Page 15 - Principal's Newsletter Term 2 2018
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RUGBY REPORT
This term has been very busy me the highlights were the Next term we have our last
with rugby season in full win against Te Aute and the Interschool fixture, against
swing from week one. The gritty performance against Lindisfarne College. It will be
1st XV came back from a HUGE players from Wesley the last one for the year 13
successful South Island tour College. boys. Make the most of your
during the holiday, winning The Junior teams in the opportunity! We are also
all three games. They won meanwhile ticked along in hosting Warwick School from
two of their three Interschool their Saturday morning England from the 10 to 12
fixtures, beating Christ’s competitions. The Whites and August. Both the 2nd XV and
College and HIBS and a loss Green matching up against 1st XV will play and we need
against Wanganui Collegiate. their bigger opponents have billets for 45 boys around
Good performances against given a good account of those dates. Have a good
Feilding High School, St themselves so far. The White break and come and support
Paul’s Collegiate and Wesley team are currently first on the the 1st XV against St Peter’s
College capped off a good table with the Greens in third College on the last Sunday of
term. It was hard work for the position. It is play - off time the holidays.
2nd XV/ Development team. next term and we wish both Lastly, a big thank you to all
They were up against it most teams good luck. the coaches, managers and
games but must be credited supporters.
for gutsy performances. For
Viva and Wellington Big Sing
After arriving in Wellington, infected all the choir to the left first in ‘Le Masina
we were swiftly ushered to members quickly. It was time E.’ However, we were
our seats to enjoy a morning to show the other choirs in confident that we could give
full of choral entertainment the Wellington region that we an outstanding performance.
from the other choirs in the could make magic. All our We harvested the fruits of our
morning session at Big Sing. practices had lead up to labour. It was so rewarding to
This is always a worthwhile these 10 minutes on stage. hear our singing bouncing off
experience and is thoroughly We walked briskly when were the walls inside the Michael
enjoyed by all members of called out of the theatre, we Fowler centre. We were
Viva. Every year we come girls careful not to trip over extremely pleased with how
away having heard fantastic our choir dresses. After a we performed, even more so
numbers such as the short warm up, some deep when we heard that our
infamous “Fascinating breaths in and out and a pep singing had been moving
Rhythm” which ultimately end talk from Mrs van Deventer, enough to bring a tear to the
up as an unofficial part of all we lined up back stage and eyes of both Mrs Cheetham
members of Viva’s repertoire filed on through, Mrs Van D’s and Mrs Thompson - Mrs van
and have the opportunity to last instruction to ‘smile, have Deventer we will have to
learn an observe more fun’! work on! Once the applause
technical pointers that we can Being on stage felt very had finished, we filed off the
apply to our own singing. exposing and it took a lot of stage and reclaimed our
Finally, saving the best until energy and concentration to comfy seats.
last, Viva performed as the put together everything that With our performance out of
last choir of the Morning we had been working on for the way, it was time for lunch,
session.
the last few weeks, whether it arguably one of the
To be honest, none of us was to accent the second highlights of the day (to be
could really sit still during the beat in ‘Te Deum’, or to not fair the day is always all
performance before we had breathe between the words highlights). Splitting off into
to leave our seats. The ‘eyes’ and ‘on’ in ‘Hushabye small groups, we were
nervous excitement had Mountain’, or to start moving released into the wild CBD to
