A big congratulations to all the staff and students involved in Stage Challenge.  Last night we came 2nd overall in the Open Division and won the award for Spirit of Stage Challenge and also the Award for Excellence for Student Achievement.  All students and staff across both divisions - Raw and Open have worked really hard.  Congratulations once again!

Two Burnside High School teams took place in the Debating Championships.  Burnside 2 debated in convincing style and were unlucky to miss a semi-final spot after having won three out of four debates  Liam Boardman, Georgia Mainwaring and Emily Moon can be very pleased with their successes in the tournament .

Congratulations go to Burnside 1, comprising  Daniel Coats, Natalija Petrovic and Wanzhi Tay won the competition after a closely fought final against Villa Maria College.  Further congratulations go to Daniel Coats who was named Best Speaker for the tournament for the second year running and to Emily Moon from Burnside 2 who was selected for the Development Squad .  Congratulations to all involved.

Well done to the team of 56 Burnside athletes who competed at the Road race championships on Thursday 16th of May at Hagley Park. Some fantastic performances were witnessed with great results especially in the Intermediate boys grade with Tannock Blair taking out the Canterbury title, closely followed by Matt Prest in 2nd place and Sean Eustace in 3rd. The Junior boys team of Angus Bailey, Hamish Findlay, Paul Hulston and Matthew Howes took out the team title for their grade and Jess Schofield produced a fantastic result for 4th int the Senior girls. 

CHRISTCHURCH:  Burnside High School, Aurora Centre, 9-3pm, 8 June 2013

Click here for more information on registering

Congratulations to all those involved in Stage Challenge last night.  We won 1st place in the ASB RAW Division at night one of the Christchurch shows.  We also won special awards for best lighting design and student leadership.  Good luck to all those involved in tonights show.  Well done!

Senior A Netball Team

Their last game tomorrow is against St Andrews College.

Burnside has several teams running in this complex and prestigious event. One of the teams is keen to get community feedback on their project to redevlop the Christchurch Square.

Please have a look at the survey and fill it in. It will be most appreciated by the team.

Go Hard out for the Hungry!

Sign up for the 40 Hour Famine this week at lunchtimes in X1. This year the proceeds are going to Bougainville, a community ravaged by war and starvation - get sponsors, starve yourself from the 7th-9th June and support this awesome cause. Make a difference for those who have less than you. 

Kia Ora. My name is George Moon (ex BHS student) and I am a Green Youth MP 2013 at UC, which means that I'm here to find out the views and opinions of the people in my community. I would really appreciate it if you could fill out this *quick* survey: http://georgemoon.com/haveyoursay

Plus you can go into the draw to win a chocolate fish and some official 'argu-mints' from Parliament itself!

National Pink Shirt Day was held on Friday 17th May.  This day is to promote anti bullying.  The day was very well organised with a fine turn out from the Year 13 students.  Burnside students make it clear that we don't tolerate bullying.