OSH Club Holiday Program

Dear Parents

OSH Club is providing a holiday program here at Wyvern during the upcoming holiday break. Click here for flyer.

Milo Cup Cricket – Regional Finals Success

On Tuesday, 10 Wyvern students competed at the MILO Cup Cricket regional finals held at Gannons Park in Peakhurst. On a fantastically warm late August day, the boys were keen to do well and progress to the State finals. The first match against St Joseph’s Riverwood saw a convincing 92 – 63 victory with Ben Leung and Tim Pritchard the main scorers. Pritchard also took wickets with Patrick Fitzgerald making the run scoring difficult with wickets of his own.

The second game was against a strong CBHS Lewisham team. Wyvern once again prevailed winning 75 – 60 in a tight contest. Tom Marches and Ned Barnett-Hepples were the run scorers with Sam Churchin and Lewis Barnes limiting the Lewisham batsmen with precise bowling. The 3rd pool match saw Wyvern meet Clovelly PS needing a win to progress undefeated to the finals. This match saw a great batting display from Aaron Hawkes, Ben Leung and Tim Pritchard amassing a total of 90 from 8 overs. Henry Cain bowled exceptionally well helping restrict Clovelly to the small total of 39.

After the 3 wins from 3 pool games Wyvern impressively qualified for a final against South Coogee, with the winner progressing to the State Finals to be at Blacktown International Sportspark, next Term. Wyvern took to the field with Leung, Barnett-Hepples, Churchin and Marchese amongst the wicket takers. The Wyvern bowlers destroyed the South Coogee top order, eventually bowling them out within 8 overs for a total of 44. The Wyvern team took to the batting crease with positive vibes after such a great bowling performance. These were quickly shaken with captain Ben Leung dismissed along with Pritchard in the 1st over. Wickets continued to tumble with Wyvern in a dire position still requiring 30 runs with only 2 wickets in hand. Another wicket and it looked like the dream of the State finals was all over for Wyvern. Marc Mardini was the last batsmen standing in the way of a South Coogee triumph. With a further 9 runs required off the last over Mardini showed immense skill and poise to surpass South Coogee’s total with a few balls to spare. Marc’s teammates ran to congratulate him on the “great escape” and to shake hands with the valiant opponents. I would like to congratulate the boys on their victory and for the humility and sportsmanship they displayed during the tightly contested final.

Coach – Joel Wilson

Milo Cup Team- Ben Leung, Tim Pritchard, Sam Churchin, Tom Marchese, Ned Barnett-Hepples, Lewis Barnes, Patrick Fitzgerald, Henry Cain, Aaron Hawkes, Marc Mardini

Back to Newington Day Silent Auction

We are currently looking for silent auction items. This year we are engaging with My Mini Auction online to maximise parents time by having the silent auction on line. If you have a business or an experience that you would like to donate, we can add to the online auction. All the funds raised will go directly back to Wyvern. Please email Julie@2xu.com with your auction items. You can also find My Mini Auction Online on Spaces.

My Mini Auction Online is NOW LIVE

http://www.myminiauction.com/newingtoncollegepandf

Sesquicentenary Photographic Exhibition

You are cordially invited to view the Sesquicentenary Photographic and Interactive Oral History Exhibition in Wyvern Library. You can examine the photographs that have a Wyvern history focus and view and listen to the wonderful oral histories about Newington which were filmed, conducted and edited by Chaplain Michael Bennett.

You will learn:

• when the first Newington swimming baths were built
• what a Wyvern class in 1959 looked like
• why cows occupied Johnson Oval in the early 1900s
• about the dormitory and boarders at Wyvern
• what happened when a plane exploded over Wyvern in 1945
• many other interesting historical facts about the history of Newington College

The exhibition will be open for parents from 8am until 9am each morning and 3pm until 4pm each afternoon from now until the end of Term 4. You are most welcome to visit our Sesquicentenary photographic display.

