Principal’s Notes – July 2024
It has been a very busy Term 2! Thank you for your support with our focus on attendance and lateness as highlighted in our first newsletter for the term. Our average attendance has remained stable across the term. We held…
Kapa Haka Nationals success for NPoW!
Whakatū, Nelson, recently played host to Te Huinga Whetū National Kura Tuarua Kapa Haka Competition, gathering together 42 of the top secondary schools across Aotearoa, showcasing their skills in traditional Māori performing arts. Each performance was a breathtaking display of…
Fantastic 48 Hour Film success!
A huge congratulations to Eamonn Grayson-Hobbs, Jed Leeves, Liam Brannigan and Pierre Donsimoni-Windley, who won Best School Team in the 48 Hour Film Competition Tamaki Makaurau Regional heats with their short film Love Bomb. In addition, they were also nominated…
Best wishes for the Touch World Cup, Pete!
We'd like to wish our WSC Director of Sports, Peter McIntyre, his whānau and his NZ teams all the best for the upcoming Touch World Cup, which is being held in Nottingham, UK during the upcoming July school holidays. …
WSCW Rugby returns!
The Western Springs College-Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (WSCW) Rugby team is registered in the 1RB (restricted Under 85kg) School Boys Rugby grade for the 2024 season. It is the first rugby team we have had for quite a few years…
Dance Department News
Our Dance tauira / students have participated in a range of great co-curricular activities this term. Year 10 students and their dance teachers went into town on a Friday night to see STATION at the Waterfront Theatre. STATION is a…
Library News
The library has been collaborating with the history department to bring literature into the teaching of subjects such as Vietnam and the settlement of New Zealand. In June, Andrew visited three year 12 classes to read excerpts from Tobias Wolff’s…
The Big Sing Success!
This year our schools participated in the Auckland Regionals of The Big Sing, a national choral competition run by the NZ Choral Federation. Both groups performed on Tuesday 18 June in the opening day of the competition. First up in…
Jammin’ Through June in Te Whare Puoro
The musical chaos continued in Te Whare Puoro (The Music Department) throughout June and we are loving it! Smokefreerockquest Auckland Central Regional Finals 2024 Our five incredible bands rocked the house at the Rockquest regional finals on Saturday 18th June…