Westlake Girls High School

Westlake Girls High School

Location
2 Wairau Road Takapuna Auckland 0627 New Zealand
Information
Funding type	State, not integrated
Motto	Virtute Experiamur (Let Courage Be Thy Test)
Established	1958 (1958) (co-ed), 1962 (single-sex)
Sister school	Westlake Boys High School
Ministry of Education Institution no.	38
Principal	Alison Gernhoefer
Years Offered	9–13
Gender	Girls
Enrollment	2237 (June 2011)
Socio-economic decile	9^[1]
Website	www.westlakegirls.school.nz

Westlake Girls High School is an all-girls secondary school in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. The students range in level from Year 9 (Form 3) to Year 13 (Form 7). With 2159^[2]^[3] girls enrolled as of 2009, it is one of the largest single sex schools in New Zealand. Students can study languages like French, German, Japanese, Maori and Spanish.

1 History
2 Westlake Girls and Boys
3 Classes
4 Blocks
5 External links
6 References

History

The school has its origin in 1958, when it opened as a co-ed institution. In 1962 Westlake Girls' and Westlake Boys High School emerged as separate schools, though they maintain relations.

Westlake Girls and Boys

Physically merely a few hundred metres apart, Westlake Girls and Westlake Boys engage in an annual theatrical production together, several joint musical ensembles (including a joint choir, two orchestras, a concert band and a jazz band), and some social dances, among other things. The joint choir, "Choralation", has won the top award in the nation wide secondary schools choir competition The Big Sing for three years in a row, something never done before in the history of the competition. The two schools share a motto - Virtute Experiamur (Let Courage Be Thy Test).

Classes

Classes run Monday - Friday, four terms per year, usually beginning in late January/early February. Students attend a Form Class every morning from 8:45 - 9:05, during which time a roll check is performed. Two periods, 9:05 - 10:05 and 10:05 - 11:05 precede a morning break. From 11:25 - 12:25 Period 3 runs, followed by lunch. 1:15 - 2:15 and 2:15 - 3:15 are the last two periods of the school day. Year 13 students are permitted to leave the school grounds, are excused from wearing the school uniform, and receive study periods within their timetables.

Blocks

A Block — the biggest block. The classrooms are mostly used for Social Studies, Science and Art. Some classrooms in the new A Block have computers, however they are more used for Art Design. In the old A block, there are classrooms with computers which are used for I.T. The Science Department is located in this block.
B Block — Food Technology. There is a café here too.
C Block — The right side of C Block (C1-C3) is surrounded with fences because it is being renovated. The left side of C Block is open. It has four classrooms (two of them have computers which are used for I.T./other subjects), a teachers' room/office and toilets.
D Block — The classrooms downstairs are mostly used for Graphics or Fabric. The classrooms upstairs are mostly used for Maths.
E Block — was used for Maths, Food and Fabric, and Careers and Sports Department. It is to be renovated.
G Block — The block has three gyms and a classroom where students learn Health. Gym 3 is the biggest of the gyms. Gym 2 is used for Dance more than P.E. The Dance and P.E. department is located here.
H Block — used for English and Drama. Students' work related to English (such as static images, posters, and poems) can be seen in classrooms and at the main entrance.
M Block — Music block for music theory, learning to play instruments, and choir practice.
P Block — Where students learn languages.
S Block — Science block.
Old Admin- The Sports Department is located here

External links

Westlake Girls High School website