Nayland College

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Upcoming Events at Nayland College

Event Date Details
Monday 12/05/2025 - Saturday 30/08/2025 Junior Theatre Sports Competition

One or two teams of Y10-13 students will compete in the Nelson Theatre Sports Competition against teams from other local schools.  Likely to be mostly Y10 & Y11 students, 12 students max.

Nayland College to host in the PAC.  Time to be confirmed by the competition organisers - approx 6pm - 8pm.


Monday 14/07/2025 - Friday 18/07/2025 Week 1- Term 3
Monday 14/07/2025 - Tuesday 15/07/2025 International Student Orientation (14 and 15 July)
Tuesday 15/07/2025 LSC Work Experience

LSC students to Restore for Work Experience

Group 1: P2 and Interval; Group 2: P4 and lunch

Thursday 17/07/2025 LSC Table Tennis

LSC Senior students to Table Tennis

Monday 21/07/2025 - Friday 25/07/2025 Week 2 - Term 3
Monday 21/07/2025 - Tuesday 22/07/2025 9IOS High Performance Camp
Tuesday 22/07/2025 LSC Work Experience

LSC students to Restore for Work Experience

Group 1: P2 and Interval; Group 2: P4 and lunch

Tuesday 22/07/2025 TSS Basketball

Tasman Secondary Schools Basketball Champs

Wednesday 23/07/2025 L1 Geo Tahuna

Data gathering trip for AS1.2 - no  cost

Wednesday 23/07/2025 Open Evening

All prospective students for 2026 and their families are invited to attend our Open Evening. Meet in the Nayland College Hall. 

Thursday 24/07/2025 LSC Table Tennis

LSC Senior students to Table Tennis

Thursday 24/07/2025 Contemporary Music Night
Monday 28/07/2025 - Friday 1/08/2025 Week 3 - Term 3
Tuesday 29/07/2025 LSC Work Experience

LSC students to Restore for Work Experience

Group 1: P2 and Interval; Group 2: P4 and lunch

Tuesday 29/07/2025 - Thursday 31/07/2025 TSS Hockey T1 and T2

Tasman Secondary Schools Championships Tier 1 on 29th and Tier 2 on 30th and 31st

Tuesday 29/07/2025 - Friday 8/08/2025 Subject selection open
Thursday 31/07/2025 LSC Table Tennis

LSC Senior students to Table Tennis

Thursday 31/07/2025 Senior Mathematics Competition

Competition for senior mathematics students to test their problem solving and mathematics skills against other students across New Zealand. 

Monday 4/08/2025 Level 1 Drama Dress rehearsal
Monday 4/08/2025 - Friday 8/08/2025 Week 4 - Term 3
Tuesday 5/08/2025 YR9 OED DAY
Tuesday 5/08/2025 LSC Work Experience

LSC students to Restore for Work Experience

Group 1: P2 and Interval; Group 2: P4 and lunch

Tuesday 5/08/2025 Level 1 Drama Performances
Wednesday 6/08/2025 Australian Mathematics Competition

This is a Mathematics competition that students in any year level can compete in. This tests their problem solving and Maths skills against others across Australasia. Students can choose to compete on paper or online. 

Wednesday 6/08/2025 Level 1 Drama Performances
Wednesday 6/08/2025 Netball - Senior Supernet

Interschools Netball Tournament, designed to help prepare for tournament week.

Thursday 7/08/2025 YR9 OED DAY
Thursday 7/08/2025 LSC Table Tennis

LSC Senior students to Table Tennis

Thursday 7/08/2025 Tech Shadow Day

ShadowTech25
gives Year 9–11 girls a unique, hands-on experience with local tech employers,
helping them explore the exciting possibilities of a career in technology. It’s
designed to inspire and inform students about the wide range of opportunities
available in our fast-growing industry.

  • Dates & Locations: Thursday 7th August, 9.30 am – 2.00 pm. Hosted at local tech businesses Squarekicker and Starshipit.
  • Activities: Workplace visits, hands on activities and engaging talks from women in tech.
  • Cost: Free to attend – schools arrange student transport. Host organisations provide catering.


