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2020 Yearbook

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Dear Students and Staff

Welcome to our 2020 Online Yearbook.

This Yearbook is a snapshot of the highlights and memorable events of the year, and a record of the students and staff members who formed the Burnside High School community in 2020. I hope it will remind you of good times with friends, the new people you met, our diverse cultures, sports, cultural, performing arts events, your year of learning and striving to be better in all that you do.

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Contents

Bad Jelly the Witch

by Charlotte Ensor

The Drama Club brought a fun-filled show to primary school students and families across two performances.

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School's Mountain Biking Championships 2020

Schools' MTB Championships (NZSS)

by Rozz Guillemot

This event took place in various locations around Wellington over the weekend 02 - 04 October. Burnside High School had three competitors in this event.

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Celebrating Māori success

by Matt White

The staffroom was full as our Waimairi-iri whānau came together to recognise the achievement of our Māori students and to farewell our Year 13 leavers and departing staff.

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Mr Phil Holstein

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE – 2020 YEARBOOK

by Phil Holstein

Dear Students and Staff Welcome to our 2020 Online Yearbook.

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Celebrating Pasifika Success

by Matt White

Our Pasifika community gathered together to celebrate Pasifika culture, language and our students' achievements at our annual Fiafia night on December 1st. Mr White's farewell speech follows:

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Water Polo

by Harrison Hadlee-Watts & Jess Escott and Maddy Lamb

Water Polo Seniors was very up and down this year.

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Lawn Bowls

Lawn Bowls

by Tracy Taylor

Only a very small group this year participated in the Wednesday Canterbury Schools' competition at the Bowls Canterbury Green, at Makora St, Christchurch - for both Terms 1 and 4.

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Badminton Premier Girls

Badminton

by Sports Office

2020 was another great year for the Burnside High School Badminton programme.

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Beach Volleyball NZSS Championships

Beach Volleyball

by Sports Office

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Music Awards

2020 Music Awards

by Burnside High School

Click on the link below for award winners for 2020

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Year 13

Year 13 Prizegiving

by Burnside High School

Click on the link below for award winners for 2020

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Prize giving Year 12

Year 12 Prizegiving

by Burnside High School

Click on the link below for award winners for 2020

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Year 11

Year 11 Prizegiving

by Burnside High School

Click on the link below for award winners for 2020

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Burnside High School

2020 Staff List

by Burnside High School

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 Volleyball Senior A Girls

Volleyball Girls Programme

by Mia Porteous

A great season, with two golds, one silver and huge development. Bring on 2021!

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Canoe Polo

Canoe Polo 2020

by Carl Johnston

2020 has been a development year for Canoe Polo at Burnside High School.

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Madison Garrett - NZ Canoe Champs

Canoe Sprint

by Rozz Guillemot

Check out Madison Garrett's amazing results this year...

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Fencing

Fencing Club

by Zoey Kenix

2020 has been an amazing year for Burnside fencing.

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Burnside Technology Fair

by Samuel O'Sullivan

The inaugural technology fair was a great success with about 100 year 10 students exhibiting their end of year projects.

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Mathematics 2020

by Murray Paull

2020 has had its obvious issues but despite this there have been a number of successes in Mathematics at Burnside High School.

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Leah Preston (school nurse and so much more)

by Burnside High School

Leah has given 25 years’ service and contribution to Burnside High School. Leah, thank you for your wonderful and loyal service to Waimairi-iri Burnside High School. Your care and compassion of our students and staff will be missed.

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The students in the recording studio

"The Hunter Cup"- Burnside High School's student written, directed and performed Radio Play.

by Sandra Pooch

Eight Year 10 Drama students had the opportunity to be part of this exciting opportunity.

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 Football 1st XI Boys

Football - Boys 1st XI

by Dave Williams

As with most sports here at Burnside High School, our season was affected by Covid-19, which meant our competition was cut a bit shorter.

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Mr Matt White, Deputy Principal

by Burnside High School

Head of Te Puna Raki North Division

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 Snowsports

Ski & Snowboard Team

by Hanafi Addison

This year Burnside High School had 10 students competing at Mt Hutt Ski field in the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Ski & Snowboard Championships on Thursday 13 August.

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Spirit of Adventure - Year 10 Trophy Voyage

by Chris Risbridger

From the 29th of October to the 3rd of November, ten students had the trip of a lifetime on board the Spirit of New Zealand.

