Latest News at Medbury
Latest News at Medbury School
Strength for South Sudan
The boys totally obliterated their goal of moving 40,000kg of water and rice on Friday 8 June during the 'Strength for South Sudan' fundraising event. Their total weight moved was 118,082kg over 40 metres. We look forward to brining you the total amount raised in an upcoming 'Quarterly News' magazine.
STEAM Day
Medbury School was a hive of activity on 7 June for the school wide STEAM day (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). We look forward to sharing the photos from the amazing workshops with you in the next Quarterly News.
Breakfast with the Boys
The Medbury Parents' Association's annual 'Breakfast with the Boys' is always a highly anticipated and 'sell-out' event on the Medbury calendar, and this year was no exception. Our speaker this morning was Dylan McNeice, a Professional Triathlete, compteting at an International level. Thank you to Dylan for his inspirational message to the boys and to the Medbury Parents' Association for another sensational MPA event.
Cross Country
The Medbury School Cross Country was held on Tuesday 15 May. Well done to all the boys in Years 1 to 8 on their efforts!
Service of Remembrance
The Medbury School Service of Remembrance was held on Sunday 6 May. The individually named crosses that the boys passed as they entered the service honour those Medbury Old Boys and Staff who lost their lives while serving their country during World War II.
Sod Turning Ceremony
The Sod Turning Ceremony for the new teaching block was held on Monday 12 March, 2018. Read our construction updates here.
2018 Welcome Assembly
A warm Medbury welcome was extended to the 96 new boys and their families as they began their exciting journey.
School Leaders for 2018 announced
The School Leaders for 2018 were announced at the End of Year Prize Giving on 12 December 2017. They are:
- Head Boy - George Cochrane
- Deputy Head Boys - George Howard and Robbie de Cuevas
- Head Boarder - Michael Li
Congratulations to these boys, and to all the other Prize Winners at the End of Year Prize Giving.
Runners-up at the New Zealand National Primary School Cricket Cup
Well done to all the boys who played in the finals, a fantastic result for our talented team. Congratulations to Nicholas Gibb who was the MVP of the tournament, and special mention to Harry Sharr (2nd) and Nicholas Gibb (5th) for overall batting and Hamish Falls-Anderson and Nicholas Gibb (2nd equal) for bowling.
Grandparents' Day 2017
One of the highlights of the year is our annual Grandparents' Day. We look forward to sharing more photos with you in the next Quarterly News.
Twilight Athletics Meet held on 2 November 2017
Look out for the full results in the next Quarterly News.
First place at the 46th Annual Cantamath Competition
Congratulations to the Medbury Year 7 Cantamath Team who won first place at the 46th Annual Cantamath Competition. It was a nail-biting finish, with two teams (out of 88) having to face a final tie-breaker question. This is the second time Medbury has won this competition. Well done to Sean Jang, Finlay Fairweather-Logie, Jimmy Dawson and Jono Barnes.
Congratulations to our Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to the 2018 Scholarship Winners. This is a significant achievement by them all, and we are very proud of these twelve boys.
Congratulations to our Winter Sports Reps
Cross Country:
Adam Redway - Canterbury Cross Country Team
Art Aitken - Canterbury Cross Country Team
Mark Weir - Canterbury Cross Country Team
Eddy Connolly - Canterbury Cross Country Team
Olli Aitken - Canterbury Cross Country Team
Football:
Nicholas Sharr - Canterbury 11th Grade Football
Finlay Fairweather-Logie - Canterbury 11th Grade Football
Max Sharpe - Selwyn 11th Grade Football
Lewis Whiteside - Canterbury 12th Grade Football
Wilby Cameron - Canterbury 12th Grade Football
Spencer Smith - Canterbury 13th Grade Football
Matthew Sheridan - Selwyn 13th Grade Football
Samuel Confait - Selwyn 13th Grade Football
Hockey:
Adam Redway - Canterbury Primary A Hockey
Alex Lloyd - Canterbury Primary A Hockey
Max Mitchell - Canterbury Primary B Hockey
James Griffin - Canterbury Primary B Hockey
Sebastian May - Canterbury Development Hockey
Ben Monk - Canterbury Development Hockey
Matthew Munro - Canterbury Development Hockey
Tommy Charteris - Canterbury Development Hockey
Rugby:
George Austin - U11 North Canterbury Rugby
Riley Lucas - Canterbury Metro U48kg Rugby
Cam Allison - Canterbury Metro U65kg Rugby
Flynn Topham - Canterbury Metro U65kg Rugby
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