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Newsletter # 4 Term 2
May 2019
Southland Boys’
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High School
Te Kura Tua Rua o nga Tai-Tama ki Murihiku
Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus
This term has seen two busy and successful interschool
exchanges as winter codes have begun. These form an
integral part of the traditions of SBHS and are an important
point of difference for us as a boys’ school. The school has
also hosted a regional chess tournament and several
students are preparing for the imminent senior production
“Footloose” amongst the many other co-curricular activities
available to our students. I wish all success in their chosen
fields.
With education being rightly a very hot media and political topic, this is an
opportune time to ensure that you are aware of the following upcoming dates
and deadlines that will affect the school:
Date What Reason
Wednesday 29 May School Closed PPTA Industrial Action
Friday 31 May School Closed Teacher Only Day
Monday 3 June School Closed Queen’s Birthday
Tuesday 4 June Year 9 Students no school PPTA Industrial Action
Tuesday 11 June Year 10 Students no school PPTA Industrial Action
Wednesday 19 June School Closed PPTA Industrial Action
Tuesday 25 June Year 11 Students no school PPTA Industrial Action
Tuesday 2 July Year 12 Students no school PPTA Industrial Action
Further to this the NCEA review documentation has been published
(https://conversation.education.govt.nz/assets/NCEA/NCEA-Change-Package-
2019-Web.pdf) and the school will be involved in the next stages of
implementation as they become available.
2019 has also been a NZ School Board of Trustees triennial election year and I
would like to thank the outgoing board for their voluntary service to the school
over their tenures and look forward to working with the newly appointed board.
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The school website has also seen a much-needed upgrade and content
developments are underway. I hope those of you who have visited the new site
find it easier to navigate.
We are also now working with SchoolDocs to maintain, update, and review our
policies. SchoolDocs provides us with a comprehensive core set of policies
which have been well researched and follow the Ministry of Education National
Administration Guidelines. The policies and procedures are tailored to our
school, and the school supplies specific information such as our charter, and
procedures for behaviour management, reporting to parents, etc.
SchoolDocs updates, modifies, or creates policies in response to changes in
legislation or Ministry guidelines, significant events, reviews/requests from
schools, and regular reviewing from the SchoolDocs team. Our Board of
Trustees have the opportunity to view changes / additions and comment on them
before they are implemented. We will advise you when policies are up for review
and how you can take part in the review.
We invite you to visit the site by clicking on SchoolDocs
[http://sbhs.schooldocs.nz]
username: sbhs
password: herbert
[Copyright: Except where stated, the content of this site is the copyright of
SchoolDocs Ltd. It may not be reproduced without written permission from
SchoolDocs Ltd.]
You will be notified via the school newsletter when a policy is up for review.
To review these documents:
1. Click on SchoolDocs which will take you to the website
2. Enter the username (sbhs) and password (herbert).
3. Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed.
4. Read the policy.
5. Click the Policy Review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
6. Select the reviewer type “Parent”.
7. Enter your name (optional).
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8. Submit your ratings and comments.
If you don’t have internet access, school office staff can provide you with printed
copies of the policy and a review form.
Simon Coe
Rector
Coming Events
Date Event
Monday 27 May Senior Production Technical Day
Tuesday 28 May Senior Production Dress Rehearsal & Opening Night
Senior Production 2nd Performance
Wednesday 29 May
PPTA Strike Action (school closed)
Thursday 30 May Senior Production Closing Night
Teacher Only Day (school closed)
Friday 31 May
SBHS/SGHS Year 13 Ball
Monday 3 June Queens’ Birthday (No School)
Thursday 6 June Incubator Year 12/13 at SDHS
Friday 7 June BoT/Staff Representative Election Day
Tuesday 11 & Wednesday 12 June Interschool Waitaki Boys’ High School (away)
Saturday 15 June NZ Secondary Schools’ Cross Country – Te Anau
Tuesday 18 June Big Sing Competition
Wednesday 19 June SBHS/SGHS Year 7 Social
Friday 21 June Southland Primary Schools’ Cross Country
Tuesday 25 June Southland Interschool Japanese Speech Competition
Wednesday 25 June Interschool Kings’ High School (away)
Friday 28 June Smokefree RockQuest
NCEA Changes
On 13 May, the Minister of Education announced that there would be no charges for
participating in NCEA and NZ Scholarships for domestic students. Any payments that have
been made to date will be refunded to your son’s school account. Unpaid charges for NCEA
will be removed from the account.
