Good luck to all students for their Derived Grade Exams next week.

A massive congratulations to both Mikaela McDonald (Y10) and Emily Olthof (Y9) who both won medals at the Oceania Speedskating Championships!

Congratulations to Chris Bayley on gaining his GOLD award with the Student Volunteer Army for completing 500 hours of volunteer work over the past three years!

Congratulations to PTT Honey and Only Popcorn! And don't miss the 2 for 1 voucher for the upcoming Home & Garden Show!

Reflections from one of our refugee students, telling her story anonymously.

Every year we love to profile our 'New to Nayland' teaching staff. Today we meet John Walker who isn't quite so new, having started his teaching career at Nayland back in 1988, achieving the role of Head of Mathematics in 2004 after a short stint away in Gisborne, and now he's back again having spent 2019 - 2021 overseas in Thailand. We're glad to have you back John!

Year 12 students Kahu Sanson-Burnett and Maisie Lucas from the band 'Parallel Park' are stoked to be opening for kiwi power-pop sensations 'The Beths' at their Nelson show on 24 September at Theatre Royal.

Please find attached the official election results for the Parent Representative and Staff Representative positions on the Nayland College School Board. Congratulations to Glen Heke and Diane Strong who join our board from tomorrow and a huge thank you to Pat Davidsen, Rachel Sanson and Lesa Kalapu who finish their term at the end of today. Ngā mihi nui to all those who participated in the elections.

We warmly invite Year 8 students interested in joining IOS (Institute of Sport) in 2023, to attend an information evening from 6-7pm on Tuesday 27 September in the Nayland College gymnasium classroom with guest speaker Eloise Van Velthooven, a former professional volleyballer who represented New Zealand at a national level and gained a full athletic scholarship to America. Parents and caregivers welcome, light refreshments provided.

Monday 19 September - Wednesday 21 September (Week 9) and Thursday 29 September - Friday 30 September (Week 10). Please find the full timetable attached below and available on our website: nayland.school.nz/news/exam-timetable

The NZ Uniforms shop on site at Nayland College have updated their opening hours from Saturday 10 September. See below and our website for all the details.

The Nelson Home and Garden Show is pleased to have the Young Enterprise Students promoting their fantastic innovative products at the Nelson Home and Garden Show!

Riding a scooter or motorcycle is fun, cheap and gives you independence but it does come with risk. If you have a scooter or motorcycle, we want to help you to be safer on the roads by offering a 4 hour FREE training session in the October school holidays.

Nelson College for Girls in conjunction with Te Mana Whaakatu Classification Office presents "A talk with Kate Whitaker" on Wednesday 21 September, 7-8pm in the Nelson College for Girls hall, 400 Trafalgar St South. RSVP by 19 September.

Starts Tuesday 20 September and run over four nights - 20, 22, 27, 29 Sept, 6:15-8:15pm at Nelson Technical Institute, Main Road Stoke. Includes a full license test lesson. To book, phone or text 0274351682 or email kbannan@xtra.co.nz

Retailers have over 20 vacancies, mostly for students over weekends and after school or taking a gap year.

Track racing available every Wednesday from 14 September with 'Have a Go' sessions over 8 weeks 15 Oct - 3 Dec. See below for more details.

Whanake Youth will be taking a group of young people to the Abel Tasman for camp from 5-7 October. (Ages 13-19) Email hello@whanakeyouth.org.nz