Another term has drawn to a close and we are looking forward to a two week break.

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela.

This week Year 10 and 11 students got to see Poetry in Action, quite literally as a touring theatre company by the same name performed “Words of War''.

The trajectory for OBHS old boy Ben Mason continues to rise.

Throughout Gateway this year I have had the privilege of being hosted by ex-Old Boy Aaron Ritchie and his team at Stevenson & Williams Ltd.

This week has seen the end of both Year 9 and Year 10 options.

Last weekend, OBHS swimmers Neo Salomonsson, Taka Sugiyama, Aleks Kivilev, Bogdan Bramley, Toby Hill and Max McCaul, took part in the Otago short course championships held at Moana pool.

On Wednesday, our Year 12 students attended the Dunedin Schools Careers Expo in the Town Hall.

Otago Boys’ High School faced off against Christchurch Boys’ High School in a highly anticipated match.

The annual winter interschool fixture between Otago Boys' High School and Christchurch Boys' High School was held in Dunedin on Monday, 26 and Tuesday, 27 June.

The student, parent and teacher meetings will be held on Thursday, 20 July, Monday, 31 July and Tuesday, 8 August.

The Scholarship Tutorial Programme conducts tutorials for a variety of NCEA Scholarship subjects across different secondary schools in Dunedin for those students entered in Scholarship exams.

After the break we will hold a photography competition in the library. The theme will be Matariki.

We have recently noticed a steep increase in the number of students borrowing school laptops for use in class.

Below is a list of internal assessments that are due to be submitted in the first week of Term 3.

Year 12 student Shamus Young along with his team mate Flynn Hill (from Blue Mountain College) are competing in the NZ Junior Young Farmer competition in Timaru during the holidays.

Zone sports is a weekly laser tag competition that was set up this term by Megazone.

Children aged 5-13 can travel for free after 1 July with a registered Bee Card. The cash fare will be $3.

What you need to know about alcohol and other drugs for parents and caregivers.

We welcome and invite new students and their whānau to book a tour of OBHS, to look around our school and meet our Rector and staff.

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