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Ice Hockey

Burnside Ice Hockey

by Abbe Anderson

This year the Burnside Ice Hockey team welcomed two new players, alongside three other players from Lincoln HS and Rangi Ruru.

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Basketball Senior A Boys

Basketball Programme 2020

by Adam Morgan

Burnside Basketball had another amazing year, as the programme took one more step closer to being the powerhouse it once was.

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Lord of the Flies

Drama Department in 2020

by Charlotte Ensor

2020 has been a weird and wonderful year that has presented many challenges for the performing arts.

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 Volleyball Senior A Boys

Volleyball - Senior Boys

by Ethan Santich

2020 was a challenging year - having our Nationals tournament cancelled in March, it was our last chance (the Year 13 players) to leave our mark on Burnside Boys Volleyball and enjoy our last chance to play together against the North Island competition.

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 Archery

Archery

by Maria Tucker

Archery at Burnside High School has been a great success this year and continues to grow in popularity, with lunchtime and after school sessions provided by an outside coach, Maria Tucker.

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 Pistol Shooting

Pistol Shooting

by Cheryl Sutton

The Burnside Air Pistol group meets every Wednesday at 4pm at the Christchurch Pistol Club’s range at McLeans Island. They shoot the Olympic discipline of 10 metre Air Pistol.

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Ki o Rahi

Ki o Rahi

by Melissa Green and Lexi Ross

On Wednesday 28 October, the classes of Year 12 and Year 13 Sports Leadership and Performance ran a very successful Ki o Rahi tournament for the Year 8 Cobham Intermediate students.

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Powerlifting

Powerlifting

by Ruth Knights

This year was the first year Burnside High School has had a Powerlifting team. All students have achieved great results in this challenging sport, coached by Mrs Knights and Mr Hall.

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Support Staff

Support Staff

by Bernadette Shaw

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German 2020

by Regi Upston & Annabel Williams

In March when we went into lockdown our German classes all went online.

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 Touch Senior A Girls

Touch Senior A Girls

by Gemma Rowe

The Girls Senior Touch Team had a successful year for the 2020 season and should be very proud of all their achievements.

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Video: Lyford Trip 2020

Mt Lyford Ski Trip

by Kirsty Sharapoff

In August this year, the two year 12 Physical Education classes attended a 3 day camp at Mt Lyford Ski Field.

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Experience Waimairi-iri Day 2020

by Nadene Brouwer

Speed sprints with laser gates, global languages, science experiments, literature, geo-letics, choreography, art burgers, rākau and waiata, colourful maths, and digital game design were only a part of what was on offer to our talented and passionate students within the Waimairi-iri Kāhui Ako.

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2020 Dux and Proxime Accessit

by Burnside High School

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Te Whare Kapa Haka

Te Whare Kapa Haka

by Burnside High School

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Creative Arts Prefects

Creative Arts Prefects

by Burnside High School

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Inter School

Equestrian Team

by Jorja Dann

My name is Jorja Dann and I have been part of the Equestrian team during my time at Burnside High School.

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Familiarisation Day 2020

by Nadene Brouwer

Takumi Japanese drumming, dance performances, songs and an hyper-energetic interactive session with the Youth Workers were some of the memorable moments from the Burnside High School Familiarisation Day.

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Hockey 1st XI Girls

Hockey - Girls 1st XI

by Payton Anderson

This year for the Girls 1st XI Hockey team, three new players; Gabriela, Amelie and Grace, joined the team. With a strong side of four Year 13’s who had been in the team since Year 9, we were destined to play great Hockey this season.

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 Squash Boys A Team

Squash

by Michelle Tapp

This year’s Squash season has been filled with a lot of fun! It was awesome to see lots of familiar faces sign up from previous years, as well as some new faces.

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 Korfball

Korfball

by Michelle Tapp

Korfball is a fast-paced, fun, mixed gender ball sport which is rapidly growing in the Canterbury region, as well as the rest of New Zealand.

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 Hockey 1st XI Boys

Hockey - Boys 1st XI

by Matthew Wilson

The year started very differently due to the Covid pandemic, as pre-season training and games were cancelled. This meant that it was a difficult start, with nine new players who needed to fill the squad of 16.

