14 September 2016 Congratulations to year 13 student Jackson Dawson who has just returned from the 2016 NZ Secondary School Swimming Championships in Wellington. Over the weekend Jackson took part in 8 events, coming fourth in the 400m freestyle and setting a new personal best in the 200m backstroke. Great work Jackson, and thanks for […]
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Hockey Tournament 2016
9 September 2016 This year’s Mixed Team competed at the North Island Secondary Schools tournament held in Gisborne August 29th – September 3rd. The team managed to achieve their primary goal which was to make it to the quarter finals, and ended up placing 8th. This was a fantastic result for a relatively young squad, […]
Wallace Arts Award 2016
9 September 2016 Congratulations to our gifted Year 12 art students Javani and Liam who have both been selected as finalists in the Fifth Wallace Secondary Schools Art Awards. Both students have submitted photography pieces and will attend an awards ceremony on Monday 12 September. Great work guys and best of luck for the awards […]
Jake in a League of His Own
31 August 2016 Congratulations again to year 9 student Jake Rutherford who, after winning Most Valuable Player in the Under 15 9-a-side Auckland schools competition, has been named as a representative player for Auckland Rugby League. He will be playing for the northern team in the under 14 open representatives in the Regional Representative Challenge […]
Alpha Students – Food Detectives
29 August 2016 This term, Year Nine Alpha classes are taking part in cross curricular enrichment. As part of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) challenge Mr de Weerd’s Alpha class spent Thursday morning in Food Technology working as “Food Detectives”. Students were set the task of measuring the effect that Poly-glycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR), […]
