Absences
If you are keeping your child home for any reason, please contact the school.
Call (03)477-3586 then press 1
Email absences@lphs.school.nz
Remember to state your name and relationship to the child,
your child’s name, and the reason for absence.
Camp Dates
YEAR 10 TAUTUKU CAMP DATES 2024
1 – Monday 19 Feb – Friday 23 Feb (10Z, 10V, 10Y)
2 – Monday 8 April – Friday 12 April (10E, 10M)
3 – Monday 6 May – Friday 10 May (10C, 10D)
YEAR 13 TAUTUKU LEADERSHIP CAMP
Year 13: Friday 8 March – Monday 11 March
Canteen Menu
Daily Timetable
Essential Site Links
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs, Cultural and Sporting Activities
There are many Music, Drama, Literary and Art activities at LPHS. Students can join any of the 12 drama productions each year including musicals, dance, Shakespeare, one act plays, as well as some touring work. For the artistically inclined, there are many art competitions and yearly art exhibitions to contribute to.
The English Department supervises writing competition entries, speech and debating teams. Cultural groups like the Kapa Haka and Pacific Island performance group are also popular especially at the yearly International Concert. Youth Week held every year gives students an opportunity to perform in Karaoke, debating, compering, rock band performances and to enjoy an International Food Festival.
There are numerous opportunities for musical students, including two school choirs, several chamber music groups, an orchestra, an award-winning jazz band, and an after school rock music academy. An itinerant music programme gives students the opportunity to learn a musical instrument during school time.
There are active Robotics, Chess, Computer and Maths Clubs, as well as an enthusiastic Environmental Group.
Clubs and Activities | Summer Sports |
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Art Prefects | Adventure Racing |
Book Club | Athletics |
Chamber Music | Athletics Representative |
Chess | AFL Australian Football |
Choir | Climbing |
Classics Quiz | Cricket – Boys |
Dance Crew | Cricket – Girls |
Debating | Disability Sports |
DnD Club | Disk Golf |
Enrichment Clubs | Futsal – Boys |
Enviro Club | Futsal – Girls |
E-Sports Club | Handball |
Film Club | Kendo Club |
Fitness Room of the Gym | Ki o Rahi |
French Speaking Competitions | Mountain Biking |
Homework Club | Orienteering |
Humanities – History and ODT Extra Quizzes | Petanque |
ICAS Competitions | Surfing – St Clair |
International Food Festival | Surfing Competitive |
International Languages – Cafe Babel | Swimming |
Jazz Band | Tennis |
Karaoke Week | Touch Rugby |
Kapa Haka | Triathlon / Duathlon |
Knitting Club | Tramping |
Korean Culture Club | Volleyball |
Latin Club | Waterpolo |
Librarians | |
Math Competitions | Winter Sports |
Maths Enrichment Club | Badminton – Boys |
Maths Prefects | Badminton – Girls |
MUNA – Model United Nations events | Basketball |
Music Lessons / Itinerant Lessons | Cross Country / Road Races |
Orchestra | Cross Country – School |
Peer Mentoring | Curling |
Photo Club | Football – Boys |
Public Speaking – Senior | Football – Girls |
Public Speaking – Junior | Hockey – Boys |
Quizzes | Hockey – Girls |
Race Unity celebrations | Ice Hockey |
Robotics Club | Kendo Club |
Running Club | Mountain Biking |
School Production | Netball |
Shakespeare Festival | Rugby – Boys |
Showquest | Rugby – Girls |
Student Council | Snow Sports |
Spelling Bee (NZ) and ODT Spelling Quiz | Tautuku Camps and Tramps |
Talent Quest / Lip Sync | The Referee Club |
Techni Group | |
TheatreSports / Improv | |
TheatreFest | |
Theatre Week | |
Ukulele Group | |
Wellbeing Ambassadors | |
Writers’ Group & Writing Competitions |
House / Group System
Students are assigned a Group Teacher, who will look after their safety, well-being and academic progress throughout their time at school. At the beginning of each year we have a House Day to get to know new students. Each of the four Houses is made up of seven Groups and has a House Dean who takes overall responsibility for you and helps you sort any problems you have at school. House Dean’s and Group teacher’s will keep in touch with your whanau or caregivers.
