Newsletter - No 9

In this issue

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Term 1, Week 10

Monday 3
13PED Triathlon

Tuesday 4 - Thursday 6
13GEO Queenstown trip

Wednesday 5

Thursday 6
Hostel parent/teacher interviews
Last day of Term - school finishes at 1pm

Term 2, Week 1

Monday 24
Term 2 starts
ANZAC Day Service

Tuesday 25
ANZAC Day - school closed

Wednesday 26
Wānanga Day for Seniors: Line 4

Thursday 27
Wānanga Day for Seniors: Line 6

Friday 28
Wānanga Day for Seniors: Line 2

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Kent Twaites

Pasifika news

Pasifika Navigators of Tomorrow is an event for pasifika youth.

OBHS

Notice of early closure

On Thursday, 6 April, Otago Boys' High School will close early for tuition. This is to allow our teachers to run parent interviews with our hostel boys and their parents.

OBHS

Internal assessments

Below is a list of internal assessments that are due to be submitted next week.

OBHS

Boot drive

Do you have any rugby or football boots that are surplus to requirements?

Ted McFadgen

Gliding

It's just like flying a plane, but you get sling-shotted into the air, and you have no engine.

Will Cone

A week at camp - 10B

The walk to 10B's Mount Aspiring camp began in the pouring rain and included a few river crossings.

Andrew Willmott

Surfing news

This term, in Year 12 Outdoor Education, students have been looking at the significance of Surfing for themselves, others and society.

Wayne Angus

Homestay for term break

Support our international student programme.

OBHS

2024 Europe tour

Otago Boys' High School is planning a tour for senior students to France, Belgium, Italy and Greece in April 2024.

Johnny Simmons

Looking for a shed?

This year some of the boys in the Year 13 Woodwork class will be making relocatable sheds for sale to the public.

OBHS

Blake Inspire programme

Congratulations to Year 12 student Flynn Wilson who has been selected to attend a 5 day Blake Inspire event in Auckland during the September school holidays.

Richard Harvey

Changes in education

As many of you will be aware there are two significant changes being introduced to the New Zealand education system, the ‘New Zealand Curriculum Refresh’ and the ‘NCEA Change Programme’.

OBHS

Shave for a Cure

Otago Boys’ High School is participating in the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand’s annual Shave for a Cure event.

OBHS Parents Association

Second hand uniform sale

The PTA are holding a sale of second hand uniform.

OBHS Football

OBHS football fundraiser

Toilet paper - it's something we all use and wouldn't like to be without!

Rota Lafita

The Last Word

Today is the day where I do it, to my boys you will know what I'm talking about.

Elaine Kelly

Water Polo success

Last night the B1 water polo team played in the final of the Otago Schools' Secondary Competition.

Richard Harvey

Wānanga Days 2023

Based on last year's feedback we will be again running senior Wānanga Days in weeks 1 and 2 of next term.

OBHS Prefects

Academic tutorials

My name is Ben Turnbull and I along with other Year 13 student leaders will be running academic tutorials during lunchtime on Thursdays in Room 102.

OBHS

RSA Poppy Day Appeal

Poppies will be on sale at school on Monday, 24 April. If students would like a poppy, they will need to bring a gold coin donation. The annual school ANZAC service for students will be held on the same day during period 2.

Basketball Otago

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Newsletter - No 9 - 2023

In this issue

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Term 1, Week 10

Term 2, Week 1

Sign up

Pasifika news

Notice of early closure

Internal assessments

Boot drive

Gliding

A week at camp - 10B

Surfing news

Homestay for term break

2024 Europe tour

Looking for a shed?

Blake Inspire programme

Changes in education

Shave for a Cure

Second hand uniform sale

OBHS football fundraiser

The Last Word

Water Polo success

Wānanga Days 2023

Academic tutorials

RSA Poppy Day Appeal