It has been a very successful year for Physics at Wellington High School. Our WHS physics team (Luke Porteous, Callum MacRae and Stanley Sarkies) won the regional tournament and came second in the Nationals. This led to Luke and Stan being selected for the NZ Physics team, meaning that of the team of five students, two […]
Amy Vaculik-Hamilton will be competing in October in the up coming The Barry Sheene Oceania Challenge. It is a Cross Tasman Motorcycle Racing meet which is held alternatively in Australia and New Zealand. This year it is being held at Hampton Downs, south of Auckland. A special feature of the event will be a focus […]
Our Year 11 Arotahi group were recently presented with certificates for completing the Circus Skills course and PE assessment in Term 2. Congratulations to all involved!
The College Sport Individual Swimming Championships were held at Huia Pool this week, and Campbell Tacon had an outstanding day representing WHS. Campbell competed in five events – 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly and the 100m Individual Medley – and took out gold in all five!
The Great Inaugural Matariki Kite Competition was held today as part of our school’s Matariki celebrations. About fifty students and staff braved uncharacteristically sunny and windless conditions on the field to get their kites airborne. Kites were constructed over the last week in rōpū time using a variety of materials. Kites were traditionally flown at […]
Three year 12 students from Wellington High School were selected to compete against celebrities last week on the 4.30 Show. Eddyn Perkins- Treacher, Jack Comer- Hudson and Lucy Edwards travelled to Christchurch to take part in ‘The Zone’, the quiz show segment of this programme. The team battled against the New Zealand boy band Titanium. It […]
Stanley Sarkies and Luke Porteous flew out today to Shrewsbury in England to compete in the International Young Physicists’ Tournament – the Junior World Cup of Physics! For news and updates about the tournament see https://www.facebook.com/IYPTNZ.
On Wednesday 18 June the Feminist Club hosted Nicola Young, Sarah Free and Iona Pannett from the Wellington City Council. The City Council women talked about the individual, social and historical challenges that women have faced in roles such as theirs, and what they personally have done to overcome these barriers. They also outlined the […]
Last week Year 11 students Joseph Ivory, James Matheson, Jan Mueller, and Oliver Sundin competed in the Wellington Region Robocup senior rescue competition. They came 1st and will go to the nationals in September. The original Robocup rescue competition was introduced to encourage researchers into disaster-rescue following the Kobe earthquake. The concept has been transferred […]
