26 November 2024
Gifted & Talented Buzz
News & Updates
MEI SHINES AT NATIONAL HISTORY CHALLENGE
Congratulations Mei Ka (Year 7) for winning the Young Historian Silver Award in the National History Challenge.
18 November 2024
PEER MENTORING PROGRAM EXCURSION
Year 7 and 9 Gifted and Talented students recently enjoyed a day of fun at the Glowing Rooms.
5 November 2024
AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS AWARDS (AMC) AWARD RECIPIENTS
Congratulations to all our Gifted and Talented students who have performed exceptionally well in the Australian Mathematics Competition. In particular, our three prize winners, Chuqi Zhang (Year 9), Eu Jin Khaw (Year 9) and Martha Merlas (Year 8).
31 October 2024
ARIEL DOES IT AGAIN!
Congratulations Ariel Yeo (Year 7), on submitting the winning entry in the Youth category of the Lens on Biodiversity Competition organised by the City of Canning.
28 October 2024
OUTSTANDING RESULTS ACHIEVED AT THE NATIONAL MATHS TALENT QUEST!
Congratulations to our Year 8 and 10 teams whose exceptional Maths Talent Quest (WA) entries qualified them to compete in the National Maths Talent Quest!
15 October 2024
BIG HAIR, BIGGER LESSONS: HAIRSPRAY TAUGHT US MORE THAN JUST DANCE MOVES
Year 9 Gifted and Talented students had the incredible opportunity to experience Hairspray live at Crown Theatres.
8 October 2024
CONGRATULATIONS ARIEL YEO (Y7) – AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER
Ariel recently entered his artwork titled ‘Donkey Orchid’ in the prestigious 2024 Canning Art Awards.
20 September 2024
A.J. BETTS IGNITES CREATIVE SPARKS IN GIFTED AND TALENTED
On Thursday, 5th of September during Literacy Out Loud, students were treated to a special visit from renowned author A.J Betts, who shared her journey and insights into the world of writing.
17 September 2024
WINNERS OF THE WA SCHOOL PERTH PHILOSOTHON TROPHY
Congratulations to the first-place Willetton team represented by Timothy Overkov (Year 7), Aarya Kadu (Year 8), Marcela Clennell and Daisy Gaunt (Year 9), and Ione Villarias (Year 11).
10 September 2024
PRIME MINISTER’S NATIONAL SPELLING BEE FINALISTS
Congratulations Ollie Oon and Shaun Toor for representing Western Australia at the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee (Years 7-8 category).
10 September 2024
CURTIN UNIVERSITY RISING SCHOLAR PROGRAM: NINE YEAR 10 STUDENTS EARN UNIVERSITY CREDIT IN SEMESTER ONE
The Rising Scholar Program offers high achieving students the opportunity to engage with university level content, study with world-class academics, and interact with the Curtin community.
10 September 2024
UNRAVELLING THE PAST: CREATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HAIRSPRAY AND 1960s AMERICA
Year 9 students explored racism and segregation in 1960s America to understand the cultural significance of Hairspray.
28 August 2024
CONGRATULATIONS ABBY!
Year 12 Gifted and Talented student Abby Rai has been awarded the prestigious Fogarty Foundation Scholarship.
19 August 2024
UN YOUTH INCURSION: OPENING YOUNG EYES TO THE WORLD
Year 10 Gifted and Talented students recently stepped into the shoes of the world’s leading diplomats to debate, amend and vote on resolutions to solve real world problems.
19 August 2024
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY IN ENGLISH
After completing an analysis of the film Ready Player One, Year 9 Gifted and Talented students visited VR Arrival, where they could be transported to and experience virtual worlds.
19 August 2024
ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE POETRY COMPETITION
Congratulations Sadia Azam who earned second place in the Year 8 division of the French poetry recital competition with an outstanding performance of Soyez polis by Jacques Prévert.
19 August 2024
THE PLAIN ENGLISH SPEAKING AWARD
Matthew Langford (Year 12) represented Willetton Senior High School at the State Final of the Plain English-Speaking Award (PESA). Matthew did an outstanding job presenting an eight-minute speech on “Art in the Modern Age,” which was followed by a three-minute impromptu speech and an interview.
