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Waimairi-iri
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Principal’s Report
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Student Successes
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Creative Arts News
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Sports News
TERM THREE
2014
PHIL HOLSTEIN APPOINTED AS NEW PRINCIPAL
It is with great pleasure that I can
announce Phil Holstein has accepted
the role as Principal of Burnside High
School, a role he will take up in Term
One 2015.
Mr Holstein is well known in
Christchurch, as a well-liked,
respected and successful Principal
at Riccarton High School for the past
nine years. The Board was looking for
a Principal able to build on Burnside
High’s many strengths and successes.
We believe that in Phil Holstein we
have the right leader to continue to
develop Burnside High School as a
recognised leader in quality innovative
education and student achievement
in New Zealand. He has already
successfully demonstrated excellent
results in building a school culture,
in strengthening staff professional
development and in fostering strong
community links. Most of all, we are
impressed with his commitment to
pedagogical leadership and his love of
working with young people.
Mr Holstein was appointed Principal
of Riccarton High School in 2006
after ten years as Deputy Principal.
Before that he held several senior
roles at Hillmorton High School. He is
currently Deputy Chairperson of the
Canterbury West Coast Secondary
Schools’ Principals’ Association and
Chairperson of the School Sport
Canterbury Management Committee.
He also has a successful pedigree in
sports coaching including three years
as the Assistant Coach of the New
Zealand Secondary Schools’ Rugby
Team.
This appointment comes as the
result of an extensive and thorough
recruitment process. The Board fully
recognised that this appointment is
the single most significant task the
current Board will complete during its
term.
After a tendering process, we selected
Sheffield Consulting to provide
direction and support to the Board
through the recruitment process. The
active recruitment process began
in July with a series of consultation
meetings with many groups across
the school, including the Board of
Trustees, teaching and support staff,
the student council and the Senior
Leadership Team to identify the skills,
capabilities and attributes the new
Principal needed to be successful in
the role.
The role was advertised throughout
August and as expected, we attracted
a strong pool of candidates. Each
short-listed candidate presented to
the Board for about two hours giving
us an opportunity to understand their
strategic leadership, pedagogical
leadership, people management and
operational management skills and
experience. Mr Holstein impressed the
Board across all these areas and was
unanimously selected as the preferred
candidate by all Board members.
We are not only delighted with this
appointment but also pleased to have
attained our objective of completing
this process by the end of Term Three.
I would like to take this opportunity to
thank Mrs Sidaway for taking on the
role of Acting Principal and Mrs Ussher
for filling the role as acting Second
Principal during the transition period
since Mr Maguire left to take up his
new role in August. I would also like to
give my thanks to the rest of the Senior
Leadership team and all other staff
who have willingly taken on additional
workload during this time. I am also
grateful to the Board members and
our Board Secretary, Nell Lyttle, for
the many hours they have given and
the quality input provided during the
recruitment process.
The Board is very excited entering
into this new leadership phase for
Burnside High School and to work
with our new Principal to deliver our
strategic plan goals around:
1.
Student Achievement;
2. Staff Support and Development;
3. Resourcing the School to Support
Learning;
4. Community and Whānau
Engagement.
We look forward to welcoming
Mr Holstein.
Roger Carruthers, Board Chair
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Dear Parents, Caregivers and Whanau
The end of Term Three means that most of the 2014
teaching year has gone for our senior students. They have
the holidays to organise their notes and their study plan
and when they return next term they will have less than four
weeks of teaching and revision before NCEA examinations
begin. I wish them well both for their revision and for the
NCEA examinations when they start on November 7.
It is hard to believe that Mr Maguire has been gone for
almost a whole term but we do wish him well in his new
position in the Ministry of Education and we do hope he is
enjoying being back in the North Island closer to his family.
This term the Board has worked through a thorough
process to appoint a new Principal and I could not be more
delighted with the appointment of Mr Phil Holstein to the
position. He is an outstanding leader and educationalist
who will work with all of us to bring the Board’s strategic
plan to fruition.
In the meantime, I am fortunate that I have a wonderfully
supportive staff and a very experienced and dedicated
Senior Leadership Team who are working together
with me to ensure that the school continues to operate
effectively and the students get the best possible learning
opportunities.
