School Map
Link to Map of the School
Getting to and from school on the first day
School buses will be running from early February 2024, tying in with the start of the school year. If you are dropping your daughter at school by car, we recommend using one of the surrounding streets as a drop off point. Smales Farm does not allow parking for school drop off/collection and issue infringement tickets. There are bike racks between B and C Blocks for cycling to school. Please ensure your daughter has a lock for her bike. The school gates are closed from 3 – 3.30pm each day for the safety of our students, so you will be unable to enter the school grounds to collect your daughter. We recommend arranging a drop-off and collection point in one of the surrounding streets.
Link to Bus Timetable
Year 10-13 students – first day 2024
On Tuesday, 30 January 2024, Students new to Westlake Girls at Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 need to go to the covered area in the quad outside the Event Centre at 9.00am. They will be welcomed and taken to their 2024 form class.
All Year 10-13 students that attended WGHS in 2023 are to go to their 2023 form rooms at 9.30 am. All students will be released at approximately 11.30am. School buses have not been requested to operate this day. Year 13 student leaders will need to remain at school until 3pm. Year 10-13 students are not required at school on Wednesday 31 January 2024.
Year 9 students – first day 2024
Year 9 students in 2024 start on Wednesday 31 January 2024. It will be a full day from 9am to 3pm, and an Orientation Day for the Year 9s only.
All Year 9 students meet in covered area in the quad outside the Events Centre at 9am. They will be welcomed into the Events Centre and introduced to key staff. Students will then be divided into Form/House classes and taken to their form rooms.
An orientation programme will run for the day taken by the Year 13 student leaders. The Year 9 students will have activities to get them to know other class members, be taken on tours of the school, attend an ICT session to log into the school network and a library session. Year 9 students should bring their laptop to school on this day.
Once your daughter has her timetable, she will be able to go to the Payments Office and purchase the use of a locker for the year ($60). Staff in the Payments Office, will be able to assign her the most appropriate locker choice based on her timetable. She should place her lock on the locker as soon as practicable. Either combination or key locks are suitable. Your daughter will also require a padlock for her PE locker during PE class.
Thursday 1 February is a Timetable Day 4 and the first day of classes being taught. Form time begins at 8.50am.
What to wear and bring
Students should be in correct uniform, including skirt or culottes, blouse, blazer (optional), and sandals or shoes/socks. Students will not need to bring their full range of stationery for their first day at high school. However, they should bring:
- School bag
- Refill paper
- Pen
- Laptop
- A padlock (if you have hired a locker)
- Lunch/morning tea
- Water bottle
Your daughter will not be permitted to leave the school grounds until the day finishes..
