Service is at the heart of what makes Botany Downs Secondary College special. Through the Student Volunteer Army (SVA) Service Award programme, our students have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to their communities, transforming hours into impact and compassion into action.MORE
KBB Music Festival 2025
Monday 11 - Saturday 16 August was a very busy but successful week at the KBB Music Festival. Both the Orchestra and Jazz Band received Bronze awards at the Gala concert on Saturday evening.MORE
The Volunteering Club
This term, BDSC celebrated the debut of an exciting new initiative: the BDSC Volunteering Club. With over 240 members already signed up, our very first event was a large-scale success. 164 students took part across the week, creating a total of 50+ care packages. MORE
Dance NZ Made 2025
Mid-way through Term 3, two of our co-curricular dance teams competed in the Dance NZ Made competition. This was held at the Trusts Arena in Henderson.
Both teams were led by students who came up with their idea and theme, chose and cut their music, created and refined their choreography, and trained their dancers for two rehearsals a week through Terms 2 and 3. MORE
Pulse 2025
Over three nights in Term 3, the Dance department was very excited to present our showcase, Pulse, to the school community. Pulse serves as an assessment for our Year 10, Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 students. It is also a chance for some of our co-curricular groups, duets, and solos to perform. It means a lot to be able to celebrate the hard work and progress of all these students.MORE
Eye on Nature Wearable Arts Competition 2025
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