Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Netball Champs

A proud Mrs Fowler with her team on Saturday!
The Intermediate A Netball team were celebrated at Assembly today following their win over the SKC Senior B team to take out their grade (1:2) in the North Otago Netball Competition.  They were formally presented with their trophy and given a resounding round of applause.

A Mix Of Cultures

Mr Li's Mandarin class enjoyed a Chinese meal today.  They tried several different dishes and also ordered some hot chips, to mix Kiwi and Chinese cultural traditions!   Next time they'll practise using chopsticks!


Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Netball Finals Day 2017

There was plenty of SKC action on Saturday as the 2017 Netball season came to a close.  The Senior A girls faced Valley Gold in the Premier Final and despite a strong start just didn't quite get there at the final whistle, with a score of 40-34.  But what an amazing season girls!!  Meanwhile it was SKC v SKC in the 1:2 final with the Senior B team playing Intermediate A.  With some friendly Kevinian rivalry the Intermediate team took the game and the trophy, winning by 38-21.  Well done to all of the girls who took to the courts this season.

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Monday, August 28, 2017

The Science Of Sport

On Friday Leam, Holly and Joel had the opportunity to attend the NZ International Science Festival in Dunedin to hear from All Black, Southern Steel and Central Pulse staff about the Science of Sport.  Among the presenters was Old Girl Fiona Watson who is a recent graduate of the Otago Polytechnic's sports performance analysis programme.  She is heading to Cambridge soon to take up a position with HPSNZ and NZ Rowing.

Friday, August 25, 2017

Principal's Comment

Kia ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College

Congratulations to our Pasifika group who performed at the Fiafia evening last night at the Waitaki Recreation Centre. Thank you to Mrs Dooley for her organisation and support of the the group as we prepare for the upcoming Polyfest in Dunedin.
At the end of the evening, it was my pleasure to be able to present Jerome and Tivinia Misiloi with Pasifika Achievement Awards for leadership and academic excellence.
Thank you to the caregivers who engaged with staff at today's meetings. The focus has been on ensuring students are on tract to achieve their goals, especially the seniors with NCEA as their target.
If you missed this catch up opportunity, feel free to contact your Year Level Dean for an update.

May God bless you
Paul Olsen, Principal

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Student Representative Election For The Board Of Trustees


St Kevin’s College

Student Representative Election for the Board of Trustees

Nominations are invited for the election of one Student Representative to the St Kevin’s College Board of Trustees.
A nomination form and a copy of this notice is being distributed to all eligible voters on the student roll.
Further nomination forms can be obtained from the school office.
Nominations close at noon on Friday, 08 September 2017 which is 14 days before the election date and may be accompanied by a signed candidate’s statement.
The voting roll is open for inspection at the school and can be viewed during the hours the office is open.
There will also be a list of candidates’ names for inspection, as they come to hand, on the St Kevin’s College Blog, Student Noticeboard, Daily Notices and the
e-newsletter.  The poll closes at noon on Friday, 22nd September 2017.


Signed



Sue McErlane
Returning Officer

Medicine

Congratulations to Y12 student Madeleine Harrop who was named as a finalist in the Play It Strange - Lion Foundation Songwriting Contest with her original song "Medicine".  Well done Madeleine!!    

The overall winner hailed from Westlake Girls High School in Auckland.

Netball Finals This Saturday

The Cleveland sisters will battle it out on the netball court at 2pm this Saturday in the Premier Final when SKC Senior A (Whitney) take on Valley Gold (Mikayla).  Earlier in the day, at noon, it's an all St Kevin's affair with Mrs Fowlers SKC Intermediate A team play Mel Smith and Carmen Brensell's SKC Senior B team in the 1:2 Final.  Good luck to all our girls!!

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Ryan O'Connell Cairns Memorial Trophy

The U14.5 played their peers from Central Otago today in an annual fixture between SKC and Cromwell for the Ryan O'Connell Cairns Memorial Trophy.  It was a brilliant day for rugby and the lunchtime crowd were treated to tries a-plenty.  The final score 62-24 to St Kevin's.  Well done boys!

CHECK OUT ALL THE ACTION!!! (Big thanks to Tama Wooldridge for taking over the camera duties and capturing some awesome second half images!)



