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Magazine 2013

Kia Ora and welcome!

Welcome to our first online magazine. It is packed full of all the adventures and activities that Logan Park students have enjoyed during 2013, as well as their achievements in the classroom, playing sport and all the hundreds of musical and cultural events and other great “stuff” that make up a busy school year.

We hope you enjoy it!

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Stage Challenge dancers

Logan Park High School 2013 Magazine

by Arnika Hazelwood

Kia Ora and welcome to our first online magazine. It is packed full of all the adventures and activities that Logan Park students have enjoyed during 2013, as well as their achievements in the classroom, playing sport and all the hundreds of musical and cultural events and other great “stuff” that make up a busy school year.

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Junior Prize Giving

Staff Farewells

by Cathi Graham

We are sorry to say goodbye to several staff members as the year ends. First of all, Deputy Principal Roger Tobin, who has been at Logan Park for the last 29 years. Roger will be moving on to PPTA as the Otago Division Field officer.

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Junior Prize Giving

Junior Prize-Giving 2013

by Logan Park High School

Congratulations to all the junior students, celebrated in this year's junior prizegiving.

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Volleyball girls

Year 10 Girls Volleyball Tournament

by Lydie Leurquin

This year, volleyball has been a great experience. We have played some great games, we have learned a lot from each other, but most importantly, we have had such fun.

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Futsal term 4 Junior Girls 1 team - Div 2 winners 2013

Futsal Term 4 Report

by Scott Bayne

So, after seven weeks of competition the Futsal season for 2013 finally comes to an end. With four teams, two boys and two girls in the competition, it has been great to see the players improve with every game, and they all show great potential for next year and beyond.

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Junior Sports tournament

Junior Sports tournament

by Francine Vella

Junior Sports Tournament Week was held in mid November. Logan Park competed in Handball, Cricket and Volleyball with successes in Cricket and Handball.

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Elwing Discoveries voyage

Elwing Discoveries Adventure

by Kristan Mouat

Maria Larsen, Year 10, won the "Heads Up for Kids - Elwing Discoveries" competition, winning a trip sailing to Stewart Island.

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Smoke Free Rockquest Winner

Academic and Cultural High Achievers

by Cathi Graham

Academic and Cultural High Achievers for 2013.

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Young Historians Award

Student Successes in “Young Historians Awards”

by Paul Enright

Each year the New Zealand History Teachers association and the New Zealand Historical Association jointly hold a nationwide competition to make awards to research undertaken by secondary school students as part of their assessment programme. Schools are encouraged to choose and submit work from one student at each year level to be assessed by a national panel with representatives of both organisations.

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ELLINZ

ELLINZ

by Dianne Rooney

This year in response to a growing number of new migrant students enrolling at Logan Park High School, a contract was signed to be part of an exciting new online English learning course (ELLINZ).

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Sailing

Sailing

by Andy Parsons

Many a Monday evening during Terms 1 and 4 was spent challenging the elements on Otago Harbour. A keen group of sailors honed skills in water safety, racing, capsizing and water fighting.

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New Caledonia Trip Plans

by Barbara Fitzsimons

Planning for French Immersion Trip to New Caledonia April 2014

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Group Photo 3/1

Aoraki Group Photos

by Groups

Photos of all of the House Groups.

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Group Photo 2/1

Omimi Group Photos

by Groups

Photos of all of the House Groups.

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Group Photo

Clayton Group Photos

by Groups

Photos of all of the House Groups.

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2013 Senior Prizegiving

2014 School Prefects

by Jane Johnson (Principal)

Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen as the 2014 School Prefects.

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Noi Hudson Tribute

Noi Hudson Tribute

by Jane Johnson (Principal)

Nanny Noi Hudson was honoured by staff, students and whanau in October 2013 for her outstanding contribution to Logan Park High School. At a special tribute evening in the school whare, speakers thanked Noi for her 18 years of Board representation as Adviser on Maori matters.

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International students surfing

International students enjoy learning to Surf

by Sophie Raab & Lisa Meyer

We had a great time surfing at St Clair beach. We got our wet suits and surfing boards for a really good price and the surfing teachers were really patient and kind.

