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Student Art Exhibition

posted 16 Jul 2017, 22:00 by Megan Udy   [ updated 16 Jul 2017, 22:00 ]

Come and check out Dio's Student Art Exhibition, opening 1 August in the Piki Mahuta Centre.


Cake Art 2017

posted 1 Mar 2017, 17:18 by Georgina Hewitt   [ updated 6 Mar 2017, 13:40 ]





See the cakes up for auction here!

The cake auction will be at 12.45 pm in the Piki foyer - bring cash and pool with your friends to purchase a delicious treat.
All proceeds go to Autism NZ - please be generous! 

If you have any more questions, please ask via the Arts@Dio Facebook page!


DioNews eNewsletter Issue One

posted 20 Feb 2017, 12:44 by Debbie Stevens

Arts News & Events

Oliver! Production

We are straight into rehearsals and the Oliver cast is already looking and sounding amazing. Year 9's  Ava Downey is the lead in this spectacular musical, with many other outstanding actors, dancers, singers and musicians taking supporting roles. Make sure to purchase tickets from the school shop, on sale in March. Performance dates are 8th, 10th and 11th of April at 7.00pm, with a matinee on the 9th at 2.00pm.


Play Writing Competition

Students and Staff are encouraged to get involved with our first ever play-writing competition. To participate,  email or share with Miss Armitage (larmitage@wdsg.school.nz) a one-page play by 5 May.  A number of the best plays will be selected to be performed later in the year. This competition is open to all students and staff. So why not give it a go?


MUSIC

Recent Competition and Exam results

Year 13 student Ashleigh Smith achieved high merit in her grade 8 flute exam.

Year 10 student Lucy Thomas received four certificates in the Te Awamutu vocal competitions in term four 2016. Lucy was placed 2nd in Song in Costume, 1st in Folk Song, and was Very Highly Commended for Own Selection and Religious Solo.

Play it Strange

Class of  2016 student Mikaela Varcoe featured on the 2016 Play It Strange CD with her original song Picture to Burn. Play it Strange gives the opportunity for secondary school students to submit original songs and have their own voices and ideas heard around the county. Mikaela says it was a great to get some professional experience and make industry contacts. 
To hear Mikaela’s song and see her music video click here 


Bel Suono Choir Camp


Our Auditioned Choir, Bel Suono, had an intensive three-day camp before school started to get to know each other, learn four new songs, and get familiar with a further two songs to be ready for performances and competitions this year. They also had tutoring from Janye Tankersley and a fun talent quest on the final night. The camp concluded with a short concert for parents and staff. It was a great few days!

 NZ Secondary Students’ Choir Selection

Izzie Reid, Year 9,  has been selected for the NZ Secondary Students’ Choir, which comprises 30 boys and 30 girls, mostly from Years 11-13. This is the first time in a decade that a student has been selected at such a young age, from 250 students who auditioned.

Culinary and Design Tour 2017

On the 11th of January, 21 students and four teachers departed Dio at 1:30am to begin the Culinary and Design tour of New York and Los Angeles. The two-week tour held plenty of highlights for everyone, some of the favourites being the fountain in Central Park, our architectural boat tour on the Hudson River, and the Top of the Rock.  Central Park in winter is very beautiful, and very, very cold, especially if you forget your gloves. 

We visited the Bethesda Fountain there, which most people will know as the fountain that Chuck and Blair from Gossip Girl got married under or the fountain featured in the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. opening sequence. Needless to say, many selfies were taken with it. Another group favourite was our tour of New York’s impressive architecture, which took place on a boat travelling down the Hudson River. About an hour into the tour, it started to snow, so of course all of us ran out onto the deck of the boat to take pictures, make snowballs with the tiny amount of snow there was, and throw them at each other as hard as we could, only for them to fall apart in mid-air. 

We also went past the Statue of Liberty, cue everyone taking as many photos of the green lady as they could. One of our most favourite touristy places that we went to was the Rockefeller Center or Top of the Rock. Three very high up viewing levels and a very strange room where the lights actually follow you greeted us. Although it wasn’t the nicest day and it was rather cloudy, everyone got some fantastic photos of New York from our bird's eye view. 

In Los Angeles, we visited the Southern California Institute of Architecture, and I think everyone got a kick out of the strange shape of the building, which was only about 20m wide, and just over 400m long. All in all, the jam-packed trip held at least a few good memories for every single person, and none of us will forget it for a good long while.

Madison Troughton, Year 13





Extra Curricular Sign-ups are now Live.

posted 2 Feb 2017, 13:11 by Georgina Hewitt

The Extra Curricular Sign ups for sports and Arts have been opened. These will remain open until afterschool on Friday 10 Feb.
Please discuss the extra curricular options together as a family while filling these forms out.
Instructions for signing up are below and an electronic version of the extra curricular guide can be found here.
 

