The final group of Year 10 students went on camp in July.

We are fortunate to have a wonderful team of staff at Logan Park who are committed to our students and enjoy seeing their successes.

We welcomed our new Year 9's to their new school at the start of February.

Logan Park Junior Show 2022

This year the Theatresports Club has been running smoothly every Monday lunchtime for a wide range of students interested in learning about improv skills and playing games with their friends. In the face of covid, Theatresports kept going and this year saw a large growth in students coming to club, especially with juniors.

This year they have looked at growing crystals, dissecting lungs & sheep eyeballs. One experiment they carried out, showed them how quickly germs can develop on their cellphones.

On a chilly spring day two Logan Park teams headed out for a day of adventure racing. There were 20 teams from around Otago/Southland. Teams compete in three events earning points in each event to gain a total that will have them named as regional winners.

At the start of Term Four ten students (five males and five females) went on a boat trip in Auckland called the Spirit of New Zealand.

The 2022 netball season for the Logan Park Junior A Team was reasonably successful.

Our head prefects' reflected fondly on their time at Logan Park.

Another character-building year for Logan Park High School as we stride through the 2020’s decade.

View the gallery of Clayton House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Omimi House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Aoraki House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Toroa House Group photos here.

Last year we were so close to winning the house cup, placing second after what feels like the first time and trying to maintain the momentum built from last year. We were determined not to drop back to our fourth-place track record in the running for the house cup, we decided to continue trying to promote group spirit among those in our house, particularly junior years.

Back in 2005 I arrived at Logan Park to lead the Technology Department into an exciting future.

The 2022 season fielded 88 players across nine teams. The Senior Girls coached by Danielle Frost and Erica Stedman, the Senior Boys & Junior Boys coached by Jase Frost. These three teams faced some tough challenges playing in the A grade competition.

This year our Tennis activities ranged from taking part in coaching sessions that Tennis Otago offered to our beginners, to participating in a competition.

Omimi has enjoyed a year with a number of house activities and Athletics Day.

Water Polo had a very successful year. Players have continually developed their skills and competitive attitude, and often played above their level, against physically stronger teams.

On Saturday, the 27th of August, the LPHS Senior Formal was held at the Otago Museum. An evening of laughter, fun, and tasteful music from some of Logan Park's current and former student talent, it was a night to remember.

Another great year for Aoraki in trying Covid conditions. Athletics Day postponed, Houseday cancelled and interruptions galore.

Cricket continues to go well at Logan Park High School. We started the Term Four season with four games in the McCullum Cup over Labour weekend.

Congratulations to our amazing scholars for their success in the 2021 NZQA Scholarship exams. Paxton Hall won an Outstanding Scholar Award.

For the second consecutive year, Year 13 student Shima Jack has won Aotearoa’s richest short story prize.

2022 was another very good year for Logan Park badminton. We continue to have a team in the premier division and this year they were the third best team in Dunedin.

Congratulations to Alexander Sun and Darcy Monteath who are our 2022 Class Act winners.

Our 2022 Year 13 leavers have again won top financial scholarships to universities / polytechnics to attract NZ's top scholars.

Congratulations to all senior prize-winners and Year 13 leavers

We celebrated our junior students and their achievements in December

The CMNZ competition (Otago regionals) were held on the evening of Friday June 10. Due to covid there were far fewer entries than normal, but once again LPHS achieved some impressive results.

Our music students have enjoyed having a professional musician / songwriter mentoring them over the year.

Agricultural and Horticultural Science is back on the menu at Logan Park after a break of about 30 years. The last Horticulture class was in 1993 and since then things have changed significantly both in production methods in the field and what is taught in class. The emphasis is now very much on the Science.

After coming 1st in the Otago / Southland Interschool Chess Champs our number one team of Alexander Sun, Naoki Kozakai, Tyne Grant and Fen McIntosh headed to Christchurch for the Nationals at the start of the October holidays.

Congratulations to our thespians who won Otago regional honours - Best Ensemble and Excellence in Acting Awards.

