School News

The HBHS 1st XI Hockey team will face their first challenge of the season when they take on Westlake Boys’ High School at Innes Common on the 8th April at 6.30pm. These teams last met in the Rankin Cup final in 2013 where HBHS ran away with the Rankin Cup and Bartholomew Cup in a 9 – 1 thrashing.

The following is the full list of medal winners from the 2014 Maadi Cup Regatta, held last week at Twizel on Lake Ruataniwha. We will acknowledge and celebrate these achievements, along with all of the other success stories of Summer Tournament Week at our full school assembly on Wednesday. A full report on Summer Tournament Week will feature in the Term 1 edition of the High Achiever. Congratulations to everyone involved who worked so hard for our HBHS sports teams last week.

Congratulations to the HBHS Under 18 Four on their silver medal in this afternoon's Springbok Shield final at the 2014 Maadi Regatta.

The HBHS Sports Committee would like to welcome the Year 9's to "Have a Go Week", beginning today at lunchtime in the Gym. The aim of this programme is to introduce junior students to sports they may not have considered before

The HBHS Rowing team have finished the 2014 Aon Maadi Regatta in stunning style, taking out the premier Under 18 Boys Eight and ensuring that the Maadi Cup remains in Hamilton for another year.

Five 'buddies' have been adopted by the HBHS Junior Leaders group, and have been dressed, named, adorned and cared for by members of each committee throughout the last week. Friday 18 November is the first official 'Buddy Day', organised by Child Matters, to highlight the plight of abused children.

There will be 180 buddies out and about on Buddy Day, one for every 10 substantiated cases of child abuse in the Waikato last year.

Child Matters spokeswoman Rachel McGuire said by pairing up the buddies with politicians, business owners and other high profile members of the community it was hoped the inaugural event would open up more discussion about child abuse.

NIgel Hotham explained that involving the Junior Leaders gave them a platform to discuss issues around responsibility and the care of children, as well as reinforcing the message that it takes a whole community to raise a child well.