My Boarding Experiences – Angus Reardon

Good evening boys, I’m Angus Reardon and I am in year 7 at SHORE this year. I just want to talk to you tonight about my experiences throughout my first year here. I came into this school and boarding, pretty nervous to face the challenges, like a change of daily routine and the fact that you will be away from your parents for long periods of time. Some of you boys may get pretty homesick and that is completely normal. I got homesick throughout my first term and it is hard but you will eventually get over it.

If you do get homesick when you ring your parents, make sure you tell them all the good things as well, because they will be more devastated than you if they think you are not enjoying yourself.

SHORE boarding provides plenty of fun and enjoyment. Mr. Pienaar put in a lot of effort this year to get activities organized and takes great responsibility in our welfare and health to make sure we enjoy our first year.

Boarding here at SHORE is probably one of the best experiences you will have. It is a great privilege to be able to just play touch footy on the oval or whack a ball around at the cricket nets. You will get heaps of mates within the boarding community and have a chance to meet loads of friendly new people.

Probably one of my favorite things to do this year was to be able to go down the street with mates or onto the oval to play footy. There are many opportunities at SHORE, including sport, music and drama. If any of you are interested, you should just get into it and enjoy it.

You will get stressed sometimes with homework and exams or you might have a few problems. Just talk to Mr. Junee or Mr. Pienaar or get help with the excellent tutors offered at this school. Overall I really enjoyed my first year here at SHORE and the experiences I had have been great. I’m sure you’ll love it.