Senior Netball Girls – Top of Their Game

20 August 2016 Both our Senior Red and Senior Yellow teams finished their season with a win, coming out first and second in their grade respectively. Teacher co-ordinators Lucia Ablett and Claire Johnston are proud of what the girls have achieved this season; Miss Ablett noting that Senior Red actually moved up a grade mid-season […]

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Senior Boys Hockey – Such Good Sports

19 August 2016 Another great sporting result from our Senior Boys Hockey team! The game on Wednesday against Mt Albert Grammar was hard fought right to the end, the teams tied at 4-4 before going into strokes where Henderson took the victory. Student AJ says he was “proud of the boys, playing a great game […]

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Jake Rutherford – ARL Champ

12 August 2016 Congratulations to year 9 student Jake Rutherford and teacher Lee Ryan who were both recognised at this years ARL Awards ceremony. The event, held at Alexandra Park, featured current Warriors team members as well as guests including Shontayne Hape, who represented New Zealand in rugby league in both the junior and senior […]

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She# Meets Trademe

9 August 2016 On Wednesday evening four of our students were invited to attend a presentation at the Trade Me headquarters in Auckland through our partnership with She#. She# aims to link together women who are already in the computer science, computer engineering, IT, and tech-related fields (in both academia and industry), and establish a […]

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Our Dancers Take on Sydney

8 August 2015 Last week 28 of our top dance students traveled to Sydney to compete in the Sydney Eisteddfod Dance Competition, the only international team to attend. They featured in four categories, senior hip-hop, junior hip-hop, contemporary and free form; competing against dozens of other schools. The competition was tough, but they came through, […]

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YWCA Leadership Camp

20 July 2016 During the first week of the school holidays year 13 students Maddy, Grace, Shannon, Izzy, Kaitlyn and Kate took part in a four day leadership camp in Rotorua thanks to the Future Leaders programme. This four year mentoring programme, run by the YWCA and facilitated here at Henderson High School, focuses on […]

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Our Young Enterprisers Lick the Competition

29 July 2016 Following on from their Young Enterprise success, student run business O Lelei will be at the Auckland Food Show this weekend, showcasing their new Al-Ice. The students will be selling their dairy free ice cream in the ‘Made of Auckland’ zone at the show. At only $3.50 a scoop, we’re sure their […]

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Isaac Returns From Parliarment

25 July 2016 Last Thursday year 13 student Isaac Morunga returned to Auckland after an internship with local Labour MP Phil Twyford. On his experience in Parliament, this is what Isaac had to say: “My internship with Phil Twyford was the possibly the greatest experience in a professional environment that I could have been given. The […]

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Art-chitecture

4 July 2016 Keeping our school grounds as innovative as our learning technologies and practices is part of what makes Henderson High School such a positive learning environment. This innovation has been reinforced through our partnership with the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture. This project has seen Masters students design and install structures throughout […]

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