Week 8 is the beginning of the long-awaited WEGC Arts Festival.  It has been planned over the year by the Arts Committee and every day (and most nights) for two weeks there will be events students can take part in or enjoy from the audience. 

Highlights will include the grand opening on Monday at 7pm, the cultural concert on Thursday the 9th, performances by Music and Drama students and art installations around the school.

Feed your soul and take part in this delicious event!  There's something for everybody.  Families are warmly invited to the evening events and it's a great opportunity for students who recently enrolled for 2011 to get a taste of the East spirit.

Download the time-table of events.

The First XI showed their usual class by taking out the top grade of the Wellington competition again in a 1-0 win against Wellington Girls'.  They dominated possession and were unlucky to have two other goals disallowed. 

The shot that counted was a corner kick by Amanda.  Year 10 student, Madison, had been called up from the Second XI to fill in for the injured regular goalie and she did well in her pressure-filled debut.  Other Second XI players had rushed over from their own game to fill in for the injury plagued First XI.

The Ministry of Education's on-line learning centre for teachers and educators - Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) was launched by The Minister of Education, The Honourable Anne Tolley, at Wellington East Girls' College, on 19 August.

The event was attended by MOE officials, local principals, teachers and the developers of the website.

Wellington East is proud to support digital innovation on this scale.

WEGC won a hard-faught final against Otaki Collage to come top of their grade. 

Division 1 is the top ten-a-side league in Wellington, and the team is hoping to compete in the next grade up, the fifteen-a-side grade, next year.

Last year, their first time in the competition in years, they were narrowly defeated in the semi-finals.  This year, with a lot of young players, they have improved to win the garde.  In her victory speech the captain, Rangimarie of Year 11, acknowledged what a hard and physical encounter it had been, the best match of the season, and thanked the opposition for travelling down to Miramar for the game.

There was a large contingent of vocal East supporters with many staff, students, old girls and family members braving the cold to come and support our team. 

We are lucky to have one of Wellington's best school-grade coaches and hopefully many of the team will be chosen to represent Wellington in their age groups.

The school production of 'Brigadoon' opened on Wednesday night.  The play is set in Scotland, with a highland dancer, plenty of tartan and even some bagpipes.  Directed by Mrs McLeod, highlights include gorgeous solos by Freya Head and scene-stealing comedic moments from Mina Boag. 

Head of Music, Brent Stewart, leads the orchestra through the complex and moving songs which are sung beautifully by the chorus, many of whom are in the award-winning small choir, Cantala.