Mrs Joanne Barnes
Librarian Teacher

Sausage Sizzle Day – 20 September

Dear Parents,

Sausage Sizzle Day is on Friday 20th September – Last day of Term 3. Please write your son’s name, class and order on a paper bag with money included and return to the Tuckshop by Thursday 18th September.

Donut Day – 12th September

Dear Parents,

Donut Day is on Thursday 12th September.  Please write your son’s name, class and order on a paper bag with money included and return to the Tuckshop by Tuesday 10th September.

Tournament of Minds

On Sunday 25^th August, 14 students from Wyvern competed in the Sydney East region of the Tournament of Minds problem solving competition. The teams were registered in the Social Sciences and Maths Engineering categories and were faced with two extremely complex challenges. Boys received their challenges on the first day of Term 3 and had six weeks to write a complex script that was to be presented in a 10 minute dramatic performance that included song, verse, costuming and props. The Maths Engineering team were also required to construct a device that would make a sound at two specified times, which is currently on display at Wyvern. The boys needed to work collaboratively and make links to their prior knowledge in order to present a creatively unique response. This divergent thinking was also essential when they completed a spontaneous challenge on competition day.

The boys worked tirelessly during training and throughout the challenge for two terms, both during school and after hours. They are to be commended on their sensational performances on the day in both the Long-Term and Spontaneous challenges. I can proudly report that both teams received ‘Tournament Honours’ on the day in their respective disciplines. We wish to extend our congratulations to all the boys for both their dedication and resilience, especially when things did not always go as planned.

Ms Christie McMillan and Ms Charlotte Dooley
Tournament of Minds Coordinators

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How much do you know about asthma?

Over 2.2 million people have asthma in Australia.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Asthma causes the muscles in the airways to tighten making them narrower. The lining of the airways becomes swollen and inflamed causing it to produce sticky mucus. That is why sometimes you need a reliever such as Ventolin to open the airways and ease the bronchospasm, but you may also need an anti-inflammatory medication (preventer) such as Flixotide or a short course of oral steroids to treat the inflammation. Some medications are a combination of both of these.

Some Quick Facts

• There is at present no cure, but asthma can be managed.
• 1 in 9 or 10 children have asthma, boys more than girls under 14 years.
• In adults 1 in 10 people have asthma and now it is more common in women than men.

Symptoms

• Cough (especially early morning and at night)
• Wheeze
• Tight feeling in the chest
• Shortness of breath

Common triggers

Dust, pollen, smoke, respiratory infections, exercise, stress, emotional factors, changes in weather temperature and certain medicines such as aspirin. There is a strong link between asthma and allergy.

Diagnosis

Your doctor can diagnose asthma from the history, clinical examination and response to a reliever medication. It is based on a recurrent or persistent wheeze with no other obvious cause. Older children and adults will complete spirometry or lung function tests. If the child has eczema or a close relative has asthma, this helps to make the diagnosis one of asthma.

Medications

A blue reliever inhaler such as Ventolin or Asmol is prescribed and should be carried by the person at all times. These hold approximately 200 puffs of medication. Treatment with a preventer medication is recommended for patients who have asthma symptoms more than three times a week.

Don’t get used to poor asthma control. Regularly waking from asthma symptoms or using your reliever medication more than 2–3 times a week (except before exercise) should not be a ‘normal’ part of having asthma. When you feel wheezy or short of breath it is important to use a spacer with your inhaler so that most of the medication goes to your lungs and not to your mouth.

Asthma Action Plan

These written plans developed with your Doctor help you recognise if your asthma is getting worse and tell you what to do in response. They are also useful for schools/camps/excursions/tours and other carers. Click on the link below to see an action plan.

http://www.nationalasthma.org.au/uploads/handbook/319nac_asthma_action_plan_colour_a4.pdf

Asthma Buddy is free app and is a take-anywhere reminder of your day-to-day asthma medications. This easy to use app can help you recognise if your asthma is getting worse and tell you what to do in response.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/asthma-buddy/id549409802?mt=8

Click on this link to see what is the first aid response for asthma. Do you know what to do?

http://www.nationalasthma.org.au/uploads/content/22-First-Aid-Asthma-Chart.pdf

We encourage all students with asthma to carry their blue reliever puffer with them.

