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Congratulations to Maggie Carroll and Liza Khorozova who are now National Culinary Champions having won the National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge 2018, held recently at the Manukau Institute of Technology.

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We had two Junior Girls’ teams compete at this tournament at the Edgar Centre, Dunedin, this year, from Tuesday 27 November to Thursday 29 November 2018.

The Burnside High School rugby teams on the whole achieved a gratifying degree of progress during the 2018 rugby season, and the most significant achievement was the fruition of our objective to field five teams for the season.

Graduation is an opportunity to recognise the satisfactory completion of five years of secondary school education for many of our students.

Four medals were won at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships.

Burnside High School students competed in the above event on 28th March, with the following credible results:

This event was held in Blenheim on 7 July 2018

This year's school Swimming Sports were held on Tuesday 13 February at the school pool. Thanks to the PE Dept, along with the Sports Council, who helped organise and run this event.

At Burnside High School we have career development for every student, at every year level, every year.

Lixin is a gifted pianist who, as well as pursuing competition success in New Zealand and overseas as a soloist, has made a huge contribution to the music department at Burnside High School during his time here.

This years Sports Awards were held in the Aurora Centre on Thursday 18th October. Guest speaker for the evening was Anton Cooper 2018 World Mountain bike Champion

PETER BRYANT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP is awarded to the Dux of the school Bryan Shin

At Burnside we have a strong group of Future Problem Solvers who challenge themselves to solve the problems facing the world today.

This year 13 KNC Drama put on a production of the play Teechers a comedy written by John Godber.

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Although 2018 started off a as a quiet year for the Tech Crew with the Aurora Centre being out out of action for Term One, it definitely didn’t stay quiet.

Junior Concert Band is one of the many groups of the junior performance music course at Burnside High School.

Here’s to another successful year for the Burnside Orchestra.

JPC is Burnside’s un-auditioned junior choir under the direction of Emma Summers.

2018 has been another fantastic year for junior strings.

Burnside High School’s Senior Chorale went above and beyond expectations, this year, producing a sound quality which can be compared with that of professionals.

2018 has been an outstanding year for the Junior Jazz Ensemble.

Another year of Malestrom and the brotherhood of the choir is still as strong as ever and has exceeded expectations once again.

6x students have gained their PADI Open Water Dive Certificate through diving in Kaikoura

Three teams played in the weekly canoe polo league, held at Lake Roto Kohatu each Wednesday afternoon during Term 1 & 4.

South Island Secondary School Champs + Weekend Ski Trips

To view the list of staff for 2018 please click on the attachment below.

The Girls Senior Super Touch team have had a successful year and should be proud of all their achievements.

The Zonta Sports Awards and Dinner was held on Thursday 25 October, at the Hornby Working Men’s Club.

Surfing continues to grow in popularity at Burnside High, with over 50 pupils taking part in the “Learn to Surf” programme in Terms 1 and 4 this year, and a further 130 in the Level One Physical Education day trip.

In Term 1, we had many Orienteering events on offer around Christchurch from the PAPO Club (Peninsula and Plains Orienteers) for students to give this sport a go for the first time, and we had good interest from some new students, and some students who have already given this sport a go.

The Burnside Ice Hockey Team had a good season ending up in 4th place in the Christchurch Secondary Schools’ Saturday competition.

This year’s season started off earlier for us, as we were invited to an ANZAC weekend tournament in Timaru in the April school holidays.

The following are the results from the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Gymsports Championships, held at the Olympia Gymnastic Sports on 26 June:

Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Stroke Play Championships 05 March 2018

2018 was a massive year for Burnside Cycling students with a larger team than the last few previous years.

We went to Taupo for the NZ Secondary Schools Tournament after an up and down season in Christchurch (finishing 3rd) plagued by injuries and players unable to play due to Mainland Football commitments.

