PE Leadership Class

This year as one of our Friday options our PE Leadership class has been attending Weston School and running Physical Education activities for the students. 

A big thank you to Pearson’s who have provided us with vans for transport.  

Thank you Weston School for having us!

Senior Art Trip 2021

 Dunedin turned it on for the SKC Senior Art Trip to Dunedin last month! Weatherwise it was a T-shirt and jandals day. Artwise it was a colourful, visual, creative and informative experience for the senior photographers, painters and sculptures.   

The Dunedin experience opened up the world of art to our students and how you apply art to career paths.

Our Itinerary included:

- Tour of small Art Galleries in Dunedin Central 

- Gallery De Novo - Works by Phillip James 

- Olga - Guest artist Phillip Madill 

- Blue Oyster Galleries  - Guest artists - Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux

- Moray Gallery - Works by Liz Abbot

- At Olga and Blue Oyster Galleries -Students were able to listen to the guest artists and ask questions about their artworks.

- Dunedin City Art Gallery in the Octagon - Learning session with John Neumegen (Art Gallery Educator) in the Gallery, tour of the Exhibits including Guy Ngan, Scott Eady and Octavia Cook.

- And finished off the Art Trip with a guided tour of the Dunedin Art School.

University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic North Otago Information Evening

There will be a joint University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic North Otago Information Evening on Tuesday, 29 June.

It will be held at the InkBox, Oamaru Opera House from 7-9pm.

Prospective senior students and their parents and caregivers are invited to come along to hear about study options, scholarships, support services, accommodation options and much more.

Dunedin Tertiary Open Days 2021

This coming Sunday and Monday 23rd-24th May is the Dunedin Tertiary Open Days. This year we are not taking Year 13 down for the day and are instead encouraging students and their whānau to go on line virtually and/or go down to Dunedin on either day.

The Otago University and Polytechnic encourage students and whānau to book an appointment anytime throughout the year to take a personal tour around accommodation and faculties.

 
The link below will take you to the form to register for the Dunedin Tertiary Open Days app. You can then access the app to view the event programme and build your own agenda for the day.

events.otago.ac.nz/2021-dunedin-open-days/opendays

Excellence Awards 2021

Today we celebrated the academic success of our students in the 2020 NCEA and Cambridge Examinations.

 
18 Year 13 students received Level 3 Excellence Endorsement and and 10 received Merit; 25 of our students were awarded Level 2 Excellence Endorsement and 15 were awarded Merit; 18 of our students were awarded Level 1 Excellence Endorsement and 14 were awarded Merit.

 
It is pleasing to see so many students achieving a Merit or Excellence endorsement. Once again we are well above the national average for Excellence Endorsements. It is a credit to both our students, their whanau, and our staff.

 
Thank you to the parents and extended family who attended to support our young achievers as they were acknowledged. We are all very proud of their achievements.

Thank you to Mrs Sara Plunkett and Rylee Hollamby for capturing the ceremony today.