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Thai student short-stay group

My experience at Logan Park

by Gam

In recent years we have been happy to welcome a group of students from Thailand who come to improve their English during their school holidays in April. Here is Gam's contribution.

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Callum Horwell in action

Sporting High Achievers

by Francine Vella

Sporting High Achievers for 2013.

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Spirit of New Zealand

My Spirit of Adventure voyage

by Marco Seifert-Simpson

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be able to fill a spot on the Spirit of New Zealand 637th voyage from Bluff to New Plymouth (682nm (1263km). Another Logan Parker by the name of Matthew Scadden was also on this voyage.

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Stage Challenge dancers

Stage Challenge

by Poppy Johns

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to lead Logan Park High School in Stage Challenge 2013, a regional dance competition against other schools in Otago.

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1st XI Hockey

1st XI Boys Hockey

by Blake Mcalevey-Scurr & Jeremy Shanks

The 2013 LPHS Boys 1st XI hockey team has had a good, fun year. We had an extremely promising start - our ranks were refilled with talented players, after a lot of people left at the end of last year. Especially pleasing to see was the high standard of the juniors who joined our team. After our good start and a strong season, we made it to the semi-finals, losing to King's in a close match.

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2013 Prefects

Message from the Principal 2013

by Jane Johnson (Principal)

Kia-ora students, parents/grandparents, friends and staff in the Logan Park Whānau – this year’s school milestones, comings and goings, educational projects begun and completed have kept us challenged and fulfilled, which you can see for yourselves as you check out our stories within the new electronic format which is our 2013 magazine. That’s right folks – no printed copies! Kua mutu; kua timata.

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International student Māori class

International Students Māori Class

by Judith Nassua

During our lessons with Mr Winiata we learned a lot about Māori culture, music and Māori art as well as how their lives used to be before Europeans arrive in New Zealand.

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Milford Sound international trip

International student outdoor experience - Milford Sound

by Marla Steuer & Antonia Rolf (GLS, Germany)

For our second trip in term one, we went to Milford Sound. We set off from school in three vans for Te Anau. After a long drive we finally arrived at our hostel, which had an awesome view of the lake.

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Logan Park Wins 20/20 Colts Cricket Tournament

Logan Park Wins 20/20 Colts Cricket Tournament

by Paul Fielding

Logan Park High School defeated Taieri College in the final of the recent 20/20 Colts cricket tournament held at Mosgiel on the 18th and 19th of November.

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Formal

Formal 2013

by Sarah Pringle

Casino Royale was the theme for this year's formal. It was held at The Savoy, a very elegant venue which suited our theme perfectly.

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 Matua Tip and students using rakau

Languages -Te Reo 2013

by Tipene Winiata

Riding on the coat tail of success and fulfilment of 2012, Maori students set to work immediately on a plan of attack of how best to continue, develop, support, and promote their school, with a collective goal to be decisively more active in the promotion of Te Reo and Tikanga processes within the School, the local community and the wider southern district.

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Market Day

Youth Week

by Kristan Mouat

Youth Week, organised by Interact, was celebrated in the last week of term 3.

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Otago Champion for Junior Speakers - Oscar LaDell

Public Speaking

by Kristan Mouat

We have had a number of successes this year in Public Speaking.

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Essay competition winners

Essay competition winner

by Helen Prime

Helen Prime and Charlie Hilton received awards from the Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute for their entries in the Year 12 essay competition. Helen and Charlie won a cash prize of $500 each and also $500 each for the school. This is Helen's essay.

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Author Apirana Taylor

English and Media Studies Department Report

by Kristan Mouat

We’ve had another exciting and rewarding year in English and Media Studies classes and in all the related extra-curricular areas. We were really proud of students’ achievements in NCEA and especially the 5 national NCEA scholarships awarded. Katrina Lamont, Pieta Ferens and Rhian Gaffney won scholarships in English and Gareth McMullen and Emelia Mixter in Media Studies.

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Karaoke

Karaoke Week

by Kristan Mouat

The Interact Club, supported by Student Council, organised Karaoke week.

