PNBHS NEWS

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MTB
2025年 04月 11日(Friday) 07:38 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
 

Well done to Jonty Williamson who has finished sixth in the Pro Elite race at Ride Rock Creek in Western North Carolina for Round 1 of the 2025 US Downhill Mountain Bike Championship series.  The competition included the current world champion.  Jonty’s race is at 23.17 in the video below.


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PNBHS Paenga-whāwhā ǀ April Newsletter 2025
2025年 04月 9日(Wednesday) 16:21 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
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Library
2025年 04月 9日(Wednesday) 16:21 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
 

Are you looking for some inspiration for SSR? Check out the 10 most popular titles at each year level and with staff in term one.








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Book Review
2025年 04月 9日(Wednesday) 11:59 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
 

Thank you to Tyler Thompson who presented this week's book review in assembly this morning. Tyler reviewed 'Down and Out in Paris and London' written by George Orwell.

Congratulations to Spencer Goodall who was the winner of a canteen voucher in this week's Book Bingo Challenge draw.




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Junior Reading Challenge
2025年 04月 9日(Wednesday) 11:55 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
 

Well done to the young men who have signed up so far this year for the Junior Reading Challenge. Those who have read a minimum of four books this term, and had them verified by the librarians, received a morning tea shout courtesy of the Rector this morning.

Congratulations to Mitchell Berry, Daniel Cody, Jason Wah, John Miller, Liam Walkley, Carden Hansen, Toby Sun, Jacob Conwell, Robin Sun, Oliver Roberts, Menachelo Murray, Harlan Maguire, Dante Dickey-Sims, Milo Keenan, Tom Transom, Liam Southern, Oscar Henry, Advait Singh, Luke Tavita, Josh Pati, Ben Sheppard, Logan Owen, Ben Quitiquit, Gan Zhang, Spencer Goodall, Ethan Scott, Eric Diao, Brendan Goodall, Josh Smith and Abhinoor Singh.  

Registrations for the Junior Reading Challenge will remain open for the remainder of the year so it's not too late to get involved.



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Shakespeare’s Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ)
2025年 04月 9日(Wednesday) 10:53 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
 

This year has seen some changes at Shakespeare’s Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) with a renaming of the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festivals to more accurately represent the relative contributions of sponsors, and acknowledge a change in main sponsor from University of Otago to Victoria University Wellington, so that now the same festival rejoices in the name: SGCNZ Victoria University of Wellington National Shakespeare Festival.

Last weekend, the Manawatū /Whanganui Regional element of the Festival took place at The Globe theatre in Palmerston North. Four schools were represented, presenting a large number of scenes, including three scenes from PNBHS. Scenes may be five or 15 minutes in length, but five minute scenes must be student directed.

PNBHS Rector’s Company presented three scenes, one directed by Henry Bovey and the other two directed by Mr. Mills.

Henry directed and played the main role in King Lear with James Rattray as the Duke of Kent. This scene was supported with a choral music soundscape composed by Ben Viljoen and performed by a number of members of Manifesto, assisted by Jaden Durston on the thunder sheet. Although only a five minute scene, it was immediately captivating for the audience with Henry playing both King Lear and his Fool as Lear argues with himself on the moor in a storm.

The adjudicator commented that the staging showed a clear understanding of the wider context of the play and congratulated Henry on his engaging performance that commanded the stage.

The next scene performed by PNBHS Rector’s Company was from Romeo and Juliet. This set the action at a scouts jamboree, with the roles of princes and parents taken on by scout leaders. The vendetta between scout groups takes on a particularly vicious hue when fighting breaks out with toasted marshmallows and marshmallow missiles. After the fight we find that Benvolio’s close friend Romeo is shocked to find that Romeo has fallen in love with a woman?

The adjudicator commented on the great use of physicality and comedy in the scene.

The cast:
Isaac Fox - Prologue and Romeo
James Rattray - Benvolio
Sampson - Karam Dhari
Gregory - Caidyn Caffell
Abraham - Campbell Mackintosh
Balthasar - Monson Brown
Tybalt - Jaden Durston
Montague - Tyler Thompson
Prince - Angus Taylor

The final scene presented by PNBHS Rector’s Company was from Henry IV Part 1 Act II Sc IV in which Hal and Point have played a trick on Falstaff who tries to pretend that he was not fooled and lies his way into even more trouble.

The adjudicator said that they had  “Brilliant command of the stage and commitment to the roles” in addition he commended them on remaining true to the script, observing that "the comedy added and utilised made the piece and kept it thoroughly entertaining.”


The cast:
Isaac Fox - Hal
James Rattray - Poins
Jaden Durston - Francis
Henry Bovey - Falstaff
Campbell Mackintosh - Bardolph
Caidyn Caffell - Peto
Karam Dhari - Gadshill


The whole company performed some wonderful theatre and the final scene Henry IV part 1 was selected by the adjudicator to represent the Manawatū/Whanganui region at the National Shakespeare Festival in Wellington on Kings’ Birthday weekend this year. In addition, Henry Bovey received the award for Best Actor in a Male role. Henry also received a further award to recognise him as a developing talent in performing arts.

During the festival, which will have representatives from schools all over New Zealand, 48 students will be selected in the National Shakespeare Schools Production, which takes place during the Term 3 to Term 4 break. This is a one week long workshop and selection exercise, at the end of which 24 students will be selected to for the Young Shakespeare Company 2026 and in July of 2026 they will travel to The Globe Theatre in London, where they will work with Globe professionals on many aspects of the craft, whilst they rehearse for a performance on the stage of The Globe.



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Formula Ford
2025年 04月 8日(Tuesday) 10:41 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
 

Congratulations to Blake Dowdall who has won the 2025 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship title. At the final fourth round at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon in Fielding Blake won races one, three and four. Having led the competition all season, Blake had scored enough provisional points to claim the title after the third of four races.  

Alongside winning the Formula Ford title Blake is the recipient of a three-day evaluation at Rodin Cars in North Canterbury as part of their Formula Ford to Formula One Pathway with the opportunity to compete in single-seater categories in Europe with Rodin Motorsport, a fantastic opportunity for him.

Blake spoke in assembly this morning about his journey to success, overcoming the challenges that presented themselves, learning from failure and putting in the hard work necessary to achieve his goals https://youtube.com/shorts/PV490IOCEDM

Further details about Blake's winning season can be found in this article on Velocity News https://www.velocitynews.co.nz/dowdall-wraps-up-2025-nz-formula-ford-title-and-wins-morrie-smith-memorial-trophy/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJhLKRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvahW6G5XO42WMhXE0a65i9DjUoRb0G-5zb0XAuvPkglhaUrJJeBwR-EyAau_aem_UqaIuITA2yL_hE1pGlvanw




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Prefect's Assembly
2025年 04月 8日(Tuesday) 09:42 - Gerry Atkin の投稿
 

Well done to everyone who contributed to the Prefect’s Assembly this morning.  Blake Dowdall spoke about his journey to claiming the New Zealand Formula Ford title, Ben Harre presented a movie review and Ollie Davidson spoke about the upcoming Hockey tour to the UK, Ireland and France.



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PNBHS Road Race has been postponed to Thursday 10th April.
2025年 04月 7日(Monday) 11:28 - Sally Wenham の投稿
 

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Volleyball - Manawatu High Schools
2025年 04月 7日(Monday) 10:49 - Dianna Doyle の投稿
 

Draw for 7th April