School House Hostel Newsletter Week 3 Term 1
By Vai Mahutariki | Posted: Thursday February 17, 2022
Welcome to our School House Newsletter for Week 3
Welcome to the School Newsletter for Week 3 of Term 1.
The start of the year has been very busy but filled with some exciting opportunities and new experiences.
Year 9 Hostel Camp
The traditional Year 9 Hostel Boys Camp was held last weekend at the Otago Boys’ High School, Mt Aspiring Lodge. Our boys were very excited and had some great experiences without digital devices supported by staff, Director of Boarding Mr Mahutariki, Rector Mr Hall, Mt Aspring Guru Mr Roe, with help of Housemasters Zaiya Mahutariki and Ben Sinnamon. Six of our Hostel Prefects also showed good leadership in supporting our new Year 9 Hostel Boys. The boys learnt about the history of the lodge and surrounding area, hostel history, completed Dam building, team challenges, fishing, swimming in the various swimming holes around the local river and waterfalls along with some fitness in the morning. Had a bit of a walk, spotlight at night and most importantly had the opportunity to bond and get to know each other. On the way home they also enjoyed spending time at the Kiwi Water Park in Cromwell while enjoying Subway on the way to the lodge and on the way home.
Man of the Week
Week 2
Well done to Year 9 Eden Smith and Year 10 Te Ava-A-Kahu Nicholas who have settled in well to hostel life and been involved in many extra-curricular activities already and were both outstanding in the Battle Combat Laser Tag during one of our weekend activities amassing over 130 kills between them in only one round. They were the top in their year group.
Week 3
Well done to both Oliver Thode and William Thode for being named Men of the Week for this week. They were both instrumental in the OBHS 1st XI Cricket Teams victory this week with Oliver entering his teams first batting innings when they were 54/5 and went on to anchor the innings with a solid 84. Then when they declared William Thode stepped up in the bowling to took match figures of 4 wickets for only 11 runs in the final afternoon session. Well done boys.
Sports Exchange
Well done to all our Hostel boys who participated in the first summer sports exchange of the year.
The annual summer interschool fixture between Otago Boys' High School and Timaru Boys' High School was held in Dunedin on Monday,14 and Tuesday, 15 February.
Results:
Cricket
1st XI
OBHS 215/7 (Oliver Thode 84, Daniel Lawrence 38, Zac Cumming 26) and 90/3 (Zac Cumming 31, Ben Turnbull 26).
TBHS 60 all out (Will Thode 4/11, Zac Cumming 4/23) and 128 all out (Thomas O'Connor 3/21 and Zac Cumming 3/37).
OBHS win by 117 runs
Colts
OBHS 179/7 (Ashton Hansen 62, Matt Parker 48, Oak Chisholm 22 not out).
TBHS 57 all out (Alfie Omelvena-Flame 5/11, Harry Bezett 3/8.
OBHS win by 122 runs
Golf
OBHS 3
TBHS 1
Win to OBHS
Tennis
OBHS 5
TBHS 4
Win to OBHS
Overall result - Win to OBHS
Health Form Reminder
Reminder we have a health form that all boys who go on overnight leave must complete before returning to School House. Here is another copy of the link to complete. As mentioned before this is inline with all high school hostels in Dunedin.
Prep Times
Reminder our boys have prep from generally 7pm - 8pm and on longer fine days we may hold prep earlier so the boys finish earlier and then go down to parks and play some sport together.
Value Focus - Respect - Whakaute
Our focus this term in School House and at School is Respect - Whakaute. Understanding that we all maybe different and have different interests but we can all still co-exist together as one brotherhood. Our learn to respect each other, respect each others property and the property of the hostel and the school. Respect to all staff and visitors. We have and will continue to have regular discussions around this value of Respect and ensure we can create a positive environment for our boys and staff to live. It is also part of our School House Haka.
Mahia ki te tangata tau, e whai nga. - Whakaute
Through your hardwork and dedication in all you do, for everyone, you can achieve - Respect.
Weekend Activities
The boys so far have enjoyed some fun activities such as Battle Combat Laser Tag in the forest, paintball shooting, and a day at the beach. Lots of fun has been had by all including staff as we continue to provide some opportunities for all our boys to be involved. Along with this there have been many trips to Roberts Park to play some sport like touch, rugby, ultimate frisbee, and then even down to school to Littlebourne to play some cricket or throw the ball around and also utilise the school gym facilities.
OBHS House Challenge - Rowing
Great to see so many of our Hostel Boys represent for there School houses in the rowing challenge. They all rowed well and did great for their houses.
Prefect Weekend and Leadership Camp
Before our boys returned or joined School House we spent some time with our School House Prefects consolidating some leadership, set some goals for the year and focus points for the start of the Term. Along the way the boys cycled about 80km in one day and had some fun time together as a group. Thank you to Lorraine and Stu Duncan for hosting us for the weekend and providing such an amazing venue and backdrop to our time together, as well as some special time at the Family Dam and batch. We would like to acknowledge Stu for spending some time discussing what leadership is and being role models to our next generation of hostel boys.
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