Notices -
Thursday 29th of August, 2024
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| Careers | AUT Course Planning visit | M410 | Thu 29 Aug 1.20 | BAC |
| Come along and get some great advice and guidance about planning your degree programme for Year 1 at University |
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| Students | Socialist Club | T203 | Fri 30 Aug 1:25 | LNA |
| Socialist Club on Friday lunchtime in Room T203 there will be vegan cookies and muffins ~Fen C |
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| General | Japan Club | HSJ |
| Tuesday (27th) J-kaiwa (Japanese conversation in PR16 with Jalil Sensei). Anyone welcome. Tuesday (3rd) learn the basics of wearing a yukata/kimono and take some green screen photos! (Also in PR16) |
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| General | Senior English Study Club years 12 and 13 | STW |
| Senior English Study Club is starting up for 2024 - come along at lunch for a quiet and supportive place to finish your mahi and study. Week 5 - Thursday Lunch in M205 Week 6 and onwards - Friday Lunch in M205 |
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| General | Staff vs Students | SIJ |
| The 2024 staff vs students games start tomorrow, kicking off with volleyball in the Tindill gym at lunchtime. Come down and watch a spectacle of talent you have never seen from your teachers and cheer them on as they try to win the coveted Wakefield boot trophy for another year. |
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| General | Stalls for OutLOUD | SHP |
| Outloud (WHS Pride Week) is on in Week 10! We will be having a market in the foyer with stalls you can sell things from. You can choose if a portion or all of the money you make from your stall goes to InsideOUT (an LGBTQ+ charity). If you are interested send an email to crowemi@whs.school.nz with what you want to sell. It can be things like crafts and art but not baking or food. |
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| General | The SHONAS 2024 | PBT |
| It's Shonas time again. Come celebrate the media studies and journalism students. Monday 14th October - first day back of term 4! The SHONAS is part film festival, part awards ceremony. Come along for films, a red carpet, guest judges and complementary lolly bags (that means they're free). Tickets are $5 from here https://www.trybooking.com/nz/TJV If your film is showing or you are nominated for an award, you get a free ticket - come see Ms Prebble to get your ticket. Come watch documentaries from year 13, horror films from year 12 and the best of the best from year 11. Because of the horror films, the night is M rated, so not great for little kids. |
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| Library | Library Closed Thursday 29th August | MWH |
| The Library will be closed all day on Thursday 29 August but will reopen for Āwhina afterschool. Please return books through the slot in the door. (The H & S course in the Library will go ahead). |
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| Students | Avocado Press: submissions open! | KNM |
| Avocado Press is looking for submissions for Term 3! This is a great opportunity to have your writing or artwork published. We accept anything from short stories and poetry to quality images of your artwork or sculpture. Send in your work by Sunday the 15th (end of week 8) on the google form linked below. https://forms.gle/TRWv9dKiStyXSiWL6 |
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| Students | School Musical 2025 | HEA |
| We are announcing the 2025 school musical next Thursday at interval. If you want to be in it, or be part of the backstage team; play in the band, work on costumes, make up, set, props, lighting, sound, design posters, be part of it in any way! - come to the hall next Thursday at interval to find out all about it- WHS Musical 2025 - the show you have been waiting for! |
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| Students | Student representative elections 2024 | JYA |
| Nominations are open for the post of Student Representative on the WHS Board for 2025. If you are interested, check the information posted on your rōpū Google Classroom and on posters around the school. Come and collect a nomination form from Alison in M505 (next to Mr Killalea's office). Nominations close at 12.00pm on Monday 9 September. To date nominations have been received from: 1) April Marshall, Maia Hills and Frank Monastra Woods. 2) Liam Mitchell, Brendan Laking 3) Owen Jones 4) Geronimo La Hood, Aiden Gillespie & Fern Ashby |
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| Students | TED x Youth | ALJ |
| Have you ever watched a TED talk? They probably either bore you out or inspire you, there’s not really an in-between.TEDxYouthPaparangi has been working really hard to give you an event that doesn’t put you to sleep. We have an amazing line-up of speakers rewriting their narratives and creating the path for change. General Admission tickets are now on sale for $20. Come along to see some amazing speeches, interact with the diverse booths, and enjoy some amazing food! https://events.humanitix.com/tedxyouthpaparangi-2024 tedxyouthpaparangi.org |
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