12 August 2024
THE ONE PERCENT CLUB
Congratulations Matha Merlas who achieved outstanding results in the National Geography Competition placing her in the top 1% in the Year 8 category of the competition.
12 August 2024
HISTORY CHAMPS
Congratulations go to Timothy Overkov (Year 7) and Joshua Cherian (Year 8) who were recently selected as State Winners in the National History Challenge.
6 August 2024
BADMINTON CHAMP
Congratulations to Maxwell Liu, XD Bronze medallist in the 2024 YONEX National Individual Championships.
22 July 2024
GIFTED STUDENTS DIVE DEEP INTO DYSTOPIAN AND SCI-FI TEXTS
Year 9 Gifted and Talented students have been diligently studying the intricate nuances of dystopian and sci-fi texts.
28 June 2024
BOOLA BARDIP FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE EXCURSION
Year 10 Gifted and Talented students linked their studies to First Nations culture and history.
24 June 2024
IMPROVING MENTAL WELLBEING ALERTNESS
Year 10 Gifted and Talented students completed the globally accredited safeTALK program.
11 June 2024
THE AMAZING RACE – MATHEMATICS
Year 9 Gifted and Talented students consolidated their understanding of a range of algebra skills by participating in a mathematical version of The Amazing Race.
22 May 2024
EXPLORING ECOLOGY
Year 7 Gifted and Talented students recently visited Kings Park to assess the health of the wetland ecosystem.
20 May 2024
DNA DETECTIVE EXCURSION TO THE COCKBURN WETLAND CENTRE
Year 8 Gifted and Talented students explored Western Australian biodiversity.
15 May 2024
BEBRAS AUSTRALIA COMPUTATIONAL THINKING CHALLENGE
Year 8 Gifted and Talented students Bebras Australia Computational Thinking Challenge
10 May 2024
10 May 2024
BUILDING RESILIENCE AND INCREASING STUDENTS’ SENSE OF WELLBEING
Last week our Year 9 GATE students attended the Zero2Hero Humankind Program workshop.
8 May 2024
26 March 2024
スタディークラブはたのしい！
The week Year 7 students had lots of fun practising their Japanese with one of our tutors at Study Hub.
8 March 2024
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY
Zero2Hero workshops ran this week, to equip students with the tools to effectively manage their mental health.
5 March 2024
UNIVERSITY OPEN DAY
Our upcoming university open days invites all senior Gifted and Talented students.
1 March 2024
WE’RE GOING TO UNI!
A selection of our exceptional Year 10 Gifted and Talented students now are participants of the Curtin University Rising Scholars Program (RSP).
29 February 2024
MAKE IT WRITE
Year 9 Gifted and Talented students this week participated in the Make It Write workshop.
22 February 2024
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Year 9 Gifted and Talented students utilised their mathematics skills to solve Miss Colquhoun’s challenge.
16 February 2024
EXAM READY!
Year 10 Gifted and Talented students attended the first of two Elevate workshops to optimise their study strategies and boost exam success.
15 February 2024
PREPARING FOR THE FINAL YEAR
Year 12 students attended a Gifted and Talented information session and enjoyed a morning tea afterward.
14 February 2024
GIFTED AND TALENTED ALUMNI PAY IT FORWARD
Former Willetton SHS Gifted and Talented students support Year 7-10 Study Hub and senior school study sessions.
2 February 2024
NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM (NYSF) 2024
Year 12 Gifted and Talented students, Sowmya and Vinay, attended the 2024 National Youth Science Forum (NYSF).
14 February 2024
GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS ELEVATE THEIR STUDY SKILLS
Elevate Education delivered high impact study skills workshops to the Year 7 and 10 cohorts this week.
19 January 2024
OURSTANDING 2023 WACE RESULTS
Congratulations to the Gifted and Talented Class of 2023 on their outstanding WACE results.
19 January 2024
OUR 2023 ATAR SUPERSTARS
Congratulations Teresa An, Rachel Cheong and Anaya Sanivarapu for achieving perfect ATAR scores.
4 December 2023
MAWA MATHS EMPOWERING GIRLS DAY
Year 9 Gifted and Talented girls participated in the MAWA event held at Curtin University.