This has been an extremely successful term with our
students taking out top awards in a wide variety of areas:
sporting, cultural and academic. The highly enjoyable
drama production of Murder on the Mediterranean started
the term off on a very positive note and the successes have
continued to flow ever since. Some of them are covered
elsewhere in this newsletter but there have just been too
many to acknowledge without publishing a book. Of course,
this is a wonderful situation to be in and it makes Burnside
High School such an exciting and uplifting environment to
learn and work in. I would like to give my congratulations to
all the students who have achieved so many amazing things
this term. Well done everyone. I hope you all have a restful
but productive holiday.
ROBOT HAKA SUCCESS
While we love to acknowledge all the positives at Burnside
High School, it is also important that we constantly selfreview and endeavour to do things better. At a recent staff
meeting, the staff all agreed that one of the things we could
do better was to encourage our students to show more
pride in themselves and their school by improving the way
a number of them wear their uniform.
So, wearing correct uniform and wearing it in a way that
shows that pride will be a major focus in Term 4 when we
move in to summer uniform. You can assist us by ensuring,
over the holidays, that your son or daughter has the correct
uniform and that it is in a tidy order and fits appropriately.
Year 9 girls must have the new skirt which must be worn
below the knee and other girls in Years 10 to 12 must have
a skirt that is no shorter than 10cm above the knee and
which has sufficient room in it that it does not ride up to
an indecent level as they walk, sit and go up and down
stairs. Please also ensure that your student has the correct
footwear and knitwear or jacket.
I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable spring break before
we return for a final, busy Term Four at 9.00am on Monday
October 13.
Sandra Sidaway
Principal
At the recent national Robocup
finals in Dunedin Canterbury was
represented by students from
Burnside High School who came
second with their Robot Haka.
The idea of the Robot Haka came
from a meeting of minds between
Ms McLachlan, Maori Achievement
Co-ordinator, and Mrs Dunn,
Technology Faculty. They decided
that this competition was an ideal
way to engage Maori students in
Technology through a Maori context
and to show them something of the
range of jobs in this sector.
So two small teams were established
of Years 9 and 10. Niko Tainui
9SPEC, Jake Woods 9NHWN and
Dylan Day 9WCLN concentrated on
programming the robots while the
second group (Ocey Hutana 10NPRS,
Emma Fitzgerald 9SWLP, Micah Heath
10WJLE, Hannah Mitchell Mulqueen
9SSNC, Ash Woodford Clifford
9WGWJ and Michelle Tapp 9SWLP,
became the designers who planned
and built the set.
Particularly important was the role
of Niko Tainui who used Raspberry
Pie to build the Karanga and the
rest of the sound-track into their
presentation. This made the group
independent of the sound engineers
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at the competition and undoubtedly
earned them extra points.
On Tuesday 16 September the
students were asked to put on a
further demonstration after school in
the Library for some very important
visitors: the Prime Minister and the
Hon Gerry Brownlee.
The students were outstanding
representatives and clearly enjoyed
Mr Key’s knowledge of Burnside High
School from his own school days
here. For his part Mr Key was pleased
to meet again with his Economics
teacher, Mr Hughes. And, yes, there
were dozens of “selfies”taken!
Thank you to all the staff who helped
the Robot Haka crew, especially
Ms McLachlan and Mrs Dunn but
also Whaea Anna James, Mrs Sands,
Mrs White, Mr Hogan, Mr Maher and
Mr Creighton.
BURNSIDE’S
CULINARY STARS
Sharon Cao and Kimberly McLeod
with their teacher, Mrs Hanley.
Congratulations to Kimberly McLeod
13LSB and Sharon Cao 13SWM who
won the local final of the prestigious
and highly competitive National
City and Guilds Secondary Schools
Culinary Competition and thus were
selected to represent Canterbury
schools in the national final in
Auckland.
The girls were Bronze Medal winners
in Auckland and their Trio of Leek
entree was identified as the ‘dish of
the competition’.
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KRAKOW
POLAND
Chamber Music photographs
by Simon Darby
April Ju 13HDC with her National winning Trio
Vaha: James Kim, Hattie Hopkins and Gabriel Khor
Term Three has again been full
of successes for our students in
the Creative Arts Faculty.
BURNSIDE’S
AWARD-WINNING GEOGRAPHER
Wan Zhi Tay 13NHD recently attended
the International Geography Olympiad
as a member of the New Zealand
team. Wan Zhi has been a Geography
student since Year 11 at Burnside High
School and she participated in a range
of selection activities in order to make
the team which travelled to Krakow,
Poland in August.
