Hornby High School's Jarod was one of 26 teenagers who took part in the life skills camp, run by the police charity Blue Light in conjunction with the New Zealand Defence Force.

Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula vinaka. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste. Kumusta. Haere mai ki Te Kura Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka. Warm greetings to the Hornby High School community.

Kia ora whānau. There’s a certain feeling of “deja-vu” with the current lockdown, and I find it a bit reassuring that we’ve been here before, we know what to do, and we know that the “plan” works.

Kia ora koutou. I am writing this from the comfort of my own home, and you are probably reading this from yours! Although we have been in lockdown once before, there are still new things I am learning about how to do my teaching online. Hopefully we won’t be at home for much longer, but while we are still in Levels 3 or 4 there are a couple of things I want to mention about the learning from home for your child(ren).

Kia Ora, Talofa, Malo E Lelei, Kia Orana, Kamusta, Hei. Well here we are again! School as we know it is has been looking a little bit different recently.

Kia ora koutou whānau of Tīeke Kāhui. I hope everyone is staying safe and well.

An eclectic group of thirty Hornby High School Year 10 and 11 students, accompanied by Mr Scott Aitken and Mrs Joanne Clark had the wonderful experience of attending Twelfth Night, one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays.

I knew I wanted to be a STARS Mentor as soon as I entered my first session in Year 9. There was something inspiring about hearing older kids discuss serious issues and how we can be better people which made me want to be like them.

These amazing Project K students are dropping for youth this October and will be doing a tandem Bungy with their amazing mentors. They all want to help our young people to see that, what they have inside is greater than any obstacles.

This term in Kiwi Kaha, the focus has been all about 'Resilience' and it would seem that now we are back in lockdown we all need a lot of resilience.

The Ministry of Education and NZQA have announced the following adjustments to NCEA in 2021, across the whole country.

Policies being reviewed Term 1: Health, Safety and Welfare Policy - Health & Safety Management (Visitors), Emergency, Disaster and Crisis Management (School Closure, Earthquakes, Covid 19 Information and Procedures, Covid 19 - Red.

School Office Hours are Monday – Friday, 8am – 3.30pm

As you may know, Christchurch will be one of the host cities of the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2022.

Private in-car lessons available for Learners and Restricted licence holders.