Weed Warriors at Work
Last Sunday, the second Sunday Weeders, Urban Ark and a crew from Springs - Waiōrea smashed out a huge weeding bee along the banks of the awa that borders the school. We released our native plants, cut back a ton…
Springs success at MTB Funduro
Our students participated in there first event of the mountain bike funduro Race series last weekend. U17 women's podium was all Springs riders, with Lucy, Ellora and Beth finishing 1/2/3. Women's overall podium had Lucy 1st and Ellora 2nd. Well done…
Register for sports on KINDO
Sports registrations are now being taken on KINDO for the following codes: Archery, Cricket, Dragon Boating (Yr13's ONLY), Orienteering (Juniors & Seniors), Tennis (Jnr Girls & Snr Boys), Volleyball (Snr Boys & Girls), Waterpolo (Seniors), Yachting/Sailing. Sign up or sign…
Professor Ian Smith – visiting geologist
We were lucky to have Professor Ian E. Smith visit and lecture our Year 10 tauira for our Ruaumoko unit this year. He brought his rocks and a wealth of knowledge to us from his decades of research in the…
Shout out for used camping equipment
Students are going on hikes, camps and outdoor excursions and we are in need of back up gear. Do you have reasonable quality used gear you could donate? Having a clean out before Christmas? packs boots utensils fleeces and beanies…
Measles is circulating and is very contagious
There is now measles in Northland, Auckland, Manawatu, Nelson and Wellington, and we expect further cases across New Zealand. Please do not send students to school with any of these symptoms – fever, cough, runny nose, sore eyes, and a…
ASAE win YES Business Award
Year 13 WSC Business Group ASAE won a Young Enterprise Scheme Business Award for 2025. The group of Biba Hermann, Krisha Kothari,Stevie Hall and Hana McLean won the 2025 Excellence in Business Direction award for the West Auckland region. The…
Student Film Success
Last month, 50 of our students took part in the 48 Hour Film Challenge, an intense filmmaking event where teams had just one weekend to write, shoot, and edit a complete short film. The challenge began with the reveal of…
Principal’s Notes
Kia ora Alumni, Elsewhere in the Newsletter you will read of the very successful reunion of the 1970’s year group held here at Springs over King’s Birthday weekend. This got me thinking of all the well-known (even famous) people who…