In Term 1, Burnside High again played in the Secondary School Boys 1st XI Cup Preliminary Tournament, and this year the following schools were involved with us:

The campaign began last year during Term 4 where the returning 4 senior players met the many new youngsters brought up from the junior team in their first tournament together.

First up was the Australian Schools Volleyball Cup in Melbourne during December of last year which had been highly anticipated by all team members.

On the 27th of September, the Year 12 and 13 Sports Leadership classes held a Ki O Rahi Tournament for the students of Cobham Intermediate.

From the 20th to the 22nd of August both Year 12 Physical Education classes embarked on the Burnside High School annual trip to the Mount Lyford Ski Field, which when we arrived seemed more like Mount Everest

Burnside Students experience the United Nations

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Through these last four terms, students and staff have been busily (and sometimes quietly!) coming into the Library for reading, study and relaxation.

There have been lots of great things happening across the Science Faculty this year, with students succeeding well, both in school and out of school. Read on for the highlights!

This year has been full of excitement - great students, fun events, lots of learning, and all mixed in with the occasional drama! Please look below for photos and video that help summarise the year.

Despite our enthusiasm to get into the softball season this year, we had a challenging start in Term 1 due to last minute defaults from other schools

Our teams have worked hard to improve their skills and fitness under the guidance of some enthusiastic and experienced coaches. Without them, the teams would not be able to compete at the level they do. Thank you.

The 2018 Burnside High School 1st XV played a total of 13 games in a rain-affected season, winning seven, losing four and drawing two.

Wednesday Canterbury Secondary Schools’ competition: This year we had 6 teams entered into this competition, held at Table Tennis Stadium in Blenheim Rd.

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘Paris’? Angry Parisians, striped shirts and berets, people strolling down the streets with baguettes, and lots of cheese? Guess what! It’s not exactly what you might imagine.

Under the leadership of E Wen Wong and Ruby Glasson a new Sustainability Council has been formed which has developed new initiatives and helped to organise events.

Rowing is a fun, enjoyable and challenging sport.

Over the course of terms two and three, a group of around thirteen students have been meeting every Monday at the Gordon Scout Hall to learn and practice the sport of fencing.

A surge of new members this year meant that we had an impressive 30 eager players, allowing us to have 4 boys teams and 2 girls teams.

2018 has been a big year for the Spanish Department. This year we have embarked on our first year of NCEA assessment for the Seniors and welcomed Señora Ward and Señora Schroeder to the teaching team. Here are some of the highlights.

The first event of the school year was the inter school’s showjumping.

This year, we welcomed many new faces and said goodbye to some old ones.

Many left the team including those who graduated which meant we had to rebuild our team with new Year 9’s,10’s and some seniors.

This year, 10 students have been awarded their Award at Bronze Level and 9 have been awarded at Silver Level with many more about to complete these levels and move onto the next.

Congratulations to the students who excelled in this competition.

Burnside High School Gifted students excelled at this event

The Burnside High School Concert Band is an un-auditioned group of around 70 wind, brass, and percussionists from all year levels.

With 2018 drawing to a close, looking back at the outstanding year the school big band has had is particularly satisfying.

The beginning of term one; piles of new music, a sea of new faces, a calendar of new concerts. Another new Bel Canto.

Aurora Voices is the auditioned junior choir at Burnside High School.

Burnside High had 16 students compete in the Singletracks Schools Mountain Bike Series and Canterbury Secondary Schools Mountain Bike Champs.

There is no pain on Earth quite like a netball hitting your finger on a cold winter day. Yet unlike Cinderella there were 140 players who ran to the ball not away this season.

Wow, another year down in "The Beasts" history book, another chapter added to the well known Beast bible

This was an awesome year for Burnside’s Amnesty International group. We met every second Thursday to discuss human rights issues and fight against current human rights grievances that were happening, through writing letters to prisoners and government officials and spreading awareness through posters and slideshows.

