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3rd December 2024
ASPIRECurriculum ASPIRE: Ideas worth sharing
On Tuesday, 3 December, the OBHS Auditorium was alive with intellect as our Year 9 and 10 ASPIRE groups delivered their <em>Ideas Worth Sharing</em> presentations.
28th November 2024
Year 9English Year 9 English Holiday Challenge
Summer Athletics.
26th November 2024
Year 9Art Year 9 Art
At the beginning of Year 9 Art we focus on drawing skills.
20th November 2024
Year 9English Year 9 English
9G has spent the entirety of Term Four on their Biography unit.
17th November 2024
Year 9Curriculum Year 9 English - Holiday Challenge
Get outside and race your friends!
13th November 2024
Year 9English Year 9 English - Holiday Challenge article
Bored in the holidays - need a solution?
23rd October 2024
Public SpeakingDebating Tennyson Shield competition 2024
On Wednesday morning, we hosted Otago Girls' High School for the annual OBHS v OGHS Tennyson Shield competition.
16th October 2024
CricketSport Cricket fundraiser car wash
We have a Year 9 cricket team travelling to Blenheim for a tournament in December and they are fundraising with a car wash this <strong>Saturday</strong>!
14th October 2024
LeadershipStudents of the Term Term 3 Students of the Term
We are thrilled to announce and celebrate our Students of the Term for Term 3.
26th September 2024
School ValuesYear 10 Junior Values Badges - Perseverance
<strong>“I have failed again and again throughout my life. And that is why I succeed." Michael Jordan.</strong>
4th July 2024
ArtYear 10 Junior Art
At the beginning of Year 9 Art we focused on drawing skills.
30th June 2024
Students of the TermLeadership Term 2 Students of the Term
We are thrilled to announce and celebrate our exemplary Students of the Term for Term 2.
26th June 2024
MāoriCultural Year 9 Māori visit to Tūhura - The Otago Museum
This week the Year 9 Māori module class visited Tūhura - The Otago Museum.
17th June 2024
CurriculumEnglish Year 9 English
To conclude 9G’s unit on Travel Writing, the boys had to write a piece about a place they knew well. The tone of the piece needed to be upbeat, and the writing needed to utilise adjectives, fronted prepositions, dialogue, colloquial language and factual information.
23rd May 2024
DramaYear 9 What a performance!
Parents attending the Hostel Open Day were treated to a performance by Year 9 Drama students.
7th May 2024
Year 9School Travellers survey and programme
An introduction to the Travellers survey and programme.
10th April 2024
ArtCurriculum Our Year 9 artists
At the beginning of Year 9 Art, we focus on drawing skills.
8th March 2024
EnglishCurriculum Year 9 English
9G spent the first half of the term focusing on the mechanics of letter writing. Their task required them to write to a friend encouraging them to take up a sport or hobby. Their writing needed to have an inspirational register, use colloquial language, imperative sentences and second personal pronoun usage.
5th March 2024
Year 9Mathematics Year 9 maths
9O have been working on Geometry in maths class recently.