Friday, 26 February 2010

Academic Assembly


NCEA Level 2 Excellence
Timothy Lindsay & Patrick Stone

NCEA Level 1 Excellence
Meg Prendergast

NCEA Level 2 Merit
Emma Borland
Amber Hilton
Ryan Jones
Stephen McDowell
Emily Mason
Charles More
Atrayl Elliott Roderique
Logan Simpson
Patrick Wilkes

NCEA Level 1 Merit
Kadin Boyle
Connor Chamberlain
Alex Dunn
Cindy Forde
William Gorton
Megan Grace
Holly Harrex
Jack Kelly
Olivia King
Kris Leatherby
Rebecca Lieshout
Emily Lough
Andrew Ridden
Jessica van Rossum
Raymond Whaanga

Verdon Tri-Teams at Cromwell

Images from the successful Secondary Schools Tri-Competition held at Cromwell.
Yr 9 mixed team: 1 hr 12.27 sec..
Yr 10 boys: 1 hr 16.
Thank you to Claire and Keiran O'Neill for co-ordinating everyone.
The participants had a great time and the weather and conditions were marvellous..


Verdon represented on Praise Be

The Praise Be television programme was recorded in First Church on Wednesday night. Megan and Nina Gooding played in the Brass Band and several Panache members sang in the massed congregational choir. Mrs Di Lenihan was conductor and Mr Alan Menzies was the organist.

Panache Choir items were recorded on Thursday afternoon.

The Invercargill Praise Be programme will be broadcast on TV1 on Sunday 11 April at 8am. There will also be some items from the Invercargill recording session played the following Sunday, 18 April.

Monday, 22 February 2010

Track and Field Skills

Junior students have been making good use of the fine weather to develop their athletics skills in preparation for the athletics sports day next Tuesday. The event will be held at Surrey Park. Caregivers and supporters are most welcome to join us at the park. The cancellation date is the following Thursday.

7SC Korowai

Members of Mrs Cockroft's year 7 class proudly display their class korowai. This is a symbol of the unity and teamwork they have displayed as a new class group. Mr Olsen and members of Whae Hinehou's year 8 Maori class were invited to the unveiling and blessing.

Friday, 19 February 2010

Ash Wednesday Images

New Computers in Room 6

Eager students have been helping with the setup of $40,000 worth of new computers upgrading the machines in room 6. The computers are being configured by Focus Computers and will be commissioned for use next week.