Bishop's Shield – 12th August to 14th August
Imagine this... four schools competing throughout a weekend of fun, excitement, hyper competition and even better, making new friends and forming bonds with others. All this packed into three extremely quick days and still, it is a time that you would never forget.
Bishop's Shield is a public speaking competition between four Catholic schools for points and to compete for trophies. If your school has the most points overall by the end of the weekend, you win the beautiful Bishop's Shield.
Our journey began on Friday at 2:30pm on the dot; we all met outside with everything we needed ready for Dunedin. Everyone was pumped and excited to experience the Bishop's Shield. We stayed at the stunning Burns Lodge in Mosgiel for the next three days. That night we had to be at the Welcome at 7.00pm sharp. After dinner we rushed off to Kavanagh College for the ceremony. Isabella Gordon-Glassford did her amazing, prepared speech.
On Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and ready to load into the vans for a big day of cheering on, performing, speaking, and debating. Everyone was so excited to be a part of these events. St Peter’s first event on Saturday was the Junior Debate at 11:00am with Mikee Omega, Anna- Rose Shaw, and Grace Abernethy. It was amazing to watch and a hard topic, too. Time flew by and before we knew it, it was lunch time so we all headed down to the canteen for some sandwiches and a stroll through the mall. Soon enough we found ourselves back in the auditorium ready to watch the Senior Debate and let us tell you, it was one intense debate. Then it came time for Impromptu Speech where Seba Metzler did an outstanding speech about Fair Play and took first place. A lovely Mass soon followed, celebrated by Father Hook.
After dinner came the amazing Drama. The Junior performance was outstanding, hilariously funny, and amazing improvising when their music started skipping. Senior Drama was amazing too and was such an awesome storyline with some great expressions on all the faces. I think it was just our luck their drama music started skipping too. However it was an amazing way to finish the night and we are all so proud of them for their improvisation and determination. The whole crowd loved it!
Sunday, August 3rd, and our last day. As we wake up, pack our bags, and say goodbye to Burns Lodge, we jumped into the school vans at 8:30am ON THE DOT (Mr Terry made that very clear) we head to Kavanagh for the Junior and Senior Scripture and Closing Ceremony and the best part, Prizegiving. As we got through the day it was truly clear that this magical time was sadly ending. As lunch came around a very intense rap battle occurred (while we also made great use of the basketball hoop). We headed into the hall for the Closing Ceremony and the Prizegiving. We walked out of there happy, tired, and sad that it was over. We loaded up the vans to head home and we said goodbye and thank you to Kavanagh for this wonderful time. Oh, and of course we had to stop at the Night and Day diary before we left.
It was a truly awesome and unforgettable experience and on behalf of all the students who participated we would like to thank Mrs Quinney, Mr Terry, Mr Ryan, Mrs Ryan, Mr Blakie, Mrs Pearce, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Sorrell, and Mrs Kelly for all the hard work and time that they put in to make us look and feel our best on the stage. We truly could not have done it without you all. We all thought that it was an awesome and fun time, and we thank you all for that.
Aria Wilson and Grace Abernethy, Year 9
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Abby Gutschlag A great effort from our scripture readers today with some tough competition. Well done to Abby Gutschlag, our Commitment servant leader, who stayed "committed" through sickness and absences to gain second in the questions section. | Aria Wilson Junior Scripture; well done to Aria Wilson for coming in third in her very first attempt! | Isabella Gordon-GlassfordIsabella Gordon-Glassford came second with her speech on Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, "Rerum Novarum". |
Abby Gutschlag
Aria Wilson
Isabella Gordon-Glassford
Isabella Gordon-Glassford came second with her speech on Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, "Rerum Novarum".
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Molly Gray | Daniel Kovarski | Bonnie Miller |
Molly Gray
Daniel Kovarski
Bonnie Miller
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Anna-Rose Shaw | Grace Abernethy | Mikee Omega |
Anna-Rose Shaw
Grace Abernethy
Mikee Omega
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Seba Metzler Congratulations to Seba Metzler for winning the Impromptu Speech. The topic was "Fair Play" and his very clever performance took the house down! | Senior Drama Team Our senior drama team pulled off an excellent performance with an 80's jazzercise theme with only four days of preparation due to last minute personnel and coach changes! So grateful to our coach and students for never giving up! Well done to Bella Topp, Marielle Penus, Liana Abuel, Macy Scoles and Samantha Marsh. | From Left: Bonnie Miller, Daniel Kovarski, Molly Gray, Laura Thomas (Teacher). |
Seba Metzler
Senior Drama Team
MathsWeek 2022
Maths classes in Year 7 & 8 were a hive of activity last week, as students participated in a number of MathsWeek activities.
Congratulations to the following students, in the different competitions:
Postcards – Ben Topp, Lia Soriano, Lauren Love
Keno Numbers/ Numbers all around us – Amy Davidson-Watts, Addison McGarry
MathsWeek website: various challenges – Melissa Steeghs, Mason Newton, Fagan Bryan
With more than 200 entries, from students and staff, congratulations to Hannah McKee, (photo to the right) who guessed the correct number of jellybeans - 208.
Unfortunately, due to staff absences, and Years 9 & 10 students rostered home during the week, some activities did not run. Roll on MathsWeek in 2023.
Carolyn Hunter
HELA Mathematics
SMAC Maths Competition Winners
On Friday, 12th August, the Year 7's gathered together to participate in our annual Maths Week Quiz. The students worked in teams of four to answer a variety of maths problems. The room was abuzz with mathematical talk and there was much excitement to see who would come out on top.
The engagement of all was outstanding and it even came down to a tie-breaker for second place. Congratulations to everyone for their participation and postitive attitude. Maths was the winner on the day.
Julie Burrows and Eileen McCabe
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| This year's winning team was Max Wiegersma, Finn Breen, Jack Wilkins, Josh White | Second place - Anya Erskine, Addison McGarry, Maddie Chittock, Julia Morus |
