Onslow College - Johnsonville, Wellington

Get down and support our Senior Boys in the Div 1 Final! Should be a great match! Onslow College Sports

Our Senior Boys A Basketball team will be playing off against Onslow for the division 1 title tonight at Akau Tangi, Kilbirnie!

Tip off is 7:30pm, we are expecting a big crowd.

Turf Update!

🙌 Due to recent damp weather, the construction team have been unable to start laying out the large pieces of turf. But today, Jono (Principal/Tumuaki), got to try out how the turf feels! The verdict? "Very comfortable!".

💡 The new floodlights have also been put up and are being tested to get the lighting angles just right.

🌞 We hope the dry spell continues, helping the turf team continue the great work that has finally started.

More updates soon!

Fantastic results at the 16th Annual Wellington Regional Japanese Speech Competition

Last Friday, 14th August, four of our talented students—Shwancheng Zhang (Yr 10), Thomas Dowman (Yr 10), Sophie Ross (Yr 11), and Amika Wessels (Yr 13)—went up against eight other Wellington secondary schools.

Standing up to deliver an informative speech in a second language is no small feat, and all four represented Onslow with huge courage and confidence. Audience members were treated to speeches on everything from native New Zealand birds and country life to family pets and games.

Special congratulations to our award winners:
🥈 Thomas Dowman – 2nd Place (Junior Division)
⭐ Shwancheng Zhang – Special Award for a unique & interesting speech (Junior Division)
🥈 Amika Wessels – 2nd Place (Senior Division)

Ka pai to Thomas, Shwancheng, Amika, and Sophie for your hard work and representing Onslow so well. Congratulations team!

National Spelling Bee Semi Finals here we come!

7 Onslow students are in the semi-finals for the national Spelling Bee.

Congratulations to:
Mira Menon, Raphael Shindo, James Curran, Eva Clear, Aiden Mekonnen, Elsa Johnston, and Twyla Oliver!
They are among the top 350 spellers to advance to this next stage, what a huge achievement! This year 99 schools registered for the event.

The Semi finals will take place in Wellington on 10th September.

Congrats to Ash Maskell (Year 12) for being nominated for DHL Under 19 Surf Lifeguard of the Year, in the 2026 Toyota Financial Services Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence! All the best for the awards 🏅

Visiting Poet Te Kahu Rolleston!

On Friday, our Year 10s, 11s, and a few lucky seniors were treated to a fun and engaging visit from poet Te Kahu Rolleston.

Te Kahu performed some of his latest work before running a hands-on writing workshop. A huge shoutout to the brave students who stepped up to share their own writing on the spot. Te Kahu even performed some incredible freestyle raps inspired by topics suggested by the room. Everyone was engaged and loved the energy Te Kahu brought to the room!

A massive mihi to for coming to Onslow and sharing your talent and vibe with us. Ka rawe!

Te Kahu Rolleston (Ngāi Te Rangi) is a spoken word poet and educator from Tauranga. He has been called 'The Taniwha of Slam Poetry'. His work often honours his ancestors, the land, and the ongoing Māori struggles for Tino Rangatiratanga and socio-economic betterment. (from Read NZ website)

NEW TURF PROGRESS!
Our new turf foundations are in the final stages. Last night (Wednesday 12th), the last truck of asphalt was being laid at 8pm (see first picture). Today, the asphalt is finished and the surface was looking good. Next week, the turf will start to be laid, lights will start to be put up and the surface preparation will begin. It's very exciting to see progress on this huge asset for the school.

Breakfast With Barbara Edmonds

Onslow Student Board Reps, Gianni and Ezra, joined a crew of student leaders from other Pōneke High Schools at a breakfast presentation to hear inspirational words from Barbara Edmonds this morning.

Barbara spoke about how and why she got into politics, her values as a politician, and interesting thoughts on the economy.

Thank you Barbara Edmonds for sharing your time, knowledge, and thoughts to benefit our future leaders!

👏 Congrats to our GET2GO Adventure Racing Teams who competed on Friday for the 20th Get2Go Challenge in Wellington!

🥈🏅 Our two teams had to Rock Climb, Mountain Bike, Kayak and cover serious distance for the Orienteering section. OC #1 came 2nd and OC #2 came 4th place, out of 23 teams!

Thanks to our amazing supporters who helped the teams out on Friday 🫶

Our Football Fundraiser Quiz Night has SOLD OUT!

Thanks so much for your support of our First XI Girls and Boys teams going to Winter Tournament! The girls team compete in Napier, and the boys compete in Rotorua from 31 Aug - 6th Sep.

The Football committee has been hard at work behind the scenes for months selling tickets, gathering raffle donations and prizes for quiz night. It should be an great night, all because of our amazing community support. Thank you!