Do you work in Science? Does your job involve something to do with Chemical Reactions, Electricity, Human Physiology or Genes? Your school needs you. Our Year 9 Maths and Year 10 Science classes have a unique opportunity to be involved in a programme in which we contextualise what they learn in the classroom with the […]
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How many drops of water fit on a 10c coin? Is there really a difference between Marmite and Vegemite? Can sea shells be cleaned up with vinegar, or is salt and vinegar better? These were the questions our Junior Science team answered to secure 3rd place at the Wellington Junior Science Tournament. Competing against 12
Marmite, Coins, and Critical Thinking: Onslow 3rd at WJST Read More »
Year 10 student, Muhammad Zayan Abbasi won 1st Prize in the Year 10 level among all Wellington schools at the NIWA Wellington Regional Science & Technology Fair 2025 held from 27th to 30th Aug. As well as first prize for all Year 10’s, he was awarded 2 special prizes from Engineering NZ, and ikeGPS. 🥇
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The Onslow Enviro Group and other interested students and whānau, led by Kaiako Hamish McWilliam, recently held a Working Bee as part of the Ngahere Restoration Project. The purpose of the working bee (mahi tahi) was to liberate young native plants from weeds so they can mature and become self-sustaining, thereby enhancing indigenous biodiversity at
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Onslow College has introduced a fungus to help it control a pest plant. Tradescantia fluminensis (Wandering Willy) is an invasive weed in Aotearoa that has its origins in South America and no natural enemies here (except chickens who love to eat it). In Onslow’s forest restoration area it smothers our native seedlings. Biocontrol is about
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