This international competition hosted
144 students from around the world
to compete in a number of assessed
tasks. Students had to complete a
written response test on a variety of
geographical topics; they undertook
fieldwork in groups around Krakow
focussing on redeveloping green
spaces in an urban area, and then
wrote this up in a report. The final task
country had prepared a poster on
an urban challenge related to their
country. The New Zealand students
chose to focus on the challenges
associated with redeveloping the
residential red zone in Christchurch.
They developed a series of ideas
about what the future of this
environment could look like. The New
Zealand team won 1st prize in this
section of the competition.
Wan Zhi individually achieved highly
in all parts of the competition and
was awarded a Bronze medal. The
team overall were ranked ninth in
the world which was a pleasing
achievement. It is exciting to see
that our top Geography students
rank amongst the top students in the
world.
BOOK SPINE POETRY
COMPETITION IN
THE LIBRARY
It’s been another busy term in the
BHS Library — our thanks to Student
Librarians and Parent helpers for
their hard work again this term. Our
competition for Poetry Week invited
students to make poetry out of book
titles. There were some good entries
which made judging very difficult.
Congratulations to the winners.
The term began with a devised production from the Drama
Department titled ‘Murder on the Mediterranean’. Students
from Years 11 to 13 showed a high level of engagement
throughout their performances and received lots of
encouragement from their audiences over the three days.
Each audience member will have their own favourite
performance but it would be hard to beat Ryan Jolly 13KNC
/ Arnold Schwarzenegger as the manic weightlifter.
At the beginning of August the National Chamber Music
Finals were held in Christchurch for the first time since the
earthquakes. Two Burnside High School Chamber Groups
were invited to compete. Kalim featured Ryan Hall 13VKD,
alto saxophone, Robert Petch 12WSDV, percussion, and
Muse Ye 13HDC, piano. Vaha brought together Hattie
Hopkins 12WWN, voice, James Kim 13HDC, flute / alto flute,
and Gabriel Khor 13CUC, piano.
The level of playing by all groups was extremely high
and the event was won by L’arc en ciel, a piano trio
Kalim: Robert Petch, Muse Ye and Ryan Hall.
Latest news is that Robert Petch has been
selected for a Master Class with world-famous
percussionist, Evelyn Glennie.
playing Ravel. This group’s members were from around
New Zealand and included our very own April Ju 13HDC.
Congratulations.
At the finals of the National Barbershop Competition in
Wellington Burnside High School was represented by the
quartet Frullatori with Nicolas Davey 11NCWM, Han Gil
Jeong 12NMFP, Jacob Kuek 11WRIS and Thomas Young
12SHGP.
Back in Chirstchurch Burnside High School students
performed with great success at the annual Christchurch
Concert Band Competitions. The Symphonic Band won Gold
and the coveted title of Best Overall Band. They also won
the awards for the Best Trombone Section and Best Oboe
Section. Their student conductor is Jessica Schofield 13HDC.
The Junior Concert Band won Bronze and Best Percussion
Section. Their Student Conductors are Muse Ye and Georgia
Hoy 13HDC.
As this newsletter goes to the publisher we await the
performance of our Dance students in annual showcase
which is to be held in the Aurora Centre on the 23rd
September. This showcase will highlight all of the students’
hard work throughout the year.
9NTHW’s Sarah Burton and Hannah
Sutton who created the winning entry
was a multi media quiz.
One of the highlights of the
competition was the scientific poster
competition where students from each
Jack Quinn, Meg Doughty, Jack Ansett and other cast members find body number 3
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Another winning entry
Hope Papali’I 12WSFK, the Chef, meets Ryan Jolly
13KNC, the Weightlifter
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GAINING WORK
EXPERIENCE AND
QUALIFICATIONS
THROUGH GATEWAY
Gateway is a vocational subject
offered in Year 12 and 13. The
programme allows students to
spend time in a workplace with a
local employer gaining practical skills
and knowledge in an area of career
interest. At school in class students
work towards achieving particular
Unit Standards related to their
employer’s industry.
