Qona Christie has been selected as part of the NZ Judo Youth Development Squad to train at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for a week in September. The athletes selected in this squad are seen as having the potential to represent NZ at events such as the Olympics in the future. It’s fantastic to […]
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Sheryl Wong, Sasha Kapica, and Oscar Thomas have been selected to have their DVC and Fashion design work showcased as NZQA National exemplars for level 2 external standards. It is a huge honour to be selected from a 2013 national cohort of 218 students who gained excellence in Level 2 DVC. Links to the work […]
Oliver And Lucas Floor Them All
WHS Floorball players Oliver Sundin, Lucas Early have James Matheson been named in the U19 Men’s National team who will represent New Zealand in a two game series against Australia in October. Big congratulations and good luck in your preparation for this event! The team will be co-coached by our WHS Floorball coach, Sven Sundin – […]
Luke Porteous and Stanley Sarkies have been selected to join the New Zealand International young Physicists Squad which will compete in a week long physics tournament in England later this year. Stanley and Luke have been chosen alongside 6 other New Zealand students to compete for 5 places in the final team which will be […]
The Wellington High School Feminist Club ran a very successful flea market last Friday making a profit of $650 which they have decided to donate to Family Planning as they have had recent funding cuts. Well done to all who attended, contributed and donated.
Wellington High Blitzes NZYPT
Wellington High won the Regional Finals of the 9th New Zealand Young Physicists Tournament on the 15th March at Victoria University of Wellington. Competition was fierce and sustained throughout the day with our team battling against the best teams from Onslow, Kapiti, Wanganui and new comer Rongotai. In a very close final WHS took out […]
Aroha Taraika: Working Bee
Teachers and whanau put in amazing love and effort this weekend to paint the interior and front wall of our wharenui tino ataahua, ‘Taraika’. Special thanks to Crane Amaru, Andrew Gordon and Louise Wycherley who have inspired our community with their vision for a beautifully restored meeting house that will be the heart of our […]
Kylie Merrick has been awarded a 2013 TENZ (Technology Educators New Zealand) award for her contribution to technology education. The award is in recognition of outstanding capability in teaching of Technology and consistently displaying excellence in teaching practice. We all appreciate the wonderful work that Kylie does and we are very proud of her. Congratulations […]