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| Newington teachers and students try out the new sound system |
Newington Significantly Enhances Boys' Learning
Newington College’s Preparatory School at Lindfield has installed a revolutionary new sound system that will have a significant impact on improving learning outcomes for boys at the school.
Normally, from the back of the room, students only hear 80% of what is being said. The key difference of this system is that it uses infra-red light waves to project sound. With the microphone on the teacher, 100% of what is being said can be heard by all boys in the room.
Research shows when messages are heard more clearly, it can improve a child’s learning by up to 33%. One Year 6 teacher has found that the boys are now much quieter, so he has trained himself to talk more softly. There is no need to project his voice to the back of the room any more, which has the added benefit of reducing vocal fatigue.
It is not only the teachers who have a microphone. The boys also have their own microphone for times when they have to address the class, such as sharing their news, or delivering a PowerPoint presentation.
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28 June 2009
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| Newington bus service to the Eastern Suburbs |
New Eastern Suburbs Bus Service
Due to increasing demand from Eastern Suburbs families for places at Newington, the school will be introducing its own bus service from the commencement of Term 4, 2009.
More details will follow shortly.
For more information please contact Sharon Brideson, Admissions Officer on 9568 9337 or email
s.brideson@newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au
26 June 2009
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| Boys at the Rugby Jersey Lunch |
Newington Students Selected for AAGPS Representative teams
Rugby
1sts: Hugh Roach
2nds: Keliti Vaingalo & Brogan Roods
3rds: Zeb Holmes-Baer (C), Ben Volavola, Apolosi Latunipulu, Michael Manners
Reserves:
Alex Watson, Michael Alaalatoa, Joel Luani & Andrew Riley
Football
1sts: Chris Reid, Nicholas Condylis, Callum McGrouther & Luke Gearin
2nds: Nathan Tsioulos (C) & Tom Wylob
3rds: Mark Svinos
Mr Brian Dene has been appointed as Head Coach of the Australian Schoolboys’ Football team.
Mr Mark Scali was appointed as AAGPS 2nd Football XI coach.
24 June 2009
Human Swine Influenza — latest advice
Further to our recent updates on the H1N1 swine flu, the College has two important announcements:
First, Australia is entering a new phase of the H1N1 Influenza 09 response, known as PROTECT. The change in approach is because the virus strain is currently not as virulent as anticipated.
Second, please be advised that the College has now had its first confirmed case of H1N1 swine flu in a Year 12 student. We understand that this may cause some ongoing concern amongst the school community.
In light of this, we ask parents to be vigilant in watching for any signs and symptoms of influenza-like illness in your child. These include fever, cough, tiredness, muscle aches, sore throat, chills or shortness of breath. If these symptoms develop please seek the advice of your family doctor and keep your child at home until they are well.
Please find the latest information sheet provided by NSW Health here.
Should you have any further concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Nurse Unit Manager, Sister Margaret Bates on 9568 9426.
17 June 2009
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| Sydney FC with Newington 1st XI |
Sydney Football Club Visits Newington
There was great excitement at Newington when the entire Sydney Football Club squad, including players such as John Aloisi, came to the school to undertake coaching sessions and to convey some of their football expertise to the Newington boys.
The Sydney Football Club 1sts, along with all coaching staff, were involved in a recovery session at Newington. The facilities at Newington are first-class, which allowed the team to conduct practical football coaching sessions, yoga sessions and make use of the pool, as well as running workshops and de-briefing sessions for the players.
The boys in the Newington 1st XI squad were lucky enough to go through their paces with key Sydney FC team members, including Ivan Necevski and Clint Bolton, as well as Coach, John Filan.
The Newington 1st XI is coached by Director of Football Coaching, Brian Dene, who was recently appointed as Head Coach of the Australian Schoolboys’ Football team. Brian said that the Newington team comprised a very talented group of footballers, having last year taken out the Combined Independent Schools Football Cup, the Catholic Colleges Football Cup.
16 June 2009
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| Edward Miller wins scholarship |
Newington High Achiever Wins Prestigious Sydney University Scholarship
Newington Old Boy, Ed Miller (ON ’08), has been awarded the prestigious Dean’s Undergraduate Scholarship at the University of Sydney, valued at $15,000 per year, for the duration of his undergraduate degree.
Factors taken into consideration for selection include outstanding achievements in public speaking, leadership and community achievement and a demonstrated interest in Economics and Business.Ed was School Captain of Newington College last year, and during his time at the College he recorded a string of impressive achievements.
Ed achieved an outstanding UAI of 99.65 in last year’s HSC and was placed 2nd in NSW in Economics, he was Captain of Debating at Newington and was selected in the GPS 2nds Debating Team, and he was the National Lions’ Youth of the Year winner.
As the successful recipient of The Dean’s Undergraduate Scholarship, Ed will represent the Economics and Business Faculty at Sydney University for a variety of public speaking purposes and other various other functions.