PPTA Strike & Teacher Only Day
The PPTA has advised that teachers at all primary and secondary schools will be taking strike
action on Wednesday 29 May. Therefore, school will be closed on this day. Also, as indicated
in our school calendar since the beginning of 2019, we will be holding a Teacher Only Day on
Friday 31 May. This is to allow our staff to participate in ongoing professional learning [as
allowed by the Ministry of Education]. Therefore, the school will be closed for instruction on
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both Wednesday 29 and Friday 31 May for all students. Students are, however, expected to
attend school as normal on Thursday 30 May.
SBHS/SGHS 2019 School Ball
The combined ball for our Year 13 boys’ is being held on Friday 31 May. The theme is ‘Grease’.
Boys’ and their partners will be arriving at the Bill Richardson Transport World (Tay Street)
from 7.30pm onwards. There are limited viewing tickets available to the boys’ family.
SBHS PTA Surf 'n Turf Raffle
All students will have received from their Homeroom or Tutor Teacher, a raffle card with 10
tickets at $2 each ($20 per raffle card) for our annual Surf ’n Turf raffle. We envisage that if
every student sells their 10 tickets, the raffle will generate close to $17,000 profit for the
purchase of additional resources for the students use. Over the past couple of years, the
funds raised from this raffle have been used for:
· cake mixers
· tents for shelter at sporting events
· school banners
· basketball hoops
· basketball uniforms,
· a rowing machine
The profit from this year’s raffle is being targeted towards new mobile ‘Computers on Wheels’
(COWS) which will enable students to use these in classrooms and a designated volleyball area
for use by students at intervals and lunch breaks as well as class and house groups. The raffle
sale period is from Wednesday 22 May to Friday 7 June. All cards need to be returned by this
date please and the raffle will be drawn under Police supervision. Prize winners will be notified,
and prizes distributed by Friday 21st June. Daily updates of the raffle progress will be on the
student notices and on the SBHS Facebook page. Spot prizes for students returning sold cards
will be given at both senior and junior assemblies over the raffle phase. Home room and tutor
group lunch prize for most cards returned fully sold. Additional cards available for students to
sell from the Main Office. For every two cards sold students go into draw for $100 voucher of
their choice. Overall student selling the most cards receives $100 voucher of their choice.
Your generous support of this fundraiser is most appreciated.
Thank you sincerely
SBHS PTA Committee
Deans Corner
Firstly, the Deans, along with the Senior Management and staff of SBHS would like to thank
all the students who walk through our gates wearing the correct school uniform every single
day. We would also like to extend this thank you to whanau and caregivers that make sure
your boys are dressed in the right attire and support us when we must confiscate non-
regulation items.
Secondly, we are concerned with the growing number of students who are asking to sign out
of school for appointments that should be made of school hours. As a school we understand
the need for medical or specialist appointments and we certainly make exceptions for this type
of appointment. However, haircuts for example, do not fit these criteria.
We would also like to mention that attendance at Assembly times on a Tuesday and Thursday
is compulsory. There are a growing number of boys who are not attending. They will be
marked truant and consequences will be acted upon.
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We, along with you as whanau/caregivers, continue to strive to make our school a safe and
happy place for your son to attend. My door is always open to whanau/caregivers and
students.
Ngā mihi
Leon Dunn
Kaiwhakahaere - Hauora
Senior Master - Pastoral
ACCELL Programme
We have been fortunate to once more
have students accepted into the ACCELL
(Accelerated English Language Learning)
programme. Three of our students:
Sebastian, Kevin and David began live
lessons with their e-teacher late in Term 1
and are now fully involved with over 6
hours of English Language Learning per
week. The boys enjoy participating in the
live lessons and join with students from
two other schools via skype and adobe connect. They are working hard, and their English is
improving greatly. Well done boys!
Tania Ward
e-tutor
ANZAC Service
On 30 April the school held our traditional
ANZAC Service inviting members of the RSA
and Old Boys’ of the school. This year we had
a huge turnout of RSA members that had
never attended our Service before, and they
were emotionally impressed with the service
and how our boys acknowledged the fallen
soldiers who had attended SBHS. Thank you
to Lynley Dear for all her organisation and
dedication to SBHS.
Weedbusters
Our group of dedicated Weedbusters saw all
their hard work over the last year pay off as
they planted 70 native trees and bushes at
Thompson’s Bush. The area that they have
cleared of invasive weeds like ivy have now
been replaced with native species provided
by ICC Parks Department. Good work
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Momentum, our Senior Choir are busy preparing their programme of
three songs for the upcoming Southland Regional Final of the Big Sing
competition. Held at First Church, this annual competition is part of a
series of events across the country that typically sees nearly 300 choirs
competing for a place in the National Finale. This year, there is also a
possibility for selected choirs to go on to a South Island festival.