Tuesday, August 22, 2017

High Performance Sport Guest Speaker

Our High Performance Sport students were treated to a guest speaker in the form of Nat Fraser from High Performance Sport New Zealand.   Nat is the mental skills specialist for the Dunedin area and her presentation centred around mindset and team bonding.  Developing the mental and emotional skills to perform at a high level are important aspects of the High Performance Sport programme at the College.  Thank you Nat for joining us today.

Monday, August 21, 2017

Gong'an No1 Middle School Arrive At SKC

In what has become an annual visit, this afternoon we welcomed to our College Community a group of students from Gong'an No.1 Middle School from Wuhan, China, to St Kevin's.   Following a rousing haka on the Auditorium steps they were greeted by Holly and Adam, and then Mr Olsen.  During their stay in Oamaru they will be hosted by the College Hostel and take part in daily school life here at SKC.

Final Game


St Kevin's Girls 1st XI played their last game of the season in the north Otago competition at the weekend. The girls fought hard in their game against Pirata Black for a narrow loss 4-3. The team celebrated Brittany Weir's final game in the local competition by cheering her off. The whole team is looking forward to heading away to secondary schools tournament soon.

Bodkin Shoot

Anna Craig (Y12) hopped on over to Moa Creek, Alexandra and Wanaka in the weekend to compete in the Bodkin Shoot which is held over three days.  Day one saw her shoot three rounds with scores of 19/20 which meant she was selected for the Waimate-Oamaru team for the Bodkin Shoot, where she shot 15/15 all first barrel.  The team was 3rd equal on 85/90.  Looks like it was a great day for it!


Thursday, August 17, 2017

SKC v St Bede's

The boys fought a hard game today when they faced the visiting 1st XV from St Bede's College.  Playing with heart and putting everything they had out on the field right up until the final whistle, it was the visitors who came away victorious with a 38-11 win over SKC.  Congratulations to St Bede's and well done to the St Kevin's 1st XV on a courageous game!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EMMA-KATE PHOTOS FROM THE GAME 

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Bishop's Shield 2017

A team of public speakers and actors traveled to Dunedin to compete in the 74th Bishop's Shield, hosted this year by Kavanagh College.   Accompanied by their coaches the team rose to the occasion and represented the College with tenacity and spirit!  On the Saturday morning our Junior Debaters (Bethan Ardouin, Rhea Ratgali and Scarlet Smith - coached by Mr Matt Harris and supported by Louise Laming) took out the competition, claiming the Coral Paris Trophy.  Bethan was also awarded Best Speaker in Junior Debates and the Dominican Cup.  Sunday saw Joel Kunnethedan place second in the Junior Scripture and Eli Winders first in the Senior Scripture-Psalm/Sight Reading, for which he was presented with the Nora Brophy Cup.  Congratulations to all of our Bishop's Shield team!

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT SCARLET SMITH'S AND MRS BUCKHAM'S PHOTOS FROM THE WEEKEND

Hui Ako 2017 - Oamaru Opera House

A group of students represented the College at the Hui Ako held today at the Oamaru Opera House.   In something a little bit different, Kalas Taukamo and Tivinia Misiloi began by sharing the Level 3 Art Portfolio of GypsyMae Harihona-Harrison which gained Excellence and was part of the Top Art Exhibition which toured New Zealand earlier this year.  Jayden Hetet-Morris then talked about his class's Y10 trip to the North Otago Museum to study the Willett's collection which comprises of over 9000 separate taoka, including adzes flakes, scrappers and other stone tools.   To finish our segment the Opera House was filled with the sounds of the College Haka which was greeted with resounding applause.  Congratulations on representing the College is such an inspiring way!
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Great Win Against Waitaki

The Girls TopV had a great game against their foes, Waitaki, last night and came away with an amazing 103-41 win.  It was an entire team effort, making for a fun game.  But in the words of coach Colleen Newberry, the girls went for gold and got it!  Georgia Oakes top scored on 24, with Sophie Brien 20 and Laura Preston 16.   Hannah Cunningham was very strong on her rebounds and Tegan Souness and Jaimee Trainor played a good hustling game out the front.  Fantastic effort girls!

