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One of the highlights of our year is the annual International Student Secondary School Sports Day. This year, around 200 students from schools around the region participated in sports such as squash, badminton, volleyball, basketball, pickleball and futsa

Term one was all about Kayaking. Our journey began at the pool where students began getting used to the initially daunting task of flipping upside down underwater. Once conquering those fears, we headed out to the Oreti River, focussing on making moves wh

Anna Morris deserves to be congratulated for her outstanding achievements in Dance lately. She has won the supreme award of Senior Ballet Champion at both the Mosgiel Ballet Society Competiton and the Southern Lights Dance Competition. Anna will also repr

Room 4 had the most amazing weather while at Camp Omaui. The standard of bivouacs was very impressive. Mountain biking with Constable Marty was a challenge but lots of fun. Making and cooking damper for the first time was a huge hit too. We had a blast an

On Tuesday 9 March we celebrated outstanding student achievement from 2020. It was a wonderful occasion where we were once again in awe of the impressive array of student achievement. We celebrated superb academic achievements from 2020 including Subject

Congratulations to Lydia Blomfield, Khristelle Ano, Grace Doherty, and Ava Thornley who represented James Hargest College at the Southland Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival on Tuesday night. Their chilling performance of Othello arranged and directed by M

After a one-year delay due to Covid-19 restrictions, we are excited to announce the cast for the James Hargest Senior Campus Major Production - Fiddler on the Roof. The production team were blown away by the calibre of the auditions. We look forward to sh

We were well represented at the Otago/Southland Road Cycling Championships yesterday with many medalists and most importantly top school trophy.

It was an enjoyable day in the Southland sunshine for the James Hargest Softball team. The team ended up 3rd equal. The highlight of the day was a big win against eventual competition winners, SBHS 17-9.

House Day at the Senior Campus will be on Friday 19th February if we are back at Covid Alert Level 1. More information inside...