Bob Meakin, Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School

Dear Parents and Carers

Yesterday, saw the start of our HSC examinations, with English Paper 1; as you can see from the photo, the students seemed relaxed, and they informed me that they were ever so prepared.

I am delighted to inform you that the first two examinations have gone very well and conversations in passing with the boys have been very positive about how fair the questions have been, thus far. Spare a thought for our IB candidates who are still in class and will commence their final examinations a week on Monday.

As our Class of 2023 cohort sit their examinations, our new Year 12s for 2024 have commenced their Year 12 studies and yesterday saw the induction of the new Prefect body. Congratulations, to all of our incoming Year 12s who have been selected to be a School Prefect. There is still time for those who were not selected to earn their Prefect tie, and I encourage them to lead by example wherever they can in the coming weeks.

My message to all Year 12s is quite clear. No school rises above the example set by Year 12. The standards that they set, the interactions that they have and their work ethic both in and out of the classroom filters throughout the whole school and creates a positive and engaging culture for all.

I would like to thank all students that represented the School on tour over the holiday break. We had a Rugby tour to France, Drama tour to Japan and London, Languages tour to Noumea and a Service Learning CETOP tour to Nepal and India. All the comments from the staff attending were that our students were incredible ambassadors for themselves and the School. Well done to all.

Year 12 Curriculum Information; I would like to thank all incoming Year 12 parents who attended the information webinar on Monday evening. The message to the students of our incoming Year 12 is clear – work begins now!

I would also like to thank parents of Year 8 and Year 9 who joined us for our coeducation webinars last night, where some transition information and preparations for 2026 were outlined by the Headmaster, Daisy Turnbull, Angelique Sanders and myself. Hopefully, all parents found these webinars informative.

Finally, best wishes for the coming weekend as we commence our Summer sport fixtures. I wish every team well for their fixtures.

Have a great week.

Best wishes

Bob Meakin
Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School