The Waimairi-iri Kāhui Ako is running a familiarisation morning for all Year 8 students who have accepted their enrolment into Burnside High School for 2025.

Date:  Friday 1st November 2024

Time: 8.45am arrival for 9am start. Students need to be collected at 11.15am.

Location: Burnside High School - Aurora Centre

Participants: All year 8 students from contributing schools enrolled at Burnside for 2025, Burnside High School Staff and Student Leaders, Burnside High School Youth Workers 

The Waimairi-iri Kāhui Ako is running a familiarisation morning for all Year 8 students who have accepted their enrolment into Burnside High School for 2025. 

This will provide students with the opportunity to: 

• meet key staff that will be important to them in Year 9

• find out about various sports/arts/cultural/environmental activities that will be on offer

• take a tour of the school while classrooms are operating 

• ask current Year 9 and 10 students questions about Burnside High School 

• get involved in some fun activities to start making connections with other new students
  

Information for students and whānau: 

• Students will need to make their own way to and from Burnside High School on the day. Please drop off and pick up from outside the Aurora Centre (some schools may bring them together as a group - please check with your current school as to whether this has been organised).

• Students need to sign in outside the Aurora Centre at 8.45am.

• We ask that parents do not stay for the duration of the visit. Students will be with youth workers, staff and student leaders for the time they are on site and will be well-cared for. If there are any exceptions that you wish to discuss please email us using the contact details below. 

• Students are asked to bring their own morning tea.

• A similar outline of the day has been sent to the students' schools.

• Please fill in this form to indicate your child's attendance and any medical concerns - if you’re unable to open the Google doc please email the address below to indicate attendance. 

Resources Required for the day

• Morning tea, named water bottle, sun hat & sun block and jacket (if wet) 

Year 9 Familiarisation Morning Burnside Burnside High School Programme:

8.45am Drop off and sign in at the tables outside the Aurora Centre.

9.00am Welcome Assembly - BHS Junior Dance performance, welcome from the Tumuaki/Principal, organisation into tour groups.

9.30am Tour of  the school - key places around the school, classrooms visits, and the opportunity to ask questions of the Year 9/10 tour guides. 

10.20am Back to the Aurora Centre for a kapa haka performance, and to hear about sporting, cultural, arts and environmental opportunities. The Youth Workers will also run games in this session.

11:15am (finish) Students collected from the Aurora Centre by parents.

If you have any queries, or want to discuss the alternative tour day if you cannot make the 1st November please contact Susan Briggs bgs@burnside.school.nz or Sarah Maguire mrs@burnside.school.nz.