A lot can change in a year, particularly in education. The new coalition government was sworn in on 27 November 2023 and immediately decided to implement a phone ban in high schools across New Zealand. Since then there have been a raft of changes and re-prioritising in the education sphere. The new government has been […]
Category: Principal’s Message
I am handing my Principal’s message over to one of our staff for this term. Our very own Tessa Prebble has written an op-ed piece on the co-requisite exams which has been published on Emily Writes.
There has been a lot of sickness circulating in our community this winter. Perhaps we are not as good at protecting each other as we were a few years ago when COVID forced us into better practices around sickness and going to school/work. I was afflicted by a nasty bug that knocked me off my […]
I think I can speak for all (staff and students) when I say that we are looking forward to a break. Some time to refresh, recharge and get ready for what the rest of the year is going to offer. Term 2 has provided us with memorable Shakespeare Society performances, outdoor education tramps, winter sports, […]
Thank you for the response to my email in relation to school donations, fees and other charges a couple of weeks ago. I have had many families get in touch with me needing support and other families able to provide support. Miraculously, the two seem to be balancing financially at the moment and I appreciate […]
Kia ora koutou I have written to whānau on a couple of occasions about the new government regulations for cell phone use in schools and the need for schools to have a policy in place for cell phone usage at school. Earlier this term we shared a draft cell phone policy with our teachers, students […]
Bill Alington, the architect who designed what some of our students term as the ‘gulag’ style blocks but which many of us know as brutalist style, died last week. I attended his funeral along with many others and the speakers focused on Bill but also on his designs. Wellington High School featured prominently in the […]
Ka tangi te Titi Ka tangi te Kaka Ka tangi hoki ahau Tihei Mauri Ora I received the very sad news late last Friday of the passing of Tūroa Royal. Tūroa was the Principal of Wellington High School from 1978 to 1986 and he died last Tuesday, 28 November, at the age of 88 in […]
For Dominic’s mid-term Principal’s message, he is sharing his speech from our Year 13 Senior Celebration Evening, held on Monday 30 October. If you would like to read the original Nick Cave article that Dominic refers to below, please visit The Red Hand files. Tēna koutou katoa This evening’s celebration represents work from students in […]
Term three is always an exciting and tiring time at WHS when not a week seems to pass without some quite monumental happenings. This term started with another successful Blank Canvas exhibition with lots of wonderful pieces of Art displayed and sold! Winter sports ended and some teams travelled to Winter Tournament week. Then we […]