Rachel Dean (Year 12) has been selected for the New Zealand Youth Waterpolo team. In late July, this team will travel to Greece and France to compete in various waterpolo tournaments.
Westlake Winners
Squash Team wins Title
The Westlake Girls Premier Squash team competed at the Auckland Secondary Schools Squash Championships which were held in mid-June. The team performed extremely well, winning the Gold Medal for 1st Place.
Two Placings in the Maori Speech Competition
The annual Nga Manu Kōrero Regional Speech competition was held at the Ngati Whatua Marae (Orakei) in mid-June. Two students spoke extremely well to gain placings in various grades. Isabella Drummond (Year 9) won Best Female Speaker in the Junior English Division and Alyssa Wilson (Year 13) won 3rd Place in the Senior English…
Future Problem Solving International Award
The Westlake future Problem Solving team returned form a very successful trip to the World Schools’ Future Problem Solving Championships in the USA in mid-June. Teams from a wide range of countries participated and Abbie Clements (Year 11) performed particularly well in the competition, gaining 2nd Place in the Multi Affiliate Global Issues section.
Big Sing Regional success
Two Westlake Choirs gained awards at the Big Sing Regional Choir Festival held in mid-June. Choralation Choir was the winner of the Best Recital by a Mixed Choir. Cantare Choir gained three Runners-Up Awards for Most Outstanding Performance of a Single Work, Unaccompanied Performance and Best Recital by a Female Choir.
Chamber Music group places first
May Zeng (Year 13) and Rachel An (Year 11) are two members of the “Delamere Quintet” which placed First in the Auckland Secondary Schools Regional Chamber Music competition held in mid-June. Their group will now go on to the National Chamber Music Competition which will be held later this year.
Silver medal at the Australian Gymnastics Championships
Hannah Moore (Year 12) was part of the New Zealand Gymnastics team that competed in the Australian Gymnastics Championships in mid-June. Hannah performed extremely well and won the silver Medal for 2nd Place in the Elite Women’s Hoop apparatus. Hannah’s result also held the New Zealand Team to win 2nd place in the Teams…
Second place in Golf Championship
Naomi Yacyshen (Y11) won the trophy for 2nd overall for Nett Score at the Auckland Secondary Schools Inter-collegiate Golf Strokeplay Championships. This is a two-day event – Day One was held at Howick Golf Club in early June and Day Two took place at the Muriwai Golf Club in mid-June.
Hockey wins North Harbour title:
The Westlake Girls High School 1st XI Hockey team completed an excellent first half of the season by winning the North Harbour Secondary Schools Premier Grade Hockey title with a 4 – 2 win over St Mary’s College in early June. Westlake now progresses into the Super-City Premier grade where the top Secondary School…
Student wins another writing award
Following on from winning the Editor’s Choice Prize in the New Zealand Writers Youth Laurate competition in early May, Xiaole Zhan (Year 13) has just won a second writing award. The Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand in conjunction with the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival ran a competition where school students could…
