Newlands College
| Newlands College | |
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| Address | |
| 68-82 Bracken Road Newlands Wellington New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 41°13′5.59″S 174°49′25.83″E / 41.2182194°S 174.8238417°ECoordinates: 41°13′5.59″S 174°49′25.83″E / 41.2182194°S 174.8238417°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State secondary co-educational Years 9–13 |
| Motto |
Me Whakamātau "We Work Hard To Achieve Together" |
| Established | February 1970 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 268 |
| Principal | Grant Jones |
| School roll | 928(February 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 9 |
| Website | www |
Newlands College is a state coeducational secondary school located in the Wellington, New Zealand suburb of Newlands. Opened in February 1970, the school has a roll of 928 students as of February 2017.
The current principal is Grant Jones. The current deputy principals are Deb Mills, David Pegram, and Deb King. John Murdoch, former deputy principal, is now the current principal of Taitā College. The school colours are white, red and blue. The school also offers community education for adults. The school offers several art, sport and recreation options, along with each student belonging to a house.
Newlands College opened on 3 February 1970 with a starting school roll of 68 students. The land had been owned at different times by the Hogg, Moore and Tunley families, and had been farmed by Bill Hunter. The foundation principal was Rex Sage, who was also the foundation deputy principal of Tawa College, followed by Paul Richardson and from 2000 Grant Jones. However, the school was not complete yet, with the site land causing problems. The first term classes took place in two classrooms at Raroa Intermediate School (which was being built at the same time). The site itself was finished by April, and on 27 April 1970, students and staff shifted to the modern day Newlands College site at Bracken Road. A block, the first and only permanent building was unfinished at the time. The hall was finished in 1973, and the Recreation Centre in 1985.
Newlands College of the Nelson 2H design, like most New Zealand state secondary schools built between 1960 and 1970. The Nelson 2H is distinguished by its two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, with stairwells at each end of the block and a large ground floor toilet and cloak area on one side. The college has two of these blocks: A block and B block.
Throughout the years, the college has grown substantially, having 1000 students in 2010. B block was built with similar architecture to A block. C block is substantially smaller, with only two classrooms and a storage room. H block has the school hall and a classroom primarily for drama. D block was also built to accommodate the learning support programme. However, in 2009, the building was demolished and rebuilt, while being renamed to the Learning Support Centre. L Block was built in 2006 for languages and visual arts. The Te Ao Marama is a Whare Kura, primarily for teaching Maori and hosting meetings. There is a large P.E. department building, hosting the largest gymnasium in North Wellington, a mezzanine classroom, a room for meetings and drama performances (formerly the cafeteria), and a cafeteria. The college also has a large administration area and staffroom. There is a pavilion that overlooks the sports fields for classes, meetings and seating for sports events.
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