Arts
The school is heavily involved in the arts, with several opportunities available to students.
Annually hosted is the school Variety Show which consists of a variety of performances (as the name suggests) such as Kapa haka, solo singing and drama performances. Almost every year, the school is involved in a production which students and teachers alike can sign up for. Examples are Guys and Dolls (2007), Les Misérables (2009) and Grease (2010). Along with the school production, the Year 12 and 13 Drama classes must produce a production separately. The latter was performed from May 18–21. The school also partakes in a competition known as the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Competition.
The school has a building specifically for the Visual Arts and languages, the Language and Art Block. This was available at the start of 2006. The school also has a Whare Kura which was named the Te Ao Marama. This was opened on May 10, 2007. At the end of 2008 to the beginning of 2009, the school rebuilt the Learning Support Centre, the A Block toilets and the cafeteria.
Each year, Media Studies classes participate in the production of short films. These short films are edited with Mac OS X's iMovie and/or Final Cut Express and the most appropriate (with Excellence or high Merit marks) are submitted for the Noscars (the Newlands College Oscars) after being classified by the OFLC. If the Office gives a restricted rating, it cannot be screened at the Noscars. The Noscars are held annually at the Wellington Paramount Theatre. The last Noscars event was on October 29, 2010. Similar to the Oscars, there are awards and prizes.
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