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Trophy for Regional Nga Manu Korero Competition

Nga Manu Korero

by Jacobi Kohu-Morris

I was so lucky to be able to compete at the annual Nga Manu Korero national speaking champs in September this year! After qualifying to represent the Otakau/Murihiku region with the support of our superb Kapa Haka group, our ropu fundraised to travel to Hamilton for the flagship event for all Maori public speakers. It was an amazing experience.

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Spirit of New Zealand

Spirit of New Zealand

by Ina Schröer (Germany)

My name is Ina Schröer and I was one of the fifty teenagers, who had the great opportunity of spending ten awesome days on a sailing boat called the Spirit of New Zealand. The Spirit of Adventure Trust offered us a life-changing time, full of amazing experiences.

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Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees Report

by Ruth Barnett (Chairperson)

Kua mutu kua timata "It is finished, but has again begun" is on our school crest and seems to fit the end of year which is a time of finishing and a time of beginning. I am going to write about some things which have finished and some things which have begun at Logan Park High School in 2013.

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Services Academy

Services Academy Report

by Simon Heptonstall (Director)

January found the slightly courteous new students, quickly understanding that there was a little bit more to military marching and discipline. They soon opened their ears more than their mouths and got stuck into working together as a team in preparation for the 2 week induction course at Burnham military camp.

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SWPB4L Respectful, Motivated, Inclusive poster

School Wide Positive Behaviour for Learning

by Barbara Fitzsimons

This positive behaviour initiative is in its third year at Logan Park and we have had three main foci for this year.

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Film Club

Film Club

by Connor Seddon

Despite elaborate plans involving zeppelins and mass decapitations, film club this year was spent watching videos from every corner of YouTube.

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Science 2013

Science Department Report

by Yvonne Caulfield

2013 has been another busy, successful year for the LPHS Science Department. In March LPHS hosted the NCEA Jumbo day, this was hugely successful and helpful in continued development of the new curriculum. Most schools in the Otago region attended this day and it was a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and resources.

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Blues Awards 2013

Blues Awards 2013

by Jane Johnson

List of awards recipients from Blues Assembly 2013

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Culture Quiz

Languages Department

by Barbara Fitzsimons

2013 has been a busy year in French, Latin, Mandarin and Te Reo Maori with classes actively immersing themselves in listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. We have also had students learning German and Spanish through distance learning.

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French

French 2013

by Barbara Fitzsimons

We have had a great year in the classroom with students setting goals and making choices with their own learning styles, in a framework of high academic achievement.

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T Class

Learning Support Unit - Te Roopu

by Amanda Wilson

A Place Where Great Things Happen!

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Race Unity Day

Race Unity Assembly

by Antonia Rolf & Marla Steuer (Germany)

On the 19th of March 2013, we had our Race Unity Assembly. It was a good opportunity to get to know all of the different cultures, which are represented at Logan Park High School.

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Tirohanga trip group photo

International student outdoor experience - Camp Tirohanga

by Johann Breust (Germany)

While the senior students wrote their practice exams, the international students went on a trip to Tirohanga Camp, near Mosgiel. After we left school, we first went to Sandfly Beach, a beach on the Otago Peninsula. We tried sand surfing and saw the sea lions. In the afternoon we arrived at Tirohonga.

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Mt Cook International student trip

International student outdoor experience - Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook/Aoraki

by Akari Okawa (Japan)

It was a nice trip to Lake Tekapo and Mt. Cook with 6 people including me. I spent almost all the time having much fun with Ina and Clara.

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Wakamatsu High School exchange

Wakamatsu High School exchange

by Cathi Graham

It was great to welcome six students from Wakamatsu High School. Students from the school have been visiting Logan Park for several years. It is wonderful to have such a close ‘sister school’ relationship with this school in Chiba.

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Year 12 Drama Performances

Year 12 Performances get top marks

by Sarah Spicer

Year 12 have been really challenged this year by a range of texts.

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Smoke Free Rockquest Winner

The Year that Rocked

by John Dodd

There have been some thunderous loud sounds going on at the back of the school, demonstrating that the art of rock’n’roll is still very much alive at LPHS.

