Western News: June 22, 2023

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Thursday June 22 2023
June 2023
Commitment,
Achievement,
Resilience,
Respect
Principal's
address
Nga mihi nui kia koutou katoa.
Welcome to the Hornby High School newsletter for June 2023.
Today takes us closer to the end of Term 2 which seems to have
gone faster than usual, and the temperatures are dropping rapidly
as winter rears its head.
I have had the opportunity to walk and talk with many students and
staff as my principalship at Hornby High School gets under way. We
have dedicated teachers, administrators
and support staff that enable the school
to run smoothly, and I was particularly
impressed when having a chat with a group
of Year 8 students and their enthusiasm
for learning. They have great relationships
with their teachers; this bodes well for their
future when our young people see their
school and teachers in a positive light.
Attendance
Hornby High School has high expectations
regarding student attendance. Studies
show a direct correlation between student
achievement and attendance rates. In the
simplest of terms, if you attend school you
Iain Murray
learn. At Hornby High School students must attend every class to
get the benefit of a quality and purposeful education. The school
follows the Ministry of Education attendance requirements, and
where a student chooses not to attend school for whatever reason
and attendance falls, they are choosing to reduce their ability to be
successful at school.
If you are struggling to have your child attend school, feel free to
make contact and talk this through with your child’s teacher or
Dean. The school office will pass on your details and your child's
teacher or Dean will make contact with you. Working together
and good school/parent/whānau communication enables better
outcomes for our young people.
A reminder to contact the school office if your child is to be absent
from school, a message can be left on the school's answer phone,
through the school app, or text the school absence phone on 022
6414568.
Understanding How NCEA Requirements Are Changing
Key Information
Over the next few years, NCEA will transition from its current form
into a new qualification. Although this information is intended for
teachers, we encourage learners and whānau to use this guidance
as well.
In 2024: The new NCEA Level 1 achievement standards will be fully
implemented.
NCEA Level 1 will reduce in size from an 80-credit qualification to
become a new 60-credit qualification
The te reo matatini, pāngarau, literacy, and numeracy co-requisite,
which sits outside of the new NCEA qualification, will become
mandatory in 2024. Students will only be awarded NCEA Level
1 once they have met the 20-credit co-requisite of literacy, and
numeracy.
During 2024 and 2025, learners will be able to meet the 20-credit
Literacy and Numeracy co-requisite through achieving either the
new standards in Literacy-Writing, Literacy-Reading, Numeracy, Te
Reo Matatini, and Pāngarau or gaining 20 credits from a small list of
literacy- and numeracy-rich standards.
What stays the same?
• Unit Standards as well as Achievement Standards can be used
towards the 60-credit NCEA Level 1.
• Any credits learners already have can be used towards NCEA
Level 1.
• Level 2 and 3 NCEA will commence in 2025/26, for 2023 there
are no changes.
More information can be found here on the NCEA Website LINK if
you are interested.
Property
There are a number of property projects under way this year. These
include:
Heating upgrade to the Gymnasium, some additional security
camera and works on the Hall and performing arts area. The works
are funded by the Ministry of Education;
Our school roll is also growing, this means we will have built a new
(fourth) kāhui (classroom block), the design work for which is well
under way and the second version of the design plan should be
with us from the architects.
"Don't let anyone tell you what you can't do. Follow your dreams
and persist." – Barack Obama
Ngā mihi nui
Iain Murray
Principal
Students lift language skills
at university workshop
Senior Hornby High School
students had the opportunity
to advance and test their
Japanese language skills
earlier this month at the
University of Canterbury.
The nine students took part
in the university's annual
NCEA Japanese Workshop on
June 7 which was attended
by a record number of 600
secondary students from
Canterbury schools.
As well as developing their
proficiency in preparation
for NCEA assessments in
Japanese, a highlight of the
day was the Canterbury
Japanese Speech Competition
in which Hornby High School student
Lauren A (13 MlT) came second.
Lauren achieved second place in a very
strong field, with her very well written,
complex and well presented speech
in highly advanced Japanese about
the future of technology in the field of
education.
The students also participated in the
annual, inter-school Japanese dance
collaborative video, for which they
had been practising over the last few
months. This will be edited together
with those of the other participating
schools and released later this month.
Overall, it was a highly successful NCEA
workshop for our senior Japanese
students.
Teams try their best in contest
This year, the Calculator Competition
was held on Tuesday, May 30 at the
Aurora Centre at Burnside High School.
It’s a competition between teams of
four Year 11 students. We had the
opportunity to send two teams this
On Thursday, May 25, some of our Year 7 and 8
students visited the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple
in Riccarton, Christchurch.
The purpose of the trip was to take part in the
3G4G festival of cultural sharing and diversity. 3G4G
stands for 3 Good Deeds and 4 Givings to promote
wellbeing.
We are very grateful to the Temple for our
enlightening cultural experience. It was a fabulous
day! Thank you Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple
Christchurch for your continued support of Hornby
High School.
year which is really amazing. The
competitors used both the standard
scientific calculator and graphics
calculator.
There were four rounds with a set
time limit in the team competition
and a quick-fire mental
arithmetic quiz for
Lauren, left, with her certificate for coming second in
the Japanese speech competition, and the nine senior
students from Hornby who attended the workshop at
the university.
Hornby High School's two teams that took part in the Calculator Competition at Burnside High School last month.
Pupils take part
in 3G4G Festival
individual challenge
matches in which one
team member competed.
The students involved
were Hornby High School
Team A: Nolan, Risha,
Lhysette and Vanshika,
and Hornby High
School Team B: Kristoff,
Benjamin, Amirah and
Sereybuth.
Nolan and Kristoff brilliantly tried their
best to get some scores in the mental
arithmetic match. Unfortunately,
we didn’t take the trophy home but
the scores were very close and this
exhibits that our Year 11 groups are
very competitive.
Our young mathematicians also
displayed our school CARR values
that we must be very proud of. Their
commitment and resilience during
training times are absolutely an
excellent example to our entire school
community. For them, they compete
not for the trophy but to represent our
school with pride and to have fun with
other young mathematicians.
Open Evening
Wednesday 2nd August
6.30pm sharp
Meet in the main reception at
6.30pm for a tour of our school