Please come along and support our nearly 50 strong choir at First
Church on Tuesday 18th June at 7:30pm. Tickets will be available from the door on the
evening.
Senior students have been rehearsing with energy and focus to bring you this amazing musical.
You’ll know the music… Holding Out For A Hero, Let’s Hear It For The Boy, Almost Paradise,
and you’ll love the story.
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for
the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn't prepared for are the
rigorous local laws, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to
exercise the control over the town's youth that he cannot command in his own home.
When the reverend's rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries
to sabotage Ren's reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the
new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges is of a father longing for the son he lost and of a
young man aching for the father who walked out on him.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Adult: $25, Senior / Student: $20, Child under 12yrs: $17, Family Pass: 2 Adults and 2 students
/ Children: $71 Please note tickets include all booking fees and are general admission.
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM:
Centrestage Booking Office (Southland Chamber of Commerce office)
SIT Arcade, 48 Esk Street Phone: 03 218 7188
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm except public holidays or www.ticketdirect.co.nz
Please note: the internet is the cheapest way of booking.
Borland Lodge – Year 7
Camp
Wet feet, smelly socks, fun memories and the experience of a lifetime, Camp at Borland Lodge. Great
food, lots of banter. Huge heights and enjoyable moments. The good weather set the scene but watch
out for the sandflies they take anything they can get. It was definitely worth it. I will never forget all the
camp fire stories and fun activities we enjoyed. By Saxon Brookland
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Borland Lodge
On the 6th of May up until the 8th of May Room 32 went to Borland lodge. Camp is at Borland lodge it is
a very fun place. We got to make huts, go abseiling, do archery and bush walking. We played game
like Spotlight and Battleships. The food is amazing, the first night we had nachos and then the second
night we had lasagna. A funny moment was when I found my sock from 3 weeks back when I went up
to Borland with my family. Abseiling is challenging when you are scared of heights but give it your best
shot. Make the most of your time at Borland and have as much fun as you can. By Kyan Spiers
Camp 2019
High heights, building huts and funny moments, this is camp at Borland Lodge 2019. Some of my
highlights were the Bivvy making that was awesome because we got to design our own hut how we
wanted. Another one to look out for is the sandflies they will take whatever they can, so bring your
insect spray. The best of all was playing rugby at night because we had heaps of fun. By Taine Smith
Room 32s Camp at Borland Lodge
During camp we discovered new challenges like abseiling because most of us hadn’t gone abseiling
before. Most of us gave it a go and did go down, it was scary but cool. Our time at camp was great
because we got the good weather and sunshine for all our activities. A funny moment at camp was
when Rico was a bit clumsy through the walk when we went on the three hour walk, he did an
awesome stunt down the hill, he swung like a monkey! I would like to thank all the parents, teachers
and Year 13s for having fun and telling stories with everyone. By Elliot Cunningham
Camp Borland Lodge
Room 32 went to camp on the 6th of May to the 8th of May it was some of the funniest days of my life
and it was very sunny. We did abseiling which was scary because it was about fifteen meters down
and it was very tough. There was also a little ledge that was hard to get over and quite scary, but I
survived. Then we did bush craft for those of you who don’t know, bush craft is when you use your
surroundings to help build a wee hut to fit a group of six people in. I managed to fit my group in our
hut. The walk was one of the toughest walks I have ever done because there were a lot of puddles
and a bunch of hills. I slipped and hurt myself but now it’s healing. The food was the best ever. Thank
you for reading my camp story. By Wryan Murch
Jrelyq, Izaiah, Saxon, Jett, Alex and Kyan Zarien, Tyrese, Lucas, Izaiah, Sam compact Bivvy
roasting marshmallows on the campfire
Sports News
Achievements – Please let us know of your son’s achievements and we are happy to put
this on our website and in the newsletters. We rely on parents advising us as the sporting
codes do not inform us of our student’s achievements.
Andrea Mulligan has permission slips, these are sent to classes and also emailed home for
all Year 7 & 8 students, boys can also pick them up from the Sports Office. Year 9-13
forms are held in the Sports Office. We will not accept late entries for any sports as these
dates are set by the sporting codes as they need to arrange draws, team lists etc.
