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YEAR 10 OUTDOOR EDUCATION CAMP WEEK 2016

1-5 DECEMBER 2016 • Cycling off-road trails between Gisborne and Opotiki
• Completing the Tararua Southern Crossing
Teacher in Charge: Mr G. Miller • Being challenged in the Army Training area at Waiouru
• Circumnavigating Lake Waikaremoana in Te Urewera
Judging from the positive feedback from both students and • Surfing the waves at Castlepoint
staff involved in the 2016 Year 10 Outdoor Education Camp • Biking the new Pureora Mountain Range
week, the programme was a great experience.
It is always pretty cool to get out and see students having
Fifteen activities took place at different locations throughout fun around the outdoors, being challenged by some‘in your
the lower North Island, with 93% of the student group face experiences’, enjoying each other’s company and‘living
attending. This again signals the value that parents and together’ for those few days.
students recognise in the programme.
The Department of Conservation’s research provides
Weather conditions over the week were generally good, as evidence that as little as one experiences in the outdoors,
students completed activities such as: can lead to a lifelong enjoyment of the outdoors.
• Crossing the Ruahine Ranges from east to west
• Navigating the Whanganui River over the wilderness

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INTERSCHOOL SPELLING BEE 2016

Teachers in Charge: Mrs R. Burgess, Ms P. Marks

Teams:
Year 9: Paul Kaiser, Piripi Pinfold-Whanga, Tomas
Luque and Jamie Thompson.
Year 10: Thiliner Ariyaratne, Ajay Bansal, John Cole
and Zody Takurua

On Thursday 24 November 2016, the PNBHS Year 9 and
Year 10 spelling teams travelled to Feilding High School
to compete in the Interschool Spelling Bee. There were
approximately eight teams in each competition (Year 9 and
Year 10). In the Spelling Bee, we had to write down English
words such as cartographer, luscious, vengeance and
etiquette. We also had to write down definitions of words
like hypothesis, gargantuan and vegetarian. There was also
a round of spelling Maori words, such as Papaioea, taniwha
and turangawaewae. Lastly, there was an oral round where
one representative had to stand up and spell a word like
hieroglyph. Paul Kaiser did this round for the Year 9 team
and Thiliner Ariyaratne did this round for the Year 10 team.

At the end of the Spelling Bee, the results came in and PNBHS
had won both the Year 9 and the Year 10 competitions. Each
team member was awarded a medal and a certificate, and
there was a trophy for each team to take back to school. I
would like to thank Mrs Burgess and Ms Marks for managing
the team. Overall, it was a great experience that I recommend
taking part in.

By Jamie Thompson

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JUNIOR PERFORMING ARTS SHOWCASE 2016

Teacher in Charge: Mr C. Burton JUNIOR MUSICAL THEATRE: ‘BIG RIVER’
The 2016 Junior Performing Arts Showcase continued our Huck: Oliver Lodge, Miss Watson: William Wood, Widow
very successful development programme intended to Douglas: Connor Hurnard,  
enable our artists to reach higher performance standards Pap: Oliver Inman, Jim: David Kakrada, Judge Thatcher:
earlier. This year featured five very successful performances Andrew Karatea and John Cole, Tom Sawyer: Matthew
which saw significant skill development from both actors Allen, Tom Sawyer’s Gang - Spud: Tyler Purdy, Jethro: Zac
and crew. Two of these included performances by the Junior Maskill, Dick: Luke Scott, Billy: Cameron Babb, Simon: Liam
Concert Bands from the Music Department. We are very Rogers, Ben: Ryan Ngarimu, Jo: Oli Gillespie and Piripi Pinfold-
proud of what our young men have achieved and owe big Whanga, Charchris Boomsermsiri, Trent Hooper, Oshadah
thanks to Mrs Kirsten Clark for her multi-skilled training of Samarakoon
our Junior Musical Theatre A Company with their ‘Big River’ Solo Dance: Zac Maskill
excerpt. Thanks are also due to student teacher Miss Sophie JUNIOR PLAY: THE HYSTERICAL HISTORY OF THE
Belcher (a new staff member in 2017) and student Chris TROJAN WAR
Dewhurst for their work directing the hilarious Junior Play. Paris: Caleb Rayner, Helen: Liam Hartnell, Cassandra: Trent
Thanks to our Tech crew of senior students: Toby Linton, Hooper, Ollie Grant Apollo: Andrew Karatea, Zeus: Hayden
Hannah Blyde and Daniel Alvey (Stage Managers) with Day, Athena: Nick Howell, Poseidon: John Cole, Homer/
juniors Jacob Molyneux (Lighting Operator), James Satherley Menelaus: Ryan Ngarimu, Hera/Patrochlus: Karmeehan
(Sound Op) and Callum Prichard (Stage Crew). Thanks also Senthilnathan, Hector: William Wood, Guard: Fergus
to our three Year 9 College House men: Jordan King, Aydan Congdon, Ajax: John Cole, Odysseus: Josh Massicks, David
Lyons and Harrison Phyn for their superb Front of House Kakrada, Achilles: George Ambridge, Agamemnon: Kavish
organisation. It was a fantastic team effort. Many thanks Desai
also to the large number of parents, friends and staff who
supported this event.

Showcase cast and crew get together for a company photo on final night.
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