Yesterday, a record number of parents and caregivers joined us at the fabulous Year 9 and 10 Prizegivings.

Please take note of the start of year arrangements for 2021.

Yesterday, Year 10 students completed their last year in the junior school and celebrated many successes from a year like no other.

Yesterday, Year 9 students celebrated successfully completing their first year of secondary school study at Upper Hutt College.

Helping local organisation, Upper Hutt Animal Rescue, UHC Art Factory students have created some stunning murals to be displayed at the entrance of the business. Student Grace Seamark reports.

It was beginning to feel a lot like Christmas last week, as all the junior Ako classes donned festive garb and celebrated.

The much anticipated Activity Day for 2020 delivered what was anticipated from outset, a way to complete a bizarre year on a positive note. Despite mother nature raining down on some of the activities most went off without a hitch. Here is a first hand wrap of the day - note the many pictures at the end of the article.

A great year of sport at UHC has been rounded off by adding another 2 trophies to the now capacity Trophy Cabinet and a New Zealand Cap! UHC's Chris Campbell reports.

In their final event at UHC, Year 13s along with parents and staff celebrated five years in style with a memorable evening at the Silverstream Retreat.

Year 9 and 10 Spanish students as well as Year 9 Japanese students had a guided tour of the zoo in their respective languages. Year 9 and Spanish student Garrett Amyes tells us about the day.

Students in 9LB and 10SD took the opportunity to show their parents what they had learned over the year in some of their subjects.

Knowing how to spell words such as “accommodate” and “exuberant” were the key to winning the Year 9 and 10 Spelling Bee competition. Students Elizabeth Kananghinis and Thamar Smyrni report.

After much toil and hard work, the Year 13 students working on the cabin for the BCO course have completed it!

As part of the the Year 9 Social Science curriculum experience, one class headed into Wellington to visit the Holocaust Centre for an educational experience. Student Lors Cowley reflects on the experience.

Year 9 and 10 Japanese students spent a day at the Japanese Embassy in Wellington where they enjoyed learning further about Japanese Culture and the JET programme. Student Stacey Duncan shares her experiences.

Soaking up and learning about Japanese culture was the aim of the immersion day held. Student Grace McPartland shares how the day panned out.

US Embassy staff put out the red carpet for 20 UHC Year 9 Social Studies students and educated them on the relationship between the New Zealand and American governments.

Nominated Year 10 students were recognised as being good citizens with a yummy morning tea. Year 10 Dean Kath Cowley comments on the festivities.

Year 9 and 10 Ako classes spent significant time enjoying the gift of helping others. There were an array of things done to help others. This is first hand accounts of what some of the classes did.

The Board of Trustees consulted with its community to inform the development of the Strategic Plan 2020-2022.

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