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Ngā mihi nui ki a koe (congratulations) Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (NPoW) for taking out 2nd place at the recent Kapa Haka Nationals 2022 Competition, Ngā Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua…

Senior ‘Derived Grade’ Exams 990 students were involved in this year’s derived grade ‘mock’ exams over 7 days – beginning at 9.00 am with session 1 and session 3 concluding…

Skill building, creating, connecting, refining, rehearsing and much more! It has been a busy term here at WSCW in all of the Arts learning spaces. This term has seen many…

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Grace Cory-Wright (Year 10 student from Moana House) who was selected in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Orienteering Team. Grace participated in the Australian Schools Championships…

The New Zealand Eating Disorders Clinic (NZEDC) is hosting a free event called HOPE NIGHT on Wednesday 19 October 2022 (4pm to 6pm) in Newmarket, which is for individuals and…

Congratulations to Archie Crayford and Finlay Trelease-Hughes (Team Shole)! Their film 'Maybe Crazy' made for the 48Hours 2022 Film Competition was nominated for Best School Team Award in the Auckland…

In the first week of Term 4, on Tuesday 18th October 2022, the Stars are the Limit Careers Evening will held for Māori & Pasifika students of Western Springs College-Ngā…

Western Springs College/Ngā Puna O Waiōrea accepts that students from the college may want to take part in the School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) event on Friday 23 September 2022…

Our Year 13 Biology class went to the Auckland Zoo for an educational session on trends in human evolution. The session covered changes from quadruped great apes to biped intelligent…

We have an opportunity for an experienced, innovative and enthusiastic Accounts Officer to join our Office Administrative team at Western Springs College-Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (WSCW). This is a 25…

Kia ora tātou, Our team, Piremina Ngapera, Ava & Kaiya Walker, Arahi Sionetali-Rattray and Koromiko Jacobs-Williams came 3rd  in the WORD - The Front Line finals behind Marcellin and the winners Papakura.  An awesome…

Western Springs will be hosting its first Wellbeing Expo on Saturday 24th September on site from 10:00am-2:00pm. We will have stalls from a range of charities, organisations and businesses that…

Each year, The Peace Foundation (Te Rōpū Rongomau o Aotearoa) puts on a Youth Peace Symposium Event. It is held on a school day at the Western Springs Community Centre,…

Green Jam 2022 was live and enlivening! The sustainability conference was an amazingly informative and inspiring event. A result of the collaboration of students from Wastewise, Year 12 Education for…

ECO TIP - Plastic free options to store food Did you know that the average household bin in Auckland is about 45% food waste? Uneaten food is a major contributor…

Kia ora Community, The Learning Support Department is turning their attention to the November 2022 exams and recruiting for Exam Assistants (Reader/Writers) - a three hour session where you will…

Our school welcomes applications from local families who may be interested in hosting International Students. Ever thought of hosting an International student? Do you have a spare room available? We are looking for families…

Held under the school’s alternative constitution enabling co-governance. A copy of the alternative constitution, promulgated 14 March 2019, is online at gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2019-go1165. Declaration of Parent-elected Board Member Results Parent-elected Board Member…

The opening round of this construction competition is done and dusted... Seniors We had 3 teams entered. They placed 1st, 4th and 3rd in their events. There are 12 teams…

As already in the Principal's Notes for August 2022, our strong links with NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern show through in a report from our Year 12 Springs student, Amelia…

Every school day at Springs/Waiōrea is a big day? In Aotearoa, all children under 16 years of age are required to attend a registered school every day, unless they are…

We're really proud of the Western Springs College Swim Team, who competed at the 2022 New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships on 28-31 July 2022 at Waterworld in Hamilton. Our six…

Last term, we undertook a cleanup of our community with the aim of gaining sponsorship which we would then contribute to the school’s solar panel fundraiser. We’d like to thank…

We have an opportunity for an experienced, innovative and enthusiastic Accounts Officer to join our Office Administrative team at Western Springs College-Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (WSCW). This is a 25…

We recommend all students bring a pair of earphones to school/kura. Earphones will be available from the school office from 22/8/22 for $16. Why are earphones a recommended item on…

A reminder that daily notices can be viewed by caregivers and students on the WSCW website at the daily notices menu or on our school app, also on the menu…

It’s Showtime! At the end of term two we warmly invited whānua, kaiako and tauira to our Junior Arts showing in the school hall. This new event aimed to give…

Senior Course Selection for 2023 (information due in Term 3, 2022) Term 3 is course selection for 2023 for Years 10-12 students. Information will be sent to whānau over the…

Mixed Senior Netball is done and dusted! This year marks WSC-Waiōrea's first mixed gender netball team enrolled in Netball Waitakere's first mixed senior grade ever! The games were tough -…

Introduction  Western Springs College provides a subject for Year 12 students and above called Education for Sustainability. Under this course, students learn about environmental, social, and economic factors of sustainability,…

We'd like to issue a friendly reminder that WSC-NPoW will no longer accept deliveries for students from food delivery companies (including Uber Eats) during school hours. We thank you in…

We are in the process of organising the Year 9 camps at Tāwharanui campgrounds. Springs Year 9 students will go in House groups for 2 nights and 3 days at…

Our school welcomes applications from local families who may be interested in hosting International Students. Ever thought of hosting an International student? Do you have a spare room available? We are looking for families…

