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Newsletter No Stage Challenge 2014 Awards we won... Excellence for Costuming Excellence for Visual Enhancement (hair and makeup) Excellence for Choreography Excellence for Stage Use Excellence for Stage Crew Excellence for Environmental and Social Awareness First Place (Southland Otago Champions) Newsletter No. 7 23 May 2014 Newsletter Principal: Grant Dick [email protected] www.csc.school.nz Phone 03 236 7646 - Fax 03 236 7645 - Grange Street, P O Box 94, Winton Editorial This Sunday the annual mud bath, “Muddy Buddy”, takes place once again! This was very successful last year and has once again proven popular with a flood of entries from various parts of the country. Thanks go to the many volunteers who make this event possible. Congratulations to all those involved in the 2014 Stage Challenge. For the fourth time in 5 years our school came away the victors which is an awesome achievement. Our students presented themselves extremely well both on and off the stage. Next Friday 30th May the school will be closed for instruction as all the teachers from rural schools are meeting for a combined professional development day. We will be involved in workshops around the vocational pathways, curriculum development and shared professional vision. We are extremely proud of Callum Findlater and Ashleigh Hoten-Walker who have been selected as youth representatives on the Winton Community Board. This is the first board to appoint youth representatives and will give our young people a voice in local body politics. It is also a great learning opportunity for both of these students. Nga Mihi Grant Dick Principal Teacher Only Day School will be closed for a Teacher Only Day on Friday 30 May. All Southland rural schools are combining with a focus on vocational pathways and curriculum development. Stage Challenge – Winners Again On Monday 12 May 130 students and 5 staff travelled to Invercargill to perform in the Stage Challenge Otago University Information Evening (including College of Education) Competition. We had 110 students on stage and 20 for Year 13 students and parents backstage crew and we were the biggest team entered Tuesday 27 May 7.00 pm - 8.30 pm (by about 50 students)! Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill The theme for this year was ‘Decision Making’ and how, what can look like a good choice at the time, may not be in the long run. We based it on a “Pick a Path” storybook. Our item was really fun, colourful and A Date for Your Diaries!! Dr Seuss-like in presentation. It was very different Central Southland College will be celebrating its 50th to the other schools as we focussed on being Jubilee at Labour Weekend 2015. entertaining, energetic and positive. Pre-registration forms are now available on our Jubilee website The team have been working on this since February www.csc50thjubilee.co.nz or from and staff and students have put in some huge hours, the College office. so it was a real team effort. Further information can be obtained by emailing We have won the overall trophy for 4 out of the [email protected] or last 5 years – a huge feat when up against the bigger contacting the College. Invercargill schools. Photos and details of the awards we won are on the front page of the newsletter. Offical Stadium Opening On Friday, May 9, the Senior Boys’ Volleyball Team was invited to be part of a showcase of sport for the official opening of Stadium Southland. We were honoured to meet Prime Minister John Key at the event, and pleased he accepted our offer for a round of volleyball. The Prime Minister successfully served the ball to Verdon, passed the ball to Rowan Guise, who set Leighton van Rooijen. Leighton spiked the ball and won the point. We took the opportunity to take a ‘selfie’ with John Key, which erupted into a stampede of other students wanting to join in. The Team represented CSC and Southland exceptionally well. Alyssa Johnstone Movie Star Last term Jimmi Knapp auditioned for a short Year 9 Science film called “The Pirate Boy”. Jimmi gained the lead role! The shoot is in October. Not only that, Carmela Cudal and Jarlon Beltejar the premiere is in France, and he gets to go! learn how to dissect a sheep heart. Gemma Carter Sports News CSC Boys NZ Champions The rivalry between Todd Keown and James Dickson has continued on the Motor Cross Country circuit this year. The final round of the South Island and New Zealand competitions was held last weekend up at Grasmere in Marlborough and the boys achieved fantastic results. Todd was third in NZ and 1st in the South Island competition. James was fifth in the NZ competition and 2nd in the South Island. They