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PRINCIPAL'S NOTES
School exams are coming up for our seniors – Year 11, 12 and 13. Ours are in Week 8, and the first day of Week 9 – September 10th to 17th. It seems that all high schools in Auckland are pitching their exams at about this time, so I thought it appropriate to explain their importance. First and foremost, it …
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OPTION SELECTION FOR 2019 COURSES
Option Selection for 2019 Courses for Year 10/11 and 12 students IMPORTANT INFORMATION Year 10, 11 and 12 Students planning to stay at WSC next year will be making their option choices over the remainder of this term. The option form and instructions regarding the process were sent to all whanau last week. Option form deadline: Wednesday 19th September. We …
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STUDENT ACADEMIC LEADERS' SLOT
Managing Exam Stress Exams can be an extremely stressful time for many people. Make sure that you are taking care of yourself during this period. Here are some videos provided by Massey University that provide tips to help with stress and other important topics around exam season. Remember to also give yourself credit for what you have already achieved this …
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SPORTS
Lacrosse: The lacrosse season has come to an end, finishing off the year with our Inner City schools' lacrosse tournament last week. Team goals, as well as personal goals, were discussed at our 8am meet up that morning, the girls all showing face although the rest of the school would be enjoying a relaxing half day. It's a bittersweet end as the games were fought …
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ARTS
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Term 3 is abuzz with final showcases of senior work in dance, drama and music. Art rooms and digital suites are a hive of activity as senior students begin preparation for end of year assessment and art portfolios. Students are also taking up opportunities outside of the classroom with competitions such as the annual Talent Quest coming up in …
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NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
The International Office had a follow up orientation for our Term 3 new students at the School Hall in Week 4. We had the International Student Leaders hold a quiz session to make sure these new students were familiar with what is happening at Western Springs College. We had questions like “I’m feeling sick at school– what do I do?” …
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SPOKEN WORD
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For the second year WSC and Ngā Puna o Waiorea have entered in the Word – The Front Line Spoken Word competition run by Action Education. Last year the team from Ngā Puna o Waiorea made it into the semi-finals and then all the way through to the finals. This year two teams; one from WSC (Luke Jefferies , Mia …
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CHESS CLUB
The Auckland Regional Chess Tournament. On Friday 3rd August, 5 students (Jayden Williams, Philli Park-Tamati, Raaz Alfassi Berman, Aleksander Black and Thanin Sagulrattanagosol) competed in the Auckland Regional Chess Tournament. The tournament was held at Mt Roskill Grammar School and hosted by Chess Power. The format of the Chess Tournament was 7 Swiss rounds. This meant that the top 5 schools/teams …
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E-CAFE LOVELINESS!
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Every Friday before school a group of enthusiastic teachers attend E-cafe. This is a regular fixture for staff, sharing good practice around E-learning and digital technologies. We have a chat, eat some breakfast and take good learning back to our departments. Just recently we've included the option of joining remotely via Google Hangout, so busy teachers don't miss out. Doing …
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CAREERS
Careers Department - Need Help to Choose School Subjects? WSC NPoW website is an incredible resource to research possible subjects. Under the ACADEMIC heading, go to “Course Details” to access Year 11-13 course books which show subjects’; credits - external (exam) or internal (assessed by the teacher) and the subject entry requirements . subject content and tyoes of assessment. entry …
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LUMINO THE DENTISTS
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Lumino the Dentists has now left Western Springs College but is coming back at the beginning of November, 2018. There were about fifty senior students they could not get to see but they will seem them in November or December. Lumino the Dentists carries on even after school closes on 7 December.
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LEARN FROM THE BEST
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2–12 October School Holidays TAPAC’s popular holiday programmes are all led by experienced industry professionals. Our October programme features: Make a Film with TV professionals Stephen J Campbell and Angie Sanchez Villar; a Film & TV Audition Workshop with Barefoot Casting’s Matt Dwyer; Showtime Musical Theatre with Nancy Schroder from The Stage Company; Spring Into Action with SHINE School of Confidence; …
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