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Newsletter - No 9 - 2023

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

Contents

Ted McFadgen and gliding instructor Roger Read

Gliding

by Ted McFadgen

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

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OBHS Prefect - Rota Lafita

The Last Word

by Rota Lafita

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

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10B - Mt Aspiring, March 2023

A week at camp - 10B

by Will Cone

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

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Blake Inspire programme

by OBHS

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.

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Water Polo success

by Elaine Kelly

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

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JJ Eteuati and Cedric Collins

Pasifika news

by Kent Twaites

Pasifika Navigators of Tomorrow is an event for pasifika youth.

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Jake Owen

Surfing news

by Andrew Willmott

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

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Changes in education

by Richard Harvey

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’.

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Wānanga Days 2023

by Richard Harvey

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

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Notice of early closure

by OBHS

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.

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2022 International Students 

Homestay for term break

by Wayne Angus

Support our international student programme.

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Shave for a Cure

by OBHS

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

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Academic tutorials

by OBHS Prefects

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.

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Internal assessments

by OBHS

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

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2024 Europe tour

by OBHS

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

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Second hand uniform sale

by OBHS Parents Association

The PTA are holding a sale of second hand uniform.

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RSA Poppy Day Appeal

by OBHS

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.

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Boot drive

by OBHS

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

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Looking for a shed?

by Johnny Simmons

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

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OBHS football fundraiser

by OBHS Football

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

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by Basketball Otago

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