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The Future is Looking Bright

In November this year the highest level of examinations available to schools in New Zealand will be undertaken by the 40 or so young men pictured.

Lions Young Speechmaker Competition

Year 13 student Blair Duthie took part in the Lions 2021 District Young Speechmaker competition final held in Gore recently.

Kings of the Castle

Last Saturday Otago Boys' High School hosted the annual Otago/Southland Chess Championships. Eight teams took part, of which three were from Otago Boys’.

Celebrating the Shortest Day in Style

This morning Mr Densem hosted a form class sausage sizzle to celebrate the shortest day of the year. Flynn manned the bbq and the whole class enjoyed a great feed.

The Last Word

As you know, our values for this term are honour and courage. I could stand up here, tell you to follow your dreams and give you some tired old cliches like “when you put your mind to it, you can achi...

Remember Cotton Wheel Tractors?

Year 11 Science students are studying balanced forces and constant speed by attempting to balance the force of thrust from the rubber band with the opposing force of friction - our tractors crawl alon...

U14 Blues v John McGlashan

Last weekend the Under 14 Blues played John McGlashan College and while they may not have came away with the win, it was a great game. All the boys did themselves, their parents and the school proud!

The Big Sing

After months of preparation, the day of The Big Sing finally arrived.

Road to Rhodes Helping Hospice

After the successful quiz night at Otago Girls’ High School last Thursday 9th June, our school’s Year 9 Gifted and Talented Road to Rhodes students delivered a cheque of $1725.90 to the Otago Commun...

Maths Outside the Classroom

Year 11 students having great fun and learning in bright mid-winter sun how to find the height of objects using two very different methods.

Gold Guitars Finalists

Congratulations to Jack Fisher of Year 10 who competed in the Gold Guitars Country Music Competition in Gore over Queens Birthday weekend.

Putting in the Prep

With the OBHS Junior Debate Competition set to kick off in term 3 many junior classes are testing their skills of persuasion and argument right now. Here, Damien Clinch tries to develop his team's cas...

Football South Name Representative Teams

A number of Otago Boys' students have recently been named in Otago Futsal Representative teams. Congratulations to all students involved, we wish you well at the national tournament being held in Pal...

Examination Success

Congratulations to Year 13 student Sean Lau who recently passed the New Zealand Speech Board Grade Six Examination in Public Speaking and Communication. An awesome achievement for anyone let alone a s...

It's Heads Down in Year 13 English

A Year 13 Literature and Modern English class engaging in a bit of ako ako to get through Burgess's novella "A Clockwork Orange". The boys have demonstrated great understanding and a real social consc...

Timetable of Events - OBHS v TBHS Inters...

The annual winter interschool fixture between OBHS and TBHS will be held in Timaru on Wednesday 22nd June. See below for a timetable of events.

Gateway 2016

Year 13 student Kristin Smith is participating in the Gateway programme and is hosted by Aotea Electric.

OBHS v Christ's College Interschool Resu...

Following are the results from the Christ's College Interschool held on Tuesday 14th June.

A Message from the Senior Leadership Tea...

Recently in the school, a poster was put up in one of the common room display areas which said “Classic mistake - finishing an exam early and then sitting and doing nothing”.

It's all Fun and Games

Mornings are usually a busy time in the library when students meet and get ready for the school day.