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By Riley Bacon After an unforgettable year on Broadway, the 2025 Tony Awards reminded us why we still need live
By Harry Benscher Over the past few decades, the game of tennis has evolved to new heights, a true ace
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By Nikhil Tindale TW: Violence, substance abuse Reading Misery, by Stephen King, is an experience akin to climbing through an intestinal tract. The author’s intestine to be exact. It is
Dystopian Sci-Fi Blurb Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden is more dedicated to the task than Ashleigh, but when it
Fantasy Blurb Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the
Blurb When the Pevensie children - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - step through a wardrobe door in the strange country house where they are staying, they find themselves in the land
By Riley Bacon After an unforgettable year on Broadway, the 2025 Tony Awards reminded us why we still need live theatre. This year, and for the first time (also highlighted by several nominees from Broadway across different genres), the Tony Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall, and celebrated […]
By Harry Benscher Over the past few decades, the game of tennis has evolved to new heights, a true ace of the sporting world. In this article, I will go through the evolution of tennis and how it has changed this world. Where did it come from? Tennis came from […]
By Oscar McConnell As I approach my final days at Newington, I thought it would be appropriate to offer the 8 most important lessons and thoughts for one’s >me at school. These aren’t school guidelines, nor the teachers’ ones, but instead my individual thoughts on how to best spend the […]
The annual 2025 House Singing occurred on Friday the 12th of June with our sixteen houses singing a range of classic and amazing songs, competing for victory. This year’s House Singing Competition was a great time for both staff and students, and there were some unforgettable moments that need to be […]
By Ryan Low, Aiden Plumbe and Luca Dukovski The biggest and best day on the contemporary music calendar, RockFest, just happened. Our incredibly talented students performed rock classics and contemporary hits by the likes of Metallica, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, and more! Rockfest is an event led by Mr. Knapman, our […]
By Ryan Low The second Student vs Teacher Debate took place at assembly on June 10, 2025. After a long weekend to relax, refresh, and write their speeches, our teams of students and teachers clashed before the whole school. The topic: ‘Do students have a harder job than teachers?’ The […]
Story By Christian Di Leo Cover Photo by Ryan Low Dub Leffler is a well-known and highly regarded Indigenous Australian Author and Illustrator, celebrated for his powerful contributions in children’s literature. Dub is a descendent of the Bigambul and Mandandanji people of southwest Queensland as well as being of French, Syrian, and Irish heritage. Leffler brings deep cultural resonance and storytelling tradition to his artwork, often exploring themes […]
Story by Sam Eyers Photo by Ryan Low Hosted by Ben Chamberlain and Evan Grilakis, May 7th, was filled with insightful discussion at the 2025 LitFest Panel. Three authors shared their thoughts and views on the ever-growing role of AI in the world of storytelling. Jack Heath is known for […]
Story by Aiden P. and Sam E. Photo by Ryan Low Martin Chatterton is an author and illustrator of children’s books of a range of genres, who also set up the companies Forepoint and Hungry Head Productions. He is passionate about design thinking, a non-linear and human-centred process that allows […]
Story by Ryan Low Photo by Ryan Low Rawah Arja is an author and teacher who initially gave up on writing in her early years. But she was urged by her reluctant to read students to write her first novel The F Team. She spent 5 years working on the […]
