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Westland High School - Te Kura Tuarua o Hokitika

Newsletter • Poutū-te-rangi - March 2022

21 - 24 March - Adventure Tourism Leadership (Trades academy)
23 - 25 March - Outdoor Education Kayak trip Level 2
24 March - Te Ara visiting subject classes
29 - 30 March - First aid course (Gateway)
28 - 1 April - Life Education bus onsite for Junior school
31 - 1 April - Outdoor Education Water trip Level 1
4 - 7 April - Uniformed Services (Trades academy)
6 - 8 April - Outdoor Education Kayak trip Level 3
7 April - Lincoln University presentation
11 - 14 April - Adventure Tourism Leadership (Trades academy)
11 - 12 April - Physics camp (years 12 and 13) tbc
6 - 8 April - Outdoor Education Water trip (Middle school)
15 April - Good Friday (No school)

16 April - Term 1 Ends
2 May - Term 2 Begins

Click on the Parent Portal Calendar link to see the full school calendar. We regularly receive cancellations and date changes to events on our calendar, due to the ever changing nature of the pandemic. We continue to work through these and update parents as we are informed.

Contents

From the Principal's Desk

by Mr Murray - Principal

Nga mihi nui kia koutou katoa. Welcome to the Westland High School newsletter for March 2022.

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Agriculture Trip to Reefton

by Mr M. Nicoll - HOLA Science

The Senior Agriculture and Horticulture class recently went to Reefton to visit the Tai Poutini Polytechnic farm and learn some new skills first hand.

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Looking Back to the Future

by Mr M Harrison - HOLA Technology and Digital tech leader

The Year 9 and 10 STEM class have been developing their problem solving and computational thinking skills in STEM with the design and building of LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robots.

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Video: 2022 Hapu sports organised by Year 12 PE

Hapu sports

by Westland High School

Some of the Year 12 students organised a hapu sports day.

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Staff head to Lake Māhinapua

by Mr P Brailsford - Deputy Principal, Pastoral care

Recently the staff had a professional learning development session at Lake Māhinapua, learning about the history of the lake and it's significance

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Sexwise

by Westland High School

Recently the Middle School students were lucky enough to participate in the sexwise programme

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Device Responsibilities

by Westland High School

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Are You Connected?

by Westland High School

Find out about the Equitable Digital Access initiative.

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Driving lessons available

by G. Byrne

Lessons are available for both full and restricted licenses

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Parent portal

by Westland High SChool

Did you know you can view your child's attendance, academic transcript, timetable, notices, etc.... through the parent portal?

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Keep Yourself in the Loop

by Westland High School

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Policies and Procedures

by Westland High School

Westland High School follows a review schedule to maintain, update and review all policies.

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Community news 

Community News and Events

by Westland High School

All the latest of what's happening in and around Hokitika and the West Coast.

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