On a dark, but oddly warm Friday morning, the boys and staff assembled in the Memorial Chapel for our annual A.N.Z.A.C. service. This year our guest speaker was local historian Dr. George Davis. 

The Ugly Shakespeare trio from Auckland visited our school last month, bringing their entertaining rendition of Othello, to perform for senior English and drama students.

John McGlashan College boys continue to excel across a diverse range of sports.

Pagan Dorgan the Royal New Zealand Ballet educator recently took the Year 8 drama class for a movement workshop.

As our summer sports come to an end, we would like to thank the link teachers, coaches, managers and parent helpers for all their fantastic support. 

Frohe Ostern! 

McGlashan 1 - Josh Mackay, Joe Garry and Louis Jennings performed outstandingly in this year's regional tournament.

This year's Year 7-10 Go McGlashan Read got underway this week.

The moment you have all been waiting for has arrived, and we couldn't be more excited!

Chloroplasts and mitochondria, the ATP-energy producing organelles in plant and animal cells respectively, are highly specialized and complex structures... what better way to understand their structure than to build models of them!

Anticipation was building as the bus slowly meandered towards Ettrick for the annual apple orchard visit. Fortunately, this year's visit would not be marred by a tragic tale of hail-damaged crops and lost income.

On 4th of April, we hosted an amazing social event. Around 115 people attended and it was a great success.

The excitement is certainly building as we count down towards Friday 15 April and get closer to our arrival in Southeast Asia.

On Wednesday 7th April the school hosted some big names that will be competing in this weekend's Otago Rally. Students from Year 7-10 gathered in the chapel to hear about their experiences.

Members of 10 DCA and 10TMA re-enacted some of the events of Easter Sunday in their Christian Studies classes.  

John McGlashan College hosted Waihi on the 22nd and 23rd of March this year.

The Hillary Challenge will be held in Christchurch on the 12th of June. 

Having performed so well to win the local qualifying tournament, our JMC team travelled to Timaru to compete in the South Island Secondary School finals, playing against the other top schools in the South Island over three days (4th-6th March). 

The inaugural Junior Otago Triathlon Championships were held on the 31st March in Cromwell.

No matter how you measure it, our trip to Timaru, from the 1st to 3rd of April, was a success.

Summer Sport photos will be taken on Tuesday 17th May between 9:00am and 12:40pm outside the Chapel. 

The date of the triennial Board of Trustees Election is 3 June 2016.

Year 9 Science Otago Peninsula trip  to study mighty molluscs.

Year 7 and 8 boys enjoyed their time on the Balmacewen Golf Course.

Every year the Ichikawa group brings something very special to our school.

This year the Chapel was set up in a circle around a narrow stage where Jesus, (AKA Joe Garry) acted out the Easter story while Michael Sewell and Luke Nie narrated the story from the Bible. 

During the 21st and 22nd of March, the John McGlashan First XI Cricket side participated in the Gillette Cup Regional Final.

John McGlashan College was strongly represented at the Otago Secondary School Athletics held on the 11th and 12th March.

Henry South, Jake South and Oli Pagé recently competed in the New Zealand Open Bic Cup in Nelson. 

On the 18th and 19th March, 24 John McGlashan College boys attended the Otago/Southland Secondary School Athletics Championships at the Caledonian Grounds. 

The annual sporting interchange with STAC was held on the 7th-8th March at John McGlashan College and students competed across four sports.

Year 12 students Nathan Wolf and Alex Thomson have backed up their medal-winning performances in the recent South Island Surf Lifesaving Championships, with strong showings at this month's National Championships at Ohope Beach, in Whakatane.

Year 12 Biology students travelled to the Warrington mudflats on 22nd March to investigate the ecology of the area.

Nathan Harrison competed strongly in the Dunedin schools summer series finishing second in the Junior boy category.

Year 8 JMC boys excelled at the recent primary and intermediate triathlon held at Port Chalmers.

Fresh fruit, yogurt and muesli, croissant with cheese tomato and bacon, juice and lashings of coffee greeted Year 7 parents as we welcomed them for a 'get to know you' breakfast in week 7. 

 Neil Garry spent the Friday and Saturday showcasing our college at the show. 

The Wanaka Trail ride is on in just under two weeks.

Tinker School holiday courses for intermediate and secondary aged students.

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum is running a creative writing workshop with Dunedin teacher Samantha Montgomerie, in the April school holidays for high school students.

Athletics day has always been a real highlight in the school calendar.