Honouring boys who uphold our values
By Elaine Kelly | Posted: Thursday December 5, 2024
“Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act rightly because we are excellent, in fact, we achieve excellence by acting rightly.” Plato
In this penultimate 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 239 badges were issued. The staff have played a big part in ensuring buy-in to the Values Badge initiative. 182 postcards were written and a staggering 744 house points awarded. Boys should take time to thank their teachers for this mahi which has enabled them to shine.
It was Aspinall House who won this term’s count, with McIndoe in second place, Park and Saxton drew for the final placing. This year it has been decided to make the winning of these Excellence Badges count for something, just as the previous terms’ badges did. Usually, the house competition starts from scratch at the start of every school year. Some boys had the idea that the work they have done to get badges could kick-start next year’s house competition. It is also a way of letting the senior boys know how well the juniors in their house have been doing in their absence. It represents a kind of koha to their house.
Other notable highlights of Term 4 were as follows :
Highest effort grade Year 9 (4.86) - William Bolter, who remains undefeated this year.
Highest effort grade Year 10 (a perfect 5) - Tanveer Singh, for the second term running.
Highest number of house points Year 9 (11 HP) - Aditha Ranawaka.
Highest number of house points Year 10 (15 HP) - Oscar Sharpe and Mohit Singh.
Highest number of postcards Year 9 (4) - Maximilian Kaiser.
Highest number of postcards Year 10 (3) - Zach Cashmore.
Of course, collecting the four badges of Respect, Courage, Perseverance and Excellence also qualifies boys to receive the final Honour badge. 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 87 boys crossed the stage today 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 2023, 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. 38 boys qualified for this badge which will be given out at junior prize giving on Tuesday.
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 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’s going wrong. In this way, we place our values at the heart of our daily life at Otago Boys’ High School. Acting rightly creates a better environment for all.
Recipients of the Term 4 Excellence Badges:
Year 9
Bilal Ahmad, Charlie Anderson, Kalo Ashton, Max Barker, Reicher Barnes, Liam Bennett, Kalyan Bhusal, Daniel Black, Leo Bogachev, William Bolter, Harry Boyle, Finn Breen, William Bryson, Oscar Cadden, Tirian Callander, Liam Carter, Noah Casbolt, Jia-Yang Chen, Cole Churchman, Angus Collie, Benji Dean, Eli Des Fountain, Lucas Donovan, Liam Drummond, Zac Elder, Yoda Fang, Terence Farella, Zac Flutey, Charlie French, Jamie Funnell, Nathan Gardner, James Gare, Declan Gemmell, Lachlan Gill, Sam Glover, Seth Goodwin, Jack Grace-Ngaro, Ryder Greig, Josh Grindlay, Duncan Guest, Rowan Hamilton, Ethan Hand, Mikey Hart, Ben Haughey, Rhys Hendry, Tiaki Herewini, Thomas Hill, Jacob Holtshousen, Sammie Jamieson, Lucas Jensen, Theo Johnston, Maximilian Kaiser, Josh Keogh, Azlan Khan, Theo Kindiak, Zander King, Tyler Lam, Nate Latta, Harry Lee, Zhenyi Li, Adam Llamoso, Finlay Lloyd, Levi Lu, Johnnie Lucas, Alex Ma, Nuitutoatasi Malae, Viliamu Malae, Shaun Mason-Mataki, Harry Matheson, Fletch McCall, Rhyder McCormick, Mateo Mirosa, Louie Moffatt, Harry Moir, Korban Mount, George Murray, Mohamad Najar, Arrsalan Nayle, Lucas Nichol, Myles Nicol, Al Nicolson, Blaine O'Brien, Thomas O'Neill, Guy Orchiston, Dominik Ory, Juan-Pierre Otto, Silas Pajarillo, Bede Perkins, James Phipps-Green, Liam Phipps-Green, Oliver Porter, Callan Power, Aditha Ranawaka, Archie Rhodes, Lewis Richards, Lucas Richardson, Victor Rivollet, Noah Robertson, Smith Rohan, Scott Samuel, Blake Schaaf, Stuart Scott, Connor Sinclair, Matt Sinnott, Cruz Soper, Archer Stuart, Carlin Summerfield, Hunter Swete, Hamza Taha, Mustafa Taha, Jay T Te Raki, Callum Thompson, Isaac Tinning, Matua Tiopira-Samson, Jack Toomer, Liam van Waard, Nathaniel Vickers, Hunter Wallace, Baine Wan, Lucas Wharepapa, Neihana Winklemann, Ethan Wright, Frank Zhang, Kyle Zhang.
