On Thursday night, Mr McKenzie and his troop of actors took their show to the Shakespeare Sheilah Winn Festival and won the 15 minute Teacher-Directed section. Max Beal, who played Richard III won the local Best Actor Award.

Records were broken, personal bests were reached and our boys brought home some excellent results at last weekend's competition.

Friday 31st of March saw Jack Oaten, Nathan Hastie, Solomon Filipo and Kyle Burns have a Spin Bowling clinic with New Zealand Leg Spinner, Ish Sodhi and Northern Districts Spin Bowler, Joe Walker.

It has been a busy beginning to the year in the Social Studies department. 

The Year 11 Geographers were spoken to by local St Clair resident Barbara Newton and Dunedin City Council Parks and Recreation planners Angus Robertson and David Natta, about the ongoing erosion issues at St Clair Beach. 

On 25th of March, a group of Juniors went to Mapoutahi to experience diving in a marine environment. They were participants in the 2017 Experiencing Marine Reserves Programme who focus is on getting people interested in preserving and enjoying marine ecosystems.

On Tuesday, Year 13 Chemistry students had the opportunity to visit the Ravensdown manufacturing plant, as part of an internally assessed achievement standard on industrial chemistry. After being equipped with the necessary protective equipment they were shown how sulfuric acid and superphosphate fertiliser are made. Thanks to all at Ravensdown for making this trip possible.

The weather wasn't pretty but that didn't deter students from racing, jogging and/or fast-walking their way around the 2.3 km Cross Country course on Thursday.