28 November 2023
YEAR 12 PRIMO LUX POETRY COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to Melody Furness for her winning entry in the WA Poets prize
28 November 2023
AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION – TOP PRIZE WINNERS
Congratulations to Nathan Yang (Year 7), Ryan Toor (Year 9) and Adam El-Fayoumi (Year 11)
21 November 2023
HAVE SUM FUN CHAMPIONS
Congratulations Komron Abdurakhmanov, Gautham Mandati, Michael Ma and Aravind Krishna Jegadeesh Krishnan
14 November 2023
14 November 2023
8 November 2023
CLEAN SWEEP FOR DEBATING TEAMS
Congratulations for to the Year 7, 9 and 10 debating teams who won their final debates in the Fremantle Education District Debating Competition.
3 November 2023
PERFECT SCORE
Congratulations Ryan Toor (Year 9) for achieving a perfect score in the recent International Chemistry Quiz.
3 November 2023
DEVELOPING FUTURE POLITICAL LEADERS
Congratulation to Matthew Rollin (Year 11) who has been selected as the state representative at the National Schools’ Constitutional Convention.
31 October 2023
YEAR 9 STUDENT RANKED EQUAL FIRST AT THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD (WAJO)
Congratulations Ryan Toor Year 9 who was the UWA Mathematics and Statistics Award for Excellence and a prize after achieving a perfect score in the WAJO competition.
31 October 2023
MATHEMATICS IS IN ADAM’S WHEELHOUSE
Year 11 student, Adam El-Fayoumi, was invited by the Australian Mathematics Olympiad Committee (AMOC) to participate in the AMOC Senior Contest where he was awarded a Silver Certificate.
31 October 2023
TALENTED MATHEMATICIANS TO REPRESENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Two teams from Year 8 and 9 recently submitted projects to the Maths Talent Quest. Both teams earned high distinctions and a cash prize in recognition of their exceptional work.
31 October 2023
TOP PERFORMANCES IN THE AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION (AMC)
Congratulations to our three AMC prize winners Nathan Yang (Year 7), Ryan Toor (Year 9) and Adam El-Fayoumi (Year 11).
10 October 2023
INDIVIDUAL BUDDING PHILOSOPHERS
Congratulations to the following student on their outstanding achievements.
10 October 2023
TOP MARKS FOR CRITICAL, CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE THINKING
Congratulations Qiqi Liu (Year 11), Ione Villarias (Year 10), Daisy Gaunt (Year 8), Marcela Clennell (Year 8) and Aarya Kadu (Year 7) for winning Second Place at the 2023 UWA Philosothon’s school team event.
15 September 2023
11 September 2023
LEARNING FROM LEADERS
Leading scientists recently mentored Year 8 and 10 students researching energy production and solar temperature.
8 September 2023
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Congratulations Ethan Yuen (Year 7), Callum Dermody and Raina Gupta (Year 8), Christian Bismonte (Year 9), and Aayan Abid, Cohen Beveridge and Emily Yap (Year 10)
8 September 2023
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE EXAMINATIONS COMPETITION
Congratulations to Year 12 French students, Melody Furness and Rachel Cheong
4 September 2023
OPENING YOUNG EYES TO THE WORLD
In a UN Youth facilitated model Security Council debate, Year 10 Gifted and Talented students explored challenges faced by the international community.
4 September 2023
29 August 2023
DELVING INTO ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS
Year 7 students applied 21st Century knowledge to recreate a day in the life in Ancient Greece and Rome.
11 August 2023
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NATIONAL HISTORY CHALLENGE 2023
Two Year 8 Gifted and Talented students jointly achieved the highest marks in Western Australia.
9 August 2023
MATHEMATICS THE POETRY OF LOGICAL IDEAS (ALBERT EINSTEIN)
Involvement in competitions like the AMC, provides our students the opportunity to develop their ingenuity, creativity and determination to solve problems.
28 July 2023
SHAKING UP SHAKESPEARE
Year 9 Gifted and Talented students performed a scene from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
27 July 2023
CONGRATULATIONS TO MEHVISH MEHBOOB YEAR 12 AWARDED A 2024 TUCKWELL SCHOLARSHIP (AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY)
Mehvish is one of only 25 recipients across Austsralia to receive the coveted scholarship.
