Burnside High School

Burnside High School
(Waimairi-iri)

Aerial view of Burnside High
Latin: Recte Sic Dirige Cursum
Thus direct thy path aright (In this way direct your course correctly)
Address
Greers Road
Burnside
Christchurch 8053
New Zealand
Coordinates 43°30′27″S 172°34′34″E / 43.5075°S 172.5762°E / -43.5075; 172.5762Coordinates: 43°30′27″S 172°34′34″E / 43.5075°S 172.5762°E / -43.5075; 172.5762
Information
Funding type State, non-integrated
Established 1960
Ministry of Education Institution no. 319
Principal Phil Holstein
Years offered 9–13
Gender Coeducational
School roll 2521[1] (July 2016)
Socio-economic decile 8P[2]
Website burnside.school.nz
Burnside High School girls

Burnside High School (Māori: Waimairi-iri) is a state co-educational secondary school located in the suburb of Burnside in Christchurch, New Zealand. With a roll of 2521 students,[1] it is the largest school in New Zealand outside Auckland , and is among the country's six largest schools.

History

Burnside High School started construction in 1959. Like most New Zealand state secondary schools built in the 1960s, the school is structurally a "Nelson 2H" school. The Nelson 2H is distinguished by its two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, with stairwells at each end of the block and a large ground floor toilet and cloak area on one side.[3] Burnside has five of these blocks: A, B, D, E and F blocks.

A swimming pool was added in 1961, which became fully functional in 1964 after the addition of filtration equipment. The gymnasium was soon constructed afterwards. In 2004 and 2005 construction of a new block, library and administration area began. These were opened in 2006 by Helen Clark, then Prime Minister of New Zealand. The school's fiftieth jubilee was held in 2010, attended by John Key, an ex-pupil and Prime Minister of New Zealand. Following damage caused by the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Avonside Girls' High School shared the facilities of Burnside High School. Avonside Girls' High School relocated back to their home site in 2012.[4] Burnside High School, due to being relatively undamaged and with power and water restored shortly after the quake, was used as a welfare centre by Civil Defence.[5]

On 28 March 2012 the school was put into lockdown after students reported seeing a man walking the grounds carrying a silver pistol, which was later found by police to be plastic.[6]

Enrolment

Burnside, like many secondary schools in Christchurch, operates an enrolment scheme to help curb roll numbers and prevent overcrowding.

At the August 2013 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, the school had 2416 students enrolled, including 135 international students. Forty-seven percent of students were male and 53 percent were female. Sixty-three percent of students identified as European (including 56 percent as New Zealand European or Pākehā), 22 percent as Asian, eight percent as Māori, two percent as Pacific Islanders, and five percent as another ethnicity.[7]

Structure

The school is split into four divisions - North, South, West and Senior, the first three consisting of students from Years 9-12 (Equivalent Grade 8 - 11) and Senior division consisting of only Year 13 (Grade 12) students. Each division has a guidance counsellor, three deans and a divisional principal and, in addition, Senior Division includes a careers advisor. The school has a Principal, Second Principal, Assistant Principal, 3 Divisional Principals, 12 deans and 13 Heads of Department.

Current Leadership/Management:

Principal: Phil Holstein - commenced in 2015. He replaced Warwick Maguire.[8]

Grounds and facilities

Night photo of the historical cabbage tree on the grounds of Burnside High School, September 2016

The school has a school-broadcast system designed as an Armed Intruder Lockdown Scheme in the event of a Virginia Tech style school shooting , which informs teachers and students of an armed intruder, and safety measures to be taken to ensure classrooms and buildings are locked down for safety.

Notable alumni

The View of the entrance to Burnside High School, September 2016

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Catalogue of Standard School Building Types" (PDF). Christchurch: Ministry of Education. August 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Sue Hume (July 2011). "Avonside Newsletter 'Tatler' - July 2011" (PDF). Avonside Girls' High School. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Christchurch Earthquake: What you need to know". nzherald.co.nz. 27 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Toy sparks gun scare at school". Stuff.co.nz. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Burnside High School Education Review". Education Review Office. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Burnside High appoints new principal, Jody O'Callaghan, Last updated 13:55 23/09/2014
  9. ↑ "Biography - John Key". Retrieved 18 December 2011.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burnside High School.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.