Some asthmatics are sensitive to aerosols so please remind your son to use theirs in a well-ventilated area away from others. Wyvern Staff cover asthma first aid in their first aid courses and are having formal group training again through the Asthma Foundation in September.

The Asthma Foundation has excellent fact sheets and videos if you would like more general information.

Beginning of Schoolboy Rugby in Australia

At half time in the Bledisloe Cup match last Saturday night 17 August, players from the Sydney University Football Club and Newington College — both celebrating their Sesquicentenaries this year — performed a re-enactment of their first rugby match together more than 140 years ago.

That original match was important not only for Newington’s history — it was the first recorded rugby match played by a Newington team — but for the history of rugby in Australia: it was ‘the first football match which has been played by a regular school team’, as our historical source for it notes.

Our source is an article in the June 1902 issue of The Newingtonian, which quotes at length from a newspaper cutting about a match to take place ‘this afternoon between the University football team and the Newington College Club, on the grounds of the latter.’ The cutting was undated, but the article’s author consulted William Horner Fletcher, an Old Boy and son of the College’s second President, Rev Joseph Horner Fletcher. He had played in the match and confirmed that it had taken place 33 or 34 years earlier. Most likely this was 1869.

The article also notes: ‘For some time previously Newington had been playing the Melbourne game (or a variation of it), introduced to the School by the then Head Master, Mr Metcalfe, who came from Victoria. However, a change to Rugby rules was decided upon, and the match against the Unis. was the first played thereunder.’ Metcalfe left Newington early in 1869 and it is likely that the policy change from Australian Rules to rugby took place soon after.

The Newingtonian reported that the Newington boys ‘had not thoroughly mastered the Rugby method of play, and, being hampered by their knowledge of the Melbourne game, they lost the match.’ Rugby rules were still evolving at this time. The match was played ‘according to the rules of the University FC’, with twenty players per side, a round ball and other features unfamiliar today.

David Roberts
College Archivist

ICAS Writing and Spelling Results 2013

ICAS Writing Results 2013

HIGH DISTINCTION

Year 6
Samuel Boland, Xavier Hodge, Jonathan Lee

Year 3
Joel Goh

DISTINCTION

Year 6
Jesse Goh

Year 5
Mack Addabbo, Daniel Bordina, Alexis Doak, Adrian Lo,  Nicholas Lohmeyer, Benjamin Nguyen

Year 4
Kieran Casey, Jack Hamill, Jaxon Jarvis, Christopher Mina, Alexander Mouhtouris, Owen Read

Year 3
Oscar Reinitz, David Upcroft

ICAS Spelling Results 2013

HIGH DISTINCTION

Year 6
Jonathan Lee

Year 4
Addison Eastway

Year 3
Luke Canter

DISTINCTION

Year 6
Samuel Boland, Marcel Chew, Kieran Corcoran, Ethan Dickson, Mark Elwaw, Jesse Goh, Joshua Macdessi, Nicholas Malakonakis, Samuel Perivolaris, Kevin Tran

Year 5
Daniel Bordina, Cameron Ma, Banjamin Nguyen

Year 4
Kieran Casey, Dominic Goonan, Jack Hamill, Hamish Holton, Charles Lewis, Owen Read

Year 3
Dylan Clark, Michael Stephen, David Upcroft

Seed Sports Multi Sports & Activities & Spring Cricket Clinics

Please find below the Spring Cricket Clinics Flyer and Seed Sports Multi Sports & Activities Flyer for the up and coming holiday break.

Wyvern’s Before and After School Care Program

Wyvern’s Before and After School Care Program is run by OSHClub. Enrolment for all students is recommended and allows parents to easily manage their before and after school care needs via an online account. Visit  www.oshclub.com.au to use the free enrolment service.

