Story by Aiden Plumbe Cover Photo by Ryan Low Scot Gardner is an Australian realistic fiction author who began his writing career in the early 2000s. He is known for his novels that explore adolescent experiences and portray coming of age stories. He depicts themes of identity, mental health and […]
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 […]
House Competition Day Results
By Harry Benscher, and Deyan Nikolic This House Competition Day has been one of the most competitive yet with boys striving to do their best in all the sports offered on the day. With 3 different sports taking place around the ground (along with the side events of swimming and […]
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 […]
HOTR Special Edition – Day In the Life of a Rower
By Oscar Mcconnell 5:30 AM: The dreaded alarm goes off, you struggle out of bed and grab your school bags as your poor parents prepare to endure yet another morning drive. You slowly begin to wake up as you get some breakfast in – with my personal favourite being peanut […]
House Comp Day in Pictures
At a lot of the major events in the school, the Newington College Student Media Production Unit is hard at work, snapping shots, taking videos and so much more. The most recent House Comp Day meant the Media Team is at it again. Please see below some shots from the […]
The New House Captains of 2025
By Ryan Low At the end of Term 3 every year, we farewell the outgoing class of Year 12s, to usher in a new era. Each and every Year 12 is a leader, but some are adorned with a title. This article introduces the house captains of 2025, asking them […]