Welcome to the new school year. We hope that you have all enjoyed your holiday period, spending quality time with friends and family, and taking a well-deserved break. We hope that this time away has left you feeling refreshed and ready to commence the upcoming year with eagerness and enthusiasm. It is a year that is sure to be full of challenges that we encourage you to face head-on, but also full of opportunities that we know you can embrace. Whether it is in House events, co-curricular activities, or academics, this year brings us so many chances to take advantage of — so we strongly urge you to make the most of them. Although it can be difficult to start the year after the break, we would like to encourage everybody to focus on making good first impressions and to set yourselves up for success during the year by building good habits and systems early on. Furthermore, we would also like to encourage you all to start setting goals and aspirations that you can work towards achieving throughout the rest of the year. These goals will allow you to find motivation within your schooling and give you something to strive for along the way.
Finally, to make this year the best it can be, the most important thing you can do is look after yourselves. This starts with creating a healthy routine, taking time to do the things that bring you joy, and ensuring you find a nice balance between schooling, other commitments, and your personal wellbeing.
We would also like to extend our welcome to all those joining our Senior School campus this year, including all of our Year 9s and new students to College across all year levels. Please do not hesitate to reach out to either of us, other Prefects, and your teachers with any questions or concerns, as we are all here to help you settle in well. We know coming back to school can feel overwhelming, and even quite daunting, but rest assured it won’t be long until you’re settled in and back to your routine.
We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the support network available to all of you at the College. We would like to emphasise that we, alongside the Prefect group, would love to help each and every one of you throughout the year, with whatever it may be. Having gone through the Senior School experience, we understand all the highs and lows and wish to support you through it all. We encourage all of you to come and introduce yourself and ask us questions or offer any ideas.
The School Prefect group has decided on our 2025 motto being 'SQUAD goals'. Five key ideas to help build a positive school environment.
Strive: Striving to achieve your best both in and outside of school.
Quality relationships: Building quality relationships with peers, staff, and other members of the community.
Unity: Working together as a united group to help each other succeed.
Acceptance: Being accepting of all members of our community.
Diversity: Using our differences to create a better and stronger school.
We are focusing on implementing these ideas into assemblies and events, as well as our everyday actions, and encourage you to do the same.
Lastly, we wish you all the best of luck in your 2025 schooling adventures and are confident you will all achieve amazing things.
Zara Goodall-Wilson and Xavier Blood
2025 School Co-Captains