On the 14th of August, Year 12 Physics students had the opportunity to engage in several engineering projects run by Holmes Solutions testing facility. The projects covered aspects of Civil engineering and Structural engineering.

What is EVolocity and how is Burnside involved in it?

The conclusion of term 3 brings about the end to the debating season. Arguably (ha) debating this year has been more successful than ever. With success at both junior regionals, and senior impromptus as well as fortnightly Thursday debates.

As part of a worldwide initiative, DigiGirlz is all about inspiring the next generation of girls to be part of our tech future. This was hosted by Microsoft and EY (A multinational professional services firm). Burnside had seven students attending this event held for the first time in Christchurch.

Growing NZ is a countrywide opportunity for students to develop their understanding of technology, science and business. They are able to compete either in in-class challenges or in a one-day event.

Vex Robotics is an international corporation striving to help school kids learn teamwork and robotics by building a robot from near nothing and compete with it in games held by Vex that are different every year. Our club plays in this and have done for several years, and plan to for more years to come.

This term, Burnside High School was lucky enough to have Her Excellency the Rt Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor General of New Zealand visit our school.

Drama Club is a place for our young and enthusiastic aspiring actors and actresses to come together and work on their confidence, character development, and overall acting skills either individually or in small groups.

The 2018 First XI Girls hockey season began early this year with team bonding and Saturday morning runs around Hagley Park.

Success for the BHS Top programming team at the New Zealand Programming Competition

Five swimmers from BHS attended the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships.

Sami Donnelly and Erin Downie (both 12WRis) have continued to fly the flag for Burnside High School - this time in both road and track cycling.

On Monday 27th August all Year 10 Art students and the entire Art department staff embarked on a trip to visit the Christchurch City Art Gallery.

The organisers of the very successful BHS conferences Into Motion and Model UNs were winners in the Youth Voice Canterbury Te Tohu Tokomaha Awards.

Meeting in the international airport at 4:00 am we started our 21 hours of traveling, arriving in JFK airport New York City on Friday the 13th of April.

This was hosted by the One School Network, a group of head students from all around Christchurch high schools.

This year's Dance Showcase for Years 10 to 13 took place at the YMCA Papa Hou Theare on 7th and 8th August.

Students were selected to participate in this valuable conference run by April McLennan and the Limitless Trust. Check out how Limitless implements change in the attachment.

Forty Year 10 students participated in the Awesome Lab at Bizdojo in town. There will be a second Lab for another forty students in Term 4.

On Sunday morning 29th June thirty-five students, Mr Robertson, Ms Lee and Mr Bond set out on the annual field trip to Queenstown.

Tour group: 24 students from Year 12 and 13, 4 parents and 3 teachers

Approximately 130 students from across both nights took their talent on to the stage, performed their favourite pieces from the past year, and showed off the valuable skills they have been learning in class.

Great result for Sami Donnelly (12WRIS)and the NZ Womens Team Pursuit team won Silver at the Junior World Track Cycling Champs in Switzerland.

Our aim for the day was to explore different aspects of the tourism industry; students gained insight on tourism businesses, work roles and the diverse range of attractions and activities on offer within the thriving resort town of Hanmer.

The Burnside High School Big Band and SMP Jazz Combos embarked on a week-long tour of the North Island, performing at the Manawatu Jazz Festival and the NZSM (Wellington) Jazz Festival

Raising funds for a charity of our choice.

Three outstanding speakers represented Te Kura o Waimairi-iri - Burnside High School - at the Regional Ngā Manu Kōrero Speech Contest on Friday 22 June 2018 at Riccarton High School.

Spirit of adventure is a fun and challenging experience.

From the 'Bug Man' to visiting University Professors

Can’t stand the taste of our Christchurch water? Feel like you need to know more about Canterbury water quality? This was the exact position four Burnside students, Ruby Glasson, Sofia Tuliau-Walker, Mathilde Soederlund and Lucy Rae took in earlier in the term, when they attended the Untouched World Waterwise Program 2018.