Saturday 9/08/2025 - Sunday 10/08/2025 COMMOTION

Get ready for COMMOTION! An action-packed youth music weekend is hitting Nelson/Whakatū on August 9-10, 2025, designed for all aspiring musicians, singers, songwriters, performers, beatmakers, and producers aged 14-21.

This is your chance to learn from the best in the business! COMMOTION brings together an incredible lineup of Aotearoa's top professional artists for a weekend of inspiring workshops, industry panels, and a massive showcase concert.

Get mentored by stars like:

  • Deva Mahal
  • Joel Shadbolt (L.A.B.)
  • Laughton Kora
  • MC Tali
  • Paddy Free (Pitch Black)
  • Paige
  • Mazbou Q
  • Bella Bavin (Coast Arcade)
  • Producers Emily C BrowningChristian Tjandrawinata ...and many more!

Dive into workshops on songwriting, music performance (vocals, guitar, drums, DJing!), music production, and navigating the music industry. Collaborate with other young artists, get feedback on your music, and even get the chance to perform!

Event Details:

  • What: COMMOTION Youth Music Weekend
  • Who: Ages 14-21
  • When: August 9-10, 2025
  • Where: NMIT & Nelson Centre of Musical Arts (NCMA), Nelson
  • Why: Learn, create, collaborate, perform, and get inspired!

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to boost your music skills and connect with industry legends.

Find out more and get ready to register at www.commotion.nz







Monday 11/08/2025 Canterbury University Course Planning

Canterbury University will be here to offer Y13's course planning for 2026.

Monday 11/08/2025 - Friday 15/08/2025 Week 5 - Term 3
Tuesday 12/08/2025 - Friday 15/08/2025 L2 ALPINE BOTH CLASSES
Tuesday 12/08/2025 LSC Work Experience

LSC students to Restore for Work Experience

Group 1: P2 and Interval; Group 2: P4 and lunch

Tuesday 12/08/2025 Victoria University Course Planning

Rhys from Victoria University will be here for course planning with Y13's

Thursday 14/08/2025 LSC Table Tennis

LSC Senior students to Table Tennis

Thursday 14/08/2025 - Sunday 17/08/2025 The Big Sing Southern Cadenza

Choir comp 

Monday 18/08/2025 - Friday 22/08/2025 Week 6 - Term 3
Tuesday 19/08/2025 - Friday 22/08/2025 L3 ALPINE TRIP
Tuesday 19/08/2025 LSC Work Experience

LSC students to Restore for Work Experience

Group 1: P2 and Interval; Group 2: P4 and lunch

Tuesday 19/08/2025 - Wednesday 20/08/2025 Dance Showcase
Thursday 21/08/2025 LSC Table Tennis

LSC Senior students to Table Tennis

Friday 22/08/2025 Vast Dance Festival
Saturday 23/08/2025 Senior Theatre Sports Competition

One or two teams of Y10-13 students will compete in the Nelson Theatre Sports Competition against teams from other local schools.  Likely to be mostly Y10 & Y11 students, 12 students max.

Nayland College to host in the PAC.  Time to be confirmed by the competition organisers - approx 6pm - 8pm.

Monday 25/08/2025 - Thursday 28/08/2025 BACK UP ALPINE WEEK
Monday 25/08/2025 - Friday 29/08/2025 week 7 - Term 3
Monday 25/08/2025 - Friday 29/08/2025 WINTER TOURNAMENT WEEK

Teams travel to interschool tournaments in various sports. We will have teams travelling for South Island Secondary School Basketball, Netball, Hockey and Football

Tuesday 26/08/2025 LSC Work Experience

LSC students to Restore for Work Experience

Group 1: P2 and Interval; Group 2: P4 and lunch

Thursday 28/08/2025 LSC Table Tennis

LSC Senior students to Table Tennis

Nayland College Daily Notices

Mountainbike Nationals - Entries now open!

