.m. for their Prize-Giving.
Wednesday is the last day of school for the Junior School.
The Carol Service will be held on Sunday, 9th December at 6.00 p.m. in First Church of Otago
with The Rev. Barry Kelk officiating.
Staff News and Appointments
Mrs Sally Graves, MSc, BSc(Hons), BA, DipTchg has been appointed to a full-time permanent
position at the College beginning next year. Following Mrs Ramsay’s return from maternity leave, Mrs
Graves has been teaching at Otago Girls’ High School. We will be very pleased to welcome her back
to a permanent position at Columba. Next year Mrs Graves will be teaching all Science classes, but
as she is also qualified to teach English that provides us with versatility in the future.
Ms Isabel Boek, BA, BCom, GradDipTchg (Secondary), Diploma of Computer Graphic Design
(NATCOLL, Christchurch) was successful in her application for the part-time, fixed term Visual Art and
Technology position we have available for next year. We have valued Ms Boek’s contributions this
year and will be very pleased to have her on our staff again next year.
Ms Willow Sainsbury, AB (Hons) Major in Art and Archaeology with a certificate in Visual Arts and
European Cultural Studies Princeton University, MSc Medical Anthropology Graduated with Distinction
Oxford University, MSc Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Oxford University, BSc
(Hons) First Class in Psychology Open University, Teaching Associate Certificate – Higher Education
Academy, UK has been appointed to teach the NCEA Levels 2 and 3 Classical Studies classes next
year. The qualifications gained by Ms Sainsbury cover a range of disciplines from Art History,
Archaeology to Science – all of which are applicable to the diverse topics able to be taught in the
Classical Studies curriculum.
As Junior School parents will be aware from recent emails, Mrs Dorothy Hutton, BTchLn
(Canterbury), AMusTCL, ATCL (Piano), NZIRMT has been appointed to teach the Year 6 class
starting next year following Mrs Nees’ retirement. We have decided to appoint Ms Keighley

Donaldson, BEd (Primary Teaching) who has been relieving with the Years 4/5 class since Mrs
Beach went on maternity leave at the end of Term Three to a full-time relieving position for Term One
2013 with the Years 1/2 class. This leaves us with one appointment to be made to the Years 4/5 class
(full-time and permanent from 2013) and the Years 1/2 position to advertise once the new school year
has started.
Congratulations to Mrs Lauren Piebenga who has been selected by Netball NZ to coach at the NZ
Netball Development Camp in Cambridge from the 11th to 15th December.
2013 Year 13 Dean
Mrs Alena Wafer who has been Year 13 Dean this year has been appointed Year 13 Dean for 2013.
Mrs Wafer has made an early start on organising the Peer Support training for interested girls who will
be in Year 13 next year. Two sessions are on offer this year, and there will be another catch-up
session at the start of school for any girls unable to do the training this year. Miss Angela Wright will
be leading the training.
Planting of a Memorial Tree for Alexandra Shiels
A simple and moving ceremony took place at school on Friday, 26th October to mark the planting of a
Magnolia denudata to remember Alexandra Shiels. The Rev. Barry Kelk officiated. It was the request
of Shelley, Trevor and Tim Shiels that the ceremony be kept simple and that staff and students who
wished to be there attended.
The tree has been planted on the Bird Bath lawn near Bishopscourt.
University Scholarship Recipients
Holly Cadzow
University of Otago
Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship
2012 ODT Class Act Award
(Also Arrow Foundation Leadership Scholarship)
Laura Barton
Victoria University
Excellence Scholarship
2012 ODT Class Act Award
Fern Grant
Massey University
High Achiever Scholarship (Academic and Arts)
Samara Dalziel
Lincoln University
Sports Scholarship (Hockey)
Fern also won a tablet for her Top Prize in a
national Visual Arts Competition.

