Co-Curricular

In Time and Tune

For many of our boys, this week is the beginning of the 2025/26 ISA Summer Sport Season and Performing Arts calendar. New teams or groups, new coaches or tutors, and a new rhythm to our co-curricular life.

Training sessions have already begun to hum: cricket nets snapping, basketballs echoing through the gym and yard, baseballs hit in steady time over SPC 2. Across the College, students are also stepping into rehearsals for ensembles, productions, and showcases that will illuminate the final weeks of the year. It’s a season of preparation and participation that will lead to performance. A season of getting in time and in tune.

There’s something about Term 4 and the winding down of the year that feels different. Each term’s start has its own vibe, begins with a certain tempo, gathers momentum through engagement and routine. Our Co-Curricular Program, much like a symphony, relies on the collective effort of many parts – some leading, some supporting, some holding the rhythm so that others can shine.

Watching a cricket session this week, between deliveries in the nets, one boy kept calling out encouragement to his teammates. Nothing extraordinary, just the simple rhythm of positivity: “Nice ball!” “Good try!” “Well bowled!” It was like a good percussionist keeping time. His voice filled the quiet spaces and gave the group a steady pulse.

Our performing arts students know this feeling well. An orchestra can’t function if every musician plays at their own pace; a cast can’t tell a story if they don’t listen for their cues. The same truth applies to teams on the field and communities in daily life. We flourish when we listen out for one another. When we move, speak, and act in harmony.

St Paul wrote to the Corinthians that “there are many parts, but one body” (1 Corinthians 12:20). It’s a truth we see lived out weekly in our co-curricular spaces. When we align our rhythm to that of others with patience and generosity, we find something greater than performance. We find belonging.

Adam Watson

Director of Co-Curricular

"Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just, and beautiful..." Plato