Tohu Teina mo nga Tikanga / Junior Values Badges
By Elaine Kelly | Posted: Wednesday June 28, 2023
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela.
This week in junior assembly, the awards for the School Value of the Term were handed out. In total, 174 boys received Courage Badges. Year 10 pipped Year 9 at the post by gaining 54% of all badges awarded.
A big thank-you should go to the teaching staff who took the time to write positive postcards and award house points. The staff recognise that giving these out helps to improve relationships with boys, which in turn leads to better learning in the classroom. Boys are hopefully seeing that if they do the mahi, they get the rewards.
There were a few standout performances that are worthy of a special mention.
Highest GPA for effort (out of 5):
Year 10 - Matthew Chiles 4.86
Year 9 - Mathew Campbell 4.5
Highest number of positive postcards:
3 postcards - Mathew Campbell Year 9
Highest number of House points
15 House points - Sam Goodchild Year 9
The Junior Value Badges scheme will also contribute towards the ongoing house competition and the results are as follows:
1st Place - Park House (47)
2nd Place - McIndoe House (44)
3rd Place - Aspinal House (42)
4th Place - Saxton House (41)
Boys must meet these criteria to gain a badge. The criteria for gaining a badge are a positive postcard home OR 4 House points and a grade point average in effort of 3.8 or above. Boys who have an average of 4 or more automatically qualify for a badge.
Badges look great worn on the tie or the shirt collar and boys should wear their badges with pride around the school! Badges not only look great but they are a reminder to those yet to gain a badge that they have something to aim for every term. The school value for Term Three is Perseverance.
What does perseverance mean in terms of boys’ learning? It means a lot of different things. Some boys may think they need less perseverance in their academic learning, as this comes easier to them. Does that mean they don’t need to persevere? Of course not. There is always the next, more difficult task to applying oneself to. So, next term, boys try some of the following:
DON’T GIVE UP, even though you may find the work hard.
TRY to make breakthroughs in your learning and get to the next level, one step at a time.
REMIND yourself of the progress you have already made this year. This will give you energy to go on in the future!
All boys can find some area in which to persevere. Whether it is their academic learning, navigating a difficult circumstance, challenging themselves in sport or a musical instrument that they feel like giving up, perseverance will surely lead to great rewards.
In all of your pursuits next term, use the brotherhood at Otago Boys' to support you. This is how all great teams reach success, by persevering and by supporting and encouraging each other to do so.
Courage Badges were awarded to the following boys:
Maddox Adamson, Radhwan Al Sa'ad, Tupou Alesana, Lawrence Bielski-cook, Izak Birtles, Harry Bond, Carter Bracewell, Lukas Braun, Coen Breen, Lucas Brenssell, Daniel Brockway, Hugo Buitenhek, Alex Bull, Mathew Campbell, 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, Archie Davison, Elliot Deaker, Charlie Deedman, Jash Deo, Fred Dowling, Sam Drake, Levi Dykstra, Caleb Elder, Joseph Flutey, Louis Fyfe, Sasmin Gamage, Isaac Garchow, George Garden, Leo Garden, Joshua Geddes, Alex Glover, Sam Goodchild, Phoenix Haddow, Ethan Haines, Flynn Hall, Zach Hall, Mason Hansen, Fletcher Hawken, James Hay, Willem Hilgeholt-Martyn, Toby Hill, Sam Hobbs, Henry Hodgson, Sam Holborow, Charlie Hore, Riley Horne, Ali Hussaini, Hugo Iida, Josh Jackson, Oliver Jamieson, Edward Jennings, Sunny Jiang, Leon Judd, Sanjaiiram Kannan, Ruben Karawana, Callum Kenton, Michael Kirkland, Hoani Kiwara, Thisun Kuruppuarachchi, Afe Lale Sululoto, Nathan Lau, Wilson Li, Enzo Lira Ralston, Robert Lloyd, Jayden Lu, Mateo Machado, Mikah Machado, Ega Mackenzie, Quincy Makiiti, Alex Marshall, Hunter Martin, Chris McArthur, Max McCaul, Toby McClean, Deegan McCormick, Mason McCreanor, Grevel McFarland, Conor McIntyre, Nikau McNeilly, Luke Milburn, Luca Mirosa, Oliver Morgan, Koopa Morris, Otis Murray, Shabir Nabizada, Charlie Nichol, Robbie Nichol, Adam Nicholson, Chase Nicolaou, Toby Ollerenshaw, Keyaan Oquendo, William Osborne, Alexis Owen, Montell Paulo, Nevin Peiris, Jack Phillips, Race Porter, Jack Power, Xavier Preedy, Will Pyper, Toa Ratima, Harry Reger, Flynn Richards, Matty Richards, Luke Ritchie, Zakariya Rizwan, Kase Robertson, Hunter Ruxton, Neo Salomonsson, Henry Savage, Naman Sharma, Oscar Sharpe, Hossein Shirzad, Matt Sinclair, Mohit Singh, Pawan Singh, Prabh Singh, Jude Smillie, Eden Smith, Ethan Smith, Josh Smith, Lachie Smith, Maddix Smith, Ryan Smith, Tyler Smith, Jesse Steel, Connor Stevens, Xavier Stewart, Kai Sugiyama, Mouhammad Ali Taha, Alex Tavendale, Jackson Templeton, Lachie Thompson, Harrison Thurlow, George Tisdall, Harry Townsend, Dade Tredoux, Kaedyn Trow, Eli Tucker, Brody Turner, Nixon Turner, Mason Twemlow, Joseph Uehara, Keagan Usher, Rahui Valli, Paul Veituna, Oscar Velenski, Eugene Venning, Oban Voice, Caleb Wayne, Jesse Weir, Finlay Williamson, Talvin Williamson, Jesse Willis, Kace Wilson, Noah Wilson, Will Workman, Kannin Yahya, Jack Yeoman, Dustin Young and Simon Zhang.
If you missed assembly, please pick up your badge from Ms Kelly in Room 2.
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