Natasha Kumar
Massey University
High Achiever Scholarship (Arts)
University of Otago
Performance Scholarship (Music)
Shannon Morton
Lincoln University
Future Leaders Scholarship
(Natasha has decided to take up the Scholarship
at Otago)
Pacific Island Recognition Awards
and Scholarships
The above is a new initiative on the part of Otago
Polytechnic to recognise students in Otago secondary
schools who have Pasifika ancestry. Each school
was invited to nominate two students at junior and
senior secondary levels who have distinguished
themselves through their achievements, service
and/or leadership.
We were pleased to nominate Natasha Kumar and
Rileigh Fields as our inaugural recipients.
2012 Mana Pounamu Young Achievers Awards
(Celebrating Māori Achievement in Otago Secondary Schools)
The University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu combine to host the annual
awards ceremony, held this year on the 26 th October.
Our 2012 recipients were:
Natasha Kumar, Year 13 and
Rileigh Fields, Year 9
Emma Griffin, Year 13
and Gabriella Perry, Year 10

NCEA Levels 2 and 3 Media Studies
A number of girls in Years 12 and 13 2013 have indicated they would like to take Media Studies next
year, either through DunedinNet (videoconferencing) or the Correspondence School.
We have just received confirmation that both Levels 2 and 3 Media Studies will be offered through
DunedinNet next year.
Ministry of Education Language Immersion
Awards
A total of 15 New Zealand students have been offered a Language
Immersion Award for travel in 2013. Congratulations to Briar Topp in Year
12 on being the recipient of an award to spend time continuing her studies
in China next year. Briar is the only Dunedin recipient of an award for 2013.
2012 Alliance Française Concours Oral
Briar Topp, Year 12
The book prizes and certificates for students who gained places and “Excellence” in this year’s
competition were presented at the internal prize-giving on the 5th November along with some more
certificates for students who were awarded “Très bien”/Commended. These arrived unexpectedly at
school and so we are pleased to acknowledge the students in this newsletter:
Year 12
Frea Anderson
Taylar McNeilly
Year 11
Kim Schultz
Year 10
Kaia Bishop
Rachael Jannink
Briar Philip
Year 9
Grace Finnerty
Chloe Lai
2012 German Film Competition for Years 7 to 13 Schools and
Universities
For the past few years the National German Adviser, together with the Goethe Institut and the German
Embassy, have run a short film competition for intermediate, secondary and tertiary students studying
German in New Zealand. The topic is set in Wellington and usually relates to a significant German or
international event. With 2012 being the bi-centenary of the publication of the Grimm’s Fairy tales, this
year’s topic was: “Es war einmal…”, the German equivalent of “Once upon a time…”. The Year 10
German class based their entry on the Olympic Games and had the various characters in the most
well known fairy tales entering and competing as teams. Their entry, “Die Märchen Olympiade”,
featured Elisa Maierl as the teacher, with the roles of Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm shared by Amy Logie
and Alice Toomer and then Judy Park and Grace Wilson, and the rest of the class playing characters
from “Red Riding Hood”, “Cinderella”, “The Frog Prince”, “Hansel and Gretel” and “Snow White”, with
seven pupils from the New Entrants’ class playing the dwarves and Analise Cowie as the flag bearer
and doping tester. Their film won Second Prize in the Year 10 category, with First Prize going to
Glendowie High School in Auckland.
The Year 9 German class called their film “Zweihundert Jahre Später” and imagined the Grimm
brothers still being alive today and living in a home for the elderly. They decide that, since it’s now
possible to travel by plane to the other side of the world, they will celebrate the bi-centenary by taking
their favourite fairy tale characters to New Zealand. Each character has to say in an interview why
they would like to visit New Zealand. Red Riding Hood, for example, wants to learn how to make
pavlova so she can take it to her grandmother, Hansel and Gretel want to buy Jaffas as they will be
better than bread crumbs for finding their way home, the youngest of the twelve dancing princesses
wants to go to the Middlemarch Farmers’ Ball in the hope of meeting a wealthy farmer and so forth,
finishing up with the Loreley who, while not a character from the Grimm Fairy Tales, wants to come
too so she can join Pania in Napier and sit beside the sea for a while. The film ends with all the
characters boarding the plane with Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. Annabelle Ritchie and Ruby Whitaker
did a commendable job learning all their lines as Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm and the rest of the Year 9
class, with a bit of help from Year 10 to cover those who were sick on the filming day, playing the
various characters and Kaitlin Chamberlain and Mikayla Cameron as the air hostesses. The girls
repeated the success of last year’s Year 9 German by winning First Prize in their section but will have
to wait until the awards ceremony at The National Film Archives in Wellington on the 7 th December to
see if they can also follow in their footsteps by winning the “Bester Film” Trophy, not an easy feat
against the more senior and tertiary entries.