For all late bookings, please contact the Coordinator, Eleanor, on 0428 131 700. OSHClub’s head office number is (03) 8564 9000

Click here for the OSHClub Information Flyer

Kind regards
OSHClub Team

Term Dates 2013 and 2014

TERM DATES 2013

TERM ONE
Tuesday 29 January to Friday 12 April
11 week term followed by a 2 week break
Classes commence – Tuesday 29 January

TERM TWO
Monday 29 April to Friday 21 June
8 week term followed by a 3 week break
Anzac Day (Public Holiday) – Thursday 25 April
Wyvern Staff Training Day (Student Free Day) – Friday 7 June
Queen’s Birthday (Public Holiday) – Monday 10 June

TERM THREE
Monday 15 July to Friday 20 September (Wyvern Campus)
10 week term followed by a 2 week break

TERM FOUR
Tuesday 8 October to Thursday 5 December
9 week term followed by Christmas break

TERM DATES 2014

TERM ONE
Wednesday 29 January to Friday 11 April
11 week term followed by a 2 week break
Classes commence Wednesday 29 January

TERM TWO
Monday 28 April to Friday 20 June
Queen’s Birthday (Pubic Holiday) –  Monday 9 June
8 week term followed by a 3 week break

TERM THREE
Monday 14 July to Thursday 18 September
Wyvern Staff PD Day (Student Free Day) – Friday 19 September
10 week term followed by a 2 week break

TERM FOUR
Wednesday 8 October to Monday 8 December
Labour Day Public Holiday – Monday 6 October
Wyvern Staff PD Day (Student Free Day) -Tuesday 7 October

Newington Crested Ware

There are a range of Newington crested ware items on offer at the Black and White shop. They range from memorabilia, clothing, keepsakes as well as an exclusive Sesquicentenary line which can be found on the Sesquicentenrary site. For more information about crested ware, please contact Rollanda Rosenstrauss.

To download the crested ware catalogue and price list click here

To view the crested ware page on the public website, click here

Headmaster’s Print Offer

To mark the College’s Sesquicentenary, Australian artist Rodney Pople has painted a group portrait of the first seven headmasters at Newington College. 150 signed limited edition prints of this portrait are now available for you to keep.

To find out more and put in your order, click here.

Flyers in Bookstand

• Kung Fu Action at Wyvern

Tennis

• Friday After School Tennis at Newington

Swimming

• Swim Squad Term 3
• Pride Swim Classes

Hopalong Occupational Therapy

• Handwriting Skills Program Flyer
• Social Skills Program for 6-12 Years Flyer
• Hopalong Parent Flyer

Speech Pathology

• Gladesville Speech Pathology and Learning Centre

Sesquicentenary Memorabilia is Now Available at Wyvern Office

The lovely range of items created to celebrate the College’s 150^th anniversary are now available to purchase at Wyvern Reception.  Many of the items have already sold out so please be quick to pick up your items – we have s range of special ties, Cufflinks. The Newington Monopoly, First Day Covers and framed Wyvern Carpets.

If you would like further information on the events program, or to make an online payment, please visit the Sesquicentenary insite

A new online Sesquicentenary Memorabilia Catalogue – have you chosen your 150 item yet?

To click through our new Sesquicentenary Memorabilia online catalogue and choose your item to remember and mark our special year, please click here

Newington College: A Sesquicentenary History 1863 -2013 – only a few Premium copies left

There are only a few copies remaining of the special, collector’s Premium Edition of Newington College: A Sesquicentenary History  1863 –2013.
Only 150 copies were created, each numbered  from 1 – 150

Each copy is co-signed by

• Dr Stephen Gapps, the award winning author and Newington parent;
• Chairman of College Council, the Hon R.N. (Angus) Talbot; and,
• Mr Rod Bosman, the Chair of the Newington Sesquicentenary Committee

The book includes a specially created Sesquicentenary bookmark, only available with this Limited Edition. Encased within a boxed sleeve, the cover includes the Sesquicentenary insignia and embossed Wyvern relief.

This book, as a history of Newington College, was commissioned for the 150th Anniversary.  It presents a new and different tack to previous histories, based on student, teacher, parent and old boy recollections, as well as an extensive archival documentation.

