Sunshine, candy floss and a pony named Freddie
The 2016 John McGlashan College Fete.
Visit this articleThe John McGlashan College Fete is always a highlight of our social calendar every year and is the feature article of this issue. The day was a huge success and is a credit to the hard work put in by parents, teachers, and students. Check out the fete photos at the bottom of the feature article.
We seem to be speeding through Term 4 and there are a lot of events coming up. Senior Prizegiving is next Friday, in the Davies Sports Centre, then we move into senior externals, junior exams, Year 10 camps, and Arts week. There will be one more issue of our JMC e-Newsletter before the year is out, until then, keep well and enjoy reading this issue.
Contents
Dear Parents
As I write this, I find it hard to believe that this is the penultimate newsletter for the year. Ready or not, we will be sprinting ahead to the end of the term and what that means for each of us.
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Mana Pounamu Awards 2016
These awards celebrate the achievement of rakatahi Māori in secondary schools across Otago. Who are this year's winners?
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Otago Polytechnic Pacific Island Recognition Awards 2016
These awards recognise high-achieving students who are of Pacific Island descent. Who are our winners this year?
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Exams approach for senior students
With IB exams starting on the 2nd of November and NCEA starting a week later on the 9th, the senior school is focused on the final preparation for external assessment.
Visit this articleBring back your library books!!
The library will be stocktaking soon so ALL library books must be returned before Friday November 4th.
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Johnnies boys thinking six steps ahead of the competition
Not all of us have the patience or mental stamina to consider a weekend of intense strategical thinking, but for this special group of intermediate students, this was what they were trained for.
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Student Sporting Achievements
John McGlashan College boys continue to show their talent across a range of sporting codes
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NZ Secondary Schools Curling
Two teams from John McGlashan competed in the NZ Secondary Schools Curling competition held in Naseby in the term three holidays.
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OSSA Curling Results
Two teams from John McGlashan competed in the OSSA run curling competition, both gaining creditable results.
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Great Success at RoboCup Nationals
Sebastian Sole travelled to Auckland to compete in the RoboCup national competition, and has done us proud!
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JMC Annual Swimming Sports
Five records were broken and one equalled, at the John McGlashan College annual swimming sports held on Friday 16th September, 2016.
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NZSS Senior Basketball Tournament
The basketball team travelled to Ashburton this year for the South Island Secondary School tournament.
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