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Newsletter - No 27 - 2022

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Term 3, Week 7

Monday 5

Tuesday 6

Wednesday 7
Culinary Arts Competition final

Thursday 8
Culinary Arts Competition final
Senior sports photos
Class Act awards

Friday 9
Senior academic coaching


Term 3, Week 8

Monday 12 - Tuesday 13
13GEO Queenstown trip

Monday 12
Tutorials for Year 11 MCAT

Tuesday 13 - Friday 16
12ODR Mountain Biking assessment

Tuesday 13
MCAT

Wednesday 14
2023 Senior subject selection evening

Thursday 15

Friday 9
Senior academic coaching


Important upcoming dates:

22 - 30 September
Senior exams

Contents

Sam Gavin and Max Napier

Regional Culinary Challenge

by Emma Moore

Congratulations to Sam Gavin and Max Napier on winning the National Secondary Schools - Regional Culinary Challenge - Southland, Westcoast, and Otago.

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Year 12 Outdoor Education - Snow Farm trip

Outdoor Education snow farm trip

by Andrew Willmott

Last week the Year 12 and 13 Outdoor Education classes each had a trip to the Snow Farm, in Wanaka.

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Taka Sugiyama, Neo Salomonsson and Aleks Kivilev

Swimming success

by OBHS

Congratulations to Taka Sugiyama, Aleksander Kivilev and Neo Salomonsson who competed in the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships held in Auckland last week.

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NCEA study presentation

by OBHS

This week at senior assembly, Angus Henderson (OBHS Head Boy, 2020) returned to explain his study technique and how to be successful in the NCEA external exams.

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OBHS to attend the world’s largest touch rugby tournament

by Vai Mahutariki

The world’s largest touch rugby tournament is being held in October this year, with over 450 teams representing various top schools both nationally and internationally, and OBHS is one of them.

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Junior O'MAthalon 2022

Junior O'MAthalon

by Richard Sykes

The Junior O'MAthalon was held on Thursday, 25th August. It was the first time back after a number of years due to COVID.

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Outdoor Education - Bike Maintenance 

On your bike!

by Andrew Willmott

Having returned from the Snow Farm trips last week, the Outdoor Education classes resumed their bike maintenance sessions.

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OBHS 2022 Year 13 Formal

Year 13 formal

by OBHS

One hundred and fifty boys and their partners made their way to the Otago Museum on Saturday, 20 August for the Otago Boys' High School Year 13 formal.

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School board voting reminder

by OBHS

Check your inbox for an email from CES with voting papers and instructions on how to vote.

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Senior exam timetable

by OBHS

Senior exams will be held in weeks 9 and 10 of Term 3.

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OBHS Rowing

by OBHS Rowing

The Learn to Row Programme is designed to give students a taste of what rowing is all about.

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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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Call for scholarship applications

by Public Trust

The Siga Siga Trust Scholarship is awarded to present or past pupils of Otago Boys' High School to further their education at Otago Boys' High School, at any University or other institution of learning.

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University of Otago sleep research study

by University of Otago

The #SleepQ (Quality) study is a study of teenage sleep.

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The BIG P.E.E (parent empowerment experience)

by The Big P.E.E

Are you ready for real, frank and courageous conversations with your kids about the BIG issues?

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