JAZZ SUCCESS
Our jazz musicians have had an extremely
successful term. At the CPIT Jazz Quest event,
both the Big Band and Senior Combo won
Gold awards with the Combo (Ryan Hall 13VKD,
Josh Saville 11WRIS, Hamish Smith 11WRIS, Ella
Dunbar-Wilcox 11WRIS, Matt Howes 11WRIS,
Robert Petch 12WSDV) taking the “Best
Combo” trophy. Individual awards in the “most
outstanding” categories were won by: Hamish
Smith (best bassist and best overall musician),
Matt Howes (best guitarist), Josh Saville (best
trumpet) and Ryan Hall (best saxophone).
The same two groups then travelled to
Wellington for the NZSM Jazz Festival where, in
addition to competing on stage, they took part
in master classes and attended concerts given
by top jazz musicians from Los Angeles and New
York. Burnside High School won six awards at the
final prize-giving.
For the third year in succession the Big Band won
their section and this year the Senior Combo
were judged Best Jazz Combo.
Jazz musicians in Wellington
HISTORY STUDENTS
COMMEMORATE WORLD WAR I
On Tuesday 5 August Year 12 History students commemorated
the centenary of New Zealand’s declaration of war against
Germany in World War I with a display of white crosses.
The crosses commemorated New Zealanders’ service in 20th
century conflicts such as World War I, and were an outcome
of students’ NCEA internal assessment activity in which they
researched the military service of selected servicemen.
Congratulations to all Gateway
students who have secured jobs
or entry into a course this year as
result of what they have learnt from
their work experience placement
and course study. Several students
gained apprenticeships in the
building area and one in hairdressing.
Two students have full-time jobs
and another two part-time. And one
student gained entry into the Porse
Nanny Intern Programme.
Gateway students comment that the
Gateway programme has proven to
be a useful course to further their
career pathways and has given them
a better understanding of the world
of business.
TV One News visited the presentation and Sophie Knowles
12SGLJ spoke thoughtfully about why it was important for us
to continue to commemorate such service.
The White Cross Project is part of a wider commemoration of
the centenary of the war throughout New Zealand. In October
2017, a major display of white crosses is planned for Burnside
High School to commemorate the battle of Passchendaele,
New Zealand’s greatest military disaster, when the New
Zealand Division suffered more than 3000 casualties.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
AGAINST TORTURE
Burnside High School students, under the guidance of Mme Craw, continue to
look beyond their own world to support the work of Amnesty International.
The theme of this year’s Freedom Week was: “No more torture”.
A week of events ranging from assembly speakers, gathering petition
signatures, fund-raising and a lunchtime teacher-student debate culminated
in the “tie and free the teachers” event in the quadrangle.
The idea was to raise awareness that torture is still used in some countries.
Teachers volunteered to be tied to a tree and then were freed, one knot at a
time, as the students gathered enough signatures. There were two petitions,
one to the government of Azerbaijan who have applied to be a member of
the European Security Council but torture young people simply for asking
for greater democracy, and the other one to the government of Saudi Arabia,
where even very young people are not spared torture.
WESTLAND
SCIENCE FAIR
Congratulations to Nathan James
11SCJJ who competed at the 2014
Canterbury — Westland Science
Fair, 24 August at the Addington
Events Centre.
Four students won top individual awards. Hamish
Smith won the Improvisation contest and Robert
Petch (drums), Ryan Hall (saxophone) and
Matt Howes (guitar) were all judged top in their
instrumental category.
These are outstanding achievements at a
national level. Prior to the festival, Ryan Hall,
Robert Petch, Hamish Smith and Josh Saville
had also represented Burnside High School in
the New Zealand Youth Jazz Orchestra. This
prestigious group played concerts in Palmerston
North, Napier, Masterton and Wellington.
Students tie up Ms May while Amnesty leader, Natalija Petrovic 13CUC , looks on.
Nathan entered ‘iDispense’ a
bulk bin dispensing system for
use in supermarkets or other bulk
food outlets. Nathan’s creation
will automatically dispense the
desired amount of a product
based on the weight requested
by a customer.
Andrew Seelen at Spectrum Lighting &
Sound
Nathan gained the following
awards:
First Prize Y11-13 Technology
Peter Keir Memorial Award (Innovation
and Engineering Design)
IEEE Prize Innovative electrical
engineering/embedded processor
project
CPIT School of Applied Sciences (Best
Exhibits related to Health Sciences)
Institute of Engineering and Technology
(Best Engineering and Technology
Exhibit)
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PROGRAMMERS PAR EXCELLENCE
Back row: Ke He 13MUB, Rewi Haar 11NCW
Front Row: Thomas Wright 13PZS, Will Sloane 13MUB, Ray Chen 13MUB, and
Michael Trotter 13KNC
On Saturday 9 August eight Burnside teams from year 11, 12 and 13 took
part in the New Zealand Programming Competition held at Canterbury
University. This is a five hour competition with 3 or 10 or 30 point questions.
