Arts & Culture

The Show(s) Must Go On!
The Westlake Schools’ Production for June/July 2022 is still going ahead. However, due to the Covid-19 Red Settings, some changes have had to be made

Instrumental and Vocal Music Lesson Expressions of Interest now open
Expressions of Interest are now open for Instrumental and Vocal Music lessons for 2022. Please complete the expression of interest form (link below), and you

Operation Sparrow wins Best Director and Best Actor
Remember our story in Te Roto about Westlake Girls student Emma Wagner and her awesome short film Operation Sparrow? To refresh, it was created by

Ella takes out top award
Talent Year 10 artist Ella Niwa has received top honours in the Waiheke Youth Arts Awards for her cleverly designed cloak. There were more than

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Emily named as development player in National Youth Band
Talented trumpeter Emily Sullivan (Year 10) has been selected as a ‘development player’ for the National Youth Band of New Zealand. This is an under

A tale of two productions
Building upon the recent and outstanding success of both Socially Distanced Shakespeare (2021) – winner of three Auckland Live Showdown Awards, including Best Play –

Make yourself a cuppa and enjoy this award-winning tale
You might remember Year 11 writer Sydney Brandolino from earlier this year, when she had her original story It’s Only Natural – about gene-edited children

And the winner is …
…Westlake! Well done to the amazing cast and crew of Socially Distanced Shakespeare who have won three awards in the Showdown Awards for 2021, held

2021 Music Awards
This year our Music Awards weren’t held in quite the style we are used to, however we still enjoyed celebrating the tremendous success of our