On Monday, 29 January, Newington held it’s second annual Administration Day. Parents and students spent the day on campus to kick-off the 2018 academic year. Students met with their Mentors and had their school photos taken. Parents and students were invited to attend information sessions throughout the day. The series of twenty-minute forums included topics such as:

• • SPACES/ Canvas/ Diary information
  • International Baccalaureate/HSC introduction
  • Positive education and building resilience
  • Managing assessments
  • Moderation and scaling
  • Career Information (scholarship/ University processes)
  • Helping adolescents to succeed/ Academically and interpersonally
  • Parenting your adolescent
  • Managing anxiety – tools for parents
  • Organisation – finding the balance
  • OED Cadets/ Newington Challenge / Duke of Ed
  • Music School – Q & A
  • Service Learning at Newington College
  • Sport at Newington (structure and process)

Year 7 students engaged in their own full-day orientation, which included:

• • Mentor group meetings
  • Tour of the college
  • iPad training
  • Sport trials

A new addition to Admin Day included the launch of ‘Family Zone’, a new initiative to support families managing technology in their homes and at school.