Friday 2/05/2025 - Monday 30/06/2025

Anyone who would like to register for Mountainbike Nationals, which is going to be held here in Nelson  September 29th 2025, please see Brendan or Sara in the sports office. 


Calling All Young Musicians! Learn from Kiwi music legends!

Tuesday 3/06/2025 - Friday 13/06/2025

Get ready for COMMOTION! An action-packed youth music weekend is hitting Nelson/Whakatū on August 9-10, 2025, designed for all aspiring musicians, singers, songwriters, performers, beatmakers, and producers aged 14-21.

This is your chance to learn from the best in the business! COMMOTION brings together an incredible lineup of Aotearoa's top professional artists for a weekend of inspiring workshops, industry panels, and a massive showcase concert.

Get mentored by stars like:

  • Deva Mahal
  • Joel Shadbolt (L.A.B.)
  • Laughton Kora
  • MC Tali
  • Paddy Free (Pitch Black)
  • Paige
  • Mazbou Q
  • Bella Bavin (Coast Arcade)
  • Producers Emily C BrowningChristian Tjandrawinata ...and many more!

Dive into workshops on songwriting, music performance (vocals, guitar, drums, DJing!), music production, and navigating the music industry. Collaborate with other young artists, get feedback on your music, and even get the chance to perform!

Event Details:

  • What: COMMOTION Youth Music Weekend
  • Who: Ages 14-21
  • When: August 9-10, 2025
  • Where: NMIT & Nelson Centre of Musical Arts (NCMA), Nelson
  • Why: Learn, create, collaborate, perform, and get inspired!

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to boost your music skills and connect with industry legends.

Find out more and get ready to register at www.commotion.nz



Call for Open Night Guides

Tuesday 10/06/2025 - Friday 27/06/2025

Last chance to SIGN UP HERE to be a guide for Open Night.

  • You will be sent a permission slip over the holidays for caregivers to approve.  We will meet in week 1 to go over the route, plan, and answer any of your questions about the night.

All Year Levels welcome!



Nayland College Curriculum

Below are some of the subjects that Nayland College offers to their students for 2025/2026.

