Our 2023 Year 13 Sportswoman of the Year, Amelie Fairclough, recently won 1st place/Gold medal in the Senior Girls 400m race at the NZ Secondary Schools Track and Field Champs, which were held in Christchurch. Amelie was also named in…
Picture this, 30 degree weather, performing poetry every night to fresh ears, and the sunburned shores of Australia. That’s what we, the Spoken Word group, Rehekōrero, experienced just earlier this month when we travelled over to Melbourne in Australia for…
A huge congratulations to Skylah Tainui-Takerei (Y12) who was one of 14 young ladies who was recently awarded a 2024 Scholarship from the Tania Dalton Foundation. This is an amazing opportunity for Skylah and we are excited to see what…
Thank you to everyone involved with the 2023 Social Studies/Tikanga ā-iwi Sustainable Xmas Market, which was held on Wednesday 6th December. Many people put in a lot of work to help make the market a success, and over $3500 was…
Wastewise is one of the four Wises groups at Western Springs College-Ngā Puna O Waiōrea. The other three Wises are Travelwise, Healthwise, and the newly minted Digiwise. Each group has a teacher facilitating (Jared Hockley, Ada Wong and Deb Thompson),…
Trips to see amazing Dance shows - Ko Au by Projekt Team, Shel We by Tupua Tigafua in Tapac Theatre, He Huia Kaimanawa by Bianca Hyslop, TOMO by Gaby Thomas / Atamira Dance Company. Fabulous guest tutors taught a range…
As this academic year comes to an end, we would like to bid farewell to two of our teachers, Peter Thyberg (left photo) and Jack Wilson (right photo). We would like to acknowledge their contributions to the Maths Department and…
Tēnā koutou, I am Carmel, the new Head of Music at Springs Waiōrea, and I have returned to a school that I loved when I was the singing teacher here in 2014-2015. I arrived just in time to see our…
Kia ora e te whānau, The nurses are located in the green building in the corner of the carpark just along from Tapac. In 2024, if your child has health needs that you would like to discuss with us, please…
It is with much sadness that we share news of the death of our loved colleague, Trina Sellers. Trina taught at WSCW for 17 years, primarily teaching in the Learning Centre, but in recent years she led our staff bi-cultural…