Waterpolo

Congratulations to Hannah Lieshout (Left) and Grace Dowling (Right) who have both been selected to represent Southland at the Waterpolo Nationals in Wellington to be held during the first weekend of the school holidays. Well done to both girls and we wish them well.

Dan Davin Competition

Photo L - R: Matt Short, Emma Borland, Emily Lough

At the annual Dan Davin Competition four Verdon College students made it into the final of the Secondary School Students Short Story Writing Competition. In a field of over 40 entries, Matt Short, Amber Hilton (both year 13), Emily Lough (Year 12), made the final 10, while Emma Borland year 13, earned third place. We are extremely proud of our senior writers. The competition was judged by NZ Writer and Poet, James Norcliffe. A big thank you must also go to Mrs Crawford and Ms Whatley for the support they provided in preparing our students for this competition.

Powhiri for New Principal

Today the school welcomed our new Principal, Jarlath Kelly, with a powhiri held in the school hall.

Year 7 & 8 Speech Competition

On Friday 20 August the year 7 & 8 students heard the finalists in this year's year 7 & 8 Speech Competition. All students who competed had prepared well and had speeches of a very high standard. Three students re-presented their speeches on Monday 23 August and the winners were Tapani Maka at Year 7 and Andrew Miles at Year 8. Well done to both the winners.

We wish them well for the Southland finals being held at Verdon College in the Pavilion on Tuesday 31 August 2010.

Rock n Roll Competitions

Congratulations to Emma Morton a year 8 student who recently competed in the South Island Rock n Roll competitions. Emma was placed 3rd in the Junior section and also received a 2nd place in the best dressed section. Well done Emma.

Swimming Records Broken

Congratulations to Liam Cullen who last weekend broke three Southland records, with two of them in the same race, at the Wharenui Winter Olympics. Competing in the 100m Breaststroke Liam broke the 50m 10/11 year record with his split time of 38.38 (old record held by Michael Keen since 1994, 40.72) and then continued on to break the 100m record for the 10/11 year boys in a time of 1.26.65 (breaking old record held by Cameron Murphy since 1998, 1.29.45).

Liam followed up this swim in the evening in the final by lowering the 100m time again to 1.27.36. He was also very close to breaking the 200m Breaststroke record just missing the required time of 3.07.72 with his time being 3.08.21.

Patronal Day 2010

Images from the Patronal Day Mass, held at St Theresa's on Thursday 12 August 2010.

During term three student's have been involved in making projects/drama/music as part of the Religious Education Fair. These were all judged during last week and at the end of Mass the following were awarded with certificates and prizes for their efforts:

Year 7 Awards:

Poster: Harrison Roderique; Illustrated Passage: Kate Nally; 3D Display: Charlotte Frampton and Brittany Prentice and Laura Tolmacheva. Drama: Jean-Martin Fabre, Liam van Eden, Jack Baird, Kyle Brown and Andrew Reid.

Year 8 Awards:

Poster: Alasdair O'Reilly; Illustrated Passage: Andrew Miles; 3D-Display: Meg Kelly and Hannah Lieshout.

Year 9 Awards:

Poster: Oliver McLean; 3D Display: Brenna O'Neil and Tanisha Morgan-Wohlers; 9/10 Music: Gabe and Josef Winders; 9 Written Research: Clarissa Koroiadi.

Year 10 Awards:

Poster: Jayden Crooks; 3D Display: Katherine Edwards and Hannah Grindlay, Eilish Duggan and Melissa Webb; Illustrated Passage: Kelsi Ridden; Technology: Sarah Hughes; Music: Ben Simpson and Sammy Seau; Written Research: Taylor LeBreton.

Well done to all the above students.