Academic

Brightening up Christmas in August!
Year 10 Fabric Technology students have been busy making Santa sacks for the charitable venture Present for You. The sacks will be personalised and filled

Important Things to Note – 19 August 2022
Teacher-only Day Monday 22 August is a Teacher-only Day at Westlake Girls High School. If your daughter is aged under 14 with no parents or

Isabella proves she’s the best in New Zealand!
Isabella Drummond is no stranger to our school newsletter – we’ve documented her amazing achievements over the past couple of years. And now she’s done

WGHS Board – July Report
Joy Bradfield Presiding Member Thank you to the 15 candidates who have volunteered to represent our community on the Board. If you do not receive

Into the woods!
Our Year 9 CYGNET members were fortunate to visit Tree Adventures in Wood Hill Forest on Friday 29 July. The fun team-building day challenged students

Attitude is everything when it comes to learning another language
はじめはして、 My name is Maia Chhour and I’m a Year 12 student at Westlake girls who has been taking Japanese as a subject for all

Damla takes to the skies
By Damla Temizsoy Year 13 Over the Term 2 holidays, I was fortunate enough to attend the School to Skies camp at Base Auckland, offered

Students see Museum through fresh eyes
Year 12 Art History students visited the Auckland Museum as part of their internal assessment activity on a cold Wednesday 27 July. Our museum building

Welcome to Westlake!
The first day of Term 3 was a pretty wet and miserable day weather-wise, but there was a warm welcome awaiting our 32 new International

Raw message highlights the importance of good decisions
On Thursday 18 July, Pat Buckley from Amped4Life spoke to the Y12 students about the importance of making good decisions throughout your life. As Pat