Bob Meakin, Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School

Dear Parents and Carers

Yesterday’s Assembly saw the honouring of the Head of School’s Academic Effort Awards with numerous students receiving 100% effort levels on their reports, which is incredibly impressive.  I would like to commend Year 7 in particular for a wonderful first term at the Senior School where so many of these students were on the Honours List. 

We also honoured our Summer Sport Colours recipients.  These are students who have achieved at our highest level in First Teams in various Summer sports.  EQV badges for successful teams will also be distributed tomorrow in House meetings.  All in all it has been a tremendous Summer of sport and students were thanked for their contributions across Term 4 2023 and Term 1 2024. We also congratulated Walter Heeley from Year 8 who won the NSW State Optimist Sailing Championship Grand Prix for Under 15 years sailors.  This is a tremendous achievement. Well done Walter!

We also heard from our President and Secretary of the SRC, Sam Collison and Matthew Downes.  The two leaders spoke extremely enthusiastically about the purpose of the SRC, and students have been encouraged to give feedback to the various House representatives on suggestions for a better school.  Thank you to Sam and Matthew for their efforts representing the student body.

We are receiving a number of questions about the internal car drop off zone around the collection of students at the end of the school day and after co-curricular activities.  The internal car drop off zone is open after school and remains open until 6pm for students to be safely collected. Please use this facility rather than collecting students in other locations around the School, especially avoiding the entrance to the AFC car park which is often congested due to swimming activities.

Finally, I would like to wish everybody a wonderful holiday break, which I hope will be refreshing for all.  I look forward to welcoming students back on Tuesday 30 April.

Warmest wishes

Bob Meakin
Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School