To play for the Moascar Cup is a very rare opportunity and most secondary school players in New Zealand no matter how good they are will not get the opportunity. The Moascar Cup is the Ranfurly Shield of NZ Schools’ Rugby.

The boys and staff were privileged to attend a very special assembly on the 24th of July.

Strange as this may sound, this is oddly true. In the July holidays 12 students and 2 teachers travelled to the remote destination of South East Indonesia to embark on some research for NASA.

For students to make academic progress, and to increase the likelihood of this happening more effectively, strategy and effort x 2 must collide. In terms of strategies, these are the tools, pedagogies and instructional methods used by teachers, but they are also strategies that students can actively use in their own work.

Harry Emery and I were fortunate to travel to the Kapiti Future Leaders Forum held at Otaki College 19-21 July.

Every year, the youth arm of the United Nations Association of New Zealand (UN Youth) hosts the New Zealand Model United Nations Conference at Victoria University in Wellington.

Christchurch Boys' High School’s Whānau Group meets monthly. We are made up of an enthusiastic group of parents and a student representative and have the full support and attendance of Senior Management.

This video shows the design plans for the new Caddick Block where construction will begin next year.

Recently, the CBHS auditorium was the site of WORD Christchurch author event for Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. These children's authors and illustrators came to visit their fans. Young and old alike were entranced and delighted by their antics. Also promoted was their latest book the ‘The 104 storey treehouse’.

NZQA and the Ministry of Education have announced some changes to the way NCEA and University Entrance attainment is reported.

Recently, Pink Shirt Day helped to create an awareness about bullying – it’s logical to think about what we can do instead of bullying.

Leavers gear orders can be placed at the uniform shop during opening hours.

Nathan Wallis is an ex-university lecturer in human development and a specialist in neuroscience. He has a background as a child and family therapist, primary school and early childhood teacher.

Yvonne Godfrey’s passion is to strengthen family life! Ten years since she began helping young adults transition from teenage to adulthood, Yvonne will take her Auckland-based Stronger Families teachings to the rest of New Zealand on a 13-stop speaking tour from Cambridge to Invercargill.