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Western Springs College - Ngā Puna o Waiōrea| Seddon High School | SMTC
Issue 15| 2022
WSC-NPoW

Principal's note

International students returning to New Zealand are on the horizon from July onwards.  At Springs we are looking forward to welcoming 28 new international students from a whole range of countries - Germany, Poland, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, Singapore and Chile. We are on the lookout for homestay families to host these students. We pay a generous amount to households …

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Principal's note

Louis Esther - Early influences still revealing themselves

Louis Esther is the Vice President of Marketing at Kami, an education tech start-up that is transforming classrooms in 180 countries and used by over 33 million students and teachers. Kami was recently named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential companies in the world and is the fastest growing company in New Zealand having won the Deloitte Fast50 last …

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Louis Esther - Early influences still revealing themselves

Ngā Puna o Waiōrea WINS at the 2022 ASB Polyfest

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe to Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (NPoW) who were placed FIRST at the 2022 ASB Polyfest - the Auckland Secondary Schools Maōri & Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, which was held last week at the Manukau Sports Bowl. For the first time in 46 years, Polyfest was an ONLINE event only and was operated under the …

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Ngā Puna o Waiōrea WINS at the 2022 ASB Polyfest

New WSC-NPoW Board Chair

New WSC-NPoW Board Chair
Carol Gunn resigns from Board Chair role  I wish to inform the school community that at Monday evening’s Board meeting (28 March 2022), Carol Gunn stood down as Board Chair after 5 years in the role.  Louise Gardiner has stepped up to the plate and taken on the vacant Chair/Presiding Member position.  She has experience as the current Presiding Member …

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Pā Harakeke o Waiōrea - Official Opening

On the 9th of March, the kura officially opened our pā Harakeke, NgaUri o Pakoti (the descendants of Pakoti). Pakoti's offspring according to Maori tradition was harakeke (flax).  This opening and naming brought to fruition the vision of one of our students, Arahi Sionetali Rattray.  As a weaver, she wanted the kura to grow their own harakeke that was suitable for weaving in order …

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Pā Harakeke o Waiōrea - Official Opening

Esther O’Donnell – The Piwakawaka Little Library

I started the Piwakawaka Little Library when I was in year 9 after seeing similar ones across my neighbourhood. I noticed that most were in a bad condition, and weren’t taken care of, which made me think ‘what if things were different?’. It was this very mindset which led to the establishment of The Piwakawaka Little Library, which was named …

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Esther O’Donnell – The Piwakawaka Little Library

Two 2021 Alumni featured in 2022 NZQA Top Art Exhibition

Exciting news... Two 2021 Alumni have had their Level 3 Art Design portfolios selected to tour as a part of the 2022 NZQA Top Art Exhibition. Congratulations on your success Zoe Ferstat and Sofia Kotelevskaya with your featured illustrative art design portfolios. A snip of Zoe's work has also been selected as the banner picture for the NZQATopArt page (see …

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Two 2021 Alumni featured in 2022 NZQA Top Art Exhibition

Western Springs College - Homestay Families Wanted

Our school welcomes applications from local families who may be interested in hosting International Students. We are recruiting new host families for when the NZ borders open to overseas students in July. Ever thought of hosting an International student? Do you have a spare room available? We are looking for families to host & care for our WSC International students (male or female, long or short term). We offer …

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Western Springs College - Homestay Families Wanted