Newtown High School of the Performing Arts

Excellence, Creativity & Equity

Telephone02 9519 1544

Emailnewtown-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Learning at our school

Find out more about what your child will learn at our school.

Courses offered at our school

  • Dance
  • Drama
  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Languages
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • PDH/PE
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Visual Arts 

  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • PDH/PE 
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Visual Arts

Electives

  • Ceramics
  • Classical Ballet
  • Commerce
  • Crime Scene Investigation
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Film and Animation
  • Master Chef
  • Master Designer
  • Music
  • Music Vitae
  • Musical Theatre
  • Photo, Paint and Print
  • Sports Science and Performance

  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • PDH/PE 
  • Science

Electives

  • Classical Ballet
  • Dance
  • Dance Extension
  • Design and Technology
  • Drama
  • Drama Accelerated
  • Drama Extension
  • Film Studies
  • Food Technology
  • French
  • Integrated Computing
  • Music
  • Music Extension
  • Production
  • Visual Arts

Showcase Electives

  • Costume Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Hospitality
  • NTV
  • Set Design and Construction
  • Song Writing
  • Starstruck
  • Up In Lights

  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • PDH/PE 
  • Science

Electives

  • Classical Ballet
  • Dance
  • Dance Extension
  • Design and Technology
  • Drama
  • Drama Acceleration
  • Drama Extension
  • Film Studies
  • Food Technology 
  • Music
  • Music Extension
  • Production
  • Visual Arts

  • Ancient History
  • Biology 
  • Business Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Classical Ballet
  • Dance
  • Design and Technology
  • Drama 
  • Drama Acceleration
  • Economics
  • English Advanced
  • English Standard
  • English Studies
  • English Extension 1
  • Entertainment Industry
  • Food Technology 
  • Legal Studies 
  • Mathematics Advanced
  • Mathematics Standard
  • Mathematics Extension 1
  • Modern History
  • Music 1
  • Music 2
  • PDH/PE
  • Photography
  • Physics
  • Production
  • Textiles and Design
  • Visual Arts

  • Ancient History
  • Biology
  • Business Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Classical Ballet
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Economics
  • English Advanced
  • English Standard
  • English Studies
  • English Extension 1
  • English Extension 2
  • Entertainment Industry
  • Food Technology
  • Geography
  • History Extension
  • Legal Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics Standard
  • Mathematics Extension 1
  • Mathematics Extension 2
  • Modern History
  • Music 1
  • Music 2
  • Music Extension
  • PDH/PE
  • Physics
  • Textiles and Design
  • Visual Arts

The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) is responsible for the curriculum, Kindergarten to Year 12, for all NSW schools.

For the high school years, NESA develops syllabuses for all subjects in 8 key learning areas:

  • creative arts
  • English
  • human society and its environment (HSIE)
  • languages
  • mathematics
  • personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE)
  • science
  • technological and applied studies (TAS).

NSW schools also offer special religious education and special education in ethics via approved providers, where available.

Like all NSW schools, we have developed teaching and learning programs to suit our local context and the needs of our students.

To learn more about the curriculum in NSW, visit:

Stages of learning

There are 6 stages of learning from Kindergarten to Year 12. High school covers Stages 4 to 6.

  • Stage 4 includes Years 7 and 8.
  • Stage 5 includes Years 9 and 10.
  • Stage 6 includes Years 11 and 12.