Monday, August 14, 2017

Aoraki Team Title

The Boys Trapshooting team were on point at the weekend, taking out the Team title at the Aoraki Secondary Schools competition held in Timaru on Sunday.  The SKC boys team was made up of Corbyn Hocken, Ryan Kennedy, Clark Ewing, Jack Murphy and Joel Klenner.  Well done!!  Individual results saw Corbyn come 1st in the Single Barrell, with Joel 2nd, and Clark 3rd Points Score and Ryan 4th in the Single Rise.  Ellie Monk and Anna Craig were also shooting.  Ellie placed 2nd in the Single Rise and 3rd in both the Single Barrel and Points Score and Anna 2nd Points Score and Single Barrel, 1st in the Single Rise and High Overall Ladies (Anna's score of 85/90 was equal with her male counterpart's top score).

Success was not over on the way home with a stop for the boys at the Waimate/Oamaru Club shoot where the annual August Challenge Shield competition was being held.  Ryan and Corbyn both shot 'possibles' (max points possible) with Corbyn being the eventual overall winner for the day and claiming the shield.  Great results all round!!!

Rugby Sweep

The U14.5 Rugby boys faced off against the Timaru Boys High School Jaguars in the semi-final on Saturday and stormed their way to a 72-15 victory.  This tremendous win puts them into the final where they will play Geraldine High School.  Good luck boys!!   Also with a win at the weekend was the U16 team who played a fantastic game against Waitaki Boys High, showing utter determination and skill.  The whistle blew at 14-12.  Well done!!  The 1st XV won by default against South Otago High School.

Friday, August 11, 2017

Principal's Comment

Kia ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College

Earlier this week I had the privilege of helping Mr Smith with the Year 13 PE Outdoor Education winter camp at Ohau. The class explored Risk Management in the Outdoors and received instruction in Snow Boarding and Skiing. All of the students demonstrated persistence in challenging conditions and made significant improvements which were rewarded with NCEA credits. Thank you to Ohau Snow Field for your support of this venture.
Today at Mass we inducted two new Prefects for Tracey House. Brinkley Botting and Georgia Dyson have accepted these roles and we look forward seeing them in action at our annual Singing Festival.

May God bless you
Paul Olsen, Principal

Bishop's Shield Team 2017

Good luck to the team traveling to the Bishop's Shield in Dunedin this weekend!
Prepared Speech - Ella Hitchcock (coach Mrs Georgina Robinson)
Junior Debate - Rhea Ratgali, Bethan Ardouin, Scarlett Smith (coach Mr Matthew Harris)
Senior Debate - Levi Sherman, Rebecca Whittet, Anna Craig (coach Mr Nathan Thompson)
Junior Drama - Jayden Hetet-Morris, Ella Brown, Elizabeth Plieger, Lewis Weatherley, Alex Houston (coach Mrs Michelle Buckham)
Senior Drama - Ceilidh Brookes, Emma-Kate Newlove, Samantha Jorgensen, Omogen Brown, Shea Direen (coach Ms Jo Walshe)
Impromptu Speech - Chris Olsen (coach Mrs Georgina Robinson)
Junior Scripture - Joel Kunnethedan (coach Mr Tony Mullally)
Senior Scripture - Eli Winders (coach Mr Tony Mullally)

Winter Warmer

A JAG initiative is under way at the College - Winter Warmer for St Vincent de Paul.  Students are asked to bring along non-perishable food items which will be put into food parcels for the community as we move through the final month of winter.  The team from JAG will have the coloured House containers in the Office Quad each morning before school for your donations (and yes, there are House points up for grabs too!).  Magee is off to a blazing start but there's still plenty of time with the containers out to receive donations until the end of next week.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Otago Hockey Rep

This little River has got some great hockey depth in her!!  Congratulations to River Cunningham (Year 9) who has been selected for the Otago U15 Hockey team to travel to nationals in North Harbour in October.  

River faced early morning starts to get to a series of two trials in Dunedin and was picked for a training squad before learning of her final, and successful, selection to the representative team.  River is super excited about this opportunity - well done!

