Principal’s Notes
Top Scholar Awards, Grand Hall, Parliament Buildings, Wellington The Top Scholar Awards ceremony celebrates the academic achievements of the highest achieving secondary school students in the New Zealand Scholarship Examinations. This year Springs students were again represented with Caspian Rive receiving the…
Impacts of water scarcity (poem) by Esther O’Donnell
The Earth’s Cry Water is everything. A spindly thread of life, feeble, singular, wondrous. Providing everything. Everything. The earth cries a silent sob. Listen closely and you will hear it. Ignore it and you will be it. The dams are dry The…
Wises planning day and Clothes Swap
Wises camp/planning day. A successful event for Wises panels coming together to plan for 2021 was held last week of term 1. Groups got to know each other, ate together, ran around Pt Chev together doing the Amazing race and then…
News from the Music Department
Performance successes! We’ve had a busy and fabulous time in the last few weeks. For the first time in several years we held our Junior Talent Quest. A small but hotly contested affair. We opted to hold this in the…
Ball Reminder
Our WSCW Ball on Saturday 26/6/2021 in Eden Park is shaping up to be a glamorous event. A gentle reminder to please have ball form handed in to the admin office and payment in by Thursday 3/6/21.
Breakfast Clubs in WSCW 2021
It's free and for any student who wants some food before tackling the day ahead of them. We are very grateful to have already received very generous contributions from a few parents and Countdown. If anyone in our community would…
Greetings from Rangitoto
At the time of writing it is the first week of Term 2 and all of our classes are extremely busy; Y9 have pattern paintings to resolve and the Y10s are finalising their research and work towards gaining NCEA level…
Trail running and orienteering
Springs/Waiorea has a new club on offer - trail running! This small but dedicated group meets before school on Mondays and after school on Thursdays, where we usually head out to trails such as Riverhead Forest, the Waitakere Ranges, or…
International Department News
Dome made by Year 13 Design Technology students One of the reasons that attracts high school international students to New Zealand for studying is that they can choose subjects from a wide range of options. At Western Springs College, our…