Last week WHS Student, Jean Donaldson, attended a networking event with the winners of the Absolutely Positively Wellington Student Award (which Jean received in 2014), to meet with Mayor Celia Wade-Brown and other Council representatives. The representatives were “blown away by the students hard work, kindness and dedication to their community”.
Category: Weekly Wrap Up
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Captain Scores Century
Andrew Bennett, captain of our 1st eleven, scored 106 runs in a 267 to 183 win over Onslow College. Congratulations Andrew!
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AWD Athletics Success
Several Base 1 students competed in the AWD Athletics last week. We are particularly proud of two of them, James Martin (shot put) and Ella Smith (100m), who have qualified for the College Sport Wellington Regional Athletics Champs on 18th March.
During Week 4 our year 12 Geographers spent 4 days exploring volcanic processes, climate and variations in vegetation in the Tongariro National Park. During this time they conquered the Tongariro Crossing and become experts on this area for the end of year exam.
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Josh Stewart earns Supreme Award
Congratulations to WHS Year 11 student, Josh Stewart, who has earned the Chief Scout’s Award, the supreme award in Scouting for outstanding achievement. Josh earned this award with 24 weeks of helping with Cubs, community service with cleanups and plantings in the Owhiro Stream, academic achievement with a win at the NIWA Science fair and […]
Eva Wyles, who completed Year 13 in 2014, has been selected to have her NCEA Level 3 Sculpture portfolio featured in the 2015 NZQA Top Art exhibition. Top Art is an annual touring exhibition featuring a selection of the NCEA Level 3 portfolios that achieved Excellence in Visual Art in the previous year. You can […]
Wellington High School uses the SchoolAppsNZ app. This can be downloaded for both iOS and Android. Download and Open the app, search for “Wellington High School”. The app allows you to: View upcoming events View school notices View sports results View school contacts Enter an absentee View important links
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Junior Short Courses 2014
For weeks 7 and 8 of Term 4, WHS Year 9 and 10 students were able to sample some learning outside of their normal timetable. Options for these Short Courses were extremely varied from learning about disaster preparation (Zombie Documentary) to putting on mock trial; knitting to 3D printing; scuba diving to survival skills and […]
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Ika for Marae
As part of the 20th Anniversary of the school marae, Taraika, the Year 10 Design Technology class were given a brief to design a sculpture to compliment the Marae. Students researched local Māori history and stories surrounding Taraika and took a field trip around Wellington to see what professional sculptors do and get a feel […]