Arts and Sports Registration Process 2017



Oliver! Casting notification

posted 5 Dec 2016, 00:10 by Georgina Hewitt

WDSG Oliver! Casting notification


| Attachments: ProductionRehearsalCalendarTerm12017.pdf

Visual Arts 2016 Showcase Video

posted 1 Dec 2016, 15:22 by Georgina Hewitt   [ updated 1 Dec 2016, 15:39 ]

Visual Arts 2016 showcase video

Check out the amazing art being produced by our visual art students. So much talent!
#diolol #artwork #creative


Arts Awards 2016

posted 31 Oct 2016, 15:06 by Debbie Stevens   [ updated 31 Oct 2016, 15:31 ]


Junior Arts Honours in Dance

● Caitlin Hall 
● Greta Glover
● Jiorgia Newman-Jacobs
● Madeline Peach 

Junior Arts Honours in Kapa haka
● Ava Dunn 
● Chelsea Whittaker
● Emma Ngawhika
● Isobel Goldfinch 
● Jenna Foot 
● Ngarangi Mason 

Junior Arts Honours in Music

● Amelia Leidig
● Annaliese Fleming
● Charli Herbert 
● Charlotte Russell
● Elizabeth Chan 
● Emily Copland
● Holly Mills 
● Isabel Mallett
● Jasmine Fountaine
● Jessica Foster 
● Kate Chibnall
● Lucy Thomas
● Maia Armistead
● Maisey Li
● Megan Spring
● Nazeefah Ahmed
● Paige Landon
● Serena Yu
● Sofia Kent 
● Samantha Turnwald 

Junior Arts Honours in Oratory

● Joyce Hu
● Emily Rich

Junior Arts Honours in Performing Arts

● Alanah Roberton
● Olivia McLennan


Junior Arts Honours in more than one discipline

Drama and Music Arts Honours 
  • Charlotte O’Regan 

Oratory and Drama Honours
  • Talia Nicol

Oratory and Music Honours
  • Harper Smith

Senior Arts Honours in Dance

● Anna Cullen
● Caitlyn Ulyatt 
● Ella Morgan
● Emilie Bard
● Leah Slack
● Olivia Kerbers
● Petra Walker
● Pyper Kerr
● Sarah Booth 
● Victoria Clapcott
● Zoe Holcroft


Senior Arts Honours in Drama

● Ella Beattie
● Emily Clapcott
● Emma Spence
● Natasha Coleman


Senior Arts Honours in Kapa Haka

● Aryane Powell
● Emma Jackways 
● Tiana Thompson 

Senior Arts Honours in Music

● Alexandra McLennan
● Ari McAlley 
● Ashleigh Smith
● Chelsea Lin 
● Elizabeth Price 
● Eunice Koo
● Hannah Foster 
● Jamila Milne 
● Jane Tian 
● Jasmine Stewart
● Katherine Blow
● Kendal Scheurich 
● Kiri Crossland
● Maddison Leather
● Madisyn-Reed Barnsdall
● Marianna Kang
● Mikaela Varcoe
● Natalie Sharp
● Nina Graham
● Ocean Daniel
● Olivia Van Der Klip
● Phoebe Bedford
● Rachel Shaskey
● Rebecca McLay
● Rilee Birss
● Rosie Brooking
● Sarah Dela Rue
● Sarah Van Den Hurk
● Sophie McAllister
● Tayla Johnston 


Senior Arts Honours in Oratory

● Amy Spittal
● Charlotte McColl
● Emma Fountaine
● Emma Harris

Senior Arts Honours in Performing Arts

● Eden Halley 
● Grier Gardyne
● Hannah Hittmann
● Sydney Ensor 


Senior Arts Honours in Technical Arts

● Monique Paul
● Sabina East
● Day-Eth Smit
● Devon Bree 
● Emma Barker 
● Kess Walsh 

Senior Arts Honours in Visual Arts

● Kerry-Anne Moss
● Heather Walpole-Smith
● Kaitlin Thornton

Senior Arts Honours in more than one discipline

Music and Kapa Haka Honours 
• Caitlin Ryan 
• Jamie Bayley 
• Jaquan Nin
• Matiria Moleni

Drama and Music Honours 
• Katherine Garvey
• Olivia Thomas

Music and Technical Arts Honours
• Michelle Tiang 

Music and Visual Arts Honours 
• Phoebe Clewlow-Gibson

High Achievers Awards (Re-awarded)
URSULA BISLEY VOCAL AWARD                
  • Nazeefah Ahmed
JUNIOR VOCAL - High Achievers Concert                
  • Jasmine Fountaine
WAIKATO DIOCESAN SCHOOL MUSIC CUP for Senior Piano
  • Marianna Kang
WAIKATO DIOCESAN SCHOOL CUP for POTENTIAL IN PIANO
  • Serena Yu
LYON SISTERS TROPHY FOR INTERMEDIATE VOCAL
  • Vivi Crossland 
SENIOR INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE CUP        
  • Ashleigh Smith
WAIKATO DIOCESAN SCHOOL GROUP PERFORMANCE CUP         
  • Luminescent - Rilee Birss, Sarah Dela Rue, Jaquan Nin, Olivia Thomas
GREENSLADE CUP for Senior Vocal Performance  
  •  Olivia Thomas
NANCY LIGHT MUSIC CUP for 1st place in the High Achievers Competition
  • Olivia Thomas