This year’s Senior girls badminton team was made up by Shima Jack, Maia Jack, Maria Hessel, and myself, April McMillan Perkins.

This year Logan Park handball had a different look to previous years.

The Edgar Centre was awash with Maroon on Thursday afternoons.

Congratulations to Sophie Smart and Liam Scott for winning our Mana Pounamu young Maori Achievers awards.

We've had a number of sports successes in Term Four.

Congratulations to our Junior Writers who competed in the 2022 Junior Writing competition this year.

Logan Park’s annual Film night was a wonderful cinematic experience full of creativity, humour, and filmmaking skills.

The Ukulele Band took part in a number of events during Term Four.

Congratulations to our senior boys relay team who won the prestigious 4x400 relay race at the Otago Champs at the end of October.

2022 was a great year for the Logan Park Choir. We had a bit of a rough start, as due to COVID regulations our rehearsals had to take place outside. Regardless, we continued singing, learning and perfecting songs as we constructed a repertoire for the Big Sing Regional Competition.

In Term 3 this year the Mathematics Department invited Sam Fernando as a guest speaker to share about the pathway to becoming an Actuary.

Another year of promise and hope on the hockey field, led by Niamh as the Captain and Mr Spronken and Ms Cochrane from the sidelines and supported by a wonderful and enthusiastic group of players and parent supporters..

Students who are at secondary school and want to learn some practical, hands-on skills that will help them get a job can learn at the Otago Secondary Tertiary College (OSTC).

In June the LPHS Jazz Band (the Little Steps Giant Band) entered a nationwide competition (the Jazz Band-It big band competition) run by Rodger Fox and the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington.

Otago Daily Times reporter interviewed Bram Casey and Arthur Howard in September after their success in the regional French speaking competition.

Thanks to all of our wonderful Year 13 students who finished school in November

We farewelled Head of Languages, Barbara Fitzsimons in June.

The senior mathematics competition is a 90-minute competition which sees students answer a variety of problem-solving questions which test their algebraic, trigonometric, geometric and probability skills.

It was time to say au revoir to our Year 13 French class and we did it in style!

In Term 4 we finally went out to visit our Manuka trees and place our stones next to them.

We want to start off by saying a big thank you to our incredibly amazing coach Mrs Kayla Robertson.

This year has certainly been busy for Enviro Club!

It has been a very eventful first year for Culture Club! We have been busy celebrating Logan Park’s diverse array of cultures, from Alaska to Lebanon to France, through weekly games, dances, and presentations.

Beginning the year, Clayton put up a good fight at athletics day, showing up in full Clayton spirit, clad in blue.

Coming into the season we were confident that we had one of the best hockey teams LPHS had seen for quite some time, coached by Mr Norton and managed/coached by Dr T, the team was looking strong.

The New Zealand Society of Authors runs an annual Youth Mentoring Programme, with the support of Creative New Zealand. Every year four aspiring secondary school writers (aged 15-19) are chosen to be mentored by one of New Zealand’s best YA authors.

With folios completed for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Art, our Senior Art exhibition was held in late October.

Congratulations to Kate Will-Tofia and Kai Tane-Elbers for winning these awards.

It’s the end of 2022, and the Logan Park Little Steps Giant Band, have successfully completed another year full of Jazz. Over the course of the year, we have travelled and competed in multiple Jazz Band events including big band, combo and improvisation competitions.

With Mr Dodd at our helm, the Logan Park Philharmonic Orchestra has had another strong year.

Congratulations to Bill and Mark Campbell who won Grapple Scholarships

We farewelled PE / Health teacher and football / futsal coach James Govan at the end of Term 2.

From the 3rd-5th of October a vivavious group of LPHS students ventured onto the Routeburn Track.

Congratulations to Marnie Brosnahan who placed second in the Polson Higgs / Young Farmers Innovation Competition

Congratulations to Adeleah Nukanuka for organising the Otago Pacific Voices Speech competition in August.

The music department always loves to showcase their wide range of talent among our young musicians at Logan Park.

We celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week) in September

Congratulations to our new Board of Trustees.

