Month: February 2018

On Friday February 16, the Year 7 boys will have their Reflection/Spirituality Day and Welcome Mass. This is a great day and one in which the boys really enjoy. During the Mass, the boys are presented with their bibles which they will carry with them through their journey here at the College. Parents are most welcome to attend – in fact it would be great if you could be there. I and the boys would certainly appreciate it.

The Mass will begin at 2.15pm in the College Chapel and will conclude at approx. 3.15pm.

Uniform for the day – the boys are to wear their PE shorts, joggers and House Colour T Shirt. They will need to bring their Full BLUES with them to school on the day as they will change into this prior to the Mass.

On Monday afternoon, the boys witnessed the finest musicians that the College has to offer perform and is doing promote the various instruments on offer here for the boys to learn. Following this, every boy in Year 7 chose a musical instrument to practice. Music lessons and Ensembles will begin in the next week or two.

The Year 7 boys Boarders sat through a Q&A on bed making tonight. Mr Andrew Heagney spent time demonstrating the correct procedures here. The boys even learnt how to do hospital corners!!!!

Seth Burquest and Ben Anderson both turned 12 on February 3

Mason Robertson turned 13 on February 7

Happy birthday boys!!!!!!

All boys have now been placed in teams for their chosen sport. While there might be a few issues and you may have some questions about this, can I please ask you to be patient here. It has been a short turn around allocating boys to teams and the coaches have done their best here to make this as fair and equitable as possible. These teams are not set in stone and will more than likely change over the course of the season.

In regards to these teams, I do not get all the team allocations so I am unsure of who is in each team. Please direct any question relating to this to the appropriate sports convenor (this is also listed on this blog site).

The boys are asked to arrive at their match 30 minutes prior to the commencement for home fixtures. For those playing at other Colleges, the boys need to arrive 10 minutes prior to the bus departure time. Each boy is expected to travel on the bus with their team but can leave from the venue with family.

Just a reminder that the boys are out of class for the day tomorrow. they will be in groups rotating to different work stations learning about the different features of their MacBooks along with the different platforms we use here. This includes;

Boardingware

Emails

Outlook Calendar

iLearn

Excel/Word

Appropriate research skills

Citation skills

Due to a Home game this weekend, we will have restricted parking within the College for Summer Sport. this is to ensure the boys safety as the move around the College grounds.

The dates are as follows:

10 February 2018

17 February 2018

During the hours of 7.30am and 2.30pm:

1 Gladesville Road & Mark Street gates will be open for pedestrian access. The gates will be closed to vehicular access for all except staff.
2 Ryde Road gates will be locked and the pedestrian gates will be open for access to the College. The bollards around circular lawn will be locked.