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Principal's Notes - July 2022

It is wonderful to begin this Newsletter with the acknowledgement of the receipt of $1,000 deposited into our accounts by BISC – Business in Service of the Community.  This annual donation is much appreciated by the school and will be used to fund one of the many worthwhile initiatives we have underway.  More specific details to come in a later …

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Principal's Notes - July 2022

2022 Triennial School Board Elections

Triennial elections for the Western Springs College-Ngā Puna O Waiōrea School Board will soon be taking place in Term 3. Our co-governance constitution means that we have positions on our School Board for both Ngā Puna O Waiōrea (NPoW) and Kura Auraki (Western Springs College or WSC), our English medium pathway. Voting is easy and we encourage everyone to participate …

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2022 Triennial School Board Elections

Year 11 Geography trip to Waihi

Another fabulous spin off of COVID fun, is the field trips rescheduled to winter. However, the weather gods smiled upon all but two of the groups. While it hailed on the alfresco lunchers, everyone else was tucked up warm and dry in KFC or Subway. Aside from the fine dining, we zoomed around town to maximise our learning opportunities and …

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Year 11 Geography trip to Waihi

Y12 Geography trip in Tongariro

What an epic Year 12 Geography trip this year! Covid-related issues led to an unusual winter adventure instead of an autumn trek. Icy conditions on the crossing meant we ran with our plan B - a traverse of the Tama Saddle; from Whakapapa to the Desert Road. That's 20+ kilometres, and the keen beans added another 4km of hills to …

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Y12 Geography trip in Tongariro

Netsafety Week 2022

This week is NetsafetyWeek2022. We’ve joined forces with Netsafe to promote the safe and positive use of the internet. During this week our student Digiwise team will be promoting online safety tips, running a video competition and holding an event on Friday at lunchtime where students will compete in a Kahoot quiz about online safety. Netsafe are holding a number …

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Netsafety Week 2022

WSC Health Education Survey 2022

We would like to offer you the opportunity to complete the Western Springs College (WSC) Health Education survey for 2022. The link for the survey is here. This survey is one part of our school wide consultation on implementation of the Health Education component of the curriculum in the English medium of our school (Kura Auraki or WSC).  Ngā Puna …

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WSC Health Education Survey 2022

More Rockquest successes!

Western Springs College won first place in both the solo/duo, and band sections of the SmokefreeRockquest Auckland Central regional finals! Huge congratulations to This Machine Means Murder who won the bands section and to Elly Mae Lawson who took out the solo/duo section. Both Elly Mae and the band are now eligible for selection for the National semi-finals!       Springs' …

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More Rockquest successes!

2022 Photos for WSC Sports Teams & WSCW Clubs/Groups

PhotoLife will be onsite on Wednesday 10 August 2022 (Week 3, Term 3) to take photographs of our 2022 WSC Sports Teams and WSCW Clubs & Groups for our Yearbook Companion Website .     It would be great to have as many team or club members, as well as Coaches, Managers and Teachers in Charge present for these photos. …

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2022 Photos for WSC Sports Teams & WSCW Clubs/Groups

NZ Touch Age Group Rep - Skylah Tainui-Takerei

Over the past 3 year, Skylah Tainui-Takerei (a Year 11 Ngā Puna o Waiōrea tauira) has represented the Auckland Under 16s Girls provincial side, at the same time making the Open Women's team. This year, Skylah trialled for the NZ Under 16s Women's Team and has been fortunate enough to be selected in the 2022 NZ U16s Women's Team!! Ka …

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NZ Touch Age Group Rep - Skylah Tainui-Takerei

Eco News - July 2022

ECO TIP - Plastic Free July Photos credit @Plastic Free July Aotearoa Have you tried to live plastic free this July? Email us your photos and be in to win some Ethique prizes. bourgeoisc@wsc.school.nz RECYCLING TIP ♻ Empty jars/bottles: in Auckland, we keep the lids on! Why are lids a big issue? Often, they ar too small for …

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Eco News - July 2022

WSC 2022 Senior Open Debating Competition: 3 teams in Octo finals!

Sam Marsh, Scarlett Ledgrove, Amelia McCrone, Ruby Judson, Alice Shepherd,  Sam Mankelow, Bella Benson, Esther O'Donnell, Arushi Gupta, Jaime Black, Radha Patel, Mackenzie Fleet, Maha Shahab. The 3 WSC Senior Debating teams have been on an amazing journey this year. The competition includes 30 Secondary schools, with a number of teams entered from each school. Only 16 teams can move …

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WSC 2022 Senior Open Debating Competition: 3 teams in Octo finals!

Show jumper - Charlie Ullrich

One of our Year 12 students, Charlie Ullrich, has had great success in show jumping.  Recently, Charlie was lucky enough to travel over to Germany and train with Gugler Sport Horses at the beautiful Gut Ising Hotel.  Charlie trained with them for a week, riding some incredible horses before entering a show on the last day.  Charlie placed in his …

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Show jumper - Charlie Ullrich

Matariki planting at the awa

In week 9 of Term 2, the week of the rising of Matariki, the kura continued the our annual native planting programme next to our awa Waititiko.  This has been an annual kaitiaki activity since 2013, with the support of the Auckland City Council, to help  improve water quality in our awa and promote a healthy habitat for native fish, …

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Matariki planting at the awa

College Sport Auckland Individual Swimming Championships – Sun 26 June

Individual champs were a big success this year. Springs had six swimmers: Sam Kenny, Liam France, Koen Dettling, Tom Kenny, Tess Whineray and Abigail Sharp. Four of the swimmers medalled in their age groups. In the 16 and over girls category, Tess Whineray took silver in the 200m Freestyle and Gold in the 100m and 200 m Backstroke.  In the …

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College Sport Auckland Individual Swimming Championships – Sun 26 June

Reader and/or Writer - volunteers wanted for exams

Kia Ora Community, WSC has the Derived Exams (formerly known as Mocks) beginning on the 15th September 2022 (in week 8 of this term) and finishing on Friday 23rd September 2022 (end of week 9). We are looking for kind people to volunteer to be a Reader and/or Writer for these exams, as we have many students who have approved …

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Reader and/or Writer - volunteers wanted for exams

Vacancy - WSCW Exam Centre Manager

Western Springs College-Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (WSCW) is seeking an Examination Centre Manager to run the NCEA and NZ Scholarship examinations in 2022. The smooth and successful running of an exam centre is important for all students participating in these examinations. The position requires you to complete an online training programme and attend a one-day training session with NZQA in August. The position …

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Vacancy - WSCW Exam Centre Manager
Western Springs College
100 Motions Rd, Western Springs,
Auckland 1022, New Zealand
Phone (+64 09) 815 6730
Fax (+64 09) 815 6740
Email: admin@wsc.school.nz