Bob Meakin, Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School

Dear Parents and Carers

I hope everyone enjoyed a restful break over the holidays and I wish you a warm welcome to Term 2. Term 2 is a wonderful term in the School’s calendar.  Routines, classes, timetables etc are all familiar to the students and academic momentum begins to increase. We have much to look forward to this term including parent teacher interviews on Friday 7 June, our Junior Drama production in Week 7, a full calendar of winter sport and our Music gala concert in the Town Hall in Week 8. 

Over the holidays so many students were involved in school activities and I commend them for their commitment and engagement with some wonderful experiences.   Students enjoyed a Central Australian Tour which was not only educational in nature but was a marvelous opportunity to explore the beauty and wonder of this wonderful part of the country.  Many sports were in full swing and included a rugby camp to Orange, National Swimming Titles on the Gold Coast and our First XI in the St Andrew’s Cup which they won, defeating Newington College in the final.  This certainly bodes well for a successful football season. 

A special mention to Marcus Da Silva who won the National Championships 100m freestyle, breaking his own record which was equal to Ian Thorpe’s record.  Marcus is now the fastest NSW swimmer for his age in history. 

We also had open studios for Visual Arts and our Year 12 students enjoyed a Drama camp in Nowra in preparation for group performances.

We welcome Brent Crossley in Geography, Margaret Nilon in Social Science, and Brooke van Aalen in Drama.

A reminder that the Mother’s Day Breakfast is on Wednesday 8 May commencing at 7.15am.  Sport and co-curricular activities are optional for boys whose mother is attending the Mothers’ Day Breakfast on this morning as we would like mothers and sons to attend this breakfast together.

Have a great week.

Warmest wishes

Bob Meakin
Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School