Newton College is an Anglo-Peruvian,
co-educational, bilingual, day school for students aged 2 to 18. It
was founded in 1979 with the intention of offering a modern, humanistic,
technological education combining academic excellence, sound character
formation and a sense of service to the community. The curriculum
draws on the best of Peruvian and British educational systems and
is based on the programmes of the
International Baccalaureate Organisation
and I.G.C.S.E. (Cambridge University).
The College has been delivering the
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Programme for students aged 16 to 18 since 1987 and at present is in
the process of implementing the I.B.
Primary Years Programme
for students aged 3 to 11. Both English
and Spanish are languages of instruction and French is also taught
to students from the age of 11.
The
school is built on a large, beautiful campus next to a lake in one
of the most attractive suburbs of Lima. The facilities include the
Lower School building, the Upper School building, the Science and
Computing buildings, a two storey library, a small auditorium for
200 people and a theatre for 1400 people, a large conference room
and purpose-built rooms for Nursery, Kindergarten, Art and Music
which border the lake. There are extensive playing fields for athletics,
soccer, hockey and rugby, as well as volleyball and basketball courts
and a small swimming pool. The classrooms are well-appointed and
spacious.
At
present there are approximately 1300 students on roll and 120 full-time
teaching staff. The majority of the students are from Peru (about
85%) but there are also students from around 30 other countries,
including Chile, Brazil, Argentina, U.S.A., U.K., Japan, China,
Korea, etc. In the last few years the international community has
grown at the College due to its reputation as a school that encourages
the appreciation and celebration of other cultures. The staff is
composed mostly of bilingual Peruvian and British teachers, although
there are also teachers from the U.S.A., Spain, France and other
nations. The average tutor group has about 25 students but for many
subjects and activities class sizes are much smaller, thus providing
the opportunity for a more individual approach to teaching and monitoring.
The
formal school day, which begins at 8.00 a.m. and finishes at 3.10
p.m., consists of 9 periods of 40 minutes and two breaks, the first
of 20 minutes and the second of 40 minutes. From 3.15 to 4.45 p.m.
students may take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities
which include all the major sports, ballet, dance, debating, scouts,
social service projects etc. A lot of these activities also take
place on Saturday mornings.
Forming
part of the main campus is the College’s nursery school, for children aged 2 to 5. Although
the pupils are much younger, its educational system is based on
the same ideology as that of the main school. Indeed, they have
their own computing suite and intensive English classes.
Newton
College also has its own field-study centre in the Amazon Jungle (Sachavacayoc
Lodge). It is located in south-eastern Peru
in primaeval, unspoilt rainforest. It has facilities for students
to carry out investigation and research projects as well as outdoor
pursuit activities. It is the only lodge of its kind specially designed
as a study centre and it is visited every year by students from
all over the world.
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