This year, 21 BDSC students participated in the Eye On Nature Wearable Arts Competition run by the Manukau Beautification Trust.
The competition is all about making captivating and creative environmentally conscious garments featuring recycled or repurposed materials (or even better - materials that can be returned to the earth)MORE
Money Week 2025
From Monday 4 August to Friday 8 August, students at our school took part in Money Week, a national event focused on growing financial literacy among young people. Money Week brought a buzz of excitement to our lunchtimes, with students diving into activities that were not only fun, but also informative! MORE
Gold at NSSCC!
We are so proud to announce that our talented students, Kate and Georgia Sole, have won the prestigious New Zealand Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge (NSSCC) 2025! MORE
Moth Plant Competition 2025
The 2025 Howick Local Board Moth Plant Competition, which ran from Monday 3 March to Friday 9 May. The competition aimed to control the spread of the invasive moth plant, which spreads rapidly and threatens native plants. This year, 43 teams registered and took part in this event, removing a total of 246,302 pods and seedlings, stopping over 6.1 million potential seeds from spreading.MORE
Trees For Survival 2025
On Thursday 19 June, a group of 35 BDSC students rolled up their sleeves and got their gumboots muddy in Hunua, where we planted over 650 native trees near the Wairua River. MORE
Success at NZSS Culinary Challenge
Kate Sole 13J5 and Georgia Sole 13J11 participated in the Regional NZ Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge (NSSCC).
For this, they had to produce two identical entr茅e portions of a dish containing lamb loin, kumara, two locally grown vegetables and one rescued kitchen product.MORE
Japanese Trivia Night 2025
Eight students attended a regional competition called Japan Trivia Night on Friday 13 June. MORE
Young, Free and Pacific 2025
Young, Free and Pacific鈥� is an initiative dedicated to nurturing the leaders of tomorrow within Pasifika youth. MORE
Music News
In Term 2, our music department has been busy! They attended the annual Discovery Concert by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, participated in an Orchestra and Jazz Band workshop, and got valuable insights into Songwriting Competitions from the Play it Strange Foundation.MORE
SGCNZ Shakespeare Festival
On Friday 30 May, a group of 12 Botany students and their teachers met at 4.30am at Auckland Airport to wing their way to Wellington and take part in the national finals of the SGCNZ Shakespeare Festival at St James Theatre.MORE