Woolooware High School

Check out the BTS and final products from Ms Sparkes’ 12PVDA Drip Photography Studio Shoot this morning. Amazing work, team!

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💡STAFF SPOTLIGHT💡
Sharing with our community the quality of expertise and character on the Woolooware High School Staff Pod. Our team are highly talented, highly committed to our students and our school, and are great people to boot!

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A very happy Father's Day to all the fathers and father-figures out there in the Woolooware High School community.

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Tomorrow our Year 12 Indonesian students have their HSC Speaking examination. We are proud of their hard work to prepare for their interview. We wish them the best of luck! Semoga sukses! 🇮🇩

Some great pics of Ms Workman’s Year 11 Design and Technology completed final products. They were given the task of designing and producing a container, bag or transport system which is utilised in everyday life. Well done, team!

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Congratulations Ella Knight (Year 10) - NSW State Senior Wind Band!

The State Wind Band coordinated by The Arts Unit, consisted of 61 students from 41 different public high schools across NSW. The students engaged in an intensive weekend rehearsal before taking to the Sydney Opera House stage, performing two challenging pieces in front of sold-out audiences as a part of the Festival of Choral Music. Congratulations to Ella on her significant musical achievement as well as the manner in which she represented Woolooware High School.

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Following on from a great night at our recent P&C Meeting, here is a Real Schools article for our parents and carers to dig deeper into what Restorative Practices can mean for our school and our community.
Check it out!
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Students in Stages 4 and 5 French engage in games to consolidate their language skills. This active participation helps deepen understanding, reinforce vocabulary, and allows students to build their confidence. 🇫🇷

💜Get around 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑰𝒕 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 TODAY! 💜

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🏆ANOTHER GRADE SPORT PREMIERSHIP🏆

Congratulations to Ms McQuilty’s Year 9 football girls for their grade sport grand final win this afternoon.

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🏆ANOTHER GRADE SPORT PREMIERSHIP🏆

Congratulations to Mr Smith’s Year 7/8 football lads for their grade sport grand final win this afternoon.

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💜Get around 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑰𝒕 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 tomorrow💜

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It's 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑰𝒕 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 this coming Friday!

Students and staff are warmly encouraged to wear a purple accessory (socks, tie, ribbon, headband, etc) to school on Friday. As a school, we acknowledge every year to foster a school community where all students belong.

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🏆GRADE SPORT CHAMPIONS🏆

Congrats to Ms Johnston’s Year 10 girls Oztag on their grand final win this afternoon against another well-coached opponent.

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All students are welcome to begin wearing our summer uniform from tomorrow.

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🏆GRADE SPORT CHAMPIONS🏆

Big congratulations to our Year 10 (coached my Ms Smith) and Year 9 (coached by Mr Blyde) Oztag teams who secured our first grade sport premierships this afternoon!
More results (and premierships) to follow.
Up the mighty Whales!

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THROWBACK THURSDAY:

A clipping from The Leader newspaper celebrating the new elected 2006 Woolooware High School Captains, Nathan and Emma Lyons. The only time in our history that twin siblings have been voted in as Captains of our school.

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💜🤩Friday the 30th of August is Wear It Purple Day 🤩💜
Students and Staff are warmly encouraged to wear purple accessories (socks, tie, ribbon, headband etc) to school this Friday. As a school, we acknowledge each year to foster a school community where everyone belongs.

Some happy snaps from our Semester 1 Leakies back in Week 4!

Congratulations to all students, and their families, on receiving a prestigious Leakie Award and a special congratulations to all students who placed in the Top 20 in their year group for their Semester 1 academic achievements.
Thank you to our wonderful families for attending our Leakie ceremonies so we can celebrate the achievements of our students together. Thank you to Mr Stuart Cox and our Year Advisers for coordinating this time honoured WHS recognition initiative.

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BIG Congratulations to Maggie Treanor in Year 7 who has been awarded the 12 years Girls Sydney East Athletics Champion. Well done Maggie- School Age Champion, Zone Age Champion now Sydney East Champion.

Maggie will compete along with Kayla Babington, Ryan Bassanese, Paige Bauer, Hayley Blanch, Mia Bridgland, Frances Gorman, Scarlett Hoerr and Amber Tubbs at the NSW CHSSA Athletics Carnival in September.

On an absolute belter of a day, Year 10 Geography students were down at Cronulla Beach learning about Coastal Processes and Management Strategies today.
Thank you to Ms Brown, Mr Chapman and Ms Wilson for leading this opportunity for our students.

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STAFF v YEAR 12 STUDENTS - Series locked at 1-1!

After a dominant teacher display in Volleyball last Monday, the Staff vs Year 12 series was levelled after an arguably equally dominant display by the students in Touch Footy this afternoon.
Props to the staff for not picking up any injuries this afternoon, no small feat considering the average age discrepancy between the opposing sides today.
The 2024 Staff vs Year 12 decider will take place next Monday when football (the world game, the beautiful game, the best game of all) will take centre stage.

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It's 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑰𝒕 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 this coming Friday!

Students and staff are warmly encouraged to wear a purple accessory (socks, tie, ribbon, headband, etc) to school on Friday. As a school, we acknowledge every year to foster a school community where all students belong.

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Year 11 PDHPE students and staff have successfully completed their Senior First Aid Course today, equipping themselves with essential life-saving skills. This immersive experience, part of our PDHPE curriculum, is more than just a school requirement—it's a valuable life credential that prepares our students for any situation.
Well done to everyone involved!

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A fantastic run in the Bill Turner Cup and Trophy competition has come to an end at the hands of Westfields Sports HS last Friday.

Congratulations to Mr Stuart Cox and the girls on representing the school with pride and with a great brand of football that saw them score a massive 39 goals in 8 games, resulting in a Top 8 finish in the competition.

Proud of you, team!

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💡STAFF SPOTLIGHT💡
Sharing with our community the quality of expertise and character on the Woolooware High School Staff Pod. Our team are highly talented, highly committed to our students and our school, and are great people to boot!
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Well done to Mia Bridgland (Year 10) who recently competed at the National All Schools Cross Country Championships in Victoria and took home 4th place for her age group! Her NSW team also placed 2nd overall, what an amazing effort!
Congratulations Mia!

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Thank you to Senior Constable Adam Taylor for presenting to Year 10 today about the new coercive control legislation in NSW and the ‘Empower You’ app that can help people out of worrying situations.
All part of ‘Operation Amarok’ which starts next week as a focus of the NSW Police Force.

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Congratulations to Year 12 student Taj Wever who has recently represented Australia in the 18's Mens Oztag team at the Australian Invitational challenge. His team were undefeated in all rounds and finals games, winning the Grand Final!
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𝗬𝗿 𝟵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🏆

The annual ‘Guess Who?’ knockout championship ended today with a tightly contested final between Sienna and Darius. Sienna looked set to win so Darius took a lucky guess that paid off!
Congratulations to Darius and well done to all students, who played every game entirely in Indonesian. 🇮🇩

MEDAL ALERT: NATIONAL CHAMPION🥇🥇
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONs to TULLY JOHNSON (Year 9) who has returned home from the Australian All Schools Championships as Australian Champion.

Tully was part of the NSW team that won GOLD. His team were undefeated leading into the Gold Medal match and were 2 goals down leading into the 3rd quarter. With a full time score of 2-2 Tully was selected to take a one-on-one penalty shot. In a hugely stressful but exciting moment Tully showed poise and skill to slot a successful shot into the net!!! Along with it the GOLD Medal for himself and his team.
What a HUGE moment and achievement for Tully! WHS is very PROUD of you.
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