SENIOR SCHOOL
Boarding News
Semester 1 has been full of exciting events for our
boarding community. We opened the year with a new
tradition that involved all boarders staying in for a
closed-weekend, in which they participated in a series
of recreational and group activities including movie
nights, trampolining, bubble soccer, archery, ropes
courses and pool activities. The weekend culminated
with the Boarding Prefects’ Cup, and this year the
winners were Team Ace, lead by our Captain of
Boarding, Rueben Williams (12Ha). It was a great
weekend, with many boarders forming strong new
relationships and others continuing to develop those
ones established last year.
A few weeks later the Year 12s were off to the much
anticipated 2017 Ball. As the students and their dates
went off to Mandoon Estate, many of the Year 12
boarding parents shared a meal together at a different
Swan Valley establishment, and it was a pleasure to
be able to stop by with Mr Lewis Jones to once again
reflect on the changes we have seen in this group
over their time as boarders at Guildford Grammar
School. It is events like these that remind me what a
supportive, friendly and collegial community we have
and how rewarding it is to be a part of it.
Another exciting event was the final Chapel Service
of Term 1, where we acknowledged the ongoing
leadership efforts of Samuel Screaigh (12St) and
Jacob Finlayson (12Sc) by inducting them into the
Boarding Prefect group. These two students narrowly
missed getting leadership roles at the end of 2016,
yet they continued to display exemplary leadership
around the Halls and demonstrated resilience,
integrity and commitment to themselves and their
fellow boarders. We value these characteristics highly
in boarding and it was a delight to be able to reward
these boys for continuing to display them.
We’ve had some important upgrades around the Halls
this semester with new washing machines, dryers
and clothes lines installed. We have also had the
basketball court beside Burt Hall completely re-laid
and repainted and the court in front of Malcolm Hall
is currently under re-construction. There has been
some significant interior design work done inside both
Halls and I don’t think he would mind me saying, but
Mr Lewis Jones has found yet another hobby he
excels at.
We welcomed some new staff into boarding this
semester including two Old Guildfordian’s; Cole
Lloyd (Ha 05-09) and Ethan Aird (Be 11-15) have
joined the team as supervisors. Glen Williams also
joins the boarding community. Glen is a teacher
of English in the Senior School and has valuable
pastoral experience from Hale School and Nagel
College in Geraldton. I am sure they will make strong
contributions to our already very strong team.
Mr Matthew Weston
Head of Boarding
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