A team consists of up to three members and problems are solved with
team work and on only one computer. Teams are in the School or Tertiary
or Open category and all are given the same questions.
The victorious Girls’ Rugby team.
Burnside keeps the ball from Cashmere attack.
GIRLS’ RUGBY
GIRLS’ FOOTBALL
Burnside High School Girls’ 10s Rugby were convincing winners of the Christchurch
competition for the second year in a row.
Congratulations to the Burnside High School Girls’ 1st XI who have won the Wednesday
Premier grade competition. The final was a fittingly hard-fought match against
Cashmere High School that went to extra time with the Burnside girls winning 3-2.
Led by Captain, Zahra Shahtahmasebi 13KLE, the girls have had a great season and
their 65-48 win over Lincoln High School in the final was testament to their talent
and hard work.
CYCLING
The Burnside High School
Cycling team has had another
successful season, highlighted
by their achievements in the
Tour of Blenheim.
Two of the Burnside teams gained first equal place out of 34 national
teams in the school category with a total of 82 points. This is the same
result for the second placed team in the Tertiary junior category.
Adam Bull 13PZS won the hill
climb and the road race and
was 2nd overall in the U20
Boys.
Congratulations to Michael Trotter 13KNC, Will Sloane 13MUB, Ray Chen
13MUB, Thomas Wright 13PZS, Ke He 13MUB and Rewi Haar 11NCWM on this
excellent achievement.
Felix Donnelly 10WWIK leads the way in the Road Race
Felix Donelly 10WWIK won the individual time trial
and was 2nd in the criterium, road race and overall in
the U15 Boys.
Elliot Lawrence 12NCVJ and Byron Chen 12SGLJ were placed 11th and Patrick
Ma 12SWGK with Eiran Ling 12SMPP were placed 13th.
All contestants were a credit to Burnside High School.
BURNSIDE’S
SAILING STAR
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ERO’S
PARENT BOOKLETS?
The Hockey 1st XI, runners-up at the India Shield.
The Education Review Office (ERO) publishes a series of five booklets for
parents and caregivers.
HOCKEY
We want to find out how useful the information is to parents, how the
booklets can be improved, and if parents would prefer to receive the
information in a different way.
We’re starting with a survey of How is my child doing? To take part in the
survey go to www.ero.govt.nz – Featured Publications. The survey runs
until the end of September and only takes a few minutes to complete.
Meanwhile if you would like a copy of one of the booklets email
info@ero.govt.nz
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Both the Girls’ and the Boys’ teams prospered in winter tournaments this term.
The girls finished in 9th place and that means that they have qualified for the
Federation Cup next year, the top competition for Girls’ hockey in the country.
In the India Shield competition the Burnside boys won through to the final against
Scots College from Wellington. Despite leading for most of the game Burnside lost
on a penalty shoot-out that was every bit as heart-breaking as it is in International
games! The good news, however, is that next year will see Burnside High School’s
1st XI restored to the Rankin Cup competition for the top teams in the country.
In Term 1 we highlighted Ali
Nightingale’s selection for the New
Zealand Youth Sailing Team for
the Youth World Championships in
Portugal.
Now Ali, of 12NCVJ, has moved
on to even greater feats and
is currently competing at the
International Sailing Federation
World Championships in
Santander in Spain.
Ali Nightingale 12NCVJ at the World
Championships at Santander, Spain.
Here Ali is a member of the Laser Radial squad and is a New Zealand team member
alongside sailors such as our Olympic Gold Medal winners, Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie.
We congratulate Ali on her amazing achievements and we shall all follow her sailing
career with great interest.
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Photo: Brett Phibbs
Will Murphy 12WJRD wins another line-out.
BURNSIDE HIGH
SCHOOL 1ST XV
Mr John Mills (left) and Mr Chris Barber
Photo by Joseph Johnson
BUILDING FOOTPRINTS
MAPPING COMPETITION
WINNER
Congratulations to Emma O’Carroll 12SMPP
who has just won an iPad for mapping
more than 7400 buildings in a month
as part of the “Building Our Footprints”
mapping competition for school students.
