Creativity Abounds
This happy little fellow was made by Danielle in Year 9 Materials (Textiles) Technology.
Everyone designed and made their own masterpieces which ranged from turtles, dogs and cats to dressmakers’ dummies decked out with draped fabric lace and flowers.
Artist, and former SCC student, Rosalie Jurczenko demonstrates the art of art
Thank you to all the students, parents, staff, Lions Club of Wellington Host members, businesses and friends who assisted with our recent Art, Craft and Ethnic Food Fair. We raised over $3000 which we will use to benefit the students.
Don’t forget that we can still earn some funds for the college via any purchase you make at Jo Luping Design Store in the Willis Street Village. When you buy something (it has a huge variety of gifts) say you are from St Catherine’s College, Kilbirnie, and they will donate 10% of the sale to the college. At the end of each month until 30 September 2012 they will tally the sales made and donate the 10% into our school funds. The store is at Shop 6, 142 Willis Street, Wellington.
Mr Mac shows how it's done
Rachel Duignan, Sports captain for 2012 was in action on February 28th at the swimming sports at the WRAC. There was healthy competition between the houses. Sadly, following the national trend many students didn’t participate because they haven’t been taught to swim.
Volleyball 2012
Successful at beating Otaki College 3-0, St Catherine’s College were all smiles and happy to be placed 11th out of 20 teams at the Wellington Regional Secondary School Volleyball Championship.
On Wednesday 21st March, St Catherine’s College 13 Media Studies students’ were given the opportunity to participate in the “Censor for a Day” program, run by the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
This was a full day trip in which students got to meet Kate Ward, Information and Policy Manager, who explained the censorship laws in New Zealand and introduced the criteria used when rating a film. Students go to view a film, which is yet to be released in New Zealand and had to apply the laws and the criteria. This program was an extremely valuable educational exercise for Media Studies students, and linked closely to the current Year 13 topic, considering current issues in the media.
On Thursday the 8th of March, Year 12 & 13 Digital Designers from St Catherine’s College took part in the Te Papa exhibition and educational workshop “Unveiled: 200 Years of Wedding Fashion”.
This was a fun and interactive afternoon in which students’ got to sketch beautiful garment designs and learn to examine and discuss the design elements of historical and contemporary wedding garments – all contributing to their NCEA internal and external assessment this year.
Students’ were also given the wonderful opportunity to put their own creative design ideas in place by creating a wedding fashion project runway.
“A great way to see the students’ thinking about their design ideas and come away feeling inspired“
- Ms Gould, Teacher
Monday, March 12th was special for St Catherine’s for more than one reason. For most, it was the celebration and welcome to our new Principal, Mrs Curran. For several of our School Captains, though, it was also an opportunity to participate in the annual Commonwealth Day Observance, an ecumenical service held at Wellington Cathedral. Anne Isaac, Grace Jansen, Pauline Cinco and Caira Uy represented the school in the procession of Commonwealth flags that opened and closed the service. This year, the service took on special meaning as it is the 60th Jubilee of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and this was acknowledged by many of the speakers. The theme of the service was “Connecting Cultures” and, as part of the service, we were treated to a magnificent Indian classical dance, as well as prayers and addresses by people from all different nationalities and faiths. The attached photos show Anne in the flag procession, and the girls with African drummer, Sam Manzana, after the service.
