Mā te huruhuru, ka rere te manu - ‘Feathers enable the bird to fly’

Ngā mihi nui kia koutou katoa. My name is Shardey and it has been an absolute privilege to be one of the Head Students of 2019.

“Some journeys never have an end but worse are those that never begin.”

We acknowledge the passing of Nova Mayo in June this year.

2019 has been another busy and exciting year for Hornby High School staff, in which we welcomed new staff, farewelled others, and celebrated some significant milestones.

The international department at Hornby High School continues to grow. This year we have had three students who have studied with us for the whole year. We also welcomed four Japanese students from Komagome Tokyo.

2019 has been another year of development and innovation in our Learning Commons. Throughout the year, it has been very rewarding to see our students fully engaged and embracing their learning while working in this space. Part way through the year we welcomed Melissa Olliver to assist in the Learning Commons area.

2019 has seen some big changes in the foods area with the introduction of the Year 7 and 8 Hornby High School students as well as five client schools starting in the new technology spaces here at Hornby High School, rather than being down at the Amyes Road site.

2019 will go down as arguably the most successful year in the science department.

This year the English department continued designing and developing a personalised, self-directed, connectivist curriculum, which enables students to become better equipped for the 21st Century and to take more control in the how, and the what, of their learning.

In 2019, the ESOL department welcomed new students from Vietnam, Japan, Tonga, Samoa, East Timor, China, Afghanistan and the Philippines. We love to celebrate the diversity in our department by sharing and teaching each other about our language, food, and culture, during class activities and other special events.

2019 was another action packed year for the Japanese department.

This year the maths department had a big focus on developing an inquiry community within the classroom: teaching students about the productive struggle when you first encounter a new problem; teaching students that the main way to grow your brain is by solving challenging problems; and normalising struggle (and even enjoying the challenge) when learning mathematics.

“Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.” – Willem Dafoe

To days of inspiration. Making something out of nothing. The need to express.To communicate. To going against the grain. To days of inspiration. La vie Bohème! Rent

We enjoyed a wide range of theatre performances this year, three of which featured “Hornby” performers. The experiencing of musicals, opera, Shakespeare and New Zealand plays is a wonderful way of expanding our critical literacy by analysing and evaluating a show. It is inspiring to see how much students enjoy and learn from these experiences.

'That Time That Place' by Ken Mizusawa was a thought-provoking script used by 10Drama to create an interesting movie with in depth characterisation and an abstract use of interior chorus. The play is about Mel’s preoccupation with the unexplained disappearance of a boy during high school.

“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol

In the past 12 months, the Forte team of registered secondary music itinerant teachers have worked in collaboration with Music HODs to bring a range of itinerant music programmes to students.

In 2019 we again participated in SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. A hard-working playful group of students created a lively entertaining scene from Much Ado About Nothing which featured a very funny costume party.

2019 has been a very busy year for the junior student council. At the start of the year two students from each Year 7 - 10 form class were elected to represent their form class on the junior student council. We met fortnightly to organise events and activities for the students at Hornby High School. The junior student council worked very hard to organise these events and gather student voice.

Well done to Josh Irwin, Project K Student of the Year, Savannah Brown, Charlotte Milner, Daunte Baird-Pradella, Jackson Barnes, Caleb Head, Tawhiri Kara, and Kody Trinnaman, who graduated.

What an amazing year 2019 has been for the Stars program at Hornby High School.

A group of girls from the bilingual class participated in a very worthwhile workshop as part of Bernadine and Talia’s project working with young Māori and Pasifika girls in Christchurch to explore identity. They believe theatre is a powerful tool to help young people navigate their identities and feel connected.

Kia ora koutou katoa. What a year 2019 has been! Miss Simpson joined the Health Department while Mrs Petrie was on maternity leave with her son, Max. Health Education was moved into what's known as the “Prime Real Estate” space - M8. Planning began in preparation for some pretty exciting changes for 2020.

It is always interesting meeting the students who have chosen to take Outdoor Education for the first time. I can’t help but stereotypically classify them into groups – this year I had “the lads”, “the fashionistas”, “the quiet ones” and “the let's do this crew”.

It has been a very busy year in Careers in 2019. We are enjoying our location in the Learning Commons. Many students and parents drop in to see us for a chat or for some information. In 2020 students will be able to book appointments online to see me. This is available on the Careers Google Site.

Gateway has been a successful year for our students with most attaining their goals to ensure a great start toward their future.

Hornby High School has had another successful season of netball. We had 3 teams playing in the Canterbury Sports weekly competition.

Touch Rugby is a growing sport at Hornby HighSchool. We have strong players with high agility, speed, and motivation.

Our basketball teams achieved huge success in 2019, with great results, amazing team building and first time experiences.

We have had a successful and full on season all round for Football and Indoor Football at Hornby High School.

Badminton at Hornby High School has developed strongly and shown great improvement.

It has been another highly successful year for our school Volleyball teams with 4 teams playing at junior and senior level in mid-week competitions.

I first started rifle shooting 3 years ago in Year 7, after hearing my teacher speak about it in the school notices. I took an interest in it because I thought of it as something new and different. And also because I liked hunting.

This season Hornby High School combined with Lincoln High School 1st XV. They succeeded in winning the Bowl in the UC Cup Championship.

Hornby High School had 28 Year 9 and 10 students who participated in a competition run by Canterbury League. They played against a variety school teams, including St Thomas of Canterbury College, Shirley Boys High, Linwood High, and Haeata.

Hornby High School is proud to announce that we have four competitive athletes who are participating at the New Zealand Secondary Athletics Nationals held in Wellington, from the 6th to the 8th December, 2019.

Lachlan Hickford - 2019 Dux of Hornby High School

On Friday 6 December, we celebrated the success of our Year 9 and 10 students at their prizegiving. Here are a few highlights:

On Thursday 5 December, we celebrated the success of our Year 7 and 8 students at prizegiving. Here are a few highlights: