Westlake Boys High School Prospectus
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WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL PROSPECTUS 1 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Head Boy Sam Quinn A Cambridge student, Sam passed his IGCSEs in 2009 with flying colours, then repeated the feat in 2010 in his AS Levels, with scores of 85% in Physical Education and Geography standing out. He has been a member of the First XV since the fifth form, made the Auckland Blues U18 team as a Sixth Former, winning the national title with them, and was a member of the NZ U17 rugby team. Sam was also Stroke of the Senior 8 who last year won the North Island champs and were runners up in the Maadi Cup. This year, he is Rowing Captain. “Westlake is an outstanding school that achieves success in all areas and helps to shape boys into young men. Through traditional values and a competitive environment I have found Westlake to be hugely beneficial in encouraging me to strive Welcome for and realise my true potential.” We are delighted to welcome you to 2011 Prefects Westlake Boys High School. Thomas Atkins Top Cambridge Scholar; Top in the world - Sanjay Lala 1st XI Hockey, 2nd XI Cricket Westlake Boys High School offers an IGCSE English Literature Oliver Larsen NCEA Scholar, Premier Musician outstanding learning environment for teenage Elliot Bartholomew 1st First XI Hockey, NZ U18 Hockey, Westlake boys on Auckland's North Shore. Providing a Boys Young Sportsman of the year 2008 Simon Middleton 1st XI Cricket, NZ U19 Cricket range of opportunities for our students, inside and outside of the classroom, we help them Mark Bekhit Cambridge Scholar, National Young Reesan Naidoo 2nd XI Cricket, 2nd XI Hockey discover their passion and fulfil their potential. Enterprise winner Maxwell O’Dowd 1st XI Cricket, 1st XI Football We have high expectations of our students Tomas Benyon Academic Council, 2nd XI Football Captain in everything that they do. We expect our Stanley Onacha 1st XI Football young men to be well-behaved and to have Michelangelo Bisquera Cambridge Scholar, Premier Musician Wesley Pellow-Jarman 1st XI Cricket, 1st XI Hockey, Auckland a positive attitude towards school. We Matt Brock 1st XV Rugby U18 Cricket insist upon the highest standards of dress, appearance and manners, and believe that a Joshua Chang Cambridge Scholar: Top 3 student form 3 - 6, Warren Pinto 1st XI Football, NZ U17 Football disciplined environment gives our students Premier Musician the best possible chance to be successful. Tim Plunkett Cambridge Scholar, Premier Volleyball Sun Kwang Choi Premier Musician; Cultural Leader Our priority for students is academic Jordan Ranson NCEA Scholar, 1st XI Cricket success. We have the same high academic Simon Connolly Premier Volleyball, North Island U19 Volleyball expectations for all those who graduate Jordan Sussex NCEA Scholar, 1st XI Cricket, Auckland from Westlake, whether they choose to Luke Ellis 1st XI Hockey Schools XI Cricket attend university or if they go straight into Chester Espie Premier Tennis, Auckland Tennis Champion Matthew Tier Cambridge Scholar, Young Enterprise the workforce. Our academic results are Director, Orienteering, NZ Relay Champion excellent and among the best in the country. Matthew Fouhy Cambridge Scholar, Young Enterprise Director We offer a dual qualification pathway, where Eugene Tuigamala Premier Musician students can study Cambridge International Robert Graham Cambridge Scholar, Young Enterprise Director Examinations or the NCEA equivalent. Many Nic Vickers Premier Basketball, School Athletics Champion Rhys Gwilliam NCEA Scholar, All-round Sportsman students go on to study at top universities our young men outside of the classroom. successful and help them to believe that Jack Wang NCEA Scholar: First in class, All-rounder: in New Zealand and across the world. In the Nearly all of our teachers contribute to our they can achieve their aspirations. Jesse Hawkins Premier Volleyball, NZ U19 Volleyball, NZ sports and cultural activities co-curricular programme, making Westlake last five years, several students have been We achieve outstanding results in everything Champion Beach Volleyball awarded Top in New Zealand as well as Top an exciting and supportive school to be Boyd Wiggins 1st XV Rugby that we do. The quality of what we offer can in the World recognition, as well as university part of. We regularly gain national honours James Hou Cambridge Scholar, Cultural Leader be judged by coming to visit us and seeing scholarships. Our staff works hard to ensure in sport and music as well as many other Tae-Gon Yoo Cambridge Scholar, Premier Musician for yourselves. Jordy Jamieson Premier Basketball, NZ U18 Basketball that all our students leave Westlake with local and regional sporting and cultural Zibo Yang NCEA Scholar, All-rounder: Sports and qualifications in which they take pride. achievements. Enjoy our prospectus. I look forward to Sam Jessup NCEA Scholar, All-round Sportsman Cultural Leader meeting you soon. Such an approach