teamed up with Paul Bickley from Aparima College to win the overall New Zealand Team’s Event as well. In the local competition, James was first and Todd second in Southland, with Todd winning the Otago competition and James taking second spot. This is the last year the boys will be racing in the junior competition. Next year they will be competing in the Senior events, up against CSC old boy Justin Shaw who recently won the Southland and South Island titles. Murihiku Maori Girls Netball Team Four students from CSC were picked for the Murihuku Maori Girls’ Netball Team. There was an Under 13 Team and an Under 15 Team. We had practice every Sunday from September 2013 to April 2014. On 19 April both teams flew to Auckland for a four day tournament. Each team had 10 games over two days and the other two days were bonding days. Both teams played some great netball and we all enjoyed our time in the North Island. Shay Cruickshank and Ruthy Reo Tui Waihape, Ashlee Kidd, Shay Cruickshank, Ruthy Reo College Cross Country Individual Results - Age Group Champions U13 Boys Lachlan Dudin U13 Girls Ella Wilson U14 Boys Reuban Rangikamana U14 Girls Abby Sim U16 Boys Dylan Forde U16 Girls Emily Watson O16 Boys Nathan Hammond O16 Girls Kate Wilson A huge congratulations to the overall champions: Dylan Forde (Year 10) and Abby Sim (Year 9) House Results: 1st 771 points Te Awa 2nd 684 points Te Maunga 3rd 668 points Te OneOne 4th 638 points Te Ra 5th 502 points Te Ngahere Southland Cross Country Championships A team of 27 keen runners travelled to Te Anau on Wednesday 14 May to compete in the Southland Secondary School Cross Country Championships. In perfect running conditions our students should be proud of their results, with many finishing in the top ten out of some very large fields. Our stand-out performance for the day was Dylan Forde who finished a very strong and convincing second place in the Under 16 Boys 4 km event. Notable performances were: Under 13 Girls Under 14 Boys Ella Wilson 8th Jason Allen 9th Under 14 Girls Under 16 Boys Abby Sim 5th Dylan Forde 2nd Emilia Price 6th Tyler Hamilton 11th Holly Munro 8th Kendra Wadsworth 11th Over 16 Boys Sam Dobson 8th Over 16 Girls Jake DeClifford 9th Kate Wilson 7th Southland Inter-Collegiate Shoot 11 May 2014 Results: Skeet - Robert Wilson 1st Junior Billy Smalley 2nd Junior Guy Collett 3rd Junior Luke Watson 2nd Senior Single rise – Harry Prebble 3rd Senior Point Score – Brady Hughes 1st Senior Single Barrel – Mike Schuurmans High Over All Taylor Diack 2nd Senior Mike Schuurmans Central Southland College Hoodies Check out the new CSC Hoodies! These are a generic hoodie for any team, group or individual to purchase if they wish. They have been designed to save parents money by not having to buy two, three or sometimes four different hoodies each year, for each of the teams their child belongs to. It also smartens up the sports uniform by giving CSC students a distinct and uniform identity when they are out and about. Teams wishing to purchase a bulk lot need to do this through their team managers. Initials are permitted on the hood or front corner of the waistband. (an extra $5) If teams wish to put their team name or surname on the lower back, they may do so but this will also incur additional costs. These hoodies are available for purchase at ‘The Local’ in Winton for $60. Cycling Kate Wilson competed in the C grade section of the cycling race Tour de Femme. This involved racing in two stages throughout Central Otago. Kate got 1st in the hill climb and 2nd overall. A great result, well done Kate!! The new 2014/2015 Entertainment™ Book and Entertainment™ Digital Memberships are now available! School Accounts Selling for just $55 each, buy your new Membership now and you’ll enjoy 14 The school accounts have months of value, up until 1 June 2015. The sooner you buy, the more value been sent out this week you’ll receive! and you will notice a $10 Available from the College office. Digital Learning Fee. This is some of the cost of the Learning and Management System at Central Southland College. The accounts are now due, please let the office know if you have not received one by the end of this week. If you have already paid your account, you will not receive a statement. Reminder that sports events, trips and subs are to be paid before students can participate. Those going away for Tournament week need to have their school accounts cleared beforehand. Coming Events: May 27 Otago University Information Evening Home and School 30 Teacher Only Day Meeting in the Library Wednesday 4th June at 6.00 pm June 2 Queen’s Birthday Guest Speaker.
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