Congratulations and good luck to Ben Viljoen, who has been selected in the SGCNZ VUW National Shakespeare Festival Music competition Vocal section for his composition used in the five minute King Lear scene at the Regional Festival, and to Stanley Pettengill and Zak Barzak who have been selected as finalists in the Instrumental section for their compositions.

Thank you to Mr Higgie, who presented this week's book review in assembly this morning. Mr Higgie reviewed After the Crash, written by Michel Bussi. After the Crash is available from the PNBHS Library - https://library.pnbhs.school.nz/#!dashboard

Congratulations to Ashton Littlejohn, who was the winner of a canteen voucher in this week's Book Bingo draw.

Play Book Bingo!  Read a book and answer the question that best suits the book. When you have three answers in a row, get it signed off by one of the librarians. Your name will go into the prize box to win a canteen voucher.  You can also get these books recorded for the Junior Reading Challenge.

The Junior Reading Challenge encourages and rewards young men in Year 9 and Year 10 for reading.  As you finish each book during the year, talk to your English teacher or one of the librarians to have it recorded.

·      15 books read and logged = Bronze Award

·      20 books read and logged = Silver Award

·      30 books read and logged = Gold Award

All students who earn an award will have their certificates presented at assembly and a morning tea with the Rector in term 4.

Please see one of the librarians or your English teacher with any questions.

Congratulations to Grayson Cattle, who has been selected in the New Zealand Football Men’s U16 team to compete at the FIFA Youth Series Tournament in Zurich, Switzerland from May 18 – 22.

In the school holidays three of our Senior A Canoe Polo players - Josh Irwin, Ryan Burmeister, and Zack Sharratt - travelled to the Gold Coast in Australia as part of the Under 18 B New Zealand Canoe Polo team. Josh was the captain.

They played in two tournaments. The first was the Australian State Championships. There was no U18 competition, so they played in the U21 mixed category. After five rounds of play they had three wins and two losses, which put them in the semi-final. Unfortunately, this was against the U18A side, and they lost this game, but they went on to win the third and fourth play-off, earning bronze medals.

The second competition was the Oceania Championships. In this competition they played NZ U18A and lost 2-1, then a 4-2 win over the Australian U18 men’s team, then a 7-2 win over the Australian over 45 men, followed by a 3-2 win over the NZ senior women, then another game against U18 A which resulted in a 2-2 draw, and another game against the Australian U18 men which they won 8-4. This earned the team a place in the semi-final, where they played and won against Australia U18 for the third time. This set up a final against NZ U18 A, which they lost, and ended up gaining a silver medal in this tournament.

To have three PNBHS students in this one National team is a great achievement.

We also had three old boys in the U21B team - Aidan Dassler, Jonny Orr, and William Broderick. All three are currently coaching PNBHS teams. They also got silver medals in their grade, as did Mr Sawyer who was playing for the NZ Men’s team.

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At assembly this morning 1st XI Football captain Diego Coleman presented the Kerrisk Cup to the school, won by the team in their victory against St Patrick's Kilbirnie last week.

Badminton starts today. Please take a look at the draw   for today(also outside the library noticeboard) and make sure you know which venue (Arena or QEC) you are playing at and what time you are playing. There are also 8 teams with BYES (no game) each week.  If you don't have a game, you're still welcome to go and see if you can be a reserve or support others.  Remember to wear the correct uniform and non-marking sports shoes. And don't forget your racquet.