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Music Camp ukulele singers

Music Department Report

by John Dodd (HOD)

We are so spoiled in the Music Department, because every school day of the year we are treated to the creative sounds that our wonderful students create, and we get to witness the growth in skills, and the development of the ensembles that we support.

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Botanic Gardens 150th Celebration Day

Drama Department Report

by Sarah Spicer (HOD)

The Drama department has been very busy in 2013. It all started with a change of HOD in January. After many years building a fantastic department Denise Walsh retired. Although she has been on hand to help me settle in. I arrived in New Zealand at the start of the year and it has been a great experience.

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Group Photo 4/1

Toroa Group Photos

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Photos of all of the House Groups.

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Level 3 NCEA Drama Production

'Equus' - Level 3 NCEA production

by Sarah Spicer

Equus is a dark exploration of many themes including religion, passion and the role of medicine in society. The complex relationship between a psychiatrist and a troubled boy was performed brilliantly by Matthew Scadden and Blake McAlevey-Scurr.

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Tribes review

Review of 'Tribes' at the Fortune Theatre

by Sarah Spicer

Over 100 drama students went to see Tribes by Nina Raine along with Ms Johnson, Ms Fraser and Mrs Spicer. The quietly devastating Tribes does more than revolve around a young deaf man’s place in his family: it makes you hear the world differently.

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Otago Futsal Tournament

Futsal Report

by Scott Bayne

This year has seen Logan Park enter an unprecedented 12 teams playing futsal in term 1. With teams in every category, there were nearly a hundred students playing futsal, more than any other school in Dunedin. This year, all of our senior teams were named after Champion League teams, although I spent far too long explaining to most players who PSG were! Our junior teams were named after Premiership teams in the English league. They played over 70 games and scored over 270 goals!

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Sports Day

Sports Day

by Scott Bayne

This year’s Sports Day, unlike last year, managed to last the whole day without raining, a great start! Once again each House was proudly represented with a barrage of colour and noise. With over 130 events to get through it showcased some of our best athletes, striving to break records, win points for their House and generally have fun along the way. Last year, Aoraki won the day and as previous winners sat in prime position by the finish line, but could this year see them moved?

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Indoor Rowing

Interhouse Indoor Rowing

by Scott Bayne

This year’s annual Inter-House indoor rowing competition took place in Term 4 in October. Last year’s competition was won by Toroa by 6 points, and the competition was expected to be as fierce as it was last year.

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Cooking at home, homework challenge.

A Day in the Life of Logan Park High School

by Arnika Hazelwood

A gallery of photos from 2013.

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2013 Senior Prizegiving

Senior Prizegiving Awards

by Jane Johnson

List of Awards at Senior Prizegiving 2013, held at Otago University College of Education Auditorium, November 6th 2013.

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Cross Country

Interhouse Cross Country

by Scott Bayne

This year’s Inter-House Cross Country took place on a sunny Wednesday in July. The competition was won by Aoraki in 2012 and competition was going to be fierce as not only were there points for the annual House trophy up for grabs, but also the prestige of winning the House cup, which is held by whichever House won the last Inter-House competition, in this case Omimi for Sports Day.

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Chamber Music Winners

Chamber Music Group

by Matthew Scadden

We were pleased to have another strong showing at this year's Regional NZCT Chamber Music Contest.

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Physical Education

Health and Physical Education Report

by Scott Bayne

Over the past 3 years, the Health and Physical Education curriculum at Logan Park has been adapted to reflect the needs of our students. Today, students now learn more than simply basic skills and playing games.

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Art 2013

Creative writing - 1st Place - Meg Van Hale

by Meg Van Hale

Creative writing by Meg Van Hale.

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Celebrity Culture

Formal Writing - 1st Place - Isla Benham

by Isla Benham

Formal writing by Isla Benham

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Vietnam trip

Poetry- 1st place - Josephine Devereux

by Josephine Devereux

Poetry work by Josephine Devereux

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Students writing

Writers' Group 2013

by Morag MacTaggart

We have had another busy year in Writers' Group. Held every Monday lunchtime and open to all who wish to come, Writers' Group can often get very loud! We enter competitions, share our writing, try out writing games and activities and manage to eat our lunch as well.

