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Pink Shirt Day 2021

May 17, 2021

Come to school in pink mufti for Pink Shirt Day on Friday, 28th May (a week later due to Area Schools Tournament), run on…

Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust vists TCAS

May 4, 2021

At the end of last term, Room 19 continued their learning about Yellow-Eyed Penguins, with Sarah Irvine from the Yellow-eyed…

STAR Barista Course

April 30, 2021

Cappuccino, Flat White or maybe just Espresso? TCAS students spent two days during the school holidays learning, making…

Good lines for great communication

April 26, 2021

Sometimes it’s hard to know just the right thing to say when confronted with a tough parenting moment. It’s no wonder we…

Anzac Day 2021

April 26, 2021

After spending Anzac Day in lockdown during 2020, we were able to remember and commemorate together during this year's event.

Sports News - 16th April 2021

April 16, 2021

Swimming, Triathlon, Netball & Football...

School Holidays are Here!

April 16, 2021

From everyone here at The Catlins Area School, have a great holiday and we look forward to seeing you all refreshed to start…

New Boiler

April 15, 2021

The Catlins Area School's new boiler was hoisted into place this week. It's been a long, slow process, but our patience…

Junior Assembly with Room 19

April 15, 2021

Room 19 hosted this week's Junior Assembly, which was held in the Library. Tom, Eddie and Cooper took the reins to make…

Year 9-10 Stream Study

April 15, 2021

The focus of the year 9-10 science programme for the second half of this term has been on water, and specifically water…

Term One in the Art Department

April 14, 2021

Term One has been a busy time in the Art Department. From Dioramas to Whistling Frogs to Self Portraits, there's been a…

Cooking with Room 2 and 3

April 14, 2021

Room 2 and 3 students have been in the kitchen this week baking some delicious chocolate muffins.

Southland Primary Athletics

April 1, 2021

Eddie Crawford and Anashae Logie both attended the Southland Primary Athletics as part of the South Otago Team last Saturday.…

Litter, Poems and Certificates

April 1, 2021

Room 3 hosted this week's Junior assembly. Students shared a presentation on Litter to the rest of the Junior School, a…

Easter Holiday

April 1, 2021

From the staff and students at TCAS, we wish you all a Happy Easter (however you celebrate it) and hope you have a good…

Easter in the Library

March 31, 2021

So far this month in the Library, our themes have been Autumn and Easter. The students have also been busy with lunchtime…

Shave for a Cure

March 30, 2021

The Year 11 boys, led by Hayden Gordon, are raising money for people living with blood cancer. They plan to shave their…

Camp Memories

March 29, 2021

Year 9/10 students have been writing creative pieces about their camp memories, read Amelia and Erika's here...

Digital Art

March 29, 2021

Over the last two weeks, students from The Catlins Area School have had the opportunity to attend Learner Led Days, Focus:…

Plastic Free Thursday

March 29, 2021

On Thursday as part of their science topic 'Litter', Room 3 students went around to each class to collect the litter from…