Spelling Bee

Annie Kennedy Atchison, Rosa Miller and Hugh Gibson from 9L qualified for the semi-final of the NZ Spelling Bee, that was held in Dunedin in August.

Posted: Tuesday June 30, 2015

Three months at the other end of the world

I have been here for three months but it seems on the one hand like three weeks and on the other hand like three years. Three weeks because the time here is flying so fast. With my four host siblings I never get bored and there is still so much...

Posted: Tuesday June 30, 2015

International students head home

A Kiwi experience is about to draw to a close for a group of our international students. The 12 students, from Austria and Germany, will be returning to high school in their own countries having spent between three months and one year at Logan Park.

Posted: Tuesday June 30, 2015

Peer Reading Celebrations

Peer Reading finished with a celebration and party in the Reading Room of the library on Friday 19 June. A total of 43 students from Yrs 9, 10, 11 and 13 took part in the programme.

Posted: Monday June 29, 2015

Regional Nga Manu Korero Competition

We hosted the Otago-Southland Nga Manu Korero speaking competition here at Logan Park on June 12.

Posted: Monday June 29, 2015

Otago-South Canterbury Lions Public Speaking Champion

Jacobi Kohu-Morris has won another speech title. He competed in the Lions Speech competition in early June in Oamaru.

Posted: Monday June 29, 2015

The Other Side of the World - short film

In June this year, Year 11 student Josh Grills acted in The Other Side of the World, a film funded by Short Film Otago.

Posted: Monday June 29, 2015

Dunedin Mid-Winter Carnival

Lots of current and ex-Logan Parkers and their families were involved in the beautiful Dunedin Mid-Winter Carnival, held in mid-June to celebrate the longest night.

Posted: Monday June 29, 2015

KiwiHost

KiwiHost is a 2 day customer service course.

Posted: Monday June 29, 2015

Co-ed Sports Tournament

We competed in football, badminton, hockey, netball, basketball and rugby in the Co-ed Sports Tournament in Dunedin in June.

Posted: Sunday June 28, 2015

Too much snow to ski

Its not often that too much snow is a problem for skiers. However, a school ski trip in mid-June became a non-skiing trip due to blizzards in Wanaka.

Posted: Friday June 26, 2015

Otago Cross Country Championships

We had 4 students competing in the Otago Cross Country Championships in June.

Posted: Tuesday June 23, 2015

Octacan Success

Thanks to all of our school community for supporting the Octacan drive to support local foodbanks and those affected by the June floods in Dunedin.

Posted: Sunday June 21, 2015

More National Shakespeare Success

Congratulations to Reva Grills and Luke Major who have been selected in the top 24 actors in New Zealand.

Posted: Sunday June 21, 2015

ODT Spelling Quiz

Logan Park entered four teams in the ODT Spelling Quiz on Tuesday 16th June.

Posted: Thursday June 18, 2015

Top Film School in Otago

Congratulations to all of our filmmakers involved in the Rialto 48 Hour Film competition. At the City Finals in June, we won numerous awards including Top School in Otago, Best Actor in Otago as well as City Runner-up.

Posted: Wednesday June 17, 2015

Biology Field Trip

Over 70 keen Year 12 Biologists enjoyed their field trip in May.

Posted: Sunday June 14, 2015

Sports News and Successes

The FIFA U20 World Cup Football Tournament in Dunedin has provided lots of inspiration recently.Solomon Liesbeth, Year 11 and Shae Moore, Year 10 were selected as part of the Dunedin ballcrew.

Posted: Tuesday June 9, 2015

Shakespeare Teams Triumphant at Nationals

Our Shakespeare performers had some wonderful successes at the National Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival held in Wellington over Queen's Birthday Weekend. We won 5 major awards and had over 25 students involved.

Posted: Wednesday June 3, 2015

Furman University Teacher Trainee visit

22 students from Furman University visited Logan Park at the end of May. Most of them are training to be teachers or educational psychologists. They visited classes and spoke with Logan Park teachers and students about our curriculum, assessment and pedagogy.

Posted: Monday June 1, 2015