House Singing Awards (Re-Awarded)
DORINDA WILSON MEMORIAL CUP for Excellence in Choral Conducting in House Singing
  • Elizabeth Price
WAIKATO DIOCESAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SOLOIST CUP in House Singing Competition         
  • Sarah Dela Rue
FITZPATRICK TROPHY FOR BEST PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT in House Singing Competition
  • Laura Henderson 
LYON AWARD for Creativity in Arrangement in House Singing Competition                                   
  • Katherine Garvey and Ashleigh Smith

Dance Awards

ABBY DUTTON CUP for Passion for Dance         
  • Olivia Kerbers

KERYN BAIN AWARD for Leadership in Dance
  • Ella Morgan

Drama Awards
PATRICIA RADICH CUP for contribution to the Performing Arts
  • Ella Beattie
ASHLYN SMITH CUP for Service to Stagecraft
  • Kaitlin Thornton
SUSAN HAYWORTH Award for best Drama performance of the year  
  • Ella Beattie (for her performance in Y13 Production 2016)
Music Awards
ORBELL CUP for Junior Flute         
  • Hazel Fairweather
REID MUSIC TROPHY for Wind Instruments
  • Jamila Milne 
WENTWORTH CUP for Progress in Strings
  • Eunice Koo
DEIRDRE PARR MUSIC CUP for the Advanced String Player Contributing most to School Music  
  • Chelsea Lin
NISBET CUP for Junior Piano - Grade 1-2
  • Ella Green
HAMILTON PIANOS CUP for Excellence in Music
  • Rebecca McLay
GERALDINE ADAMS CUP for Contribution to School Music
  • Sarah Van den Hurk
Music Citizenship Award (prize donated by Shearers Music)
  • Elizabeth Price
JANE HOLMES CUP for Excellence in Choral Work
  • Katherine Garvey

Oratory Awards

JESSICA CHEN AWARD for Most Improved Junior Debater         
  • Talia Nicol
KIM BURKHART CUP for Best Senior Debater         
  • Amy Spittal
DAY CUP FOR ORATORY winner of the Senior Speech Competition
  • Shekinah Blaikie 
LIPSCOMBE SHIELD for Intermediate Speech and Drama
  • Kate Gow

Visual Arts Awards
MOIRA STREET TROPHY for Contribution to Visual Art
  • Heather Walpole-Smith
PHOTOLIFE AWARD for Contribution to Document Arts at Dio (prize donated by Photolife)    
  • Emma Harris - for her contribution to Noise Magazine
CAMERON AWARD for Visionary Artistic Practice         
  • Isabella Robb
GLOVER AWARD for Excellence in Visual Art - an award created by Fred Graham for all round excellence in Visual Art 
  • Phoebe Clewlow-Gibson

Major Awards

OLD GIRL CONTRIBUTION TO ARTS                        

  •  Mrs Fiona Rimmer

CREATIVITY AWARD for Outstanding Artistic Endeavour

  • Ella Morgan
WILLIAMSON AWARD for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts
  • Kiri Crossland

ARTS LAUREATE                       
  •  Katherine Garvey


Waikato Diocesan Arts Awards photos are now online and are available to view and purchase by clicking here. Password is WDCP09

Bel Suono Choir - New Year 9s for 2017, Auditions

posted 13 Oct 2016, 14:28 by Debbie Stevens


Arts Showcase 2016

posted 13 Sep 2016, 15:33 by Debbie Stevens


High Achievers Concert Winners

posted 21 Aug 2016, 16:57 by Georgina Hewitt



Once again our High Achievers concert, held on Tuesday 16 August in our All Saints Chapel, was full of talented students at the top of their game.
Congratulations to everyone who auditioned and made the finals. Our guest adjudicators Chikako Komaki and Amanda Wood had the tough job of deciding winners and were blown away by the talent they saw on the night! 

The winners were are follows:
JUNIOR VOCAL: Jasmine Fountaine
LYON SISTERS TROPHY FOR INTERMEDIATE VOCAL: Vivi Crossland
GREENSLADE CUP for Senior Vocal Performance Cup & certificate: Olivia Thomas

WAIKATO DIOCESAN SCHOOL MUSIC CUP for Senior Piano: Marianna Kang

SENIOR INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE CUP: Ashleigh Smith

WAIKATO DIOCESAN SCHOOL GROUP PERFORMANCE CUP: Luminescent - Rilee Birss, Sarah Dela Rue, Jaquan Nin, Olivia Thomas

WAIKATO DIOCESAN SCHOOL CUP for POTENTIAL IN PIANO: Serena Yu
URSULA BISLEY VOCAL AWARD  Nazeefah Ahmed

NANCY LIGHT MUSIC CUP for 1st place in the High Achievers competition: Olivia Thomas

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