Wyvern Uniform Shop

Dear Parents,

TEAM LEADER POSITION FOR FRIDAYS

We are looking for a Team Leader for the Weekly Friday shift from 2.30pm – 3.30pm.  Training for this position will be provided.

If anyone is able to assist, please email Marie Martin at mmartin01@optusnet.com.au

Your assistance your will greatly appreciated.

Wyvern Uniform Roster Term 3 Weeks 8 & 9, Click here

Wyvern Uniform Shop Winter Price List, Click here

Wyvern Uniform Shop Order Form, Click here

Wyvern Sport

For all Saturday morning sport at Newington Senior School, parents are requested to park off site along the street. The schools onsite car park is  maintained for officials, emergency vehicles and staff only. With the winter sport season upon us, the car park area can become very busy early in the morning. Please consider this simple request to ensure the smooth management of Saturday morning sport at Newington.

Winter Sports News Term 3, Week 7, Click here

Sporting Venue Addresses, Click here

2013 Sports Handbook, Click here

Tuckshop Menu, Roster and Online Ordering

Dear Parents

If your son suffers from an allergy it is imperative that you advise the Wyvern Office and the Tuckshop so that we are aware of it. Click here for the ‘Alliance Catering  – Food Allergens Advisory Statement’.

Tuckshop Menu and Roster for Term 3 Weeks 8 & 9, Click here

Everyday Menu and Price List, Click here

Online Ordering instructions, Click here

Online Ordering FAQs, Click here

Term 3 Calendar

For Term 3 Calendar, Click here

P & F News and Events

CALLING ALL NEWINGTONIANS – HELP US CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF SCHOOL HISTORY

Back to Newington Day (BTN) – September 7^th from 10.00am until 4.00pm.

How can you help.?????? Glad you asked, come along and enjoy the following:

• Big Slide
• Jumping Castle
• A dunking Machine
• Face Painting/Tattoo’s
• Sand Art/Plaster Painting
• Smash A Jaffa
• Lucky Dips
• Balloon Making
• Badge Making
• Chocolate Dipped Strawberries – Yum
• Strawberry & Marshmallow skewers – Yummier
• Black & White Lollipops
• Slushies – Cola and Raspberry

CAN YOU HELP FOR JUST A FEW HOURS?

We have organised everything so all we need is your time. Please come along and volunteer for 1-2 hours throughout the day to help Nicole from CAST in all the sections. We do not require any skills as we have engaged a professional face painter (everyone sigh with relief) but we do need you to add the experience of the day with your family. Come along and enjoy the day, watch the games and see the clash of the 1st XV rugby and 1st XI football in their final games against Shore.

Please contact Nicole Newson at nicnewson@msn.com

NEWINGTON COLLEGE MAP AT BACK TO NEWINGTON DAY

Click here for the map of the senior school campus at Back to Newington Day

SILENT AUCTION AT BACK TO NEWINGTON DAY

We are currently looking for silent auction items. This year we are engaging My Mini Auction online to maximise parents time by having the silent auction on line. If you have a business or an experience that you would like to donate, we can add to the online auction. All the funds raised will go directly back to Wyvern. Please email Julie@2xu.com with your auction items. You can also find My Mini Auction Online on Spaces.

My Mini Auction Online is NOW LIVE

http://www.myminiauction.com/newingtoncollegepandf

FATHER’S DAY BREAKFAST

Tomorrow morning rise and shine for Breakfast with the Stars of all your sporting codes. Father’s Day Breakfast commences  at 7:30am in the playground. The Breakfast is open to all Fathers and Grandfathers of Wyvern boys and is always fun. Thank you to the Year 2 class group that have worked very hard to ensure that everyone will be catered for.

K-2 FATHER & SON CAMP

What a fabulous weekend for the boys from K-2. The sun was shining, the water was clear and inviting and there was plenty of fun to be had by all the boys and the dads. A huge thanks goes to Costa Mina who was appointed Volunteer Camp Coordinator.

All the boys were well behaved and we look forward to launching it again next year bigger and better than ever.

