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At the end of June, the Onslow College Chess Team competed in the Regional Interschool competition. It was a big event with 22 other Wellington secondary school teams participating. After some tightly fought games, the team came away with 4th place which is a huge achievement. This means the Onslow team qualifies for the National […]

On Friday June 7th, Onslow College performed at the NZ Choral Federation secondary choral competition, the ‘Big Sing’, at Michael Fowler Centre.  Onslow has two choirs; Ngā Manu Tīoriori, an all-comers non-auditioned choir led by Cameron Stewart and Kathy Roy, and a Chamber Choir, a smaller auditioned group led by Kathy Roy. Both choirs are

The Onslow Enviro Group, led by Kaiako Hamish McWilliam, ran a Vegetarian Food Fair at lunchtime on Friday 24 May. There was a great atmosphere in the school hall and people sat down together to eat and chat.  The event made $340, which the Enviro Group is donating to Forest & Bird to help fund

Kia ora e te whānau, Yesterday, at the Ngā Manu Kōrero regional speech competition, co-hosted by Onslow College and Tawa College, Onslow Yr13 student Billy Paratene won first place in the Korimako Senior English Speaking category, and Yr 10 Scott Picard won 3rd place in the Ta Turi Carroll junior English category. Billy will be representing

Kia ora e te whānau, A huge congratulations to our SHOWQUEST 2024 team who won 1st place in this year’s Wellington senior showcase. This year their theme was ‘Tangata Whenua’, a very moving and powerful performance. Plus, they didn’t just win 1st Place, they won Best Original Composition, Best Live Music AND Best Drama awards.