Facilities and resources
Our school offers a range of spaces, tools and resources to support student learning. Whether it’s for study, sport, creativity or technology, our learning environments and resources give students what they need to succeed.
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device): all students are expected to bring their own fully charged laptop or tablet to school every day. See BYOD tab below for more information.
Our school facilities
We offer a range of learning environments. They help students stay engaged, build confidence and enjoy every part of their school day. Our facilities include:
- bright and comfortable classrooms
- a modern library space including a senior study area for reading, research, study and collaboration.
- science labs for hands-on experiments
- large sports fields for fitness and fun
- purpose designed art and music and performances spaces for creative learning
- computer labs for digital learning.
Resources and technology
Our school uses modern technology and digital learning tools. Our resources help students learn, create and stay connected. As a NSW public school, we have access to shared programs and tools available to all schools in the state.
Note: All students are expected to bring their own laptop or tablet, fully charged to school every day.
Features of our educational technology program include:
- A full-time technical services officer and technology help-desk to support students and staff
- Online learning delivery through Canvas and Google Classroom
- Computer labs, mini-labs and library computers.
- Data-projectors in classrooms
- Future focused learning spaces including virtual reality spaces and 30 Handheld VR devices for use in classrooms.
- Greenscreen, Lightboard and 3D printing.
- A range of creative resources including Lego Mindstorm robotics, Makeys and programmable AirBlock Drones
See below for more information
WBHS values the rich learning experiences that technology can facilitate and enhance. Our school is committed to creating a future-focused learning environment that helps our students become self-directed learners, collaborative team players, skilled technology users, critical and creative thinkers, wise information consumers and intelligent information producers. The WBHS BYOD program is an integral part of the school’s commitment to delivering quality teaching and learning programs that prepare our students to thrive.
WBHS students are expected to bring their own personal electronic devices to school to facilitate, support and enhance their learning.
Suggested Device Options
The following criteria should be considered in making your purchase:
- Protective Case.
- At least 4GB RAM
- For Chromebooks at least 16GB Storage but it is recommended that 32GB devices or higher if working offline for long periods of time. Windows devices will require at least 128 GB hard drive storage.
- Wireless (2.4GHz/5GHz).
- Operating platform - Chromebooks - Windows 11 - IOS (Apple)
- Insurance/Product Care etc - the school is unable to replace or repair damaged devices.
For further information please contact the school and ask for Mr Voigt (Technical Support Officer).
CANVAS is a comprehensive online learning management system that supports classroom teaching and learning. CANVAS login for parents and carers is curently being set up.
Free Adobe Creative Cloud for Students and Staff
Log in with your email address and password to access all of Adobes newest application downloads. Includes, Acrobat DC, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere pro and more. If your licence has expired, please see your teacher or TSO at school to renew.
Free Microsoft Office for Windows, Mac and mobile
WBHS Students can access MS Office 365 online via https://www.office.com using their student email as their username [username@education.nsw.gov.au] or via their student portal. Select the Install Office button top right to install the desktop Office applications. Mobile apps are also available via your devices app store.
Free Google GSuite
Access to Google Apps for education such as Google Classroom, File storage on Google Drive and more. Apps for Mobile devices are also available via your devices app store Students log in with their student account [username@education.nsw.gov.au]. or via their student portal. Chromebooks have immediate access to Gsuite when students use their student account, [username@education.nsw.gov.au].
Online tools for Creativity
Online tools for Creativity. List of online only software tools. Ideal for chromebooks, or any internet device.
Tips and advice on helping your child have safe and enjoyable experiences online.
Online Safety
As parents and carers you know your child better than anyone and have the best opportunity to support and guide them to have safer online experiences.
The guides below cover key online safety issues for young people and includes a range of practical tips and advice on what to do if things go wrong. You can also find a list of important services that can offer extra support.
Gen AI and NSWEduChat
From the start of Term 4, 2025 students will gain access to NSWEduChat, a safe generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool developed by the NSW Department of Education. NSWEduChat works differently to other commonly used GenAI tools. It does not just give direct answers to students. Instead, it provides guidance and asks open-ended questions encouraging students to think critically and express their ideas, reasoning, and assumptions.
WBHS has clear procedures for student use of AI in assessment tasks. For example, assessment task notifications include an AI rating and clearly state to what extent GenAI can be used in the completion of the task. More information can be found here (under ‘AI and Referencing’) and also within assessment booklets.
Important actions for families
Please read the parental privacy notice here, (bottom of the webpage), which includes information on NSWEduChat, data collection, and privacy.
Benefits of NSWEduChat
- Creates new opportunities to enhance teaching and learning, while maintaining a safe and human-centred approach in the classroom where we value teacher expertise.
- Promotes equitable learning opportunities by providing students with a free, safe and effective generative AI (GenAI) tool that is owned and designed by the department.
- Enables students to develop critical AI skills in a safe environment where content is filtered, and their data is secured.
- Helps teachers advance students’ independent learning and critical thinking. We’ve heard from our trial school principals that NSWEduChat is a valuable resource for advancing these skills and increasing student confidence and engagement. Students have said it helps them understand their work better, develop their writing skills and break down complex tasks.
How students can access NSWEduChat
Students will be able to access the tool using a single sign-on via the NSWEduChat website or the student portal. Students will need to log in using their NSW Department of Education login. Only the student who is logged in should use NSWEduChat.
For more information about NSWEduChat, please refer to Student use of NSWEduChat on the department’s website.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the school.
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