This term Burnside High School

musicians have taken not just the city,

but the whole country by storm.

Two Chamber Music groups from the

school made it through to the national

fi nals in Auckland. All’Aperto players

were Andrew Robinson 13Rd, Alice

Morgan 12Ha, Han Sol Jeong 12Sh and

Jordan Renaud 13Wk. Grace Chia 13SY,

Chan Woo Park 12BB, Briana Walley

13KL, Robert Petch 10SO formed

Elektra. Hye In Kim 9WRa also played in

Auckland as part of a group with other

schools.

All’Aperto were then selected for the

fi nal round in the Auckland Town Hall

where they won the KBB Award.

The school’s Jazz musicians have

also been performing on the national

stage. Our Junior Jazz Ensemble,

Ella Dunbar-Wilcox, Matt Howes,

Hamish Smith, Josh Saville, Elliot Millar

all from 9WRa and Matt Kolf of 10So,

travelled to Wellington to take part

in the New Zealand School of Music

Jazz Festival. They gave two excellent

performances, one on the stage of

the St James Theatre and another in

the foyer cafe, to a highly appreciative

audience. Whilst in Wellington they

attended an inspirational masterclass

and played in a workshop with the

legendary jazz musician Bennie Maupin

(of the Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and

John Coltrane bands).

But perhaps the greatest success

was at the National Big Sing Finale

competition in Wellington. Under the

direction of Ms Susan Densem, Senior

Chorale, a newly-formed mixed voice

choir, won a coveted Gold Award,

while Burnside High School’s premier

girls’ choir, Bel Canto, gained fi rst place

with the Platinum Award for Supreme

Excellence. These choirs have worked

extremely hard this year with the help

of their student conductors Charlotte

Taylor 13Kl and Sophia Good 13Sy, and

accompanists Grace Chia 13Sy and

Seraphin Loo 13Rd.

Congratulations to all these outstanding

musicians.

Burnside Musicians Take National Spotlight

TERM THREE 2012Waimairi-iri

Principal’s Message

Uniform Regulations

Sporting Results

Burnside All Blacks

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Bel Canto — Platinum Award for Supreme Excellence

All’Aperto — KBB Award Winners

this regard and I will survey parents to

seek their views on this aspect of the

school day.

Senior Examination Results

Notifi cations will be emailed to

families on Tuesday 2 October.

The results of the recent senior

examinations will provide guidance

as to how much work is needed prior

to the NZQA external examinations in

November. Please support students

to achieve their best by the end of

this year.

I trust that all students enjoy an

enjoyable holiday and return to Term

Four ready to make a fi nal push

towards fi rst-rate end-of-year results.

Warwick Maguire

Principal

calendarof events…

Principal’s MessageKia Ora,

Ministry of Education’s

Announcement

The Ministry of Education’s

view about the future of

education in Canterbury

is that the extent of

damage to early childhood

education centres, schools

and tertiary facilities, and

the ensuing relocation of

people, means that the

education network cannot

be returned to its previous

state.

As you may be aware, the Ministry of Education has worked with

geotechnical and structural engineers to assess the state of land

and buildings on school sites across greater Christchurch.

This, along with information around roll change, has been

instrumental in informing their thinking around the potential

future shape of education within learning community clusters.

Fortunately Burnside High School’s geotechnical report indicates

we are in a good position; however due to another unrelated

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Uniform Regulations at Burnside High SchoolThe Uniform Sub-committee of the Board of Trustees has

clarifi ed the uniform regulations for all students in Years 9

to 12 inclusive. The key points are set out below but the full

regulations will be emailed to parents later in the year.

All students in Years 9 to 12 must have a winter and a summer

uniform.

The winter uniform will be compulsory in Terms 2 and 3 and

for all formal occasions.

The summer uniform will be compulsory in Terms 1 and 4.

As from next year 2013 the regulation Burnside High School

green, over-shirt will be compulsory for all boys in Years 9,

10 and 11 with the summer uniform. This shirt will become

compulsory for Year 12 boys in 2014.

