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Hornby High School Years 7 – 13
Tuesday August 22 2017
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Commitment, Achievement, Resilience, Respect
Ensuring Market a sell-out success inclusive education Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste. Kumusta. Haere mai ki Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka. Warm greetings to the Hornby High School community. What an extraordinary and diverse community we have at Hornby High School. Regardless of race, gender preference, religion, culture, or academic and sporting ability, there is a place for everyone. We are proud of the work we do to include all learners regardless of background or ability, and to create personalised learning pathways. There will always be some degree of discomfort with such diversity for some members of any community, and we work hard to promote a positive environment in which we support individual students to be the best they can be. At this year’s School Trustees Association conference in July it was reassuring to hear Human Rights Commissioner Mr David Rutherford talking about school bullying, citing the KiVa programme as an example of a programme that is proven to reduce bullying behaviour. This is one of the four initiatives we use to build and maintain strong positive relationships in our kura. Further work continues to ensure we have a kura that welcomes and accepts everyone. At a meeting last term, the Board of Trustees decided to remove gender labels from our uniform items to meet the gender identity needs of all students. The promotion of human rights for the LGBT community is a common thread when our students identify positive community action projects with which they would like to be involved, reflecting their underlying sense of fairness and equity. Our students have great heart. The Manaiakalani initiative continues to accelerate achievement for our tamariki. Latest research at Hornby High School and across our cluster shows students are making one and a half to two years gain in their learning in the course of one year – exceptional stuff. The Manaiakalani programme uses a common pedagogy across the whole cluster, called “Learn Create Share”, and uses the benefits of digital devices to support these three cornerstones to effective education. Some of the work coming from our students is of extraordinary depth and quality. This is why we ask all whanau to invest in a Chromebook for every child. Remember that we are often able to help if this proves to be too difficult. Our Hornby schools cluster is forming a charitable trust to support the Manaiakalani programme and the provision of devices for our students. These are exciting times. Please follow my thinking on issues that are both specific to Hornby High School and also of more general educational interest, on my Principal’s blog “Whakatauki: He waka eke noa”, after all, we are all in this together – whakataukihewakaekenoa.blogspot.co.nz/. Ngā mihi nui Robin Sutton Principal
Term 2 ended on an exciting note with market day held at school. Students from Years 7, 8 and 9 had worked throughout the term on designing products to market and sell. They learnt many skills related to running a business and made their products to sell on their stalls. On market day there was a huge support from parents and whanau, and local primary schools as well as the staff and students at Hornby High. Many of the businesses sold all of their products and measured their success with generous profits.
Pictured clockwise from top left: Isabella Nieuwenhuize, Greg Drummond, Kalim Hocking and Aiden Clemett; Nathan Lang and William Storer; and Jaleel AratauraCollins and Sharleze Henare. Background shows the busy day.
Construction milestone marked with sod lifting ceremony A sod lifting ceremony took place recently to acknowledge the construction of the new Hornby High School buildings. Members from the Te Taumutu Rūnanga blessed the site and the Associate Minister of Education, Tim Macindoe, lifted the sod, which will be kept until the opening ceremony when construction is complete. Landmark event: from left; Maddison Hickford (Head Girl), Jaleel Arataura Collins, Tim Macindoe (Associate Minister of Education), Tanaya Pullen, Kaye Banks (Board of Trustees Chair), Robin Sutton (Principal), and Billy Roper (Head Boy).
Mai Biz winners take up Students take the Next Steps to Leadership Te Wero Pakihi challenge Four Hornby High students were part of a group of 50 students from around the country who met in Auckland to participate in Te Wero Pakihi – The Business Challenge. The students were members of the winning Mai Biz team. Te Wero Pakihi is all about challenging and expanding the students’ horizons and inspiring them to be the leaders of tomorrow. While in Auckland they worked on a campaign for Air New Zealand and how they could improve areas of their business.
Sixty one Year 11 and 12 students have just returned from a threeday Next Steps Leadership Camp at Kaiapoi. The students took part in activities including rogaining, abseiling and workshops with a focus on leadership. This year’s prefects also talked about their experiences as school leaders. Pictured at right are students taking part in the Hornby Pride activity, at back: Cameron Orlowski McWhinnie, Rylu Dequita, Guy Cooper, Pisarl Ouk, Carl Santos and Mark Bandiala. And in front are: Natalie Goundar, Aimie Clark, Skyla Edmonds, Aimee Musson, Christine Arrabis.