ROAR THE
Issue 2 | Thursday 10 February 2022
A conversation with the Head of College Mr John Weeks
Thank you Mr Weeding Over the past few days, I have shared with the staff and students that our Deputy Head of College will finish at the College this week. With Mr Weeding's approval, I have shared with them and now with you how the sudden deterioration of his son’s health, requiring regular treatment at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, has forced him to not only resign from school education but relocate back to Sydney. We have all enjoyed working with Mr Weeding during his time with us, and he will be sadly missed. Mr Weeding will be continuing his association with the College by working with our senior staff on HSC matters and with our senior students on HSC preparation. On behalf of the College Community, I thank Mr Weeding for his outstanding service. Mr Justin Adams has been appointed Acting Deputy Head (P-12) and Head of the Senior School. Mr Adams is well known to our community, and he and Mr Weeding have been working closely together to ensure a seamless handover. Programs are returning Due to the restrictions and closure of schools caused by COVID-19, many programs were cancelled over the past two years. We are now back in action, and you will start to read about the return of camps, sports, musicals and other Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K–6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795
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co-curricular options for our students. Camps for Years 7-10 are now linked to our Invictus Program, which began last year. Mr Van Gend, now our Director of Invictus, has written about these camps in this edition of The Roar. I look forward to all 7-10 students preparing for camp through the Invictus Program. Our Co-curricular program is being coordinated by Mr Adams, the Sports program by Mr Wilkinson and the Performing Arts program by Mr Clipsham. They will regularly communicate the many options for students in The Roar, so watch for these. I’ve made it! Thank you again for the safe way you are driving into the campuses. Certainly, the training is paying off at the Senior School. I must admit I enjoy my traffic control duty and your smiling faces. On Tuesday, I was at the Junior School and starting to meet the new Kindergarten children. I stopped to talk to a small group of Kindies with a few other Year 1 and 2 brothers. As I left, the Kindy child said to her older brother, “Who is that man?” He replied “He’s the traffic warden at the Senior School who waves to us when I drop my big brother off each morning”. I’ve made it! Until next week, John Weeks Senior School Traffic Warden
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