By Luca Dukovski The Founder’s Concert is a concert that demonstrates the fantastic musical ability of our students from all year groups, including the junior schools, Lindfield and Wyvern House. This year’s concert will be based around “colour”, which will determine the type of music and atmosphere of the night. […]
Back to Newington Day 2025 Is Back – And It’s Bigger Than Ever!
By Jamie Lee Mason It’s that time of year again – and this one’s going to be unforgettable. Back to Newington Day (BTND) is happening on Saturday, 16 August 2025. General BTND Overview – Spaces Post – New Spaces – SAVE THE DATE – Back to Newington Day (BTND) Saturday 16 August 2025 Whether you’re […]
The AI Singularity with Toby Walsh
By Deyan Nikolic On Thursday 14th August Newington had the honour of having Professor Toby Walsh talk in the OBLT about the AI singularity and what the future of AI might look like. Prof. Toby Walsh is one of the leading and most celebrated AI researchers out there having written […]
The Eungai Creek Experience
By Seth Bogardus The third group of boys coming from Eungai Creek’s term stay have almost returned, and the excitement has settled enough that we an interview can be held with one of the boys to take a closer look into life at Eungai apart from the brief words in […]
F-F-Frosty Fun
By Aiden Plumbe Last week in assembly on the 12th of August, we saw what Mr Ansourian claimed to be the second biggest science experiment at Newington. Everyone eagerly watched as Mr Ansourian talked us through the science behind the anticipated experiment before he poured the hot water into the tub […]
Go Go Gunpowder
By Sam Eyers On Monday 11 August, as one of many Science Week experiments, Year 9 had the opportunity to explore the bright, brilliant and copper-melting thermite reaction. Supervised by their classroom teachers and operated by Mr. Battaglia, the boys were presented with 6 different cups containing aluminium and copper […]
FOGO at Newington
By Sustainability Committee This year, Newington College is taking steps towards introducing a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) system driven by the Sustainability Committee, with the aim to reduce landfill waste, lower our carbon footprint, and build a strong culture of responsible waste management across our school. As food […]
8 Lessons in Year 12’s Final 8 Weeks of School
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 […]
House Singing
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 […]