Published on: 9 June 2021

  • Respect in the School
  • Speakers’ Challenge Final
  • Access Asia Week

Over the course of Term 2, the Preparatory School has continued to focus on the core values of the School. This term our value is Respect, and the boys are shown ways they can demonstrate respect to their peers, teachers and families. All the boys are able to gain house points for displaying respect around the school and these points contribute to the ‘Values Cup’ which is awarded to the winning House each term. Last week, our Vertical House Groups participated in an activity where the boys were asked to demonstrate ways of displaying respect across the school. Many of the answers included keeping our school and classrooms clean and tidy, helping boys if they are hurt or needing assistance, taking care of our new playground, using good manners, sharing and demonstrating care when walking through the hallways. We are extremely proud to see how our boys are learning to respect our school community.

The Year 5 and 6 Speakers’ Challenge Final was held in the Chapel last week and it was a wonderful display of oratory skills from the sixteen finalists. Boys were most impressive with their intonation, content, use of gestures and their ability to engage their audience. Congratulations to the following boys who will be presenting their speeches at the IPSHAA Senior Speaker’s Challenge at Scotch College on June 23:

  • Edward Keogh (6JU): A Most Unusual Kebab
  • Alex Harrison (6JM): Teachers are Aliens
  • Harrison Camacho (5SM): Being the Young Brother

 

Each year the Preparatory School celebrates Access Asia Week to celebrate Asian cultures in the local community, offer opportunities for boys to learn about and engage with various Asian cultures, to understand their global connections and to develop their understandings of intercultural understandings. A number of cultural experiences are offered to the boys throughout the week, culminating in the Access Asia Assembly on Friday morning. Japanese origami workshops, Bollywood dancing workshops and the lunch time screening of Raya and the Last Dragon have all been enjoyed by boys this week. The Prep School Chinese Guzheng Ensemble will make their first performance at assembly tomorrow featuring Patrick Day, Artin Vahedi, Gideon van Niekerk, Chase Yuen, Sam Crossley, Lucas Page, Hayden Chan and Raymond Moswen who have all been rehearsing during lunch times with guidance from Miss Chen. A big thank you to Liu Lao Shi for her efforts in making this a wonderful week for the boys to enjoy.

The JPSSA Interschool Cross Country is held this Friday at Wesley College and we wish all our runners the best of luck as they compete against the other PSA Schools.

This week’s SchoolTV edition looks at the topic of resilience. Being able to overcome difficult situations, disappointment and the challenges of growing up all take time and support along the way. Helping our boys to remain positive and deal with difficulties helps them to develop a confident outlook for their journey ahead.

Congratulations to the following Building Good Men recipients for this week.

Dr Steven Males
Head of Preparatory School