TOUR 11 - HORNBY SCHOOLS

Travelling to the West of Christchurch is the suburb of Hornby. On this tour we will visit primary and secondary schools. South Hornby Primary school was completely rebuilt on a new site not far from the original site. Hornby Primary has refurbished rooms (and a bilingual unit). Hornby High is being almost completely rebuilt with stage one and two complete. A feature of the school is a technology ‘learning street’ and their connected curriculum and radical timetable changes for years 7-9.

SOUTH HORNBY SCHOOL

Architect: Opus
Type: An established school moved to a new site and new set of buildings

In September 2017, the school was relocated into a brand new, purpose built learning environment. This process enabled the school to transform its curriculum, pedagogy, vision and values and teaching and learning programmes to reflect the cultural narrative, vision for teaching and learning and physical environment. 

HORNBY HIGH SCHOOL

Architect: Stephenson and Turner
Type: Rebuild

Hornby High school being almost completely rebuilt. The new spaces have encouraged the teachers to try new teaching and timetabling techniques. In 2020 they are implementing new learning structures for their junior (Year 7-9) students. The technology learning street has a communal learning space for technology subjects and the breakout spaces have specialisations housed in them. 

HORNBY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Architect: Stephenson and Turner
Type: Rebuild and relocation of buildings

Hornby Primary School is a contributing school (Year 0-6) sharing boundaries with Hornby High and Early Childhood Centres. The school also operates a level 2 Bilingual Unit, consisting of a Year 2-3 and Year 4-6 classes. The classrooms are similar to single cell classrooms with opening doors between the classrooms. Teachers plan collaboratively but mostly deliver separately due to the layout of the rooms.