daisycutter

Hi ,anyone out there got any first hand knowledge/experience of these schools ... cheers.

Divine Comedy

Hi, my daughter is currently in Westlake Girls and I am totally happy with it. My daughter was abit dubious about the all girls thing but she loves it now. They also have a very close relationship with Westlake boys , so she can get her 'boy fix'
I own a barbershop and get alot of the boys in for haircuts, my impression of them are they are very polite, confident and proud to be Westlake.

wendels

My daughter went to Westlake girls this year and after 4 weeks we moved her as she found it very catty, a few other girls she knows have also changed. She's now very happily settled in a mixed school. It's horses for courses won't suit everyone but she knows a couple of girls who are quite happy there.

daisycutter

Hi Wendels ... can i ask where your daughter went,i guess it was still on the Shore ? many thanks.

wendels

Yes she now goes to Rangitoto college which she loves, a big school (biggest in NZ), but has lots to offer and she fitted in incredibly quickly

simonsi

Pinehurst is another option on the Shore at Albany, mixed, go from 5-18yrs, and run the Cambridge curriculum....proper O-levels etc

daisycutter

Hi Simonsi,yes Pinehurst looks interesting ... do you have kids there ?

simonsi

We have girls in yr8, yr6 and new entrants so Primary and Junior College sections of the school. PM if you want to talk about it offline

kooga61

Hi, I can't sing my praises for Westlake girls school high enough
I had a problem daughter who had run away from home after problems at school. In desperation we moved to the shore (to get her away from some bad influences), and got her into Westlakes. It was the best thing I could have done for her. Before she said she wanted to leave school before completing her level 1 but after getting used to the all girl thing, she knuckled down and got her level 3

She couldn't believe the difference between the mixed school ethos (with boys showing off for the girls and visa versa) and Westlakes. Her first week she came back amazed from a class where one of the students cried because she only got 80% in a test! At her old school if she got anything over just passed you rang the risk of a thumping!

I know mixed schools have their advantages (boys and girls learn to socialize better), but I believe (now) that boys and girls learn better apart, without outside hormone driven influences.