We have had a formal engineering assessment showing that all our buildings are safe and sound. We look forward to welcoming our students back into school on Monday 29 July. We encourage all our whanau to make a firm family emergency plan in case there is a large aftershock during school hours.Click here for more information about […]
This year the WHS Shakespeare Society took on the daunting task of producing one of the bard’s most challenging plays – King Lear. The drama follows unraveling of a King’s kingdom and mind as his family implodes and he finds himself the victim of numerous betrayals (brought on by his own ego and those closest […]
The 2013/2014 Entertainment Book is available for purchase at Student Services or you can purchase online by clicking on image to the right. The cost is $60.00 per book. Proceeds raised from sales will go into the Wellington High sports programme and in particular towards sport uniform upgrades. Thank you for your […]
Lily Mason Mackay has been selected for the New Zealand team for the International Young Physicists’ Tournament. She will be competing in Taipei in July. Lily started with us in year 9 in 2009, is now in year 13 and one of our very top students attaining excellence endorsement at levels 1 and 2 of NCEA.
Wellington High School launches Ngā Kōrero o Neherā on 14 May 2013 at Taraika, the school’s meeting house. He mihi nui tenei ki te mana whenua o te Whanganui a Tara. Ki a koutou te iwi o Te Āti Awa, tēnā koutou mo ngā manaakitanga o mātou o te Haikura o te Whanganui a Tara. Tēnā koutou mo ngā tautoko i te […]
KING LEARDate: May 20 – 24th, Monday to Friday, 7pm Where: Riley Center – Wellington High School 249 Taranaki St Mt Cook 6011 Cost: $7 unwaged $10 waged Book tickets at Wellington High School Office: (Door sales will be available) The Shakespeare society puts on a highly successful, […]
Food Technology Scholarships: Scholarship Technology (Food) awarded to Lillian Savage and Morgan Christy-Jones. Lillian submitted a report on the development of an upmarket edible souvenir for Te Papa and Morgan submitted a report on the development of snack food for children claiming dental friendly attributes. Her product included tagatose as a substitute for sugar. Both […]
Wellington High has had three entries for the NZIFST product development Challenge in 2012. One of our teams won the challenge for the challenge for the south of the North Island. The other two teams received highly commended for their projects. The teams were: Team DiCapri for their 5+ A day carrot ice cream (Winner) […]
Morgan Christy-Jones received her Gold CREST award this year and is currently studying Food Science at Massey University in Palmerston North. Morgan developed a dental friendly lunch box snack for children by substituting sucrose with tagatose; Tagatose is a sweetener derived as a by-product from the production of cheese that is broken down from the […]
The Wellington High School Rock Climbing Club, in combination with the Tararua Tramping Club, took an adventure down to Golden Bay during the school holidays. Golden Bay has some of the best and extensive sport climbing in New Zealand and we were lucky to be able to spend a week there climbing and exploring. The students all had a […]
