11 Apr 2025
Dear Parents and Carers,
Much To Celebrate
Term 1 closes with much to acknowledge and celebrate. In addition to quality teaching and learning in classrooms every day, other events have included: Open Girls Cricket team - NSW runners up; Easter raffle and lunchtime rock concert; much team and individual sporting success; a two-day band and choir tour; numerous excursions and incursions; Athletics carnival; Harmony Day; Warners Bay Wrap; Feel Good Cafe; Year 7 Parent Teacher night; Information Evenings for Years 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; school photos; year assemblies and whole school assemblies; PLP day for our Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander students; lockdown and evacuation drill; Year 7 camp; An Afternoon for Year 6 parents, carers and students; students' exhibitions at First Class; Star Struck rehearsals; Library Lover's Day; Valentine's Day event; Swimming carnival; Year 10 Love Bites; Maths Breakfast Club; Focus Days for Years 7-10; a new commendation system was introduced (see below); Year 12 end of term assembly; WBHS hosted 20 principals for a network conference; Year 11 Life Ready Mandatory Course (Day 1); Year 11 Hospitality work placement... WBHS is such a great school - great students, great staff and great families!
2024 Achievements e-Booklet
2024 was another year of outstanding achievements across the school. Please see here for our 2024 Achievements e-book.
ANZAC Day Services
Our school captains, vocalists and musicians will be participating in ANZAC Day services at Speers Point and Valentine on ANZAC Day. Our captains are giving the students' address at both services. We will be holding our ANZAC Day service on the first day back next term.
Revised Commendation System
This term saw the implementation of the revised commendation system, with three overarching categories - Academic, Behaviour and Co-Curricular (the ABC's). We have also introduced 'five auto-commendations' that are given for: being a member of various teams/ensembles (eg. CHS sport rep team, debating, chess, performing arts ensemble, JAECG, SSE, SRC, tech team); zero negatives in a term and; a termly attendance rate of 90% or greater. Feedback from students around the changes have been very positive. Thank you for your patience as the new system is implemented. See here for information about other ways that WBHS recognises student achievement.
2024 Annual Report
Now on the website here.
I hope you all enjoy the Easter holiday break. Staff return on Monday 28 April for two School Development Days. All students return on Wednesday 30 April.
Kind regards,
Marcus Neale
Principal