The Newton Press

True Colours

Article Written By Liv Benedetto Coro

On the 7th of November, the announcement of Newton College's 25th Anniversary sparked excitement in the school. Following up, the school year of 2016-2017 is open to numerous exciting events for students, teachers, staff, and parents. "This is a very special year for families and students." , Rosa Tortosa, head of Newton College, stated on our interview together. "25 is a very big number!" Miss Tortosa chuckled, "So we wanted to make this a special year to host numerous events for all members of the Newton College community to enjoy. We wanted to reflect on our past because in the beginning we had a little number of students and a small amount of classrooms and now Newton has grown into such a large community so this is the perfect year to host our events in reflection to our past and warm welcomes to the future."

Rosa Tortosa, Head of Newton College.

The 25th Anniversary is a great way for the community of Newton College to develop skills and abilities in certain areas of education. There will be events held every month where parents and students are encouraged to attend. These events are held so that students have an opportunity to speak. "Every student matters at Newton." Tortosa declared, "and everyone has a place, a voice and the right to learn at our school.". Students have the chance to prove their strength and abilities in certain fields at school: such as academics, the arts, and physical education. The theme and philosophy of the 25th Anniversary is Opening Minds, which depicts on the schools different ways of teaching."We have some amazing and creative student this year who we can use as examples for our label in Newton's philosophy of Opening Minds, such as the Newspaper Press (Newton Press) and The Radio Station (Newton Air)."

John Patino, Sub-Director of Newton College

"Opening Minds is the philosophy of Newton College and our key is to open young minds to new opportunities with different ways of teaching, using didactic approach. Exploration and innovation is the key to opening minds." Patino explained.

Newton College has four full-functioning houses where each student is placed into at the time of school enrolment. The four houses are Lincoln (Red), Da Vinci (Green), King (Blue), and Calcutta (Yellow). Each of these houses are derived from a famous icon in world history: Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln), Da Vinci (Leonardo Da Vinci), King (Martin Luther King), and Calcutta (Mother Teresa Of Calcutta). Four houses, four colours, and four systems- "It's a way to bring our school family together." Tortosa mentioned in hosting events.

The Yellow House: Calcutta

The Green House: Da Vinci

The Blue House: King

The Red House: Lincoln

On the 18th of November, students from Year 7 (Grade 6) to Year 11 (Grade 10) competed in an Inter-House competition in the Estadi Municipal D'Atletisme Manolo Jaen (featuring track and field events). As we approach the end of November, students and teachers are greeted with 19° C / 66.2° F temperature and a sunny and clear sky as we began to fill into the stadium. The track and field is clear, our house captains are in check!

House Captains

Jorge Sevilla was an excellent commentator and kept the humour in check!

Here are some great moments from Newton College's Secondary Athletics competition:

Smile for the camera!

Duna Fernandez, Da Vinci (Year 9 Epsilon) and Claudia Herranz, Calcutta (Year 9 Omega). We are all family!

Ready, set, GO BOYS!

A successful win, Paco Agullo! (Lincoln, Year 11 Alpha)

You can do it girls!

Thumbs up Duna!

A good start to a good race (Year 11 & 10 Girls)

Claudia Herranz, Calcutta- what a sweet jump! (Year 9 Omega)

Nice jump Marta Carazo, King (Year 9 Alpha)

Antonio Medina is a good pole dodger! (Year 9 Alpha)

Pablo Ramos, King - an excellent high jumper. (Year 9 Epsilon)

¡Fuerza, chicas!

If anything went wrong, we had someone to save the day!

Sarah Byles and Macarena Herrero keep the competition scores in check. "It's great- this competition has been great and keeping scores has sure been fun. Everyone is supporting each and other and everyone is having such a good time."

"This has been an amazing competition so far. Go Newton!" Dianne Blackburn, Head of Arts Department remarked. She was there to support all the houses and she would like everyone to continue to strive to do their very best.

Michael, was in charge of the fielding event, Discus. He claimed it to be interesting and that it was a sport that need techniques in throwing and holding. "Everyone tried their best and I will say that it wasn't easy for everyone. It might've of been a little difficult but everyone was having such a good time!". His words of encouragement to fellow athletes were that they should try hard and do their best and they will succeed.

Liz Ferrys, Ethics teacher was in charge of the fielding event, the High Jump. She claimed that she was impressed of how involved the students were and how they supported each other. "It was really fun and very interesting at the same time. You see lots of different skill in each student."

Tim Evans, House Coordinator was in the charge of the fielding event, Javelin. "This competition is absolutely brilliant and it's nice that everyone gets to spend a day together as a school!" Mr Evans had exclaimed excitedly. He also stated that students learn a lot outside of school than inside. Interesting.

The most anticipated moment yet, we claim our winner.

Congratulations Lincoln!

Lincoln holds the trophy as they mark themselves winners after a long yet victorious day.

And as for me- running around and interviewing and taking pictures was a tough load and yet I had to run an extra 400 meters coming in 3rd. The competition was absolutely amazing!

Newton College hold their breath in prolepsis for the next big event. What do you have in store for us Newton? We can't wait to know more.