Annual Prize Giving Night

The Annual Prize Giving Night will be held at the Town Hall on Thursday 6 December. Boys are expected to attend this important event.

Senior School 

Year 10

The Peer Support Program will involve one and a half days of training of all Year 10 boys on Monday and Tuesday 3-4 December following the Annual Examinations. Year 10 mentors will be the key staff in delivering this program. On completion of this training, potential leaders will be asked to apply for the position of Peer Support leader. The appointed Peer Support leaders will lead Peer Support activity sessions with teams from Year 7 during Term 1 in 2013. The Peer Support program will also link into Service Learning later in 2013 as boys in Year 8 work with Year 11 leaders in undertaking research about our key charity organisations. Parents and boys have received information via email about arrangements for the training days. This includes dress (smart casual with lace up closed shoes) and bringing in $3 on the Monday to cover expenses for lunch on the Tuesday.

More information about the program can be found at http://peersupport.edu.au/program.html.

Year 11

On Wednesday 14 November we had a presentation from Sam Cawthorn who was well supported by a number of students from Pymble Ladies College. His key messages of positive decision making, resilience and making a difference to the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves were truly inspirational.

You can learn more about Sam at http://www.samcawthorn.com.

Paul Bourke
Head of Senior School

Middle School 

Experience Year 7 Day

Experience Year 7 Day for boys entering Year 7 in 2013 will be held on Friday 7 December. Many of our present Year 7 boys have offered to give up the first day of their holidays to assist their new colleagues on the day. Boys interested in helping should see Mr Stanley as soon as possible to register their interest.

Year 8 2013

I have received a number of questions about the structure of classes for boys moving on from Year 7 so I have repeated what was in the last edition.

The structure of classes in Year 8 next year will vary considerably from what the boys have experienced in Year 7. There will be two basic class gradings, one for English and one for Maths. Obviously, these two placements could be quite different. The English class will also serve as each boy’s Science, History, Geography, PDHPE and PRS class. As boys have also chosen two electives, there will clearly be a redistribution of boys as they study their various subjects and the common class group that they have known in Year 7 will not exist as consistently as it has this year.

Mentor groups will be formed on the basis of Houses, with two groups per House. The expectation is that the Mentor of a Year 8 group stays with the boy through to the end of Year 12.

Jeff Snare
Head of Middle School