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10 [Edition Tuesday datE] <strong>April</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Students from Rolleston School taking part in technology education at Hornby High School.<br />
Specialist teachers key to innovative technology classes<br />
As one of a number of technology education providers<br />
around New Zealand, Hornby High School caters for<br />
students from schools in the surrounding areas that<br />
don’t have the required facilities on site.<br />
Every week, over 500 Year 7 and 8 students from the<br />
client schools – Rolleston School, Templeton School,<br />
West Melton School and St Bernadette’s, as well as<br />
home-schooled students, head to Hornby High School<br />
for technology education.<br />
The classes were transferred to Hornby High’s new<br />
campus at the beginning of this year, and prior to that<br />
were held on the site of the former Branston Intermediate,<br />
principal Robin Sutton says.<br />
“The Hornby Tech Centre staff, who were located at<br />
Branston, are all here now,” Robin says.<br />
However, the key innovation that sets these technology<br />
classes apart from others in New Zealand is that<br />
the students are instructed by specialist teachers<br />
from other areas of the curriculum. Teachers from<br />
the arts and the sciences, including food technology<br />
and hard and soft material technology, integrate their<br />
subjects into the technology curriculum.<br />
“It’s called Connect Class. We started it this year and<br />
it’s still evolving. We will evaluate how it’s working<br />
towards the end of the year, and make adjustments as<br />
necessary,” Robin says.<br />
Learning spaces<br />
For all the students at Hornby High, including those<br />
from client schools, the design of the newly built<br />
school enhances their opportunities to learn, Robin<br />
says.<br />
While the Modern Learning Environment is sometimes<br />
seen in a negative light by those more used to the<br />
traditional mode of classroom teaching, in fact it has a<br />
very positive effect on the students and their learning,<br />
he says.<br />
“There are big benefits with these flexible open<br />
spaces. The architects were conscious of the potential<br />
noise issues and the spaces are designed with that in<br />
mind. The environment is quiet, and the children are<br />
calmer, more focused, and more respectful of each<br />
other and their teachers.<br />
“The quality of the relationships that teachers build<br />
with their students is much greater, and with the<br />
teachers and students not being isolated from each<br />
other in classrooms, this has a motivating effect on<br />
the learners. The space is an enabler for learning.<br />
“The open spaces also enable students from different<br />
levels to work alongside each other, and we see<br />
instances of Tuakana teine – older students helping<br />
younger ones if they need it.”<br />
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