The process for choosing next year’s courses starts in late August/early September each year. Our course choice booklets outline:
- Course content
- The learning focus for each course
- NCEA information
- Entry recommendations
Senior Course Choices 2026
Students in Years 10—12 are invited to explore the options available.
- WHS Senior Course Choices – 2026 (updated 12.8.2025)
- Preliminary choices form – students will need to be logged into their WHS account to access the form.
Planning sheets for 2026:
The timeline for making course decisions for 2026 is below. There are opportunities to discuss course choices at Future Focus Evening.
For further information about NCEA, read the Future Focus Evening Presentation from 2024.
- Monday 4 August 2025 – Future Focus evening
- Tuesday 5 August 2025 – Student portal goes live for preliminary decisions
- Friday 15 August 2025 — Preliminary decisions made for 2026
- Friday 22 September 2025 — Final course decisions made for 2026
Year 10 Course Choices 2025
- Using the Year 10 Course Choice Booklet for 2025 students and whānau are invited to explore the Year 10 option courses available next year.
- Instructions as to how to select Year 10 option courses for 2025 are detailed on page 16 of the Year 10 Course Choice Booklet.
- Choices can be made online in rōpū Google classrooms during week 8. Students will also need to submit a copy of the planning sheet from page 15 of the booklet.
- The deadline for completion: Monday 16 September.
- Got any questions? Try the Year 10 FAQs, or speak to your rōpū or subject teacher.
Junior Whānau Guide – 2026
For students in Years 9 and 10 the Junior curriculum handbook provides useful information regarding the courses and taster courses available and the pathways into NCEA.
Year 9 students take all eight taster courses during the year and make choices for languages at the end of Term 1.
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