Otatara Nursery Trip

7SE and 7AD had the opportunity to go to the Otatara Nursery to plant tussocks for our school. Decked out in our best old gear, we cruised out to Otatara. Met by Mitch from the Department of Conservation (DOC) SE went for a bushwalk, while AD were hard at work planting. We met Butch the stoat, Liam the weasel and Tim the ferret. Thankfully, they were stuffed! We saw a lot of native plants and SE hid the pests in these trees for AD to find. Lots of squeals and screams!



Leonie from DOC and Chris who owns the nursery helped us plant all the tussocks. These will grow and then be replanted at our school, like the ones around the Bishop Verdon Block. We learnt about repotting plants and why putting stones on top of them helps stop weeds growing (something to try at home!) Finally, a giant moa came out for a photo op! We had a 'blooming' great time!

Otatara Nursery Trip

7SE and 7AD had the opportunity to go to the Otatara Nursery to plant tussocks for our school. Decked out in our best old gear, we cruised out to Otatara. Met by Mitch from the Department of Conservation (DOC) SE went for a bushwalk, while AD were hard at work planting. We met Butch the stoat, Liam the weasel and Tim the ferret. Thankfully, they were stuffed! We saw a lot of native plants and SE hid the pests in these trees for AD to find. Lots of squeals and screams!

Leonie from DOC and Chris who owns the nursery helped us plant all the tussocks. These will grow and then be replanted at our school, like the ones around the Bishop Verdon Block. We learnt about repotting plants and why putting stones on top of them helps stop weeds growing (something to try at home!) Finally, a giant moa came out for a photo op! We had a 'blooming' great time!

Disappearing Students

Where have our students gone???

New Cricket Nets Completed

After hours of hard work by Peter Sims and Colin Kidd and donations from the PTA , Invercargill Licensing Trust and Terry Ward the long awaited cricket nets have been completed. Thank you very much to everyone involved.

Life Education Bus

This week our year 7 students have participated in three classes with Teresa the Life Education teacher. Topics covered included making good choices, peer pressure and friendships.

My Story from Katelynn Roy

I'm a senior driver for Kidz Kartz Southland so I get to race at race meetings, which is very awesome! Our second race meeting this season was at Forbury Park in Dunedin to show people in Otago what Kidz Kartz is all about as there is a club starting up there. We were trying to qualify our two biggest ponies Rocky (Rocky Balboa) and Mackey (Tara's wizz bang ) to go to the New Zealand Kidz Kartz trotters cup, but we only qualified one of our ponies. We were disappointed that only one senior driver could go up. I found out on Wednesday what pony qualified and who was the driver. Mackey (Tara's wizz bang) was the pony that qualified. Me and Mackey will be going up against ponies that are faster and bigger than him. It is a bit scary but it will be a great experience for both me and Mackey and I am hoping that we won't come last in some of the races.

Basketball News

Congratulations to Tim O'Neill who has been selected to travel to Australia in November as part of a New Zealand under 13 years basketball selection team. 25 players were selected from throughout New Zealand to participate and play basketball alongside players from Australia. Well done Tim!

Youthmark Awards

Left to right: Tim Lindsay, Rebecca Smith, Megan Gooding, Patrick Wilkes


Congratulations to Tim Lindsay, Rebecca Smith, Megan Gooding and Patrick Wilkes who were all awarded a Youthmark at a ceremony recently held at the Ascot. We are all extremely proud of these students and wish them all the best for next year and beyond.

Jazz Fest

Congratulations to our Jazz Band who achieved 2nd place last night i.e. 4 November at the Southland Secondary Schools Jazzfest held at Ascot Park Hotel.

A special congratulations to Emily Mason who achieved best flute player.

Members of the band are : Ben Williams, Patrick Stone, Emily Mason, Darcy Kerr, Amber Hilton, Megan Gooding, Nina Gooding and Daniel Ferguson.

Well done to you all.