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3 February

2012 is underway and most classes have had their first taste of academic life for the year. There is still a bit of fine tuning to be done to ensure all the class sizes are manageable but this should be resolved over the next few days.  A larger than usual senior school is a feature this year with the theatre bursting at the seams to contain just these students.

The Year 10 Mt Aspiring trips begin their rotation with the first class heading off on the 10th February. Meantime the new Year 9 students are spending a day at the Otakou Marae as part of their introduction to the School.

A fundraising evening for the rugby boys travelling to Samoa at the ensd of the term is being held on Wedneday 8th February. Renowned local cook Judith Cullen, and old boy and owner of Harbour Fish, Aaron Cooper are combining their talents to present a "Summer Cooking Made Easy' demonstration. The venue is the Otago Boys' High School Auditorium with the doors opening at 7-00pm and the demonstration starting at 7-30pm. Raffles will also be run during the evening.

Tickets which cost just $20-00 are available at the School office or by contacting Carla Laughton at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

7 December

The 2011 School year concluded today with the Junior Prize-giving being held in the Maurice Joel Theatre. A list of prize winners can be found at: Junior Prize winners

2 December

The past few days have seen the boys involved in various activities including a day at Warrington Beach, indoor games at the Edgar Centre, and trips to the movies and the Orokounui Sanctuary. Our current Year 10 students had a day where they were introduced to the requirements of NCEA - a precursor to next year while the year 9's enjoyed a day of activities around school. An important part of each day has been a community clean-up in the environs close to the school and a large amount of litter was found and removed.

Back to normal on Monday, and into uniform, as we count down the final few days of the term. Our Junior prize-giving is being held on Wednesday morning , 7th December- a departure from the previous afternoon function. Parents are invited to attend this event which begins at 10-30am.

25 November

The November newsletter is now available at: Newsletter
Information relating to the start of the 2012 school year can be found at:  Just-Up.  This includes a facility enabling the purchase of the atationery required for each subject at each class level courtesy of Paper Plus.

11 November

On Wednesday evening our senior prize-giving was held before a large attendance of parents and supporters of the school. The presentation of prizes was interspersed with top quality musical items from the Barber-shop Quartet and the Choir, while Chanuka De Silva delivered his Head Prefect's address in amusing style. The Head Prefect for 2012 was announced as being Thomas Wardhaugh with Nick Tipa as his deputy. Joshua Dawson was named as Head of the School Hostel for 2012.

The Dux of Otago Boys' High School for 2011 is Rhys Woods. Congratulations to Rhys on an outstanding effort across all subjects.

The full prize list for the Senior prize giving can be found at: Prizegiving

26 October

At our Senior school assembly yesterday a new innovation to recocognise excellence was introduced with the awarding of "Honours Blazers'. The recipients of these are students who have achieved at the very highest level - New Zealand representation. The blazers are distinctive with their fully piped edgings and will be awarded across all of the areas that the school offers, sporting, cultural and academic.
Yesterday's recipients of the first Honours Blazers to be awarded were:
Michael Collins - New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby Team
Nick Elder - New Zealand Under 18 Hockey Team
Sam Madden - New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir
Nick Tipa- New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir

7 October

The October newsletter can be found at: October newsletter

The Winter Interschool fixtures have been completed for 2011 and while it is easy to judge the seasons success based on the results of the 1st XV - winning 5 of the 6 games played, the results across all sports have been equally impressive with convincing wins against most of our opponents; firmly placing us as one of the top Dunedin sporting schools. The results of each event follows:

 
The following Year 9 students were awarded O.B.H.S. Academic, Cultural or Sporting Scholarships.

Academic
Sam Angus, Tor Demmers, Clayton Woods, Braeden Crake, Johnny Mottershead, Scott Bezett, Callum Gordon, Bailey Brandham, Jack Lim, Josh Gale

Cultural
Henry Hodgson, Tokerau Joseph, Matariki Pakaua

Sporting
Daniel Cleminson, Joe Cook-Green, Sam Timmins, Blake Buttar-Scurr, Dylan Buttar-Scurr,
Aarie Verwey, Lachie McGregor, Christian Blackie, Liam Howden Wilson, Heta Scarf-Matthews

Details about each of the students can be found at: Junior Scholarships.