The Burnside High School blazer will remain optional but is

highly recommended for all students. The alternatives for

both girls and boys are a regulation green and white tracksuit

top, OR a regulation polar fl eece.

For summer the girls’ skirt must be worn with the regulation

Burnside High School white over-blouse, not with a long-

sleeved shirt. From 2014 a new styled summer skirt will be

introduced progressively from Year 9.

GIRLS’ WINTER UNIFORM

Compulsory for Girls in Years 9–12

White, regulation long-sleeved shirt worn tucked in.

Regulation Burnside High School kilt.

Regulation Burnside High School

v-necked jersey or cardigan.

Dark navy knee-hi or over the knee

socks.

Traditional school style, plain

black, LEATHER, black soled

shoes with either a buckled T-bar

or U-bar or plain black laces. No

SEPTEMBER26–30 Melbourne Music Tour

28 END OF TERM 3

OCTOBER

1–7 Melbourne Music Tour Continues

2 Senior Examination Results

Notifi cation Issued

15 Term 4 Begins

15–17 Year 8 Parent Workshops (Year 9

2013)

18 Sports Awards Evening

24 Performing Arts Awards Evening

30 Choral Extravaganza

31 Year 8 Parent Evening (Year 9 2013)

NOVEMBER5 PTA Meeting

7 Year 13 Graduation and Prize

Giving

8 Year 11 and 12 Prize Giving

9–30 NZQA Examinations

16 Show Day

19 Teacher Only Day

20–22 Year 9 and 10 Examinations

27 Junior Showcase

DECEMBER1–4 NZQA Examinations Continue

3 PTA Meeting

4 Poroporoaki and Junior Maori

Awards

5 Senior Students Sign Out Morning

6 Year 13 2013 Prefect Training

Interviewing for Head Boy and Girl

for 2013

Fia Fia Evening

10–11 Junior Production

13 Junior Prize Givings

Junior Reports Issued to Students

END OF TERM 4

suede or canvas or platform shoes

are permitted and footwear must

be shoes not boots.

GIRLS’ SUMMER UNIFORM

Compulsory for Girls in Years 9–12

Regulation Burnside High School

white over-blouse with slits at the

side worn out over summer skirt or

kilt.

Regulation summer skirt worn only

with the short-sleeved over-shirt.

Short white socks or knee-hi dark

navy socks.

BOYS’ WINTER UNIFORM

Compulsory for Boys in Years 9–12

Regulation Burnside High School

long-sleeved white shirt worn

tucked in.

Regulation shorts worn with

matching belt or plain black belt

OR regulation Burnside High

School charcoal, grey trousers

(with straight NOT tapered legs)

worn with a plain black buckled

belt.

Regulation v-necked jersey

Dark grey socks worn with trousers

or oatmeal walk socks worn with

shorts.

problem (leaking buildings) there are

plans to upgrade or even replace

several school blocks in the medium

term future.

The proposal for our school is

minimal change, although following

the lead of the Ministry of Education

we will be working to support other

secondary schools and joining

cluster meetings with primary and

intermediate schools in our area to

work together to best meet the needs

of our students. We off er our support

for aff ected schools, and share with

them the sense of frustration and loss

that the announced changes will have

brought to their communities.

Other Business

I was delighted to note the successes

of our sports teams during the

recently held Tournament Week.

These refl ect real progress in terms of

sports results for the school’s teams

over the past few years. It also refl ects

the hard work and determination

of staff , students, outside coaches/

managers and parents working

together to represent the school.

Thank you!

One pleasing piece of feedback

I received from two of our teams

was how well the students were

presented, and the level of

sportsmanship they displayed. Some

of the uniform standards at school

however, leave a lot to be desired. I

would encourage parents to work with

the school to lift the overall standard

of uniform and personal grooming.

Mrs Sidaway has included some

advice re uniform in this newsletter for

your consideration and help.

I have also asked Deans and

Divisional Principals to speak with

students about improving the school

environment (litter is a particular

concern) and student behaviour

during break times and after school.

