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More Opportunities in NZ

by Linwood College

Over the last summer break, this inspiring article on exciting pathways appeared in The Press featuring LCŌ students Eileen Prasad, Tara Blackmore, Arnie Ferreras and Meghan Kerrin.

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Academic Awards Night

by Nick Colville

The Academic Awards Night was held in the Aurora Centre at Burnside High School.

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2022 Emerging Ethnic Leaders Breakfast

by Lukas Davidson

Student leaders represented Te Aratai College at the inaugural Emerging Ethnic Leaders Breakfast.

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Duke of Edinburgh Awards Ceremony with the Mayor Lianne Dalziel

by Briar Dumelow

A group of 16 students received their bronze and silver awards from the Mayor for their Duke of Edinburgh achievements.

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Delicious Treat for Samoan Language Week

by Jesse Harding and Nick Colville

Leuma Gali and some of our Samoan learners prepared an amazing feast to celebrate the end of Samoan Language Week.

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Excellence in Year 13 Business

by Lukas Davidson

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Animal Survival

by Nyssa McIsaac and JoJo Erickson

In Week 4 our Year 7 and 8 students were lucky to visit Orana Park.

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Renowned New Zealand Author Masterclass

by Jodine Hardwick

In May, Apirana Taylor continued his connection with Linwood College, teaching a Creative Writing class to a range of senior students.

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A Champion Across the Cloth

by Nick Colville

Shayden McKenzie recently travelled to Invercargill to compete in the Junior 8 Ball Nationals where he took the win.

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Football at Linwood College

by Marco Guglietta

A summary of the Linwood College First XI football season.

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Pūhoro STEM Wānanga

by Angela Johnson

On the 8th of April, 16 senior students from LCŌ attended the first Pūhoro STEM Wānanga along with Cashmere High School, Shirley Boys and Avonside Girls High.

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Tūhono Taonga, Tūhono Tāngata

by Linwood College

Tāhuhu Students getting involved in Te Ao Māori.

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Discovering a blend of creativity and engineering

by Nick Colville

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Kaye Maravilla and Rose Lim, Academic Awardees, Dipal Narayan, Head Girl, Syntori Fa'ataape, Deputy Head Student, Ivo Baguingey, Waiporoporo House Leader, prefects, Ranalia Savelio, Paul Reyes and Divashaal Prasad.

Inspiring Leaders

by Serge Ruiz

Learning Communities HUB Ōtautahi Awards 2021.

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Connor Ingram, Jamie Tuari, Andrew McKay, Rhyush Kumar and Jayden Hulse-Sixtus discuss strategy for their construction. 

New course for life skills and employment confidence

by Dan Russell and Nick Colville

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Go Rangers

by Nick Colville

The inspiring effort of our Coast to Coast athletes.

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We Are The World

by Nick Colville

Check out some of the amazing traditional dress and dance moves from our Festival of Nations Day.

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Congratulations to us All for rising above whatever 2020 brought to us

by Richard Edmundson

We look in hope to 2021.

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For the genetics unit, the school borrowed a gel electrophoresis kit from the University of Canterbury and students ran a gel to separate DNA fragments and analyse the results. They then  discussed how this technology can be used in society.

Integrated Learning at LCŌ

by Linwood College at Ōtākaro

Integrated Studies with our Year 9 and 10 ākonga is coming to a close for the year. Students have attended classes with other members of their House in a blended curriculum.

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The Turning of the Sod

by Nick Colville

The sod-turning event took place on Wednesday the 5th.

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Above Ground and Now Over the Fence

by Richard Edmundson

Linwood College Aldwins Rd, our future Te Aratai College, is "above the ground and now over the fence." Looking ahead with hope and expectation.

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Jazzband Awarded the Bronze Award at Jazzquest 2020.

by David Templeton

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Computer Programming: with a little bit of help

by Amelia Painter

Rubber duck debugging - it's a real thing!

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Enjoying the View at University

by Linwood College

Ex-LC pupil, Eden Pettigrew, came back to talk with us about her second year studying at university.

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Ralph Hotere: Drawing for Ian Wedde's Pathway to the sea, 1975. 

Te Aratai - Pathway to the Sea

by Richard Edmundson

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STEM Success for LCŌ

by Nick Colville

Linwood students were awarded the top prize at the Āmua Ao Engineering Young Māori Minds at the Ara Institute of Canterbury.

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