Academic

ESTEAM student internship experience
By Charis Allison GirlBoss Two months ago I was tagged by Ms Tomaz in a LinkedIn post, promoting the new GirlBoss Advantage Program. Not thinking

Important Things to Note – 23 October
Term 4 Key Dates Monday 12 October: Term 4 begins Friday 23 October: Year 13 Ball Monday 26 October: Labour Day (school closed) Tuesday 27

National library staff share history of women’s suffrage
By Jacqueline Choi This term, the Year 9 STEAM students were so fortunate to have educators Tereora Crane and Lisa Allcott from the National Library

Year 12s learn about the dangers of alcohol abuse
The Year 12 Health students are currently studying the issue of Alcohol Misuse among adolescents for their external examination. They were lucky enough to start

Loaner laptops no longer available
Westlake’s loaner laptop service has been discontinued. This means if a student forgets their device, the school is unable to loan a replacement for the

Learning first-hand about the horrors of WWII
Bob Narev survived the Holocaust. In 1936 his father was fired from his job as a secondary school teacher because the Nazis didn’t think it

New Student Rep elected for Board of Trustees
Year 12 student Sarah Penny is the newly elected Student Representative on our Board of Trustees. She was one of 10 outstanding candidates this year.

Today’s leaders inspire the leaders of tomorrow
The extraordinary contribution of our 90 Prefects in a very disrupted 2020 was celebrated with a High Tea and alumni leadership panel this week. It

Students transported to the 1800s
During our shared Year 9 STEAM English and Social Studies lesson this week our teachers dressed up as Suffragettes. We were transported back to the

Five years of service to our library
The Library at WGHS is fortunate to have an army of 60 volunteers who keep the place running smoothly. Amongst those volunteers are three people