Achievements

Matt White — December 10, 2020

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. Read More

Burnside High School — December 4, 2020

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Burnside High School — December 4, 2020

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Burnside High School — December 4, 2020

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Burnside High School — December 4, 2020

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Murray Paull — December 2, 2020

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

Nadene Brouwer — November 25, 2020

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. Read More

Burnside High School — November 25, 2020

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Katana Dunn — November 16, 2020

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. Read More

Burnside High School — November 16, 2020

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John Watson — November 15, 2020

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

Burnside High School — November 10, 2020

Christchurch Town Hall Tuesday 10th November Read More

Burnside High School — November 2, 2020

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. Read More

Charlotte Ensor — October 19, 2020

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

Tracy Taylor — October 16, 2020

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

Steve Rodkiss — October 15, 2020

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

John Watson — September 22, 2020

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

Burnside High School — September 10, 2020

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

Katana Dunn — August 26, 2020

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. Read More

Katie Kingsthwaite — August 20, 2020

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. Read More

Steven Rodkiss — June 30, 2020

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

Katana Dunn — March 3, 2020

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. Read More