Leadership Day at Whangaparāoa School

By: Konstantinos Montes (Year 13)

Over Wednesday the 21st and Thursday the 22nd of February, leaders from Whangaparāoa College, including Sasha Joy, Charlie Teviotdale, and our Head Students, Konstantinos Montes and Emily Stout, visited Whangaparāoa Primary School to talk to the students about leadership. The event consisted of our college students speaking to the year fives and sixes of the primary school, sharing their personal experiences with leadership and encouraging the younger students to pursue leadership opportunities. The younger students got a chance to ask our leaders questions about their experiences and the challenges they faced as leaders. The event concluded with a Waiata and performance from the primary school students to thank our leaders for going to speak to them.

Head Learners: Emily Stout and Konstantinos Montes

Sasha Joy (Year 10) and
Charlie Teviotdale (Year 11)

School TV

Bullying

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Whangaparaoa College contributes Art Panels to Penlink

At the end of last year a group of Year 10 learners worked on two large mural boards intended for the Penlink construction area. 
The theme was Coast and the works reflect the creatures and plants around the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. Amy Harrison, Sophie Bryhn, Tamzin Morgan and Neeve Armstrong worked mainly in their own time to complete the first two murals, and used the work of Sam Mathers, an Auckland based artist as inspiration for their work.
The works were designed by blocking out large areas of the background in different colours. Large koru shaped stencils were then used to reflect both the sea and the pitau design which originates from the shape of the fern frond before it opens.
Once the main areas were blocked in, the learners chose a variety of images and text to complete the works. The overall intention was to create a playful design with easily recognisable images and text that would appeal to people passing by.
The College still has two more mural boards to complete for Penlink and hope to have some Year 8 learners starting on these works next week.

Pictured: Neeve Armstrong, Tamzin Morgan, Sophie Bryhn, Amy Harrison

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School Lockers

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