Nor'West News: July 09, 2020
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10 Thursday <strong>July</strong> 9 <strong>2020</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
MASTER PLAN<br />
A Master Plan for the redevelopment of Burnside High School<br />
was approved recently by the Board of Trustees and is now<br />
awaiting sign off from the Ministry of Education. As part of the<br />
Canterbury Schools’ Rebuild Programme, $19.1 million has been<br />
allocated to our school for Stage 1 of our redevelopment. The<br />
Master Plan is the culmination of 12 months’ work, will inform<br />
the redevelopment of our campus over the next 20 years – an<br />
important and exciting prospect for the school. Once signed<br />
off by the Ministry of Education, and priorities set, we begin the<br />
staged building design processes.<br />
The architects, Baldasso Cortese Nordanus (BCN), have extensive<br />
experience with school rebuilds and refurbishments in both<br />
New Zealand and Australia. With oversight by the Ministry of<br />
Education, BCN has consulted widely on learning spaces, building<br />
locations, landscaping, links between buildings, school entrances,<br />
parking, and internal flows of people around the school. While<br />
there will be construction of new learning spaces, water-tightness<br />
problems will be addressed and existing spaces refurbished, with<br />
the aim of aligning all learning spaces to future need. Completed<br />
in stages, the work will be completed over five years.<br />
The Aurora Centre was upgraded in 2018, and the Hunter Gym<br />
and Cross Gym in 2019. These projects, enormous in scope, were<br />
the first steps in our school’s redevelopment. It is envisaged<br />
that by September 2021, a start will be made on a new Science<br />
and Technology Block that will include 26 learning spaces. Also<br />
planned for 2021 is an upgrade of our school swimming pool,<br />
resurfacing of courts, and the creation of a new drop off, pick<br />
up point on Memorial Avenue. Plans are underway to minimise<br />
the impact on students and staff during this first stage of our<br />
redevelopment plan.<br />
This is an exciting opportunity for BHS to enhance its facilities<br />
and provide the best possible campus for our school community.<br />
Phil Holstein<br />
Principal<br />
WINTER SPORTS<br />
Much to the delight of our students,<br />
the Canterbury Secondary Schools’<br />
Wednesday winter sport season kicked<br />
off on 24 June, ensuring that after a<br />
delayed start the winter sport season<br />
for Burnside High School has continued<br />
gaining momentum. Many of our sports<br />
teams are also enjoying competing in<br />
local community competitions and the<br />
commencement of a final few sports<br />
in Term 3 will see our winter sports<br />
programme hit full speed.<br />
Early in Term 3, we will hold our school<br />
Cross Country, allowing us to select<br />
students to represent Burnside High<br />
School at a Regional and National<br />
level. Whilst there was a great deal of<br />
disappointment with the majority of the<br />
NZ and South Island Secondary Schools’<br />
Winter Tournament Week events being cancelled, our Girls and<br />
Boys 1st XI Hockey teams, Girls Football and the Senior A Netball<br />
team are looking forward to competing in regional tournaments<br />
over those dates (31 August - 04th September). The Ice Hockey<br />
team will also be travelling to Dunedin to compete in a regional<br />
tournament during that week. The Thomson (Boys) and Whelan<br />
(Girls) Basketball Trophy competitions are now in full swing, and<br />
competitive and social Basketball is once again proving extremely<br />
popular, expertly managed by our Basketball Coordinator, Adam<br />
Morgan.<br />
We are enormously proud of all our 52 teams and 187 individual<br />
competitors who are representing Burnside High School across<br />
21 different sporting codes and are looking forward to watching<br />
them compete throughout this winter sport season.<br />
UNIFORM SHOP<br />
The Burnside High School PTA<br />
Uniform Shop is situated in<br />
A Block, adjacent to the<br />
staff car park off Greers<br />
Road. The shop stocks a<br />
full range of new uniform<br />
items along with second<br />
hand items. Opening<br />
Hours are Monday<br />
lunchtime 1.00-2.00pm<br />
and Tuesday after school<br />
2.45-4.00pm.<br />
Payment is by cash, eftpos<br />
and debit card only<br />
- no credit cards.<br />
www.burnside.school.nz/uniform/<br />
Office Hours 7am-5pm weekdays. Please telephone (03) 358 8383 for all enquiries. www.burnside.school.nz
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