Parents and Friends Association
Community in Partnership
The Parents and Friends Association (P&F) of Newington College is a voluntary organisation that offers parents and carers an inclusive community where everyone’s thoughts, ideas and suggestions are welcomed and valued.
We also provide a perspective on school life to the College Executive enabling a collective parent voice to be heard.
Our purpose is to provide all our members with opportunities for:
- Connection
- Community
- Communication
We offer parents a variety of opportunities to connect with each other and the College. Some of the P&F initiatives include:
- Back to Newington Day – our annual community fair
- Biennial K-12 Parent Soiree
- P&F Speaker Series
- Parent socials and coffee mornings for each year group
- Black & White merchandise
- Second-hand clothing store
Our Stanmore campus comes alive for Back to Newington Day (BTND) when it’s all-hands-on-deck for our black and white army of parent volunteers.
It’s always a joy to see the collaboration and Newington spirit on show throughout the day. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and enables much of the work we do as a P&F.
BTND is organised by the P&F Exec supported by our ten co-curricular committees and the P&F Associations at our Preparatory schools, Wyvern and Lindfield.
BTND is a fabulous reflection of our inclusive, united, committed Newington community.
The P&F Executive also has a team of enthusiastic Parent Ambassadors who play a crucial role in keeping us connected and informed.
Ambassadors communicate with all parents and carers in their year group at the beginning of each term with helpful reminders of key dates and events for their diaries.
Fundraising
The Stanmore P&F helps fund improvements to facilities and initiatives for our students such as BBQ facilities and playground equipment, as well as major sponsorships including LitFest and the STEM Festival.
Each year we make a significant contribution to support a full means tested scholarship at the College. This program, administered by the Newington Foundation, is a key priority of Newington College with the goal of supporting 100 Newington students on means tested scholarships by 2040.
P&F Speaker Series
The P&F works in partnership with the College Pastoral team to enable families to hear from the same experts who have spoken with their children at school.
Based on overwhelmingly positive feedback from this series, we are committed to maintaining and expanding our speaker series going forward.
The Black & White Store
Black and white merchandise makes Newington supporters more visible on the sidelines at Saturday sport.
Wearing the black and white is a great way of building community and provides a real ice breaker on the sidelines by helping us recognise each other at both home and away games.
General Meetings
P&F General Meetings are held each term with all members of our community welcome to attend. At these meetings we have informative presentations from our College Executive team including updates on strategic initiatives, academic performance and pastoral programs.
Support Groups
We are fortunate to have a rich and diverse structure of Support Groups within our P&F, with more than 80 parents holding positions across ten co-curricular activities.
Whether they be sporting, creative or both, the groups are an ideal way to get involved. All members of our community are encouraged to join us to support their child’s journey through the high school years.
Many a long-lasting friendship has been cemented around the Saturday sport BBQ. It’s a great opportunity to meet like-minded parents by joining one or more of our support groups covering the following co-curricular pursuits:
- AFL
- Basketball
- Creative Arts
- Cricket
- Football
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
You can keep up to date on all of our initiatives and activities by following our P&F Instagram page here.
