Boarding Update

Welcome to the Start of 2024

What a wonderful way to start the new school year, an afternoon tea on the Chapel Lawn catching up with friends, talking about the year ahead, swapping stories of holidays and generally enjoying each other’s company. It was a very relaxed way to start the year for the Boarding staff as well. While we may have been back at School for a week or so before the students returned, it is always nice to eventually see familiar faces and to welcome the new students and parents to this superb community.

An Eventful First Week!

School House kicked into gear with a bang with the boys catching up with their mates, making some new mates and getting stuck into the academic and sporting life of the School. Year 7 enjoyed a particularly eventful week with a Friday afternoon harbour cruise to Goat Island with our House and Vice Captains, learning about the Indigenous heritage of the land. Year 7 even got busy in the kitchen, baking brownies for the whole House! After a big day of sport, we enjoyed a chocolate and popcorn filled dessert House movie night with an old favourite, Remember the Titans. After a bit of a sleep-in, we hit the road and couldn’t have asked for a better day for Shore Boarding to hit Raging Waters! It was a raging good time!

Well done to Louis, Harry, Oli, Aryan, Ryan and Isaac for representing School House in the Inter-House relay competition on Friday afternoon. You did us all proud!

Sunday, and there’s No Stopping Us… Raging Waters, Mexican and Frozen

On a hot Sunday morning, the Barry Boys hit the road with their neighbours from Hodges, School and Robson to Raging Waters Water Park. After securing a rock star headquarters spot undercover, the boys made the most of the water and the slides for a fantastic morning. We arrived back in time for a late lunch of BBQ’d bacon and egg rolls combined (unusually, perhaps) with a feast of tacos. Perhaps even stranger than Year 12s choice of movie the night before, Frozen won the vote this time as the House settled back and let it go!

Weekend in Robson House

Saturday saw the boys getting back into the swing of Saturday Sport. After a big week adjusting to non-holiday wake-up times, Saturday night called for a movie with an extensive snack bar. The boys relaxed and watched giant sharks eat people in Meg 2, whilst quickly demolishing the snack bar. A good sleep on Saturday night was called for in preparation for Raging Waters on Sunday. What a fantastic way to start the year as an entire Boarding community, with some of the weekly boys coming back early just to join in the fun. It was great spending time with the Barry, Hodges and School House boys. Well done to all the new boys who enjoyed a full week of Boarding!

Hodges Unwinds

After a bustling first week of school and sporting activities, Hodges enjoyed a leisurely stroll by Sydney Harbour. Capped off with hot chips at Batch Burgers, making it the perfect way to unwind. 😊