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Principal's Notes

This Newsletter provides me with the opportunity to thank you, our Springs/Waiōrea community of parents and caregivers for the truly outstanding messages of support you have sent us, both during the lockdown and after, as we have moved into Level 3 and now down to Level 2.  It’s difficult for me to adequately express how much these mean to us …
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Our Solar Power Legacy

Be part of something positive, a good news story. WSCW’s solar project is forging ahead! We have had 126 panels donated by whanau, businesses, alumni and even sports teams. Our target date for the installation of our panels is still August/September, 2020.

If this is something you would like to support and have been meaning to do, you still can. Just click on the link. We have different payment options to meet your requirements.
  1. Pay online (for one or more panels)
  2. Do a bank transfer (great, if you would like to donate a part panel)
  3. Pay at reception
  4. Send us a cheque
For more details on the benefits of solar and payment options visit our solar webpage
Our Solar Power Legacy

Change making at Springs: News from our Sustainability Groups

The Cup Projet & Ecostore bottles It’s time to bring those jars & Ecostore in that you have found at the back of cupboards during lockdown.   Bring empty ecostore bottles that you don’t plan to refill to the bin in the office / hall foyer. Any of the jars pictured above should be clean & left in the box …
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Welcoming each other back

To try and make the first days back to school since quarantine a bit nicer, a couple of students from Healthwise and the Peace ambassadors set up a stall with positive messages and wellbeing pamphlets to give out to students on their first week back. They also hung up decorations and wrote messages with chalk on the concrete just outside …
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Had a clean-out over lockdown?  Need to move some old IT gear?

You can donate your items by putting them in the Tidy Tech wheelie bin, located in the admin corridor foyer. We collect the following: Laptops, Ipads, Desktop Computers, LCD Monitors, Digital Displays, Cell Phones and Printers. Remember to include all charges and associated cables for any donated devices (where possible). And don’t worry - ALL items are data sanitised and …
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Had a clean-out over lockdown?  Need to move some old IT gear?

News from the International Department

While the school was closed our international student leaders, Lilianne Cave, Hugo Kelliher and Adriana Feng, were having regular online meetings with the international student group.  The last meeting they had was a dress up party where the leaders and international students dressed up in an international theme.   All the meetings had a good turnout from our international students, and …
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News from the International Department
Arts
Classes are back in action we have news and stories galore coming in! We are very excited to be back at school as we move into the second half of Term 2. Seeing students after 7 weeks has been fantastic and seeing what they have achieved whilst learning at home even better. Whilst there have been many challenges for all …
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A big welcome back from the Famous (and Fabulous) 5

During Level 3 a handful of our Year 9 students were on site supervised by some of our SLT.  It was an odd feeling for students sitting 2 meters apart with each of them working online with their own core class, but this resilient bunch of 5 were amazing with not a single moan or complaint between them.  To make sure …
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A big welcome back from the Famous (and Fabulous) 5

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Western Springs College
100 Motions Rd, Western Springs,
Auckland 1022, New Zealand
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Fax (+64 09) 815 6740
Email: admin@wsc.school.nz