Arcady Hall

Last week we were in full swing for ball prep, but we still managed a Table Tennis Tourney (Congrats Nick, Fergus and Monique), Peer Support Session to meet the Sem 2 tutors and a Paint and Sip "Gallery Edition".

Last week, we held our annual ❄️ Mid-Winter Christmas Dinner 🎅with carols pumping from the JBL 🎵, crackers 🎉, lollies 🍭 and games 🧩 on each table and two Christmas trees🎄🎄 up in full festive bling- we hope our wonderful 2026 crew had a memorable and enjoyable Arcady Xmas 💝

It has been so nice to have our residents back at the Hall after the loooong mid-year break. We kicked off Re-Ori Week with a Board Game 🎲 Night, followed by the highly requested 🤠 Barn Dance 2.0,🕺 Just Dance, and a 'Reset for Sem 2' Bonfire 🔥 on Friday night, where many of us roasted marshmallows, made s'mores🍪, and listened to music in the quad 🎵😁 We hope everyone has an enjoyable week two of Term 3! We have a frost in Christchurch for the FIFA Final this morning ❄️⚽

Here at Arcady we like to provide some well earned breaks for fun and relaxation during study week to cover the ‘three most important’ 😉 areas of wellbeing- bouncing🤸‍♀️ snacks 🧁 and dogs 🦮🐕🐩🐕‍🦺 holidays are now in sight, keep it up everyone! You got this 🐶

Welcome to our Week 10 and Week 11 round-up :)
We have had Flatting 101 🏠and Study Skills with Sonia 📚, Pink Shirt Day 'Compliment and Chocolate'🍫, a themed dinner 🐪 and rounded it all out with Mr Whippy🍦on Friday to celebrate the end of term. 😊 Happy Study Week to everyone who partakes. We hope the exam 'lock-in' has moments for rest and relaxation scheduled in. You got this!

Week 9 Recap ✨We had a lovely field trip to Alpine Ice for some ice skating ⛸️Then, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a themed dinner🪅 and decorated some super cute mugs! 🖌️

Week 8 Recap! Last week we had a few teams of students compete against each other in our annual Arcady Debatey and then finished off the week with a Masquerade Party 🪩 Plus, we found some time to make mothers day cards to get ready for this weekend 💌

We are so loving having our students back from the mid-semester break! Last week was their first week back and we got right into it with a Japanese Themed Dinner (with origami at the tables) 🇯🇵, a study planner making session 📚 , a "paint n sip" night 🎨 and some ANZAC biscuit baking for a local retirement home ❤️

Congratulations to all of our alumni who graduated last week 🥳 If you have any photos of your graduation/celebrations we would love to see them! Please email [email protected] with your photo 😊

Congratulations to our Arcady alumnus Izzy! 🥳

Congratulations to UC Engineering graduate Isabelle Peet, who is following in family footsteps and beginning her career as a civil engineer👏

When Isabelle celebrated her Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) this week, she had three generations of her family in the audience — including her father and grandfather, both engineers with strong ties to UC.

Now, Isabelle is starting her own career with a graduate role at AECOM in Christchurch applying her skills to real-world infrastructure projects, with a focus on structural engineering.
“I really enjoy the practicality of engineering and how it comes into almost everything that we do, even if we don’t realise that it does,” she says.

From building long-term friendships at UC to launching her career in what she describes as the “cool” city of Ōtautahi Christchurch, Isabelle’s story shows the impact of a UC education across generations.

We look forward to celebrating with Isabelle and her engineering-focused whānau 🎓

UC Engineering