2PHY - Level 2 Physics (2PHY)
1EHU - Level 1 English: What makes us human? (1EHU)
9MUS - Music 101 (9MUS)
2PHO - Level 2 Photography (2PHO)
9DAN - Dance (9DAN)
9DRA - Drama (9DRA)
1ERE - Level 1 English: Real Word (1ERE)
2ENG - Level 2 English Literature (2ENG)
2ENGAS - Level 2 English for Academic Studies (2ENGAS)
3ENG - Level 3 English (3ENG)
9ENG - Year 9 English (9ENG)
1MED - Level 1 Media Studies (1MED)
2MED - Level 2 Media Studies (2MED)
3MED - Level 3 Media Studies (3MED)
2HEA - Level 2 Health (2HEA)
2ESL - Level 2 English as a Second Language (2ESL)
3ESL - Level 3 English as a Second Language (3ESL)
1ESL - Level 1 English as a Second Language (1ESL)
3MAO - Level 3 Te Reo Māori (3MAO)
1SPA - Level 1 Spanish (1SPA)
2SPA - Level 2 Spanish (2SPA)
3SPA - Level 3 Spanish (3SPA)
1MAO - Level 1 Te Reo Māori (1MAO)
2MAO - Level 2 Te Reo Māori (2MAO)
3CAL - Level 3 Calculus (3CAL)
2GMAT - Level 2 Mathematics General (2GMAT)
2ALG - Level 2 Mathematics with Algebra (2ALG)
1BMAT - Level 1 Mathematics and Numeracy (1BMAT)
3MAT - Level 3 Mathematics (3MAT)
1AMAT - Level 1 Mathematics (1AMAT)
9MAT - Year 9 Mathematics (9MAT)
2STA - Level 2 Statistics (2STA)
3STA - Level 3 Statistics (3STA)
10ACC - Accounting (10ACC)
10SOCAA - Core Social Science: Ancient Answers (10SOCAA)
10ART - Art (10ART)
10ARI - Art Illustration (10ARI)
10CTC - Coast to Coast (10CTC)
10DAN - Dance (10DAN)
10DRA - Drama (10DRA)
10ECB - Economics and Business (10ECB)
10ESL - ESOL (10ESL)
9ESOL - English as a Second Language (9ESOL)
10TEX - Technology Textiles (10TEX)
10NUM- Numeracy Boost (10NUM)
10IOSO - Institute of Sport (Option) (10IOSO)
9IOS - Institute of Sport (9IOS)
10JLY - Jewellery (10JLY)
10FOD - Food Technology (10FOD)
10LIT - Literacy Boost (10LIT)
10MED - Media Studies (10MED)
9MON - Money Money Money (9MON)
10MUT - Musical Theatre (10MUT)
10NTO - Ngā Toi (10NTO)
10OED - Outdoor Education (10OED)
9OED - Outdoor Education - Kaitiakitanga (9OED)
10HOR - Horticulture (10HOR)
10CSC - Computer Science (10CSC)
10PSY - Psychology (10PSY)
10SOR - School of Rock (10SOR)
9SPA - Spanish (9SPA)
10SPAF - Spanish (Full Year) (10SPAF)
10SDV - Sports Development (10SDV)
9SPE - Sports Education (9SPE)
10MAO - Te Reo Māori (10MAO)
9MAO - Te Reo Māori (9MAO)
10MAOF - Te Reo Māori (Full Year) (10MAOF)
10TEM - Technology Metal (10TEM)
10TEW - Technology Wood (10TEW)
10WAW - Waka Ama and Wayfinding (10WAW)
10WCV - Wood Carving (10WCV)
9SOM - School of Music (9SOM)
9SOR - School of Rock (9SOR)
2GAT - Level 2 Gateway (2GAT)
3GAT - Level 3 Gateway (3GAT)
2PW - Level 2 Pathway (2PW)
3PW - Level 3 Pathway (3PW)
2TAY - Level 2 Trades Academy (2TAY)
2DAN - Level 2 Dance (2DAN)
3DAN - Level 3 Dance (3DAN)
1DAN - Level 1 Dance (1DAN)
2DRA - Level 2 Drama (2DRA)
3DRA - Level 3 Drama (3DRA)
1DRA - Level 1 Drama (1DRA)
1MUS - Level 1 Music (1MUS)
2MUS - Level 2 Music (2MUS)
3MUS - Level 3 Music (3MUS)
1HEA - Level 1 Health Studies (1HEA)
1OED - Level 1 Outdoor Education (1OED)
2OED - Level 2 Outdoor Education (2OED)
1PED - Level 1 Physical Education (1PED)
2PED - Level 2 Physical Education (2PED)
1SPR - Level 1 Sport and Recreation (1SPR)