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International French examination

by Stacey Boyle

On August 29 Shanika Yu 12 WPPK sat an International French examination called Delf .

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Pasifika Leaders

Pasifika Leaders

by Burnside High School

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SISS Sport Climbing 2020

Sport Climbing

by Rozz Guillemot

Two teams of nine talented climbers from Burnside High School competed in September in the South Island Secondary Schools Sport Climbing Championships.

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 International Leaders

International Leaders

by Burnside High School

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Te Puna Uru West Staff

Te Puna Uru West Staff

by Burnside High School

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Te Puna Tonga South Division Staff

Te Puna Tonga South Division Staff

by Burnside High School

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Te Puna Raki North Division Staff

Te Puna Raki North Division Staff

by Burnside High School

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 Te Huinga Wai Senior Staff

Te Huinga Wai Senior Staff

by Burnside High School

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Student Librarians

Student Librarians

by Sally Stanley-Boden

A Library is a great place to ride out a pandemic!

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Student Council

Student Council

by Burnside High School

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Staff Support Prefects

Staff Support Prefects

by Burnside High School

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Sports Council

Sports Council

by Tracy Taylor

This year's Sports Council were lead by Thomas James and Payton Anderson.

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Jazz Combo 3 at the Music Awards

Music Department in 2020

by Chris Petch

A tumultuous year brought about some wonderful successes.

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2020 despite our trials and tribulations has been a most successful year for the Burnside Environment Group.

by Jon Land

We have advanced our plantings in Jellie Park and have now planted over 600 native trees along the Hewlings stream.

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Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award

by Alison Middelkoop

This year we started off with a ‘hiss and a roar’ with the largest number of students coming to the initial meeting of the year to find out what the Award was about. From this 19 students signed up to start their Bronze Award and a few more were thinking about it……..Then, “Lockdown” happened.

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Year 10 Student Support Students

Year 10 Student Support Students

by Burnside High School

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Year 9 Student Support Prefects

by Burnside High School

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Te Puna Uru West Prefects

Te Puna Uru West Prefects

by Burnside High School

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Te Puna Raki North Prefects

Te Puna Raki North Prefects

by Burnside High School

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Te Puna Tonga South Division Prefects

Te Puna Tonga South Prefects

by Burnside High School

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Table Tennis A Mixed

Table Tennis

by Tracy Taylor

The Mixed A team continued their dominance by again winning the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Wednesday competition over the winter months this year.

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Duathlon CSS Championships

CSS Duathlon

by Rozz Guillemot

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Triathlon

by Rozz Guillemot

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Year 11 ARA Chemistry competition

Science in 2020

by Rebecca O'Loughlin

Student activities and successes in the Science Faculty for 2020

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Vex Robotics - Continued Success

by Katana Dunn

After our very successful results at the Vex Robotics Nationals in Auckland and qualifying for the World Championship, that was eventually cancelled due to Covid-19, we were on track for another successful year.

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Sports Awards

Sports Awards

by Burnside High School

Read on for all the Sports Awards from 2020...

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Girls Rugby 2020

Girls Rugby

by Rozz Guillemot

This year the girls joined forces with Rangi Ruru and Marian College to form the Marian Wildcats.

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U16 BHS Combined Rugby Team 2020

U16 BHS Combined Rugby Team

by Rozz Guillemot

This team was a combined team, with the majority of players attending Burnside High School, along with a handful of Riccarton High School and Hillview Christian School students.

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 Future Problem Solvers

Future Problem Solving success

by John Watson

Burnside has had prominent successes over the years competing in the Future Problem Solving New Zealand contests, and this year has been no different.

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Crazy Times on the International Front

by Craig Rosengrave

Things were running according to plan but then....

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 Mountain Biking CSS Competition

Mountain Biking - CSS & SISS

by Rozz Guillemot

Unfortunately due to the lockdown beginning in March, the boys were only able to get two weeks of racing in.

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2020 Graduation

Year 13 Graduation and Prize-Giving 2020

by Burnside High School

Christchurch Town Hall Tuesday 10th November

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BHS Year 9 NZCT Boys Cricket XI

NZCT Year 9 Boys Cricket Tournament

by Rozz Guillemot

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BHS Road Cycling 2020

Road Cycling

by Rozz Guillemot

This year the Canterbury Secondary Schools Road Cycling competition was only able to take place during Term 3, unfortunately due to a change in the Covid Levels two weeks into racing, the team was only able to compete in three weeks of racing.

