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 […]
ROCKFEST!!!
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 […]
Student vs Teacher Debate
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 […]
The Gift of Story: Bradley Christmas
By Justin Zhang In his most well-known book, Saltwater Boy, Christmas tells the tale of Matthew, a city boy who comes to a coastal rural community after suffering hardship. Settling into the tight-knit community of Crawley Point, he meets and befriends Bill, a mysterious local figure. Matthew begins to build […]
Book Review – Misery
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 an absolutely horrific read that I thoroughly enjoyed. It’s a page turner certainly. I found myself up late at night […]
The Science and Engineering Challenge
Written by Sam Eyers Last Thursday, Newington sent a group of year 9’s and 10’s out to Homebush to compete in a STEM challenge called ‘the Science and Engineering Challenge’ run by Newcastle University. It is a nationwide challenge that tests students’ problem solving and common sense. The teams each […]
Catch Me If You Can – Review
Written by Aiden Plumbe, Seth Bogardus, and Sam Eyers. After months of arduous work from a wide array of actors, singers, dancers, musicians, and crew, the 2025 Catch Me If You Can Musical commenced on the 12th of March. The musical was an immediate hit, selling out in just two […]
Head of the River 2025
By Ryan Low The best and biggest event of the rowing calendar has just passed. Our top-notch rowing teams have made the Black and White proud competing in the 128th AAGPS Head of the River. They were supported by our Year 9s, 10s and 12s, ably led by the 1st […]
Year 7s Review House Comp Day
By Harry Benscher, Seth Bogardus, Sam Eyers, and Aiden Plumbe House Comp Day #1 2025 was an awesome day with activities like Four-Court Tennis, Table Tennis, Softball, Volleyball and Swimming. Mackay managed to bring it home and show all other houses how to play the day. This is definitely one […]
Highlights from the 97th Academy Awards
By Taj Gupta After a year of great cinema, what better way to look back on all the major accomplishments than with the Oscars, otherwise known as the Academy Awards? You may find them glorified or elitist, but there’s no doubting the buzz in the air as they open the […]