On Tuesday the 21 November, the Boarding House hosted Mrs & Mr Nosworthy and Mr & Mrs Stellmacher for a community dinner. Next year both Mrs Nosworthy and Mrs Stellmacher will be teaching at Tupou College for a year as part of a new teacher exchange program between Newington and Tupou. As a way of introducing the families to Tongan culture while also wishing them the best of luck on their adventure, the Boarding House hosted a dinner where the House’s Tongan students introduced Mrs Nosworthy and Mrs Stellmacher to Tongan traditions and everyday life at Tupou College.

The dinner itself was organised by the Boarding House’s junior students in Years 9 & 10, who under the watchful eye of Mr Lever put together a fantastic meal of Lamb wraps and Greek salad followed by some tremendous chocolate cake. After dinner members of Newington’s Tongan Choir gave a powerful rendition of Tupou’s traditional graduation song to wish Mrs Nosworthy and Mrs Stellmacher the best of luck in their exchange to Tupou.

The dinner was a great event for the entire Boarding House and hopefully the start to a new wonderful tradition of community events within the Boarding House.

We wish Mrs Nosworthy and Mrs Stellmacher along with their families the best of luck in their exchange to Tupou next year.

Finn Sleigh (11/PR)
Deputy Senior Boarding Prefect