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At our school, your child will have the opportunity to engage in a challenging and comprehensive educational program within a caring and nurturing school.
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Your child’s individual academic and social needs will be met within a school that values achievement, respect, tolerance, and perseverance. Our professional and experienced teachers are committed to ensuring that all students strive to excel.
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At Katanning Senior High School, the success of our students is demonstrated by direct entry into university, apprenticeships, traineeships or employment. Graduates from Katanning Senior High School achieve in many different areas including business, academia, trades, teaching and human services.
Rise to the challenge with Bush Ranger Cadets
The mission of the Bush Ranger Cadet program is to support young Western Australians to take an active and lead role in the conservation of the natural environment and to understand the mechanisms for its management.
Developing creativity and critical thinking through STEM
Lower school students have one lesson a week in the STEM room where they develop their capabilities in critical and creative thinking as they learn to: generate and evaluate knowledge, clarify concepts and ideas, seek possibilities, consider alternatives, and solve problems.
Get a head start with vocational pathways
With the Great Southern Trade Training Centre on site, KSHS Students get an early start towards a Vocational Pathway in the Automotive and Engineering Industries if they choose to. The facilities include vehicle hoists, CNC Plasma cutter, CNC Lathes, and Miling Machines, Hydraulic guillotine and Pan brake and a host of Welding Technologies.
Follow the dream
Katanning Senior High School offers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students the opportunity to participate in the Follow the Dream: Partnerships for Success program (FTD).
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Last week, our 2025-2026 UniReady in Schools cohort arrived in Perth for the Curtin UniReady in Schools Campus Tour.
On Monday we arrived and after checking in to our hotel accommodation we visited the “Prison Break” head to head escape room. One team managed to escape prison but unfortunately the rest got locked in! Following our escape room, we enjoyed dinner at Grill’d and desert at YoChi.
After a delicious breakfast, we headed over to Curtin University for our program hosted by the UniReady in Schools team. First, Curtin staff explained the UniReady pathway and gave an insight into university degrees. Next, we explored the campus in a “Race Around The University”, checking out different places like the motor sports lab and seven floor university. Then, we heard from current students about life at uni who answered our questions on topics like living on campus and university societies. After a lunch break where we checked out some of the many food spots on campus, we engaged with activities from the Humanities and Health Sciences facilities about accessible design and psychology.
Our students did a great job of representing KSHS and engaging with Curtin staff and students! It was a great way to celebrate having the end of UniReady in sight
Thank you to Ms Tonga and Mrs Gibson for supporting our students on this excursion.
🪄 A little bit of magic at Book Club🪄
To celebrate Book Week, our Book Club students spent the morning designing and decorating their very own Harry Potter-inspired wands. There were plenty of creative designs and some very impressive wand-making skills on display! A huge thank you to Miss Atkinson for sharing her Art Room with us and giving our students the perfect space to get creative.
The magic continues this Friday! Book Club students are invited to join in our Harry Potter Book Club dress-up for the Book Week Dress-Up Day. 🧙♀️🧙♂️ Don’t have a costume? No problem! Book Club has a small collection of Harry Potter costumes and accessories available for Book Club students to borrow for the day.
We can’t wait to see our witches, wizards and other magical characters (and their new wands!) around the school on Friday! ⚡
Miss Klingsporn
📚✏️ Write a Book in a Day 2026 ✏️📚
On Thursday 27 August, Katanning Senior High School will have a Lower School Team and an Upper School Team participating in the Write a Book in a Day Challenge.
Students will spend the day writing and illustrating an original book while raising funds for The Kids' Cancer Project, helping support vital childhood cancer research.
💛 Support our teams here:
Lower School Team: Teams | Write a Book In a Day
writeabookinaday.com/teams/?id=1107
Upper School Team: Teams | Write a Book In a Day
writeabookinaday.com/teams/?id=1108
Thank you for supporting our students and this worthy cau📚✏️ Write n📚✏️ Wrn#KidsCancerProjectoject 💛📖
📚🎶 A Symphony of Stories is coming to Katanning Senior High School! 🎶📚
We're looking forward to a week of Book Week fun and activities next week as we celebrate this year's theme, "Book an Adventure: A Symphony of Stories." Students will have the opportunity to enjoy a range of book-themed activities throughout the week, culminating in our much-anticipated Character Dress-Up Day on Friday.
We can't wait to see everyone's creative costumes and celebrate the joy of reading together!
#BookWeek2026 #ASymphonyOfStories #characterdressupday #LoveReading #katanningshs 📖✨
As part of our Spirit Day community-building activities, students took part in an Acts of Service – Reading initiative, sharing the joy of reading while building connections within our local community. A BIG thank you to Katanning Primary School for supporting our goal and welcoming our students—we are so grateful for the opportunity to connect, give back and make a positive difference through the simple act of sharing a book! 🌟📖
#SpiritDay #ActsOfService #Reading #CommunityBuilding
🌸📸 Bloom Festival Photography Competition 2026 📸🌸
The Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup is inviting students, staff, and community members to enter the "Bloom Where We Live" photography competition!
Capture the beauty of our region, from wildflowers and landscapes to farms, local landmarks, and everyday community moments.
📅 Entries open: 1 September 2026
📅 Entries close: 30 September 2026, 5.00pm AWST
🏆 Under 18 and Adult categories
✅ Free to enter
Show us what makes our community special! 🌼
Students have been making the most of valuable workplace learning opportunities across a wide range of industries and business types. For some, these experiences have helped confirm their career choices, while for others they have provided a chance to continue exploring future pathways. Several students also undertook placements as part of their School Based Traineeships or to meet the practical requirements of their TAFE Certificate studies.
A huge thank you to our local businesses for generously hosting our students and supporting these valuable workplace learning experiences. Your time, guidance and willingness to share your knowledge with our students make a real difference in helping them build confidence, develop practical skills and prepare for their future pathways. We truly appreciate your support of our students and our school community
Shire of Katanning Claas Harvest Centre Broomehill Primary School 2026 Katanning Primary School McIntosh & Son Moojepin Merinos A laurino & Co Builders Bright Start Child Care Centre Rural Power Uplyft Early Learning Centre Solutions TG Shepherd Mechanical Gnowangerup Family Support Association Wagin Panel & Paint
#WorkplaceLearning #CareerExploration #SchoolBasedTraineeships #VETinSchools #FutureReady #HandsOnLearning #CareerPathways #SouthRegionalTAFE #katanningshs
Our PBS Store was open on Monday, and students enjoyed using their well earned PBS points on a range of fidgets, toys, sports equipment and sweet treats! A huge thank you to our amazing student leaders and staff who helped serve and sell items, and to our wonderful staff who baked the delicious treats. Your support helps make our PBS rewards program such a success!
-KSHS PBS Committee
🥣 Wednesday Winter Warmers at the Canteen! 🥣
Mrs Gibson, our School Chaplain, has organised Wednesday's Winter Warmer Lunch for students.
📅 Wednesday, 19 August
🕛 Lunch Time
📍 School Canteen
💲 $2.00 (Cash Only)
On the Menu
🎃 Pumpkin Soup served with 🧄 Garlic Bread
Warm up with a hearty homemade soup on a cold winter's day!
We look forward to seeing students at the canteen for a warm and tasty lunch.
Prepared and organised by Mrs Gibson, School Chaplain. 😊
Ingredients:
Pumpkin, onion, sweet potato, carrot, potato, garlic, ginger, condensed milk, chicken stock, cream, and green Thai curry paste
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work, the Goreng Noongar peoples and their Elders, past present and emerging.
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katanning.shs@education.wa.edu.au