Over the past few months, the College has continued to work closely with the Ministry of Education and our appointed Architects to finalise the detailed designs of our two new hubs – Wainuku and Auripo.

The Christchurch Netball Centre in South Hagley Park is set to become a community recreation, sports and multicultural centre and our school is to have a key role in its development.

Our kāhui ako team have been researching our school community’s experiences of remote learning during lockdown and plan to use the findings to improve teaching and learning at Hagley.

Enrolments are now open for our part-time course introducing students to academic writing and study skills.

Ollie Cotton races motor bikes - that's his thing! I caught up with him around his year so far, how he sees his future and some advice for students starting at Hagley in 2021.

Students from the Do The Duke Kete Wana option have been working hard by volunteering their time in the community as part of their work towards their Duke of Edinburgh award.

Marie is one of our long standing Kaiako who is in her 34th year of teaching at Hagley!

There are a large number of Taster courses, Courses & Information Evenings coming up soon.

Take the fast path into Engineering and Product Design degrees at the University of Canterbury (UC).

One of the key principles of future focused learning is the building of horizontal connections across subjects of the curriculum. This is one of seven principles of learning identified by a key stakeholder, the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

During the Covid-19 lockdown pandemic future opportunities to perform were looking slim. As the lockdown lifted, hopes rose and The Piano: Centre for the Music and the Arts advertised a wonderful opportunity to the Performing Arts community for free venue hire to support the employment of their staff.

On Tuesday 23rd June, in cool and misty conditions, we held our annual cross country event; compulsory for Years 9 and 10 and optional for senior students and teachers.

Finally, our April performance of Scene Plus began last Wednesday night in the new venue – the Hagley Café.

This year the rising of the star cluster Matariki, marking the beginning of the Māori New Year, is from the 13th of July, with the celebration period for Matariki from July 13th – July 20th, coinciding with the upcoming school holidays.