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Art 2013

Logan Park High School Writing Prize Results

by Morag MacTaggart

The English Dept had a large range of very talented pieces to choose from. Thank you to all who entered.

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Pacific Island Pearls at Polyfest

Pacific Island Pearls

by Karen Penaia

The Pacific is the calm ocean washing on the smooth sand of the land. Pearls are the jewels of the ocean. We are the Pacific Island Pearls of Logan Park High School (Polynesian Performance Group) who have just recently started up again since 2004. We formed this group to perform at the Polynesian and Maori Festival 2013. We do this to showcase the dignity of our cultures.

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Pacific Islands Student Community Group

Pacific Islands Student Community Group

by Marion Brinsley

Kia orana! Talofa! Malo e lelei! Bonjour! Aloha! This group is open to all students with Pacifica heritage and interest. We have met regularly throughout the year to share in one another’s cultures and company.

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Homework Club

The Homework Club

by Lydie Leurquin

The After School Homework Club has been an amazing experience this year. The teachers that are involved in the club are wonderful. They all bring something different. Mr Pirie for Science and Maths, Ms Brinsley for English, Drama and Careers, and Matua Tip for Te Reo Maori.

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Maori Student and Pacific Islands Student Leadership Teams

Maori Student Leadership team

by Jacobi Kohu-Morris

Kia Ora! The Maori Student Leadership Team (MSLT) of 2013 has been a real success. As a well-oiled machine we worked under the guidance of our wonderful Careers Advisor Ms Brinsley to start new projects, as well as continuing existing programmes from 2012.

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Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School

The Careers Department

by Marion Brinsley

These are some of the things the Careers Department was involved in this year.

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Orchestra

Logan Park Philharmonic Orchestra Rides Again!

by Hanna Ott

It's been a good year for the orchestra. A hard year, but a good year nonetheless.

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Academy Garden Opening

My year at the Services Academy

by Keith Huckle

This year everyone was able to get their NCEA level 1, and or level 2. Also some level 3 credits by doing unit standards in careers and outdoor activities.

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Theatrefest Award

Selecon Award for Technical Excellence

by Sarah Spicer

Congratulations to Oscar Mcnoe who was awarded the Selecon Award for Technical Excellence at the South Island Regional TheatreFest recently.

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Year 9 Drama Performance - 'Bearnie's Incredible Illucinations'

Year 9 Drama Performance - 'Bearnie's Incredible Illucinations'

by Sarah Spicer

Year 9 students have performed Bearnie's Incredible Illucinations this year, much to the delight of parents and friends.

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The Road That Wasn't There

The Road That Wasn't There - The Playhouse Theatre Dunedin

by Pippi Miller

This is a story about a girl who followed a map off the edge of the world… In New Zealand there are 56,000 kilometres of paper roads that exist only on surveyor's maps. Or do they? From an award-winning company comes a dark fairytale combining puppetry, shadow play, and music into an original story for children and adults.

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Camp Waihola

International student outdoor experience - Camp Waihola

by Akari Okawa (Japan)

My first camp with the international students was fun.

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Stuck in the mud at Tautuku Camp

Tautuku Camp the highlight of Year 10

by Ava Straw

Year 10 camp was my absolute highlight for year 10.

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Fun at Tautuku Camp

Tautuku Camp in the snow!

by Sophie Hilton-Manning

At year 10 camp our class happened to go to Tautuku in one of the very few times it snows! I found myself wearing ALL my clothes I had brought and still being freezing, but that just made it all the more fun.

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Cricket

Cricket report

by Paul Fielding

It has been another very busy and successful cricket season this year.

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Badminton

Badminton

by Paul Fielding

Badminton continues to thrive at Logan Park with two boys' teams and one girls’ team playing in 2013.

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Otago Daily Times Extra Quiz

Quiz success for Humanities students

by Paul Fielding

It has been another great year for our young social scientists on the local quiz scene.

