From the Chair
Kia ora school whanau, We’ve been delighted to welcome our students back to the new school this term. I hope you were able to drop in earlier this week to look around the Ken Havill Centre for Learning. We have…
The Spoken Word Group – Ngā Hine Pūkōrero
The Spoken word group Ngā Hine Pūkōrero consisting of students Arihia Hall, Terina Wichman-Evans, Manaia Tuwhare-Hoani and ex-student Matariki Bennett are back from their amazing trip to Las Vegas in the school holidays where they were the first team from…
Community Notices
Casual Work I am looking for a school Mum or Dad who would like some casual work during school hours helping me with my home staging business. So if you have some spare time and would like to make some…
Peace Ambassadors
An enthusiastic group of students from year 10 to 12 attended the Peace Ambassadors Training Day in April. Ali and Andrea from the Peace Foundation came to teach us about dealing with conflict in a peaceful way, sorting stuff out…
Junior Health
HEALTH EDUCATION: YEAR 9 AND 10 JUNIOR SEXUALITY EDUCATION Year 9 and 10 Health classes will begin their sexuality education later this term. Year 9 classes will begin the sexuality unit of work in either week 7 or 8 (depending…
History in the Making
Our Spoken Word group, Ngā Hine Pūkōrero: Te Rina Wichman-Evans, Arihia Hall, Manaia Tuwhare-Hoani and ex-student Matariki Bennett are off to Las Vegas to compete in ‘Brave New Voices’ an international youth poetry slam festival in July 2019. No team from New…
Notes From The Nurse
June 2019 Winter is here -- time for gumboots, raincoats, winter jumpers. Time for winter sports, time to enjoy cold sunny days, time to prepare for spring. Of Special interest: Colds: A cold takes 7-10 days to get better regardless of what…
News From The International Department
In Term 2 this year we have a theme of “UNIQUE ME” for the international student group. A big group of international students by now have met high expectations or made great progress, among whom are Kanako Hara (from Japan)…
Link To Story on Marae Featuring WSC-NPoW
The first 6 minutes feature Western Springs College Ngā Puna o Waiōrea. Here is the link
PAG – The Light Project – Links
Thanks so much to the 50 or so people who made it along on Thursday evening – what an excellent presentation it was. It’s not too late to donate towards the costs, please consider doing so! The PAG account is…