News

Booking are now open for the Y9-11 Parent Teacher meetings; Thursday 7 May

The school will reopen for on-site learning tomorrow, Wednesday, April 22nd. To support families impacted by the flooding, we will also hold a gold coin donation non-uniform day this Friday, April 24th.

Due to the ongoing State of Emergency and the red rain warning remaining in effect until 9 p.m. tomorrow, there will be a working from home day for students and staff tomorrow.

A state of emergency has been declared as a Red heavy rain warning has come into effect for Wellington and Wairarapa until 9pm on Tuesday. All afterschool events are now cancelled including meetings and student activities and sports practices. School will remain open until the end of the day as most will be relying on school buses to get home.

Join us on May 1st from 5pm-8pm for our annual food fair

Tuesday 30 May - out of cycle board meeting

The Wellington East Parents Association (WEPA) AGM will be held on Tuesday 24 March at 6pm.

Our annual Learning Conferences are on Thursday 19 March and Friday 20 March this year.

We are holding an evening to talk about teaching and assessing of Literacy and Numeracy in Year 9 and 10 on Tuesday 10 March from 6-7pm

Due to damage on site caused by the weather, school is now closed today

Get ready for a day of fun, competition, and house spirit! Join us at Newtown Park for the Athletics Carnival on Friday 20 February and earn points for your house.

We hope you have all had a great break and we look forward to welcoming you back for Term 1.

Confirmation of the Board's commitment to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi

We welcome all families to join us in celebrating the achievements of our students at this year's Prizegiving.

The PPTA has confirmed that its member teachers will be undertaking strike action effective from Tuesday 14 October.

Welcome back to Term 4.

The PPTA has confirmed to the Wellington East Girls’ College Board that its member teachers will be undertaking partial strikes from Monday 15 September to Thursday 18 September 2025.

The Minister of Education has made a significant announcement about the future direction of our national qualification, NCEA. Consultation on the proposal has opened today.

Registrations are now open for our 100th Reunion. 12 - 15 September 2025

Our Annual Course Selection Evenings for 2026 will be held Wednesday 6th August (Senior) and Thursday 12 August (Junior).

Support WEGC, the Arts, and our amazing students! Join us for an evening of dancing, joy, colour, and outstanding performances.

A reminder that the Strategic Plan Consultation meetings are happening next week. As a member of our school whānau we would like to have your voice, so please come along and share your experiences and thoughts about WEGC

Nominations are now open for the School Board Election. Nominations must be received by noon 6 August.

The boards of all state and state integrated schools are required to hold elections every three years, and this will be happening again in 2025.

WEGC with St Patrick's College and Rongotai College present Hairspray - from 30 July - 2 August 2025

Please find attached our newsletter for Term 2 2025. Enjoy the break

2025 is an important year for WEGC. We are due to undergo School Board elections in September and this is the year we refresh our Strategic Plan

A reminder School finishes at midday - Thursday 12 June in preparation for our Open Day

A reminder the school is closed Friday 30th May, and a link to dates to note for the remainder of Term 2.

Hāngī Fundraiser for Rāwhiti Kapa Haka - Friday 6th June

The 2025 WEGC food fair is happening Friday 16th May from 5:00 to 8:00pm

We welcome any students interested in joining us in 2026 to come to our Open Day on Thursday 12th June 2025.

We have a non uniform day and Can drive on Wednesday 2nd April.

Enrolment dates, zoning and placement information for 13 central Wellington Schools (including WEGC).

Our annual Learning Conferences are on Thursday 20th March and Friday 21 March this year.

We are excited to announce that our Athletics Carnival will be held at on Friday 21 February.

The Online Uniform Store is now open. We have available two days in January for fittings at the College.

Key information for the start of 2025

Our school newsletter for November 2024

Early closure - Friday 29 November 2024

On Tuesday 19 November Hīkoi mō te Tiriti will reach Wellington city. We have received some advice from the Ministry of Education and New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

This is a reminder of the upcoming Staff Only Days at WEGC on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 of November. 

The school Prize Giving is on Wednesday 30th October @ 6.30pm, at the Michael Fowler Centre.

A reminder we have our Junior Parent- Teacher Interviews (online) Thursday 12th September. Please remember that to enable these meetings to happen, students of all Year levels will finish school after Session 3 (11:55am). Buses will run at the usual time.

Our school newsletter for September 2024

Upcoming community events and how to register including Tertiary Open Days on Friday

We wanted to remind everyone of some important dates to note for the rest of 2024. You are always able to check these dates on our public calendar which is published on the home page of the school website -https://www.wegc.school.nz/.

The course selection process for 2025 is now underway. Students can choose their courses for next year by logging into the portal. This will be a focus of their Manaaki time this week and next.

