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On Friday 14th August the Drama Academy students performed to parents and caregivers in the Hall, on a diamond shaped stage. The play was well received and featured some funny... Read More.
Freyberg Idol - the climax of arts week, was won by Tararua house today finishing first and third overall. The Tararua house band finished their medley with a celebratory rendition of "T it up"... Read More.
Year 13 Freyberg Sports Academy student, Natalie Paterson has this week received a call up to the New Zealand National Table Tennis team, and is heading to Slovakia in December to represent her country for the first time. The Manawatu Standard had this to say... Read the Standard's Article.
As Manawatu regional champions and reigning national champions from 2008, Te Piringa, a high school kapa haka group mostly made up of Freyberg students, achieved an outstanding 3rd place at nationals in Rotorua this week... Read More.
Over 750 parents and prospective students came to Freyberg's open night this week, to drive robots, taste Spanish food, push weights, dissect sheep lungs, and hear about how Freyberg is no ordinary school... Read More.
500 students and 52 staff members donned their ball gowns and suits for Freyberg’s Senior Ball 2010, held on Saturday night at the Novatel Hotel. The students arrived in style to their oriental themed ball to the sound of... Read More.
Phoenix Newsletter - July 2010
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School Laptops, Sports report, Vex Robotics, Geography and Tourism Trips, International Student Exchange, Duke of Edinborough, Careers STAR and Gateway courses, and upcoming dates... Download.
Over 360 students competed in 13 events across eight sports in this week’s “Taradale Exchange”. Freyberg won the encounter 6 - 3 with a further four games drawn... Read More.
Freyberg High School's Cheerleading Squad showcased their winning talent at the National Cheerleading Competition in Auckland this past weekend... Read More.
Term Two 2010
Phoenix Newsletter - June 2010
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Elected Board of Trustees, Sports report, Public Health Nurse, Bugsy Malone, Apirana Taylor, 40 Hour Famine, School Links, Proposed Uniform changes... Download.
Over 50 Freyberg students got together last weekend, to mark their "last supper" before the world vision 40 Hour Famine with games, a band, a speaker and a of course a feast... Read More.
Freyberg's first full production in around a decade - the gangster/love story Bugsy Malone was performed to over 1000 people this week. And it probably won't be the last production... Read More.
After publicly announcing his goal of 'top 20', Principal Peter Brooks was very much a role model as well as a target at this year's School Cross Country... Read More.
Term One 2010
Phoenix Newsletter - March 2010
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National Young Leaders Day, Sex Education, Spelling Bee, Year 9 Trips, Vex Robotics Success, Sport Report, Sports Academy, Keeping Freyberg Street Safe... Download.
Competing at the Lower North Island Vex robotics competition in Wellington, Freyberg’s seven man team beat out thirteen other robots to place first and qualify for the international competition in Texas... Read More.
Bavarian Andy Brehm won several races (including a school record for the 400m) at Freyberg's Athletics finals this week. The Massey Athletics Track was filled with colour and noise as Brehm... Read More.
After several days of rain, the sun came out and provided a fantastic environment for athletics prelims this year. Fifteen hundred students dressed in their house colours to... Read More.
Phoenix Newsletter - February 2010
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Senior Production - 'Bugsy' in May, Board of Trustees Elections, Introduction to Library, National secondary schools champion long jumper and other sports news, Music Tuition, Term 1 Calendar... Download.
The 2010 Freyberg inter-house competition started with a splash this week with swimming sports filling the Freyberg community pool to capacity... Read More.
Some of the best photos taken throughout the year, giving an overview of a year at Freyberg High School... Read More.
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