Whānau Evening postponed
Our second Whānau Evening for 2021, planned for Wednesday 16 June, has been postponed until later in the year. Thank you to the families that indicated they wanted to attend – we will look forward to catching up soon.
Out-of-zone enrolment feeback survey
The Ministry of Education is currently reviewing the rules around out-of-zone enrolments into schools. They are currently consulting around the priority given to out-of-zone applicants, and what could change is the priority given to out-of-zone daughters of WGHS Alumni.
The current order of priority is:
- Students accepted into a special programme run by the school
- Siblings of current students
- Siblings of former students
- Children of former students
- Children of board employees and board members
- All other students.
There are three possible options the Ministry of Education has proposed – and is now seeking feedback on.
- Status quo – leave the categories as outlined above.
- Increase the priority of children of board employees (teachers and other staff) and board members to priority three, lower the priority of siblings of former students, and remove the children of former students as a priority group.
- Retain current priority groups one and two, increase the priority of children of board members and employees to priority three, and hold an open ballot for all other applicants.
As a school that highly values our Alumni community, we believe that Number 1 (status quo) is the only viable option to continue building our strong family connections, and for children of our past students who live out-of-zone, to have the best opportunity of joining our Westlake whānau. We want to play our part in ensuring the current priority criteria remains. Please join us by selecting “Retaining the Status Quo” on the survey link below. Consultation closes at midnight on Wednesday 16 June.
You can find the full consultation HERE and the on-line survey HERE
We appreciate your support as we strive to ensure the strong ties we are building with our Alumni community continue to grow.
Building Her Future – Women in Trades event
We hope you are looking forward to the “Building Her Future – Women in Trades” Event coming up on 22 June. ‘Building Her Future’ will provide our students with the opportunity to connect to the world of work while in school, and to hear first-hand from employers about the skills they need and the pathways to achieve them. Participating employers include Rocket Lab, Team Cabling, Kevin Goodall Builders Ltd, Takapuna Panel Beaters, along with Advanced Plumbing and Drainage. The night will include a mix of formal presentations and the chance to visit and talk with employers and employees at trade workshops. In order to gauge interest in the evening, we are asking parents to please fill out this short Registration Form.
We look forward to welcoming you and your daughter on Tuesday 22 June.
Rowing Open Day this Sunday
We are currently recruiting for our 8-week winter Learn to Row programme. This programme is available to all Year 9-12 students who are interested. It teaches students the basics of the rowing stroke and gives them an introduction to the sport. At the completion of the programme students will apply to be selected for the summer rowing season. Successful rowers will be welcomed to our summer Novice (first year rowers) programme in September.
We will be running two open days held at North Shore Rowing Club on Sunday 13 and Sunday 20 June from 8.15 – 10.30am. If you would like to attend one of these open days or to learn more about the sport please register HERE
Reports and Parent Teacher Evening
School reports will be issued through the Parent Portal on Wednesday 30 June. Incorporated will be details on how to book for our next Parent Teacher Evening on Wednesday 7 July.
Term 2 Key Dates
Monday 3 May: Term begins for all students
Thursday 13 May: Teacher-only Day
Saturday 15 May: Combined Westlake Schools Ball
Friday 4 June: Teacher-only Day (school closed)
Monday 7 June: Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday (school closed)
Tuesday 15 June: Westlake Choral Concert
Wednesday 16 June: Whānau Evening
Tuesday 22 June: Building Her Future: Women in Trades Evening
Thursday 24 June: Big Sing Regionals
Wednesday 30 June: Reports issued
Thursday 1 July: ShowQuest
Thursday 1 July: Enrolments for study in 2022 open
Wednesday 7 July: Parent Teacher Evening
Friday 9 July: End of Term 2