Once again, we are very grateful to Mr Evan Baddock for giving his time, expertise, patience and good
humour to help with the filming and editing of our entries.
Ms J. Riethmaier
German Teacher
Year 9
Year 10 German Class

The 6th New Zealand Chinese Essay Competition 2012
(for non-native speakers only)
We were very pleased to have Mr Li Yucai, Education Consul of the Consulate – General of the
People’s Republic of China in Christchurch come especially to Dunedin on the 25th October to present
prizes to three of our Year 11 students who had done very well in the above competition.
Julia Isoyama and Kim Schultz received prizes and “Excellence Writing Awards”, and Holly Hanson
who also received prizes was awarded “Most Promising Writing”.
Left to right: Ms Pan Chen (Mandarin Language Assistant), Ms Ivy Ding (Chinese Teacher),
Mrs Julia Anstey (HOD Languages), Mr Y. Li (Education Consul), Miss Elizabeth Wilson (Principal),
Kim Schultz, Julia Isoyama and Holly Hanson.
2012 NCSS Challenge (National Computer Science School)
The NCSS Challenge is run for high school students by the School of Information Technologies at the
University of Sydney. Each week for five weeks, a set of Python teaching resources is distributed to
participants together with a set of questions testing this material. Participants have a week to submit
their solutions to the Challenge website where they are automatically marked. Well done to:
High Distinction: Ella Barclay, Holly Barclay and Nanako Shitara.
Distinction:
Monica Bae, Amy Carruthers, Ailsa Carroll, Holly Hanson, Farah Kadada, Eleanor
O’Neill, Gabrielle Magnuson, Megan Summers and Christina Taylor.
Art Exhibition Success
Congratulations to Alice Toomer in Year 10 on the success of her art exhibition at the Dunedin
Railway Station. A packed opening night and selling all 14 of her paintings is a great start for a young
artist.
Watch out for Alice’s work at the next Columba “Spring into Art” exhibition – Alice sold very
successfully at our 2011 “Spring into Art” show.

