Week 8, Spring Term 2019
Amazingly enough, another year down and this represents the last Blog for the year. How quickly the time has passed!! The boys have had a fantastic last term and though they are slowly getting a bit edgy, for the most part, they have held on and are going to finish off positively (touch wood!!). It has been a busy few days with the Year 9 Boarding Graduation, the Middle School boys enjoying a night in Claremont on Thursday, the Year 11’s participating in their last Tomorrow Man session and the Year 12’s organising the activities last weekend. Of course we are not slowing down just yet, with Paintballing on Saturday, our Xmas breakfast on Monday morning and then the various Speech Nights spread across Tuesday and Wednesday, certainly no rest until we all walk out the gates for the summer break!!
Don’t forget that the Senior boys finish at 1pm on Wednesday!!
Just want to again thank everyone for the support that you have shown the staff over the past few years as this has made our roles so much easier. We are lucky to have a great bunch of boys, families who love and care for them and staff who thoroughly enjoy what they do. I wish everyone the very best for the future!!
Year 9 Residence Graduation
On Wednesday night Sean Mecham held his annual Year 9 Graduation ‘From Junior Boarding’ Dinner. This has become a bit of a tradition with the Year 9 House and it is a great way for the boys to then transition into the Senior House. Sean describes each boys time in the House and presents them with a graduation certificate. Below is a photo of each of the boys with Sean and Fran.
What happens on the weekend!!
Last weekend the Boarders Council created a couple of opportunities for all the boys to come together and participate in some organised activities. On Saturday it was the Touch Rugby competition and on Sunday they played Dodgeball (the boys call it Splatter Ball!!). Each day attracted a good crowd of boys with 45 plus turning up for each activity!! Lots of fun was had by all as you can see from the videos below!!.
Today’s Pipe Band Xmas Special!!
T’was the last March before Xmas and all at Scotch was still, well not really – the boys all marched with their Xmas hats on to Xmas carols played by the pipe band. A very fitting way to conclude marching for the year!!
Holiday Travel Arrangements – Please enter ASAP!!
If you don’t enter your son’s leave then he can’t go home!!! ………….. oops, we better rephrase that because some you may choose that as an option, so we’ll try again. If you don’t enter your son’s leave then your son has to stay and we will be forced to charge you an exorbitant amount of money to look after him for 6 weeks!!
As a reminder…………
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.
Paintballing
Tomorrow 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 holiday!!!