Bishop’s Shield

The Annual Bishop’s Shield competition was held at Verdon College this year. St Kevin’s was the overall winner this year.

J Rock

Year 7 and 8s from Verdon College entered J Rock (Junior Stage Challenge) which was held at the Civic Theatre on Friday 27 April. Each school had to perform a 5-8 minute performance based on an original theme. We chose Sports Day. This involved many practices directed by Mrs Mason. Our dance scene was choreographed by Emily Lough. Emily was helped by Meg Prendergast and Brianna Parkes at practices.

When the performance day came we had to go to school and get on a bus at 9:20am. We had a fun filled morning with music, dancing and fun sports activities. It was then time to put our costumes on and ‘settle down’ ready for our stage performance.

Before we went on stage we had to get our faces painted in our house colour. Then it was our turn. Everyone was so excited and nervous but we did incredibly well and got 6 awards of excellence for performance skill, stage use, choreography, visual enhancement, soundtrack and concept.

Photos of the performance can be found by clicking the picture above.

Lucy Heenan and Greta Melvin

Annie

Annie was this year's school production, and you can see pictures photos from the performance by clicking on the picture to the right.

Catholic Schools’ Day

Verdon College had a mass today to celebrate Catholic Schools’ Day. Invercargill has had Catholic Education since 1867, when the first school opened in Conon Street. In 1882 Dominican Sisters arrived to support the work, and in 1897 Marist Brothers joined them. Verdon College opened its doors in 1982.

Photos of the mass can be found by clicking on the photo above.

Bluff Marae Visit

On Tuesday 20 March, 901 and 902 made a trip to the Bluff Marae. Here are some of 902's thoughts on the overnight stay.

Also check out the photos of their stay!


The trip to the marae was a new experience. I had never been to a marae before, and I must admit I wasn't really looking forward to it at first.I liked all the carvings, they were really well done with bright colours and full of stories that were interesting to hear.

Getting the crabs was fun! I caught two, a big one and a small one. I also got wet feet in the process. It was also funny listening to all the people shriek at the crabs when someone teased them with one.

I liked doing the art that night, and the games were fun as well. The games proved, once again, that girls are better than guys!

The Glory Walk the next day was hard, but fun. My legs were really sore, and we had to wait out in the cold for the bus to come.

It was a really great experience, and it was a lot better than I thought it would be.

Holly Harrex

The marae trip was different to any camp I have ever been on.

The meeting house was amazingly colourful and full of stories. The artwork was amazing, and the people's hospitality was great. It was kind of strange that both classes had to sleep in the same room, but nevertheless it wasn't a bad night's sleep. Well, apart from Hr Hartley continuously snoring!

Becky Leishout

We learned about the carvings in the meeting house, and also the patterns on the wall. In the evening we discussed the symbols and objects hanging from the roof. They were about Maui, the sun, birds, the sea, and other things.

Kadin Boyle

I liked the visit to the freezer and the crab hunting. The artwork in the marae was cool. I didn't get much sleep though, and I'm real tired now.

The marae was much better than I expected. It was a good experience. I wish it could have gone for longer because one night wasn't very long. The food was good as well.

I would love to go again.

Olivia King

Sports Day

Our annual Sports Day was held at Surrey Park again this year. Check out the photos of the event by clicking on the picture to the right.

Marcellin House Picnic

The Marcellin House Picnic was held this year at Daffodil Bay. Click on the picture on the right for photos of the event.