2012 Australian Chemistry Results
Year 13
High Distinction: Maple Feng Goh, Grace Oh and Jiaying Shi.
Distinction: Jayashanti Ramarao, Tiffany Robinson and Yiming Yuan.
Credit:
Holly Cadzow, Patience Chabva-Shoperai and Emma Lloyd.
Year 12
High Distinction: Nikita Brazil.
Distinction: Olivia Dodds, Melise Kee, Shirley Kim, Katie Mulholland, Natthakarn Sermsintham
and Briar Topp.
Credit:
Laura Bridger, Sarah Graham and Sarah Woodfield.
Year 11
High Distinction: Melissa Macham and Emma Winders.
Distinction: Ella Barclay, Holly Barclay, Ailsa Carroll, Kacee Grant and Holly Hanson.
Credit:
Lily Kelly, Alexandra Menzies, Ashleigh Neill and Aïcha Wijland.
Year 10
Distinction:
Credit:
Hannah Keane and Judy Park.
Sophie Graham and Claudia Sim.
Year 9
High Distinction: Maxine Bainbridge, Selena Ballantyne (Plaque awarded),
Kaitlin Chamberlain, Jenny Mi and Annabelle Ritchie.
Distinction:
Credit:
Kara Bethune.
Chloe Lai, Libby Sycamore, Lily van Buskirk and
Anastasia Varlamova.
Selena Ballantyne
Plaque Recipient
2012 Australian Mathematics Competition
Year 13
Distinction:
Credit:
Year 12
Distinction:
Credit:
Year 11
Distinction:
Credit:
Year 10
Credit:
Grace Oh, Jiaying Shi and Yunfei Yu.
Emma Liyanarachchi, Kesryn Phataralaoha, Qiong Wu, Yawen Xu and Yiming
Yuan.
Courtney Cunningham, Shirley Kim, Youri Lee, Meng Li, Katie Mulholland and
Katharine Swire.
Monica Bae, Nikita Brazil, Isabella Crawford, Olivia Dodds, Sidaporn Intana,
Natthakarn Sermsintham, Dayna Tan and Charlotte Williams.
Ella Barclay, Ryely Burtenshaw-Day, Ayaki Iwahashi and Sarah Kang.
Holly Barclay, Amy Carruthers, Fenella Christensen, Ziyun Feng, Holly Hanson,
Parida Hasdarngkul, Alice Hoogvliet, Kiri Lenagh-Glue, Melissa Macham, Sirintra
Maneerit, Ashleigh Neill, Millie Townsend, Ling Wan and Jamie Wood.
Olivia Adam, Mackenzie Cassie, Elizabeth Graham, Kate Guildford, Vivian Huang,
Hannah Keane, Boome Kim, Jodie Llewellyn, Momoka Matsubara-Park, Cherish-
Peace Nielsen, Judy Park, Katia Shennan, Serena Waterworth, Emily Williams and
Katie Willis.
Year 9
Prudence Award: Rika Matsubara-Park (Achieved the School’s highest number of consecutive
correct answers).
Distinction:
Credit:
Rika Matsubara-Park, Maxine Bainbridge, Chloe Lai and Libby Sycamore.
Selena Ballantyne, Kara Bethune, Fiona Cannon, Kaitlin Chamberlain, Katie
Cooper, Kendra Crawford, Briar Crosbie, Camelia Harrison, Ania Kowalewski,
Keely Littlejohn, Jenny Mi, Courtney Miller, Simone Reid, Annabelle Ritchie, Alana
Samuel, Anastasia Varlamova, Reika Watanabe and Ophelia Yeung.
Year 8
Distinction:
Silkie Alliott and Clara Kwon.

