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James Hargest College Ball

Our 2024 Ball was a truly delightful occasion. Special thanks to the wonderful Ms Taylor and Ms Pickering for their leadership and guidance. Thanks also to the dedicated team of dance teachers. We were proud of our class of 2024 and the way they conducted themselves. It was a wonderful evening of glamour and joy.

Year 9 English – Ode to Cookie

9ENG with Ms Paulin have been working hard with their writing skills. As a creative writing task, Ms Paulin baked some cookies for her class and brought them in to create poetry about. The students were asked to go through their senses and then create an ‘Ode to Cookie’. Below is the winning poem, chosen […]

Netball – Southland Secondary School Championships

The Southland Secondary School Netball Championships were held at Stadium Southland recently, and this was a very successful day for Hargest netball. Due to the large number of entries, the Senior A and B, and 10 A grades were split into pools, and they then played off for placings based on their pool results. The […]

Wakatipu High School Exchange

The annual interschool with Wakatipu High School was held in Queenstown recently. It was a very cold and frosty but clear day so perfect conditions for all of the varied sports. It is not often our rugby teams land on thick frost when they are tackled! The day started with a warm welcome to the […]

Youthmark Awards 2024

JHC is incredibly proud to celebrate our Youthmark Award recipients for 2024. This award is funded by the ILT with the purpose of recognising Southland students who excel. Fifty awards are given out each year and all Southland secondary schools are allocated a number of awards based on their Year 13 roll numbers. This year […]

Te Manu Kōrero Speech Competitions

We are immensely proud to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of the four students who represented our school at the Te Manu Kōrero Competitions last Thursday and Friday. E poho kererū ana mātou ki ēnei tokowhā nei: Trinity Duncan (Junior Māori section) Ariana Bragg (Junior English section) Isimeli Levuimata (Senior Māori section) Kiah McLean (Senior English […]

Matariki Art

Year 8 students Ella Rohan, Akeylah MacGregor, McKenzie Pile, Keeley Templeton, Lily Enoka and Natalie Hitchens painting up UV designs which will be part of a Matariki installation.

Southland Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships

We were delighted to take 30 students from the Senior Campus to this event a few weeks ago – we had so many students participating this year we needed a bus for transport which was awesome! It was a beautiful sunny day in Te Anau, with no wind, which made the conditions perfect for all […]

Junior Campus Cross Country House Competiton

  After watching the weather all week long, the call was made to go ahead with the Junior Campus House Cross Country on the 30th of May. With the chance of a shower in the mix, students were asked to be prepared for the conditions, however, the weather held off and a great day of […]

Rugby

The victory from the Junior Campus Girls at the Jonty Carran 10s Tournament in 2023 continues to have a positive effect on Girls rugby participation at Senior Campus as the JHC Jr Girls team have strong numbers. The Senior Girls have also kicked off they are in a combined metro team. The Boys have a […]