SENIOR SCHOOL
Bonding for National Boarding Week
We are fortunate in the boarding community to have an array of
events and activities that we participate in on a daily basis. These
can be school related events such as Chapel, sport or academic
study time. They can be co-curricular based activities such as
surfing, cooking, horse-riding, painting, Cadets, learning to drive
a car or even mastering kung-fu. Or, for one week a year, our
boarders come together as a unique sub-culture of our school to
participate in events to celebrate everything that is boarding. This
special week is known as National Boarding Week and Guildford
Grammar School is not the only school participating. This year
there were hundreds of schools from across the country who came
together to promote the amazing lifestyle that boarders have and to
acknowledge their contributions to the wider community.
Within our own boarding community we celebrated National
Boarding Week in three ways. We opened the week by inviting 20
other boarding schools from across the state to visit our beautiful
campus for a day of fun in the sun. Our boarders formed groups
made up of students from all other participating schools and the
boys and girls learnt and competed in games such as archery, laser
tag, photo competitions and scavenger hunts around the School. It
was great to join with other boarding schools and to see so many of
our boarders relaxing with other students from their home towns.
On the Wednesday of Boarding Week our Year 12 Boarding Prefects
held a BBQ and Open House at Sir Francis Burt Hall. We invited the
whole school community to come down for a BBQ lunch and to
tour the Hall to see exactly what it’s like to live as a boarder. It was a
wonderful day and we raised a significant amount of money which
we will continue to use to support the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Last but certainly not least, we held the annual Boarders vs Day
Students Football match on the Chapel Close at lunchtime on
the Thursday of Boarding Week. It was incredible to see so many
members of the school attend this event and once again the
Boarders were the victors on the day. Our team was admirably lead
by our Captain of Boarding Mason Sullivan (12Fr) and the Best on
Ground award went to the talented Jordan Clark (12Ha).
A huge thank you to everyone who supported these events and
helped us celebrate National Boarding Week.
Mr Matt Weston
Head of Boarding
World’s Greatest Shave
Eighty brave boys and one brave girl took part in the
World’s Greatest Shave in April, raising over $37,000
towards the Leukaemia Foundation!
Thank you to all of our families for your generous support
helping us to raise over $37,000.
Mrs Claire Hughes was our highest fundraiser, raising just
short of $4,000, closely followed by Ryan Sullivan with
$3,355 and James Ford with $1,339.
Added to the Preparatory School’s fundraising through
Crazy Hair Day, the School raised over $64,000 for the
Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia in a three
week period.
Update: The School received an award on Wednesday
20 June for being the highest fundraiser in the WA
education category and second in Australia!
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