Tuesday 27 July 2010: Today's assembly acknowledged the achievements of sports and language students, with the school jazz band "strutting their stuff" under the direction of Mr Eddie Petersen, Director of Music.  Five students received awards from the New Zealand Association of Language Teachers for their performance in last year's NCEA examinations: John Bailey, Robert Whitefield, and Declan O'Connor for achieving four Excellence grades; and Gionpaolo Espiritu for achieving five Excellence grades. Two First XI football players, Mitchell Blair and Shaun Melrose, received their caps, having played four Traditional games for the  school.