Posted: Wednesday October 26, 2016
Congratulations to Stephen Garner who came 3rd in the Downhill and 2nd in the Super Downhill at the South Island Secondary Schools Mountain Biking competition held in Dunedin.
The PB4L team held a Silver Prize Draw in the second week of this term. Students who have earned Silver cards have demonstrated the POWER values regularly throughout the year, and worked their way through a number of Bronze cards.
On Saturday 15 October, the South Island and Aoraki Secondary Schools MX Champs were held at the Backflips Track in Pleasant Point and saw Timaru Boys’ High School enter thirteen riders (four teams) - the most from any school represented.
The ANTS (Advanced Naturally Talented Students) took a day trip to Oamaru on 17 October and visited Rod Tempero Motor Body Builders and Steampunk HQ.
At this year’s Sanford Science and Technology Fair, Tim Currie did extremely well with his project called “Clover vs Grass” which investigated interspecific competition between clover and grass. Tim received an all-expenses paid Hands-On Science experience at Otago University.
We are proud to announce that Kit Sadler has been selected by the Rotary Clubs of Timaru to represent South Canterbury at this year’s National Science and Technology Forum. The 2016 Forum will be held from the 9 - 23 January in Auckland.
The Year 11 class is currently completing the tramping topic in class and undertook a two day tramping trip at both Mt Somers and Peel Forest at the end of last term.
On Wednesday 7 September, Emergency services arrived at Timaru Boys’ High School to attend a simulated crash set up by the SADD (Students Against Dangerous Driving) group, led by Ethan Grimmer.
During the recent holidays, George Hill, a very talented snare drummer in Year 12, who is also a member of the NZ Foundation Youth Pipe Band (Under 20's), travelled with the band to Australia.
