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Principal's Notes
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Annual Beach Picnic: As we accelerate towards year’s end I’m reminded of one of the most delightful features of our school year at ‘Springs which is the annual beach picnic that we hold for Year 9 and 10 students at Long Bay Regional Reserve. This year we have the picnic scheduled for Thursday, December 5th. Our teachers are organised (all …
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Year 9 camp 2019 - THANK YOUs
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The Year 9 camp cannot happen without the goodwill of our staff who are willing to give up time with their families for the benefit of our Year 9 students. A huge THANK YOU to the Heads of Houses, PE department and other teachers who accompanied our Year 9 students to camp - being away from your families for two …
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Student leadership training for all Year 12 students
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When: 4th December 2019 Time: 9am to 3pm Where: School Hall Why: All Year 13s are student leaders and should be provided with opportunities to develop their leadership skills. Leadership training on this day will address building relationships within a team, self leadership and a focus on our school vision. Training will be facilitated by FUTURE LEADERS student leadership training …
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We would like to extend a HUGE thank-you to all the whānau, alumni, businesses, staff, individuals and even a team who have supported our solar project - 40.5 panels donated to date. We have had families that have donated multiple panels, long standing employees that have gone in together to buy a panel and a panel donated by the Western …
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Portfolio leadership training camp
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For those students who have been successful in being elected as portfolio leaders 2020, training camp will be from Thursday 30/01/2020 noon to 3pm Saturday 01/02/2020 at Motutapu Island. Cost of the camp is $200 (note - this is the correct amount; previous newsletter showed incorrect cost). More information will be emailed to students and caregivers of elected portfolio leaders …
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Yearbook 2019
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In order to be more sustainable, we have reduced the number of pages, will be printing less Yearbooks and have a companion website. This companion website, which will be linked to our school webpage, will have sports, clubs and other group photos, performing arts photos etc. Every one of our Year 13 students will receive a hard copy of the …
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Springs Waiorea annual Beach Day
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This year our annual Beach Day at Long Bay Regional Park will be held on Thursday the 5/12/2019. Staff and students will depart from school in buses at about 9.00am and will return by 2pm. Parents, please ensure that your child/ward has morning tea, plenty of sunscreen lotion, a loose shirt to cover themselves from the sun, a hat and …
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School Leavers Toolkit has been recently released by the Ministry of Education. It has advice about financial matters, flatting, getting a job, leaving school and home. Ngā tohutohu mō te ārahi i a koe i muri i tō wehenga i te kura. Click on School Leavers Toolkit in Te Reo Maori and Te Reo Pakeha to learn more. Careers department
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Our school stationery lists are already on line at http://myschool.co.nz
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Health Centre updates - December 2019
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Happy Holidays everyone!!!! - stay safe and healthy. Measles - Still active in Auckland especially, but numbers of cases slowing down now-- consider vaccination to prevent the spread of disease - huge outbreak in the pasific islands. Travelling overseas or going to uni - flats or dorms? Travel/OE holidays - Check what vaccinations you require and get the course completed at …
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Otto August Year 10 Masterworks Exhibition
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Folded Forms: 71 Upper Queen Street, Eden Terrace Otto August 23 November - 21 December 2019 opening preview Saturday 23 November 3-5pm. Special demonstration by Otto Saturday 30th November 2pm. Otto August is a 14 year old origamist from Western Springs College. He became interested in paper-folding in 2017 and has since then been expanding a repetoire of increasingly complex …
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Junior Arts Festival 2019 The wonderful work of our juniors was showcased in exhibition, on stage and in film at TAPAC Theatre on Thursday 16th November for our annual Junior Arts Festival and Big Arts day out! Students presented outstanding creativity to celebrate a year’s work. Special thanks to the Parent Action Group for providing drinks and nibbles to mark …
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Update - 2019 Quality of Service Delivery (QSD)
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1 PURPOSE To provide some insights from the Quality of Service delivery survey conducted earlier this year. 2 Background The school has conducted this survey roughly every three years. This survey was carried out just prior to occupation of the KHCL. 3 Themes Many of the themes seen in this survey are similar to the …
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Auckland Transport
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Auckland Transport is consulting on proposed changes to some central crosstown bus services. These proposed changes affect the OuterLink and the 650 bus services and so may be of interest to the Western Springs Stakeholder Group. The changes include: increasing the frequency of the 650 to every 15 minutes, 7am to 7pm, 7 days a week and operating it later …
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100 Motions Rd, Western Springs,
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Auckland 1022, New Zealand
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