Senior Boarding Housemaster End Of Term Wrap Up

Term 2 has been a wonderful time for our boarders thus far, with a lot going on, which has been keeping our boys very busy. It continues to be fabulous having our parents around more; at school, in the House and on sporting fields. We are looking forward to our upcoming holidays, and we wish our boarding families a relaxing and peaceful time together.

In Week 7, we recognised Reconciliation Week, playing our part in collectively building relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures and the future.  This year marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and almost three decades of Australia’s formal reconciliation process. 
 
Here at Shore we have represented the different parts of the lives of our Indigenous students. Beautiful Didgeridoo sounds were played by our students, accompanied by the organ in Chapel each service. On Thursday, our young men were mentored by indigenous rugby legend, Glen Ella, which was followed by a Q & A led by Braydon Mundy at the School’s assembly. Artwork has also recently been installed in the Senior Library, telling the individual stories of each of our young men, captured on canvas and paper. This was then celebrated with a morning tea with special guests.   Overall, it was a wonderful Reconciliation Week here at Shore, and we thank especially Cay Camden for her outstanding work with our boys.

A great idea that came out of one of our Boarder Rep meetings was to invite a nutritionist to speak to our boarders. The boys were educated on Thursday evening in Week 4 by Dietician, Sports Dietician & Exercise Physiologist, Robynne Jeftha. On the agenda were making good choices, eating for optimal performance and how to eat well and still enjoy the odd favourite takeaway.

The boarders were treated to some entertainment recently at our formal Friday Lunch in the Dining Hall. Before a scrumptious meal of slow-cooked lamb shanks, baked potatoes and salad, a boarders’ band opening up proceedings with a bit of Eric Clapton’s Layla. School House’s Hunter Black and Jock Litchfield, Hodges’ Ben Stockwell and Barry’s Adrian Lai entertained the troops, a fantastic way to see off the week. 

There have been so many great activities enjoyed by the boys this term, and we have been up and running once more, including recent excursions to bowling and SkyZone. One fantastic return to the social calendar was a Year 7-9 social at PLC, Pymble. 2020 was a write-off for functions like this, so it was refreshing getting the opportunity to socialise with the girls of PLC, Wenona, Abbotsleigh, Loreto Normanhurst and Ravenswood. We hope to return the favour later this year.

Another highlight of our calendar each year is the State of Origin series. The Houses get prep done early and pile into their Recreation Rooms for pizza, donuts and footy. This year was no exception and the boarders could be heard a couple of suburbs away.

Once again, we wish everyone a wonderful end to the term, and look forward to catching up again soon.

Best wishes,
Brendan