Te Kura Tuarua o Tawera | Darfield High School
From the tumuaki | principal, 2024 Term 1 Week 11
Tēnā tātou e te hāpori o Te Kura Tuarua o Tawera / hello to all of us in the Darfield High School community has been a fair bit ... Read more…Attendance
There has been significant media attention on school attendance and absence rates across Aotearoa. As a school, we are dedicated to ... Read more…New Youth Worker
Kya Foth Read more…Ripapa Island for Year 11 History
In our Year 11 history class we’ve spent the term studying the tragic plunder of Parihaka and the passive resistant methods of Te ... Read more…Cross Country Championships
Some great results from this weeks Cross Country Champs Read more…Attitude Presentations 4th April
We had a great day of engaging, informative talks with Tamatea Wihongi from Attitude NZ Read more…Preparing our Year 9-11 students for the Literacy and Numeracy Exams (CAA)
Please encourage your child to be utilising this online programme at home as well as at school. Read more…Angie Early Competes at the Special Olympics
On Wednesday, the Special Olympics was held at Nga Puna Wai, this is the first time in a few years that Darfield High has entered a ... Read more…Ngāi tahu, Kōkirihia Rangatahi Wānanga
For over a year now, Darfield High School has been involved in Kōkirihia Rangatahi Wānanga. Leo and three other students have been ... Read more…End of a busy term.
This term has gone by so fast! We have welcomed many students throughout the start of the year. Some of these students will continue ... Read more…Thanks to all our amazing student librarians...
Today our librarians enjoyed their well-deserved 'Librarian Lunch' with a literature kahoot quiz. We also celebrated a couple of ... Read more…Free Book Friday Winners!
Congratulations to Aiden Herriman, William Mason, Abby Johnson of 7IC and Jessie Williams 7JH. Read more…Canterbury Secondary Schools Show Jumping
We had Two Teams represent DHS at the Canterbury Secondary Schools Show Jumping Championships. It was a mixed day with individual ... Read more…Personalised BBQ Tongs
9MMT celebrated the classes success with a BBQ where they can use their BBQ tongs they made in class. The school supplied the ... Read more…Careers Department term one overview and looking ahead to next term.
Our Careers Department team has enjoyed a busy term with a lot happening. Read more…This is great opportunity for students who are keen writers or want to build on their writing skills!
This workshop is subsidised so the cost is $20 per student for the whole day. We need to let the organisers know in the first weeks of ... Read more…Term 1 - Amazing Artists.
This year, Arts Leader, Grace Sanderson, has been selecting, showcasing and rewarding outstanding artwork from junior and senior art ... Read more…Kaitiakitanga Character Design winner is..... Dinu Mudiyanselage!
To celebrate Earth Day 22nd April, The Art Department ran a character design competition . The brief was to create a character who ... Read more…Evolocity Competition update from 3MEC
Our Year 13 are entering the Evolocity comp (Dispatch article 12 March). In Term 2 they will be approaching some local businesses for ... Read more…Upcoming Annual Careers Expo
At the start of term two, Darfield High School students and their whānau, will have the opportunity to interact with 25+ tertiary ... Read more…Y9 Humanimal woodblock prints and painted blocks.
Y9 art students used collage and/or imaginative drawing to generate a "humanimal" (animal with human characteristics). They turned ... Read more…Housekeeping: Accounts
When making payments to the school in relation to your students please ensure you add a relevant reference for the event and what ... Read more…School Photos are ready to order
Photolife have emailed the link and keycodes to parents and caregivers for their child's school photographs. If you didn't receive ... Read more…Do you qualify for a High Achievement Award 2024?
Applications are open for this year's High Achievement awards. Read more…Proposed Closure of the Sheffield Memorial Pool
The Selwyn District Council proposed in their Long Term Plan to close the Sheffield Memorial Pool. Whilst the facility is considered ... Read more…- Read more…