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Vietnam trip banquet

Vietnam Trip

by Paul Fielding

Twenty one students and five teachers ventured out to Vietnam for our second full tour of this wonderful country for seventeen days in the April holidays. It was a fantastic and successful tour which will live long in everyone’s memories.

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Athletics Day Aoraki supporters

Aoraki House report

by Paul Fielding

Well it has been another great year for Aoraki. We may not have carried away any of the cups or trophies but House spirit was always high. Our Year 13’s worked superbly as a team and organised all the activities required of them enthusiastically throughout.

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MUNA 2013

Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) 2013

by Paul Fielding

This year was a clean sweep for LPHS at this annual event! We won best team (United Kingdom) for the third year in a row and carried off the two individual best speakers’ awards too.

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Toroa House Day

Toroa House Report

by Jeremy Shanks and Tayla Hohaia

After nine months of love and inclusiveness here at Logan Park, the students of Toroa have been left with a sense of enlightenment and inspiration by their supreme leaders Jeremy and Tayla.

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Otago Junior Classics Cup

lingua latina MMXIII

by Christine Beck

I’m sure the ancient Romans would be proud of us at Logan Park with our 6th consecutive win at the Otago Junior Classics Quiz. We celebrated our success with a Mt Olympus party, wondering how the gods ever got away with doing what they did. As well as following some ancient traditions, we follow a few AD 3rd millennium ones of our own including “cicero”, “calculi” and “fruti bursti”.

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Gateway work placement

Gateway 2013

by Christine Beck

It’s been another successful year for year 12 and 13 students testing out possible future careers.

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Viktoria Schule, the gymnasium in Darmstadt, Germany where Clara goes to school

Differences in the School System of Germany and New Zealand

by Clara Ballas

Germany and New Zealand have quite different school systems.

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Enviro Club

Sprouts Enviro Club

by Roseamanda van der Linde

Even though we have greatly missed our inspiring Year 13 leaders from 2012, the passion from us never died as the younger members of the Logan Park High School Environmental Group continued on their legacy into the new year brimming with exciting ideas on how we could make 2013 an even better one, with an already early on mural promised to be continued along the back of the canteen, to be painted this summer.

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MUNA 2013

Youth Parliament 2013

by Jacobi Kohu-Morris

In April 2013, I was privileged enough to be appointed as the Youth Member of Parliament representing the Rt. Hon Winston Peters for a six-month tenure. As much of an honour as it was, I will never forget the disgust so evident in Mr Tobin and Mr Enright’s (both staunch Labourites) eyes when they learnt I was representing Winston, and that he had chosen me. It would seem they are the only members of Grey Power who don’t like dear Winston!

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Open Day

Humanities Department report

by Paul Enright (HOD)

2013 started with a name change from Social Sciences to better reflect the spread and the focus of the subjects gathered together in our department and student successes in external exams to celebrate (including three NCEA Scholarships – two in History and one in Classical Studies). Humanities options remain popular with LPHS students and growth has led to the creation of a third History option at Year 11.

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Art 2013

Art Department Report

by Don Mackenzie (HOD)

Claude Monet was once described as "an eye, but what an eye!" The LPHS Art Department similarly has been described as "an Art Department, but what an Art Department!" We wallowed in the reflected fame of Bene Stewart's folio making it into the Top Folio travelling exhibition. We also relished the Photography NCEA Scholarship gained by Emelia Mixter. Sequoia Cunningham and Pepa Belton have both won lucrative scholarships to study Art at the Otago Polytechnic School of Art.

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Omimi House Day dancers

Omimi House Day

by Brett Collins

For ‘House Day’ this year, the Omimi family travelled to the distant lands of Warrington beach.

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O'MAthalon Competition

Maths Department news

by John Major (HOD)

The Maths Department have had a very successful year in 2013.

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Materials Technology (Wood)

Technology news

by Andy Parsons (HOD)

2013 has been another fabulous year in the Technology Department.

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Clayton

Clayton Head Boy

by Philip Cadzow

I've greatly enjoyed being Head Boy of Clayton this year.

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Rock Climbing

Rock climbing

by Philip Cadzow

Climbing this year has been great; every Tuesday and Friday lunchtimes we would gather in the wall to climb.

