TURNING POSSIBILITIES INTO REALITY - BUILDING A FIRST-CLASS CAMPUS - HORNSBY LEARNING HUB - St Paul's Foundation
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HORNSBY LEARNING HUB
FOUNDATION
TURNING
POSSIBILITIES
INTO REALITY
BUILDING A
FIRST-CLASS CAMPUS
www.stpaulsfoundation.co.nz
TURNING POSSIBILITIES
INTO REALITY
TODAY, ST PAUL’S IS A VERY Building a first-class campus over The Hornsby Library was built to cater to
DIFFERENT SCHOOL FROM THE ONE the past five years has seen five large the needs of 360 students at the time
OUR PIONEERING STUDENTS FIRST projects undertaken and completed with and still remains on its original site in its
SET FOOT IN SO MANY YEARS AGO. the financial support of our generous original state. With a current roll of 750
WE HAVE TURNED POSSIBILITIES
community. students, St Paul’s has outgrown this
space, the building has become outdated
INTO REALITY. THANKS TO A The Gallagher Agribusiness Centre of
and no longer meets the requirements of
COMMITMENT FROM PEOPLE LIKE Excellence was opened by Sir John Key
today’s teaching and learning.
YOU - MEMBERS OF OUR WONDERFUL in 2016 and the national agribusiness
SCHOOL COMMUNITY - WE HAVE programme continues to be an industry A new Learning Hub will be one of the
SEEN CONSIDERABLE ON-GOING
leader, winning the Prime Minister’s most ambitious and significant building
Education Excellence award in July 2018. projects the school will undertake. The new
INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT IN
This transformational initiative encourages facility won’t be a library in the traditional
OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
capable secondary school students to sense, instead it will be a multi-purpose
choose agricultural careers and contribute building known as the Hornsby Learning
to the future of the agricultural sector. Hub. Located in the ‘heart’ of the school
it will feature a space for recreational
Our newly extended Mary Hornsby Music
reading, smaller breakout rooms for
Centre was opened early in 2018 by
collaborative group work and larger spaces
Dame Malvina Major to reveal the Evan
for cross-curricular learning.
McCulloch teaching classroom, practise
suites and recording studio. We are proud Every student in our school will benefit
that 250 students are today learning to from this new facility.
play musical instruments on a weekly
As an independent school with minimal
basis. During the school year, these
financial assistance from the government,
talented musicians treat our students and
crucial investments and improvements in
parents to an array of concerts.
our learning facilities are only possible with
We have earthquake strengthened, the on-going support of people like you.
expanded and refurbished Williams and
Your generous assistance is required to
Clark House to increase and improve the
help us continue to provide first class
boarding facilities house.
facilities to ensure we are preparing
Grant Lander Headmaster
Work is now complete on the new Dance St Paul’s students for life in the global
and Drama Performance Centre. The St environment by providing challenging
Barnabas Annex was opened in January educational experiences that realise their
2019 and it replaces the old drama room full potential through faith, virtue and
built in 1960, which was the school’s excellence in performance.
original chapel and assembly hall.
While St Paul’s enjoys these wonderful
new facilities, there is still one key building
that requires some attention - the Hornsby
Library. This library was built in 1968,
through the energy and generosity of the
school’s fifth headmaster, Mr Reg Hornsby Grant Lander Headmaster
and his wife, Mary, who played a significant
role in the history of our school and its
crucial formative years.
PROJECT S TAT US
WILLIAMS HOUSE GALLAG HER AGRIBUSINESS
EXTENSION CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
In 2015, Williams House Completed in late-2015, this
underwent an extensive $2.3m new learning space at St Paul’s
redevelopment, of which $800k includes multiple classrooms,
was raised through our school open learning spaces and
community. The project included state-of-the-art technology
earthquake strengthening, an that connects students with
expansion from 58 to 90 beds businesses across the globe.
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and an upgrade of the students The new building acts as a
dormitories and living spaces community facility, used for
to create a more modern teachers of other secondary
and comfortable boarding schools and a function centre/
environment. meeting space for the agricultural
sector outside of teaching hours.
MARY HORNSBY PERFORMANCE
MUSIC SCHOOL COMPLEX
With increasing demand from The old drama room was built
those wanting to learn music in early 1960 as the school’s
and the predicted growth of first assembly hall and chapel.
music in the school, there was an The aging facility was cold and
urgent need to update our music damp and had nowhere to
centre. The spacious new Mary store the burgeoning wardrobe
Hornsby Music School has now of costumes and props. This new
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been completed and features a Performance Complex provides
large sound-proofed practice/ students with a sprung floor
performance space, smaller suitable for dance and multi
rehearsal spaces and a state-of- spaces to practise, perform
the-art recording facility. and learn.