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NZ Junior 8 Ball Competition
On the 12th of April 2019
Bailey Stewart competed in
the Clubs NZ Junior
National 8 Ball competition
in Hamilton. This is a 3-day
competition which includes
Drawn Pairs on the
Saturday and Singles on
the Sunday and Monday.
Bailey and his partner Coen
Bligh from Bulls won the
Pairs competition only
losing one game for the
whole day. Bailey was a
semi-finalist in the Singles
Trophy Event. These are
great results considering
this is Bailey’s 2nd National Tournament. A great weekend away and excited the Junior
Nationals will be held in Invercargill at the Invercargill Workingmens’ Club.
Basketball
The SBA Junior High Basketball season has just finished with some wonderful results for our
Year 7 & 8 Students. It has been wonderful the see the boys improve their individual skills and
teamwork throughout the season. Special thanks to the volunteer coaches who have helped
their teams progress through the season with great results. The powerhouse Year 8 A team’s
unbeaten run throughout the season culminated in their large win last night, taking out the A
grade competition. We also had winners in the B grades Pool 1 and Pool 2. The SBHS Cheetahs
team took out the Pool 1 competition in a close fought final winning by 2 points and Pool 2
was contended by two Boys High teams the Bears and the Lions with the Bears eventually
taking out first place. Well done to all the teams!
BOYS A
2019 Boys A - Winner - SBHS Year 8
Tim Richardson
George O’Connell
Thomas Spain
Kyron Devery
Lucas Jennings
Thomas Jennings
Nathan Auld
Josh Kramers
David Enriquez
Coach: Riki Kramers
Boys A - 7th Place SBHS Silver
James Chilton, Zach Harrington, Samuel McDougall, James McLeay, Mika Muliaina, Jacob
Mussen-Clark, Jimmy Taylor, Lincoln Te Tai, Coach: Tanei Tamou
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BOYS B – POOL 1
2019 Boys B – Pool 1 Winner - SBHS Cheetahs
Dayne Harvey
Charlie Hopcroft
Kaden List
Jonty Robertson
Koen Rarere
Kyan Spiers
Tama Arthur
Mytchell Carmichael
Coach: Sam Smith
Pool 1 - 3rd Place SBHS Year 7 A
Blake Shaw, Lucas Robson, Layton Rangitoheriri, Tate Forbes-Murch, Raff McIntosh, Taine
Smith, Alex Stevens, Coach: Sheena Smith
BOYS B – POOL 2
2019 Boys B – Pool 2 Winner - SBHS Bears
Hunter Morrison
Corbin Dixon
Sam Collinson
Rylan James
Charles Ellis
Ahmet Uzun
Jacob Frecklington
Levi Petch
Coach: Ben Jennings
Boys B – Pool 2 Runner Up - SBHS Lions
Nick Cowie, Ben Johnstone, Logan Palfrey, George Bramer, Eli Des Santos, Ryan Wells, Lyric
Kururangi, Coaches: Phoenix McKay & Jerome Buckley-Fa’atoia
Pool 2 - 7th Place SBHS Tigers
Marin Colyer, Adnan Uzun, Connor Roberston, Seth Gough, Zarien Ward, Jesse Munyard,
Oliver Piggott, Presley McHugh, Coach: Mark Colyer
Bowls
Alex Cross recently won Youth Bowler of the Year award from
Bowls Southland. Alex has developed into a very consistent bowler
playing with a maturity beyond his year (14 years old). Winner of
several major tournaments in Southland in different teams and
always playing as an asset. Winner of the SSS in singles and
finished in the last 8 at the NZ Secondary Schools.
Cycling
Congratulations to Mitchel Fitzsimons who was selected into the NZU17 Junior Development
cycling team to travel to Australia for the Tour of Canberra recently. Well done to Mitchel his
achievements with cycling have been outstanding.
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Cross Country - SSS
Great day at the SSS Cross Country in Te Anau
Under 13
James McLeay 1st
Thomas Collard 2nd
Jacob Boniface 3rd
Teams Event – 1st
Under 14
Patrick Howes 1st
Dylan Hawkes 4th
Fynn Mitchell 5th
Ethan Payne 16th
Teams Event – 1st
Under 16
Sam McDonald 1st
Aidan McAra 4th
Max Milne 9th
Thomas Lemin 29th
Teams Event – 2nd
Over 16
Jaxon Taylor 1st
George Heenan 6th
Elliot Menlove 11th
Teams Event – 2nd
Well Done Boys!
