PNBHS NEWS

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Piping Hot Summer Drummer
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Thursday, 26 June 2025, 4:09 PM 'aho
 

Year 12 student Jack Cowle participated in the New Zealand Piping Band Summer School in Wellington at the start of the year, and now he has been sponsored into the reciprocal Piping Hot Summer Drummer over the upcoming holidays to be held at Silver Star Mountain Resort in Vernon, Canada. Piping Hot Summer Drummer is the world's largest bagpipe and drumming school - https://www.phsd.net/


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NZ Selection
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Thursday, 26 June 2025, 9:49 AM 'aho
 

Congratulations to Felix O’Neill, who has been selected in the New Zealand team to compete in the World Taekwondo Championship in Croatia in October.  Felix will compete in the U65kg Junior Sparring and Junior Males Patterns categories.



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1st XI Football
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Thursday, 26 June 2025, 9:41 AM 'aho
 

Good luck to the 1st XI Football team, who are playing in the final of the Super Eight tournament against Hamilton Boys' High School. The match kicks off at 12.30pm and will be livestreamed via the link below.


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G Block Room Changes
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Thursday, 26 June 2025, 7:08 AM 'aho
 

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Sports Team and Cultural Group Photographs
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 7:04 AM 'aho
 

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Big Sing
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 7:04 AM 'aho
 

The Big Sing Regional Festival was held last Thursday, with 14 choirs taking part. PNBHS was represented by three groups – the ‘allcomers’ SOAP (Son of a Pitch) Choir, Te Aitanga a Tāne (senior Kapa Haka students) and MANifesto. All three groups performed with distinction and were Highly Commended. SOAP received the award for Best New Zealand Work, Aitanga a Tāne received the award for Best Song in Te Reo and the Spirit of the Festival award, and MANifesto were first equal in the Own Choice category. Congratulations to MANifesto choir, who have been selected to compete in The Big Sing Finale will be held at the Dunedin Town Hall from Thursday, 28 August to Saturday, 30 August.

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Basketball Draw
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Monday, 23 June 2025, 3:47 PM 'aho
 

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PNBHS Blood Donor Day – Monday, June 23
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Sunday, 22 June 2025, 8:26 PM 'aho
 

Make sure you drink plenty of water in the 24 hours leading up to your donation and have a good breakfast on the day of your donation.  You need photo ID – a driver’s licence or your school ID card is ideal.  Report to the Speirs Centre five minutes before your scheduled time.









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Attendance Update
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Sunday, 22 June 2025, 11:23 AM 'aho
 

Attendance to date in 2025 - as of June 19

Attendance by Year Level
Young men in Year 9 have, on average, the highest attendance so far this year at 95.0%, followed by Year 10 (94.2%), Year 13 (93.1%), Year 11 (92.9%) and Year 12 (92.3%).

Overall, average attendance across the school is 93.5%.

Of our 1803 students:
1,443 young men have a 90% or higher attendance rate
1,046 young men have a 95% or higher attendance rate
224 have maintained 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 96.7%, followed by Albion (93.5%), Phoenix (93.3%), Gordon (93.2%), Kia Ora (93.0%), and Vernon (92.8%).

Attendance by Form Class
The top average attendance by Form Class at each year level:
Year 9 - 9BD - 96.6%
Year 10 - 10HO - 97.1%
Year 11 - 11PW - 97.2%
Year 12 - 12DT - 95.6%
Year 13 - 13OM - 97.5%
Well done to our young men and their whānau for continuing to make school the priority.



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Badminton
'mei a Gerry Atkin - Friday, 20 June 2025, 6:10 PM 'aho
 

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