Bob Meakin, Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School

Dear Parents and Carers

Yesterday in Assembly, we welcomed Geoff Coombes from Stryde4 who congratulated the School on raising well over $50,000 for the various House charities. He was extremely complimentary to the students and wanted to pass on the many messages of positive affirmation from his team and indeed from the members of the public. The rest of the Assembly was dedicated to student presentations, mainly to do with the Service initiatives that are on offer. In my address, I did steal from Mr Joe Schmidt, Wallabies coach, who was a guest at our Rugby lunch earlier this year. When asked about what he would coach, he said that “I will ruthlessly coach the things that require no talent”. I used this to encourage the students to ruthlessly work in the classroom and in their studies in the things that require no talent. I encouraged them to focus their efforts on their organisation, their detailed note-taking, their revision of their notes and the submitting of drafts where appropriate. All of these things require no talent but just good effort, which I thought was a strong message for all of our students.

On Monday evening, outgoing Year 12 students enjoyed their formal at the Watersedge, The Rocks and a special thanks to Ms Meg Tudehope the Senior School CSPA representative and her team for hosting a special evening for our Year 12 and their guests.

Tonight, we look forward to the Comedy Debate where we will enjoy their debating skills as well as some humour in the Packer Theatre from 6pm.

We look forward to hosting Waverley College for our sporting fixtures this weekend. I wish all students the very best.

Tomorrow, we will welcome back our Year 8 from CITF, reports thus far is that this has been a fantastic week and for most of their time, they have enjoyed beautiful weather.

Have a great week.

Best wishes

Bob Meakin
Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School