with the whole school invited to activities at intervals and lunchtimes. The top attraction was the Bake Sale and Sausage Sizzle; the Leadership Committee combined with the Service Committee for this event. This was a fundraiser for BounceBack4Syria, which provides sports equipment for young Syrian children to help them build resilience. Challenging leadership games involving teamwork were held on the Quad on Monday lunchtime; Old Boys Louis Gunn and Zach Gallagher came in to talk informally about leadership and chatted about how each student could develop his own leadership style and confidence. The Year 12 Emerging Leaders Conference also took place this week, with more than 600 young leaders from around the Canterbury region. This year we added a few extra features to the already great event; the Kapa haka opened for a strong mihi whakatau and there was a student voice panel on Ma¯ori leadership, with a student-led MC. We were honoured by the presence of great speakers like Abbas Nazari and Emily Seebohm as well as all the students who attended different leadership workshops.
Inspired mini-conference, where 200 students from different primary and intermediate schools were invited to College for a day of speakers and workshops. The theme for the day was about inspiring young leaders to work collaboratively to make a difference, highlighting the importance of working together for the greater good, making connections and leading by example while encouraging others. I’d like to thank all committee members this year for putting in the mahi: Charlie Poulter, Ed Davidson, George Brakenridge, George Cochrane, Hugh Duston, Nick Wilson, Sam Shelling, Tom Foster and Wilby Cameron. To Matt Cortesi, it has been a pleasure working with you and you have truly guided me to be at my best this year. Finally, I can see next year’s Head of committee, Tom Foster leading with great pride and integrity. You’ve got this – and take all the opportunities you can. Oli Aikawa Head of Character & Leadership CHAPEL CHOIR At the beginning of the year, I made it a goal of mine to continue to improve the culture within the Chapel Choir and perform at our highest standard. Writing this at
the conclusion of the year, I am proud this has been achieved. Unfortunately, 2022 saw a slow start, with Covid-19 restrictions preventing school Chapel services from taking place for some time. Despite this, we continued to rehearse as a choir, albeit quickly realising how difficult it was to sing while wearing face masks. On top of the mask mandates, further restrictions meant we also had to rehearse outdoors for a good portion of the first term – a new experience for all of us. Despite these challenges, we continued to develop as a choir, both in ability and in relationships with each other, with the seniors forming valuable friendships with the juniors. While it is hugely overstated, it is certainly true that the difficulties we faced at the beginning of the year allowed us to become a more cohesive unit and, as a result, we managed to produce some incredible music.
At the Big Sing competition in Christchurch, we performed Benedictus by Mozart with a unique harpsichord and string
accompaniment which earnt us the award for Best Performance of a Classical Work. Additionally, we sang the College waiata Te Whakapono Ki Te Atua , which was written for the choir by the Puanaki wha¯nau. Although not being named in the
In addition, Term 4 saw the reappearance of the Year 7 Be
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