In the last week of Term 1 Level 2 Geography students travelled to Wainui. Wainui is located in Akaroa harbour and we were lucky enough to have a pleasant day weather wise.

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 e te whānau. We are well into Term 2 already, and I’ve been telling the students in Mōhua that Terms 2 and 3 are our “knuckle down” terms, where we get most of the work done for the year. In our weekly hui recently I have been talking a lot about students completing their tasks to their personal best. This means working hard to be better every time rather than trying to be better than someone else.

Kia ora e te whānau. I would like to thank all the students of Riroriro for being super awesome students while I was away with my broken collar bone. The feedback I have had from teachers is, even though students (and teachers) were very tired coming back from Easter, that all of our Kāhui got on with their classwork and finished the term strongly.

Kia Ora Koutou whānau of Tīeke Kāhui, Three weeks down and I can say we are well into Term 2. I hope everyone had an enjoyable school holiday and found themselves getting back into this term.

Winter sports started last week with Friday night basketball. We are pleased to announce that we have entered 12 Hornby High School sports teams in the Canterbury Secondary Winter Sports Competition.

2021 Project K saw a new beginning, with the students starting their 19-day adventure at Craigieburn lodge. From here they walked upstream, through a diverse karst (limestone) landscape of solution holes, rillenkarren (water-grooved rocks) and sculptured rock formations. What a way to start, to open the students up to their real potential.

Due to circumstances beyond our control the prices of some uniform items will be increased from 1 June 2021.

Term 2 is well under way. Gabby and I are focusing on the value of integrity this term, about how easy it is to understand what integrity is and how challenging it can be to have integrity in different situations.

Being a Stars mentor has been a great opportunity, working alongside and getting to know all the Year 9s. I know that we have a long way to go but as a team I believe that we can make a difference. I have been a Stars mentor for 2 years now. I became a mentor because I wanted to reach out to younger students to make them realize that they all have a place in our kura.

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

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We would like to thank the staff at Hornby Hirepool for the use of lighting equipment at our recent International Foods and Cultural evening.