This week in junior assembly, School Value of the Term awards were handed out. In total, 191 boys received Courage Badges. In a show of strength, Year 9 outflanked Year 10 gaining 58% of all badges awarded and coming top in every one of the special categories.

A big thank-you should go to the teaching staff who took the time to write positive postcards and award house points. The staff recognise that giving these out helps to improve relationships with boys, which leads to better learning. Boys are hopefully seeing that if they do the mahi, they get the rewards. Criteria for gaining a badge can be found in the homework diary.

There were a few standout performances that are worthy of a special mention.

Highest GPA for effort (out of 5):
Year 9 - William Bolter 4.81
Year 10 - Nyein Chan Pyay Ti 4.68

Highest number of positive postcards:
5 postcards - Jacob Houltshousen Year 9

Highest number of house points:
12 house points - James Phipps-Green Year 9

The Junior Value Badges scheme will also contribute towards the house competition and the results are as follows:

1st Place - McIndoe House (54)
2nd Place - Aspinall House (50)
3rd Place - Park House (44)
4th Place - Saxton House (43)

Badges look great worn on the tie or the shirt collar and boys should wear their badges with pride around the school! Badges look great and are a reminder to those yet to gain a badge that they have something to aim for every term. The school value for Term 3 is perseverance.

What does perseverance mean in terms of boys’ learning? It means a lot of different things. Some boys may think they need less perseverance in their academic learning, as this comes easier to them. Does that mean they don’t need to persevere? Of course not. There is always the next, more difficult task to apply oneself to. So, next term, boys try some of the following:

DON’T GIVE UP, even though you may find the work hard.
TRY to make breakthroughs in your learning and get to the next level, one step at a time, ask your teachers for advice.
REMIND yourself of the progress you have already made this year. This will give you energy to go on in the future.

All boys can find some area in which to persevere. Whether it is in their academic learning, navigating a difficult circumstance, challenging themselves in sport or keeping going with a musical instrument that they feel like giving up, perseverance will surely lead to great rewards. Use the brotherhood at Otago Boys' to support you. This is how all great teams succeed, by persevering, supporting, and encouraging each other.

Courage Badges were awarded to the following boys. If you missed assembly, please pick up your badge from Ms Kelly in Room 2. Similarly, if you feel an error was made, please speak to Ms Kelly.

Year 9

Bilal Ahmad, Hadi Al-Sallami, Charlie Anderson, Kalo Ashton, Reicher Barnes, Leo Bogachev, William Bolter, Niko Booth, Harry Boyle, Finn Breen, William Bryson, Liam Carter, Noah Casbolt, Will Chittock, Cole Churchman, Jayden Clarkson, Angus Collie, Eli Des Fountain, Lucas Donovan, Liam Drummond, Zac Elder, Sam Elworthy, Yoda Fang, Zac Flutey, Charlie French, Jamie Funnell, Nathan Gardner, James Gare, Declan Gemmell, Lachlan Gill, Sam Glover, Jack Grace-Ngaro, Ryder Greig, Josh Grindlay, Duncan Guest, Ethan Hand, Mikey Hart, Ben Haughey, Rhys Hendry, Tiaki Herewini, Jacob Holtshousen, Sammie Jamieson, Lucas Jensen, Theo Johnston, Maximilian Kaiser, Josh Keogh, Theo Kindiak, Zander King, Hunter Knox, Tyler Lam, Nate Latta, Harry Lee, Finlay Lloyd, Levi Lu, Johnnie Lucas, Alex Ma, Niu Malae, Vili Malae, Onesi Manase, Harry Matheson, Rowan Mayhew, Fletch McCall, Rhyder McCormick, Mateo Mirosa, Louie Moffatt, Harry Moir, George Murray, Arrsalan Nayle, Al Nicolson, Blaine O'Brien, Thomas O'Neill, Eli Olsen, Guy Orchiston, Dominik Ory, Juan-Pierre Otto, Bede Perkins, James Phipps-Green, Liam Phipps-Green, Oliver Porter, Calan Power, Army Punyarnunt, Aditha Ranawaka, Archie Rhodes, Lewis Richards, Lucas Richardson, Noah Robertson, Smith Rohan, Sebastian Rutherford, Blake Schaaf, Stuart Scott, Andy Scrimgeour, Connor Sinclair, Matt Sinnott, Cruz Soper, Archer Stuart, Carlin Summerfield, Hunter Swete, Hamza Taha, Mustafa Taha, Nathan Temo, Callum Thompson, Isaac Tinning, Jack Toomer, Liam van Waard, Nathaniel Vickers, Hunter Wallace, Baine Wan, Lucas Wharepapa, Ethan Wright, Pound Yongkrittaya and Kyle Zhang.

Year 10

Maddox Adamson, Gus Attenborough, Lawrence Bielski-Cook, Izak Birtles, Carter Bracewell, Lukas Braun, Daniel Brockway, Scott Brown, Mathew Campbell, Zach Cashmore, Vincent Cavanagh, Toby Coatham, Tom Collie, Xavier Connell, Randika Dassanayake, Jash Deo, Fred Dowling, Seb Fitzpatrick, Isaac Garchow, George Garden, Leo Garden, Sam Goodchild, Phoenix Haddow, Mason Hansen, Toby Hill, Sam Hobbs, Henry Hodgson, Cru Holland, Riley Horne, Elijah Hutton-Neill, Hugo Iida, Josh Jackson, Edward Jennings, Leon Judd, Thisun Kuruppuarachchi, Jonathan Lea, Charlie Leyser, Enzo Lira Ralston, Robert Lloyd, Jack MacAskill, Mateo Machado, Mikah Machado, Quincy Makiiti, Alex Marshall, Chris McArthur, Luke Milburn, Oliver Morgan , Otis Murray, Charlie Nichol, Adam Nicholson, Plawan Nilsakorn, Pyay Ti Nyein Chan, Toby Paris, Race Porter, Jack Power, Ian Ratigan, Patrick Reid, Flynn Richards, Hunter Ruxton, Oscar Sharpe, Hossein Shirzad, Mohit Singh, Tanveer Singh, Ethan Smith, Maddix Smith, Tyler Smith, Connor Stevens, Xavier Stewart, Oliver Thompson-Henderson, Harrison Thurlow, Brody Turner, Mason Twemlow, Keagan Usher, Hamzah Von Hofler, Kace Wilson, Charlie Windle, Will Workman, Jack Yeoman and Simon Zhang.