School House Newsletter - Term 2 - Week 9
By Vai Mahutariki | Posted: Thursday June 22, 2023
Welcome to this weeks School House Newsletter
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Term 2, Week 10
Monday 26
Words of War presentation - Year 10 and 11
CBHS Interschool (Squash and Basketball)
Tuesday 27
CBHS Interschool
PPTA Paid Union Meeting
Wednesday 28
Dunedin Careers Expo
12ODR (DT) Rock Climbing assessment
Thursday 29
Friday 30
Last day of Term 2
Term 3, Week 1
Monday 17
Term 3 starts
Monday 17 - Saturday 22
King's Interschool week
Tuesday 18
Wednesday 19
Thursday 20
Parent interviews
Friday 21
Malo e le lei, and welcome to our School House families and wider community. We are coming into our final week of the term next week with lots of final assessments, inter-school, and formal awards night to complete. Here are some updates and happenings since we last communicated.
Man of the Week
Week 8
Congratulations to Year 11 Ruie Hyslop who Won the Otago Championship Cross Country U16 title last week. Well done Ruie, outstanding.
Congratulations to Year 10 Dustin Young who competed in the Dunedin Intercollegiate Shooting Competition last weekend and placed 3rd the Junior Skeet, 3rd in the Junior Single Barrel, and 1st In the Single Rise. Well done Dustin.
Week 9
Congratulations to Year 9 Marley Leevey who competed in the Southland and Otago Regional Manu Korero Speech Competition last week held in the Dunedin Town Hall last Thursday, finishing a credible 4th place. An outstanding effort to stand and speak in front of hundreds in the audience and 10 judges. Well done Marley.
Junior Young Farmer Competition
Shamus Young in Year 12 and his team mate Flynn Hill ( from Blue Mountain College) are competing in the NZ Junior Young Farmer competition in Timaru during the holidays. You can help support them by voting for the Otago Southland team. Click on the link below and then vote for Otago Southland. All the best Shamus.
https://www.fmg.co.nz/campaigns/regionoff
Boys Gear going missing
We have had a number of boys personal items go missing and taken from their rooms. We are asking families to check their son/s gear in case some items that don't belong to them are accidentally placed in their gear. We will continue to check through rooms and cupboards when items go missing. Some items are some air-pods and some wireless headphones, one being a Sony brand, black pair. We are also looking for some jerseys (Highlanders hoody). If your son has anything go missing we also ask they inform us immediately so we can follow up quickly.
Mitchell Cup Competitions
Rowing:
The School House Hostel Boys laid it down for their respective houses in the annual Rowing Challenge - 5.5km race on Wednesday night last week. It was very close only 400m separating the teams and only a mere 30m at the finish between 1st and 2nd place. In the end Thomson House took the victory. Below are the results
1st Thomson House
2nd Hawthorne House
3rd Campbell House
4th Nicholson House
Basketball:
We have also had the Basketball competition this week on Tuesday night. We had Junior and Senior House teams take the court for the pride of their houses. There were some very competitive games throughout but there can be only one. Here are the results from the two sections.
Juniors:
1st - Hawthorne, 2nd - Nicholson, 3rd - Thomson, 4th - Campbell.
Seniors:
1st - Thomson, 2nd - Campbell, 3rd - Hawthorne, 4th - Nicholson.
Currently still leading the Mitchell Cup competition is Hawthorne House.
Housemaster in Super Rugby Final
We wish our Housemaster Christian Lio-Willie all the best as he starts for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Final this Saturday against the Chiefs in Hamilton. We will be cheering from the rafters for you. Go get em!
School Production: Magic City
We had a good group of our boys attend the opening night of the combined OBHS & OGHS Production on Wednesday night. It was great show with some popular tunes and songs belted out joined in by some of our boys in the audience. A good night out.
Weekend Activities
We had the Ultimate Frisbee Activity last weekend with some fun had by all. Some decent skill shown by all and some laughs along the way.
Important Dates and Information
Otago Boys High School vs Christchurch Boys High School
Winter Interschool @ OBHS
Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th June 2023
Team: Time: Venue:
1st XV Rugby Tues 1:00pm Littlebourne, OBHS
2nd XV Rugby Tues 11:00am Opoho Ground #1
U15 Blues Rugby Tues 11:00am Opoho Ground #2
1st XI Football Tues 11:00am Logan Park Turf #1
1st XI Hockey Tues 10:30am McMillan Hockey Turf
1st Basketball Mon 7:00pm OBHS Gym
Squash Mon 6:30pm Otago Squash Club
Wednesday 28th June - Formal Awards Night
Thursday 29th June - Last night in the hostel for the term and pack up
Friday 30th June - last day of Term 2
Sunday 16th July - Return to Hostel from 2pm onwards
Monday 17th July - First Day on Term 3
Reach Leave - Please make sure you get leave in for your son/s for the end of Term 2
Follow us on our social media platforms Instagram: @obhshostel and Facebook Otago Boys’ High School Hostel for information and activities our boys are doing.
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