Honouring boys who uphold our values

By Elaine Kelly | Posted: Tuesday December 5, 2023

In this final week of term, the juniors were awarded the Term 4 Value Badge for Excellence.

Once more, a healthy number of boys demonstrated this value and 192 badges were issued. The staff have played a big part in ensuring buy-in to the values badge initiative; writing postcards and awarding house points every term.

It was McIndoe House who won this term’s count, with Saxton in second place, Park third and Aspinall bringing up the rear. This time not only the Excellence badges were taken into account but also the Honour badge and the new "Above the Hoops" badge.

Other notable highlights of Term 4 were as follows:

Highest effort grade Yr 10 (4.86) - Matthew Chiles (for the 3rd time in a row this year)

Highest effort grade Yr 9 (4.9) - Simon Zhang (the highest GPA for the past 2 years)

Highest number of house points (9) - Henry Hodgson and Alex Marshall in Year 9

Highest number of postcards (3) - Kase Wilson Year 9

Of course, collecting the four badges of Respect, Courage, Perseverance and Excellence also qualifies boys to receive the final Honour badge at Junior Prizegiving. A student-led panel decided that the final badge should be Honour because if boys displayed the other four values, they were deemed to be honouring themselves as a learner, their school, their whanau and the wider school community. Boys have two years to collect all of the badges, so those who miss out in Year 9 should still work towards this in Year 10.

Getting the Honour badge is rightly harder than gaining individual badges and 98 boys crossed the stage at Junior Prizegiving to collect this award. These young men are now role models in the junior school. We will look to them to not only uphold the values but also to remind their brothers that they should do so as well.

In 2024, we have introduced the “Above the Hoops” badge. This can only be awarded in Year 10 and is for boys who gain all of the badges, every term in both Year 9 and Year 10. It is the ultimate values badge award and can be worn with pride on the senior blazer. 42 boys qualified for this badge which was given out at junior prizegiving.

We want boys to live the school values and not just talk about them. To truly have honour one must have respect, courage, perseverance and strive for personal excellence. All of our values require you to not only do the right thing but to challenge others to do so and to speak up when you see something that’s going wrong. In this way, we place our values at the heart of our daily life at Otago Boys’ and hopefully create a better environment for all.  

Recipients of Term 4 Excellence badges 2023:

Hamza Al Bdewi, Radhwan Al Sa'ad, Lawrence Bielski-Cook, Harry Bond, Carter Bracewell, Lukas Braun, Coen Breen, Lucas Brensell, Daniel Brockway, Angus Broderick, Sam Brophy, Scott Brown, Hugo Buitenhek, Alex Bull, Mathew Campbell, Ethan Carr, Lucas Carr, Zach Cashmore, Vincent Cavanagh, Matthew Chiles, Tristin Clark, Toby Coatham, Tom Collie, Will Cone, Xavier Connell, Finley Cooper, Ben Couling, Samuel Crump, Daniel Cuthbert, Todd Darling, Randika Dassanayake, Liam Davis, Elliot Deaker, Carlos Dean, Charlie Deedman, Fred Dowling, Sam Drake, Levi Dysktra, Caleb Ede, Caleb Elder, Percy Ferguson, Joseph Flutey, Louis Fyfe, Sasmin Gamage, George Garden, Leo Garden, Joshua Geddes, Alex Glover, Sam Goodchild, Jonty Graham, Tommy Greenman, Phoenix Haddow, Ethan Haines, Flynn Hall, Zach Hall, Mason Hansen, Wajih Hasan, Fletcher Hawken, James Hay, Willem Hilgeholt-Martyn, Toby Hill, Sam Hobbs, Henry Hodgson, Sam Holborow, Charlie Hore, Riley Horne, Ali Hussaini, Hugo Iida, Lochie Ing-aram, Josh Jackson, Jack James, Oliver Jamieson, Edward Jennings, Sunny Jiang, Leon Judd, Sanjaiiram Kannan, Ruben Karawana, Callum Kenton, Fletcher Key, Michael Kirkland, Hoani Kiwara, Thisun Kuruppuarachchi, Afe Lale Sululoto, Nathan Lau, Marley Leevey, Charlie Leyser, Wilson Li, Enzo Lira Ralston, Robert Lloyd, Jayden Lu, Mateo Machado, Mikah Machado, Ega Mackenzie, Harry Macknight, Quincy Makiiti, Tom Maley, Alex Marshall, Hunter Martin, Taonga Matena, Chris McArthur, Max McCaul, Toby McClean, Deegan McCormick, Mason McCreanor, Grevel McFarland, Connor McIntyre, Austin McLew, Nikau McNeilly, Luke Milburn, Luca Mirosa, Oliver Morgan, Fin Mouat, Otis Murray, Shabi Nabizada, Charlie Nichol, Robbie Nichol, Adam Nicholson, Chase Nicolaou, Pyay Ti Nyein Chan, Haruma Ogawa, Otby Ollerenshaw, Oscar Orellana, Alexis Owen, Toby Harris, Nevin Peiris, Jack Phillips, Jack Power, Xavier Preedy, Will Pyper, Ian Ratigan, Toa Ratima, Muhammad Rhamadian, Flynn Richards, Matty Richards, Luke Ritchie, Zakariya Rizwan, Kase Robertson, Hunter Ruxton, Neo Salomonsson, Henry Savage, Ollie Scott, Oscar Sharpe, Hossien Shirzad, Matt Sinclair, Mohit Singh, Toa Skipper, Jude Smillie, Ethan Smith, Jonty Smith, Josh Smith, Lachie Smith, Maddix Smith, Ryan Smith, Tyler Smith, Connor Stevens, Munro Stuart, Kai Sugiyama, Sheryas Sunil, Kapish Syal, Mouhammmad Ali Taha, Tomohiro Takahashi, Alex Tavendale, Aidan Taylor, Jackson Templeton, Lachie Thompson, Oliver Thompson-Henderson, Harrison Thurlow, Luke Tili, George Tisdall, Harry Townsend, Dade Tredoux, Kaedyn Trow, Eli Tucker, Brody Turner, Mason Twemlow, Joseph Uehara, Keagan Usher, Rahui Valii, Oscar Velenski, Oban Voice, Caleb Wayne, Jesse Weir, Jack West, Finlay Williamson, Talvin Williamson, Kace Wilson, Kyle Wilson, Noah Wilson, Will Workman, Jack Yeoman, Dustin Young and Simon Zhang.

