Music was the focus for an early assembly this week. We had performances from College band "Oreo Boiz" who were singing their original song which will be performed for the Smokefree Rockquest Regional competition on June 8. We presented a Commended Award to Georgia-Kate Blair, Jack Sinclair, Eva Liardet and Julia Fauth who entered their original composition "Run" into the Sing out 4 Justice song writing competition organised by Caritas.
This was followed by a presentation by Jared Papps on behalf of the JAG group detailing a fund raising project to help purchase a generator for a small community in Burkina Faso. To raise money for the Multi Functional Platform Generator, interested students are being asked to consider becoming a "Slave for a Day" and donating their earnings to the project.
Also at assembly, our senior students took the opportunity to farewell our German GAP students Daniel and Stefan. They helped in both the day school and hostel. Stefan has shared his musical talents with junior students as a tutor of guitar and he took the opportunity to entertain us with a song which was warmly received.
On Wednesday the junior sports teams headed for Dunedin to compete in the second Catholic Secondary Schools Junior Quadrangular Tournament. Regrettably the rugby was cancelled due to poor weather being forecast, however, the remaining teams enjoyed the comfort of the Edger Centre and played valiantly for College pride. My thanks go to Mrs Denise More for organising the day. It was a pleasure to see the St Josephs teams playing alongside us in this Year 7 to 10 diocesan wide fixture. Thank you also to Kavanagh College who hosted the event.
On Friday, we celebrated the Feast of St Kevin with a liturgy after an inter-house competition. The challenge for Houses was to develop a Smokefree slogan dressed in house colours. The modern day interpretation of St Kevin's story talks about persistence, perseverance and respect for the planet we live on.
As we finish school and head home for the Queens Birthday holiday, we can be pleased with the midterm achievements in academic, sporting and cultural areas. When we return for the final month of the term, we have a Green Week scheduled which limits classroom disruptions and focuses the College on academic performance. A number of topic assessments are planned in this week so it is important that attendance is a priority. These grades can be used by the NZ Qualification Authority if a student cannot sit their end of year examinations through sickness, injury or bereavement.
This was followed by a presentation by Jared Papps on behalf of the JAG group detailing a fund raising project to help purchase a generator for a small community in Burkina Faso. To raise money for the Multi Functional Platform Generator, interested students are being asked to consider becoming a "Slave for a Day" and donating their earnings to the project.
Also at assembly, our senior students took the opportunity to farewell our German GAP students Daniel and Stefan. They helped in both the day school and hostel. Stefan has shared his musical talents with junior students as a tutor of guitar and he took the opportunity to entertain us with a song which was warmly received.
On Wednesday the junior sports teams headed for Dunedin to compete in the second Catholic Secondary Schools Junior Quadrangular Tournament. Regrettably the rugby was cancelled due to poor weather being forecast, however, the remaining teams enjoyed the comfort of the Edger Centre and played valiantly for College pride. My thanks go to Mrs Denise More for organising the day. It was a pleasure to see the St Josephs teams playing alongside us in this Year 7 to 10 diocesan wide fixture. Thank you also to Kavanagh College who hosted the event.
On Friday, we celebrated the Feast of St Kevin with a liturgy after an inter-house competition. The challenge for Houses was to develop a Smokefree slogan dressed in house colours. The modern day interpretation of St Kevin's story talks about persistence, perseverance and respect for the planet we live on.
As we finish school and head home for the Queens Birthday holiday, we can be pleased with the midterm achievements in academic, sporting and cultural areas. When we return for the final month of the term, we have a Green Week scheduled which limits classroom disruptions and focuses the College on academic performance. A number of topic assessments are planned in this week so it is important that attendance is a priority. These grades can be used by the NZ Qualification Authority if a student cannot sit their end of year examinations through sickness, injury or bereavement.
God Bless You All
Paul Olsen, Principal
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