7th August 2024
PasifikaCurriculum Te Whatu Ora Southern and Pasifika Mapu o le Kaha’u
A programme for students who are interested in Pasifika health.
24th July 2024
AcademicCurriculum UC distance courses 2024
Since the beginning of this year, 4 of our Year 13 students have been actively engaged in independent study through Canterbury University's distance learning programme.
21st July 2024
GatewayCurriculum Gateway Placement 2024 - Hunter Burgess
Every Friday throughout term one and two I have been privileged to be out on the Gateway programme.
4th July 2024
ArtYear 10 Junior Art
At the beginning of Year 9 Art we focused on drawing skills.
4th July 2024
Year 13Outdoor Education 13ODR reaching new heights
13ODR finished up their term of rock climbing with an assessment day at Long Beach.
1st July 2024
GatewayCurriculum Gateway Placement 2024 - Jack Tisdall
My Gateway placement is at Otago Tractors Repairs which is located out in Mosgiel.
1st July 2024
GatewayCurriculum Gateway Placement 2024 - Ethan Des Fountain
One of the opportunities that I decided to take up this year was the Gateway programme. I am essentially gaining work experience for a day every week when you normally have school.
1st July 2024
GeographyCurriculum Shaking up the classroom
Year 11 Geography students explore earthquakes.
26th June 2024
Year 11Curriculum Year 11 parent and whānau survey
Researchers at the Education Review Office (ERO) are carrying out new research about NCEA Level 1.
19th June 2024
GatewayCurriculum Gateway placement 2024 - Jesse Glover
Through Gateway this year I have had the privilege of working with Farra Engineering every Friday. This has allowed me to experience and learn new skills.
17th June 2024
CurriculumEnglish Year 9 English
To conclude 9G’s unit on Travel Writing, the boys had to write a piece about a place they knew well. The tone of the piece needed to be upbeat, and the writing needed to utilise adjectives, fronted prepositions, dialogue, colloquial language and factual information.
11th June 2024
GatewayCurriculum Gateway Placement 2024 - Luke Marsh
One of the opportunities I decided to take up this year was the Gateway programme.
5th June 2024
GatewayCurriculum Gateway Placement 2024 Ollie Lambert
In Gateway, I chose to go into the field of an electrician, and I was lucky to be hosted by Jarrod Ramsey at his company Lees (Limitless Electrical & Energy Solutions).
29th May 2024
ChemistryYear 12 Year 12 Chemistry
Last week the Year 12 chemists gathered experimental data on the concentration of vinegar for their 2.1 internal.
23rd May 2024
Community ServiceYear 13 Year 13 students in the community
This Monday marked the beginning of a heartwarming and enriching initiative at our school - a buddy programme with Radius Fulton Rest Home.
23rd May 2024
Outdoor EducationYear 13 13ODR resistance climbing gym visit
Many in the class got to experience rock climbing in Year 12 Outdoor Education, but this week they were introduced to bouldering.
16th May 2024
CurriculumLanguages Languages Department - German Camp 2024
On Thursday and Friday nine Senior languages students joined other Otago schools for an overnight stay at Camp Tirohanga on the Taieri.
16th May 2024
Curriculum Literacy and numeracy are all around us
There are multiple opportunities to develop our literacy and numeracy skills in everyday life, not just in English and Maths classes.
15th May 2024
Earth and Space ScienceYear 12 Earth and Space Science
On Tuesday night, some of our Year 12 and 13 Earth and Space Science students travelled to Naseby for some Astronomy.
10th May 2024
Outdoor EducationCurriculum 13ODR Silver Peaks tramp
This week our Year 13 Outdoor Education students completed a 2 day tramp in the Silver Peaks Scenic Reserve.