OCTOBER 2024
- Monday, October 14th – Term 4 starts (students should be at school by 8:50am)
- Wednesday, October 16th – Media Gala night (6:00pm to 7.30pm in Te Hōro/Hall)
- Thursday, October 24th – WSCW Pasifika Prize-Giving (6:00pm start)
- Friday, October 25th – WSCW Sports Prize-Giving (2:00pm start)
- Monday, October 28th – Labour Day holiday (school closed)
- Tuesday, October 29th – Y12 and Y13 Workshops and Tutorials begin
- Wednesday, October 30th – Y13 Leavers Event (4:30pm onwards; more details will follow) and Special Awards Prize-Giving (6:45pm start; all guests should be seated by 6:30pm)
- Thursday, October 31st – Y12 Prize-Giving (4:00pm onwards)
- Thursday, October 31st – Senior Art, Media and Technology Departments – student work exhibition in Level 1 KHCL (3:30pm-5:00pm)
NOVEMBER 2024
- Tuesday, November 5th – NCEA examinations begin
- Monday, November 11th – Board Hui
- Thursday, November 14th – Last day for WSC Year 11 students/ākonga & Y11 Prize-Giving (4pm start at Ponsonby Intermediate School)
- Monday, November 25th to Friday, November 29th – WSC Year 9 camps (see our previous news item here)
- Friday, November 29th – NCEA examinations end
DECEMBER 2024
- Tuesday, December 3rd – Y9 Social Studies Sustainability Craft Market (9:30am to 12noon in Level 2 KHCL)
- Thursday, December 5th – NPoW Prize-Giving
- Monday, December 9th – Board Hui (final one for 2024)
- Tuesday, December 10th – New students (2025) orientation (5:30pm start in Gym)
- Monday, December 9th to Wednesday, December 11th – Waiōrea Juniors (Y9 + Y10) camp
- Wednesday, December 11th – Annual Beach Picnic/Beach Day
- Thursday, December 12th – WSCW Junior Prize-Giving (10am start in Gym); LAST DAY (Term 4 ends)
2025 Term Dates
Our 2025 school term dates are as follows:
Term 1: Tuesday 28/1/25 to Friday 11/4/25
Term 2: Monday 28/4/25 to Friday 27/6/25
Term 3: Monday 14/7/25 to Friday 19/9/25
Term 4: Monday 6/10/25 to Friday 12/12/25
If you are late to school – up to 9.15 in the morning, go to the KHCL foyer to sign in. Please state your reason and/or show your note.
If you arrive later in the day go to the main office and sign in at reception.
To leave school during the day we require notification from your parent/caregiver. This can be a phone call, email or note.
- Get permission from a senior leadership team member in the admin corridor
- Sign out in the book at reception.
- If returning to school following an appointment sign back in at the office.
To report an absence the parent or caregiver can :
- call the main office on 09 815 6730, then press 1
or
- Use the SchoolApp Absentee function;
or
- email the school office admin@wsc.school.nz
Absentee notifications should be submitted as early as possible.
If you are feeling unwell or have had an accident or suffered an injury, you must see a nurse in the first instance.
You will need a note from your teacher if you need to see the nurse during class time.
We have two nurses, a part-time physiotherapist, and counsellors located in Waiora (Student Services Centre), who will contact parents/caregivers if deemed necessary. Students should not contact their parents directly during class time.
Longer planned absences (more than three days),should be advised in advance by parents/caregivers to a student’s Head of House, with the admin office copied into notifications. For absences in excess of 5 days a request in writing must also be submitted to the principal.
We may request a medical certificate for absences due to sickness or injury which exceed 3 days.
The school has a mobile app for news and events, daily notices and other important school messages. Use the app to notify us of absences, access the parent/student portal and check key dates. Receive alert messaages instantly for your chosen groups. See here on how to download the app.
We have an expectation that students/ākonga have their phones in their bags at all times, if they have it with them at school. If you need to urgently contact students/ākonga please ring the school office or email your child on their school e-mail address.
For information on any sports programme, please see our sports information page.
The Physical Education department have a uniform, this can be purchase from The Uniform Shoppe in Avondale – 521 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland 1026 or online here.
A username and password is generated for the parent portal and sent to caregivers of new students at the beginning of the year. Students are given their username and password by their head of house (HOH) and/or whānau teacher at the beginning for the year. Caregivers and students can change their password if they wish to.
The digital user agreement (agreed to on enrolment), can be found here