Read on for all the awards from 2017...

Twenty years ago a younger Chris Boje wrote to the then Principal, John Godfrey, applying for a long term relieving job in the English Department at Burnside High School.

Dominic Wilson 9SDES and Meg Byers 13LSS represented the United Kingdom at the Youth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Parliament in August.

Please click on the attachment below to view school roll.

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

To view the list of staff for 2017 please click on the attachment below.

After months of hard work from leaders and students alike, The RAW Stage challenge team had an amazing end to the experience, placing first in the RAW division!

2017 has been another successful year for Mathematics at Burnside High School.

A much-anticipated event on the Year 12 Geography calendar; a group of twenty-eight intrepid students and three staff set off on our annual three-day alpine experience. The field research mission was to explore how this unique natural environment has evolved over time and to gain insight on how humans have interacted with the landscape - past, present and future.

The South Island Choir Tour enjoys a quiet moment on the shore of Lake Tekapo

For over a hundred dedicated performing arts students, Beauty & the Beast was both extremely gruelling as well as exceedingly rewarding. 

Ten students from Burnside High School had the pleasure of a five day voyage on board the Spirit of New Zealand from 11th to 16th June.

We have had impressive numbers of  Burnside High students playing Canoe Polo in Term 1, 2017.

Twelve athletes competed at the National Secondary Schools' Athletics Championships in Hastings, from 01-04 December 2017.

Te Kura o Waimairi-iri kapahaka is tutored by Anton McLean and practiced weekly on a Wednesday morning.

This year's school Swimming Sports were held on Tuesday 14 February at the school pool. Thanks to the PE Dept, along with the Sports Council, who helped organise and run this event.

Every year we try different ways to welcome our new students

The winner of the Peter Rowe Cup for Musicianship Ben Johnson has been a member of the SMP Voice programme for five years

This year Burnside entered a number of teams into the Shakespeare regional competition which was held in June at Villa Maria College.

Rugby has the power to teach positive values, build character and to transform lives. With this notion at the core of all activities, Burnside High School is positive that we can grow the game of rugby and restore some pride after what was a tough season.

A small but keen group attended coaching sessions on Wednesday afternoons at the McLeans Island Gun Club.

The senior Drama students have all been involved in a variety of public performances this year.

Burnside High School managed to enter the majority of the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Equestrian competitions in 2017.

These students are challenging themselves to compete against the best in their chosen subject area.

Congratulations to Sami and Felix Donnelly for representing New Zealand at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Cambridge in November.

After achieving two back to back National Championship titles in the Young Singers In Harmony Barbershop Competition, this year Malestrom decided not to compete.

Aurora Voices is Burnside High School’s auditioned junior treble choir, led by conductor Ms Susan Densem.

Throughout my senior years, Magna Voice has to be the most fun choir to be a part of. 

The Funk Band has been a dedicated group of talented musicians since it was founded in 2014, and this year's group has definitely upheld that standard. 

Another year for the Burnside High School Big Band has flown by, with various performances at both competitions and school events. 

Junior Performance Choir was a way to really up my performance, while having the time of my life doing what I love. 

This year I was one of the two student conductors for Junior Strings and it was an absolute pleasure to take this ensemble.

Like any year, the calibre of music which Burnside High School’s Senior Chorale produced was above and beyond what is expected of a high school choir. 

The Burnside High School Symphonic Band is made up of students of all year levels and playing abilities. 

The Junior Concert Band is for Yr 9 and 10’s only and is made up of 3 different Sections, The Woodwind, Percussion and Brass.

Along with the other Burnside High School choirs, Bel Canto’s aim for this year was to focus less on competition and more on community activities.

The Amnesty International Group has been active at BHS all year culminating in a great Freedom Challenge Week where we raised the profile of human rights abuses on Palm Oil plantations.

On the 14th and 15th of March, the Burnside High Girls' First XI Cricket team played in the NZCT Cup. This involved the top teams from Canterbury and was a 20/20 competition played over two days at the Polo grounds in Hagley Park.

Two students attended this event in Blenheim from 07-08 July.

Lawn Bowls at Burnside High took on 2017 in a fantastic way! There was a significant increase in the number of participants and the calibre of the players was sensational. 

The 2017 summer season concluded with the Burnside High School Senior Girls continuing their dominance in the pool by winning the South Island Secondary Schools' Water Polo tournament. 

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

2017 has proven to be another successful year for the members of the Burnside High Fencing Club. 

Yet again, even with small numbers, the Burnside High Cycling Team performed outstandingly throughout the year of 2017.