Perhaps the long (and often cold and

wet) lunchtimes have not helped in

Traditional school style, plain

black, LEATHER, black soled shoes

with plain black laces. No suede

or canvas or slip-on shoes are

permitted and footwear must be

shoes not boots.

BOYS’ SUMMER UNIFORM

Compulsory for Boys in Years 9–12

Green, short-sleeved over-shirt

Green shorts OR charcoal grey

trousers.

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trousers.

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Dancers Impress and EntertainOn 5 September, the Burnside High

School community was treated to the

second annual Dance Showcase. With

over 100 performers, this was the fi rst

time that students from Years 9 to 13

have all performed in the show.

The evening was a collection of

student works from most of the Dance

curriculum classes. There was an

impressively diverse range of items,

including Contemporary, Musical

Theatre, B-Boying and Bollywood

Dance genres.

A highlight of the evening was ‘Rise

Up’, a performance choreographed

by Year 13 student Olivia Hodgson for

her level 3 Dance assessment. This

choreography was a thought-provoking

and well-developed portrayal of the

Canterbury earthquakes. An array of

interesting production technologies

such as props, live music and video

encouraged a strong emotional

response from the audience.

This was a successful evening

thoroughly enjoyed by all. The students

should be exceptionally proud of their

outstanding performances.

P.T.A. Parents at Burnside High School

We have been entertained, educated and inspired by our

guest speakers this year. Senior Sergeant John Robinson

talked about alcohol, parties and techniques on teaching

our teens to drive. Reg Garters presented an insightful

evening on Father, Daughter and Family relationships.

Darryn Findlay updated parents on the fi ndings of the

committee who looked into how boys are achieving

academically at Burnside High and at strategies to help

lift their results. Jax Hamilton of New Zealand Masterchef

fame was an inspirational speaker and all who attended

the evening left feeling uplifted. Congratulations to the

two lucky winners who took home a copy each of “Jax

Cooks”.

The PTA has just established an annual grant for

extracurricular activities. Any student who is experiencing

fi nancial hardship can apply for funding to help cover

costs associated with trips, equipment etc. We are

funding this from the uniform shop profi ts. The Guidance

Department are administering this grant, and applications

should be made through Sue Dixon.

The Executive is seeking new members to join them and

get involved in planning events for next year. It’s a fun

and rewarding experience. Please email pta@burnside.

school.co.nz

Our next meeting is Monday November 5th when Conan

Fee, Chair of the Board of Trustees, will be talking about

school matters, and we will discuss and vote on the

allocation of remaining monies from donations received

this year. We look forward to seeing you.

This year 110 students from Burnside

High School participated in the world’s

largest Mathematics competition

with over half a million others from

throughout Australasia, Asia and

Europe. Burnside results once again

were impressive with one student

gaining a Prize and thirteen awarded

High Distinction. Thirty-six students

were awarded Distinction.

Prize Winners

Year 9

Jungyeon Lee 9SOl

High Distinction

Year 9

Lucky Ruangsiri 9WJe, Paddy Cheah

9NOy, Tom Coulson 9SOl, Jacqueline

Doherty 9NTy, Yoongu Kang 9WJe

Year 10

Gyeore Cha 10Op, Jongwon Jeon 10Sj,

Benjamin Kim 10Sj, Joseph Chung 10He

Year 12

Logan Glasson 12Ha, Victor Lu 12 By

Year 13

Vincent Wong 13Ws, Dylan Park 13Ls

Cantamath

The Cantamath Team competitions are

fi ercely contested. This year Cantamath

was held at the Westpac Arena with

over 60 teams in each competition.

In Year 9 the 9NM1 team fi nished

second behind Christ’s College. The

team members were Jacqueline

Doherty, Brian Paek, Yoo Ri Choo and

Evan Wills, all from 9NTy.

The Year 10 team which fi nished third

were from 10NM1. The team members

were Joseph Chung 10He, Chi-Yen

Hwang 10Me, Jongwon Jeon 10Sj and

Emma Stewart 10Me.

