Thank you to Han Park who presented an album review at the Prefect’s Assembly this morning and to Kasra Mitchell-Kouttab for his piano performance.
PNBHS NEWS
Prefect's Assembly
Attendance Update - May 9, 2025
Attendance Update - May 9, 2025
Attendance by Year Level
Young men in Year 9 have, on average, the highest attendance so far this year at 95.3%, followed by Year 10 (93.8%), Year 11 (93.3%), Year 13 (93%) and Year 12 (92.2%).
Of our 1822 students: 1,461 have a 90% or higher attendance rate, with 1,074 young men having a 95% attendance rate or higher and 349 having a 100% attendance record so far this year.
Attendance by Club
Murray Club students have the highest attendance rate among clubs at an average of 96.8% followed by Albion (93.7%), Gordon (93.3%) and Phoenix (93.3%), Kia Ora (93.%), and Vernon (92.8%).
Attendance by Form Class
The top average attendance by Form Class at each year level:
Year 9 - 9RS - 97.1%
Year 10 - 10DK - 97.1%
Year 11 - 11PW - 97.2%
Year 12 - 12CE - 95.5%
Year 13 - 13LOB - 96.7%
Badminton Draw
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Numeracy
This morning there was an excellent turnout at Numeracy Tutorials. A great example of tuākana-tēina with students volunteering their time and expertise to help students prepare for their Numeracy CAA.
Tutorials will be held daily today and next week for year 10-13 at lunchtime and after school, as well as during assembly for Year 11-13 who don't have Numeracy.
Students should also be using the resources on Stratus and in the Numeracy Teams page, to prepare for these ready for Week 4 and 5. Students will get their CAA exam timetables next week.
Rugby Draw
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Library
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Languages Presentations
Presentations were made in assembly this morning to young men who performed with distinction in Languages assessments in 2024.
NZALT Certificates of Excellence
The New Zealand Association of Language Teachers certificates of Excellence are awarded to Language students who gain an NCEA Excellence endorsement at Levels 1, 2 or 3, in their respective language.
Last year 6 students qualified:
- Edmund Brown gained Level 2 French endorsed with Excellence
- Andrew Buchan, Nakul Lakhani and Jeremy Wang gained Level 2 Japanese endorsed with Excellence
- Junhee Cho (Year 13 2024) and Gray Lourie gained Level 3 Japanese endorsed with Excellence
A huge congratulations to all six students who achieved exceptionally well in their respective NCEA languages courses last year.
DELF Scolaire Examinations
In August last year, seventeen of our Year 10, 11, 12 & 13 French students successfully sat the DELF Scolaire Examinations, administered by the local Alliance Française.
This is a challenging, internationally recognised and accredited four-levelled qualification that tests listening, reading, speaking and writing, with all answers written or spoken in French. It gives our students an extension to NCEA and a
qualification that could enable them to study in a French or Francophone university.
The official certificates recently arrived from France. All seventeen students procured results of a very high standard and are to be congratulated on accepting the challenge that these examinations offer.
Congratulations to the following students:
A1 level
Micah Cheang
Will Everton
Samuel Greathead
Quinn Guerin
Vatau Isaac
Charlie Lawton
Luke Osborne
Cameron Senior
Charlie Stewart
A2 Level
Oliver Crotty
Will Fortune
Aidan Harris
Jonathan Peel
Anthony Yuan
B1 Level
Ramis Ali
Ben Lawrie
B2 Level
Kieran Gill (Year 13 2024)
Composition Competition
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.
Book Review
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 and the Junior Reading Challenge
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.
