Important Dates
- Tuesday 1 April – Music Evening
- Monday 7 April – Board Meeting 6.00pm
- Friday 11 April – End of Term 1
Important Information
Voices of Hope and the Last Chance Project
Voices of Hope and the Last Chance Project are touring schools in the Wellington Region next week. They will be presenting a school talk at WHS on Monday 24th March to Year 9 and 10 students. Voices of Hope is a mental health charity and the main topics it will cover are anti bullying, general mental health, and encouraging help-seeking behaviours. Last Chance Project is a charitable trust and will highlight the importance of having conversations in person, challenging your inner critic, and the importance of communication. The counselling team, SLT and Deans have worked together to organise this event. Please don’t hesitate to contact Nikki (one of the counsellors) directly at pnn@whs.school.nz if you have any queries.
Vā Aroha 2025
For students that are interested to sign up to a club, group or activity or learn more about what’s on offer, please click HERE to explore the wide range of options. To sign up to a club, please contact the club leaders directly (email addresses are in the Aroha slides) or email smt@whs.school.nz
What’s Happening
Languages Faculty – Bonseki Demonstration
Last Friday, the Languages Faculty had the special honour of a visit from a Bonseki Master, Mrs. Naoko Masubuchi. Bonseki is the Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes using sand, pebbles and rocks. This art form perfectly showcases the Japanese concept of “mono no aware”, which is an appreciation of the beauty of impermanent things. Mrs. Masubuchi showcased this art to a number of classes in the Languages Department, as well as students in the Japan Club.
Music Event
Playground Live Music would like to invite your students to attend its next live music event at Newtown Community Centre, Corner of Colombo and Rintoul St, on the 22nd of March.
The acts performing are Mia-Nina, Haircut in Lower Hutt (student/s from Wellington High), and Latitude (student/s from Wellington High, Wellington Girls College, and Queen Margarets).
Creative School Holiday Workshops
Art workshops on offer this school holidays
Careers
Please read this week’s Pathways Newsletter!
Contact Chuni Bhikha bac@whs.school.nz or drop into S502 if you require further information on the above events.
Update of the week
Kiwi2Aus is a programme supporting kiwi students at schools all around New Zealand who may be aspiring to pursue higher education in Australia. The Kiwi2Aus Course includes:
- A 2-hour video course detailing absolutely everything students need to know from healthcare, banking, costs, accommodation to grade conversions, applications, different universities, scholarships and so much more.
- A complete checklist to keep students organized and on track.
- 24/7 support through email, including a complimentary 30-minute Zoom consultation and access to a group community to network with other students.
Kiwi2Aus is offering a 20% discount to students at WHS who use the code KIWI20. For more information, you can check out the website linked above, or email Kiwi2Aus directly at kiwi2australia@gmail.com.
Earnings – Statistics New Zealand
Are you interested in what different qualifications earn? Late last year Statistics New Zealand started releasing data from Census 2023. That always provides a useful opportunity to see what is happening around earnings for people with and without post-school qualifications. You can check out the 2023 Census earning data here, or check out the table below.