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Netball Programme 2020

by Theresa Smith

A netball season like no other we have had before, although short it did not stop over 130 students getting involved in the Burnside High School Netball Programme.

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Evolocity! Secondary students design, build and compete in electric vehicles

by Burnside High School

School teams build a vehicle (either a bike or with 3+ wheels) powered by a standard 350W electric motor, controller and two 12V gel cells. Innovation is encouraged as students strive to make their vehicle the fastest with the least drag, and able to cope with the demands of a tight street circuit. The Innovation categories encourage teams to build in object detection and mitigation features along with the measurement and display of key performance metrics.

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Tourism's First Zip Line Adventure

by Louise Shepherd

This year's Tourism students got the opportunity to explore Christchurch's Port Hills from the air!

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New Zealand Secondary Schools Swimming Championships

by William Boyd

Jade Vesty 12NMRR and Oli Heaton 11SBUC represented our school with distinction at this event, held from 15-18 October at Waterworld, Hamilton.

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Special Award Winners

Music Awards

by Charlotte Ensor

Celebrating the achievements and dedication of our multi-talented music students

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Sportswoman and Sportsman of the year

Sports Awards 2020

by Tracy Taylor

The Burnside High School Sports Awards were held on Thursday 15 October in the Aurora Centre.

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NZ Programming Winners

New Zealand Programming Winners

by Steve Rodkiss

Burnside High School students Isaac Siu, Joseph Grace and Nicholas Grace won the New Zealand Programming contest in the High School grade.

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Spirit of Adventure

by Chris Risbridger

On February 3rd, I was lucky enough to embark on the Spirit of Adventure for the most exciting and enthralling adventure of my life.

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Year 11 Geography Quake City trip

by Cheneen Whelpton

In late August the year 11 geography students went on a field trip to Quake City, a museum in the city center about the devastating Canterbury 2010/2011 earthquakes.

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CSS Golf Match Play - A Team

CSS Golf Match Play Team Champions 2020

by Tracy Taylor

Burnside High continues its long-winning tradition at Golf. 🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♂️

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Engineering Science Competition 2020

Engineering Science Competition 2020

by John Watson

How many satellites can be launched into orbit before astronomers on earth can no longer observe the night sky without interruption?

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Our students are Aotearoa Rockstars (ARP).

by Matt White

The ARP project focuses on encouraging Te Reo Māori to be used in our community and involves our students working with the following businesses: Fendalton Library, Jellie Park and New World Fendalton, to help staff and the community to learn and speak basic Te Reo Māori.

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Australian Mathematics Results 2020

by Sandra Pooch

Some exciting results in the Australian Mathematics Competition

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Video: BHS Nationals trip 2020

Dance NZ Made National success!

by Charlotte Ensor

With 2 Supreme winners and several other awards, the Burnside Dance NZ Made team had a wonderful weekend in Palmerston North

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Football 1st XI Girls

Football Girls 1st XI

by Ellena Firth

Our Girls 1st XI are the 2020 winners of the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Girls 1st Xl Premier Division 1 grade, beating St Andrew’s College 1st X1 in the final on Wednesday 16 September, 1-0.

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Video: 2020 - 2021 Rowing

BURNSIDE HIGH SCHOOL ROWING 2020-2021

by Burnside High School

Our new Head Coach has won over 24 national medals, we have upgraded boats – single, double, quad and eight. We are looking for new Rowers.

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Some wonderful and exciting news!

by Burnside High School

E Wen Wong is the winner of the Secondary Schools National Poetry Award and Robin Kunwar is one of the nine runner ups.

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Video: Cross Country 2020

Burnside High Cross Country Championship 2020

by Sandra Pooch

The School Cross Country was once again a highlight of the school calendar.

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Robotics in Digital Technologies Level 1 Electronics course

by Katana Dunn

The students from the Level 1 Electronics course created a robot for an online electronics business. The scenario was that the client needed a robot that can automatically navigate the warehouse floor to pick up and deliver the parcels at the correct station.

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The winning team.

Mission: Sustainable - A win for Burnside

by Katana Dunn

This team-based activity day was run by the Ministry of Primary Industries to find solutions to everyday problems they face in the area. The students used a variety of skills they learn in Social Sciences, Science and Technology to find a solution to a country-wide problem. Industry experts are there to guide them on the day. It is a competition that challenges young minds to come up with innovative solutions to current environmental issues.

