Music Festival

Marian House has scooped the awards in the house choir section of the annual music festival.

1979 1st XV Rugby Reunion

On Saturday 20th June, Verdon College played host to the 1979 Marist College 1st XV Rugby Team as they gathered for their reunion. They supported our 1st XV as they played Gore High School in the Highlander's competition.

Holiday Travel Plans

With term holidays approaching and a number of families planning to travel, both overseas and around NZ, the College is aware of the threat posed by the swine flu epidemic, particularly the risk posed by travellers returning as potential carriers.

At this stage, the Ministry of Health’s advice is that if staff and students are well and symptom free after returning from an affected area overseas they can return to school and do not need to remain at home for any period after arriving back in the country, or back to the home city. However, this may change in the coming weeks and families need to plan for this possibility.

The risk is that if an infected student returns to school and is in contact with other students and staff for even a day, the whole College could be asked to close for a week.

The College asks you to carefully monitor your family’s health closely as you return from overseas, or your trip within New Zealand, and if there are even the slightest flu symptoms, do not send your son or daughter back to school until you have first telephoned to check with your doctor, or alternatively check through the MOH Healthline 0800 611 116.

Pandemic Planning

Verdon College is taking pandemic planning seriously but hopefully it will not come to this! A new set of web pages have been added, under the links section, to make available more information to the Verdon community.

The College will be following the recommendations of the local Medical Officer of Health when any decisions are being made about student attendance. We will try to make sure that disruptions to student learning are kept to a minimum.

Please make sure that family contact information is current. The office need at least two people who could be contacted in the event of sickness or school closure.

The Verdon Online service, using Google Apps, will be available to students and staff who are not sick and would like to work from home in the event of a school closure. Students will need to make sure they have a current password well in advance of such an event.

Road Works Complete

It is a pleasure to report that roadworks blocking the College entrance for most of term one have been completed. The result is a freshly sealed street frontage. One of the benefits of the work is the addition of a second cycle lane which will increase the level of safety for those who bike to school.

Road Works Notice

The Rockdale Road entrance to Verdon College is currently blocked due to road works. For student safety during the construction period, the buses have been re-directed to Onslow Street and Tweed Street entrances. Parents are asked to drop students at the Onslow Street gate and allow them to walk onto the grounds as there is limited parking and turning space at the end of the drive.

Powhiri - Welcome

New staff and students were warmly welcomed into the Verdon College family with a powhiri. The year 7 students were greeted by seniors as part of the peer support programme which will continue during the first term.