On Friday the 3rd of August, all the international students in Dunedin were invited to the town hall to be formally welcomed by the Mayor, Dave Cull.

Don't be pigeonholed ... be courageous, adventurous and intrepid.

The Mathematics department has been busy for the first part of this term organising and training students for the regional mathematics competitions. One of the main competitions we compete in and generally perform well is the OMAthalon Competition.

The days have gotten a little longer and this indicates that spring is here and soon summer will follow.

These are the recipes that have been feeding McGlashan students for over 100 years.

Our Year 7 and 8 Tournament of Minds (TOM) team was in ‘lock-down’ mode for the first six weeks of this term as they worked on a long term challenge to deliver to judges at the regional championships on the 1st of September.

The John McGlashan College Māori & Pasifika steering group invite all existing and new parents to a community get-together.

On Friday, August 31 we unveiled the bronze sculpture in front of the chapel. This was the culmination of a year's work which had begun even earlier when Neil Garry and I had discussed the idea of producing something like this as a gift to the college community on behalf of the old collegians for the school centenary.

The World Economic Forum defines creativity as "the ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem," and lists it in its 2016 Future of Jobs study as the 3rd most important skill global companies are looking for in employees.

On the 28th of August, the Year 8 cohort set off to find some. The boys, staff and parents headed to Queenstown to round off our five week study on the history of the Central Otago Gold Rush and the development of this area, through to modern day ventures that bring wealth to the region.

The well-crafted words of Robert Muchamore, Rick Yancey and JK Rowling echoed throughout the Chapel during the recent Prepared Reading Finals.

Come along this Saturday, 22 September, to the annual John McGlashan Fete. Pilkington Street will be the place to be!

It has been a proud year for Theatresports at McGlashan. 2018 has seen the addition of many new members, both junior and senior, all hungry for a slice of that improvised comedy we call Theatresports.

On the 10th of August, the international department along with some Kiwi students departed for Glendhu bay.

We have just completed the largest tournament week in McGlashan history. Three rugby and basketball, two hockey, one football and fencing teams attended tournaments throughout the country.

This year, for the first time, languages week ended with the International Food Day.