26 July 2023
BRINGING YOUTH ISSUES TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Joanne Chong Year 9, has been chosen to be interviewed as part of the United Nations’ International Youth Day celebrations.
25 July 2023
DEVELOPING COMPASSION RESILIENCE
Year 7 Gifted and Talented students are exploring the themes of loss, family and renewal.
30 June 2023
BIOBARCODE CLUB VISIT AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE – MURDOCH UNIVERSITY
Members of the Biobarcode Biotech club were given the opportunity to observe the workings of a very rare Next Gen Sequencer.
29 June 2023
STUDENT TEAM BUILDING
The Gifted and Talented Buddy Program supported Year 7 and 9 students to build new skills at Rollaways.
27 June 2023
ROMAN EMPIRE MEETS DIGITAL AGE, WEB 3 AND STEM
Year 7 HaSS Gifted and Talented students are hard at work creating an interactive Roman world.
16 June 2023
ALL ABOUT GENES
Year 10 Gifted and Talented Science students collaboratively presented an information session on the topic of Biotechnology to their peers.
13 June 2023
CONSERVING OUR WATERWAYS RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE
Year 7 students recently braved extreme weather conditions to learn about water conservation at the Canning River Eco Education Centre.
13 June 2023
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN CONSERVATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY
Year 8 Science classes visited the Wetlands and WA Wildlife Centres to learn about the importance of wetlands and the services provided for the care of our native animals.
30 May 2023
ENERGY, ENERGY EVERY EVERYWHERE…WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD?
Year 10 Gifted and Talented Science classes recently attended an interactive and informative session by professional mentors from the energy sector in Western Australia.
5 May 2023
YEAR 7-10 BIOBARCODE CLUB LAUNCHED
The BioBarcode Club gives our future scientists the opportunity to get involved in biotechnology.
5 May 2023
2 May 2023
FUTURE TOWN PLANNERS MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS
Year 8 students designed natural disaster proof cities investigating atmospheric and tectonic forces.
31 March 2023
DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS USING DRONE TECHNOLOGY
The 2023 RoboPro Australia Drone Youth Tournament challenged students to program drones to fly though a maze.
30 March 2023
RUNNING HOT AND COLD WITH THERMOCHEMISTRY
This week Year 9 students used the latest PASCO electronic sensors and software
30 March 2023
CAREER PATHWAY PLANNING
Year 9 students were given the opportunity to explore tertiary education and training opportunities.
28 March 2023
STUDY SKILLS WORKSHOPS KICK OFF
Year 7-9 Study Skills workshops presented by Elevate Education
28 March 2023
SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND
The Gifted and Talented Buddy Program was launched with a scavenger hunt for teams of Year 7 and Year 9 students.
21 March 2023
ZOOMING ACROSS THE WORLD
Year 12 Gifted and Talented students participated in the National Youth Science Forum in January.
14 March 2023
13 March 2023
LOWER SCHOOL STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM
Congratulations to Year 9 students Aiden, Aijitesh, Chloe, Maggie and Saad who have been appointed to the Gifted and Talented Lower School Leadership Team.
9 March 2023
8 March 2023
STUDY HUB LAUNCHED
Study Hub offers a safe, informal learning after school space for Year 7-9 Gifted and Talented students on Wednesdays.
7 March 2023
TESTING, TESTING, TESTING
The Academic Selective Entrance Testing (ASET) for the 2024 intake will take place on Saturday 11 March and Sunday 12 March.
13 Febuary 2023
GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS DOMINATE THE SIMPSON PRIZE COMPETITION
The Simpson Prize is a prestigious national competition for Year 9 and 10 students that focuses on the service of Australians in World War I.
01 February 2023
INTRODUCING OUR LOWER SCHOOL GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Ms Atkinson has been part of Willetton Senior High School for 16 years, seven of these years as a Year Coordinator starting with our inaugural Year 7…
30 January 2023
CONGRATULATIONS IAN AND JUSEONG FOR ACHIEVING PERFECT ATAR SCORES
Two gifted and Talented students achieved the highest possible rank of 99.95 in the 2022 Australian Tertiary Admission Rank exams.