• Hiroshima bomb survivors, Mr and Mrs Kuroda are presented with flowers
  • Making the kites.
  • Reihana Maxwell-Topia presenting the carving to Mr Cooper.
  • The Carving.

Hiroshima Peace Talk

Rosmini College

On Tuesday 6th August Rosmini College’s Year 8 students and Years 9 – 13 Japanese students gathered in the Tindall Auditorium to hear Hiroshima bomb survivors, Mr and Mrs Kuroda, share their experiences during and after the bombing of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945.

Afterwards the Japanese senior students were able to ask the couple more specific questions about the Hiroshima bombing during a special morning tea in Rosmini’s Head of Japanese Mrs Kuniko Crosby’s classroom. Mrs Crosby points out that this year “was the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb which was dropped in 1945. The students now know what exactly happened in Hiroshima in 1945 and they have had an opportunity to think about nuclear weapons and the importance of peace.”

Matariki in Science

During the first week of Term 3, the Juniors learned about Mäori science, from navigating with a star compass, planting and harvesting to the physics of kite flying.

Rosmini College’s science teacher Mrs Eleanor Snowsill says, “The boys really enjoyed making their compasses, planting their seeds and making and flying their kites.”

Basketball Scholarship

Rosmini College Old Boy, Reihana Maxwell-Topia, had a USA College Scholarship signing ceremony on Saturday 8th August in the John Copson Pavilion at 3pm. Reihana signed a full basketball scholarship to attend St Francis University in Chicago, Illinois over the next four years.

In acknowledgement of Rosmini’s support of Reihana over the years and to show their gratitude to the school, Reihana’s mother and her family presented the College with an exquisite carving and rosary which has very strong links to Bishop Pompallier. Mrs Angela Maxwell-Topia spent many hours carving this magnificent piece which Mr Cooper hopes to place in the Rosmini College School Chapel.

 


Issue 114 October-November 2020