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Westlake Boys' High School
Ururoto House.
Murchison House.
Stanley House.
Hood House.
Smale House.
Pupuke House.
Pupuke claim victory second year in a row
Our annual house haka competition took place on our top field last month, which saw our six houses perform their variation of the Westlake Haka to staff and community members.
The boys were graded on their original choreography and delivery, before facing off against rival houses and performing as a whole school to the hundreds of individuals who attended the event. Such traditions highlight the cultural diversity and brotherhood that exists at Westlake, with Pupuke House winning the overall competition for the second year in a row.
Top in Cambridge; top in New Zealand
The 2019 Cambridge Awards Dinner was recently held at Eden Park. This event was well attended and acknowledged our school and individuals' recent scholarship success.
Yiming Xu won the top Cambridge Award in New Zealand. Yiming was top across three A level subjects in New Zealand and continues to pursue his studies as an engineer in the United Kingdom. Our 2019 Dux, Tej Joshi, even managed to attend the awards ceremony while he was in India, thanks to Yiming facetiming him during the event.
First round of the Paper, Scissors, Rock competition.
Mr Ferguson joining in on the competition.
Players competing for a spot in the final round of the 2020 Paper, Scissors, Rock competition.
Paper, Scissors, Rock Competition
The paper scissors rock competition has become a tradition at Westlake Boys High School and is run by the Transition Buddy Committee that aims to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for all students.
The committee is a student-driven initiative that is an important aspect at Westlake as it brings together all levels of the school so that our students have a variety of connections and someone that can assist them when they need help. This is the first of many events that the committee has planned
for the year and the students are looking forward to more friendly competition!
Teachers also supported the Light It Orange for Shine event.
Shine.org Mufti Day
Westlake took part in the Light It Orange for Shine event to shine a light on domestic violence in New Zealand and raised over $2500.
This event took place throughout New Zealand to help victims of domestic violence get safe and stay safe. Our year 13 Social Studies classes took charge of raising awareness and funds throughout the day. The whole school took part in the day's events, students wore mufti, the boys organised a sausage sizzle and we had our annual teachers against students’ football match. It was a very close game but resulted in a draw. The school was lit up in orange to support this amazing cause.