In the Exhibition Burnside High School

students once again produced projects

of a high quality. In particular, Sophie

Smythe 10Bf won the prize for the

outstanding individual project. Sophie

also won this prize in 2011.

Excellence Winners

Year 9

Alice Li 9WJe, Lucky Ruangsiri 9WJe,

Tom Brehm 9SPe, Lauren Sargent

9WRa and 9WM2 for their Class

Project.

Year 10

Sam Churcher 10Bf, Sophie Smythe

10Bf, Anneliese Westerman 10Mg,

Hannah Miles 10Bf and 10WM1 for their

Class Project.

More Musical News

ICAS is one of the most highly regarded schools based competition and

assessment programs in the world. This year a record number of 72 students

from Burnside High School participated in the Science competition.

Congratulations to Andrew Davidson 9 who was awarded a High Distinction

certifi cate. Eighteen students gained Distinction certifi cates. Burnside High

School students performed very well.

ICAS Science Competition 2012

Australian Mathematics Competition

Prime Ministerial

Delegation to JapanCongratulations to Mitchell Tapp 11Bd

who was selected to join the Prime

Ministerial Delegation to Japan. The

trip celebrates 60 years of formal

diplomatic ties between New Zealand

and Japan and includes a visit to

areas devastated by the March 2011

earthquakes and tsunami. Mitchell is

pictured with Ms Prasertdee, Head of

Languages.

Burnside Builds Bridges — and

Engineers

In August eight Burnside High School students took part

in the Aurecon Bridge Building competition. The Year 10

team won second prize in the Christchurch Competition,

building a bridge which supported 26.5kg.

Luke Laddbrook, Jess Scarsbrook and Peter Norris all of

10Op won $1500 for the school’s Science Department.

The Year 9 team members were all from 9Wra: Andreea

Baluti, Hannah Khor, and Caryn Thomas.

The Big Band won a Gold Award

and took the title “Best Big Band” at

“JazzQuest”, held at CPIT Jazz School.

Hamish Smith 9WRa won the award

for “Best Bass Player”, an incredible

achievement for a Year Nine student

in a competition dominated by senior

students. Sam Dempsey 12Wu, Ryan

Halll 11Cp, Alice Morgan 12Ha and Ella

Dunbar-Wilcox 9WRa were all highly

commended for their work as soloists.

As a result of this win Big Band has

been invited to open the fi nal concert

of this year’s Christchurch Big Band

Festival, to be held on 22 October in

the Aurora Centre. The band will also

be performing at the Court Theatre on

the previous day as part of the festival.

Again Jazzbar proved to be a great

success. This year the event was held

at the Wigram Air Force Museum and

featured all our jazz musicians with a

number of special guests, including a

wonderful ballroom dancing display by

our very own Mrs Victoria Bradfi eld and

her husband, Paul.

For a second year in a row the

Burnside High School Combined

Concert Band won a Gold Award

at the Concert Band Competitions

in August. The Band is conducted

by Miss Renaud, with student

conductors James Buchanan 13KL

and Seraphin Loo 13RD. The band

also won prizes for Best Clarinet

Section and Best Saxophone

Section.

Orchestra Trip to Melbourne

Burnside High School Orchestra

members are in their fi nal

preparations before departing on

their tour to Melbourne. While there

they will give four performances,

including one at the top of the

Eureka Skytower. They will also

be working with the Melbourne

Symphony Orchestra. We are

particularly grateful to Holciem for

their sponsorship.

Jordan and Andrew in tour hoodies

NEWS FROM THE CHESS BOARD

Burnside High School competed in the South Island

Chess Championships in Ashburton on 5 September.

The following players represented the school and

through their enthusiastic eff orts ensured an overall third

place in the competition: Ray Chen 11Cn, Isaac Huang

12Gu, Victor Lu 12By and Menol Gunasekara 12Mf.

Congratulations to all on a well

played fi nal!

