Liam Direen selected in Squash New Zealand's 2020 Elite Junior Squad.

A big congratulations to Liam Direen who has been selected in Squash New Zealand's 2020 Elite Junior Squad.

The squad will give Liam an introduction to High Performance environments and international competition. It is for athletes demonstrating potential for future high performance involvement, tracking towards national team representation in 1-3 years’ time.

Liam's selection was a result of him finishing 5th in the U15 age group at Nationals in the recent school holidays.

Well done Liam!

Maori Cultural Tourism Camp at Piritahi Marae on Waiheke Island

During the recent holidays Katarina Green, Tayla McGregor- Hoffman, Levi Kelly and Joel Klenner, accompanied by Mrs Eatherley and Mrs Hesselin, attended a Maori Cultural Tourism Camp at Piritahi Marae on Waiheke Island.

The students had an immersion experience where they were taught Tikanga (customs and protocols) Te Reo (language relating to greetings and place names) Manaakitanga (hospitality) and Whanaungatanga (kinship and working together).

Between fun activities like waka ama, flax weaving, kapa haka, touring the island and preparing a hangi, students worked hard to complete the Gateway assessments, that contribute to their NCEA achievement.

The camp was a very uplifting experience for all involved and thanks must go to the tutors and other helpers at the marae as well as the staff of Service IQ.

Senior Prizegiving 2019

Join us to celebrate academic and cultural achievements from 2019, and also to congratulate and farewell our Year 13 students.

If you are unable to attend, here is the link to watch the live stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chi57iZ0KUs

Anne Frank Exhibition

Last week we had some Year 10-12 students head to Dunedin for the Anne Frank exhibition

Events of her life were shown on the walls, and there were guides there to help students with their questions.

Our 34 students travelled home afterwards with a heightened awareness of these events, giving them a better understanding of a persons view if they are victims in such an event.

Thank you to all those who helped with the trip.

Graduation Dinner 2019

The graduation dinner for Year 13 will be held on Saturday 30th November at 6pm at the Brydone Hotel

Tickets are $50 and there are 130 tickets available. They will be sold on a first in and first serve basis, with a maximum of 2 additional per student.

Tickets are available from the school office.

Joshua Collins National Trampoline Results

Well done to Joshua Collins who had his first taste of competition at a national level, finishing 7th in the 15-16 years men’s double mini trampoline final and 13th in the individual trampoline division.

Well done to the other Saints Trampoline club members also.

For more information click here:

https://www.oamarumail.co.nz/sport/bronze-medal-for-saints-trampolinist/

Aoraki Secondary School Sports Awards Finalists

We are very proud to announce the following St Kevin's College Athletes have been announced as finalists for the Aoraki Secondary School Sports Awards. The awards will be held in Timaru next Friday 1st November.

Congratulations and the best of luck to you all!

🏃‍♂️ Max Yanzick - Athletics
🏀 Jack Andrew - Basketball
🏃‍♂️ Max Yanzick - Cross Country
🤸‍♂️ Joshua Collins - Gymsport
🏑 Emily McCoy - Hockey
🏉 Tupou Fifita - Rugby
🎾 Liam Direen - Squash
🏊‍♂️ Corbin Fraser - Swimming
🕳 Corbyn Hocken - Trapshooting
🕳 Clark Ewing - Trapshooting

Jocelyn Fellowes Achieves Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award

Congratulations to Year 11 student Jocelyn Fellowes who was presented with her Silver Duke of Edinburgh award at assembly today.

Young New Zealanders who attain Silver have invested a minimum of six months to achieve this Award. The Award involves giving service to the community, developing new skills, a commitment to physical well-being, and the training, planning and undertaking of a journey or exploration in the outdoors.

Jocelyn invested in the following areas for her award:

- Physical Recreation: Swimming, Hockey and Fitness
- Skills: Driving
- Service: Library
- Adventurous Journey: Dingleburn and Chinaman's Hut

Well done Jocelyn!

📷: Anna Taylor

Network Waitaki Ltd Scholarship Programme

Every year Network Waitaki Ltd invests in young people, through their scholarship programme by which participants can receive a contribution of up to $4,000 per year towards a Bachelor of Engineering or $3000 per year towards a National Diploma in Engineering, or a tertiary qualification in Information Systems, Data Science and Analytics, or Geographic Information Systems.

For more information visit:

www.networkwaitaki.co.nz/scholarships

Student Sport Volunteers Recognised

On Thursday 17th October a group from our fantastic student sport volunteers were acknowledged at a lunch held at Portside restaurant.