Congratulations to the following students for achieving in the schools Orienteering Series and Otago school championship events.

The cultural exchange with the Korean class and the Māori class was fantastic!

Our staff enjoyed hearing from well known psychologist Nigel Latta in September.

It was wonderful to be able to have a face to face Whānau Hui in September.

After a two year hiatus due to Covid restrictions, we were thrilled to once again be able to participate in this competition. There were plenty of nerves! For a number of students this was the first year that they had participated in this competition.

Congratulations to Sophie Smart and Liam Scott for winning our Mana Pounamu young Maori Achievers awards.

Congratulations to Nico Alvarez Rey-Virag for placing 3rd in the national U20 road relay race in Christchurch in October.

We celebrated the end of Term 3 with our Youth Week and the International Food Festival was one of the highlights.

Thanks to Jaspar Chapman and the skateboarding crew for organising our Skateboarding showcase at the end of Term 3.

Our Interhouse Game Show took place in the last week of Term 3.

After a covid break of two years the Otago History Teachers quiz returned to Balmecewen Golf Club in week 10 of Term Three.

Mental Health Awareness Week coincided with our end of Term 3 Youth Week celebrations.

The AMC is an engaging 30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’ everyday lives; it is open to students in years 3 to 12.

During week 6 of term 3, a group of 34 students from Year 9 - 13 sat the ICAS Maths competition.

As you walk past the Whare during lunchtime on Tuesdays you can listen out for the gentle strums of the ukulele..

Near the end of Term 3 we gathered to celebrate the sakura cherry blossom season in the traditional fashion with a hanami picnic under the blossoms.

Congratulations to Griffin Miller-Kelsey and Bryn Loughran for winning the Otago Esports Brawl trophy.

On Thursday 1 September the RNZB visited our Year 9 Dance class and took them for a workshop.

The Logan Park Senior A team has had a fantastic year this netball season.

The LPHS Photo Competition was run at the end of Term Two with entries being judged and announced in Term Three.

After a busy year, the Art Department wanted to shine a little light on Emi Sharma, and celebrate her successes.

This year four senior and two junior Logan Park teams competed in the annual Classics Quizzes hosted by Otago University and the Classical Association, another series of fun-filled evenings characterised by camaraderie and a healthy spirit of competition.

We have a fantastic new addition at LPHS!

The school orchestra gave four performances in one day (22 Sept) at different venues around the city.

Every year in September the annual speech competition takes place at Columba.

On September 10 the LPHS Adventure race teams competed in the annual Queenstown Peak to Peak event.

The final week of August saw winter sports tournament week return to secondary schools for the first time since 2020 due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

Gideon Craigie and Isla Craigie both played with the Mosgiel Brass Band in the regional band contest in September.

Congratulations to our First XI Hockey team who won the South Island Secondary Schools Hockey Tournament on Friday 2 September.

Congratulations to Bill Campbell Yr 13 and Odin Hyink Yr 9 for their prize winning entries. Bill won a number of major prizes.

Congratulations to Shima Jack and Darcy Monteath for their continued writing successes

The Reading Challenge ran from the end of Term 2 until Week 8, Term 3.

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” ― Fran Lebowitz

As we know fashion plays a big part of French culture and when living in France I was always aware of being looked at if my dress sense was not up to the expectations (which happened quite often and that is why I love living in Aotearoa).

From July 8th - July 27th I (Laura) was with the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Young Shakespeare Company 2022 (SGCNZ YSC). We travelled all the way from Auckland to Singapore to London, then to Stratford-upon-Avon and back again. During this time, we were tourists, students and actors.

Congratulations to our Year 9 Scholarship winners.

We were pleased to receive our Term 1 2022 analysis of Attendance Data in August.

Our LPHS Book Club members and superb Library Prefects generously contributed their time, ideas and creativity to plan an exciting School Library Week. This year’s theme was Travel, travel through reading, learn through reading.

The 2022 NZ Engineering Science Competition took place on Saturday 6th August from 10am to 6pm.

