From the Principal
Assistants bring languages to life
This year we are fortunate to have language assistants to help our students of French, Spanish and German. These young people from various backgrounds will…
Important things to Note – 31 July
Term 3 Key Dates Monday 20 July: Term 3 Starts Tuesday 21 July: Open Night for study in 2021 Wednesday 5 August: Parent Teacher Meetings…
Hannah hits the high note
Year 12 music student Hannah Jones was recently announced as the Junior Winner of the New Zealand Chamber Music Composition Competition. Her piece, entitled “Extranjero…
Instrumental workshops help prepare for Gala Concert
Taharoto Orchestra (directed by Fleur Knowles), Westlake Girls Symphonic Band (directed by Jono Howan) and Westlake Symphony Orchestra (directed by David Squire) have been working…
Hockey goes from strength to strength
The 1st XI Hockey girls qualified for the Harbour Final in utterly dominant fashion. Starting the season 16-0 and 14-0 wins over St Mary's 2nd…
The Ultimate Game has started at Westlake!
By Tessa Watson Year 12 Last Sunday, a group of eight juniors and seniors attended the Ultimate Frisbee AKSS Senior Indoor Tournament in Papakura. Until…
Working together to learn more about each other
Student Action Teams started in Term 2 in many of the schools from our Pupuke Kāhui Ako (Community of Learning). Students, with guidance from their…
This is Us
Name Grant Brown What do you do at Westlake? I’m the school's Property Manager responsible for all aspects of the school property including Property staff,…
Buy a raffle ticket and help our House charities
Our five Houses have joined together for a brilliant fundraising venture to raise money for their individual charities. For just $2 per ticket (or $5…
