Stuff of dreams proves elusive
''Garry O'Grumboots was a crotchety old man. On Tuesdays he loved nothing more than to chew the furniture, swear at his cat and ... ''
''Garry O'Grumboots was a crotchety old man. On Tuesdays he loved nothing more than to chew the furniture, swear at his cat and ... ''
Former police commissioner Howard Broad is again rallying the troops - this time, former Kaikorai Valley College pupils to establish the school's alumni association.
Two Dunedin schools, Kaikorai Valley College and Queen's High School, have been included in a pilot project that will use sport as the catalyst to improve academic performance in the classroom.
For more than 50 years, the administration block at Kaikorai Valley College has remained almost untouched, with funding priorities directed to classrooms and equipment for pupils.
A Dunedin secondary school has become the first in Otago to approve a new "cyber citizen agreement", which could see pupils stood down or suspended if they misused the school's computer equipment.
Waking up on a normal school day tends to be hard enough.
As Sir Peter Blake once said: "The hardest part of any big project is to begin."
Hi. My name is Kathleen, obviously, as this is my diary.
If you are reading this, you are either my nosy brother, or my mum.
If you are Will, "Sod off"!