Credit:
Madeleine Adolph, Kimberley Barker, Anuki Edirimuni, Miu Iida, Stephanie
Jasperse, Ellena Khoo and Genevieve Walker-Radich.
Year 7
High Distinction: Nicole Samuel.
Distinction: Rose Abdul Aziz, Lydia Christensen, Milly Nesbit, Thirza Smith and Kate Truman.
Credit:
Janice Chu, Kate de Lautour, Ghazal Dousti, Claudia Gallagher, Lydia Joseph,
Marie Meglinski, Georgia O’Halloran, Hannah Rogers, Fiona Schultz and Katie
Sewell.
Year 6
Credit:
Proficiency:
Olivia Christie, Joshua Chu, Charlotte Cook, Peyton Fields, Laura Hamilton, Neil
Hutton, Sennah Lee, Galina Mandich and Meg Sycamore.
Raunaq Bhabra, Tatyana Carr, Lisa Enochs and Saffron Lai.
Year 5
High Distinction: Zhi Yuan Qi.
Distinction: Tessa Campbell.
Credit:
Hannah Clarke, Aidan Hung, Maia Joseph and Callum White.
Proficiency: Ariana Gepte.
Year 4
Distinction:
Credit:
Luka Mandich, Oscar Sycamore and Georgia Wong.
Kennedy Dailey, Emma Davis, Ali Dohan, Leah MacDiarmid, Samantha Newstead
and Grace Togneri.
Otago Chamber of Commerce – The Lion Foundation Young
Enterprise Scheme
This year’s Young Enterprise Company, “Pure”, performed well in the Otago competition, gaining 1st
place for its Annual Report and 3rd place in the Best Marketing section. The Year 13 girls in “Pure”
were: Cate Butcher, Holly Cadzow, Patience Chabva-Shoperai, Jessie Chapman, Elle Chen, Emma
Griffin, Rebecca Doré, Holly Hoogvliet, Sarah McDonald, Emily Metzger, Catherine O'Donnell-
Jackways, Grace Swain, Annabel Wennekes, Lauren Williams, Evelyn Xu and Yvonne Yu.
2012 Chinese Class Captains and Deputy Class Captains
The Chinese Class Captain and Deputy Class Captain are students who work exceptionally well with
others and who are able to lead other students in activities. The Captain is voted by everyone in
class. Both the Captain and Deputy need to co-operate with the teacher to set up tasks or collect
homework in class, and help with organising Chinese events.
In class, when the class is about to begin or finish, the teacher will say “Class begin or finish” in
Chinese. The Class Captain (or Deputy Captain) will need to follow the teacher to call out “stand up”
to others, then lead others to greet the teacher in Chinese. After the teacher’s response, the Class
Captain will say “please sit down” in Chinese to lead the whole class, and then the class will begin.
Year 11 Class Captains
Holly Hanson
Julia Isoyama
Madison Jones
Jamie Wood
Year 11 Deputy Class Captain
Kim Schultz
Ms I. Ding
Chinese Teacher
Library Badges
The following girls have qualified for Senior Librarian Badges:
Modi Deng
Elizabeth Graham
Helen Gregory
Holly Hanson
Lily Kelly
Eleanor O'Neill
Natalie Paterson
Durga Selvarajah

The following girls qualified for Librarian Badges:
Selena Ballantyne
Kate Campbell
Patience Chabva-Shoperai
Camelia Harrison
Rachael Jannink
Chloe Lai
Momoka Matsubara-Park
Rika Matsubara-Park
Jenny Mi
Yiming Yuan
NZ Gold Panning Championships
Amelia Gatward-Ferguson in Year 12 competed in the 2012 NZ Gold Panning Championships held
over Labour Weekend and gained excellent results:
1st
1st
3rd
Ladies Event
Open Event
NZ Supreme Champion Event
Amelia also won the Team Event with her mother and father.
Amelia Gatward-Ferguson
Amelia with her parents, Amanda and
David Gatward-Ferguson
SPORTS NEWS
Barbara Kendall Sports Ambassador
Seminar (for Otago Secondary Schools)
Left to right: Bailey Saville, Jodie Llewellyn, Barbara
Kendall, Kate Guildford, Hanna English, Maddy Spence
and Analise Cowie (all Year 10 students)

SPORTS NEWS (ctd.)
Basketball
Erin Dailey and Milly Nesbit in Year 7
represented Otago at the U13 National
Championship Tournament held in Tauranga
from the 8th to 12th October. Otago was
placed 11th out of 16 teams.
Milly Nesbit in Year 7 was selected by
Basketball NZ to attend a
development/training camp in Christchurch in
early November.
Congratulations to Erin Dailey, Year 7 who
was awarded U13A Most Improved Player at
the Basketball Otago Awards function held
recently.
Equestrian
Stephanie Jasperse, Year 7
Erin Dailey
During the last school holidays the
Springston Trophy was held in
Christchurch – it is an event in which the
riders must complete Dressage, Cross
Country and Show Jumping over three
days. Stephanie was a member of the
winning View Hill Red Team - she
jumped clear in both her Cross Country
and Show Jumping to finish on her
Dressage score.
This event attracted 23 teams and over
130 riders and is considered the premier
Pony Club teams event in the South
Island. Other students from Columba
College were also competing for different
teams: Bridget Collins (Waikouaiti/
Mosgiel Composite team) 7th; and
Gabriella Perry and Indiana
Williams(Saddleview/West Taieri) 13th.
Ice Hockey
Holly Barclay in Year 11 has been selected to play for the New
Zealand Under 18 Ice Hockey Team. Holly will play in a tournament
against Australia in April 2013 and attend a few training camps prior
to this.
Motorcross
Congratulations to Regan Turner and Alexander Gilchrist in the Junior
School.
Regan Turner, Year 4, represented New Zealand in the recent school
holidays and came 3rd in the Australian Junior MX 65cc
Championships.
Holly Barclay
Alexander Gilchrist (Year 1) came 3rd in the New Zealand MX 50cc Championships.