Honour Badge Recipients 2023:

Maddox Adamson, Radhwan Al Sa'ad, Lawrence Bielski-Cook, Harry Bond, Carter Bracewell, Lukas Braun, Coen Breen, Lucas Brenssell, Daniel Brockway, Angus Broderick, Mathew Campbell, Ethan Carr, Vincent Cavanagh, Matthew Chiles, Tristin Clark, Noah Clarke, Toby Coatham, Tom Collie, Xavier Connell, Finley Cooper, Daniel Cuthbert, Randika Dassanayake, Charlie Deedman, Levi Dykstra, Joseph Flutey, George Garden, Leo Garden, Sam Goodchild, Ethan Haines, Zach Hall, Mason Hansen, Toby Hill, Sam Hobbs, Henry Hodgson, Sam Holborow, Riley Horne, Hugo Iida, Josh Jackson, Kannan Sanjaiiram, Ruben Karawana, Hoani Kiwara, Thisun Kuruppuarachchi, Wilson Li, Enzo Lira Ralston, Mateo Machado, Mikah Machado, Quincy Makiiti, Alex Marshall, Hunter Martin, Max McCaul, Deegan McCormick, Mason McCreanor, Grevel McFarland, Nikau McNeilly, Luke Milburn, Oliver Morgan, Charlie Nichol, Adam Nicholson, Jack Phillips, Jack Power, Xavier Preedy, Toa Ratima, Muhammad Rhamadian, Flynn Richards, Matty Richards, Luke Ritchie, Hunter Ruxton, Henry Savage, Oscar Sharpe, Hossein Shirzad, Matt Sinclair, Jude Smillie, Eden Smith, Ethan Smith, Josh Smith, Lachie Smith, Maddix Smith, Ryan Smith, Tyler Smith, Connor Stevenson, Jackson Templeton, Lachie Thompson, Harrison Thurlow, Dade Tredoux, Kaedyn Trow, Mason Twemlow, Joseph Uehara, Keagan Usher, Rahui Valli, Oscar Velenski, Jack West, Finlay Williamson, Kace Wilson, Noah Wilson, Will Workman, Jack Yeoman and Simon Zhang.

Above the Hoops Badge Recipients 2023:

Hugo Buitenhek, Alex Bull, Matthew Chiles, Will Cone, Ben Couling, Samuel Crump, Liam Davis, Sam Drake, Caleb Elder, Louis Fyfe, Sasmin Gamage, Joshua Geddes, Alex Glover, Fletcher Hawken, Charlie Hore, Oliver Jamieson, Sunny Jiang, Michael Kirkland, Afe Lale Sululoto, Nathan Lau, Jayden Lu, Ega Mackenzie, Conor McIntyre, Luca Mirosa, Shabir Nabizada, Robbie Nichol, Chase Nicolaou, Toby Ollerenshaw, Alexis Owen, Will Pyper, Zakariya Rizwan, Kase Robertson, Neo Salomonsson, Jude Smillie, Mouhammad Ali Taha, Alex Tavendale, Harry Townsend, Eli Tucker, Oban Voice, Caleb Wayne, Talvin Williamson and Dustin Young.

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