Newsletter - No 17

In this issue

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Term 2, Week 8

Monday 12
Christ's College Interschool (away)
Big Sing Regional finale
PPTA action - rostering home Year 11 and 12

Tuesday 13
Christ's College Interschool (away)
PPTA action - rostering home Year 9 and 13

Wednesday 14
PPTA action - rostering home Year 10 and 11

Thursday 15
Nga Manu Korero regionals
Production full day rehearsal
PPTA action - rostering home Year 12 and 13

Friday 16
Nga Manu Korero regionals
Production full day rehearsal

Term 2, Week 9

Monday 19
Production full day rehearsal
12ODR (DT) rock climbing assessment day
PPTA action - rostering home Year 9 and 10

Tuesday 20
PPTA action - rostering home Year 11 and 12

Wednesday 21
12ODR (AW) rock climbing assessment day
PPTA action - rostering home Year 9 and 13

Wednesday 21 - Saturday 24
The Magic City OBHS/OGHS school production performances

Thursday 22
13ODR (DT) rock climbing assessment day
PPTA action - rostering home Year 10 and 11

Friday 23
13ODR (AW) rock climbing assessment day

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OBHS

OBHS v Christ's College Interschool

The annual winter interschool fixture between Otago Boys' High School and Christ's College will be held in Christchurch on Tuesday, 13 June.

Wayne Angus

Support our international student programme

Over the coming term break in July, our international students in the hostel need to be placed with homestay families.

Richard Hall

A message from the Rector

This morning the school has been informed of the next round of industrial action.

Anna Ward

Year 9 Art

Year 9 Art students from Terms 1 and 2 have been exploring drawing and print-making techniques with their self-portraits and animal drawings.

Richard Sykes

Cross Country Champs

Dunedin turned on another stunning day on Thursday 8 June, albeit a touch on the chilly side, for the Otago Champs at Kaikorai Valley College.

Andrew Willmott

Otago/Southland Road Cycling Championships

The Otago/Southland Road Cycling Champs were held at Teretonga, on Tuesday, 30 May, in perfect conditions (and all finished in time just before the rain started).

OBHS

Internal assessments

Below is a list of internal assessments that are due to be submitted next week.

Johnny Simmons

Looking for a shed?

This year some of the boys in the Year 13 Woodwork class will be making relocatable sheds for sale to the public.

Gwyn Pratley

Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) - Pitch Day

On Wednesday, 7 June 2023, the Year 13 Business Studies students pitched their Young Enterprise Scheme ideas to a panel of judges at Polson Higgs in Dunedin.

Jaxon Greer/Jacqueline Irving

Gateway 2023

I am the third Gateway student that EB Engineering Solutions has hosted for The Gateway Experience.

Alastair Campbell

Bouldering

In Term 2 the indoor bouldering group has gone from strength to strength.

OBHS/OGHS

OBHS/OGHS production - Magic City

So get ready to be transported to a world where love is a game of cards.

Ollie Oberlin-Brown

The Last Word

I knew I had to write this speech for over a term. I wrote this last night.

Kent Twaites

Festival for the Future

This week, OBHS students Haroon Hassan, John Pupualii, Tevita Lenati and Vasilis Jouanides have attended the Festival of the Future Leadership Retreat held in Wellington.

Richard Harvey

Scholarship Tutorial Programme

The Scholarship Tutorial Programme conducts tutorials for a variety of NCEA Scholarship subjects across different secondary schools in Dunedin for those students entered in Scholarship exams.

OBHS

Swimming success

The pool is the new beach for our boys that participated in the recent Otago Secondary School Championships (28 May) and the Neptune King’s Birthday Meet (3 - 4 June).