2SPR - Level 2 Sport and Recreation (2SPR)
9PEH - Year 9 Physical Education and Health (9PEH)
3HEA - Level 3 Health (3HEA)
3OED - Level 3 Outdoor Education (3OED)
3PED - Level 3 Physical Education (3PED)
1AGH - Level 1 Agricultural and Horticultural Science (1AGH)
2AGH - Level 2 Agricultural and Horticultural Science (2AGH)
3AGH - Level 3 Agricultural and Horticultural Science (3AGH)
2BIO - Level 2 Biology (2BIO)
3BIO - Level 3 Biology (3BIO)
2CHE - Level 2 Chemistry (2CHE)
3CHE - Level 3 Chemistry (3CHE)
2EMS - Level 2 Earth, Marine and Space Science (2EMS)
3EMS - Level 3 Earth, Marine and Space Science (3EMS)
3PHY - Level 3 Physics (3PHY)
2PSY - Level 2 Psychology (2PSY)
3PSY - Level 3 Psychology (3PSY)
1GSCI - Level 1 General Science (1GSCI)
9SCI - Year 9 Science (9SCI)
1GEO - Level 1 Geography - Mātauranga-ā-Whenua (1GEO)
2GEO - Level 2 Geography (2GEO)
3GEO - Level 3 Geography (3GEO)
1HIS - Level 1 History (1HIS)
2HIS - Level 2 History (2HIS)
3HIS - Level 3 History (3HIS)
1SOC - Level 1 Sociology (1SOC)
2SOC - Level 2 Sociology of Deviance (2SOC)
3CRI - Level 3 Criminology (3CRI)
2TOU - Level 2 Tourism (2TOU)
3TOU - Level 3 Tourism (3TOU)
9SOC - Year 9 Social Studies (9SOC)
2ACC - Level 2 Accounting (2ACC)
3ACC - Level 3 Accounting (3ACC)
2BUS - Level 2 Business Studies (2BUS)
3BUS - Level 3 Business Studies (3BUS)
2ECO - Level 2 Economics (2ECO)
3ECO - Level 3 Economics (3ECO)
1COM - Level 1 Commerce (1COM)
2LAW - Level 2 Legal Studies (2LAW)
1NTO - Level 1 Ngā Toi (1NTO)
2NTO - Level 2 Ngā Toi (2NTO)
3NTO - Level 3 Ngā Toi (3NTO)
2PFS - Level 2 Personal Financial Skills (2PFS)
3SMO - Level 3 Success with Money (3SMO)
3TAY - Level 3 Trades Academy (3TAY)
2BCT - Level 2 Building and Construction (2BCT)
3BCT - Level 3 Building and Construction (3BCT)
1BCT - Level 1 Building and Construction (1BCT)
2DVC - Level 2 Graphic Design & Visual Communication (2DVC)
3DVC - Level 3 Graphic Design & Visual Communication (3DVC)
1DVC - Level 1 Graphic Design & Visual Communication (1DVC)
2DM - Level 2 Digital Media (2DM)
3DM - Level 3 Digital Media (3DM)
9DM - Digital Media (9DM)
1DM - Level 1 Digital Media (1DM)
2CSC - Level 2 Computer Science (2CSC)
3CSC - Level 3 Computer Science (3CSC)
1CSC - Level 1 Computer Science (1CSC)
9TEX - Technology Textiles (9TEX)
3HOS - Level 3 Hospitality (3HOS)
1HOS - Level 1 Hospitality (1HOS)
2HOS - Level 2 Hospitality (2HOS)
9FOD - Food Technology (9FOD)
9CSC - Computer Science (9CSC)
9ROB - Robotics (9ROB)
9TEM - Technology Metal (9TEM)
2PDV - Level 2 Product Development (2PDV)
3PDV - Level 3 Product Development (3PDV)
9TEW - Technology Wood (9TEW)
1TEX - Level 1 Technology Textiles (1TEX)
2TEX - Level 2 Technology Textiles (2TEX)
3TEX - Level 3 Technology Textiles (3TEX)
1WEN - Level 1 Workshop Engineering (1WEN)
2WEN - Level 2 Workshop Engineering (2WEN)
9ART - Art (9ART)
1ARP - Level 1 Art Photography/Design (1ARP)
9ILL - Art Illustration (9ILL)
2DES - Level 2 Design Art (2DES)
3DES - Level 3 Design Art (3DES)
2PAI - Level 2 Painting and/or Printmaking (2PAI)
3PAI - Level 3 Painting and/or Printmaking (3PAI)
3PHO - Level 3 Photography (3PHO)
