Kia ora koutou, The following information,regarding the start of year in 2024, was sent to parents and caregivers of all enrolled students on Monday 18 December 2023. New Year 9 students New Year 10-13 students Returning Year 10-13 students Please ensure you check your spam folder and add no-reply@whs.school.nz to your safe email address list.
For Dominic’s mid-term Principal’s message, he is sharing his speech from our Year 13 Senior Celebration Evening, held on Monday 30 October. If you would like to read the original Nick Cave article that Dominic refers to below, please visit The Red Hand files. Tēna koutou katoa This evening’s celebration represents work from students in […]
Term three is always an exciting and tiring time at WHS when not a week seems to pass without some quite monumental happenings. This term started with another successful Blank Canvas exhibition with lots of wonderful pieces of Art displayed and sold! Winter sports ended and some teams travelled to Winter Tournament week. Then we […]
In his Principal’s message for the end of Term 2, Dominic asks ChatGPT to outline the benefits and challenges for future education in an AI world.
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 Wellington city PPTA members will be held at 1pm on Monday 26 June at Te Rauparaha Arena in […]
Dear Parents and Caregivers Advance Notification of Industrial Action The PPTA has advised the Wellington High School Board that its member teachers at our school will be taking strike action between 12 June 2023 and 30 June 2023. Rostering home On the days notified below, students in the named year level, will not be taught […]
I spent time over the last week at a Principal’s conference in New Plymouth. One of the keynote speakers, Yong Zhao, Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Kansas, talked to us about what he saw as the future of education in the age of ‘smart machines’. Yong talked about his humble beginnings, honestly […]
Dear Parents and Caregivers Advance Notification of Industrial Action Rolling strikes The PPTA has advised the Wellington High School Board that its member teachers at our school will be taking strike action between 4 May 2023 and 8 June 2023. The action will take place on the following days over that period. Week 2 – […]
Dear Parents and Caregivers Advance Notification of Industrial Action – PPTA Teachers’ Strike on Wednesday 29 March 2023 The PPTA has advised the Wellington High School Board that its member teachers at our school will be taking strike action on Wednesday 29 March. Please note that this strike action is subject to progress in mediation […]
It was lovely to welcome about 450 new students to our kura at the start of the year. At the powhiri I spoke about attendance and connection. Students know that these are recurring themes of mine and this is because I spend a fair amount of time looking at data that highlights the importance of […]
