It's that time of year again! Verdon College's production of The Wizard of Oz will be held at Centrestage Theatre in Don St, Invercargill, on the following days:
Tickets are available from the ICC Booking Office in Esk St -- $15 for adults, $8.50 for children.
Please note that the times given in the 8 May Newsletter are incorrect.
Welcome to Peta McMillan who is the College’s newly appointed sports fit coordinator. Peta is a past student. She has just completed a sports and recreation degree, is interested in a wide range of sports and is developing her coaching skills. We are currently looking for a number of basketball coaches for College teams. If you are interested in taking one of these teams, please contact Peta at the College.
Camp Columba resounded to the excited cries of our year 9 students during the last week of term. Challenges included high ropes courses, rock climbing, abseiling, slug gun shooting and raft building. The groups rotated through eight activities. The camp was also an opportunity to reinforce the V8 values that the Verdon family hold dear. Thanks go to Miss Lyall for her organisation of the camp details, Mrs Lyall for the catering, as well as the staff and parent helpers who made the camp such a success.
During the last weekend of term the annual diocesan competition was hosted at St Kevin’s. Standout achievements were Rosmund More’s winning scripture reading and Alice McDowell’s winning prepared speech. Both of these students used their finely honed public speaking skills to produce superb quality presentations. In the drama our juniors had the audience vote with their Sponge Bob interpretation of the parable of the Good Samaritan. The senior drama was notable for Ben Wilmot’s tremendous characterisation in their performance. The team as a whole represented the College very well. Many of the students were competing in events for the first time and will bring back experiences to build on for next year.
The Southland Regional final of the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Festival of Shakespeare in Schools was held at Verdon College on Thursday 3 April.