At our Senior School prizegiving held last Wednesday, we celebrated the remarkable academic achievements of 2024 at TGC.

On Thursday 24th October, the Sports Awards was held to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements from all the sporting codes that our talented wahine participated in throughout the season.

On Wednesday 16th October, the Arts Prize Giving acknowledged the significant participation, contribution, and commitment of our students to the Arts.

The 2024 NCEA examination period begins on Tuesday 5 November.

In 1955, when Tauranga College split into Tauranga Girls’ College and Tauranga Boys’ College, Lady Mary Burke was part of the founding Lower Sixth Form, the equivalent of today’s Year 12.

Over the last weekend of the Term 3 school holidays, 12 students traveled to Palmerston North for the Dance NZ Made Nationals. These students achieved some amazing results and did the school very proud!

This piece is inspired by the idea of freedom and escaping, which I’ve shown through a storybook with birds and vines coming out of its pages.

In the last week of Term 3, we took a large group of 42 Year 12 and 13 Textiles and Fashion Design and Computer Science students to Wellington to experience all the awesome creativity and innovation that New Zealand has to offer.

Every year, Y11 Drama students create a short play for their internal NCEA assessment. This year was no different, however, a new development was the focus on WHANAUNGATANGA.

The Year 13 Drama Class recently delivered a captivating production of Jane Eyre, directed by Christina Cassells. Grace Billinghurst shone as young Jane, while Leah Swindells embodied the older Jane, making this performance a highlight of the year.

Over the last weekend of the holidays, Bay of Plenty Model United Nations took place, where students took roles of being global delegates for diverse countries and tackled pressing global issues, enhancing their public speaking, critical thinking, and teamwork skills.

The Jam Factory Venue at the Historical Village came alive on September 29th with the sold-out performances of Seeds of Change, a powerful play by Aiza Mustasam that captivated audiences with its urgent message about environmental justice

A connected school community does everything to make sure students are attending, participating, and progressing. It is this time of year that attendance is ever so important.

On Thursday 17 October we hosted our Pathways Celebration evening, a wonderful occasion to honour the hard work and achievements of our students involved in our Gateway classes and Futures Academy programme.

In today's world, where distractions are abundant and the pressure to excel is high, guiding children to develop healthy study habits is more important than ever.

Every year, more and more emphasis is placed on achieving good results in exams causing many students to feel extraordinary pressure and having unrealistic expectations.

At the end of Term 3, we celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week with mindfulness colouring, Happy Box decorating, and paper crafts, while our friendship bracelet-making session saw a record turnout!

To round off the inter-house competition for 2024, Friday of week 2 saw the fields turn into a rainbow of color as students ran, jumped, threw, and participated in multiple activities to gain house points for their house. Students participated in these rotations for 2 periods as a warm-up for the much-anticipated colour run!