As usual Picnic Day was a lot of fun and it was great to see staff and students alike getting in to the spirit of the day. We had almost perfect conditions, not too hot and a bit of cloud cover. Lots of energy was out there on the field with everyone giving it their best shot in the classic Picnic Day games such as the Sack Race, Egg and Spoon race, Sponge Relay and Cornhole. MORE
2025 Dragons’ Den Challenge
Our Year 10 Business Pathways students recently completed an exciting Dragons' Den challenge that transformed them into real entrepreneurs. Throughout the term, teams of students developed original business ideas from scratch—conducting genuine market research, creating comprehensive business plans, and delivering five-minute pitches before teacher "dragons" and their peers.MORE
Newsletter, Edition 9, 2025
2025 Term 4, Week 10
Contains: Principal's Message; School Board Message; Year 11 Award Winners; 2026 Whānau Lead Students; International Students' Homestay; BDSC Whānau Community Survey; Art Exhibition; Meet the Challenge 2025; Year 10 Investigative Geography; Empowering Young Problem Solvers; Dragons' Den Challenge; Student Achievements; Sports Update; Library; 2026 Start-up Dates; Uniform Shop; 2026 Stationery; Student ID Cards; Distribution of Yearbooks; Alumni; Upcoming Events; Contact Us.MORE
Year 9 Students Tackle Real Auckland Challenges
In Weeks 8 and 9 this term, our Year 9 students completed the ETA Program—a one-and-a-half-week, cross-curricular project where they identified and solved real Auckland community problems using skills from Mathematics, English, Social Studies, Science, and Health.MORE
2025 Waitomo Field Trip
The weather gods were kind. Forecast heavy rain, thunder and lightning held off until the investigative geographers were on the bus and on their way home from a two-day overnight field trip to the Waitomo Region earlier this month.MORE
Meet the Challenge 2025
The culmination of the Level 1 Geography course is “Meet the Challenge”, an assessment where students are presented with a problem-solving situation related to a real-life global challenge. This requires the application of much of the work done earlier in the year as well as the ability to work effectively in a team.MORE
2025 Art Exhibition
In Week 4, the BDSC Art Exhibition was held upstairs in Koru, showcasing the artwork created by the Year 10s all the way to the Year 13s. From digital art to visual art, photography to painting, there was such a variety of different themes being put up for display and ideas that were just absolutely wonderous and creativity-inducing. MORE
2025 Year 11 Award Winners
Congratulations to all our students who were recognised with certificates and prizes at Year 11 Prizegiving on Friday 7 November.MORE
BDSC Eco Art Competition
Art is one of humanity’s oldest forms of communication, and to this day is one of the most effective ways of bringing people together. On Saturday 4 October, BDSC Enviroschools hosted our first ever Eco Art Competition. We had seventeen artists present their work during the exhibit in the Diversity Centre on Tui Rd, spotlighting six artists from our own school.MORE
New Inter-Whānau Event – The Myriad
The Myriad is a new inter-whānau event held at lunchtime. Due to its success, it will become an annual fixture for the Whānau Shield.MORE