Kia ora, e te whānau

At the recent Senior Prizegiving our student leaders were announced for 2023.

Despite Term 4 still being in its infancy and the senior students shifting their attention to exam preparation, there is still plenty of sport happening around the place. Sports Activator Chris Campbell takes a quick look at some of the highlights so far from a busy Term 4!

A small contingent of our Poly Group involving mainly juniors and seniors that did not have tutorials for NCEA, performed at Harcourt Park in front of all the primary and intermediate schools from Upper Hutt.

With 27 dance, vocal and live music performances, this year's Senior Dance Repertoire 'Celestial' was a huge success! Teacher Donna Montgomery tells about the energetic shows.

Upper Hutt College returned to Lane Park Church, after a COVID-enforced hiatus, for the 2022 Senior Prizegiving.

Students involved in the thriving UHC sport and cultural areas were acknowledged at the annual Sports and Cultural Prizegiving, held recently in the school hall.

As the final highlight of Adventure Education trips, Year 13 students had a whale of a time kayaking round the Marlborough Sounds. Student Holly Collins walks us through the successful but challenging trip.

In spite of another year of Covid interruptions, our senior art students demonstrated our school value of resilience once again by getting their mahi toi finished in time to showcase their portfolios in the annual UHC Senior Art Exhibition. Head of Art Rachel Clark tells us about the artistic talent on display.

Two teams of Year 10 Science students represented UHC at the annual EPro8 in Tawa. Teacher Kirsten Eichler runs us through what they had to do and how they got on.

Students were challenged by the Library to come up with Halloween cake creations.

As part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, which a number of UHC students have been working towards, they spent four days kayaking in the Marlborough Sounds. Some of students have written about the different legs of the trip.

Students taking Year 9 French have been challenged by their teacher Ms Taylor in the French Fear Factor.