The Boys 1st XI overall had a rather successful season with a couple of ups and downs throughout. The boys started the year in a rebuild phase after losing eight players from last season but managed to source talent from throughout the school with stand-out players like Naweed Ahmadi being brought into the squad.

Burnside High were well represented in Ki-o-Rahi again this year. We went into the tournament as defending champions and the only school in Christchurch to enter two teams consisting of over 20 pupils.

2017 - certainly a year to remember — it has been a long, yet rewarding year for the Tech Crew.

This year Theatresports 2017 was definitely interesting.

2017 has been a really busy and exciting year here in the German department. So much went on, and so many students achieved a lot throughout the year.

During Theatresports this year we have all had plenty of laughs, probably embarrassed ourselves one too many times, said some witty one liners, of course had memorable moments, and got to know everyone well.

Burnside has a very active Chess Club running for two lunchtimes each week.

Surfing continues to grow in popularity at Burnside High.

This year the Winter Sports Exchange against Ashburton College was held on Tuesday 20 June at Burnside High School and other venues close by. It was a great day, with Burnside winning the brand new trophy 12 - 6. 

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 from 2017.

This year's team was ably coached by parent, Mike Rakowitz, and Sam Bennett, with the help of Physio parent, Sean Wilson and Mr Christeller as Manager.

The Girls Football 1st XI had a young and talented team, but lacked a little guile and experience at times to fully reach their potential this season.

The Senior Girls Super Touch team this year consisted of mainly juniors whom were new to this level of the game, therefore rebuilding has been a key focus.

The Burnside High Senior Mixed Touch Team was formed late last year as a way for our Yr 13 students (Yr 12’s then) making it to their first ever NZ Secondary Schools' Tournament, held every year in Auckland in December.

This year Futsal was played in Terms 1 and 4, on Wednesdays after school, at various schools and venues around Christchurch.

A large group of girls trialling for the Girls Hockey teams at Burnside High this year ensured that we had a stronger 2nd XI team than last year.

This year’s Squash season has been filled with a lot of energy, enthusiasm and a lot of fun! 

Another successful year for Gymnastics and Trampolining. Students competed at the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Competition held in June.

SENIOR BOYS TEAM

Archery at Burnside High School this year has been a great success, with over 100 students participating. Each student has trained hard and has progressed and developed throughout the year.

Another successful year for the IRP

The Girls' team were runners-up in the Wednesday Canterbury Secondary Schools' competition this year.

In 2017, the 2nd XV won their section in the U16 grade.

2017 has been another busy and productive year in the Library.

The boys don't play under the school banner in the weekends, but get together to play in the qualifying series of the National Secondary Schools 1st XI Cup, played in the first term of the year.

It has been a busy year for Badminton at Burnside High School, with 13 teams playing in the Wednesday after school competition as well as our top teams competing in Canterbury and National Secondary Schools' teams competitions.

2017 has been a successful year for Tennis, with six teams competing in the Wednesday after school competition and players competing with credit in the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Championships.

It was on the day of Monday 21st August that the students of Year 12 PE gathered at the Aurora Centre whilst it was still dark out ready to begin their three-day adventure.

Mountain Biking was held during Term 1.

In the 2016/17 rowing season, Burnside had a rowing squad which consisted of 15 members. Even though this was a small squad, we were all close with each other which made the environment to train and race in enjoyable.  

This was the second year that Burnside High School have participated in the Pool for Schools Competition.

The Canterbury Secondary Schools' Duathlon event was held in August

In the history of the NZ Secondary Schools Table Tennis Championships, this is the first time a school has won both the Boys' and Girls' national titles!

Stage Challenge 2017 was an amazing experience in which all of the leaders and cast learned team building and independence skills. 

We have six Burnside High students who play in the Burnside Club Ice Hockey team during the winter months.

A very successful year, with the Senior Girls A team winning Canterbury and South Island Secondary Schools' Championships and coming 3rd at NZ Secondary Schools' Championships. The Senior Boys A team came second at the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Championships and the Junior A Girls came 2nd at the Canterbury Junior Secondary Schools' Championships.

Burnside High School have had another successful year of Golf.

We have extended our membership to include all year groups and this year had 156 active members.

A highlight of these in 2017 would have to be the Pole Vault demonstration by the students and our very own Mr William Boyd *(PE Teacher) showing us how it is done. Full results are attached.

Once again the Burnside High School Cross Country was a highlight of the school calendar. Click on the attachment to see the full results.

Burnside High School competes at the elite level in Athletics.

This year we had 150 students playing across 15 teams entered into the Christchurch Netball Saturday competition during Terms 2 and 3. 