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Outward Bound

Outward Bound

by Philip Cadzow

My time at Outward Bound was amazing. With the instructors taking great care not to let my watch know what was coming next; we were left in a state of both constant excitement and exhaustion.

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Otago Tournament Netball Team

Netball

by Heather Brown

The school fielded five teams again this year; Senior A and Senior B team and a Junior A, a 9B and 9C teams.

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Group Photo at Geek Camp

Rotary Science Forum

by Charlie Ruffman

This summer we (Peter, Charlie and Jasmine) were lucky enough to attend the 2013 Rotary National Science and Technology Forum. This was two weeks of science and Awesome!

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David Hill writers' workshop

David Hill, Author Visit

by Jenny Millar

On Friday 22 February this year we hosted David Hill one of New Zealand's most renowned author of novels for children and young adults.

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Junior Shakespeare Cup winners

Junior Shakespeare Competition

by Christine Colbert

The Year 10 Drama students presented their entries for this year’s Shakespeare Cup at a very successful evening for parents on Thursday October the 24th.

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Volleyball

Volleyball

by Francine Vella

Volleyball had a great season.

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Curator's Club

Curators Club

by Pam McKelvey

A small but enthusiastic group of art- minded students, and some teachers, made work for three Curators' Club exhibitions this year.

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Year 12 Physical Education in action at North East Valley Normal School

Year 12 PE Coaching Trip to North East Valley Normal School

by Ibrahim Mohamed

On Friday 25 October, the Year 12 P.E class went to North East Valley Normal School. We went there as part of our leadership internal worth four credits.

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Rugby

Rugby

by Tait Hamilton

With boys from Yr 9, 10 and 11, the Logan Park Wolverines had a large spread of players including members of all shapes, sizes and ability levels.

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Year 12 PE Snowboarding

Year 12 PE Snowboarding Trip

by Runa Falanitule

The Year 12 PE class went to Ohau ski fields early in Term 3 as part of the Level 2 Physical Education course.

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Basketball

Basketball Coaches Comments

by Runa Falanitule, Jaren Roy, Katalina Ahokovi, Oliver Edan-Mann

A word from our coaches and players:

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Waterpolo fun

Water Polo

by Connor Seddon

Finally Logan Park has a water polo team, after four years of waiting I’m finally able to thrash Otago Boys.

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Year 10 Volleyball

Year 10 Girls Volleyball

by Danielle Calnan

Since Year 9 this team has been showing a lot of promise. With a few new additions to the team this year, the girls have developed a strong base of knowledge and skills.

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Basketball

Basketball TIC comments

by Danielle Calnan

This year Logan Park had its largest number of participants in Basketball, over 100 students across 9 teams.

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Basketball

Basketball Teams Overview

by Jordan Hibbard, Angela Wilson and Danielle Calnan

This year LPHS had some great basketball teams who all played well and had very exciting seasons.

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Junior A Girls Basketball team

Y10 A Girls Basketball

by Abby Wolfe (Coach)

The Junior A Girls Basketball team had a fun and successful season this year.

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Girls Sevens Rugby team

Girls Rugby Sevens

by Duncan Trickey

The girls' rugby sevens season was short but lots of fun.

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Senior Boys Football Team 2013

Football 2013

by Scott Bayne

The football season started off with some challenging weather conditions, but saw more players joining than in many years.

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1st XI Girls Hockey team

Girls Hockey

by Hannah Tregonning

From a highly successful end to our last season, the LPHS 1st XI Girls Hockey team managed to keep our position in the 1st division competition. Seeing as it was a heavily dominated Year 13 team during 2012, this meant that for this year we were expecting a lot of younger players to step up. The focus of the season became to build and grow a great team who would consistently put their best foot forwards and that’s exactly what they did.

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Debaters on top again

Debating

by Connor Seddon

This year saw the emergence of a terrifying new entity, a united debating society.

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Shakespeare Festival

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2013

by Matthew Scadden

The Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival was an amazing experience.

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Table Tennis

Table Tennis Club

by Francine Vella

A highly successful new sporting initiative for Logan Park has been the introduction of the lunch time Table Tennis club.

