FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND HEADMASTER Social service is the driving force behind our new campus Service is a large part of Newington’s vision and perhaps even our raison d’etre. Our vision is ‘for boys to develop inspired minds, great hearts and just one-offs), whether they involve enough of our boys (not just a strong wings, ready to make a positive contribution to society couple of dozen here and there) and whether we, as a school, are and the future’. It is not our vision for boys to develop great resourcing this enough. An honest audit would say there is more characteristics so they can then myopically focus on themselves, that we can do. So, although we stand tall, we plan to be able to their pleasure and acquisitions for their lives. It is instead about stand taller and do more. contribution and giving back. The most exciting and obvious development this year is our creation Yet it is a double reality that we initially draw from people who of a social-service based campus at Eungai Creek on the mid-north are financially solid enough to be able to send their children here coast. We plan to have 60 Year 9 boys there each term. Social and then we (hopefully) provide an excellent enough education to service is the central tenet of this campus. Boys will get involved in allow their children to thrive into the next generation. Some might local community schools and food distribution centres not for a day call this entrenching privilege, so our aim to provide an excellent or a week but for a whole term in and around Kempsey. Even better, education sits much more comfortably if we are inculcating a with 60 different boys there each term, we can be a reliable and service mentality, humility and kindness in the members of the sustained presence in these places. The idea of service will become next generation at the same time. (For more on this, please see ingrained in boy after boy after boy each year as they see the effect Ben Barrington Higgs’ excellent article on privilege and entitlement of their actions and their commitment. on page 36). Indeed, we could see this as part of our social licence. The campus will be run by Mr Mark Morrison OAM who was the We can already stand tall and say we do social service well. former head of Macleay Vocational College and is basically a Much of this magazine is about exactly that. But we also need to secular saint. Few people in Australia could guarantee a more ask ourselves whether our experiences are regular enough (not authentic, lasting and meaningful experience for both our boys and the local community. The beautiful Eungai Creek in the Nambucca Valley.