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Principal's Notes
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Subject selection 2022: Special assemblies to address this important aspect of school life have begun with a special focus on our Year 10s who will move into Year 11 and Level 1 NCEA next year. In their assembly on Thursday they were informed that at Springs there are 3 compulsory subjects at Year 11 – English, Mathematics and Science, and …
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2022 Portfolio Leadership Process
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Every Year 13 student at WSC/NPoW is considered a school leader. They lead in the way they conduct themself and the way they interact with their peers of all ages and backgrounds, staff and our wider community. Being a student portfolio leader at Western Springs College/ Ngā Puna O Waiōrea is an exciting opportunity to not only be involved in …
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Our 50kW solar array has been up and generating power on the Ken Havill Centre for Learning since January 2021. We have recently installed our SolarKiosk which shows a range of live solar data, this will enable students and staff to understand and interpret our solar activity and power usage - an excellent educational tool! What does our SolarKiosk show …
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LIBRARY ASSISTANT I am thrilled to welcome Andrew Raba as our new Library Assistant. He comes with many library skills, being previously employed at public libraries and the Alexander Turnbull Library. Both students and staff are benefitting from his experience from working with young adults. He is harnessing his knowledge of books by connecting each student with their genre needs. …
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Eco News
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Stevie and Andi Teleiai love their comfortable and colourful cloth nappies. Recommended Products Ecofloss Bamboo charcoal floss and refill, available at Healthpost. Degradable, sustainable and beautiful. Activated charcoal floss for your refillable glass bottle ecofloss. Each refill pack contains two refills 30m carefully packed in environmentally friendly packaging. They are packed in food grade wax paper inside the craft …
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Secondary School Swimming
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Our 13-15 years boys' relay team of Sam Kenny, Tobias Beaumont, Jasper Stevenson and Koen Dettling came 6th in the 4x100m freestyle relay and 6th in the 4x50m medley relay. They also came 4th in the 4x50m freestyle relay behind Auckland Grammar, Westlake Boys High School and Palmerston North Boys High School. It was a huge achievement particularly since they were unseeded and swimming …
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School Holiday Trip At each school holiday, the international department organises a trip or two for our international students so that they can enrich their experience in NZ while sharing a good time with their friends and the staff members. Unfortunately, we were not able to have those trips for a while due to Covid-19, but during the last July …
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Health Education: Year 9 and 10
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JUNIOR SEXUALITY EDUCATION Year 9 and 10 Health classes will begin their sexuality education in the second half of this term. The dates following are a guide to when each year level is most likely to begin their sexuality programme. Year 9 classes will begin the sexuality unit of work in either week 6, 7 or 8. The first few …
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Arts
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Tēnā koutou katoa The Arts departments are a hive of creative activity! Walking through these spaces you will see ākonga and kaiako busily preparing for and refelcting on the multutiude of performance events art work. In week nine of term two junior arts ākonga and kaiako from music, dance, drama, media and visual art performed at Ponsonby and Pasadena Intermediate. …
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YMCA Holiday Programme Positions
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YMCA have part time (after school care) and casual (Holiday Programme) positions available for Team Members and Team Leader.
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100 Motions Rd, Western Springs,
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Auckland 1022, New Zealand
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