HOUSE 1 (CLAYTON)
CLAYTON HOUSE DEAN
Murray Thompson (mbt@lphs.school.nz)
CLAYTON GROUP TEACHERS
1/1 Emily Mackenzie (ezm@lphs.school.nz)
1/2 Lydia Evans (lge@lphs.school.nz)
1/3 Luke T Fraser (ltf@lphs.school.nz)
1/4 Julia Johnston (jlj@lphs.school.nz)
1/5 Jennifer Ashby (jra@lphs.school.nz)
1/6 Kayla Robertson (ker@lphs.school.nz)
1/7 Richard Norton (ran@lphs.school.nz)
1/8 Louise Farr (lcf@lphs.school.nz)
HOUSE 2 (OMIMI)
OMIMI HOUSE DEAN
Michelle Summerfield (mls@lphs.school.nz)
OMIMI GROUP TEACHERS
2/1 Alan Reynolds (ajr@lphs.school.nz)
2/2 Dave Patchett (djp@lphs.school.nz)
2/3 Stefan Reussenzehn (sxr@lphs.school.nz)
2/4 Danielle Frost (dsf@lphs.school.nz)
2/5 Danya Kerr (dkk@lphs.school.nz)
2/6 Suzanne Robins (slr@lphs.school.nz)
2/7 Kelly Wilkinson (kdw@lphs.school.nz)
2/8 Ben O’Farrell (bto@lphs.school.nz)
2/9 Amanda Wilson (abw@lphs.school.nz)
HOUSE 3 (AORAKI)
AORAKI HOUSE DEAN
Paul Fielding (pef@lphs.school.nz)
AORAKI GROUP TEACHERS
3/1 Nick Biggin (ndb@lphs.school.nz)
3/2 Atawhai Hotene (arh@lphs.school.nz)
3/3 Harold Spronken (hps@lphs.school.nz)
3/4 Andrea McSweeney (anm@lphs.school.nz)
3/5 Luke J Fraser (ljf@lphs.school.nz)
3/6 Teresa Mackay (tcm@lphs.school.nz)
3/7 Tim Jones (tej@lphs.school.nz)
3/8 Rebecca Weston (rlw@lphs.school.nz)
HOUSE 4 (TOROA)
TOROA HOUSE DEAN
Yvonne Caulfield (ymc@lphs.school.nz)
TOROA GROUP TEACHERS
4/1 Paul Enright (pte@lphs.school.nz)
4/2 Lorne Secord (lfs@lphs.school.nz)
4/3 Tom Sinclair (txs@lphs.school.nz)
4/4 Dan Gracey (dxg@lphs.school.nz)
4/5 Jens Moller (jam@lphs.school.nz)
4/6 Shannon Colbert (sjc@lphs.school.nz)
4/7 Dan Greer (drg@lphs.school.nz)
4/8 Bianca Whalan (bxw@lphs.school.nz)
Important Dates
Our official term time school hours are 8.55 am until 3.00 pm.
Outside of these hours, we can not accept responsibility for students unless they are involved in authorised school activities.
Term 4 (Monday 14 October – Wednesday 11 December)
Labour Day
Monday 28th October
Year 8 Orientation Day
Friday 15th November
Term 1 (Thursday 30 January – Friday 11 April)
Years 12 & 13 House Dean Interviews
Monday 20 January to Monday 27 January
Teacher Only Days
Tuesday 28 January and Wednesday 29 January
Years 9, 12 and 13 start
Thursday 30 January
Years 10 and 11 only
Friday 31 January
Whole school
Monday 3 February
Waitangi Day observed
Thursday 6 February
Otago Anniversary Day
Monday 24 March
Term 2 (Monday 28 April – Friday 27 June)
King’s Birthday observed
Monday 2nd June
Matariki
Friday 20th June
Term 3 (Monday 14 July – Friday 19 September)
Term 4 (Monday 6 October – Wednesday 10 December)
Labour Day
Monday 27 October
Senior Prizegiving
Thursday 30 October (tbc)
Junior Prizegiving
Wednesday 10 December (tbc)
Lockers
Lockers are available to all students this year at a cost of $25.
If you would like a locker for 2024 please come to the school office.
Parent/Caregiver Agreements
Submitting the online enrolment form signifies agreement with school policies including
Payments & Contributions
These can be paid to the school directly via internet banking.
Westpac – Dunedin North Branch
Account No: 03 0883 0162950 00
Account Name: Logan Park High School
Particulars: Fees
Code: Pupil’s Name
Stationery
You can access our PDF stationery guides here:
Stationery can be ordered online from:
OfficeMax, from Qizzle, or from Warehouse Stationery.
Uniform
The Logan Park High School uniform is split into 4 groups:
1. Junior (Year 9-10)
2. Senior (Year 11-12)
3. Final Year (13)
4. Physical Education
The School Office has a Uniform Shop (open Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm) which carry a small stock of second-hand uniform items for school use and hardship grants.
New uniform items are available for purchase from:
Adventure Outfitters
455 Princes Street, Dunedin
Ph: 03 477 5304
NZ Uniforms
342 Moray Place
Ph: 03 929 1213
Weekly Feedback
We are keen to communicate regularly with parents/whanau to support all of our young people to develop positive learning habits. We provide weekly feedback (available in the Caregiver portal) for all students in Year 9-11. Every teacher provides a grade in their subject which gives a quick snapshot for parents to see how their child is engaging and working. Many parents find it a useful starting point for conversations with their teenagers about school.
The grade is based on teacher observation of students’ Learning Habits over the week in three categories:
1. Readiness to learn: this includes punctuality (being at class on time), having required books and equipment (pens, rulers etc, or PE gear, as detailed by subject teachers) and wearing correct uniform.
2. Engagement with learning: this includes behaviour, following instructions, participation in class and application to activities.
3. Task completion: including homework.
There are 4 grades:
4 = Outstanding learning habits observed
3 = Good learning habits demonstrated
2 = Inconsistent learning habits causing concern
1 = Learning habits causing significant concern
The week runs from Friday period 1 until Thursday period 6.
Generally a 3 (good learning habits) is what we expect from most students, whereas a 2 (inconsistent and causing concern) indicates there are areas for improvement, for example with homework completion, and a 4 is reserved for outstanding learning habits observed across the week.
Over 90% of surveyed parents appreciated the Weekly Feedback.
More detailed academic reports and comments are issued regularly throughout the year.
Weekly Feedback is NOT an indication of academic performance or ability.
You are encouraged to contact subject teachers by email if you have any questions or concerns.