The school also received $1000.
team and that win put the team into
a position to play St Andrews in the
Press Cup Plate playoff for 5th place
in this prestigious competition.
Cruz Vergueiro e Silva scores a try for
Burnside
This has been an amazing season for
the Burnside High School 1st XV.
Beating St Bede’s on their home
ground was a first for the school
A huge crowd (dominated by
Burnside supporters) turned up to
create a superb atmosphere. It was
a classic 1st XV game. After a tough
battle, Burnside came away with a
hard-fought but well-deserved 19-16
win.
The team was presented with the
Cup for this fifth placing and with the
silverware came the added bonus
of achieving the rank of top Co-ed
School in the Press Cup. This is the
best result Burnside High School has
won in the Press Cup.
The team then travelled to Oamaru
the following Saturday to play
St Kevin’s College in the South Island
Co-ed final. Unfortunately a 16-10
loss meant that Burnside did not win
the South Island spot in the National
Co-ed finals played in Rotorua.
Thank you to the parents, families,
supporters, the School and the
sponsors for making 2014 such a
successful year.
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
used this campaign to enable students
to help catch up on a mapping backlog
in Canterbury. A building footprint is a 2D
shape of where a building touches the
ground. It is an essential part of managing
property information, and can be used for
many different tasks, including emergency
services response and disaster recovery.
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Students had the opportunity to ask
questions about careers in the fire
service and why it is important to
remember the 9/11 event.
The American Consulate presented
two books which are available for
loan in the school library. One is on
the 9/11 terrorist attack the other is
about Central Park, New York.
ENVIRONMENT GROUP
WIN THE NGAI TAHU ECAN
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Georgina Roberts 13TKB and Lachlan Wilson 13HDC at the Ngai Tahu
Sustainability Awards
Two Year 13 students Lachlan Wilson 13HDK and Georgina Roberts 13TKB
made a video to highlight the work of the Burnside Environment Group
over the past three years and we were delighted that the Group won First
Place at the recent Ngai Tahu Sustainability Awards.
Basketball continues to thrive here at Burnside. The
Senior Boys’ Basketball team earned their best ever
result at the Zone 4 AA Premier Secondary Schools’
South Island Tournament this term. They finished
runners up to Otago Boys’ after finishing 2nd in pool
play, and fending off strong attacks in the quarter
final and semi-final rounds.
In the meantime both the Girls’ U20 and the Boys’
U20 teams made the finals of the Canterbury
On Friday 12th September, some
of our Year 10 Social Studies
students had the privilege of
meeting two New York firemen,
Mr John Mills and Mr Chris
Barber. They are currently in New
Zealand taking part in the 9/11
terrorist attack commemorations.
Along with New Zealand and
Australian counterparts they
participated in the annual 9/11
Firefighter Memorial Climb at the old
BNZ Tower in Auckland. This involves
climbing 28 floors in full firefighting
gear.
A number of other Burnside High
School students also participated in the
competition. Together they mapped more
than 16,500 buildings and thus ensure
that Burnside High School was the winning
school. Well done to all of those involved.
SHOOTING THE HOOPS AT
BURNSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
This has earned them a place in the BBNZ National
Secondary Schools’ AA Championships which will be
held in Palmerston North during the holidays.
NEW YORK
FIREFIGHTERS
VISIT BURNSIDE
HIGH SCHOOL
Recte Sic Dirige Cursum
In this way direct your course correctly
BURNSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Basketball Association’s competition. The girls faced the University
of Canterbury’s A team while the Boys were up against familiar
foes, Christchurch Boys’ High School.
Greers Road, PO Box 29 677
Christchurch 8540, New Zealand
Telephone: +64 3 358 8383
Fax: +64 3 358 8380
Email: admin@burnside.school.nz
Website: www.burnside.school.nz
The video stressed not only the tree planting work carried out by the
group but also their efforts to conserve energy at the school as well as
initiatives to reduce litter and waste.
The group won a Ko Tane dinner for ten at Willowbank and we look
forward to this with much anticipation. This year the Environment Group
has 98 members who meet each week on a Wednesday after school
to help with restoration work and native plantings along the Hewlings
Stream that runs through the grounds. Although the majority of the group
are Year 13 students we always welcome new members from any year
group in the school.
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