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Mike Hewson joins Turning Lessons: With Head and Hands
19 Mar 2024
Mike Hewson joins Turning Lessons: With Head and Hands
Opening this Thursday 21 March, The 10-year anniversary exhibition Turning Lessons: With Head and Hands presents student and artist works largely made within the artist residency program. In addition to the 18 artists and projects slated for exhibition as part of…
Art Exhibition
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From the archives – Lady Mary Cook
13 Mar 2024
From the archives – Lady Mary Cook
Did You Know? The inaugural President of the Parents’ and Friends’ association in 1928 was a MOON (Mothers of…
Archives P&F
Inspiring Inclusion this International Women’s Day
08 Mar 2024
Inspiring Inclusion this International Women’s Day
Last Wednesday night, I sat in the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre and sobbed. This wasn’t a single tear rolling…
inclusion international womens day
New year’s parent resolutions…
30 Jan 2024
New year’s parent resolutions…
Welcome back to the new year. Over the next week or two your sons will get a great deal of advice from their teachers, mentors, Heads of House and me about how to succeed at school this year.
Junior School Senior School
End of Term 4 2023 with Headmaster Michael Parker
08 Dec 2023
End of Term 4 2023 with Headmaster Michael Parker
Headmaster Michael Parker has spoken about some of his favourite moments from a busy Term 4. Join us as we…
An update on behalf of the Council of Newington College
21 Nov 2023
An update on behalf of the Council of Newington College
Dear Newington community,  I’d like to update you on the response to yesterday’s announcement from…
co-education
Announcement on behalf of the Council of Newington College
20 Nov 2023
Announcement on behalf of the Council of Newington College
 Dear Newington community  We write to you today to share the outcome of the extensive strategic review into the future…
co-education
Cambridge makes a home at the College
18 Oct 2023
Cambridge makes a home at the College
To meet the needs of our curious, creative and critical thinkers at Newington, we need to make careful choices about the curriculum.
Cambridge Senior School
Scientific inquiry? It’s in our DNA
03 Oct 2023
Scientific inquiry? It’s in our DNA
Using Bunsen burners can be fun but creating DNA is on a different level.
Science Senior School
End of Term 3 2023 with Headmaster Michael Parker
21 Sep 2023
End of Term 3 2023 with Headmaster Michael Parker
A message from Headmaster Michael Parker on this year's very busy, but joyful, Term 3.
Term in review
The War for Children’s Minds (and how we missed our stop)
12 Sep 2023
The War for Children’s Minds (and how we missed our stop)
Possibly the most influential single book I have read about education is The War for Children’s Minds by Stephen Law. Published in…
Ethics Philosophy
Forget TikTok – books are top shelf entertainment
01 Sep 2023
Forget TikTok – books are top shelf entertainment
I’ve been thinking a lot about the place of books in our lives this year.
English Reading
Newington is not a place you come to – you are Newington
18 Aug 2023
Newington is not a place you come to – you are Newington
Over the last five years at assembly, I have tried to compare Newington’s students’ diversity to the surface of a…
Culture