LPHS Students find success in the New Zealand Physics and Mathematics Competition

In August, I (Darcy) invited the Dunedin Abrahamic Interfaith Group to come and talk to our senior students about their experiences and involvement in their personal faiths.

A large group of Year 13 students enjoyed Leadership Camp in August in the beautiful Catlins area.

All of our Groups should now have been equipped with a bucket to join in their House’s weekly endeavour to make our school grounds look beautiful. Of course Groups can go out anytime to collect rubbish and send us their photos from their efforts.

The Dunedin Youth Writers Association (https://dunedinyouthwriters.wordpress.com/), led and created by LPHS Year 13s Darcy Monteath and Shima Jack and also Year 12 Hugo Todd, have just produced the first ever edition of their monthly writing anthology MINOR GOSPEL in conjunction with the Dunedin Public Libraries.

Early this year some budding mathematicians took part in the University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition.

Congratulations to Ava Reid who won 3 books for our school library.

In August two teams from our year 11 Geography class took part in the inter-school Maatangi Whenua Geography quiz at the University of Auckland. They had a great time and did very well.

On Thursday 18 August Footnote Dance Company came to visit the Dance students and ran a 2 hour workshop with the Senior Dance Class and Year 10 Dance Class.

Carl Dickel ex Logan Park coach and PE teacher returns to Dunedin for students’ award.

This year the Senior Debating has included several teams who have enjoyed learning about the art of rhetoric and rebuttal in a structured and civil form and using a range of viewpoints.

In August we celebrated a lot of Maths events, tests and competitions.

Year 12 and 13 Media Studies students worked very hard in Term Three on completing their short films.

The X-Country Ski and Snow cave experience took place at the Snow Farm, Cardrona Valley at the beginning of Term 3.

Congratulations to our choir who performed at the Big Sing South Island Cadenza in Timaru in August.

Congratulations to Group 1/4 for winning the trophy for Best Decorated Door.

In June we hosted Megan Potiki who presented our school's cultural narrative.

Congratulations to Marnie Brosnahan for winning the Otago Lions Speech Competition.

After months of dedication, our team of student performers and helpers travelled to Invercargill for a fantastic performance in the Civic Theatre.

Congratulations to Laura Cowles who travelled around the globe to the Globe Theatre in England in July.

In early May, 34 Logan Park Students participated in the Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Competition.

Erica Stedman was featured in the Otago Daily Times as part of a feature on School Sports Volunteers.

On Monday 27th June, 20 Logan Park High School students travelled to Berwick Camp to participate in the Sport Otago Voice of Rangatahi Leadership event focusing on physical recreation.

Congratulations to our A team who won the Otago / Southland Champs in Chess.

The Year 11 Geography class along with Mr Dixon and Mrs Summerfield had a fantastic trip to Mt Cook in May.

Congratulations to Michelle Summerfield and Liz James and their team of staff and student librarians for their great work with our library.

We are proud of all the Logan Park students who had their work selected for display at this year's Otago Museum Photography Awards.

On Tuesday 7 June Professor David Bryant from the University of Otago gave an interactive talk about mathematical modelling to 15 interested students.

This year we had some really cool activities organised as part of Matariki and International Languages Week.

June is the month when the French film festival is on - this year we were lucky enough to go as a class and watch a film.

We are definitely becoming more adventurous and our French cooking endeavors in our Year 10 French class.

We celebrated Pride Week in June

We were entertained in the last week of Term 2 with Karaoke Week

The Year 10 Korean class had an opportunity to plant Mugunghwa at our school.

On Wednesday June 22nd students from two Year 9 classes conducted the annual winter solstice pedestrian survey for the Dunedin Institute of Valuers.

Lots has been happening in the Logan Park music scene in Term Two

During Wellness Week (Week 3, Term 2) students from the Level 2 Health Education class implemented a variety of Health Promotion Campaigns within the Logan Park community.

On a lovely Winter's day Logan Park students gathered to represent the school at the Co-Ed Winter Sports Tournament.

Nico Alvarez Rey-Virag came 2nd in the Logan Park Road Race.

Our Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 Dance students presented their dances to an appreciative audience in June.