Skiing
This season saw another series of successful performances from our skiers. Columba College entered
at three levels, Otago-Southland, South Island and National.
At the Otago-Southland Secondary Schools’ Competition, one of our teams was disqualified but the
other team comprising Kim Schultz, Alexandra Coombes and Albertine Ongley was placed 5 th in the
team event (Giant slalom). Jodie Llewellyn was placed 4 th , Bailey Saville 10 th , Charlotte Hall 12 th and
Kim Schultz 15 th in the individual event (Gravity X).
We entered one team only in the South Island Secondary Schools’ Competition and it was placed 4 th
in the team event. Jodie Llewellyn improved her place in the Gravity X to 2 nd and Bailey Saville to 7 th .
Albertine Ongley was placed 19 th .
In the Junior National Ski competition held in early October, Jodie Llewellyn was placed 1 st in the
Gravity X and 3 rd in the Giant Slalom. We congratulate her on her excellent performance this year in
skiing and on the Sporting Blue she received as recognition for her 1st placing at National level.
I would like to thank Mr Jay Inman for supervising the team at the Otago-Southland competition and all
the parents of the ski team along with the Cahill family for their help with transport and
accommodation.
Julia Anstey
Ski Team Co-ordinator
Bailey Saville, Jodie Llewellyn and Albertine Ongley
Jodie Llewellyn and Bailey Saville
Tennis
Rileigh Fields, Year 9 played in two tennis tournaments in the recent school holidays, the Otago Junior
Spring Open and the South Canterbury Junior Spring Open.
In the Otago tournament, Rileigh was placed 3rd in 14s girls’ singles and was runner-up in 14s
girls’ doubles with her partner, Zoe Smith, from Southland. In the South Canterbury tournament,
Rileigh was runner-up in 14s girls’ singles in a very close match against her doubles partner, Zoe. Zoe
and Rileigh then went on to win the 14s girls’ doubles title in the South Canterbury Junior Spring
Open.
Rileigh also competed in the Southern Region Quadrangular Tennis Tournament in Dunedin. Rileigh
was the No. 1 player for the 14s girls’ team and won two out of her four matches. The 14s girls’ and
14s boys’ teams were second overall.

Touch Rugby
Phoebe Steele has been named the NZ Academy Most Valuable Girl. Both Phoebe and Olivia Wilson
(Year 11) have been selected for the NZ Academy Girls’ Touch Team.
We congratulate Phoebe and Olivia on their well-deserved success.
Phoebe Steele and Olivia Wilson
Water Polo Tournament for Years 7 and 8
The South Island Water Polo tournament for Years 7 and 8 was held at Moana Pool the weekend of
3rd and 4th November, and our Years 7 and 8 team was placed 6th overall.
The members are:
Maia Aoake
Sophie Cooper
Erin Dailey
Gracie Lamphee
Isabella Lau
Georgia O'Halloran
Fiona Schultz
Kate Turnbull
Amelia Willis
The team is coached by Kimberley Martyn, Year 13 and Megan Summers, Year 12 and the managers
are Mrs Deborah Cooper and Mr Brett Dailey.
Water Polo
Sophie Cooper, Erin Dailey and Georgia O’Halloran represented Otago at the U12 Tournament of
Olympic Hopefuls held in Auckland from the 29th September to the 1st October. Otago was placed
5th in their grade and was the top placed South Island team at the tournament.
We hope that examinations, both NCEA and school, have begun well for the girls and that students
are finding that their revision and preparations are serving them well.
I would expect one more School Newsletter for the year with other notices as required sent via
SchoolLinks.
With good wishes,
Elizabeth Wilson
Principal
Columba College
13th November, 2012