NEW TERM 3 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS After the NZ border closure to international students for two long years, the international department welcomed a group of 31 new international students for Term…

One of our Year 13 English classes had a wonderful visit to the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki last week. We were guided through the exhibition "Declaration! A Pacific…

Frazer Tavener (19 years old) competed in the final for the Men's 3m springboard and in the Mixed 3m Synchronised Springboard.  Despite not making the final in the Synchronised Springboard,…

When: Week 7, 5th September to 9th Our wonderful librarians Sharda and Andrew have an exciting week lined up to celebrate all things literature and language. A famous New Zealand…

Do you have any spare calculators at home or work that are not being used? Then please hunt them out and consider donating them to our school for use during…

ECO TIP - What can you compost? Photo credit @ethiqueworld PLASTIC FREE JULY We had some amazing entries into the Ethique Giveaway staff and students draw. Huge thanks to everyone…

In the first week of Term 3, 49 students and 3 staff visited Rotorua to learn first hand about spatial and temporal patterns of tourism development in Rotorua.  From the…

Outward Bound runs Adapted courses for secondary school students with physical and intellectual disabilities. These courses are fully funded thanks to Outward Bound’s generous supporters and donors. The only cost to…

We were delighted to welcome back 7 ex-students, mainly from 2020 and 2021. There was a mixture of Engineers, Medical students and Film-makers.  Despite Covid interruptions and usual academic challenges,…

On Monday 22nd of August at 7pm, there was an opportunity for our school community to meet the following six candidates standing for election - either at school or online…

It is wonderful to begin this Newsletter with the acknowledgement of the receipt of $1,000 deposited into our accounts by BISC – Business in Service of the Community.  This annual…

Over the past 3 year, Skylah Tainui-Takerei (a Year 11 Ngā Puna o Waiōrea tauira) has represented the Auckland Under 16s Girls provincial side, at the same time making the…

PhotoLife will be onsite on Wednesday 10 August 2022 (Week 3, Term 3) to take photographs of our 2022 WSC Sports Teams and WSCW Clubs & Groups for our Yearbook…

Western Springs College-Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (WSCW) is seeking an Examination Centre Manager to run the NCEA and NZ Scholarship examinations in 2022. The smooth and successful running of an exam centre is…

Triennial elections for the Western Springs College-Ngā Puna O Waiōrea School Board will soon be taking place in Term 3. Our co-governance constitution means that we have positions on our…

Kia Ora Community, WSC has the Derived Exams (formerly known as Mocks) beginning on the 15th September 2022 (in week 8 of this term) and finishing on Friday 23rd September…

Western Springs College won first place in both the solo/duo, and band sections of the SmokefreeRockquest Auckland Central regional finals! Huge congratulations to This Machine Means Murder who won the bands…

We would like to offer you the opportunity to complete the Western Springs College (WSC) Health Education survey for 2022. The link for the survey is here. This survey is…

Sam Marsh, Scarlett Ledgrove, Amelia McCrone, Ruby Judson, Alice Shepherd,  Sam Mankelow, Bella Benson, Esther O'Donnell, Arushi Gupta, Jaime Black, Radha Patel, Mackenzie Fleet, Maha Shahab. The 3 WSC Senior…

Individual champs were a big success this year. Springs had six swimmers: Sam Kenny, Liam France, Koen Dettling, Tom Kenny, Tess Whineray and Abigail Sharp. Four of the swimmers medalled…

Another fabulous spin off of COVID fun, is the field trips rescheduled to winter. However, the weather gods smiled upon all but two of the groups. While it hailed on…

This week is NetsafetyWeek2022. We’ve joined forces with Netsafe to promote the safe and positive use of the internet. During this week our student Digiwise team will be promoting online…

One of our Year 12 students, Charlie Ullrich, has had great success in show jumping.  Recently, Charlie was lucky enough to travel over to Germany and train with Gugler Sport…

ECO TIP - Plastic Free July     Photos credit @Plastic Free July Aotearoa Have you tried to live plastic free this July? Email us your photos and be in…

What an epic Year 12 Geography trip this year! Covid-related issues led to an unusual winter adventure instead of an autumn trek. Icy conditions on the crossing meant we ran…

In week 9 of Term 2, the week of the rising of Matariki, the kura continued the our annual native planting programme next to our awa Waititiko.  This has been…

WSCW success at SmokefreeRockquest Auckland heats - bands and solos On Saturday afternoon (11 June 2022), 27 bands from 15 Auckland Central schools made lots of noise, pumping out original…

Many form classes are currently taking part in our annual Social Studies Auckland City Mission Appeal. The Auckland City Mission provides around 900 emergency food parcels every week and they…

We have an opportunity for an innovative and enthusiastic Service Administrator to join our International team at Western Springs College – Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (WSCW). This is a 30 hour per week role,…

"Enchanted Ruins" was the theme to this year’s ball and the transformed ballroom definitely looked enchanting thanks to Asha Vaidya (mastermind behind the theming), Beth Fitzgerald and our Events leaders…

Open Week school tours (actually extended to 8 days) preceding the 2023 enrolment season have now been completed with a huge amount of interest evident from our feeder schools.  Additional…

          As a Gold Green-Gold Enviro school, we are very proud to announce that we are now recycling disposable face masks! We have 3 bins located…

Our school welcomes applications from local families who may be interested in hosting International Students. Ever thought of hosting an International student? Do you have a spare room available? We are looking for families to host & care…