Obirin Visit 2017

Their week days have been busy with ESOL classes but our Obirin visitors have also had the opportunity to get out and about, exploring the Waitaki District and some of what it has to offer!  Thank you to Miss Yuko Tanaka (Tour Leader) for sharing some wonderful images of the newest members of our wider College Family!  And again, a BIG thank you to those who have hosted students in their homes.

Monday, August 7, 2017

Canterbury Intercollegiate Trapshooting

The Boys Trapshooting team traveled north yesterday for the Canterbury Intercollegiate Competition at Mead/Te Parita.   Corbyn Hocken, Joel Klenner, Ryan Kennedy, Clark Ewing, Jack Gibson and Jack Murphy were accompanied by Coach Colin Ewing and with some solid, consistent shooting placed 4th in the Team events (the top four scores are counted in the team competition).   Individually Clark placed 1st in both the B Grade (Year 9/10) Single Rise and B Grade Single Barrel, and 2nd in the B Grade Skeet and B Grade Points Score.  Corbyn competed in the A Grade (Year 11/12/13) and came 4th in the A Grade Points Score.  Ryan and Clark shot 10 out of 10 in the Single Barrel with both of them representing the College in a shoot off.  Of note, Jack Murphy showed great improvement with 8 out of 10.  Well done to all the team!

Friday, August 4, 2017

Principal's Comment

Kia ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College

Congratulations to Jacqui Malcolm and Alex Gonzales on their Class Act Award.
It was a pleasure to accompany their parents as Jacqui and Alex had their University of Otago Scholarships and certificates presented by the Prime Minister Mr Bill English in Dunedin on Thursday.
Thank you also to whanau and staff who attended the hui on Tuesday evening. A special mention goes to Mrs Plunkett who organised the event and Mr David Higgins and Mrs Suzi Flack from our Moeraki Runanga for facilitating the evening. We look forward to holding a follow up event early next year.

Today at Mass we celebrated the Feast of St Dominic. Thank you to Sr Mary for your thoughtful words and Sisters Nola and Madeline for you presence.

May God bless you
Paul Olsen, Principal

Tug Of War Part Two

Treacy faced a reversal of fortunes today when the Y12s and Y13s faced off in the Interhouse Tug Of War competition.  Whyte and Magee dominated over Treacy and Clancy, easily taking their places in the final.   It was Magee however that rose to the occasion with a strong final finish.  Placings were:
1st Magee
2nd Whyte
3rd Clancy
4th Treacy
Spectators enjoyed some inter-year level competition while the staff team gathered - the Y12 boys taken out by the Y13 boys and the Y13 girls no match for their counterparts in Y12 - and when the time came the Seniors found themselves caught off guard by the staff technique.  The staff took the lead early and held consistently throughout the duration of the 1 minute round for a convincing win.
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Class Act 2017

Congratulations to our Class Act Award recipients for 2017, Alex Gonzales and Jacqui Malcolm!!   Their contributions to the College have been outstanding over the past four and a half years and they have embraced the opportunities presented before them, given freely of their time and energy to the College and wider community, and epitomised what it is to be a Kevinian.  They were joined by Mr Olsen and their parents for the special award ceremony which was held in Dunedin yesterday.  Prime Minister Bill English was on hand to present the awards.

24 Hours In The Waitaki

Last week the Oamaru Mail put out a call for local photographers to capture '24 Hours in the Waitaki'. Their special edition is out today but you can view it online too - check out St Kevin's on page 11.:)

Big thank you to Mrs Buckham and Emma-Kate, and also to everyone who sent photos through that didn't make the edition - Editor Hayden Meikle said the response from the public was overwhelming!
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE OAMARU MAIL DIGITAL EDITION

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Interhouse Tug Of War

Muscles were strained and veins were bulging as the Interhouse Tug Of War kicked off its first battle for our Y9, Y10 and Y11's.  The draw saw Treacy up against Whyte and Clancy against Magee.  Treacy and Clancy took the wins to gain places in the final and Whyte faced Magee in a battle for 3rd and 4th.  Final standings were:
1st - Treacy
2nd - Clancy
3rd - Whyte
4th - Magee
Y12 and Y13 have their turn on the Tug Of War boards and ropes tomorrow ... should be yet another interesting lunchtime!
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