Principal’s Notes
How wonderful it has been over the last week to be part of the award ceremonies that have been so carefully put together by our wonderful staff. It is great to acknowledge the superb work of our students. I will…
Entrepreneurs – Mikayla and Helena’s “My Vege Wall” grows awards!
My Vege Wall won runner-up in the Young Enterprise Award Regional finals last week. "My Vege Wall" is a Young Enterprise project designed for vertical building dwellers who want to maintain a garden in a smaller footprint area such as an apartment. Mikayla and…
International
International students school holiday trips During the October school holidays, we had two international trips. We went to Parakai Springs in the first week of the holidays and enjoyed playing in the lovely hot water. We also had a picnic…
World Vision – NOT FOR SALE
Across the month of October, the Herald teamed up with World Vision to make New Zealanders aware of some terrible problems particularly in Myanmar and Bangladesh faced by young women. Called ‘Not for Sale’ the media campaign set out to…
Science Department
Level 1 Science Students Your exam is the Level 1 Biology exam, and is on Tuesday 27th of November at 9:30am. We will run three workshops, as follows: Wednesday 14th November, 9am - 11am. Focus on fungi. Thursday 15th November,…
Becoming a new school
Here are four published documents that explore the ILE model. Please download and have a read for an enlightening look into what the future holds for Springs. The impact of physical design on student outcomes Māui whakakau, kura Whakakau - The…
International News
This September, exam week, was a week to test how much our short term international students knew and loved about Auckland. We held a Scavenger Hunt Project by dividing the nine students into Green Team and Blue Team. Each team…
Principal’s Notes
School zoning is in the news again - for multiple reasons. Springs is in the fortunate position of not having to rely on out of zone enrolments to prop up its roll, which incidentally, currently stands at 1458. We have…