Welcome to our 2017 Magazine!

A damaged vehicle can be repaired. He pakaru a waka e taea te raupine mai 

We began the year full of anticipation of construction of our new school. We knew there would be challenges. Not many other schools have to keep functioning normally as they are gradually fenced off, demolished and rebuilt.

When I began at Hornby High School, I set myself a goal. In Year 13, I would be Head Girl.

Hornby High School 2017 Prefects

Ellison McLean, Dux of Hornby High School, Madison Hickford, Proxime Accesit.

Time has once again flown by and we find ourselves at the end of another successful and busy year in the Year 7/8 Department.

Year 7–8 Academic Trophy Winners.

On Tuesday we ended the year with our celebration of the achievement of our Year 9 and 10 students, acknowledging their academic, arts and sporting achievements throughout the year.

Members of the senior leadership team visiting the new school site. Left to Right Mr Simon Scott, Mrs Karen Wheeler, Mr Jon Rogers and Mr Robin Sutton

On her visit to Hornby High Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern announced Labour's tertiary education policy to make a year of study fee-free by 2018 and met the Hornby students.

A team of three Hornby High School girls (Kimberley, Fleur, and Zoe) have won a national app building competition, judged last week in Wellington.

Whāea Jude Howie, our community and whānau support worker, has won national recognition, winning the EducationHQ 'Unsung heroes' award for support staff.

Hornby High School bids farewell to Mrs Wendy Toohey. 

Wow! In my 20 years of teaching Science, never have I seen such a wonderful attitude towards learning from an entire school. I have been so proud to be in the classroom watching our students' thirst for knowledge and understanding.

Project K is a youth development programme run at Hornby High School by The Graeme Dingle Foundation.

The Student Council is made up of students from Year 7–10. Throughout 2017, the Student Council has been incredibly busy with meetings every few weeks and involvement in a number of exciting things at school and around the community.

This year we continued with the Manaiakalani pedagogy of Learn, Create, Share by encouraging students to share their learning on their blogs. Next year we will continue with this and focus on strengthening communication with whānau so everyone can see the awesome learning our students are doing.

At the beginning of Term 2 we were fortunate to employ the skills of Latoya Graham to prepare our students for the Uru Mānaka Cultural Festival.

Year 12 Biology worked on their knowledge of cells, genetics and other life processes. 

With a focus on student wellbeing and making the most of opportunities presented to us, students were able to learn, create and share not only with their classmates but across year groups.

Hornby High School sent a contingent of 21 athletes to this event and had a very successful day with five students gaining placings and numerous others making finals.

Over the Term 1 holiday period Mrs Petrie, Mr Kane, Billy Roper, Mark Phillips, Guy Cooper, Ellison McLean, Shontelle Wallace, Theresa Joseph, Tyler Hawkins, Liberty McKenzie, Jahaana Milner, Tailah Shelton, Kaitlin Clark, Kirsty Roberts and Shawnee Hilton travelled to Vietnam to build a new building facility for a couple in the poverty-stricken  Phung village, Vietnam.

The school community gathered together to celebrate Matariki with good company, food, stories and songs.

This year we have definitely had Musical Theatre fever!

Tourism has continued to be a subject split across both Year 12 and 13 this year, with many credits available in both of these levels.

48 Hours is a New Zealand film-making competition. It involves teams of various sizes competing to write, shoot, edit and score a short film, which must be between 1 and 6 minutes long, over a single 48-hour period.

Contemporary dance practises have kept the new Kakariki (Green Room) busy and the Auditorium has reverberated with several wonderful cultural dances.

Haydon Dickie and Kori Koziol were Court Theatre ambassadors in 2017. They attended numerous enjoyable performances and workshops at Christchurch's professional theatre.

This subject introduces students to the technical skills needed to create visual elements for theatre and film projects. It can cover make-up, prop and costume design. In past years students have also worked on set construction and lighting design.

... an interesting and challenging 2017

Year 11 History have worked super hard this year. Learning about Nazi Germany, NZ involvement in the Korean War and the 1981 Springbok Tour.

This year we learnt about the Russian Revolution and the Indochina Conflict. A huge part of this year was spent trying to understand how different countries have revolutions and their point of view on communism.

Groups performed scenes at the Shakespeare Festival and at Arts Evening in Term 1.

It has been wonderful this year to have performing arts experts all working together in the renovated Whare Toi Whakaari with new rehearsal spaces. The energy has been amazing and the opportunities for groups to collaborate creatively has been exciting for us all.

“Creativity is intelligence having fun” Albert Einstein

During 2017 Hornby High School Year 7 and 8 students have been attending Technology classes at the Hornby High School Amyes Road campus on a Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons with an additional class also attending on Friday mornings.

This year a group of 10 students went to the EPro8 challenge in which they had to complete multiple challenges in the time of 2 ½ hours. 

2017 continues on the stellar and upward trajectory of our subject area.

Year 9 Social Studies classes have covered many topics this year including NZ History, Antarctica and the Black Death.

Another year of mythologies, megalomaniacs and mayhem in Level 3 Classics! 2017 was a jam packed year for Hornby High School Classics students.

Level 1 Geography has allowed students to increase their skill base around both geographic skills and writing skills. 

A massive amount of work and research needs to be completed at Level 3 and it was great to see the depth and understanding of Geography that developed over the year.

This year's Year 13 history class not only saw us study History created abroad, but also History here in Canterbury!

2017 has seen a number of changes within the Department and the structure of our classes. 

Every year the students are offered the chance to have a go at skiing. This year there were two opportunities planned. 

The main focus of Outdoor Education is the level 2 and 3 courses. 

It is with sadness that I find myself writing my very last report for my department as I am now looking forward to my retirement and having the time to follow interests I have been unable to do up to now.

2017 has been another successful year for Gateway.

“Pagkakaisa,” which means unity, is a Filipino word that best describes the strength of the Filipino community in the school. 

Our ESOL Department has continued to expand and burst at the seams this year. We have welcomed students from many nations to learn English at Hornby High School. At over 10 per cent of our school, these students bring a wealth of culture and experience to our Hornby community.

Just before the school holidays my friend Shawn and I made a plan to go to the Museum of Canterbury on the Wednesday of the first week of the holidays. It didn’t all go as planned though . . . . .