Academic

Year 12s teach kindy kids about endangered animals
Sunnynook Kindergarten made their annual visit to our school on Wednesday 1 July. This is the third year they have made the trip over to

Young Enterprise businesses online
Our incredibly innovative Young Enterprise Group students have a range of businesses they have created – and now you can support them by purchasing goods

Westlake’s Future Problem Solvers are some of the best in the world
By Abigail Clements Year 12 On 5 June, 11 Westlake Girls students competed in the Future Problem Solving International 2020 Competition. This year, due to

Year 10s learn how to keep cyber safe
Senior Constable Tania Wansink visited WGHS last Monday, to share some tips on cyber safety with our Year 10 cohort. She started by outlining the

This Is Us
Name Megan Davidson What do you teach/do at Westlake? I’m the Teacher-Librarian, which is an extremely unusual role in NZ; there are only a couple

Show off your game design – be in to win
The University of Auckland is running Kiwijam from 17-19 July – your opportunity to participate in a nation-wide game-making event. If you are into coding,

SchoolTV – Youth Anxiety
With the stress of lockdown, and now adjusting to life as it returns to normal, we thought it would be a good time to revisit

Workshop offers practical approach to studying
Study Skills and Strategies is a well established (10 years plus) and popular course facilitated by Angela and Michelle, two of our most experienced tutors

Important Things to Note – 19 June 2020
TERM THREE DATES Monday 20 July Start of Term 3 Tuesday 21 July Open Night, 4pm and 6pm Friday 31 July Junior Reports Wednesday 5

Bronze award for talented language student
Samantha-Mae Torres was the recipient of a Language Perfect Bronze Award due to her recent success in the global vocabulary learning competition. Samantha came in