3-6 FATHER & SON CAMP

Due to popular demand, the camp is now SOLD OUT. The camp has attracted bookings from 180 families, a huge increase from last year, and the volunteer organisers are currently working to allocate sites for everyone. Due to limited space on Cockatoo Island, we are not able to accept any more bookings. Camp convenors will contact all parents that have booked for the camp over the next week. It’s a Halloween Theme so be scared, be very scared…

SWIMMING TOWELS

Swimming towels are back…. the first week of term 4 will be the start of the swimming program for 5 weeks. Boys are required to bring

• Swimmers – black with Newington
• Towel
• Goggles
• Bag to carry items (light weight back pack available at Uniform Shop – $20)

Orders can be paid online or via the attached form to be delivered to the front office.  Towels will be available last week of Term 3.

For the Personalised Beach Towel Order Form, click here

PLEASE SUPPORT A MOVEMENT TO HAVE NEWINGTON STUDENTS SAFE AT A PUBLIC BUS STOP

Currently over 30 boys each day are required to crowd a dangerous bus shelter shared with the general public, and close to a very busy Victoria Road in peak hour.  A parent group is seeking that this be rectified by simply   changing where the bus stops. This decision may only be made by the NSW State Government and a petition of 500 signatures would really assist.  The P&F are supportive of removing our boys from this bus stop each day and ask you to also show your support for the boys by signing the online petition and leaving a comment: http://chn.ge/18J54Mk.  You don’t need to use the bus to sign the petition. See the attached or contact phyllispeterson@optusnet.com.au for your more information. Your support is greatly appreciated.

For Bus Stop Flyer, click here.

For Bus Stop Petition, click here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Father’s Day Breakfast – 30th  August 7:30am, outside the Tuckshop
• Father’s Day – 1st September
• Back To Newington Day – 7th  September
• Black & White Ball – 14th September
• Last Day term 3 – 20th September
• First Day Term 4 – 8th October
• 3-6 Father & Son Camp at Cockatoo Island – 26th October – SOLD OUT

Any comments or suggestion to help assist with the school are certainly welcome. Drop me an email, my computer is always running.

We are also looking for a position of assistant Uniform Shop Convenor. We need a volunteer to cover 2 afternoons or 2 mornings to keep the quality of customer service to the parents maintained. It’s not a big commitment to help your son’s school.

If you are interested, please email me directly. It is a great position to be able to assist the school and students and its fun, not hard work.

Julie Gigg
0411 240769
djgigg@gmail.com
President Wyvern P&F 2013

Next Two Weeks

Faith Matters

TIME

John Walker writes: “We manage, waste, spend and save time. We wish it would come…we wish it would pass…we see it fly and we feel it drag. We watch clocks and carry calendars, creating the illusion that somehow we control it. God controls time….Do you think He was surprised that while Mary and Joseph were dejectedly wandering the street of Bethlehem, the time came for the baby to be born?  We’re surprised by unexpected developments…God’s never surprised, even by the most disastrous turn of events.

“How would your faith be if you knew God wasn’t surprised by your circumstances and is working towards a holy and healthy conclusion? George Mueller once waited on the dock for a special chair to be delivered because he had a bad back and needed it for his ocean voyage. When departure time came and it still hadn’t arrived his friends offered to buy him one, but Mueller said, ‘Either God will provide…or…give me grace to do without.’ Then, just like a Hollywood ending…the chair arrived…right on time! How would you act, think, and live differently if you were absolutely certain God was at the end of your deadline…even if there were only seconds left? The Bible says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever”. Time doesn’t diminish His love or His power to work within your life. He was there in the past, He’s here now, and He will be there in your future.

Mr Peter Morphew
Chaplain

Ready for Back to Newington Day

Planning for Back to Newington Day is well underway and, in our 150th Anniversary Year, we will be delighted to welcome back many familiar faces to build a huge crowd of support for the boys during their sport on the day. This year we very warmly welcome the communities of Shore (S.C.E.G.S.), The Scots College and The Armidale School (T.A.S) at our Stanmore Secondary Campus.

