16 June 2015,<\/p>\n
One of the most important aims of\u00a0Newington\u2019s Service Learning program\u00a0is to enhance our boys\u2019 awareness of the inequalities that exist within our local, national and international communities, while also providing them with practical hands on opportunities to work alongside charity workers and community volunteers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Head of Service Learning Mr Mick Madden has been involved in the program since its inception and has witnessed the positive impacts that the program has already had on the boys at Newington. Mr Madden stresses the importance and value the process of \u2018giving a bit back\u2019 can have on the boys\u2019 development as future leaders and human beings.<\/p>\n
According to Mr Madden the Service Learning program is a starting point for the boys to learn more about themselves while also recognising the needs of others;<\/p>\n
\u201cI see my role as providing the boys with opportunities\u2026they get the opportunity to do something they normally wouldn\u2019t get to do, and in doing that they learn about themselves, and they learn about the feeling they get when you do something for someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
From Years 7 to 12, students are given the opportunity to engage in several programs, tours and voluntary events at the local, national and international scenes.<\/p>\n
Mr Madden stresses that there is a strong interrelation between leadership and service, \u201cWe\u2019re in an environment where we have lots of kids who are going to be the leaders of tomorrow, so the more we can impart those sort of values in them, or let them discover those values, the more likely they are to do something with them in later life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Service Learning Program at Newington is currently thriving and will continue to explore and offer these challenging and vital learning opportunities, so important in developing the \u2018Newington Men\u2019 that are proudly sent out of the College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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