From the Headmaster

Dear boys, staff, and parents

So it is, we arrive at the final week of Term 1. Ten weeks of full and vigorous growth and learning have brought us to Holy Week and, hopefully, a period of rest and reflection for students, staff, and families.

In our faith community, Easter is a beautiful time of worship, a time to spend with family, and a time to enjoy the turning of the seasons announcing the arrival of invigorating cooler weather in which to embrace life in all its fullness.

In recent days, we have expressed our Christian foundation, in the Anglican tradition, by worshipping in various chapel services across Prep and Senior Schools, as well as our Sunday evening Boarders’ Chapel Service. Messages of hope and thanksgiving have been central themes at this time of year.

Perhaps the highlight was our beautiful Prep Easter Service held at St John’s Cathedral, led so thoughtfully by Chaplain Stephanie Cotroneo. With the central theme of windows, through which an uplifting light would shine, God’s love for the world, through his son Jesus, was represented in the collection of 61 windows featured on all sides of the Cathedral building. As well as following the story of many of the major cathedral windows, the students sang songs of worship and led prayers of thanksgiving to remind everyone of the true meaning of Easter.

We are very fortunate to live and work in a place in which freedom of worship and adherence to our Christian traditions are so central to our daily lives. We are the benefactors of traditions that are centuries in the making, and we have the privilege of passing these traditions on to the next generation.

I wish you and your family a holy, restful and safe Easter time.

In so many ways, this has been a wonderful term and a great start to our 113th year. I offer my thanks for all you have done to support the students, staff and Churchie community this term, and I look forward to the opportunities in Term 2.

Yours sincerely

Dr Alan Campbell
Headmaster