1PDV - Level 1 Product Development (1PDV)
1ART - Level 1 Art (1ART)
9GAR - Games and Recreation (9GAR)
9AAM - All About Media (9AAM)
10PPS - Passion Projects (10PPS)
9SIG - NZ Sign Language (9SIG)
10PDV - Product Development (10PDV)
1MUP - Level 1 Music Projects (1MUP)
9NTO - Ngā Toi (9NTO)
9LIT - Literacy Boost (9LIT)
9MBT - Mathematics Boost (9MBT)
10DM - Digital Media (10DM)
1ENGLIT - Level 1 English for Literacy (1ENGLIT)
1TK - Level 1 Te Kura Correspondence (1TK)
2TK - Level 2 Te Kura Correspondence (2TK)
3TK - Level 3 Te Kura Correspondence (3TK)
9WAW - Waka Ama and Wayfinding (9WAW)
10SIG - NZ Sign Language (10SIG)
10SOM1 - School of Music (10SOM1)
10SOCSPA - Core Social Science: Spaceship Earth (10SOCSPA)
10SOCHIS - Core Social Science: History - The Edge of War (10SOCHIS)
10SOCFF - Core Social Science: Freedom Fighters (10SOCFF)
10SCIMSP Core Science: Medical & Space (10SCIMSP)
9DVC - Graphic Design & Visual Communication (9DVC)
10DVC - Graphic Design & Visual Communication (10DVC)
9PDV - Product Development (9PDV)
10ENGAST - Core English: Adapt - Survive - Thrive (10ENGAST)
10ENGVOI - Core English: The Voiceless (10ENGVOI)
10ENGWOR - Core English: Worlds and Journeys (10ENGWOR)
10ENGWHA - Core English: Whakapapa - Exploring our histories (10ENGWHA)
10ENGSPO - Core English: The Culture of Sport (10ENGSPO)
10SCIMEN Core Science: Medical & Engineering (10SCIMEN)
10SCIESP Core Science: Earth & Space (10SCIESP)
10SCIEEN Core Science: Earth & Engineering (10SCIEEN)
10PEH1 - Core PEHO: Mad for PE Vol 1 (10PEH1)
10PEH2 - Core PEHO: Mad for PE Vol 2 (10PEH2)
10MATSTE - Core Mathematics: Mathematics with STEM (10MATSTE)
10MATART - Core Mathematics: Mathematics and the Arts (10MATART)
10MATCLA - Core Mathematics: Mathematics Classic (10MATCLA)
10MATSPO - Core Mathematics: Mathematics, Sport and Fitness (10MATSPO)
10MAT1 - Core Mathematics: NCEA Level 1 for Year 10 (full year) (10MAT1)
10PEHAC1 - Core PEHO: Active Club Vol 1 (10PEHAC1)
10PEHAC2 - Core PEHO: Active Club Vol 2 (10PEHAC2)
1EPW - Level 1 English: Playing with Words (1EPW)
1EBB - Level 1 English: Building Your Brand (1EBB)
10ROB - Robotics (10ROB)
1JLY - Level 1 Jewellery (1JLY)
10TTG - Train to Gain (10TTG)
10SAC - Social Action (10SAC)
10PEHIOS - Core PEHO: Institute of Sport (10PEHIOS)
9LAN - Launch! (Enrichment programme) (9LAN)
10MATPUZ - Core Mathematics: Mathematics with Puzzles (10MATPUZ)
10SCIACC - Core Science: NCEA Level 1 Science for Year 10 (full year) (10SCIACC)
1MRW - Level 1 Real World Mathematics (1MRW)
2CLA - Level 2 Classical Studies (2CLA)
10FOU - Foundation Studies (10FOU)
1FOU - Level 1 Foundation Studies (1FOU)
2FOU - Level 2 Foundation Studies (2FOU)
3SPR - Level 3 Sport and Recreation (3SPR)
9DRP - Drama Production (9DRP)
2ENGC - Level 2 English Communication Literacy (2ENGC)
1SSCI - Level 1 Specialist Science (1SSCI)
9GTT - Garden to Table (Horticulture) (9GTT)
1MAOE - Level 1 Te Reo Māori (English substitute) (1MAOE)
1FOUMAT - Foundations Course Mathematics (1FOUMAT)
1FOUSCI - Foundations Course Science (1FOUSCI)
2FDN - Level 2 Foundational Numeracy (2FDN)

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