As the term gathers pace, it is good to see students fully engaged in many exciting activities taking place in the classroom. Thank you for your support of the changed arrangements for the last rounds of the Winter sports season. It was terrific to see so many boys participating with great enthusiasm in our friendly internal fixtures last Saturday. The last round of winter sport is this Saturday and again all teams will be based at the Senior School campus. Please note that pickup details have changed and all boys will be dismissed from Wyvern car park. Please see the attached link from Mr Wilson for all details.

NSW Health strongly recommends that people should wear a mask when they are unable to physically distance in high-risk areas such as public transport. Newington is following these guidelines and is asking students to wear a mask when travelling on public transport, including the private bus services. We are also taking the extra step of providing 2 masks to all students in Years 3–12. These have been sent home with your son today. Masks for any younger students in K-2 who might use public transport are available by request through the Wyvern school office – wyvern@newington.nsw.edu.au

I would like to take this opportunity to announce that in Term 4 the College will welcome the new Head of Strings, Ms Adele Ohki to the Senior School’s Music Department. Ms Ohki is an Australian citizen returning home after studying, performing and teaching in Europe and the USA as a violinist for 20 years. We are looking forward to Ms Ohki working with our Wyvern music team and the strings ensembles and instrumental programmes.

Ian Holden
Head of Wyvern House