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 […]
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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.
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ERO Project: Have your say
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, […]