Senior student whānau interviews – Wednesday 22nd April 2026

Senior student whānau interviews to discuss Term 1 progress reports will take place on Wednesday 22nd April from 10am-7pm. The interviews are for all Year 11, 12 and 13 students.

All students will learn from home on that day, including Years 9 and 10.

The interviews (parent/student/teacher) will be held in person in either the Ken Havill Centre for Learning for Springs students and in Te Hōro for Waiōrea students.

All details for booking interviews have been sent to parents/whānau by email.

Traffic Light Report:

Senior progress reports and the traffic light report have already been sent out. The traffic light report is a one-page snapshot of how a student is tracking in each of their subjects. It is designed to give whānau a simple picture of whether or not a student is ‘on-track’.

Springs Year 11 students: a reminder
You are on a 2-year NCEA Level 2 pathway: The overall aim is to get between 20 and 30 quality Level 2 credits this year. Every task counts on the journey towards Level 2. You will be sitting 1 x Level 2 achievement standard in most of your 6 subjects i.e. English/ Maths/ Science/ and 3 x option subjects.

Waiōrea Year 11 students:
You are aiming to get your NCEA Level 1 qualification this year. Any credits you gained from your TRR course in Year 10 or kapa haka or Te Ao Haka counts towards your qualification this year as do your core subjects of TRM/TRR, Putaiao, Pāngarau and Te Reo Pākehā. The aim is to get 60 credits at Level 1 or above, with as many credits at Merit or Excellence as you can.

All students: literacy and numeracy/ Te Pāngarau and Te Matatini co-requisites
This is a 10 credit national assessment for numeracy and a 10 credit (reading and writing) assessment for literacy. The 20 credits are required to gain any qualification i.e. NCEA Levels 1, 2 or 3. These credits only need to be gained once. There are multiple assessment opportunities to sit these if you do not gain all 3 sets of credits the first time. More information will be provided closer to the time for students in Years 10 and 11 sitting these assessments this year.

The school portal also contains important information about individual student NCEA entries and results and we encourage you to check this regularly. If you have any questions about how to access this please contact the office.

Ngā mihi,
Western Springs College/ Ngā Puna O Waiōrea