Hats off to the Parents and Friends Association!

Dear Parents, Spring has sprung and it is a relief to see an improvement in the weather at last. For the boys and staff here at the college, the lighter mornings and longer twilights signal of the imminent arrival of external examinations.

The Sports Centre, dubbed the 'Davies Cathedral' for an hour, was home to our first onsite College Sunday service last Sunday night.

Christian Tucker recently won first place in the Dunedin Secondary School's Slam Poetry competition.

Director and actors visit the JMC senior drama students for a special Question and Answer session and physical acting workshop.

Our combined school production with St Hilda's and Columba hit the Mayfair Theatre during week five.

The awarding of Blues at secondary school level is a very important occasion. It reflects the Colleges attitude towards sport at the highest level. 

The Otago/Southland Inter-Collegiate Shoots were recently held and JMC picked up a multitude of medals. Shane Sanders achieved 9 medals!

On the 11-13th of September, a small group of Cameron Moran, Matt Gillespie and Geoffrey Kemp attended the 2015 NZ Secondary School Swimming Championships at Hamilton.

The JMC ski team recently finished 3rd in the team event at the South Island Secondary School Ski Champs.

The OSSSA Duathlon was recently held at Taieri North. 

This term, there have been a number of different mediums being used in the art department.  From clay, to flax, metal and card, paint to computer generated imagery in design.  Here are a few pictures of the boys' projects.

Our 2015 winter rep badges were recently awarded.

Balloons, chocolates and volunteer actors storming the stage marked the junior-focused chapel held earlier this week.

David Marshall writes about the humanities paper that he and Joe Corbett studied at the University of Otago.

Click the link to watch the Wellington visual art trip

DISC (Dunedin International Social Committee) is a collaboration between international departments of high schools in Dunedin. 

We are again on the look out for high quality homestay providers, it is a fantastic opportunity for your family to share cultures, create friendships and be an influential part of our International Students lives.

The John McGlashan College Under 15 tournament attended the Rural Livestock Co-education U15 Rugby Tournament in Nelson, during tournament week.

The Otago Top Schools' Squash Tournament was held recently at the Otago Squash Club in Dunedin.

Fergus, Harry and Toby finished 3rd after an afternoon at the University of Otago. The Geography Department competed against schools from throughout Otago/Southland.

Year 11 geography field trip to Vanleeuwen Dairy Farm.

John Parsons is an Internet Safety and Risk Assessment Consultant to schools the private sector and the health sector, providing specialist advice and direction on the safe use of Digital Communication Technology.  

A formal timetable of subject tutorials for students in Y11-13  will be available during the four weeks that NZQA exams will be running.

Find out what's on offer at your local school canteen

In April 2015 John McGlashan launched the GATEWAY PROGRAMME, which is designed to aid Y12 and 13 students in their transition from school to work or into further training.

Over 150 boys played basketball this season and a further 35 students played miniball.  These numbers reflect the high level of participation of boys within this code.

The Intermediate Otago Cross Country event was recently held at Kaikorai Valley College.

The 2015 Football First XI came close to securing gold, but ultimately had to settle for a silver medal in the Linwood Cup secondary schools tournament after being beaten 3-2 by fellow Dunedin school Kavanagh College in a close-fought final.

More sporting success for our boys!

The 1st XI had a great end to the season with a win in the premier Dunedin schoolboy grade over Otago Boy's High School.  

The swimming sports is one of the few occasions when the whole college, staff and students, get together and enjoy friendly rivalry as well as high class competition. That’s what sport is all about. That’s what sport does for schools.

There has been plenty of quality activity happening in PE this term!

Attitude, the youth education division of The Parenting Place, gave presentations to each year level recently. 

McGlashan teams place 1st and 3rd in novice competition.

Students win big at the regional fair.

Bailey Dowling shares his experiences of competing in the New Zealand U21 curling tournament, gaining a silver medal.

Edgar Learning Centre: Thursday 22nd Sept, 7:00 – 9:00 pm & Friday 23rd Sept 1:30 – 3:30 pm. 

Year 9 social studies completed a unit of work, in term 3, on New Zealand Politics.