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Principal’s Message – End of Term 1, 2025

You will receive an email this week indicating your student’s attendance for this term. The government has emphasised that attendance is crucial for achievement and I agree with the strong messaging around this. I have been saying the same for many years as I have looked at data that shows the link between attendance and […]

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Principal’s Message – Mid Term 1, 2025

Kia ora koutou When I arrived at school on Friday 21 February, our contractors for our music room refurbishment had already started to dissemble the scaffolding. The renovation of our music spaces has been going on since late last year but we were able to welcome our students into the new spaces on Tuesday 25 […]

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Principal’s Message – End of Term 4, 2024

Dominic’s Principal’s Message for the end of Term 4 is his address to our Year 13 students from their Senior Celebration Evening on Monday 2 December. Tēnā koutou katoa Firstly, I watched the final game of our senior A boys volleyball just over a week ago. They asked if I would mention them in a […]

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Principal’s Message – Mid Term 4, 2024

A lot can change in a year, particularly in education. The new coalition government was sworn in on 27 November 2023 and immediately decided to implement a phone ban in high schools across New Zealand. Since then there have been a raft of changes and re-prioritising in the education sphere.  The new government has been […]

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Principal’s Message – End of Term 3, 2024

I am handing my Principal’s message over to one of our staff for this term. Our very own Tessa Prebble has written an op-ed piece on the co-requisite exams which has been published on Emily Writes.

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Principal’s Message – Mid Term 3, 2024

There has been a lot of sickness circulating in our community this winter. Perhaps we are not as good at protecting each other as we were a few years ago when COVID forced us into better practices around sickness and going to school/work. I was afflicted by a nasty bug that knocked me off my […]

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Principal’s message – End of Term 2, 2024

I think I can speak for all (staff and students) when I say that we are looking forward to a break.  Some time to refresh, recharge and get ready for what the rest of the year is going to offer. Term 2 has provided us with memorable Shakespeare Society performances, outdoor education tramps, winter sports, […]

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Principal’s Message – Mid Term 2, 2024

Thank you for the response to my email in relation to school donations, fees and other charges a couple of weeks ago. I have had many families get in touch with me needing support and other families able to provide support. Miraculously, the two seem to be balancing financially at the moment and I appreciate […]

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Principal’s Message – End of Term 1, 2024

Kia ora koutou I have written to whānau on a couple of occasions about the new government regulations for cell phone use in schools and the need for schools to have a policy in place for cell phone usage at school. Earlier this term we shared a draft cell phone policy with our teachers, students […]

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Principal’s Message – Mid-Term 1, 2024

Bill Alington, the architect who designed what some of our students term as the ‘gulag’ style blocks but which many of us know as brutalist style, died last week. I attended his funeral along with many others and the speakers focused on Bill but also on his designs. Wellington High School featured prominently in the […]