Eight students from each high school were invited to the event hosted by Aoraki Secondary School Sport. Adair Craik was the guest speaker and she talked about the importance of volunteers and thanked the students for the great work that they do.

We are lucky to have students that contribute to College sporting life whether it be coaching, managing, covering first aid, scorekeeping, or umpiring.


Our students that were acknowledged were:

Emily McCoy, Lucy Hitchcock, Zach Dickie, Thomas Ballantyne, Annie Metcalfe, Nina Dickie, Jaimee Trainor and Bethany Pope.

A big thank you to you all- sport just can not happen without the help of volunteers and we appreciate the wonderful work you do!

Traditional Homemade Xmas Puddings!

Traditional Home made Xmas Puddings! These make wonderful gifts.

Two Sizes available- Medium $30 or Large $50.

Please place orders to Laney or Bruce in the kitchen as soon as possible or phone 0279156156.

$5 from the sale of each pudding will be donated to the school.

Ed Rice Dormitory Upgrade.

At the start of last week the boys in Years 9-11 moved into the refurbished Ed Rice dormitory.

The dorm has had 10 new bedrooms added, its common room expanded and remodelled, earthquake strengthening work carried out, double glazed windows installed and new plumbing installed.

Doesn't it look great!

Principal's Comment

Kia ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College

Welcome back to the final term of the College year. Spring blossom and unsettled weather are always good indicators that we are in the final weeks for seniors. As I am catching up with details following my sabbatical, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Ryan and the management team for stepping up in my absence. I have been following developments and congratulate the College on an outstanding term of engagement and achievement.

I was particularly pleased to share in the sporting journeys of students over the holidays. We will be acknowledging these, in particular, the basketball and trapshooting teams results in the coming weeks.
My personal congratulations to all our sporting teams and coaches for a superb winter season.

On a special character note, during the holidays a group of staff lead by Mr Mullally attended a gathering of Dominican educators in Invercargill. The focus was on integrating the Dominican tradition into a curriculum in a modern and relevant way for 21st C learners. The picture below shows the warm welcome we and our local Dominican Sisters received at the Bluff Marae.

Mr Mullally also took a group of students to the Edmund Rice Street Retreat in Christchurch. Both of these events deepen our connection to our Catholic charisms.

Finally, as we settle in for the last weeks for seniors, I encourage students and whanau to make a plan to maximise the opportunities available through tutorials and revision as we head to external examinations.

Ngā mihi Nui
Paul Olsen

Annual Street Retreat 2019

During the Term 3 holidays six Year 12 students attended the 3 day Edmund Rice Network 'Annual Street Retreat', at St Thomas of Canterbury College in Christchurch with Mr Mullally and Mr Thompson.

This was an opportunity for them to join with 28 other fellow ERN students and gain valuable insights into injustice, physical and mental trauma rehabilitation, community outreach service organisations, prison incarceration and Police Youth Aid work.

Their involvement and exposure to various social issues associated with poverty and injustice gave them awareness and understanding to the issues that many people face on a day to day basis in our society.

ShakeOut 2019

All students and staff participated in the nationwide ShakeOut this afternoon! The event helps keep students and staff aware of safety procedures if an earthquake or tsunami should occur.

Thank you to everyone for taking part!

Fantastic Support from Local Business's for Dads 'N Drags Fundraiser

A big round of applause to our fantastic and generous major sponsors for the Dads N' Drag Home & School fundraiser from Saturday night.

We are so lucky to live in such a generous community, our event could not have been possible without you all.

Thank you to all of these awesome local businesses!

MCM Contracting
Mainland Ground Spreading
Brosnan Refrigeration Ltd
Tickled Pink Hair Studio
Southern Wide Oamaru
Battery Auto Electric
Hyslop Groundspread
Mathers Jewellery & Time Ltd
Beauty on Eden
Plunket Electrical

Dads 'N Drags Home and School Fundraiser a Success!

A big thank you to everyone who supported the Home and School Dads 'N Drag fundraiser! Especially all the wonderful sponsors listed below and also the people behind the scenes, the Steel family, Raelene Guthrie, Kimberley Marris, Linda Direen, Kimberley Mavor, Leigh Steel and Eugene Dupu for your help on the night.

It was a fantastic evening and the biggest thank you of all must go to all the guys who dressed up and put themselves out there for the event! Thanks also to Elizabeth Prentice, our photographer for the evening.

