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Otago Boys' High School

Newsletter - No 22 - 2022

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Term 3, Week 2

Monday 1
Tertiary Open Day (all Year 13 students)

Tuesday 2

Wednesday 3
Open Night 5.30 and 6.30pm
school closes for tuition at 1pm

Thursday 4
Maatangi Whenua Geography competition
Production set build and rehearsal

Friday 5
Australian Maths competition
Production set build and rehearsal


Term 3, Week 3

Monday 8
Production rehearsal

Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13
School production
Production matinee 

Tuesday 9
Running Wednesday's timetable

Wednesday 10
Running Tuesday's timetable

Thursday 11
13ODR (AW) Climbing assessment (postponed from 28/7)

Friday 12

Contents

A message from the Rector

by Richard Hall

I hope that you have managed to stay dry this week, certainly it has felt like all of the rain we need has arrived in a few days.

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2022 Term 2 Students of the Term

Term 2 Students of the Term

by OBHS

At the full school assembly held on Monday morning, the Students of the Term for term 2 were announced.

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Vinnie Gable and Daniel Hayman

University success

by Alastair Campbell

Two members of the Accelerated Learning group recently achieved success in University of Canterbury papers.

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Otaki Scholars

Otaki Scholars visit

by OBHS

This week, we have had the pleasure of hosting the 2020 and 2021 Otaki Scholars Patrick Robinson and Angus Jack.

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Year 13 Business Studies

by HYDRETTA

Eleven years ago, we had a first-hand experience with house flooding. A tap burst behind the sink and 45,000L of water flooded through our house. As a result of this, we have created HYDRETTA. HYDRETTA is targeted toward farmers, lifestyle block owners and holiday house owners.

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Notice of Early Closure

by OBHS

On Wednesday, 3 August the school will close for tuition at 1pm to allow staff to prepare for the school's Open Night.

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Matthew Sebelin

Year 12 English

by Matthew Sebelin

Creative writing responding to the idea of "If I ruled the world."

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12ODR and 13ODR bike maintenance

Outdoor Ed - bike maintenance

by Andrew Willmott

Over the next few weeks the 12ODR and 13ODR classes will be doing several bike maintenance sessions.

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OBHS Rugby League Otago Representatives

Rugby League success

by OBHS

During the recent school holidays, a number of OBHS students were selected for Otago Rugby League representative teams.

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South Island Secondary Schools' Road Cycling Champs

by Andrew Willmott

In the first weekend of the July school holidays, we had two cyclists competing at the South Island Secondary Schools' Road Cycling Champs.

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SISS Cyclocross championships

by Andrew Willmott

James Howard represented the school at the South Island Secondary Schools’ Cyclocross champs over the weekend.

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Internal assessments

by OBHS

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

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Term 3 library challenge

by Kate Innes

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OBHS Parents Association Cheese Roll Fundraiser

by OBHS Parents Association

Last call for orders, do not miss out!

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OBHS senior basketball croissant fundraiser

by OBHS Basketball

OB's senior basketball team is running a croissant fundraiser for South Island Secondary School Champs.

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School Board election

by OBHS

Our school is undertaking a parent election for our School Board. This process has started with the issuing of nomination papers to our caregiver community. You should have received an email on 15 July from Canterbury Education Services (CES).

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Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc

by OSSSA

Who are we?

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Car wash fundraiser

by OBHS Touch

The Otago Boys' High School Senior Touch team is fundraising to attend the All Schools Touch Tournament in the Gold Coast this October.

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OBHS football fundraiser

by OBHS Football

Toilet paper - it's something we all use and wouldn't like to be without!

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