Student Care

Pastoral Care

Newington College is associated with the Uniting Church in Australia and is thus part of the way in which the Uniting Church expresses its concern to provide appropriate Christian experiences for boys. In particular, these experiences are provided through Religious Education classes and weekly chapel services.

Occasional services are held at the Newington College Chapel at Stanmore and opportunities are taken to develop relationships between our school and the Uniting Church community at Lindfield.

Every attempt is made to be sensitive to the backgrounds and needs of students, to encourage learning and growth and to enable development of positive attitudes to Christian faith and living.

Further information about the Chaplaincy at Newington can be found on the Chapel pages.

Preparatory Schools Chaplain

Rev Peter Morphew
Wyvern House 9568 9442 [MON/TUE/THU)
Lindfield 9416 4280 [WED/FRI]
AH 0431 106 128

Behaviour Management

BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT POLICY & PROCEDURES PDF 257KB

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Secondary School Counsellor, Stan Comino, with Sonia Sultan

School Counsellor

School Counselling support is provided two days per week at Lindfield and three days at Wyvern. The school counsellor, Sonia Sultan, is a registered psychologist who works in partnership with staff and parents to contribute to the pastoral care of the boys.

The School Counsellor's services include:
• support to staff in the pastoral care of all boys
• conjoint work with staff to teach pro-social skills and promote resilience and personal development in boys
• assistance with the entry process of new boys
• psycho-educational assessment of boy's learning and academic progress
• individual and group counselling of boys re issues that might impact on their school adjustment

Referral to the Counsellor is usually by teacher request.

The School Counselling service is confidential, within the limits of legal requirements for the protection of children.

For further information please contact your class teacher or the school office.

SRC

In each school the boys have their own active organisation, the Student Representative Council, which meet fortnightly and includes two reps from each class K-6. Issues are brought to the Council from class meetings and after discussion appropriate action is taken.