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Newsletter - No 38 - 2017

The Week Ahead
Term 4 Week 8

Monday 4

Monday 4 - Saturday 9
National 1st XI Cricket finals

Monday 4 - Thursday 7
Leadership Camp at Mt Aspiring

Tuesday 5
Junior Futsal finals

Wednesday 6

Thursday 7

Friday 8
Junior Prizegiving 10.30am
School Auditorium

End of 2017 School Year

Contents

2017  Catlins Trip

A Message From The Deputy Rector

by Andrew Turner

It’s hard to believe we are already in December, the final week of what has been a fantastic year. 

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Engagement: Distraction vs Focus in the Classroom

by Adrienne Buckingham

Parents, as you read your son’s report there maybe be a few telling buzz words that creep in again and again: unfocussed, too social, easily distracted. And, if I’m honest, my own reports from high school probably say the same.

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9S Week at Mt Aspiring

My Week at Camp

by Jake McClean

On camp at Mt Aspiring we did lots of swimming.

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9S Camp Haiku

by Cheryl Brown

9S have returned from a week at the OBHS lodge in the Matukituki Valley. In English this week they have written Haiku poems about their experiences.

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2018 Tennyson Shield OBHS v OGHS

Tennyson Shield Blues...

by Stewart Tagg

This morning our junior school was joined in our auditorium by our friends from down the hill at Otago Girls’ High School to enjoy our annual Tennyson Shield contest.

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Outstanding Public Speaking Results for OBHS Students

by Tom Stevens

This year has been extremely successful for OBHS students studying Speech NZ’s Public Speaking and Communication Syllabus in the Shand at lunchtimes and after school.

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OBHS Junior Water Polo 

Junior Water Polo Team Compete at SI Championships

by Pru Casey

The Otago Boys' Junior Water Polo team competed at the South Island Championships last weekend.

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Free Books???

by Lynn Vare

Nothing like announcing there is a pile of free books to cause a stampede!!

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Sports and Cultural Activities Photographs

by Tony Gabbusch

Below is a link which allows you to preview proof copies of the images.

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Summer Reading

by Lynn Vare

Summer holidays are looming and it's a great time for students, and their families, to get off the screens and get stuck into a good book.

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New OBHS School Jacket

by OBHS

From 2018 there will be a new style of jacket for our junior boys to wear at school on wet and cold days.

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School Uniform Required For Second Hand Uniform Sales 

by PTA

 If you would like to donate or sell any uniform no longer required please deliver it to the school office between 8.00am and 4.00pm before Wednesday 13 December.

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Back to School with Shoe Clinic

by OBHS

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