Published on: 6 November 2025

  • Celebrating academic achievements
  • House Swimming Carnival
  • Growing through Excellence

The Preparatory School Awards Assembly takes place this Friday where boys will be recognised for their exceptional achievements across a range of academic competitions. Boys will be recognised from the following academic competitions: ICAS English, Mathematics, Science, Digital Technologies, Writing and Spelling, The Maths Olympiad, The Kangourou sans Frontier Mathematics Competition, The Australian Mathematics Competition, the Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Competition and the Maths Explorer. In all, 101 students will be recognised for distinctions, high distinctions and medals. We are very proud of their achievements, and we look forward to acknowledging their efforts on Friday. Parents of all recipients are invited to attend this assembly.

Next Tuesday boys will participate in their House Swimming Carnival. The Pre-Primary to Year 2 event commences at 9.00am with the Years 3 to 6 carnival commencing at 11.00am. As one of the last House events for the year, students will be eager to try their best to earn valuable house points to see which House will be awarded the Giles Shield. We encourage all boys to try their best and cheer on their fellow House mates.

Last week, students in Years 2 to 6 participated in the final Vertical House Group (VHG) session of 2025. This session focused on the School value for Term 4, Excellence, and the positive effects of having a growth mindset. Boys were asked to document a goal for the end of the year and describe how they would achieve this goal. VHG allows boys to learn more about the School’s values and interact with other year groups. This helps our boys foster a feeling of security and connectedness within our school.

Dr. Steven Males
Head of Preparatory School