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Year 9 Scientists In Action

Super scientists in 9Y, exploring sublimation and other dry ice properties and uses, like making a mess and blowing up balloons! A great way to start the weeks learning.

Maths Outside The Classroom

Are Year 12 boys distances kicking rugby balls normal....(ly distributed). See the graph - yes - mean median and mode are the same - most distances are in the middle.

The Last Word

Lads, to start things off, I have something I want to ask you. Have you ever experienced that feeling of not being able to remember the dream you just had the night before? I know I have for sure and ...

New Zealand Honours Awarded

This weeks assembly saw nine fine young men being recognised for outstanding achievement at national level.

Maadi Medal Drought Finally Broken For O...

Fifteen young men represented OBHS at the 2017 Aon Maadi cup at Lake Karapiro.

Early Closure Thursday 13th April

Otago Boys' High School will close early for tuition on Thursday 13 April, at 1.15pm to allow our teachers to run parent interviews with our Hostel boys.

World Vision Youth Conference

On Monday I attended the World Vision Youth Conference. It was a leader course set on raising awareness of current issues and what young people can do to help.

OBHS 2017 Fair Sponsors

We would like to acknowledge and thank the following companies and friends of the school for their fantastic support of our Fair.

South Island Secondary Schools Touch Tou...

Over the weekend of the 25th and 26th of March, the OBHS 1st Touch Team attended the SISS tournament held in Christchurch.

The Last Word

Success is many things to different people. The oxford dictionary defines success as “The accomplishment of an aim or purpose”. While most people think success is when your signature changes to an aut...

South Island Water Polo Championships

The OBHS water polo team competed at the South Island Championships in Christchurch this week.

Softball Division 1 Champions

The Softball 1st XI won the Division 1 Otago Softball Championships last week.

Southland Secondary Schools Road Cycling...

This event was held at Teretonga Raceway on Wednesday 29th. We were represented by three riders; Ben Hogan in the U19 grade, with Louis Harris and Ronan Geraghty being in the U17 grade.

A Message From The Rector

On Monday night Mr Hooper will lead a team of staff in a discussion with Year 13 parents and their sons. I would like to open this to other families who may wish to attend.

Peak Sports Performance Seminar

A free workshop on peak sports performance. Come and hear from expert speakers on how to make the most of your training.

Jared Heads to Jamzac

Year 10 student Jared Billyard is heading to Jamzac (New Zealand's first National Parkour and Freerunning Competition) being held in Auckland next month.

Year 13 Evening

Our Year 13s are a fine year group for whom we have targetted extra support this year to help ensure we avoid what is sometimes called the "7th form year" or "checking out in July". Every year we hear...

Lost Property from Mt Aspiring Camps

A small number of items (pictured above) have yet to be claimed from the lost property returned from our term 1 camps to the Mt Aspiring Lodge.

Otago/Southland Secondary Schools Athlet...

Congratulations to all boys who competed in the Otago/Southland Secondary Schools Athletics Championships held in Invercargill last weekend.

International Student Interschool

The first interschool event for international students between OBHS and OGHS was held successfully on Monday 20 March. More than 30 students joined together to play sports like dodgeball, basketball ...