creates a culture of Our staff is exceptionally committed to Alastair King Premier Musician providing additional opportunities for achievement: we expect our students to be David Ferguson Headmaster 21 2011 Prefects 2 Deputy Head Boy and Academic Captain Benjamin Reynolds Ben is an outstanding scholar and a national standard sportsman. In Form 5, he achieved outstanding results in his IGCSEs, including a ‘Top in the World’ Jason Dong Jack Edmonds Prasad Ravi Samuel Wrait Timothy Resnick Phillip Fricke Rhys Gwilliam Ben Tan result in Economics. Last year, he passed five AS Levels, getting 100% in three of them. A member of the Premier Cycling Team who were Champions of Auckland and the North Island; he is a NZ U19 and Schools’ Orienteering rep and was the Australian Orienteering Champion in 2009; he has also taken part in Mountain Biking, Distance Running and Triathlon. He came top in Auckland in the Goethe German Language exam, is a winner in Young Enterprise, is a leader in the Type 1 Diabetic community, is a peer tutor and buddy, and has Yuanye Xu Yue Wang Jacob Darwen Ryan Stangroom Jae Min Lee Callum Welch Danny Kwok Zibo Yang been on the Academic Council since its very first meeting four years ago. “Across the board, it is the Westlake culture that instils values and cultivates excellence in our young men. Our passion, our standards and our desire for Westlake Boys High self-improvement are all integral parts of Westlake.” School offers: Academic Excellence • Academic excellence Preparing for Academic Excellence: The Junior School Scholarship Individual Education Programmes In Forms 3 and 4, boys are rigorously prepared for the senior school. All boys take courses in Our boys have the opportunity to sit the New Zealand Scholarship For the boys with additional learning needs, highly qualified • A strong emphasis on English, Maths, Science and the Social Sciences, as well as experiencing a range of Technology examinations in their last year at school. Scholarships can be awarded teacher aides work with classes and individual students at external examinations and Arts subjects (including Music). They follow a Physical Education course, and study a in most subjects, and we encourage our boys to enter them. The awards the student’s own pace, according to his particular needs. language of their choice. For those with an aptitude, two languages are offered. In doing this, offer the greatest challenge available to school students in New Zealand, Extra support in English and Mathematics is offered when • A top quality education we have taken many aspects of the 2010 NZ curriculum and have integrated them into our and carry with them money to help finance their years at university. Each appropriate. Boys with little or no English are offered ESOL for all students at all current programmes. year, a number of our top students are awarded ‘Outstanding Scholarships’. (English for Speakers of Other Languages.) levels Indeed, in 2008, and in 2010 our students received 'Premier Scholar' awards, NCEA and Cambridge International Examinations placing them in the 'Top Ten' performers nationwide. We are confident even Gateway • National and international We are proud to be able to offer two pathways to academic success. All students have more will do so in the future. This is testimony to our outstanding academic We offer Gateway as an opportunity for students to curricula the opportunity to take a very wide range of courses in Forms 5, 6 and 7 leading to NCEA programmes and our ability to ensure that our academics achieve the best gain first-hand work experience in their chosen fields. qualifications. These are the New Zealand national qualifications, and performing well in them results possible. Interviews for the selection process will begin in Term 3. • Traditional and progressive will allow access to universities in New Zealand or overseas. programmes Academic Institute If a boy is placed in the top 40% of our boys at the end of Form 4, he has the chance to follow, As part of our commitment to excellence, we have created an Academic if he wishes, the Cambridge pathway. Cambridge International Examinations are based in the • Sporting and cultural Institute. The top stream of boys in both Form 3 and Form 4 experience a UK – and linked to the University of Cambridge. They are taken by thousands of schools all over excellence special programme of accelerated learning in Maths, English, Social Sciences NCEA High Achievers the world, as well as by many of the top schools in the UK and in NZ. They follow the British and Science, concentrating on building the boys’ independent learning skills. model of qualifications – IGCSE, AS Level and A Level, taken in Forms 5, 6 and 7. Performing well • Firm and fair discipline The boys also focus on many of the skills they will need to perform at the in these examinations will, as is the case with NCEA, allow access to universities in New Zealand Endorsement with Excellence and sound guidance highest levels when they sit Scholarship at the end of their school career.