Dux of the School and this years’ recipient of the Peter Bryant Memorial Award for 2017 is Justine Lee (on the left of the photo)

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Burnside has been a regular participant in this national competition, which requires teams to carefully analyse all aspects of the New Zealand economy, as well as the economic outlook for our trading partners.

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The 2017 season has been a building year for the First XI Girls Hockey team. We welcomed a number of new and younger players which saw five sets of sisters on the team. It was a year for developing as individuals and coming together as a group.

The adventure began at the ungodly hour of 3.30 in the morning!

Burnside High Softball is growing in depth with both a Girls' and Boys' Team competing in the Term 1 competition and two Mixed Teams in the Term 4 competition.

This article was written by Dominic Wilson 9SDES

Burnside High School had their first Model United Nations for Burnside students from Year 9 to 13. This article was written by Dominic Wilson and E Wen Wong.

This year 52 students have been actively completing sections of their Duke of Edinburgh Award programme. 

This year's Sports Awards were held on Thursday 19 October at the Aurora Centre, with guest speaker/presenter Kendra Cocksedge (World Cup Gold medal-winning Black Fern halfback) in attendance.

For over a hundred dedicated performing arts students, Beauty & the Beast was both extremely gruelling as well as being exceedingly rewarding. 

Female players who have been through the Burnside High School International Rugby Programme (IRP) are now shining on the world stage.

On the 14th September, Baileigh O’Sullivan, Jade Vesty, Rebecca Hurley, Hannah Ferguson, Peter Nichols and Sam Lyu travelled to Hamilton for the National Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships. 

The Canterbury Secondary Schools' Ski & Snowboard Championships were held on Thursday 24th of August at Mt Hutt. 

Held in Oamaru, 12th-13th August

Maybe one day we will see this name on the inside of some high-end fashion garment.

This year, two students from Europe decided to give rugby a go at Burnside High School.

Hille Janssen, from Hanover in Germany, chose Burnside High School to enter as a mainstream international student because...

Charles Sham (second student on left) took part in the NZ Secondary Schools Championships 2017 held in Napier (4-7 Sept) - 2nd place in Division 2, came 10th in NZ

E Wen Wong 10WTAW attended this event. This is a report from her of her experience.

The recipient of our Senior Girls' Volleyball Scholarship in mid 2016 was Marlene Jahn, a national representative from Austria. She came through an educational agent in Germany that Burnside High has been dealing with for many years. 

Congratulations to both our boys and girls teams for taking out the two national titles. 

The advantage of attending a large school is the broad range of academic and co-curricular options available. 

As part of our July Orientation we take our new students on a tour of Christchurch to show them some key sites.

Burnside High School had 20 students attend the Limitless Conference this term.

Sam started studying at Burnside High as an International Student this year in Year 10. He immediately became involved in swimming here at school and at Jellie Park. 

We often overlook our diligent students who go about their work and never cause us any pastoral concerns.

World Vision brought together principals, teachers, students and parents from schools around the South Island to celebrate all that was done for the children of Syria in the 40 Hour Famine of 2017. 

Year 11 Geography students toured the inner city during Term Three to find out for themselves how the Christchurch rebuild is progressing.

 Yan Hao was part of a four-person team  representing New Zealand at the 14th International Geography Olympiad in Belgrade, Serbia in August 2017.

On a cold Sunday morning 40 Yr 13 Geography students and four staff set out on the inaugural Yr 13 Geography field trip to Queenstown for five days.

Burnside High School students competed in the above event on Thursday 04 May, with the following credible results:

Burnside High School shock and awe!

Exploring the diverse components of the tourism industry; students gained insight into tourism businesses, work roles and the array of attractions and activities on offer within the Hanmer region.

Very best wishes are extended to Yan Hao Tay 13MTD as he prepares to take part in the 14th International  Geography Olympiad. The best 16-19 year old students from all over the world participate in this annual competition.

Year 11 Geography classes have been investigating the demographic forces shaping New Zealand's future. Students have explored what population aging really means.

This event was held at QEII Park in Christchurch on 17-18 June.

These were held in Christchurch at QE2 Park.

Gumboots galore!!  At the beginning of Term two, it was time to venture out on a 'whirlwind' tour of the Selwyn district to grasp the contemporary geographic issue of dairy farm intensification on the Canterbury Plains.

The Year 11 Geography students continued with the Port Hills field trips despite the persistent rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie from across the Tasman.

A team of 22 athletes competed in this event in Dunedin over three days from the 31st March to the 2nd of April.