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Ngākau Aroha- Compassion Award

by Katie Kingsthwaite

This award is given to one school in the South Island who has shown kindness and compassion through innovation in their community in this year's World Vision 40 Hour Famine.

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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

by Charlotte Ensor

The successful Year 13 drama production for 2020.

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2020 Awesome Lab Group

An 'Awesome" time was had at the Ministry of Awesome

by Sandra Pooch

What an amazing group of Year 10 students. They were 100% engaged for the whole two days.

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Dance Showcase August 5th, 2020

Dance Showcase August 5th, 2020

by Charlotte Ensor

46 separate individual or group performances (144 students) in front of a packed house in the Aurora Centre. A wonderful evening’s entertainment.

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World Vision 2020

by Sally-Ann Goodman

It has been a challenging but rewarding term for the World Vision Committee.

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Video: Food truck 

International Languages Day

by Burnside High School

Celebrating with food from El Quincho (Argentinian Food Truck), Cafe Berlin and The Village Bake House.

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Video: 2019 Prime Minister's Future Scientist Prize Winner

2019 Prime Ministers Future Scientist Prize Winner

by Burnside High School

Thomas designed robot to take wheelie bins to and from the kerb for the elderly and people with disabilities. He has won the $50,000 Prime Minister’s Future Scientist Prize for 2019.

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Canterbury Schools Programming Competition

by Steven Rodkiss

Canterbury's biggest inter-schools programming competition organised by Burnside High School

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Spirit of Adventure

by Chris Risbridger

A number of Burnside High School students completed Spirit of Adventure voyages over the summer. Here are some reports about what they got up to.

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Year 13 Superheroes at the Burnside High School Athletics Sports. 

Burnside High School Athletics Sports 2020

by Sandra Pooch

This was a fun, exciting event as always, held on the lower fields at school on 13-14 February.

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Softball 2020

by Helen Townsend

Although local Softball was cut short and Summer Tournament Week cancelled due to Covid 19, the few games we had were fun, skillful and exciting

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2019 World Scholars Cup Team at the competition. 2020 New Challenges on line!!!!

Burnside Students still challenge themselves in lockdown!!!

by Sandra Pooch

Cool stuff is happening in student bubbles.

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There ain't no party like a Pasifika party.

by Matt White

Burnside High School were one of the stand out performers at the annual Polyfest celebration on Saturday 14 March.

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SISS Rowing - March 2020

South Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships

by Sonia Moriarty

On Friday 13th - Sunday 15th March, the Rowing South Island Secondary School Champs were held at Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel. This is always a big regatta with lots of loud and enthusiastic spectators, and always proving to be a weekend full of strong competition.

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Canterbury Secondary Schools' Teams Golf Champs - Burnside A Team

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Golf Stroke Play Teams Championships

by Rozz Guillemot

The Canterbury Secondary Schools' Golf Stroke Play Teams Golf Championships were held on Monday 10 March in perfect conditions at the beautiful Waitikiri course in Christchurch.

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Pasifika Supreme Awards

by Matt White

Pasifika leaders and top academics from Canterbury were recognised for their achievements at Ōrua Paeroa on the 3 March.

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The finalist - Winners and Runner-up

Vex Robotics Nationals - Success at last!

by Katana Dunn

Burnside High School and Christchurch Boys High School have been involved with Vex Robotics for more than 10 years and Canterbury were finally able to win this prestigious robotics competition. They both made it to the finals where Christchurch Boys High ended up as the Tournament champion after a nail biting final. This is a huge achievement for Canterbury as it is normally the North Island teams that succeed. Therefore, they qualified for the Worlds in Louisville, Kentucky in the USA from the 22-25 of April 2020.

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Tennis

by Murray Paull

2020 was another successful year for our Tennis programme, with both seniors and juniors doing well in their age groups at the various competitions they entered.

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swimming

Burnside High School Swimming Sports 2020

by William Boyd

Held on Tuesday 11 February, in the school pool.

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National Secondary Schools Championships

National Secondary Schools Athletics Championships 2019

by Sandra Pooch

A large team of 23 athletes competed at the National Secondary Schools Championships in Wellington from 06-08 December.

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