Extension & Enrichment

Burnside Primary is committed to providing opportunities for children who have been identified as having the potential to reach a high level of achievement in different areas.

These areas may include:

• Intellectual / academic
• Visual art, performing arts, music
• Sports
• Cultural
• Leadership
• Creativity

Children are monitored through a Special Abilities Register and are offered a range of different programmes and opportunities to meet their needs.

• Inquiry based learning in the classrooms
• Differentiated programmes
• External competitions such as ICAS and CEM
• Mentoring with UC students through the Children's University (University of Canterbury)
• Leadership opportunities (e.g. High Performance Sport)
• Choir, with the opportunity to be selected for the Christchurch Schools’ Representative Choir
• Orchestra, with the opportunity to be selected for the Christchurch Music Festival orchestra
• Itinerant music teachers who teach a range of different instruments
• Sports coaching from trained coaches and representative players
• Chemistry Club
• Extension opportunities in curriculum areas (Writing and Mathematics)
• Performing Arts, with the opportunity to take a lead role in the school operetta
• Kapa Haka