Year 10
Maddox Adamson, Hasan Alhasan, Adam Alqurashi, Gus Attenborough, Lawrence Bielski-Cook, Izak Birtles, Carter Bracewell, Lukas Braun, Daniel Brockway, Scott Brown, Lucas Cameron, Mathew Campbell, Ropata Campbell, Lucas Carr, Zach Cashmore, Vincent Cavanagh, Tommy Chen, Tristin Clark, Toby Coatham, Tom Collie, Xavier Connell, Finlehugo
y Cooper, Korbyn Couch, Daniel Cuthbert, Todd Darling, Randika Dassanayake, Archie Davison, Tyler Douglas, Fred Dowling, Caleb Ede, Seb Fitzpatrick, Isaac Garchow, George Garden, Leo Garden, Sam Goodchild, Phoenix Haddow, Mason Hansen, Jasper Harvey, Toby Hill, Sam Hobbs, Henry Hodgson, Cru Holland, Riley Horne, Elijah Hutton-Neill, Hugo Iida, Josh Jackson, Edward Jennings, Leon Judd, Callum Kenton, Soohyun Kim, Thisun Kuruppuarachchi, Roinga Lawrence-Kokaua, Jonathan Lea, Marley Leevey, Charlie Leyser, Enzo Lira Ralston, Robert Lloyd, Mateo Machado, Mikah Machado, Ali Mahmoud, Quincy Makiiti, Alex Marshall, Chris McArthur, Cam Middleton, Luke Milburn, Oliver Morgan, Otis Murray, Charlie Nichol, Adam Nicholson, Plawan Nilsakorn, Pyay Ti Nyein Chan, William Osborne, Toby Paris, Jack Phillips, Race Porter, Jack Power, Ian Ratigan, Patrick Reid, Flynn Richards, Hunter Ruxton, Blake Schofield, Ollie Scott, Jack Scurr, Oscar Sharpe, Hossein Shirzad, Matt Sinclair, Mohit Singh, Prabh Singh, Rasvir Singh, Tanveer Singh, Alex Smith, Ethan Smith, Maddix Smith, Tyler Smith, Connor Stevens, Xavier Stewart, Abdullah Syed, Oliver Thompson-Henderson, Harrison Thurlow, Brody Turner, Mason Twemlow, Keagan Usher, Rahui Valli, Paul Veituna, Eugene Venning, Hamzah Von Hofler, Adhyayan Wagle, Adam Wagstaff, Jesse Weir, George West, Kace Wilson, Charlie Windle, Will Workman, Jack Yeoman, Simon Zhang.
Honour Badge recipients:
Year 9
Bilal Ahmad, Charlie Anderson, Reicher Barnes, Leo Bogachev, William Bolter, Harry Boyle, Finn Breen, William Bryson, Noah Casbolt, Cole Churchman, Eli Des Fountain, Liam Drummond, Zac Elder, Zac Flutey, Jamie Funnell, Nathan Gardner, James Gare, Sam Glover, Josh Grindlay, Duncan Guest, Ben Haughey, Jacob Holtshousen, Sammie Jamieson, Maximilian Kaiser, Josh Keogh, Theo Kindiak, Zander King, Tyler Lam, Nate Latta, Levi Lu, Alex Ma, Nuitutoatasi Malae, Viliamu Malae, Fletch McCall, Rhyder McCormick, Mateo Mirosa, Louie Moffatt, George Murray, Arrsalan Nayle, Al Nicholson, Blaine O'Brien, Juan-Pierre Otto, James Phipps-Green, Liam Phipps-Green, Callan Power, Aditha Ranawaka, Archie Rhodes, Smith Rohan, Blake Schaaf, Stuart Scott, Connor Sinclair, Matt Sinnott, Archer Stuart, Carlin Summerfield, Hunter Swete, Hamza Taha, Mustafa Taha, Callum Thompson, Isaac Tinning, Jack Toomer, Liam van Waard, Nathaniel Vickers, Hunter Wallace, Baine Wan, Ethan Wright, Frank Zhang, Kyle Zhang.
Year 10
Izak Birtles, Zach Cashmore, Seb Fitzpatrick, Cru Holland, Edward Jennings, Leon Judd, Jonathan Lea, Robert Lloyd, Chris McArthur, Otis Murray, Pyay Ti Nyein Chan, Ian Ratigan, Patrick Reid, Mohit Singh, Tanveer Singh, Oscar Smith, Connor Stevens, Xavier Stewart, Oliver Thompson-Henderson, Mason Twemlow, Charlie Windle.
Above the Hoops Badge recipients:
Maddox Adamson, Lawrence Bielski-Cook, Carter Bracewell, Lukas Braun, Daniel Brockway, Mathew Campbell, Vincent Cavanagh, Toby Coatham, Tom Collie, Xavier Connell, Randika Dassanayake, George Garden, Sam Goodchild, Mason Hansen, Sam Hobbs, Henry Hodgson, Riley Horne, Josh Jackson, Thisun Kuruppuarachchi, Enzo Lira Ralston, Mateo Machado, Mikah Machado, Luke Milburn, Oliver Morgan, Charlie Nichol, Jack Power, Flynn Richards, Hunter Ruxton, Oscar Sharpe, Hossien Shirzad, Ethan Smith, Maddix Smith, Tyler Smith, Mason Twemlow, Kace Wilson, Will Workman, Jack Yeoman, Simon Zhang.
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