Year 13
COURSE GUIDE
All Year 13 courses offer a minimum of 14 Credits.
All Year 13 students at Wellington College will be entered into a minimum of 70 credits across 5 subjects or 84 credits across six subjects.
You can select 5 or 6 options
THE ARTS / NGĀ TOI
CAREERS, TRANSITION & GATEWAY /
NGĀ RAPUARA
ENGLISH / TE REO PĀKEHA
LANGUAGES / NGĀ REO
PĀNGARAU / MATHEMATICS
Cambridge Mathematics is by invitation only
PHYSICAL EDUCATION / HEALTH / HAUORA
ALL FOUR SUBJECTS CAN BE SELECTED
Note: Sports Academy is the 6th subject and replaces study
Entry into Sports Academy is via application only
SCIENCE / PŪTAIAO
Any combination of BIOLOGY, PHYSICS and CHEMISTRY can be selected
If SCIENCE is the selected option, then none of the three specialist sciences can be taken as well.
SOCIAL SCIENCES / PŪTAIAO PĀPORI
TECHNOLOGY / HANGARAU
In order to provide a broad curriculum it is recommended that no more than 2 Technology options are selected at year 13, from the following combinations;
Digital Media AND/OR Digital Science
Materials Technology OR Construction
Design & Visual Communication
2024 Year 13 Deans
Caitlin Pollock caitlin.pollock@wc.school.nz (maternity leave from Term 1)
Dean of Senior School
Mentor
Piri Weepu (Kaiāwhina Māori students) - p.weepu@wc.school.nz
Debbie Tiatia (Pacific students) - d.tiatia@wc.school.nz
Careers
Hamish Davidson h.davidson@wc.school.nz