We celebrated Samoan Language Week from May 29 - June 4.

Our Year 12 Biology classes appreciated their Field Trips in June.

"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard.

On Thursday the 26th of May, Year 10 Korean class enjoyed making yummy Korean dishes.

With the end of the first 2022 season of handball, we reflected on how there have been some new and exciting developments and challenges this season.

Logan Park winter sport got up and running with great numbers competing in the challenging environment of Covid and flu season.

We have welcomed ERO for our latest school review and evaluation.

After having discussed environmental issues in Term 1 in class some of the French students wanted to put into practice what they have been learning and debating about in class.

On Friday, the 27th of May, the whole school came together and cleaned up our grounds.

On the 23rd of May we finally had the opportunity to meet with our French pen pals in a virtual setting - via zoom!

In May we celebrated Wellness Week throughout the school.

Matua Tip Winiata and our kura hosted Dunedin Maori teachers in March.

Congratulations to Adeleah Nukanuka Year 9 for winning a Ministry for Pacific Peoples Toloa STEAM Scholarship for 2022.

Shima Jack was selected for a Spirit of New Zealand voyage in Term 1. Her comments are below.

Our first X1 completed a most successful season with only one loss in competition play against teams from Otago Boys and John Macglashan College in Term One.

Otago had a fantastic four days of petanque in March.

Congratulations to Shima Jack, Year 13 for her poetry successes

Logan Park teams had an exciting Year of Volleyball.

A new room and a new broom. Welcome to Mr Jenkins who joined the Technology Department this year and survived his first term with a smile.

The weathers Gods were not on our side for the early part of 2022.

The Jazz Band is finally up and running!

Congratulations to our Logan Park team at the Virtual Triathlon in Term 1.

We enjoyed a fabulous Sports Day in April

One Friday in Term 1 our 9 French and Japanese classes worked as a language learning community and shared in small groups what they have learned so far.

On a chilly Thursday the 7th of April, twelve Logan Park students dressed as witches, a rotten king, a couple of knights and various other Elizabethan types, could be seen in the car park helping Mr Hills to load awkward set pieces into the school van.

We welcomed a number of new staff to our team this year

Year 10 Food Technology classes worked hard during Term 1 on designing and trialling innovative food products to sell at a Market Day stall.

Congratulations to Laura Cowles who got to visit the Globe Theatre in London

Congratulations to our large team of Prefects covering a wide range of areas including sports, culture, arts, academic and wellbeing.

We celebrated Race Unity in March.

Marnie Brosnahan, Yr 12 was second in the Dunedin Area Finals in April.

Congratulations to Maria Hessell Yr 11 who was awarded a Pacific Peoples Toloa Scholarship for 2022.

Year 13 Gateway students have been participating in the Advanced Customer Service course run at the Learning Centre.

Our Head Boy and Girl of Sports, Connor Stephenson and Madeline Simons lead the Student Sports Council at Logan Park High School.

Our Student Sports Council along with Sports Co-Ordinator Frankie Vella started our Friday Lunchtime activities in March.

The first of our Year 10 classes enjoyed building confidence, outdoor adventures and experiences at Tautuku in the beautiful Catlins area in February.

Year 9 Art students enjoyed developing their sketching and observational skills.

Congratulations to Mark Campbell, Year 11 who has continued to creatively problem solve and build things. His latest project was a fully functioning rover.

Logan Park had six teams competing in the Dunedin Schools Debating after-school competitions this year; three in the Junior round and three in the Senior.

Lots of students came to the shared lunch organised by a group of Year 13 students to promote intercultural understanding at Logan Park in February.

Every Friday one of our senior French class brings a cake to school to be shared amongst the students.

It was the time of the year again when we get to find who our queen or king is - at least for one day.

Emma Mitchell, Yr 13 has been selected as one of 3 young people in Otago to share her experiences with ODT reporter Daisy Hudson over this year.

Twenty seven, Year 13 Physical Education students headed off for the annual “Back Yard Journey” in February. The trip involves a two day trip around Dunedin, using bikes, rafts and their legs!

Our school Head Prefects for 2022