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Park Press May 2015

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Gallipoli Trip

Gallipoli Experience

by Jacobi Kohu Morris

Youth Ambassador and winner of the Otago RSA Speech competition, Jacobi Kohu Morris attended the 2015 Anzac Day ceremony in Gallipoli.

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Environmental Studies Field Trip

Environmental Studies Field Trip

by Karen Daly

Year 11 Environmental Studies students enjoyed their field trip to Mount Cook in early May.

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Otago Race Unity Regional Speech Winners

Jake Top 8 at National Final of Race Unity

by Kristan Mouat

Jacobi Kohu-Morris competed in the NZ semi-finals and final of the Race Unity Speech Competition in Auckland on May 16.

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Sujata Ritchie

Sujata to Hollywood

by Kristan Mouat

Congratulations to Year 9 student Sujata Ritchie who was selected to represent New Zealand in July at the World Performing Arts Championship in Hollywood.

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Building on Success

Building on Success - Kia Eke Panuku - Hui 

by Kristan Mouat

In early May a team of Logan Park teachers attended a hui at Murihiku Marae in Invercargill focussed on culturally responsive teaching and learning.

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Technology Class

Snap Shots in Technology

by Andy Parsons

The Technology rooms were buzzing term in Term 2. 

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48Hour Furious Filmmaking

48 Hour Film Competition

by Arnika Hazelwood

A number of Logan Park teams entered the 48 Hour Film Competition in May. Juniors, seniors, new international students as well as lots of ex-Logan Parkers worked furiously over the weekend to complete their films. 

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Josh Grills

Danstey and the Cheeky Darkies (band performance)

by Arnika Hazelwood

On Thursday 14th May Josh Grills and his band 'Danstey and the cheeky darkies' performed at The Bog Irish Bar.

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Funky Monkey Underground

Funky Monkey Underground Radio Show

by Arnika Hazelwood

Five of our Year 10 students have turned their quirky humour and banter into an hour of free-form radio comedy, courtesy of Otago Access Radio's Youth Zone programming initiative.

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Sound of Music

Talented Singer in The Sound of Music

by Arnika Hazelwood

At the end of May, Year 12 singer/actor and performer Reva Grills performed in the Taieri The Sound of Music production. 

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Junior Hui

Year 9 Hui- Tupuranga

by Marion Brinsley

In Term 1 Tupuranga (Maori and Pacific Island Student Leadership Team) ran a Hui to welcome all new Maori and PI Yr9 students to the school, to meet them, and to introduce them to the different activities that they could be involved in and find support from. 

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Pacific Islands NCEA Level 2 High Achievement Awards 

Pacific Island High Achievers

by Marion Brinsley

Ocean Brydon and Karen Penaia were our Pacific Island NCEA Level 2 High Achievement Award winners for 2014 and were recognised at a ceremony this year. 

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Thai Students

Thai students visit Logan Park

by Amber Fraser-Smith

A group of five Thai students spent April/May studying at Logan Park High School. The students were matched with Kiwi buddies who showed them around the school and helped them learn about the New Zealand culture. The Thai students went to the same classes as their Kiwi buddies.

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Kiwihost

KiwiHost Customer Services Course

by Marion Brinsley

KiwiHost is a 2 day customer service course. 

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Youth Enviro Leaders Forum

Sir Peter Blake Trust YELF – Youth Enviro Leaders Forum

by Aidan Braid

I was ecstatic to be selected as one of 52 students from all around New Zealand to attend the forum in Rotorua, completely sponsored by the trust, in the easter holidays. 

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Peer Reading

Peer Reading 

by Morag MacTaggart

During the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival, Logan Park High School started its own reading festival with the Peer Reading Programme getting underway at the school. 

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Writers Workshop

Writers Workshop 

by Morag MacTaggart

The inspirational Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival ran from 5 – 10 May. There were many fabulous events one of which was the Young Adult Writing Workshop with Mandy Hager. 

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Otago Futsal Championships

May Sports Round up

by Kristan Mouat

Sean Kennedy (17) won his age group section of the Otago Powerlifting Championships in April and will compete at the South Island finals in Christchurch next month to qualify for the Nationals. 

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Fiction Presentation

Fiction Presentations

by Jenny Millar, Librarian

As part of the Year 9 Library program students read a fiction book and take notes on genre/themes, characters, climax, setting and the author. 

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2015 Stage Challenge Rehearsal

Logan Park Stage Challenge

by Carmen Heinze-Farrington

Stage challenge was a fantastic journey. All of the hard work and effort everyone put in collectively resulted in a fantastic third place in Otago, in May, at the Edgar Centre in front of a packed house. 

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Hospitality

Hospitality

by Heather Brown

50 Year 11 students are currently completing a Unit Standard which looks at how to identify a range of cheeses, investigates their cultural origins and gives the students an opportunity to prepare a variety of signature cheese dishes. 

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 Junior boys year 9 One team. 

Successful Futsal Teams

by Arnika Hazelwood

We had a very successful Futsal season with a number of impressive results in both the Term 1 Competition as well as the recent Otago Futsal Championships.

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 Sheila Winn Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare teams dominate Otago competition

by Kristan Mouat

Our Shakespearean teams dominated the Otago Shakespeare competitions held at the end of Term 1. We won the Best Teacher Directed 15 minute piece as well as the Best Student Directed 5 minute scene and will represent Otago at the National Sheila Winn Festival over Queen's Birthday weekend in Wellington.  

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