Our Vision is to deliver Aotearoa New Zealand's best all-round education.
Principal's Message
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Wakatipu High School’s vision is to ‘deliver Aotearoa New Zealand’s best all-round education’. This aspirational vision challenges us to strive to deliver the very best possible opportunities and outcomes for all of our students each and every day.
Our ‘Ākonga Profile’ outlines what we want for our students in their time at WHS, and encapsulates the all-round nature of our vision. The Ākonga Profile (see Curriculum) includes not only every student gaining their best possible qualification, but essential competencies and knowledge, and holistic development as a young person - underpinned by our school values of excellence, responsibility, resilience, inclusion and respect. |
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Integral to the Ākonga Profile and our vision is student learning, progress and achievement, and our strong academic results are testament to our significant success in this area. Students are also supported to achieve in vocational pathways, which include our Trades Academy, Gateway and Central Otago Youth Employment programmes. In addition, we provide learning support in literacy and numeracy, and have a Gifted Education programme.
A key part of our all-round education is the wide range of extra and co-curricular opportunities that we offer, including sport, arts, music, culture, outdoors, community and leadership. From our Winter Sports Academy and rowing, to our jazz band, school musical, Kapa Haka group and Duke of Edinburgh programme, our students have an incredible range of opportunities in which to participate and excel, as well as to grow and develop holistically. Furthermore, the Wakatipu Basin and its unique environment enables us to offer great outdoor education programmes.
Student engagement and wellbeing are also very important at WHS, and we work hard to support our students to enjoy coming to school and feel safe. We have a comprehensive pastoral system, central to which are our five Houses. This year we have also introduced a school-wide wellbeing programme.
While we continue to grow as a school, ‘Phase Two’ - the expansion of WHS will be completed during 2022 providing us with considerable additional teaching and learning spaces.
Well-governed and very generously supported by the WHS Foundation and Branches Trust, Wakatipu High School is on an exciting journey as we strive to deliver Aotearoa New Zealand’s best all-round education for our students. We welcome you to join us at our remarkable campus and to ‘Reach For Your Heights’.
A key part of our all-round education is the wide range of extra and co-curricular opportunities that we offer, including sport, arts, music, culture, outdoors, community and leadership. From our Winter Sports Academy and rowing, to our jazz band, school musical, Kapa Haka group and Duke of Edinburgh programme, our students have an incredible range of opportunities in which to participate and excel, as well as to grow and develop holistically. Furthermore, the Wakatipu Basin and its unique environment enables us to offer great outdoor education programmes.
Student engagement and wellbeing are also very important at WHS, and we work hard to support our students to enjoy coming to school and feel safe. We have a comprehensive pastoral system, central to which are our five Houses. This year we have also introduced a school-wide wellbeing programme.
While we continue to grow as a school, ‘Phase Two’ - the expansion of WHS will be completed during 2022 providing us with considerable additional teaching and learning spaces.
Well-governed and very generously supported by the WHS Foundation and Branches Trust, Wakatipu High School is on an exciting journey as we strive to deliver Aotearoa New Zealand’s best all-round education for our students. We welcome you to join us at our remarkable campus and to ‘Reach For Your Heights’.
Mr Steve Hall
Principal
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Board of Trustees
Parent Trustees
Charlie Phillips (Chair)
Tony Balfour
Niki Hawke
Gigi Hollyer
Grant McCulloch
Rajeev Sunder
Adrian Januszkiewicz
Staff Trustee
Jennifer Smart
Student Trustee
Lachy Boniface
Whanau Representative
Roni Bouchier
Secretary
Karla Dawson - for all correspondence please email kdawson@wakatipu.school.nz
Charlie Phillips (Chair)
Tony Balfour
Niki Hawke
Gigi Hollyer
Grant McCulloch
Rajeev Sunder
Adrian Januszkiewicz
Staff Trustee
Jennifer Smart
Student Trustee
Lachy Boniface
Whanau Representative
Roni Bouchier
Secretary
Karla Dawson - for all correspondence please email kdawson@wakatipu.school.nz
Next Board Meeting - Monday 4 July 2022
If you would like to attend, please contact Karla at kdawson@wakatipu.school.nz
If you would like to attend, please contact Karla at kdawson@wakatipu.school.nz
Strategic and Annual Plans
Please click here to view our Strategic Plan.
Please click here to view our Annual Plan. Please note the landing page is our Strategic Priorities for 2022 - hover and click on a priority to see its annual plan.
Please click here to view our Annual Plan. Please note the landing page is our Strategic Priorities for 2022 - hover and click on a priority to see its annual plan.
ERO Report
Education Review Office Report
ERO conducts a regular review programme to evaluate and report on the education and care of all young people in schools across New Zealand. They have recently changed their approach to reporting from conducting periodic external reviews to supporting each school in a process of continuous improvement.
Wakatipu High School has been working closely with an ERO evaluation partner to identify areas of opportunity and improvement. This evaluation process informs our strategic planning and annual priorities, as outlined in the School Charter. Progress on evaluation will be communicated to our community in our weekly newsletters and a formal ERO report will be published once every three years.
To view previous reports please visit their website: https://ero.govt.nz/institution/374/wakatipu-high-school
ERO conducts a regular review programme to evaluate and report on the education and care of all young people in schools across New Zealand. They have recently changed their approach to reporting from conducting periodic external reviews to supporting each school in a process of continuous improvement.
Wakatipu High School has been working closely with an ERO evaluation partner to identify areas of opportunity and improvement. This evaluation process informs our strategic planning and annual priorities, as outlined in the School Charter. Progress on evaluation will be communicated to our community in our weekly newsletters and a formal ERO report will be published once every three years.
To view previous reports please visit their website: https://ero.govt.nz/institution/374/wakatipu-high-school
Tahuna - School Waiata
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E te tini e te mano Kia ora ra Anei a Wakatipu E mihi mahana Kia koutou katoa Takahia mai ra Ko te aroha Mai ringa ringa pōwhiri E tuwhera atu nei Ko Whakatauki te maunga Ko Wakatipu te roto Haere mai ra ki Tāhuna (x2) |
To the many, to the thousands Greetings Here we are Wakatipu A warm welcome To you all Come forth with love We welcome you all With open arms Bob’s Peak the mountain Wakatipu our lake Welcome again to you all (x2) |
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