Academic

School events coming up for parents
Tuesday 16 February This is an evening for Level 1 NCEA students and parents/caregivers to provide you with the knowledge really early in the year

ESTEAM internships at Genesis and Deloitte
By Susana Tomaz TIC STEAM The future of work is becoming increasingly more difficult to accurately predict or even imagine. The speed of change also

Getting a first-hand experience of uni life
Westlake International student Jacqueline Ramos spent part of her summer holidays experiencing life at university! The Year 13 student, who has been at WGHS since

New students join the Westlake whanāu
Tuesday 2 February was a big day for our new Year 10-13 students as they joined us for the first time at Westlake Girls. They were

Community challenges win in regional competition
Westlake Girls placed first and second in the Auckland Regional Tahi Rua Toru Digital Challenge Competition. “Epilepz” was selected as the Auckland Regional winner, with

STEAM innovation showcased
We held our third Innovation Expo at Westlake Girls, on 30 November, where our STEAM students displayed their innovative prototype solutions to the community issue

Making the future of food sustainable
By Susana Tomaz TIC of STEAM A shift to plant-based foods was recommended by Sir David Attenborough in his new documentary “A Life on our

Career Bites
Pictured above are some of this year’s amazing speakers. From left: Courtney McCormick, Chemical Engineer (Engineering); Saba Samiei, Partner Developement Manager/Founder and CEO of her

Passion for maths brings pride to Westlake
By Angela Han 10AKM Junior Mathex is a maths competition that happens annually and is open to students from different year levels in schools across

Inspiring student ideas incorporated into school structure
The power of student agency was highlighted and celebrated in the Kahui Ako Student Action team sharing session, held last week at Wairau Intermediate. The