Principal’s Notes – Dec 2025
Tēnā koutou katoa, As the last bell of the year rings on what has been a truly remarkable and memorable school year, I write to you all with immense warmth and gratitude. The year 2025 has been, as we often…
Principal’s Notes – Sep 2025
We held a very successful reunion of ex-students from the 1970’s year group here at Springs over King’s Birthday weekend. This got me thinking of all the well-known (even famous) people who have attended the College over the years that…
Principal’s Notes – Aug 2025
There have been several announcements from the Minister Of Education over the last couple of weeks that I think it would be fair to say go ‘against the grain’ here at Springs Waiōrea. The first of these announcements calling time…
Principal’s Notes – June/July 2025
Many of you will have noticed from multiple postings on various sites that we have changed our approach to out of zone enrolments for students in the junior school (Years 9 and 10) for 2026. The main driver here has…
Principal’s Notes – May 2025
Five weeks into the term and the school is abuzz with activity. It is wonderful to be able share some student voice from our student representatives on the Board to illustrate this. For Year 12 and Year 13 students, the…
Principal’s Notes
As our summer sporting season draws to a close even though our ‘endless summer’ keeps on keeping on, it is timely to report on events and participation stats, as well as reminding all intending players in our winter codes to…
Principal’s Notes – February 2025
“What a great start to the year” is the refrain I hear from colleagues absolutely buzzing about the first few school weeks of 2025. From the moving welcoming pōwhiri, the outstanding efforts of our Year 13 leaders in the Tuakana…
Principal’s Notes – Dec 2024
What a pleasure it has been to witness the roll call of prizewinners walking across the stage to receive recognition for their outstanding work throughout the year. From the Year 13 Leaver’s awards and special prizes, through to the Year…
Principal’s Notes – November 2024
The press has recently featured an article referencing lateness at an intermediate school. The Principal at that school was concerned that 10% (85) of the children at his school had signed in late on a single day in the previous…
Principal’s Notes – October 2024
Our packed season of performances - the Year 11 and 13 Drama productions/performance evenings; the senior Dance showcase featuring 70 performers and Finale a choreographic showing by our Year 13 Dance students amply demonstrate how strongly the performing arts feature…