Our Parents Association WEPA are holding a mid-winter movie fundraiser to raise funds to support our WEGC students. Come join us for a winter movie - Bettlejuice Bettlejuice.

We are holding our annual Course Selection Evenings here at the College. There will be separate evenings for junior and senior students.

Next week we are celebrating Purple Power Week - Mon 5 - Fri 9 August. This will include a non uniform day on Thursday 8th August.

Our school newsletter for July 2024

To assist - please see meeting Links and Instructions for Today

On Tuesday 18 June we are holding a Senior Parent Report Afternoon for Years 11-13, as such school will finish for ALL students at 12:00pm.

Early Closing of school on Thursday 13 June

Everyone is welcome to attend and witness this amazing ceremony as a wider school whānau. We will have singing, kapa haka, and entertainment to commemorate the new year!

Our school newsletter for May 2024

Non Uniform Day to support Pink Shirt Day

A reminder that we have teacher only days on 30 and 31st May, and that Monday 3 June is a public holiday.

Register for our Open Day Thursday 13 June 2024

There will be an early closure on Friday 17 May due to a Paid Union Meeting.

On Tuesday 7 May we are holding Junior Parent/Teacher Meetings for Years 9-10. These will be run online from 1:00pm to 4:30pm, as such school will finish for all students at 12:00pm.

Our school newsletter for April 2024

We are excited to announce the annual Wellington East Girls’ College Food Fair. The Food Fair will take place on Friday 10th May from 5-8pm in our school hall and bottom floor of Matairangi. 

A casual vacancy has occurred on the school board for an elected parent representative.

We are turning 100 in 2025 and looking forward to celebrating with our East Community.

Our school newsletter for February/March 2024

Unfortunately due to the weather the decision has been made to CANCEL the House Sports Carnival that was to be held today. We will have a non-uniform day and students are encouraged to wear their house colours. There will still be a sausage sizzle in the Quad at lunchtime.

On Wednesday 28 February we will be holding our annual House Sports Carnival here at school. Attendance is compulsory for all students.

Our annual Learning Conferences will be held on 14 / 15 March 2024. Students will have work set by their teachers and will be learning from home on these days, when they are not attending their Learning Conference.

Our school newsletter for December 2023

Our school newsletter for November 2023

This is a reminder that Wellington East Girls' College has Teacher Only Days on 16th and 17th November.

The school Prize Giving is on Wednesday 1 November 2023 at 6.30pm, at the Michael Fowler Centre.

Please find attached declaration from our Returning Officer for our recent mid-term Election.

For those in our school community who have an interest in joining the WEGC Board, there is an opportunity to join the board this year. We are running our mid term election in November and have two vacancies.

Our school newsletter for September 2023

To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori we are selling Hāngī on Friday 15 September for our Kapa Haka Group

School is closing early Thursday 7 September for Junior Parent Meetings

A reminder that Wellington East Girls' College has mid term break scheduled for Friday 25 August

Our school newsletter for July/Aug 2023

Join us for breakfast on Friday 8 September (7.30am - 8.30am) in the school hall as part of our Inspirational Breakfast Series

2024 enrolments for Year 9

Annual Course Selections Evenings are on Wednesday 9th August (Senior Information Evening) and Tuesday 15 August (Junior Information Evening)

PPTA strike action by its members will end immediately. This means that all students can attend school tomorrow.

PPTA have notified that there will be a ban on members' supervision or participation in extra-curricular activities on Wednesday 21 June and Paid Union Meeting on the afternoon of Monday 26 June.

Wellington East Girls' College presents Sister Act the Musical. 27 - 30 June @ 7pm, College Hall

The PPTA has informed the Wellington East Girls’ College Board that its member teachers at our school will be resuming industrial action on Monday 12 June until Friday 30 June.

Our Open Day/Evening is being held on 15 June 2023

The PPTA have advised the industrial action is to recommence effective 12:00am Wednesday 31 May 2023. This means the rostering home days will begin again from Thursday 1 June.

Reminder re the upcoming long weekend

Important update regarding the current industrial action and its impact on our school.

Following the hui last week to discuss in more depth the changes being made to Year 11 in 2024, we have attached a link to the recording and some provided some responses to FAQ

Our school newsletter for May 2023

The annual WEGC Food Fair will take place next Friday May 19th from 5pm to 8pm

Details of our Teacher Only Day and advance notice of Industrial action.

Our school newsletter for March 2023

Declaration of Parent Representative Election Results

The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) has indicated to the Wellington East Girls’ College Board that teachers at our school will be taking part in the national strike action on Wednesday 29 March 2023. The strike will affect all students.