15 June 2009
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| Daniel Hill in action |
Newington Boy Selected to Represent NSW at Australian Basketball Championships
Year 11 Newington boy, Daniel Hill, has been selected to play in the Combined NSW All Schools Basketball Team at the Australian Championships in August.
Daniel was selected in the Combined Independent Schools Team (CIS) team in March, and recently competed for CIS at the NSW All Schools Selection Tournament. It was history in the making for CIS, as both the boys’ team and the girls’ team made clean sweeps of the tournament, beating teams from the NSW Combined High Schools (CHS) and the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC).
It has been the culmination of a very successful season for Daniel with Newington basketball. Daniel is a key member of the Newington 1sts team that won the GPS Basketball Competition, going through the 14 rounds of the competition undefeated.
The Newington boys then represented the GPS in the CIS Basketball competition. They played Trinity in the Final and ran out winners, 90 to 69. Daniel and the Newington 1sts will now go on to compete at the State Championships in September.
15 June 2009
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| Mr Pradhananga addresses the school |
Newington Supports Underprivileged Children in Nepal
Newington College has a strong history of support for the SOS Children’s Villages in Nepal, an organisation which assists orphaned and destitute children. Newington was recently pleased to host a visit by the National Director of SOS in Nepal, Mr Shree Shankar Pradhananga.
Newington’s connection to the SOS International Children’s Villages began when one of the teachers at the College, Mr Michael Davis, visited Nepal in 1995 and was inspired by the work of SOS International.
Since that time, nearly $50,000 has been donated by the Newington community; there have been seven teachers’ exchanges; and a Gap Students’ program has been established, which has seen six Nepalese boys come to Newington since 2004.
The first boy, Sabin Mulepati, was recently accepted into the prestigious John Hopkins Medical School in the USA where he is working on his combined Master/PhD program in bio-medical research. It was Sabin’s time in Australia that encouraged him to think about studying outside of his home country of Nepal. Newington is proud of the influence that it has had on all the wonderful young Nepalese who have come to Australia.
4 June 2009
Human Swine Influenza — latest advice from NSW Health
Regarding the school exclusion policy, there has been an important change to the definition of the areas of concern. Any school child returning from an area of "high prevalence" of human swine influenza will be required to stay away from school for seven days after their return to NSW. The Australian Chief Medical Officer will provide a definition for these areas, however, in the interim, greater metropolitan Melbourne should be added to the list of countries previously advised (Mexico, Canada, the United States, Japan, and Panama). This is because of the widespread community transmission of the virus being experienced in Victoria, particularly in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
Click on the link below to open a letter from the NSW Chief Health Officer regarding extended measures designed to reduce the likelihood of swine flu outbreak in NSW and NSW schools.
Swine Influenza letter to principals 04Jun09
A copy of the update from NSW Health is also on the front page of the AIS website at www.aisnsw.edu.au under 'What's New?'
All general enquiries should continue to be directed to the Australian Government's human swine influenza hotline on 180 2007.
25 May 2009
Swine Influenza - NSW Department of Health advice
The NSW Department of Health has issued advice, seeking the assistance of schools in identifying children and staff who have recently travelled to Mexico, the USA, Canada, Japan and Panama and requesting that those in this situation be excluded from the school environment for seven (7) days, the maximum incubation period for the virus, to limit the potential exposure of others in the community.
NSW Health also suggest some additional simple precautions:
- Covering your mouth and nose if you cough or sneeze
- Washing your hands after contact with soiled tissues or any contact with throat or nose discharge
- Sick students or staff should stay home until they are fully recovered and seek medical attention if appropriate.
For more information about human swine influenza, go to the NSW Health website:
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/swine_flu.asp
4 March 2009
Headmaster Officially Welcomed to College
Dr David Mulford has been formally commissioned as the 18th Headmaster of Newington College.
Moderator of the Uniting Church, Rev Niall Reid conducted the Commissioning Service at the College on 26 February 2009...
21 January 2009
College's New Headmaster Congratulates HSC Students
Headmaster of Newington College, Dr David Mulford has congratulated the College's 2008 Higher School Certificate leavers.
“I was impressed with the 2008 HSC results for the College, especially in the context that Newington is a strictly non-selective school,” Dr Mulford said...
20 January 2009
Newington College's New Headmaster Commences
Dr David Mulford has started as new Headmaster of Newington College.
Dr Mulford has been a highly successful Head of Radford College, ACT for the previous eight years and Blue Mountains Grammar for nine years...
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22 NOVEMBER
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27 NOVEMBER
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28 NOVEMBER
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1 DECEMBER
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7–11 DECEMBER
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16 DECEMBER
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21–23 DECEMBER
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6 JANUARY 2010
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1 FEBRUARY 2010
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9 APRIL 2010
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