The Alumni Year of 1963 will also be joining us on the day for a very special reunion, as “the boys” were the leaders of the College in the Centenary year.  A number of our guests were members of the 2nd XV at the time and have asked, in particular, to meet up with their team counterparts after their game. The MOONS luncheon has been well subscribed and both recent and longstanding “mother” members will be here to catch up on family news since last year.

Community celebrations and anniversaries have been a long-standing tradition of Newington College. This year we look back, and using the Black and White Cookbook, our stallholders will recreate the recipes and traditions of Newington families passed from generation to generation.The kitchens have also been busy with Support Group and Association stallholders preparing international lunch menus, ‘Black and White Label’ home made jams, relishes and chutneys, and cakes, biscuits and sweet treats  – and our advice is to be early to collect these “sell out” items.

A huge number of Market Stalls are listed in the program to fill Centenary Hall Market Place including Delightfully Turkish, Bizzibeeds, Maya Neumann Hats, Passion for Pearls,  Flowers for Everyone and Aunty Ems Jewellery to name a few. An online Silent Auction will also be displayed on the screens in Centenary Hall for you to follow your bids throughout the day, with a closing time of 2:30 pm.

So join us with your whole family for our biggest home day celebration of the year.

For more information, click here.

Back to Newington Day

Wyvern House is involved – Come along – enjoy the fun – support your sport

Saturday 7^th September 2013 marks Back to Newington Day at Newington College Secondary Campus! The day revolves around the school celebrating our 150^th Year and congratulating the boys for a fantastic season of sport.

Why do you need to come? Be a part of the day by supporting your School and watching the matches unfold; enjoy the atmosphere of food, fun and free spirit.

What will there be to do on the day? The day is a fun market day with a Dunking machine, Big Slide, Jumping castle, Face Painting, Second-hand Books, beautiful Market Stalls and, of course, plenty of food.

How can you help? Wyvern House is running the Children’s Activity area so you can bring along the whole family. We need volunteers to assist to make the day fun for everyone.

What talent do you need? No talent required! It’s about being part of a great day and supporting the Newington community. Come along with a friend and double the fun.

For Wyvern Flyer, click here

For Wyvern’s Back to Newington Day Parent Helper Roster, click here.

Below is the map of the senior school campus at Back to Newington Day

Artist of the Week

Artist of the Week

K – 2

William Richardson 1S

William has begun to experiment with water colour paint. He used his brush commendably to achieve a variety of effects while creating a beautiful landscape showing linear perspective.

Mrs Debbie Bourke
K-2 Teacher

All Co-curricular (Before and After School) Activities at Wyvern

Wyvern Before and After School Activities for Term 3

These activities are reviewed and updated weekly.

For Wyvern’s Before and After School Co-curricular Activities Table, Click here

See Flyers below for Co-curricular Activities

Year 5 Drawing Skills Class, Click here

Term 3 Swim Squad Flyer, Click here

K-6 Martial Arts Flyer, Click here

Art Club Flyer, Click here

Achievement Awards and House Points

House Points

A Message from Mr Holden

Book Week

Last week Wyvern students enjoyed a very successful Book Week. All students from K to Year 6 had opportunities to be inspired by visiting authors, to be involved in exciting activities and to visit our comprehensive Book Fair in the Library. I thank Mrs Joanne Barnes for her great work in preparing such a stimulating and enjoyable program.

Class Allocation 2014

The process for allocating students to next year’s classes is thorough and starts in Term 4. As part of this process some parents may feel that they can assist by offering additional information about their son. Should you wish to express a view about the style of classroom management you feel may best your son (e.g. particularly nurturing or greater structure, etc.) I invite you to contact me via email before the end of this term. Please note that I cannot consider requests submitted later than this deadline.

Requests for particular teachers or for a teacher based on his or her gender will not be considered in this process. Whilst we do welcome parental input in the process, the school has the final say in decisions regarding class placement for 2014.

Mr Ian Holden
Head of Wyvern House