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Principal's Notes
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Stop Press #1: Year 9 and 10 Prizegiving is on Friday at 10.00 am in our school Hall. The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern will attend. She will speak to our prize winners and help me present some of the prizes. Yes, she will have baby Neve with her. If you are planning to attend you should be seated by 9.45 am. …
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New way of buying school stationery
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Go to myschool.co.nz, search Westerns Springs College, select list for appropriate year of student and whether enrolled at Springs or Nga Puna o Waiorea. You can then add or remove items from the list prior to purchase. This facility should be available to order from Monday 3 December. Please note that our traditional way of selling stationery i.e. from the office …
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More change at Western Springs College
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Western Springs College | Ngā Puna o Waiōrea Parent & Student Portal Over the summer holidays the school will be moving to a new Student Management System, which will give us greater flexibility and efficiency in managing the school, the students and our staff. As a consequence of the switchover, the Parent/Student Portal will also be changing. The current portal …
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News From The International Department
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Before NCEA exams started, the International Department held a Leavers Dinner for our Year 13 students at a local restaurant to celebrate their effort and achievement at Western Springs College. We also remember all those international students who attended Western Springs College in 2018 during the year and we wish them all the best. Although it was …
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Health & Safety
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Tramline Please be careful when walking along the tramline beside the school between Motions Road and Motat. We have had 2 incidents of near misses with students walking unaware of the tram approaching. There is a safety upgrade in place with RAF and Motat for signage to be improved along the tramlines. Please remind students to be careful at all …
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Philosophy
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This term the junior philosophy students have had some interesting experiences outside of the classroom. The new cohort of year 9 philosophers travelled to the zoo for three education sessions exploring the ethics surrounding keeping animals in captivity. Our year 10 students had the chance to experience the Auckland Buddhist Centre in Grey Lynn as part of their topic on …
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Arts
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Junior Arts Festival 2018 The Junior Arts transformed TAPAC Theatre on Friday 16th November for our annual Junior Arts Festival and Big Arts day out! Students and teachers presented incredible creativity in a spectacular show and exhibition of art to celebrate a year’s work. Thank you to our talented HOD Drama – Robert Pollock for hosting as MC. Special thanks …
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Technology
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2018 has been a challenging and exciting year for the Technology Department with the demolition of F Block and the relocation of Soft Materials, Hard Materials, Digital Tech and DVC to temporary classrooms in Term 3. Our students proved to be highly adaptable and we have seen some fantastic work from them as a result. Hard Materials This year our …
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Community Notices
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BISC is proudly sponsoring the First Friday Xmas Market in the Pt Chev Arcade - Friday 7th December, 4.30pm-8.30pm (see flyer below) there are free stall holder tables available ("suitcase rummage" size) - so if you or your kids are keen to earn some money before Xmas contact Chris Casey on 021 183 2785 or just get along for some …
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100 Motions Rd, Western Springs,
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Auckland 1022, New Zealand
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