Orana Park visit: Supporting our students learning outside of the classroom - up close and personal with Gorillas!

In week nine of this term Year 11 Geography students went to Waimairi Cemetery to explore the life expectancy of people born in the 1800’s.

Burnside’s debating group has grown this year, with lots of keen Year 9’s joining the ranks.

Just over 130 students traveled to Ashburton to compete across seven sports and in 13 matches at the annual Winter Sports Ashburton College Exchange.

Burnside High School is very proud to have a current student as a winner of one of these awards.

E Wen Wong 11TAW writes about her experiences

Our main aim was to investigate the contemporary geographic issue of dairy farm intensification on the Canterbury Plains. A range of specialists worked with us in the field representing their unique perspective.

Students meet significant African American Civil Rights icon.

Staff seminar at Cashmere High School

Gender Equality is a topical issue at Burnside High School

The season begins with the school Cross Country. All students in Year 9 and 10 competed in the school Cross Country.

On the 20th June, BHS Pasifika students participated in the SPACPAC BizNinja Challenge - and won! They then went on to come second in the Dragon's Den Competition.

Gold to Maggie Carroll and Liza Khorozova!

The Youth Enviro Leaders Forum (YELF) is a program run by the Sir Peter Blake Trust in partnership with the Ministry for the Environment

The Aurora Centre was filled to capacity last Monday night for BHS’s very own Performing Arts competition ; Compass Wars.

Brianna Tipa reflects on her visit to the marae that her whānau whakapapa to on Waiheke Island. Brianna was part of a student cultural programme organised by Mrs Mountstevens through the Gateway programme.

19 students attended the National Secondary Schools Rowing Maadi Cup. The team achieved the best results in Burnside's history.

Congratulations to all those who participated in Burnside High School’s 2018 ‘Shave For a Cure’ On Tuesday the 10th of April.

After winning the regional tournament, our Year 13 Burnside team competed in the national tournament.

Fifteen students from Ashburton College and Burnside High School recently gathered at the Burnside Campus for four days of German-taught STEM activities and exhibitions (science, technology, engineering & mathematics).

Canoe Polo in 2018

Huge achievement for Annie Wardle!! 1st in U18 C2 Mixed, 2nd woman in the Boatercross event, and 3rd in U18 Women’s K1 event.

Regional Canterbury Tonga Shakespeare Festival

On the 4th, 5th and 6th of April the three Year 11 Geography classes went on a field trip to the Port Hills.

Celebrating Polynesian cultures at Spacpac’s 2018 Polyfest

Inspiration, Passion, Social Justice and Empowerment.

In week five, three Year 11 Geography classes visited the airport McDonalds in preparation for our geographic research assessment.

The PE Department and students taking ODP have just completed a very challenging unit

The field research mission was to explore how this unique natural environment has evolved over time and to discover how humans have interacted with the landscape - past, present and future.

33 Athletes competed in Timaru over the weekend

As part of the school wide Tūrangawaewae theme our Year 9 students visited Rāpaki Marae. One of our Māori student leaders, Amelia MacDonald 12NPNG reflects on the trip.

The Year 12 Geography classes had a great time experiencing physical and human geography in the field at the Mackenzie Basin and Aoraki Mt. Cook.

In Term 1 we elected our new Burnside Leaders for 2018.

For many students Burnside School Athletics is the highlight of the school year. The Year 13 students dress up to create an atmosphere and students participate at the highest level to gain school bragging rights.

A large team of athletes competed at Rawhiti Domain: BHS athletes achieved 3 Canterbury Records, 13 Canterbury Titles and a further 28 seconds and thirds.

Congratulations Hiroki Miya!!

On Saturday 3rd March Lixin Zhang (Year 13 SMP Piano) competed in the prestigious National Concerto Competition which was open to all pianists under the age of 25.

With many recent successes, Korfball is an up and coming sport at Burnside High School.