WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
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Wellington High School is a co educational, non uniform secondary school in Wellington City. Located close to the city centre it has a multi ethnic student population of approximately 100 students. The school is non selective and seeks students with a wide range of skills and abilities. It provides inclusive education that uses modern learning technologies and a range of teaching strategies to develop the acquisition of life long, independent learning and research skills.
Effective management systems promote individual responsibility and self management. Student teacher relationships are mutually respectful and discipline is firm, friendly and fair. The school tikanga gives guidelines about respect and the students feel safe. Students are seen as equal participants in their learning community and are empowered to make their views felt.
A broad balanced curriculum at all levels which provides for multi level study and multiple pathways are designed to make students socially literate. You will be able to negotiate some of what you want to learn and select from a full range of learning tools to do the work. It became the Wellington Technical School in 1891 and Wellington High School in 1964. Wellington High School is committed to the inclusion of all students in regular, mainstream classes where students’ learning needs are identified and catered for
Wellington High School 1886 to today A proud tradition of educational innovation for over 100 years.
The school evolves into Wellington Technical School moving to specially built premises on Mercer Street and grows rapidly with expanding programmes and a secondary roll. Although Nairn did not live long he became a noted New Zealand landscape artist and brought the school to the centre of lively controversy in the art world. William La Trobe is appointed as the second director of Wellington Technical School. La Trobe resigns and John Henry Howell is appointed as the third director of Wellington Technical College.
The school begins the move to Taranaki Street under the leadership of Howell and the engineering block is opened. He ensures a broad cultural programme with lots of music and dramatic productions. Howell is providing an alternative to a narrow academic school which prepares students for the matriculation examination despite the fact that very few finish the course. Ridling resigns and Eric Cousins is appointed the fifth director of the school.
Priestley retires, Colin Noall is appointed as the seventh director of the school and B W Potter is appoointed the first Principal of the Wellington Polytechnic. Noall oversees the change of name from Wellington Technical High School to Wellington High School. Bradwell retires, Turoa Royal is appointed as the third Principal of the High School. New pavilion is finished and the junior school Certificate in Learning is introduced.
A new ICT centre opens under the Riley Centre, NCEA level 1 is implemented. The Board confirms its intention to continue community education as an Adult and Community Education Learning Centre under the Tertiary Education Commission it remains the largest secondary school based programme in New Zealand. The Education Review office reported The school proudly upholds a tradition that promotes educational innovation to meet the changing needs of its community . and empowers teachers to personalise student learning through which the skills and abilities of each student are developed ERO April 2007 . Students benefit from a wide range of effective, stimulating and creative learning experiences. Information and communication technologies lCT are an integral part of learning in a variety of innovative ways across the curriculum.
The Eric Tindall gymnasium opens, a new industry standard kitchen facility is opened and staffroom facilities undergo refurbishment. Taraika is the name of our Marae a name that is exclusive to Wellington High School. We decided to include Taraika instead of Te Whanganui a Tara as it is specific to our school and it acknowledges the tipuna of our region. We believe that this name will be of great cultural, social and academic benefit to our school
Effective management systems promote individual responsibility and self management. Student teacher relationships are mutually respectful and discipline is firm, friendly and fair. The school tikanga gives guidelines about respect and the students feel safe. Students are seen as equal participants in their learning community and are empowered to make their views felt.
A broad balanced curriculum at all levels which provides for multi level study and multiple pathways are designed to make students socially literate. You will be able to negotiate some of what you want to learn and select from a full range of learning tools to do the work. It became the Wellington Technical School in 1891 and Wellington High School in 1964. Wellington High School is committed to the inclusion of all students in regular, mainstream classes where students’ learning needs are identified and catered for
Wellington High School 1886 to today A proud tradition of educational innovation for over 100 years.
The school evolves into Wellington Technical School moving to specially built premises on Mercer Street and grows rapidly with expanding programmes and a secondary roll. Although Nairn did not live long he became a noted New Zealand landscape artist and brought the school to the centre of lively controversy in the art world. William La Trobe is appointed as the second director of Wellington Technical School. La Trobe resigns and John Henry Howell is appointed as the third director of Wellington Technical College.
The school begins the move to Taranaki Street under the leadership of Howell and the engineering block is opened. He ensures a broad cultural programme with lots of music and dramatic productions. Howell is providing an alternative to a narrow academic school which prepares students for the matriculation examination despite the fact that very few finish the course. Ridling resigns and Eric Cousins is appointed the fifth director of the school.
Priestley retires, Colin Noall is appointed as the seventh director of the school and B W Potter is appoointed the first Principal of the Wellington Polytechnic. Noall oversees the change of name from Wellington Technical High School to Wellington High School. Bradwell retires, Turoa Royal is appointed as the third Principal of the High School. New pavilion is finished and the junior school Certificate in Learning is introduced.
A new ICT centre opens under the Riley Centre, NCEA level 1 is implemented. The Board confirms its intention to continue community education as an Adult and Community Education Learning Centre under the Tertiary Education Commission it remains the largest secondary school based programme in New Zealand. The Education Review office reported The school proudly upholds a tradition that promotes educational innovation to meet the changing needs of its community . and empowers teachers to personalise student learning through which the skills and abilities of each student are developed ERO April 2007 . Students benefit from a wide range of effective, stimulating and creative learning experiences. Information and communication technologies lCT are an integral part of learning in a variety of innovative ways across the curriculum.
The Eric Tindall gymnasium opens, a new industry standard kitchen facility is opened and staffroom facilities undergo refurbishment. Taraika is the name of our Marae a name that is exclusive to Wellington High School. We decided to include Taraika instead of Te Whanganui a Tara as it is specific to our school and it acknowledges the tipuna of our region. We believe that this name will be of great cultural, social and academic benefit to our school
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