Deputy Principal Trip

Our Deputy Principal is making a trip to China & Hong Kong next week, he will be in Guangzhou between 30th-4th and Hong Kong between the 4th-9th, If you would like to meet with him; leave a comment or contact Mr Douglas on jdouglas@sohs.school.nz.

Gore Interchange

Yesterday we had our annual winter interchange with Gore High School. Well done to GHS for winning over all.


Winner:
SOHS: South Otago High School
GHS: Gore High School


Hockey:
Girls: 21-0 GHS
Boys: 5-2 GHS


Rugby:
U14 0 - 57 SOHS
U 15 17-50 SOHS


Netball:
Blue - 9A 16-24 SOHS
Green - 9B 14-18 GHS
Red - 10 Gold 18 - 6 GHS


Alpha - 10A 15 -14 SOHS
Beta - 10B 18 - 9 GHS
Gamma - 10 Blue 24 - 13 GHS


Basketball:
 41 - 30 SOHS

Football:
Boys - 8-2 GHS


Squash:
Draw




More rersults coming soon.

Girls Netball

Well done to School 'A' who are through to the finals in the Southland Netball Champs,they will be facing off against Columba right now, good luck!

Thai students in the Marae

Thai Students

We just walked out from our farewell assembly, the Thai students sang us two songs and presented Mr Simpson and Mr Douglas with a elephant. Some comments straight from the students mouth: " I loved Queenstown", "The people are very kind", "Beautiful scenery", "Its it time to leave already?"  

Experiencing New Zealand

Our UCE students have been with us for just over a month, man does time fly by. They have been up to alot as you will see in the pictures.

 

Thailand Interchange Students

Yesterday we welcomed 23 students and a teacher from UCE in Thailand. They were welcomed with a Powhiri and assigned to students around the school to let them experience the English teaching methods from a students view. In the 7 weeks they are staying they will participate in a wide range of activities: Farm visit, Trip in the Catlins, Visit a Marae and much more. We will farewell them with a special farewell Assembly on the 16th of May.

ESOL Assessments

As we head into the final two weeks of term, the ESOL class are busy practicing their listening and speaking skills in preparation for two assessment activities.

Students will at Level 1 will complete the standard 'Participate in a group conversation using simple learnt language patterns (ESOL)', which is worth four credits. Level 2 students will be working on the standard 'Participate in a conversation in a familiar context (ESOL)', also worth four credits. Everybody has been working hard, and there have been some interesting conversations as part of our preparation!

Next week the group will be participating in activities which require them to listen to and understand spoken information, and follow instructions.

These assessments will also mark the end of our film unit. Next term we will start on the topic 'Health'.