Newsletter - No.4

In this issue

The Week Ahead: Term 1, Week 5

February 29th – March 5th

Monday 29

Christ's College Interschool (A)

Tuesday 1 March

Christ's College Interschool (A)

Defence Force bus visit

Wednesday 2

Thursday 3

SISS Volleyball Championships

OBHS Cricket Club Meeting
7.00pm (library)

Friday 4

10H to Mount Aspiring Camp

10A return from Mount Aspiring Camp

SISS Volleyball Championships

Looking Ahead
Term 1, Week 6

Monday 7

Tuesday 8

Wednesday 9

Thursday 10

Friday 11

10G to Mount Aspiring Camp

10H return from Mount Aspiring

Otago Athletics Championships

Saturday 12

OBHS Rugby Club "Race Night" fundraiser

Otago Athletics Championships

Sunday 13

Otago Athletics Championships

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B Matehaere

Surf Life Saving Success

Struan Campbell and Niwa Kapa-Brooking (both Year 10) competed at the South Island Junior Surf Life Saving Championships last weekend.

K Rust

1st XI Cricket Interschool Report

Two even bowling teams squared off on a fast and hard Littlebourne track for the second home game of the year. In the end, the batting depth of the home team proved to be the difference between the two sides.

OBHS

A Note From Senior Management

Today sees us at the end of week 4 of Term 1 and here at OBHS things are in full swing.

OBHS

Celebrating Scholarship and Academic Excellence

This week senior assembly focused on the awarding of academic blues to Scholarship recipients and students who gained NCEA excellence endorsement in 2015.

OBHS

A Week at Mount Aspiring Camp

On Friday evening 10S returned from a week at Mount Aspiring.

OBHS

Waitaki Boys' High School Interschool

This week we hosted Waitaki Boys' High School in the second summer interschool fixture of the year.

OBHS

101 not out!

Congratulations to Year 9 batsman Cameron Elliott who made an unbeaten century last Saturday. Cameron made 101 not out, Elliott Alloo 49 not out and Ben Williams-Davies 33 to help their team make 246/4. In reply Kaikorai Valley College were all out for 28 - top wicket takers Issac Pratley 5/14 and Eli Ellison 3/4.

OBHS

2015 Certificate Endorsements

Congratulations to our boys, teachers and parents for a magnificent set of results with certificate endorsements. For the first time since NCEA endorsements began in 2007, at least 50% of our boys in each year level have achieved a Merit or Excellence endorsement.

K Twaites, P Casey

OBHS Young Scientists at Work

OBHS young scientists at work at this weeks biology visit to Blueskin Bay with Ms Casey and Mr Twaites. Exploring zonation patterns and animal adaptations.

OBHS

Liam Turner to Compete in Oceania Regional Games

Year 12 student Liam Turner has been selected in the 20 strong New Zealand Athletic Team to compete in the Oceania Regional Games to be held in Papeete, Tahiti in April. Liam will compete in the 400m, 800m and the 4 x 400m relay. Congratulations Liam on this awesome achievement!

T Fridd

OBHS 2016 Fees Day

Our annual fees day will be held on Wednesday 23 March. School fee invoices and a payment envelope were sent home at the beginning of March.

OBHS

WE WANT TO KNOW

Tell us about the activities and successes your son has been involved in so that as a community we can celebrate with them.

OBHS

Service Resumes at Tennis Courts

The redevelopment of our Tennis Court area on Stuart Street was offically opened for use on Thursday at 1.00pm.

G Pratley

Economics Field Trip to Cadbury World

On Wednesday the Year 11 economics classes visited Cadbury World on a fact finding mission for their first Internal Achievement Standard of the year - ‘Demonstrate understanding of decisions a producer makes about production’.