CLARK HOUSE EXTENSION HORNSBY LEARNING HUB
With boarders making up 50% This 21st century learning
of the student population and a space will replace the school’s
waiting list of students wishing to current library offering a wide
live on site, the house expansion range of learning spaces and
has been a welcomed development. technologies where students
The extension has increased our can access support, work on
boarding capacity from 71 to 93 a group assignment, socialise,
boys, provided a new area for video conference or schedule
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22 single year 13 dorm rooms, an extra lesson with a tutor.
upgraded the year 12 dormitory The Hornsby Learning Hub
and provided a larger common will become an integral part
room which is now the heart and of everyday life at St Paul’s
recreational meeting space for all Collegiate School.
the boys in Clark House.
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LEARNING TECHNIQUES ARE
CONSTANTLY CHANGING
THE GROWTH AT ST PAUL’S AND THE
MAJOR CHANGES IN TEACHING AND
HORNSBY LEARNING HUB
LEARNING HAVE HIGHLIGHTED A
NUMBER OF KEY AREAS WHERE WE ARE
UNABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TODAY’S
MODERN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
The Hornsby Library, our current facility, THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL
was built in the late 1960s for a school
roll of 370 students and the size of the Today libraries are seen as the hub
library space reflected this. Since this of learning within a school, fulfilling
time the school roll has doubled and the traditional roles as well as online research
school library is unable to cope with the and providing places to connect and create.
number of people using this facility daily. The designs presented by architects who
travelled the world to create the impressive
Libraries have become collaborative
Wintec library in Hamilton, show our new
learning centres, more essential than
Hornsby Learning Hub located in the ‘heart’
ever for improving student achievement.
of our school.
There is an urgent need for a larger,
It will be a facility that challenges the
modern learning space at St Paul’s.
old traditional perceptions of a library,
providing a flexible learning centre that
will engage students to become discerning
MOAA Architects
readers and critical information users
for their learning, vocational, personal,
recreational, social and cultural growth.
With spaces for group work and
collaborative learning opportunities, open
seven days a week, during and after school,
the Hornsby Learning Hub will provide
opportunities for quiet, well-resourced
space for independent learning and creative
space for students to work together.
The facility will become an integral part
of everyday life – a welcoming, friendly,
comfortable facility where students
can access support, work on a group
assignment, socialise, video conference a
teacher in Tihoi or schedule an extra lesson
with a tutor. It will be the base for our
learning support programmes.
The Hornsby Learning Hub will be a place
to be creative, to have fun, to escape,
play a game, make a friend and above all,
to feel a sense of belonging.
MOAA Architects
SUPPORT THE HORNSBY LEARNING HUB AND LEAVE YOUR MARK
There are some
opportunities for you
to leave your mark and
participate in our students
future educational
experiences.
PURCHASE A
CHAPEL CHAIR
You can invest in our
students’ learning by naming
a fixed chair in the Chapel of
Christ the King. An engraved
plaque will be fitted to a
chapel chair in recognition of
your generous support.
These chairs are being
offered at $1500 each.
This payment can be
spread over 3 years
SECURE YOUR SEAT TODAY AND LEAVE YOUR MARK ON OUR COMMUNITY.
LEARNING SPACE
NAMING RIG HTS
There is a further opportunity
to honour family members,
present or past teachers, or
other appropriate persons
by naming some of the new
collaborative learning spaces
within the Hornsby Learning
Hub.
These learning spaces are
being offered at $30,000
each. This payment can
Construction is expected to commence in 2019. be spread over 3 years
FOUNDATION
St Paul’s Foundation Ltd
Phone 07 957 8818
foundation@stpauls.school.nz
www.stpaulsfoundation.co.nz
DONATE ONLINE
Visit stpaulsfoundation.co.nz
to make an online donation.
S U PP ORT THE
HORNSBY LEARNING HUB
JUST AS EVERY STUDENT COUNTS AT ST PAUL’S, SO DOES EVERY DONATION.
If you are able to support this exciting project, please go directly to our website www.stpaulsfoundation.co.nz to make an online
donation or complete the form, fold and return Freepost.
HORNSBY LEARNING HUB
PURCHASE A CHAPEL CHAIR
I/We wish to commit $1,500 to a plaque for a chapel chair payable over 1 YEAR 2 YEARS 3 YEARS
GIFTED BY
Name House at St Paul’s Years attended
LEARNING SPACE NAMING RIGHTS
I/We wish to commit $30,000 to the naming rights of the learning space payable over 1 YEAR 2 YEARS 3 YEARS
PAYMENT
Please find enclosed my cheque Please make cheques payable to St Paul’s Foundation Ltd
Electronic / e-cheque Please ensure your FAMILY NAME and CHAPEL CHAIR/S are referenced in the transaction
and use the following bank account St Paul’s Foundation Ltd: 02-0316-0067607-000
Mastercard / Visa Card number
Expiry Date CSC
Name on Card
We are a registered charity therefore all donations are fully tax deductible and donation receipts will be issued to allow donors to claim back up to 33 per cent of the total donation paid as a tax credit.
DON OR CONTACT D ETAILS
DONOR NAME
ADDRESS PHONE
EMAIL ADDRESS DATE SIGNATURE
TEAR HERE
LEAVE YOUR MARK ON OUR COMMUNITY
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T URNING
POSSIBILITIES
INTO REALITY
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