PPTA Strike Action
You will be aware that there will be rostering home of students, as well as an Auckland Region stike day, if negotiations with Ministry of Education are not forthcoming. We ask that you keep your son/daughter home if their year…
Principal’s Notes
Parents will note elsewhere in this Newsletter my outline of the industrial action facing the sector over the weeks remaining in this term. Today, in a meeting with the Prime Minister I have heard genuine resolve that the current deadlock…
Safety In The Car Park
Traffic Safety Our Year 12 and 13 student drivers are now required to register their vehicles and licences and participate in our student safety plan so they understand the hazards that exist in the ACC car park beside the school…
News From International Department
At Western Springs College, we embrace and celebrate our cultural diversities and each student’s uniqueness. At the International Student Assembly on 22 June, four of our international students delivered their speeches about “ME & US” - our Term 2 Theme. …
Writers’ Festival
The Auckland Writers’ Festival has been a much anticipated annual event on the English department calendar for the last eleven years. This year was no different with almost forty Springs students joining hundreds of other schools at this increasingly wonderful…
Hotel Rwanda
Reflecting on Olivier Niyitegeka’s visit Thursday 16 May 2019 I had the amazing experience today of listening to a young Rwandan man speak to a large group of Kate Todd’s year 11 English students. I am writing this after hearing…
Families Urgently Needed in New Zealand – Can You Help?
Welcoming an overseas exchange student into your home is a very rewarding experience. Host families help provide students with the chance to experience life in New Zealand. It’s a great way to practice your language skills, share your stories and…
NCW 2nd place speech winner – Isobel Christie
Isobel Christie competed in the 2019 National Council of Women speech competition and was awarded second place. She shares a few comments on her experience. The National Council for Women Speech Competition was a very rewarding experience. Everyone there was…
Weekend Parking – Sports Teams/Visitors/Parents/Coaches
If you have a game at Western Springs Fields during weekends do not park on the Motat Road or along the tram line side of the fields. Offending vehicles will be towed as per the signs that are placed along…
Waiorea Alumni Student: Rongomai Grbic-Hoskins shares her experience of receiving an Internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
E te iwi tēnā hoki tātou i ngā ahuatanga o te wā. He uri nō Ngāti Hau ki Whakapara, nō Ngāti Moroki ki Ahipara hoki. Ko Rongomai Kapiri-Mārama Grbic-Hoskins tōku ingoa. I am currently interning for the Oceania department at…