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Well done to the young men involved in Surf Lifesaving - a great sporting activity and a great community service.

All school sports, regardless of the level of competition, rely on volunteer officials. A huge thank you to the young men who have refereed, umpired, run score benches or officiated in other capacities during 2025.

At assembly this morning, Noah Belton was presented with his trophies and medal for winning the Single Rise, Single Barrel and ‘High Over All’ competitions in the Lower North Island Clay Target Shooting circuit.

At assembly this morning, Stirling Lumby, captain of the PNBHS 4 Canoe Polo team, presented the Secondary Schools Division 2 trophy to the school on behalf of the team.

At assembly this morning, Grayson Cattle was presented with his winner's medal from the recent Oceania U16 Football Championships. Grayson captained the New Zealand team in two of their matches.

The Fortress 40 challenge kicked off at one minute past midnight this morning. Fortress 40 is a 40-hour physical and mental challenge to raise awareness about men's mental health and a fundraiser to support the Movember Foundation https://nz.movember.com/mospace/15363405 (the Movember Foundation is a registered NZ charity)

All students deserve the right to feel safe in their school environment and at Palmerston North Boys’ High School we work hard to provide a positive experience for our young men. As such, bullying and other antisocial behaviour is unacceptable.  However, we are aware that it does occur within groups of people and unfortunately can be an issue for students in secondary schools.  Our fundamental school rules are very clear that bullying will not be tolerated.  When issues are brought to our attention, we do our utmost to deal with them. 

However, in order for us to have effective systems in place it is important that we have a good understanding of the nature of any bullying issues at school.  To obtain this data we would like you to complete an anonymous survey:

Year 9 Feeling Safe Survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefXwo6SxbW3Hi7DegGCRaoCLLdMuVgDgoqhQgXIaXvtpQHXA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=104537285724912657691

Year 10 Feeling Safe Survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdo3jHd8_8YpG7uN0EUR8scLD4fkBjpayGChAU5yX6Q0WI1g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=104537285724912657691

Year 11 Feeling Safe Survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrHfYk86rWz6BfsMihCh7YfMc6U3iT9gyAYBnxtQfjgETL-g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=104537285724912657691