Year 10

The last week of term always carries a different atmosphere to other weeks in the year. We’ve celebrated Round Square week, and that has meant a wide range of activities running during recess and lunch as well as in Luminary time. A team of Year 10 students ran Barazza groups on Thursday to explore what they think effective leadership is. Many thanks to the following students for stepping up and leading the discussions:

• Abbeythorpe – Sienna Marriott
• Booralee – Riley Chantler
• Churunga – Vishaalini Ravichandra
• Leawarra – Tiana Roins
• Lester – Jody Feng
• Moora Moora – Bariah Khaznadar
• Prescott – Esther Kim
• Sutton – Ruby Tan
• Wade – Sarah Furlan
• Whitley – Catherine Kong

The Year 6 mentoring program also took place this week with the girls enjoying some games out on the quad in the sun. It’s lovely watching these relationships develop. Holidays often prompt an increase in students colouring their hair, getting extra piercings and so on. The students all know the uniform rules ad nauseum, so can I ask for parental support in ensuring everything is as it should be on the first day of School. The uniform standards have dropped a little towards the end of term and I’d like to see Year 10 pulling up their socks, sometimes literally, when we hit Term 3.

All the students deserve a rest this holiday after a typically busy term. They will have a little work to do but hopefully get plenty time to switch off and disconnect. I hope that everyone who is travelling does so safely, and we look forward to seeing everyone back at School on Tuesday 19 July.

– Fiona Pow
Head of Year 10