The Executive of the Post Primary Teachers’ Association has directed members covered by the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA) and the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement (ASTCA) to attend a round of regional paid union meetings (PUM) held under the provisions of Section 26 of the Employment Relations Act 2000. The meeting for PPTA members […]
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Kia ora Koutou This is my last message as acting Principal, as Dominic will have returned from his sabbatical and be back in the hot seat next week. I hope he has managed to get some rest and had a great time travelling. Firstly, I would like to welcome Nīkau and Bella to the Board […]
Tēnā koutou katoa, I would to take this opportunity to introduce the new board members who took their positions at the meeting on Monday 22 August. As we had 5 members of the school community put their names forward, there was no need to have an election and they were able to take up the […]
As you may have seen in the news the Minister of Education announced changes to NCEA that recognise the impact of students and teacher absences due to COVID-19 and other winter illnesses have had on teaching, learning and assessment this year. In 2022, students will be entitled to 1 Learning Recognition Credit (LRC) for every […]
Wellington High School School Board Elections Staff Election Results Declaration (no voting election required) At the close of nominations, as there was only one valid nomination received, I hereby declare the following duly elected: Hannah Paton-Smith Wayne Jamieson Returning Officer, CES 89 Nazareth Avenue | Middleton | Christchurch | PO Box 414 | Christchurch […]
Wellington High School School Board Elections Parent Election Results Declaration (no voting election required) At the close of nominations, as the number of valid nominations was equal to the number of vacancies required to be filled, I hereby declare the following duly elected: Giovanni Tiso Jorah Ramlan-Pointon Nick Tramoundanas Wyatt Page David Cooling Wayne Jamieson […]
Last year at this time I mentioned how tired staff and students were and the need for the break. This year I really want to pay tribute to our staff who have been consistently going above and beyond to keep things running at school as normally as possible. There has been a great, extra burden […]
I attended a Principal’s conference in Queenstown earlier this week. There were strong themes of decolonising and re-indigenising our curriculum with Professor Mere Berryman’s keynote presenting a powerful examination and, at times horrific history, of education in New Zealand. In approaching this, Professor Berryman quoted Moana Jackson who said that “… to understand how to […]
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The Wrap Up (Term 2, Week 4)
This week we bring you news from our Business students visit to Kaicycle; the Wellington secondary schools tough guy, tough gal challenge, success in the NZ National Lead Climbing championship, and an update on the underwater hockey season so far. Our Open Evening is booking up fast so if you know whānau who may be considering WHS for their student in 2023, share the links and encourage booking soon!
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The Wrap Up (Term 1, Week 7)
In this week’s Wrap Up we invite you to the Te Whānau a Taraika online hui. A reminder that Year 11 are rostered home for period 5 next week. Plus updates from He Kākano and awhiawhi te rā.