August 29
Classics Competition
Because of the re scheduling of our Open Night to Tuesday 23rd, we were only able to enter one of our teams in the Otago Classics Quiz held at the University of Otago.
But what a team it was! The four members, David Prime, David Spencer, Cameron McDonald and Jesse Bawi won the Intermediate section of the competition with an amazing score of 42 out of a possible 42. Their score even beat the winners of the junior secondary competition (LPHS) who were participating in the same competition. The cup is now proudly displayed in the school foyer. Congratulations to our very knowledgeable boys.
Student Achievement
David Spencer (Room 6) heard about the World Wildlife Fund at school in last year's speech competition and decided he really liked the approach of acquiring habitat for endangered animals. He saved up some pocket money and sponsored a moose. He then talked his church youth group into fundraising for the WWF and together they sponsored some tigers. This year, he saw in the paper people who shaved their heads to raise money for cancer. He decided that was something he could do, and so he started getting sponsors. Last month was the big day when he had his head shaved in the middle of winter (and he had a lot of hair), and started to collect from his sponsors. Last week he got the last of the money in, and was delighted to see he had raised $505 for WWF. That's more than 80 weeks pocket money for him.
David and his parents sent his story to the WWF New Zealand office. They were tickled to hear about him, and sent him an email making him an official WWF supporter. They also plan to send him a special certificate to acknowledge his efforts.
August 15
Tim Adler (captain) and James Adler's U13A Boys Otago Basketball Team finished in 2nd place to Canterbury A at the South Island Premiership Tournament Aug 4-8 in Nelson. They were undefeated going into the final. The team has now qualified to compete in the BBNZ U13 National Tournament in Napier in October.
August 8
Tim Adler has been selected by Basketball New Zealand to attend the 2012 Koru Tour as a member of the U14 Boys Squad. The tour will provide high quality basketball games against international opponents at the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup in Albury, NSW. James Adler has been selected for the Reserves at this time.
Cameron Scott and Tim Adler played on the Otago Representative 12th Grade Football Blue Team that finished 2nd place (out of 20 teams) at the Japan Cup in Ashburton over the holidays. James Adler played in the Otago Representative 12th Grade Football Gold team that finished in 12th place.
August 1
Isabel Locker (Room 6) and Mira Neuman (Room 8) have made it onto the Collier A Hockey team (U13 Otago Girls)
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July 11
Red Sock / Leadership Day
Last Friday students gathered in their House Groups to learn about leadership and to participate in DNI’s first leadership day. The day culminated in a special assembly where each house presented their findings to the other house groups.
Our first Peter Blake Leadership award was presented to Tayla Richardson by Keran Maynard of Westpac Bank, the sponsor of the awards throughout New Zealand. Tayla has demonstrated her leadership in a number of ways during her time at DNI. Last year she led her class, Room 13, in a school wide can drive for the people of Christchurch after the first earthquake.
This year she organised a class camp at Quarantine Island for her class and she is very busy with the Environmental Group. Tayla gets involved and follows through her ideas with actions. She leads by example. We think that this makes her a good leader, worthy of this award.
Art Awards
The prize giving for the Otago Youth Art Awards was held last Friday evening. Special congratulations to Caitlyn Kilner, whose work won first prize in the 11 – 13 year old section, and Liam O’Brien who was third in the same section.
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July 4
Extra Spelling Quiz
This quiz was held last week at Tahuna Normal Intermediate. There were 60 teams competing for the honours and amongst those were our four teams: DNI 1 Erica Stedman, Aria Nader-Turner and Charlotte Dickie, DNI 2 David Prime, Lawrence Brett and Tanya Findlater, DNI 3 Oscar LaDell, Isabel Locker and Carmen Heinze-Farrington and DNI 4 Lydie Leurquin, Katharine Woolrych and Beth Fitchett.
Teams were given words to spell, proofreading exercises, questions about the derivation of words and dictionary skills. The competition was extremely close with our talented DNI 3 team finishing just one point behind the winning teams with a score of 97 out of a hundred. An amazing score which in other years may well have been a winning one.
The other three teams also finished extremely well. DNI 1 scored 93, DNI 2 scored 89 and DNI 4 scored 90 putting all teams in the top half of the competition. Well done to all the participants in this quiz. The competition just getting into the teams to represent DNI was tough.
Otago Art Society Youth Art Awards
Congratulations to the following students who have contributed art to this exhibition which will be held at the gallery at the Dunedin Railway Station. The pieces will be judged this week with the Prize Giving on Friday evening at 5:30 and the exhibition continuing throughout the week.
- Nikolas Kalmakoff
- Lawrence Brett
- Jacinta Boock
- Grace Fogavai
- Young Kim
- Summer Coombes
- Ella Yianett
- Isabel Locker
- Isaiah Holman
- Georgia Phillips
- Caitlyn Kilner
Student Achievement
Cameron Scott (Room 8), James Adler (Room 16) and Tim Adler (Room 16) have made it into the 12th Grade Otago Representative Football team. About 50 boys trialled for two teams. A and B teams will be formed from the chosen squad.
Mikaire Schooner (Room 8) made the Under 48kg Otago Rugby Team and Scott Oldham (Room 8) made the Under 38kg Otago Rugby Team. They played three trial games at Waikouaiti yesterday.
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June 20
Mane Marshall (Room 3) plays for the Gold Rep Rugby Team. He participated in a tournament held at Millers Flat yesterday and is hoping to get into the Under 11 Otago Rugby Team.
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May 9
James and Tim Adler (Room 16), and Cameron Scott (Room 8) were members of the Boys U13 Otago Development Basketball Gold Team which brought home the U13 Boys Trophy from the Easter Tournament in Timaru over the holidays in Term 1. Poppy Schlaadt (Room 10) competed in the Otago U13 Girls Development Team.
Tim Adler participated in New Zealand Football’s National Talent Centre programme in Oamaru during the second week of the holidays. Tim was one of only 3 twelfth grade boys from Dunedin invited.
James Adler and Tim Adler have also been selected for the Otago Representative U13A Basketball Team for 2011.