Academic

Important Things to Note – 26 February
Emailing the school Please remember to email office@westlakegirls.school.nz for general enquiries (including changes of address or email), and attendance@westlakegirls.school.nz for absences. The email address that

2020 Dux named as one of NZ’s top scholars
Congratulations to our 2020 Dux Emma Wang, who has been announced as one of New Zealand’s Outstanding Scholar Award Winners. Emma received an incredible four

Food basics that all adolescents should acquire
By Elizabeth Beaumont TIC Food Technology Using a Google search it is easy to find material on healthy eating for adolescence but less about the

Students have golden opportunity to read more books
Our English Department is encouraging Year 9 students to enjoy device-free time to enhance their literacy skills. In doing so, they can achieve Bronze, Silver

Prefect leads class through short-poi lesson
After Waitangi weekend, a group of our Year 10 Dance Students did a workshop on short Poi. Ti’a Armstrong, our Onewa House Captain (pictured above

Quiche takes the cake with young chefs
Our newest Food Technology students have created some delicious looking self-crusting quiches during the most recent lockdown! Despite only having had two or three lessons,

Adobe Creative Cloud suite available for students
The Adobe Creative Cloud suite can be purchased for one year by students for the small cost of $10. Adobe Creative Cloud suite is known

Important Things to Note – 12 February
Welcome to 2021! We hope your daughter has a fun-filled and rewarding year at Westlake Girls High School. Here are a few things that might

Students honoured at Academic Assembly
We held our yearly full-school Academic Assembly on Thursday 11 February to present our 2021 Prefects and Tuakana with their badges, our 2020 Level 1 and

3D printer design makes the cut
A tiny swan has proven a massive winner thanks to the incredibly creative talent of Year 12 student Damla Temizsoy. Damla was the national winner