Natabua High School

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Drasa Avenue, Lautoka, Fiji

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Type Secondary School
MottoIn Scientia Fortitudo
Founded1930
PrincipalVirendra Sharma (2015 - )
Staff63
GradesYear 9 - Year 13
Number of students1529
Colour(s)Blue, White, Green and Gold     

Attire (Males) : Standard White shirt, Pocket Sulu
 

Attire (Females): Standard Dress
 
Team nameBlues
National ranking1st
NewspaperNat News
YearbookTatler
Informationnatoffice@connect.com.fj
Website Natabua High School

Natabua High School is a co-educational school based in Lautoka, Fiji. It is one of the biggest schools in the Pacific with a total student number of 1200.

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The school was founded in 1930 as a boarding school for boys and was moved to its present location in 1960.

Students

There are more than 1200 students, in Year 9 to Year 13, led by the Head Boy and Head Girl under the Student Council. The school hostel provides accommodation for residents who join the school from rural and maritime locations and international communities from around the Pacific. The school hostel body is led by its own Hostel Head Boy, who is assisted by Deputy Heads that help to see its residents follow and maintain the rules of the school and the hostel.

The hostel students are colloquially known as the Lonehats which is an acronym for Living on Natabua Excels A Holistic Approach Towards School . A majority of its residents join the school from Year 9 and leave in Year 13, upon the completion of the last paper in the Fiji Year 13 Certificate Examination at the end of the year.

Cadet Corp Programme

Natabua was one of the first schools in the country to start the Schools Cadet Corp. [1] The Cadet Corp program is undertaken by the school in collaboration with members of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces, who conduct instructional sessions on cadet drills and assist the school in the incorporation of word and visual formations on the ground during the day of the Annual Passout Parade. The school initiated the cadet-formation segment for the first time in 2015, to commemorate the historic win by the school in the Coca Cola Games that year. Over the years, it has formed other words and visual material from 2015 till 2019. The 2020 Review was not held because of health restrictions related to COVID-19.

Cadet parade formations

The scope and concept of the cadet formations take into account various events of educational, national and global significance which are done to bring awareness or garner support from the many spectators who make the annual pilgrimage to the school to view the cadet passout parade.

Sports and extra-curricular activities

Natabua has participated in sports ranging from indoor sports such as badminton, tennis, handball and table tennis to contact sports including in rugby union, rugby league, netball, futsal, soccer and athletics.

In April 2015, Natabua became the first western school to win the boys division of the Coca Cola Games, which is the largest secondary school athletics competition in Fiji. [2]


Coca Cola Games

The historic win in the 2015 Fiji Finals was a significant victory not only for Natabua, but for the Western Division as a whole, with its female athletic counterparts Jasper Williams High School - collecting another win in the Girls Division as well. There was a city-wide celebration in Lautoka, and appearances by old scholars as well as political and sporting figures. However, in the following year, Natabua did not attain the win in the boys division.

In April 2017, Natabua High School won the Coca Cola Games in the boys division for the second time. The win was the result of athlete Shane Tuvusa's unexpected finish when his 4X400M first place finish, resulted in the win for Natabua. The competition during this particular race was the result of an intense battle between Natabua High School, Queen Victoria School and Ratu Kadavulevu School - three schools that all needed just one gold medal to claim the boys title.

2020: 90th anniversary and COVID-19

The year 2020 was the 90th year of the school's existence, but the COVID-19 pandemic having entered the country and the increasing health regulations put in place to safeguard lives and minimise any new cases, halted any significant displays of celebration - particularly in the Annual Cadet Corp Review Passout Parade, which was to be held in July 2020.

Despite the increased restrictions, the school was reopened for classes and students and teachers continued with face to face classes, after it was announced by the Fijian Prime Minister that the country had been COVID-contained.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. "Natabua High School - About" . Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. Malo, Maciu. "Hard work pays off for Jasper, Natabua". Fiji Times . Retrieved 29 April 2015.

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