Message from the

Head of Senior School

It is a very strange feeling to be writing to you all for the last time!

It is a very strange feeling to be writing to you all for the last time! I have really enjoyed my ten years as Head of Senior School and my forty years at KWS – it is a wonderful school, and what makes it wonderful is the students and their families. I will miss my direct connections with you all and hope that I will see many of you in my post-KWS life and travels! I hope to go back to my roots a little by visiting the country areas of NSW where I grew up and where so many of our school families come from.

The students are either finishing or part-way through exams. These have gone smoothly, thanks to the good work of many staff behind the scenes (in organising) and in the exam rooms (supervising). Reports will be sent early in the holidays, so please keep an eye out for those.

Speech Day is Wednesday 5 December, as you all no doubt know. It will finish by midday and students are free to go home after the ceremony. They must be in full and immaculate uniform, including blazers, and with their shoes polished. Speech Day is always a very significant occasion so it is compulsory for students and I encourage parents to attend too. We round off the school year, and mark the achievements and efforts of so many people, so please do feel warmly invited. Please see the Speech Day page of this Bulletin for more detailed information about Speech Day itself (including parking arrangements) and the days leading up to it.

Finally, I would like to thank the whole school community for its strong and encouraging support over very many years. My time here has been marked by some very large personal challenges, not least the death of my husband, Russell, in 1991. At that time Kinross Wolaroi supported me and my children in both practical and emotional terms – I will never forget everyone’s kindness. I hope I have been able to repay that generosity of spirit with good humour, loyalty, hard work and a commitment to your children and all that is best for them. I know you will all extend a very warm welcome to James Boyd, who will take over my role as Head of Senior School as well as taking on the new Deputy Principal position.

I wish you all a relaxing holiday period, a great festive season and all the very best for the future.

Bev West

Head of Senior School