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they did so without conceding any

goals in the tournament.

The girls emphasised their dominance

in this competition by beating

Ashburton College 3–0 in the fi nal.

The top scorer was Cass Engler 12

with fourteen goals in the tournament.

The girls were particularly pleased to

ensure that the four Year 13 students

in the team gained victory in their fi nal

year.

Team members were: Harriet

Blue, Tash Glasson, Pip Matthews,

Katie Edwards, Allie Coupe,

Cass Engler, Evy Henderson,

Rylee Single, Petra Manderson,

Taylor Aldridge, Sophie Maxtone,

Katherine LobbTo, Brooke Rakowitz,

Grace Vernal, Mad Fairbrass and

Rachel Malden.

BasketballThe Senior Boys’ Basketball team

travelled to Dunedin. They did very

well in pool play but a really tough game

against Otago Boys’ High School did not

go their way.

In the game for 3rd or 4th place the team

beat Cashmere High School convincingly:

115–44.

The team has now qualifi ed for the

National Schools’ Tournament in Nelson

and won the Thompson Trophy for

the best Christchurch school at the

Tournament.

The Junior Girls travelled to Nelson

and the Senior Girls qualifi ed for the

Premiership Tournament in Dunedin for

the fi rst time. Both teams were placed

9th.

CyclingAt the Cuddon South Island Secondary

Schools’ Two Day Tour in Blenheim Adam

Bull 1Th won the U17 Boys Hill Climb

In the U15 Boys’ competition Harley

Porter and Josh Scott 9WAh both gained

Top Ten placings.

FootballAt the National Boys’ Tournament in

Nelson the Burnside High School Football

1st XI ended with a very creditable 12th

place. This leaves the team as the top

team in the South Island.

NetballThe Senior A Netball team achieved their

goal of staying in A grade for another year

at the South Island Secondary Schools’

Netball Tournament in Dunedin.

This tournament is traditionally very

tough, and this year was no diff erent at

all, but with a young and rebuilding team

Burnside High School competed really

During Winter Tournament Week

Burnside High School students

travelled the country to compete in

a variety of sports with other schools

from all over the South Island or from

all over New Zealand.

Students and coaches worked hard

to reach the standard required for the

various competitions and all returned

with a sense of achievement and

renewed enthusiasm for their sport.

Congratulations to all the students

involved. Burnside High School is very

grateful to all the teachers, coaches

and parents who have so freely

given so much of their time and their

expertise to support the teams.

Hockey

The Burnside High School Girls’ 1st XI

Hockey successfully achieved their

goals for the season. They not only

won the Jenny Hair tournament, but

Basketball Goes to the Top

Burnside High School Boys’

Basketball teams have completed

their most successful season on

record.

Both the U20 team and the U17

team won their grades in the

Canterbury Basketball Association

premier competition. This is the

fi rst time Burnside High School

teams have achieved a double like

this.

The U20 team has been coached

by Joe Hammond and the U17

by Simon Fairbrother. They have

guided a number of students

through to Representative

honours.

Nick Erwood 13Io and Oli Davies

13Io were selected for the

Canterbury U20 team that came

4th at National Tournament.

Jahnim Campbell 11Wn was

selected for Canterbury U17 team

and, along with Shou Nisbet 10To,

gained a trial for the New Zealand

U17 team.

In Girls’ basketball Terina Wanoa

11Hm was selected for the New

Zealand U19 team that played in

China.

Tash Glasson 12Wu has been

selected for the New Zealand U16

team.

Congratulations to all.

Winter Tournament Results

Burnside High School U20 Basketball

Oli Davies

Terina Wanoa

Shou Nisbet

well and played some of their best netball of

the whole season.

Some of the youngest members of the team

really proved their worth. Alice Zeimann was

brought into the team only two weeks before

the Tournament. She played every game and is

a real talent for the future. Kelsey Woods was

also brought into the team very late and she

too shows promise for the future, even though

her game time was limited.

