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Learn MoreKatanning Senior High School serves a multicultural and linguistically diverse community including Afghani, African, Burmese, Chinese, Karen, Malay, Maori, Noongar and Thai. We celebrate and respect individual differences and work in harmony to ensure success for all students. We are the senior high school of choice for the great southern region.
A unique learning environment
Engaged Learning
At our school, your child will have the opportunity to engage in a challenging and comprehensive educational program within a caring and nurturing school.
Individual Approach
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.
Community Partnerships
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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🚑 Year 10 P.A.R.T.Y Program Incursion 🚑
Yesterday, our Year 10 students participated in the P.A.R.T.Y. Program, an immersive and interactive injury prevention experience delivered by community health professionals.
This powerful program gives students a real insight into the challenging and often confronting journey of a trauma patient following serious injury.
💬 The aim?
To empower young people to make safer choices by highlighting the risks associated with:
• Alcohol and drug use
• Risky behaviours
• Unsafe decision-making
Programs like this play an important role in helping our students understand the real-life consequences of their actions and encouraging them to keep themselves and others safe.
For more information about the program, visit the Royal Perth Hospital – P.A.R.T.Y. Program.
👏 A big thank you to the health professionals for delivering this impactful session for our students!
What a great initiative! Thank you to Elise and Ionie and the other emergency services crews for presenting this information in an age appropriate way. We had lots of conversation about the day at home last night.
A great opportunity for the students to see what the Emergency Services do.
🎵 NOW SOUNDS RETURNS TO KATANNING SHS! 🎵
We are excited to welcome the Now Sounds team back to Katanning SHS on Tuesday 23 June for their fourth residency with our students.
Throughout the day, participating students will continue developing their creative skills through music recording, songwriting, photography and visual arts workshops. Students have already explored a range of artistic experiences during previous residencies, including charcoal art, photography and vocal recording sessions.
After school, students will have another opportunity to work alongside professional artists and musicians, with students from Follow the Dream and Bushrangers also invited to participate.
The Now Sounds program provides a fantastic opportunity for young people to build confidence, develop new skills, express their creativity and connect with others through the arts.
We look forward to seeing what our talented students create during this next exciting stage of the project!
#KatanningSHS #NowSounds #CreativeArts #StudentVoice #ArtsEducation #RegionalWA #YouthArts #Photography #MusicRecording #CreativeLearning #FutureCreators #FollowTheDream #Bushrangers #ProudToBeKSHS
🌟 YAL Scholarships – Applications Opening Soon! 🌟
Applications for the YAL Scholarships open 15 June and close 31 July — don’t miss this fantastic opportunity!
If you’re eligible, make sure you get your application in before the deadline.
Apply here: www.yal.org.au
Last year's recipients: youtu.be/KFLbPWKq0v0
📅 Open: 15 June
📅 Close: 31 July
#katanningshs #yalconnect
🗞️ Extra, extra – hear all about it!
Careers News - Science and Uni Camps 🎓🔬
#careers #FuturePathways #STEMCareers #ausgold #UWA #elderskatanning #curtinuniversityperth #katanningshs
Friday 19 June = Anything But a Backpack” Day! 🎒❌
Get creative and bring your school gear in anything but a backpack — just remember:
✅ Safe items only
✅ No bags
We can’t wait to see your ideas… let your imagination run wild! 😄
#katanningshs #anythingbutabackpackday #getcreative
Students attended the community-run All in for Reconciliation event at Piesse Park. They had the opportunity to meet some slithering locals 🐍 and take part in a range of engaging activities, including building a mia mia, rock painting, tree planting, and sampling bush foods.
It was a fantastic day of learning, connection and cultural appreciation. 🌿
#katanningshs #ReconciliationWeek #CommunityConnections
Swags 'n' Wags great job Nathan Marwick Who had the most fun??
Two upcoming Year 9 Career Taster opportunities are on the way! 👇
Register your interest early to guarantee a spot and explore potential pathways for your future. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to try something new!
#katanningshs
🌭🎉 PBS Reward Sausage Sizzle 🎉🌭
A fantastic lunchtime celebration today as students enjoyed our PBS Reward Sausage Sizzle after Katanning SHS reached an incredible 50,000 PBS points!
Thank you to all students and staff for consistently demonstrating our PBS values and contributing positively to our school community. Your positive choices, respect, perseverance and achievement have made this milestone possible.
Enjoy some photos from the day and keep earning those PBS points – we can't wait to celebrate the next milestone together🌭🎉 PBS n🌭🎉 PBw🌭🎉 PBS Rewarv#SchoolCommunityunity
📚🎉 One Week to Go in the Premier's Reading Challenge! 🎉📚
We have officially entered the final week of the Premier's Reading Challenge, and what an amazing effort our students have shown so far!
A huge congratulations to all students who have been reading, logging their books and climbing the leaderboard. Every page read is an achievement worth celebrating.
Take a look at our current leaderboard and see who is leading the way! 👀🏆
There is still time to join the challenge, log your reading, and go into the draw for some fantastic prizes. Whether you enjoy novels, graphic novels, audiobooks, magazines or non-fiction, every read counts!
📖 Need help signing up or logging your books?
Join us at Book Club every Tuesday from 8:15am in the Library. We'd love to help you get started and chat about great books.
Let's finish strong and see how many books our Katanning SHS readers can log before the📚🎉 One Week to Go ii📚🎉 One l📚🎉 One Week S📚🎉 A#ReadingForSuccessb #ReadingForSuccess
REMINDER! Year 10 Information Night this THURSDAY!
📣 Year 10 Information Night 📣
Parents and students are invited to attend our Pathway Planning and Subject Selection evening for Year 11 in 2027.
🗓 Thursday 4 June
⏰ 5:30 – 6:30pm
📍 KSHS Library
This is a valuable opportunity to learn about subject choices and pathways for senior school.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please contact the school to register or register here: www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1584689?qr=true&qr=true
#katanningshs
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.
(08) 9891 1100
katanning.shs@education.wa.edu.au