Category: Weekly Wrap Up

Earlier this term, 25 of our top Physical Education students had a visit from one of NZ’s greatest multi sport athletes, Steve Gurney. Steve was a professional multisport athlete most known for winning the Coast to Coast race a record 9 times. During his interactive workshop, Steve shared his strategies for success, the use of […]

With his smoked capsicum salsa beef burger Josh made no song and dance about showing New Zealand how to make a good burger. No, when he took the floor he applied skill and confidence and within an hour he presented two servings of his beef burger and straight away swept the judges off their feet. […]

Teuila ‘Ofamo’Oni-Ah Hi is lucky enough to be one of 15 students throughout New Zealand to get a Language Immersion Award. Next year she will be heading to Japan for 6 months, attending school, living with a local family and developing an insight into their way of life. These awards are funded through the NZ […]

On Thursday 17 November Prue Kelly was awarded the Wellingtonian of the Year in the category of Education. Prue is retiring at the end of the year and this award is further recognition of the fantastic job she has done in transforming Wellington High School into the coeducational school of choice for Wellington families.

Wellington high has just received the confirmed ERO report and we are very pleased that the learning opportunties we are delivering for our students have been recognised.

After reading a couple of books about origami Jarred Thornton has created some magnificent origami geometric masterpieces and is attempting to pass on his skill to Alvey Little and Luke Palmer.   Jarred starts with a small rectangle or square of paper and ends with a large hexagon or square.   This lunchtime library activity […]

At a ceremony to mark the end of Library week the first two poems for the linkwell Poets’ Walk were announced. Lily Uivel and Lachlan Dixon’s poems were the two chosen and they were read. The other poets Sienna Kelly, Zarina Ahmed, Chora Charleton, Cheryl Wong and Mereana Latimer’s work was recognised also with the presentation of a certificate.  The ceremony ended […]

Paul Sullivan’s Yr 12 Drama class presented the Kiwi classic The End of the Golden Weather by Bruce Mason, and adapted by Raymond Hawthorne, last week.   Narrator Bea Joblin kept the story flowing and the sun shining as the words flowed from her smiling face. Boy, Riley Brophy, and his interactions with his family, the world […]

The Wellington High School Team of Jack Bannister-Sutton, Blake Scott and Oliver Spicer are the Wellington Region Robot Junior Soccer champions. They gained the title at the Wellington Regional Robocup Competition held at Tawa College on the 8th of August. The team is off to the nationals at Christchurch on the 4th of September.   […]

High wins at robot skirmish A new technology sport is growing in popularity at High.  A group of students under the tutelage of Chemistry teacher Ryan McCroskery is building and competing robots At a recent competition Rowan Self, Callum O’Neil, Thomas Fuller, Tom Leslie, Michael Kula and Joshua Machiela took out the opposition in the Wellington vex robotics Skirmish.  Well done teams, […]