Boarding News

From the Boarding Captain

As some of your might know it was National Boarding Week last week. This week happens every year and it is a great way to celebrate how great boarding and boarding students are, this year it happened from 15 to 22 May. This year’s boarding leaders and I discussed several different ideas and things to do but some of them had to be changed due to COVID numbers rising throughout boarding. 

This week the TV screens around the school displayed all things boarding. There were photos from boarders' hometowns and different activities and things we do as boarding students here at GSG. On Wednesday 18 May we had organised an afternoon tea and games day for the boarders and their day student friends from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. Unfortunately, this had to be cancelled as we wanted to keep reduce the spread of colds and COVID. 

Instead, the Years Ten and Eleven boarders had a BBQ dinner at Eyre Park, while the year Twelve boarders stayed back to cook their own dinner due to study overload. Students enjoyed skating, playing basketball, BBQing and climbing on the equipment. 

The Endeavour boarding house (Years Seven to Nine girls) made a giant poster with everything that the girls love about boarding, this was a great way for the girls to think about what they are grateful for within the boarding house and get to know what everyone loves this most about the amazing GSG boarding community. 

The Anchorage boarding house (Years Seven to Nine boys) decided that they were going to make some amazing cupcakes for National Boarding Week. This was a fun activity for the boys, doing something that they wouldn’t usually do and getting to eat the cupcakes.

On Friday night there was a 'firepit and pizza' night to conclude the week of celebrations before majority of the boarders went out for the weekend. This was greatly enjoyed by all the boarders who were in boarding. I never thought I would see so many Dominos’ pizzas in my life. 

Every year ABSA (Australian Boarding Schools Association) has a competition for the boarding schools and this year it was to make a video showing off your boarding community with the F.R.I.E.N.D.S theme song “I’ll be there for you” by The Rembrandts. We got one video together and it is on the ABSA Facebook page for voting. 

With COVID slowly taking over the boarding houses it was good to celebrate everything boarding, the students and staff, recreation activities and even the boarding dogs. 

Maddison Smart | Boarding Captain