Congratulations to the following winners:

Winner 🥇
Chris Cant

Runner up 🥈
Tim Hitchcock

Poise and Deportment 🏅
Jonathan Carter

People's Choice 🏆
Tim Hitchcock

💥Sponsors💥

MCM
Mainland Ground Spreading
Brosnan Refrigeration
Tickled Pink
Southern Wide Real Estate
Battery Auto Electric
Hyslop Groundspread
Mathers' Jewellery & Time
Beauty on Eden
Plunket Electrical
Oamaru Sports & Outdoors
The Veterinary Centre
Snap Fitness
Soul, Surf & Skate
Countdown
New World South Hill
Vivo
The Tool Shed
Preens
Repco
Liquorland
Cooper & Hunt Dental
Paperplus
NZ Rugby
North Otago Rugby
North Otago Pharmacy
Oamaru Pharmacy
So Serene Beauty
Beauty on Eden
Tyreland
North Otago Motor Group
Riverstone Country
Kurow Auto Services Ltd
Sublime Wine Kurow
Aoraki Court Mt Cook
Health 2000
Farmlands
NZ Real Pet Food
Juicy Vista
Warbirds Wanaka
Sanctum Grove Equine
Agricentre South Ltd
Guthrie Bowron
Mckeown Petroleum
Oamaru Honda
Stihl Shop
Valley Views Glamping

New Zealand ShakeOut Whakahaumaru Aotearoa

New Zealand ShakeOut Whakahaumaru Aotearoa

ShakeOut is held across the world to remind people of the right action to take during an earthquake — Drop, Cover and Hold — and to practise a tsunami hīkoi (evacuation) if in a coastal area.

A reminder that our national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi, is taking place this Thursday 17 October 2019 at 1.30pm!

SKC place well at National Tournaments

We hope everyone has had a fantastic holiday! We know some of our athletes certainly have!

Well done to our Trapshooters, Boys Basketball Top 5 Team and also Liam Direen who all competed at National Tournaments during the holidays.

In the Trapshooting:

Clark Ewing placed 1st (gold) in the NZ Postal Shoot Championships with a score of 197.

Corbyn Hocken, Jack Murphy, Clark Ewing qualified to shoot in the NZ Regional Teams Match and won 3rd in New Zealand.

Jack Murphy and Joel Klenner qualified for the shoot off for NZ Single Rise Championships, Joel achieved his 50 long run badge.

Corbyn Hocken won 2nd place individual in the New Zealand Triples Event.

Corbyn Hocken and Clark Ewing won 3rd in the 2 person New Zealand National Skeet Event.

Corbyn Hocken and Clark Ewing won 2nd in the North Island 2 person National Skeet Event.

Clark Ewing qualified to represent the South Island in the Inter Island National Skeet Event.

Our Boys basketball team finished a close second in their final at the National ‘A’ Tournament. Also a big congratulations to Paea Fifita and Jack Andrew who were both selected in the Tournament Team.

Liam Direen finished a very credible 5th place in the U15 age group at the Squash Nationals held up in Auckland at the National Squash Centre.

Well done everyone!

Dads 'N Drag Fundraiser- Get your Tickets!

More tables are now up for grabs for the Dads 'N Drag Home and School Fundraiser tomorrow night!

Doors open at 6.45pm for a 7.30pm start. This dress rehearsal showed it will be a guaranteed great night of entertainment, with continuous supper and a free courtesy van for the end of the night.

Phone Rachel on 027 4501 833 to secure your tickets!

SVA Service Award Programme

Proud to be part of the SVA Service Award Programme!

This is a free nationwide framework that recognises volunteering efforts of Secondary school students.

Top 5 Boys Basketball- footage from Nationals 2019

Some footage of our Top 5 Boys Basketball team who are competing at Nationals this week.

They've had 3 from 3 so far beating Hillmorton 91-63, Te Aroha 87-80 and Hornby 104-71.

Their game against the North Island champions Opunake, will be live streamed at 2.15pm this afternoon.

You can watch it here:

https://livestream.com/i-filmsport

Good luck boys! 🏀🏀🏀

Corbyn Hocken Aiming at 2 NZ Titles

Corbyn Hocken was busy over the weekend and this week competing for national titles in both basketball and trapshooting.

Well done to our Trapshooting team, full results to follow. All the best to our Basketball Boys for the remainder of the week, and also to Liam Direen who is competing at Squash Nationals.

Click here to read more:

http://www.oamarumail.co.nz/uncategorized/skc-pupil-aiming-at-two-nz-titles/