Week 6, Spring Term 2019
Four weeks left of the term and one Bib Track journey to go!! Our Year 13’s have now officially left the building with Steve Li completing his last IB exam on Thursday afternoon. As soon as he had finished he hit the road to Busselton to try and catch the last night of leavers!! Our Valedictory dinner is next Friday night, and this is the last time all of this year’s graduates will be together, so we are looking forward to seeing them all for one last time.
To all our regional families we hope the Harvest is going well and that you’re going to save some work for your son’s to do when they get home, they are all getting a bit anxious at the moment, concerned that there will be no time for them on the chaser bins!
Holiday Travel Arrangements – Please enter ASAP!!
As said above not long to go now before we break for the holiday and so we would certainly appreciate it, if you haven’t done it already, enter your son’s leave ASAP. The sooner we get it in the easier it is for us to plan those final few days.
The Middle School like to have all Year 8 boys here for the Middle School Speech Night because predominantly the night is designed to say farewell to the Year 8’s. We will be keeping the Boarding House open on this night for those Year 8 boys who need to stay on and will organize transport to the airport or train station the following day. If you need any help with understanding when your son is due to leave, then please feel free to contact Michelle or Jan.
The same could also be said for any Year 9 to 12 boys who might receive an award at Speech night on the last day of the year. We will keep the Boarding Houses open that extra night and provide transport on the following day so the boys can attend, if they wish.
Grant Bennett Update
Grant underwent his surgery last Monday and is currently resting and recuperating in hospital. By all reports everything went very well and he is already posting again on Facebook!! He is due out of hospital early next week and we look forward to seeing him up about the place in the near future.
Bib Track
Our Year 8’s and 9’s have returned from their latest Bib Track outings and it’s fair to say that they had it tough over the past week. The Year 8’s completed a 6 day journey while the Year 9’s roll in today after spending 7 nights on the track. They reported hot and dusty conditions but this was nothing compared to the march flies and ticks that became their companions for most of the journey. A huge commendation to Izayah Mongoo in Year 12 who is walking the Bib Track and due to become an End to Ender in March next year. As a Year 8 he missed the section that the Year 8’s just walked so to ensure that he met the requirements of becoming an End to Ender he decided to walk this section of the track with them. What this meant was that after completing the Year 12 walk last week, he got home on the Friday, went to bed and then joined the Year 8’s at 6am on Saturday morning for another 6 days. All up – Izayah spent 12 days straight out on the Bib Track, an awesome achievement.
I was going to write something about the Year 9 Bib Track experience but Sean Mecham beat me to it and stole my thunder!! You can view his blog here!!
Below are some photos from the Year 12 walk.
On Monday our Year 7 boys will be setting off for their first multi day walk as they leave the Perth Hills Discovery Centre in Mundaring headed to the Brookton Highway. This walk was scheduled to be spread over two groups but due to a couple of injuries they have combined into one. The staff joining the boys for this adventure will be David Kyle, Kim Whetters and Amber Flynn.
A big thank you to all staff who are attending these walks and the Outdoor Ed team for organising everything.
Year 10 Tomorrow Man
The Year 10’s (Year 11’s) will have their last session of Tomorrow Man on Monday 3 December. The boys have slowly grown throughout the program and we are starting to see them trust each other more and, therefore, their depth of sharing has improved. We are looking forward to seeing how the session concludes.
Paintballing
On Saturday 7th December we will be holding our annual Paintballing Day. This is the final activity that we do as a Residential Community for the year and it is the only activity that we request all boys to attend. As per previous years we will be leaving the College at around 7.30am and will return by 2.00pm. The boys will play 4 paintball games, receive 600 paintballs, receive a sausage sizzle for lunch and have the pleasure of trying to shoot as many staff members as possible!! The cost for the day will be $50 with this being added to each boy’s accounts. This cost covers 50% of the fee with the Residential Community covering the other half. It has been the highlight of our calendar over recent years and the banter has already begun for what is set to be a great day!!
We hope you all have a great weekend!!