Hornby High Experience So Far

Term 4 week 2 On Tuesday was when I began to attend Hornby High School as a student.
As soon as I arrived I was greeted by the people I had already knew before I started. Soon after that the bell rang and my friend took me to my class ( 7 mt ) . I then meet my teacher Mr.Mitchell , it wasn´t long till i had settled in with the rest of class , surprisingly it was easier than I imagined because i knew 6 kids that were in 7 mt.

As the weeks went by I noticed a lot of different things about Hornby High Compared to my old school. The pros on going to Hornby High is that they are open to a lot more experiences such as Camp where the yr 8 go on camp. They go somewhere everyday for a week. A few of the things they do on camp are water activities , they go to a Marae for a powhiri , and mountain climbing . Those are not the only things there are more however im sure of the rest. They also encourange us to join in sports , athletics and fitness. Every Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday we do fitness  in mornings as the first thing to start of the day. With sports every week we compete against several other teams from different schools we then do a big tournament with schools all around Canterbury called ¨ Koru Games¨ . Then there´s athletics The whole school participates in athletics at the beginning of the year as a whole school event , then at the end of the year the yr 7 & 8 children have to do it again as a competitive event to get into the Canterbury team. Yr 7 also get a chance to go surfing!

For the older students such as the leavers they are given opportunities to get a good job or to get scholarships that get them to where they need and want to be. They also get the big roles around our schools such as head girl & boy , house leaders  and prefects to held by leading around Hornby High.

That´s all from me for now , Thankyou

Aliyah Biddle