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Badminton

Girls Badminton

by Francine Vella

This year Logan Park has had two girls' Badminton teams.

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Jazz Band

Jazz Band

by Blake McAlevey-Scurr

This year the Logan Park High School Jazz band has gone through a year of growth and revitalisation under the accomplished direction of Calder Prescott.

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Badminton

Boys Badminton

by Paul Fielding

Another very good year for boys' badminton at Logan Park with two teams playing on Wednesdays after school at Badminton Hall.

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Otago Athletics Champs

Representative Athletics

by Francine Vella

Logan Park were well represented this year in the Otago Athletics Championships.

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PolyFest

LPHS Kapa Haka

by Emma Samuels

This year's experiences in LPHS Kapa Haka.

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Get-to-Go team

Get2Go Challenge

by Francine Vella

The Get2Go Challenge is run by the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre over a school day in different locations throughout New Zealand. Students must be in Year 9 or 10 to enter.

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Kingaroy Futsal teams

Kingaroy High School Visit

by Francine Vella

Kingaroy High School from Kingaroy in Queensland visited Logan Park as part of their South Island Tour in the last week of Term 3.

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Logan Park High School Choir at the Big Sing

Choir

by Richard Brown

The choir has had another enjoyable year under the direction of Hana Fahy.

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International Student Experience

by Gong Chawaroj (Thailand)

The story of what it is like to be an new international student at Logan Park.

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NZ Post Book Awards Quiz

New Zealand Post Book Awards Quiz

by Jenny Millar

In June we had four Year 9 teams competing against other secondary schools in the New Zealand Post Book Awards quiz.

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Wakamatsu High School exchange

Wakamatsu High School exchange

by Zoe Priest Forsyth

When students from our Wakamatsu sister school came to visit it was very interesting to hear about their lives in Japan. I enjoyed the experience as I’m going to travel there next year and volunteer to help families still affected by the tsunami. Unfortunately the students only had a short time with us but we enjoyed the experience together.

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Botanic Gardens 150th Celebration Day

Botanic Garden's 150th Celebrations Performance

by Sarah Spicer

Logan Park Players were delighted to be asked to perform at the Botanic Garden's 150th celebration day.

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International Food Festival

International Food Festival

by Viet Anh Tran (Vietnam)

During my last year at Logan Park High School, I have participated in lots of activities. All of them were so fun but the best one was the international food festival. As an international prefect, I organised it with the help of the International Office. It was such an awesome experience.

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International Concert

International Concert

by Haruka Ibori and Yuri Kitaba (Japan)

The International Concert night was a great success with many awesome performances. We worked really hard on all our performances for the International Concert.

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Otago Southland Regional winners

Logan Park Bowling strong in 2013

by Sarah Wilson & Tayla Hohaia

2013 has been yet another successful year for Logan Park High School Bowls, despite the small number of participants we have had some great achievements.

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World Universities debating championship

World Universities Debating Championship

by Christine Swindells

Four former Logan Park High School students have been selected for the Otago University Debating Societies two teams to compete at the 2014 World Universities Debating Championship in Chennai, India.

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David Hill writers' workshop

NZ author offers inspiration

by Kristan Mouat

Renowned NZ author David Hill shared his inspirations and insights to over 300 Logan Park students.

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Debaters on top again

Debating success at Otago Southland Russell McVeagh Debating competition

by Suzanne Robins

Congratulations to Connor Seddon, Helen Prime and Jacobi Kohu-Morris who represented Logan Park High School with considerable vigour and skill at the Otago Southland Russell McVeagh Debating competition on the 17th and 18th of May.

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48 Hour Film Competition

Best School Film in the 48 Hour Film Competition

by Christine Swindells

Logan Park students took top honours in the Otago Southland final of the 48 Hour Film Competition.

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BOT Year 9 Scholarship recipients

BOT Year 9 Scholarships

by Christine Swindells

Board of Trustees Year 9 Scholarships recipients for 2013.

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Class Act 2013

Class Act 2013

by Christine Swindells

Jasmine Seifert-Simpson and Matthew Scadden are Logan Park's Class Act recipients for 2013.

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