Congratulations to Matty Leary, who has earned his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and had it presented to him at a function at Government House at the weekend.

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Watch Year 13 student Blake Dowdall take on the Rodin Cars test track in Formula 4 as part of a ground-breaking new programme. This behind-the-scenes short documentary captures one day of a three-day elite driver development course, delivered in partnership between Rodin Cars and MotorSport New Zealand. The programme offers top Formula Ford drivers a rare opportunity to step into high-performance race cars — including the McLaren GT4, F4 and F3 single-seaters — at Rodin’s state-of-the-art facility in North Canterbury.

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Please see attached the topics for assessment for the four core subjects and the examination timetable for the upcoming junior examinations. 
Further assessment information, and copies of previous years’ examination papers, can be found on subject Stratus pages - http://stratus.pnbhs.school.nz/, your son will need to use his school username and password to log in.

PNBHS Haratua ǀ May 2025 Newsletter

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Check out the latest additions to the PNBHS Library.

Thank you to Saafal Gautam, who presented this week's book review in assembly this morning. Saafal reviewed 'The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List', the memoir of Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler's list. 'The Boy on the Wooden Box' is available in the PNBHS Library.

Congratulations to Taha Haider, who is the winner of a canteen voucher in this week's Book Bingo draw. Young men who wish to enter the weekly Book Bingo draw should speak to one of the school librarians.