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 […]
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!
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.
ERO Project: Have Your Say Wellington High School is participating in an ERO project looking at the quality and inclusivity of education provision for disabled learners. It also looks at how schools are supporting these learners during the COVID disruptions. This project focuses on students who need teaching adaptations and/or individual support to access schooling […]
At this time of year we are normally looking backwards, at our work last year, and looking forwards, making plans for the rest of the year based on the data we have collected from last year. Mark Twain famously said: “there are lies, damned lies and statistics” and I’m conscious of this whenever I collect […]
Dear parents, caregivers and whānau, The Post Primary Teachers’ Association has directed members to attend a round of branch based union meetings held under the provisions of Section 26 of the Employment Relations Act 2000. The meeting for PPTA members at Wellington High School will be held on Thursday 24 February. To facilitate the meeting, […]
This year has brought challenges. I have detailed these in previous messages. I expect there are more in store in relation to COVID next year when we are living with it in our community. It is hard to know what that will look like but it will affect attendance at school for teachers and students […]
We are delighted to finally be able to bring you the recording of the ‘In Blind Faith:The Musical’, performed earlier this year, written by Cadence Chung.
At this time of year we would normally have a range of celebrations as our seniors and, in particular, our departing year 13 class move into exam mode. These events haven’t been possible, in their normal form, because the Ministry of Education sent advice to schools at the end of September which was a shift […]
In this Wrap Up catch up with our prizewinners from Senior Prizegiving and Whakanuia and coverage of maestro Fritz Wollner’s final Music Evening. We celebrate literary success with the Katherine Mansfield short story award. Plus, the last chance to order a school magazine for 2021!
