Western News: September 20, 2016

WESTERN NEWS Tuesday September 20 2016 15
Major developments scheduled for local high school
An integral part of the Hornby
community, Hornby High School,
which opened in 1975, is itself about
to undergo significant developments.
All the present school buildings, apart
from the auditorium and music school, which
will have a facelift, are to be demolished
and replaced with a brand-new complex of
buildings. Work on the $24-million project
is due to start in March/April 2017 with
completion expected in late 2018.
Principal Robin Sutton reveals the details:
“The administration building and the library
will be demolished and replaced with one
large, 90-metre-long building, which will house
our specialised teaching areas – the sciences,
design/technology and the arts. That’s where we
believe the heart of the school is.”
“Creativity is at the heart of what we do,” he
adds. “As technology changes, the ability for
all of us to be creative human beings is what
matters.”
In more physical terms, the heart of the new
school, the whare, also located in this building,
will be the focus of the school’s cultural
activities.
The school’s new library will incorporate a
student café, which will be nothing like the
standard school tuck shop, Mr Sutton says. A
place where students can take time out between
classes, it will offer comfortable seating areas
and a barista station.
Also part of the development is a space
comprising three learning hubs, each designed
to accommodate 200 students and offer
flexibility for different teaching and learning
activities. It will allow for additions at a later
date.
Covered laneways between the various
buildings will provide space where students
can “hang out”.
Hornby High will also be getting a brandnew
gymnasium, or more precisely, two
gymnasiums built as one complex, with a
basketball court in each building.
“This is to meet community demand for
recreational facilities in Hornby,”
Mr Sutton says.
Hornby High School is growing, with
the new buildings initially designed to
accommodate 800 students, but with the
Masterplan providing the capacity for 1200-
1300 students, he says.
The Ministry of Education’s acting head of
sector enablement and support, Steve Stuart,
explains that the new classrooms at Hornby
High are part of the Christchurch Schools
Rebuild programme, which is investing
$1.137b to remodel, rebuild, and repair 115
schools in the Christchurch region.
“The programme is repairing earthquake
damage caused by the 2010 and 2011
earthquakes, fixing weather tightness issues,
strengthening buildings where required and
upgrading schools’ teaching spaces,” Mr
Stuart says.
“By the end of the programme, more than
80 per cent of state school teaching spaces in
greater Christchurch will meet high quality
standards for lighting, ventilation, heating and
acoustics, and all will be equipped to support
the latest digital technology. “We aim to create
flexible learning spaces that will support each
school’s vision for raising achievement for
students. We have spent $2m on eight new
classrooms for Year 7 and 8 students at Hornby
High School. Building works are planned
to take place in three major stages, while
minimising student disruption and allowing
the school to stay open throughout.”
Mr Sutton says the Ministry has been
“awesome” to work with and all the schools
around the city involved in the redevelopment
programme are co-operating with each other.
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