Other team members: Laura Bowden (Capt),

Hayley Lee (Vice Capt), Tessa Karati, Courtney

Haberfi eld, Bryony Vickers, Talei Waqainabete,

Emily Clearwater, Greer O’Rourke and Kendra

Horne.

Rugby

The U15 Burnside High School Rugby team

went to South Island Tournament in Pleasant

Point for Co-Educational schools. The team

performed well and came 5th out of 28

schools.

In one of those sports that all too

easily fl ies under the radar Burnside

High School Fencers have been

achieving some quite spectacular

successes in 2012.

Wai Ling Chan 11Cp was placed

1st in the New Zealand U17 Girls’

Epee competition, 1st in the

New Zealand National Under

15 Epee competition, 1st in the

Australian National Under 15

Epee competition and 2nd in the

Australian National Under 17 Epee

competition.

Lucian Nightingale 12Sh gained 3rd

place in the New Zealand National

Under 17 Foil competition.

Matt Lane 11Ma was 2nd and Joe

Durkin-Gorman 12Dd was 5th in Tristan Forrester 9NTY, Joe Durkin-Gorman

12DD, Matt Lane 11MA, Wai Ling Chan 11CP,

Lucian Nightingale 12Sh and Ambrose

Durkin-Gorman 9NOY.

the Canterbury Youth Olympic

Under 17 Foil competition.

Tristan Forrester 9NTy achieved

2nd place in the Canterbury Youth

Olympic Under 13 Foil A Grade

competition.

Ambrose Durkin-Gorman 9NOy

was 2nd in the Canterbury Games

of the Future Under 13 Foil A

Grade competition.

FABULOUS RESULTS FOR FENCERS

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BURNSIDE HIGH SCHOOLGreers Road, PO Box 29 677, Christchurch 8540, New Zealand

Telephone: +64 3 358 8383, Fax: +64 3 358 8380

Email: admin@burnside.school.nz

Website: www.burnside.school.nz

Recte Sic Dirige CursumIn this way direct your course correctly

Congratulations to Nathan James

9SOL for his success in the

Canterbury-Westland Science Fair.

Nathan created a digital trolley

system that makes shopping at the

supermarket much easier. He created

two electronic systems and then

wrote an Android phone application.

Once the shopping list is loaded onto

the phone then the phone alerts the

user that one of the items on their list

is right next to them.

Sponsors, SLI Systems, were

so impressed with Nathan’s

achievements that he was invited

to present his project to their team

of 30+ Engineers. The meeting was

broadcast via webcam to Auckland,

Queenstown and the California offi ce.

Unsurprisingly, Nathan won fi ve prizes

at the Fair, including the Institute of

Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Prizes, the Institute of Engineering

and Technology Christchurch Prize,

the SLI Systems Award and the Year

9-10 Technology First Prize.

Meanwhile, Programmers in the

senior school were not to be outdone.

Logan Glasson 12Ha, Kuaganda He

12He and Chris Wong 12Kj competed

in the New Zealand Programming

Competition in Auckland and came

top of the country in the schools’

category.

Digital Technology Students Rise to the Top

Burnside All BlacksThe front foyer of the Administration Block at Burnside High School now

proudly displays not one but two All Black jerseys, both lent to the school by

two Rugby World Cup Winners.

Ex-student Andy Ellis, winner of the 2011 Webb-Ellis Cup, and Assistant

Head of Physical Education, Warwick Taylor, a member of the victorious 1987

All Black World Cup team, are pictured with the jerseys.

Andy Ellis has also, of course, forged a reputation as a talented Landscape

Architect and in this role he is going to help Burnside High School with

the design of a garden that will serve as a memorial to the Canterbury

Earthquakes and the year that the displaced staff and students of Avonside

Girls’ High School spent with us in 2011.

As this newsletter is published the Burnside High School community is

conscious of the ongoing uncertainty that Avonside Girls’ High School

continues to face. We trust that a positive outcome is found soon.

Nathan James

Logan Glasson, Kuaganda He and Chris Wong

Warwick Taylor and Andy Ellis