Newlands College

General Information

Co-educational
State
Year 9 to Year 13
Uniform
Student Roll: 1000

The school has many strengths, outstanding amongst which are the quality and commitment of the staff, the excellence of pastoral care and the range and quality of activities available. The quality of the teaching and non-teaching staff and their contribution to pupils’ education, personal development and welfare is very high.
General Information

Location and Facilities
Newlands College is in Wellington, the capital city and major provider of tertiary education. Classrooms and buildings are of a high standard with a number of brand new teaching facilities. The school has 50 acres of grounds, a large recreation centre and modern specialist teaching areas.

Students and the School
Newlands College provides a safe environment. Students are expected to respect themselves and each other. This means that there is no place for physical or verbal harassment in any shape or form. Students are expected to wear uniform neatly and correctly.

Extra-curricular Programme
Drama, Music and Sport are all popular extracurricular activities. Choirs, orchestra and individual instrumental tuition are available for students and there are also opportunities to perform in dramatic productions.
New Zealand is a country of sports people and Newlands College offers badminton, basketball, squash volleyball, dragonboating, rugby, football and more than twenty other sports.

Many students from our school have been chosen for Wellington representative teams in their chosen sport, and some have received national honours.

International Students
Newlands College has an international focus with staff and students from a wide range of countries. Each year the school enrols a number of fee-paying international students who come to New Zealand to study. Students can enter at any year level and on arrival at the school they are tested and placed in classes appropriate to their level of English.
Most students wish to stay with a ‘kiwi’ family and are placed in homestays with local families. Students have a number of staff who support them including the International Student Manager, Dean, Homestay Co-ordinator, Form Teachers and ESOL staff.
Information regarding fees, enrolment procedures and courses is available from
the school and enquiries are welcome.

English Language Support
Qualified and experienced teachers work with students in groups or individually. Students also have extra support within the classroom should this be necessary. We have staff who can speak European or Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Student Welfare and Homestay
All students who are homestayed by the College, are met at the airport by the homestay coordinator. She will continue to meet regularly with each student to give guidance and to help them adjust to living with a ‘kiwi’ family.

Our homestay families are carefully selected and monitored to ensure the students have a positive experience. Those who live with a ‘kiwi’ family have the advantage of improving their English much more rapidly.

Fees
Annual Fees for 2010 are:
Tuition: NZ$11,500
Homestay Fee: NZ$220 per week
Administration Fee (non-refundable): NZ$1,000
Note: Additional costs could be incurred for school trips, eg:Geography trip, ski trip.

Application Details
Application forms are available from the International Committee, or can be downloaded from the College’s website.

Processing Applications
It is important that applications for enrolment be made as early as possible.

•It is important for agents and students to provide details of the students full academic and attendance record.
•It is also important that homestay requirements are clearly stated.

Orientation Programme
A comprehensive orientation programme will be provided which includes the following activities:

•Introduction to Newlands and the local environment
•Familiarisation with the school layout, systems and resources
•Orientation to local systems travel, banking etc
•School rules, procedures, counseling, support systems
•English competency testing
•Academic planning
•Familiarisation with New Zealand laws, culture and learning

In some situations students will require more intensive language tuition before full release into mainstream classes.

Newlands College is affiliated to the Code of Practice.

Enquiries
International Student Manager

Address: 68 Bracken Road, Newlands. Wellington 6037, New Zealand
Phone: + 64 4 473 4136
Fax: + 64 4 474 1339
Email: [email protected]