2026 Term 1, Week 10
Contains: Principal's Message; School Board Message; The Science of Learning; The Teachers Institute; International Students' Homestay; Sea Week; BDSC Lion Dance; Polyfest; Pasifika Fono; R奴n膩 Sailing Experience; Duke of Edinburgh's International Award; Senior School Ball; BDSC Library; Sports Update; Uniform Shop; Fridays@Twelve; Alumni; Upcoming Events; Contact Us.MORE
Newsletter, Edition 2, 2026
2026 Term 1, Week 6
Contains: Principal's Message; School Board Message; Strengthening Literacy at BDSC; Career Pathways; International Students' Homestay; Year 9 Camps; Duke of Edinburgh's International Award; Sports Update; Senior Ball; Alumni; East Auckland Bus Changes; Upcoming Events; Contact Us.MORE
Celebrating Scholarship Success
Massive congratulations to those students who gained a scholarship in last year鈥檚 New Zealand Scholarship exams held at the same time as the NCEA external exams.MORE
Newsletter, Edition 1, 2026
2026 Term 1, Week 2
Contains: Principal's Message; Welcome New Staff and Students; New Staff; BDSC Emergency Response; Attendance 2026; Standards and Expectations; Keeping You Informed; Changes to New Zealand Curriculum; Who to Contact; Student Achievements; The King's Service Medal; Co-curricular; Sports Update; Duke of Edinburgh's International Award; Career Pathways; Gateway; Rotary National Science and Technology Forum; Uniform Shop; Finance Centre; International Students' Homestay; Back to School with Auckland FC; Upcoming Events; Contact Us.MORE
2025 Picnic Day
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鈥攃onducting 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 奥丑腻苍补耻 Lead Students; International Students' Homestay; BDSC 奥丑腻苍补耻 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鈥攁 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 鈥淢eet the Challenge鈥�, 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