For most families, Friday night is often a relaxing evening. In Year 7, we try and make the evening a little less formal for the boys as well. On Fridays this term we have run a different programme to normal week-nights. We start study a little earlier than usual and have a longer first session. This allows the boys to get their homework completed.

At 6:30pm the boys then head over to Number 1 where they are able to have a great run-around on our fields either playing touch-footy, kicking the soccer ball or having a hit of tennis. The boys also have a BBQ for dinner.

Although over the last few weeks we have been hit by rain on Friday nights this has not dampened the spirits of the boys who last week took on Mr Elias (the youngest of our Boarding Team) in a 300m sprint. With no boys beating him, the challenge was then set over 100m – but this time with no head-start to Mr Elias. After a questionable start, Mr Elias led over the first 50m only to be drawn in and beaten on the line by Ben Williams (Hunters Hill). By Ben beating Mr Elias, he won a prize for all the boys who competed!

Last night the sun shone through and the boys were able to have a large and fast game of touch footy. With about 20 a side on Number 2, the scores were drawn at the end of the evening with the only casualties being a very sore Boarding Coordinator the next morning!

The boys appear to greatly enjoy the modified programme on Friday evenings – with only a couple of weeks left of day-light-savings I am sure they will make the most out of it over the final weeks of term.

Pictured in Photo 1:  Kobe Pitt (Moree), Dillon Farmer (Colvelly), Travis Blair (Macksville), Tom Horton (Mosman), Nick Rowell (Collaroy), Conan Chu (Strathfield South)

Pictured in Photo 2:  Tom Callaughan (Yass), Joey Masur (Collaroy), Will O’Connell (Gladesville), Sam de Courcy (Greenwich), Jono Chambers (Wildes Meadow), Dillon Farmer (Clovelly), Lochie Simpson (Chifley), Dom Maurici (Woolwich) and James Goodman (Hunters Hill)