Always plenty of keenness to do a few extras, great to see boys making the most of their free time, away from screens and electronics!

Mr Lachlan Harland’s Science class studying the velocity which ants move around the College!

Mr Robert Forsberg took our Agriculture students to our property at Colo last Friday. Boys thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to get out in the fresh air for the day and enjoy a familiar snack!

Mitch Hoare and Will Dalton up on stage today with cast of the upcoming College musical, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”. Other Year 10 boys are involved and I will give more details later.

Nick Davies playing at the recent Music department Soiree.

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Please find some information from our Counsellors, Clare McMahon and Monica Bignold which may be of interest for you.

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This weekend is the final round of Summer Sport, please find attached the fixtures with travel times.

This Saturday night is the Summer Sports Rally at which attendance is compulsory. Boys are to be seated in their Blues in The Hall by 6:15pm, the Rally should be over by 7:30pm, where Day Boys, Weekly Boarders and Full Boarders with weekend leave will be free to go.

Next week all boys who are not involved in Rowing will need their boots and mouthguards as Winter sport trials will commence.

A big week for the boys with Assessment Tasks in subjects, especially Maths and English. Boys are presently sitting their Maths ATB and all is going well.

Please note that these games are now cancelled;

• Cricket games at Joeys: 5ths, 15Bs and 13Cs.
• These Tennis games: 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths and 8ths.
• These Basketball games at Joeys: 5ths, 9ths, 16B, 16C, 14B and 14C.

These morning games are cancelled:

Basketball games at Joeys: 6ths, 7hs, 8ths, 10ths, 11ths, 12ths, 16D, 16E, 16F, 14D, 14E 14F

Cricket games at Joeys: 14B,14C and 13D.

Tennis games at Newington: 16A, 16B, 16C and 16D; 14A, 14B,14C and 14D.

Tennis games at Joeys: 15A, 15B, 15C and 15D; 13A, 13B, 13C and 13.

Further updates will be advertised as they occur.

Please find the fixtures with travel for this weekend’s round of fixtures, 4th March.

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Yesterday being Ash Wednesday saw the traditional distribution of Ashes at our Liturgy.

The Year 12 students are always watchful that the quality of cheering at events is up to standard each year. With a big Basketball match against Newington this Saturday and the Head of the River fast approaching, they have been ramping things up after each Headmaster’s Assembly. What starts off slow at times, soon gets very loud and even the Year 7 boys are very keen to rip into it, as can be seen by the final photo.

An enjoyable day was had by Year 10 Photography students on a practical-based excursion to gather images from two of Sydney’s historic sites. First stop was Cockatoo Island where the unique industrial structures and machinery provided excellent subject matter. Then off to Luna Park to capture the contrasting landscape of the amusement park. The boys will now work on editing and compositing their photographs to produce a portfolio of digital images and a short conceptual film on the theme of ‘bamboozled’.

The Health Centre has been quite busy lately, a few of the boys have been laid up in bed, but they are always well taken care of by Sister Peters and her staff.

Our Sunday Evening Mass is an integral part of the College week. Boarders, parents and any families are all welcome to the 8:15pm celebration of the Eucharist. Each week different Year groups are responsible for carrying out readings and other jobs needed to assist Fr.Gavin. With the refurbishment of the Chapel presently under way, the Mass is being held in the Br. Emilian Hall.

Below are some of our boys waiting for the Mass to commence. When the Mass commences, our boys carry out the readings very well. We are all fortunate to have Fr. Gavin, he always delivers messages which challenge the boys and greatly assists their faith development. Always feel free to come along to any of our Masses, they are a great way to start a new week.

As mentioned previously, the boys are studying each evening in the classrooms from 6:15pm – 8:00pm. They then have optional activities or study in the dorms from 8:15pm – 9:00pm. After this they are back at their desks in the dorms from 9:15pm – 9:45pm. With a number of Assessment Tasks due over the next three weeks, Donna, Andrew and I have been stressing the importance of planning ahead and getting started on these upcoming obligations. Generally the boys have been doing this very well.

Our weekly Assemblies, Thursday Period Two, are an important part of the College week. At our Assembly today, with Mr Tarlinton overseas, Br. Anthony addressed the boys with some timely advice. The gloss of the new year has worn off and it is now time for routine and good habits repeated regularly, not just during the week, but also on weekends. Brother told the boys;

“If you believe in yourself and are willing to work hard, to be prepared to make little sacrifices and pay the price for the things that matter, anything is possible for you to achieve”.

Wise words for them all to put into practice.