Interschool Results
Southland Boys’ High School vs John McGlashan - Wednesday 08 May 2019
Sport SBHS John McGlashan
Basketball 1st V 83 66
Basketball Jnr 73 76
Football 1 XI
st
1 5
Football Jnr 0 4
Rugby 1st XV 26 13
Rugby U15 26 10
Hockey 1 XV
st
1 6
SBHS won 3 John McGlashan won 4
10Southland Boys’ High School vs Otago Boys’ High School – Wednesday 22 May 2019
Sport SBHS Otago Boys’
Badminton 1 5
Basketball 1 V st
77 99
Basketball Jnr 74 52
Debating Best speaker Overall Win
st
Football 1 XI 0 7
Football Jnr 1 4
Hockey 1 XVst 1 5
Rugby 1st XV 8 22
Rugby 2 nd
XV 24 10
Trapshooting 264 250
SBHS won 2 John McGlashan won 8
Motocross
The New Zealand Junior Motocross Nationals were held in Himatangi over the school
holidays. 5 students attended the three-day event.
Seth Morrow 1st 8-11yr 85cc class
Mitchell Weir 1st 12-13yr 85cc class
Michael Buchanan 22 nd
12-13yr 85cc class
Jack Symon 2nd 14-16yr 85cc-150cc class
Cory Russell 12th 14-16yr 85cc/150cc class
What a great achievement to have two NZ Champions.
Seth Morrow
11Softball
As part of Summer Sports Week, the SBHS softball team travelled to Christchurch to defend
their title in the Division 2 South Island Tournament.
At the end of last year, several key players left school, so this year’s team was in rebuilding
phase with the team consisting of a few younger students. Coached again by James Affleck,
ably assisted by Marc Johnson and managed by Rosie De Goldi, the team played some great
softball throughout tournament week yet were unable to secure a top 4 spot this year but
finished a creditable 5th.
Results were:
Vs Burnside High Won 21-0
Vs Riccarton High Won 12-1
Vs Dunstan High Loss 4-5
Vs Shirley Boys’ High Won 7-0
Vs Ashburton College Loss 6-7
Vs Ellesmere College Won 11-0
Vs Papanui High Loss 1-5
Vs Ashburton College Won 8-3
Back Row
James Affleck (Coach), Brody Heydon, Jerome Buckley-Fa’atoia, Hunter Jennings, Ben Symon, Sam Cavanagh,
TJ Gallen, Marc Johnson (Assistant Coach), Rosie De Goldi (Manager)
Front Row
Kiahn Johnson, Kyah Kennedy, Shawn Perry, Eli Meuli, Cameron Wallace (Captain) Matthew Smith
Swimming
Congratulations to the following boys who dominated their age groups at the Southland
Swimming Champs recently: Matthew Speights, Jackson Herrick, Magnus Jamieson & Rohan
Murray
12Waterpolo
Training squads for waterpolo any boys interested can register online at Southland
Waterpolo or just turn up
U16/18 Boys - Monday 7.30pm – 9pm
U14 Boys - Wednesday 7.30 – 9pm
U14/U16/U18- Friday 5 – 6.30pm
U12 Boys - Friday 3.45 – 5pm
Sports at Southland Boys’ High School Term 2 2019
Weekly Competition Start Date Entries due
One Day Event
Moto-X SISS 7-13 13 July 1 July
Interschools
OBHS (Invercargill) 9-13 08 May
Waitaki (Oamaru) 9-13 11/12 June
Kings (Dunedin) 9-13 26 June
Balmacewan (Dunedin) 7&8 TBC
Winter Tournament Week 02 – 06 September
Hockey Football Golf
Rowing – Any boys interested in rowing please contact Dougal Macdonald 029
200 1629 (Waihopai Rowing Club) or Hamish Fox 027 294 9017 (Invercargill
Rowing Club)
Community Notices
13The 2019 ILT Kidzone Festival will be
held from Wednesday 10 to Monday 15
July, and tickets are now on sale! With
over 160 activities on offer, a ticket to
the festival, which costs $17.00 per
person, per day (under two’s free), is a
great chance for your family to have
some fun and adventure during the July
school holidays! Get your tickets from
the Invercargill i-SITE, ILT Stadium
Southland or online at
www.iltkidzone.co.nz
Parents, caregivers and teachers can also find
out more about the festival at
www.iltkidzone.co.nz or by calling Venture
Southland on 03 211 1400. Tickets can be
purchased from the ILT Kidzone website,
from the Invercargill i-SITE or ILT Stadium
Southland from Monday 6 July.
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