Middle School

Year 7

Reports have now been received and feedback from parents is starting to come through. No doubt this week’s Parent Teacher Interviews would have seen this feedback continue. This is a good thing and we encourage parents to have this dialogue with teachers. One interesting observation from my point of view is the performance of boys relative to their class placement. It is early days I know and things will change, but it is obvious at this stage that boys will be rearranged considerably in classes when they go into Year 8. The reason for this is something that I will expand on at a later date. The most important thing for us to remember as parents and teachers is that “it is not where the boys start that matters but where they finish”.

Woodbridge Exchange

Edward Henderson (9/LE) and Finley McAvoy (9/LE), returned from their exchange to the UK last week. They will tell of their experiences in a later edition of this newsletter but it is sufficient to say at this stage that they have memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. Assuming that Woodbridge is able to continue their involvement in the program, I will be calling for expressions of interest from current Year 8 boys during Term 3.

Bus Travel

One of the great innovations of recent times at Newington has been the bus services that run to various parts of Sydney. While they are a great service for families they do also create issues that the College has to deal with from time to time. These issues often involve the younger boys from Wyvern. Our high school boys need to be reminded of their responsibility as older boys and that they need to show restraint in their reactions to the younger boys.

Mr Jeff Snare 
Head of  Middle School 

Senior School

Year 11

A reminder that the Parent Teacher Evening is being held on Monday 18 June for Year 11.

Year 10

Jonathan Doyle gave an outstanding presentation to Year 10 on Thursday 7 June about the challenges and opportunities on the journey to manhood. This was followed up with an evening presentation to parents. Year 10 mentors will be discussing the issues raised at school and I encourage all parents, and particularly dads, to do the same at home.

Mr Paul Bourke
Head of  Senior School