UNIFORM EXCHANGE
The Uniform Exchange is open every Tuesday from 3.40 p.m. – 4.10 p.m. until Tuesday, 4th
December, 2012. It is located in the School Office on the corner of Highgate and Oban
Street.
Purchasing of Uniform
For your convenience the Uniform Exchange will be open at the following additional times:
2012
Friday, 14th December
10.00 a.m. – 12 noon
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Monday, 17th December
10.00 a.m. – 12 noon
2013
Tuesday, 22nd January
10.00 a.m. – 12 noon
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Wednesday, 23rd January
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Friday, 25th January
10.00 a.m. – 12 noon
Monday, 28th January
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Tuesday, 29th January
3.40 p.m. – 4.10 p.m.
and every Tuesday thereafter for Term I
3.40 p.m. – 4.10 p.m.
Closed for Terms II and III
2012
Wednesday, 12th December
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Thursday, 13th December
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Acceptance of Uniform
2013
Monday, 21st January
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Please note that definitely no purchasing will be permitted on the ‘acceptance’ days.
The following items of uniform will not be accepted for sale.
• Any uniform in a dirty or worn condition, in particular blazers. Blazers must not have frayed
cuffs, patches or tears.
• Navy blue polo shirts larger than size 10.
• Older style junior tracksuits.
• Shoes, socks, tights and bathing suits.
Thank you,
Anne Hancock
Manager of the Columba College Uniform Exchange
Telephone 467 5476 (Home)
8th November, 2012

COLUMBA COLLEGE
SPORTS AWARDS EVENING

GUEST SPEAKER – FIONA PATERSON, 2012 OLYMPIC ROWER
OLD GIRL OF THE COLLEGE

2013 TERM DATES
International boarders may enter the Boarding-House from Friday, 25th January 2013.
Thursday, 24th January
Friday, 25th January
Sunday, 27th January
Monday, 28th January
Term One
Term Two
Term Three
Term Four
9.30 a.m. to 12 noon. New Staff induction in the Rose Room,
Sports Centre.
9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Years 11, 12 and 13 students to confirm
courses in
Girton.
• Year 13 boarders to return by 2.00 p.m.
• Years 7, 8 and 9 boarders to return by 4.00 p.m.
• 5.30 p.m. Buffet tea for parents, the Years 7, 8, 9 and 13 boarders
and House Staff.
• 9.00 a.m. Years 1 to 13 staff-meeting in Girton.
• 1.00 p.m. Staff lunch.
• 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Boarders’ course confirmations, Years 11 to
13, plus late returners to Dunedin (HODs to be present). FRC.
• Return times for Years 10, 11 and 12 boarders:
2.00 p.m. Year 12
3.00 p.m. Years 10 and 11
Tuesday, 29th January to Friday, 19th April
8.30 a.m. School starts on Tuesday, 29th January for Years 0 to 10
students (a full day) and at 12 noon for Years 11 to 13 students. Full days
for all Year levels follow.
Monday, 6th May to Friday, 12th July
Monday, 29th July to Friday, 27th September
Monday, 14th October to Wednesday, 11th December
Public Holidays
The College will be closed in 2013 on the following public holidays:
Waitangi Day
Otago Anniversary Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Easter Tuesday
Anzac Day
Queen’s Birthday
Labour Day
Wednesday, 6th February
Monday, 25th March
Friday, 29th March
Monday, 1st April
Tuesday, 2nd April
Thursday, 25th April (in school holidays)
Monday, 3rd June
Monday, 28th October
Teacher Only Day in 2013
Tuesday, 26th March
Otago NCEA Jumbo Day for secondary schools. It is likely
that School will be closed for Years 9 to 13, but classes will
continue to operate as usual for Years 0 to 8 on the 26th
March.
E.L. Wilson
Principal
14th September, 2012