School House Newsletter - Term 1 - Week 5
By Vai Mahutariki | Posted: Thursday February 29, 2024
Welcome to this weeks School House Newsletter
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Term 1, Week 6
Monday 4
Christ's College Interschool (away)
Intercollegiate Golf
Tuesday 5
Christ's College Interschool (away)
Wednesday 6
13ODR First Aid in the Outdoors course
Thursday 7
13BIO/13APS field trip
Friday 8
11ART field trip to the Art Gallery
Sunday 10
10Y to Mt Aspiring
Term 1, Week 7
Monday 11
12BIO trip to Portobello (1)
Tuesday 12
12BIO trip to Portobello (2)
Wednesday 13 - Friday 15
13GEO trip to Queenstown
Thursday 14
13GEO trip to Queenstown
Friday 15
13GEO trip to Queenstown
11ART field trip to the Art Gallery
Saturday 16 - Sunday 17
SISS Touch Championships
Sunday 17
10G to Mt Aspiring
Man of the Week - Week 4
Congratulations to Year 9, Angus Collie who was part of the pair that won the OSS Tennis Champs.
Congratulations to Year 9 Bede Perkins who finished 4th (U14s) in the OSS Triathlon Champs in Wanaka.
Man of the Week - Week 5
Congratulations to Year 11, Zach Hall who has been a great help around the hostel putting his hand up with jobs to assist staff like in the kitchen. Always happy to help others.
Congratulations to Year 10, Jahziel Lafita for showing good leadership, adding great value to the sessions with the seniors in the Oneway Leadership programme. Gave a great effort in all the conditioning and sprinting sessions over the past 5 days.
Congratulations to Year 9, Al Nicholson who has been a good bloke around the hostel and gets on with everyone. Happy to help others and gets on well with the staff.
Well done boy's.
Student Led Academic Support
Great to have our Hostel Prefects take a lead in supporting our School House Boys in their academic success and helping to share their knowledge. Thank you also to our teaching staff that come up the hill to help.
School House Food Committee
With the leadership of our School House Prefects & Mr Mahutariki, they have re-established the School House Food Committee, surveyed all our boys and collected student voice and held meetings with our Kitchen Manager to feedback. From discussions and suggestions, there will be some changes moving forward in terms of menu and options and continuous dialogue on meal service. Also great to have our Year 12 boys helping with meal service at breakfast time on a roster.
Oneway Leadership
Great to have Lei Katoa from Oneway come and share his knowledge with our hostel boy's over a period of four days on identity, setting goals, accountability, making the most of opportunities, while taking them through some conditioning and sprint mechanics alongside other OBs boys. Awesome to have him in the classrooms, on the field, in and around the hostel, and out in the community. Thank you also to Oneway facilitators Rae Katoa and Micah Fale. @katoa_fitness
Sunday Activities
Sunday activities have been going well each week and the boys had lots of fun at Paint Ball recently. They also had great fun at the opening game of the Super Rugby season for the Highlanders vs Moana Pasifika.Weather permitting they will head away for Charter Boat fishing this coming Sunday.
Wanaka Show
This year we will be at the Wanaka Show bigger and better sharing our School House story and legacy of OBHS. We also have a number of events and locations of interest for both our current School House families and also prospective families for the future. Thank you to all those parents and hostel boys who have volunteered to help during the Wanaka Show.
Here are the events planned:
Wanaka Show Stands - We will have set up a marquee for School House promoting the great opportunities and experiences that families will have with us. We will also have an adjacent marquee as a place to catch up and spend some time with our Old Boys and families. This will be from Friday 8th March and Saturday 9th March all day.
Scheduled Events: Thursday 7th March at the Speights Ale House in Wanaka.
3pm-4pm: Prospective parents are welcome to come and meet the Rector and Director of boarding and ask any questions you may have.
4pm-5pm: Current hostel families come and join us for a drink or snack
5pm onwards: Old Boys of OBHS Hostel (Campbell House or School House) come in a catch up with old friends and mingle with the Old Boys Foundation and share in the legacy that you have left for our current boys to follow.
WOOBHS - Women Of Otago Boys' High School - Wanaka
We invite all our mothers, grandmothers, aunties, etc of boy's of Otago Boys' High School to come and share some time together, connect, and enjoy some great hospitality at 47 FROCKS with some excellent discounts on items also.
OBHS Old Boy's Foundation - Event - Wanaka
As noted above we invite all Old Boy's of Otago Boys' High School to come to an event being held at the Speights Ale House in Wanaka from 5pm onwards. We would love to see you all there.
Country Visits
We are coming to a town near you for our annual School House Hostel Country Visits for students and families looking at enrolling as a Year 9 in 2025 or 2026. We will also be happy to meet others from other year groups. Enrollments are already well underway with over 20 boys for 2025 already booking in with their families for interviews with the Rector and the hostel. Any of our current hostel families and other legacy families who have son's currently in Year 8 this year, we encourage you to fill out the enrollment form and submit as soon as possible. You can use the QR codes for registering for the country visits and also enrolling.
Backroads
We are in the process of completing the annual Back-roads hostel jersey order where we add in your son/s initials and the School House Crest. We now have some samples that the boys have been trying on and can order if you wish. Parents will need to give permission for these if your son would like to order one. The last order cost approximately $130. To confirm ordering a Back-roads jersey for your son please email [email protected]
Sports Results:
VolleyballOBHS Senior Blue 2 - 3 Nayland CollegeOBHS Senior Blue 3 - 0 Riccarton HSOBHS Senior Blue 0 - 3 TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi A
TennisOBHS 3 - 3 Christs College (OBHS lost on countback)OBHS 2 - 4 St Andrew's College
VolleyballOBHS Senior Blues 0 - 3 Nelson College (Finished 8th in Div 1)TennisOBHS 4 - 2 Marlborough Boys' College (Finished 5th)A massive thank you to Simon Maole and Bevan Townsend (Volleyball), Andrew Swan and Jayden Grinter (Tennis) for taking these teams away this weekend.
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday 7th March 2024 - Hostel Event at Speights Ale House - Wanaka
Friday 8th-Saturday 9th March - Wanaka Show
Monday 18th March - Country Visits to Gore & Balclutha
Tuesday 19th March - Country Visits to Middlemarch & Clyde
Wednesday 20th March - Country Visits to Wanaka
Monday 25th March - Otago Anniversary Day - no school
Friday 29th March -Tuesday 2nd April - Easter Long Weekend - Hostel Closed - boys can return from 2pm on Tuesday 2nd.
Wednesday 10th April - Formal Dinner (All boys attend) - We acknowledge and celebrate some outstanding achievements in Term 1 by our hostel boys and have some invited guests for this formal occasion as well as a guest speaker.
Thursday 11th April - Hostel Parent Function. Put this is in your diary. Come and spend time with all hostel parents and also farewell our current Director of Boarding, Mr Vai Mahutariki. Venue to be confirmed in the next week.
Friday 12th April - Hostel Parent-Teacher Interviews. School Finishes early. Last day of Term 1
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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