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HAERE MAI 2026!
Kia ora whānau!
Welcome to all new Hornby High School students, and a warm welcome back to our returning students and families. My name is Mrs Buenaventura, and I am the Head of the Mathematics and Statistics Department as well as the Timetabler at our school.
As we begin a new school year, I am excited to support our students on their learning journey in Mathematics and Statistics. Our department is committed to creating a supportive and engaging environment where every student is encouraged to develop confidence, curiosity, and critical thinking skills. We aim to help students achieve their personal best while embracing the values that define our school: Commitment to their learning, striving for Achievement, showing Resilience in the face of challenges, and treating others with Respect.
I look forward to working with students, families, and staff to ensure that each learner is empowered, challenged, and supported to reach their full potential. Together, we can make this year a rewarding and successful one for all.
MY PEPEHA
MY WHĀNAU
I was born in Manila, Philippines but both my parents are originally from Tacloban City. My ancestors are from Spain and my husband's ancestors are Spanish and Chinese. I got married in 1998 in Intramuros, Manila and we have three children. I'm an only child but I have an adopted brother. In my spare time, I enjoy gardening, cooking, interior designing, going out to the beach and watching movies with my family. I love dogs. I used to do rock climbing and mountaineering. I love nature and sceneries and I love travelling around New Zealand, going to different beaches and lakes, and hopefully, visiting beaches around the world.
I started teaching at the age of 20 as a Mathematics and Physics Lecturer in two universities in Manila in 1994. We moved to New Zealand in 2008 and stayed in North Shore, Auckland for a year. While applying for a full time teaching position I worked at New World Supermarket in Birkenhead and as a relief teacher until I got a full time teaching position in Greymouth in 2009. We moved to Christchurch in January 2018 and started teaching at Hornby High School.
If you have any queries or concerns please feel free to email me: bu@hornby.school.nz or alternatively HHS phone: (03) 349 5396 Ext 846.
Ngā mihi arohanui
Mrs Buenaventura
MY TIMETABLE
MY TIMETABLE
I'm in the RIRORIRO KĀHUI
RIRORIRO (grey warbler)
Known for being active with energetic singing.
Riroriro is more often heard than seen, having a loud distinctive song, and tending to spend most of its time in dense vegetation. The grey warbler is a tiny, slim grey songbird that usually stays among canopy foliage. It is olive-grey above, with a grey face and off-white underparts. The tail is darker grey, getting darker towards the tip, contrasting with white tips to the tail feathers, showing as a prominent white band in flight. The black bill is finely pointed, the eye is bright red, and the legs are black and very slender. Voice: a characteristic long trilled song. The song is louder than expected, given the bird’s size. Only males sing, although females do give short chirp calls, usually as a contact call near the male. Nestlings and fledglings have a high pitched begging call. Begging calls are mimicked by their brood parasite, the shining cuckoo, while in the nest and as a dependent fledgling.
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