HOUSE REPORTS

Gandhi House

Gandhi House is gearing up for a busy and exciting 2023!

I recently stuck an important quote which I hope will resonate with our “Reds” by Kobe Bryant, “Everything negative –pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise”. After a successful 2022 with a championship win in the House Cup, we are ready to defend our title and continue our reign in the year ahead. We are the house to beat, the pressure is on!

The Gandhi Dance Squad has been working hard to put together an outstanding routine for Sync Swim that is sure to impress! Parents are warmly invited to join us at Claremont Pool for the carnival and festivities.

We have always taken pride in encouraging everyone to get involved and have a go, and this is evident in the diverse range of talents we had on display last year. Whether it’s racing or pulling off your best dance moves in the water, Gandhi House is all about having fun and participating, and we can’t wait to show the other Houses what we’ve got in the upcoming events! “Strength in numbers”, that has always been the Gandhi House mantra, because we all work as a cohesive unit to ensure our victory and success on the day. In Gandhi everyone is welcome and everyone has am important part to play. As Head of Gandhi House it is my role to ensure that this happens.

In Week 4, we have the Gandhi House Sundowner. This is a new event which is for all Gandhi House Parents and will take place on Thursday 23 February. Whether you have been with us for a while, or you are a newcomer to our amazing family, this is an event not to be missed! We look forward to seeing you there – do please join us and come dressed in red to keep the Gandhi spirit strong.

Later in the term we will have the annual Gandhi Charity Day Colour Run. This takes place in the afternoon of the final day of Term One – Friday 6 April. This event brings the School community together for a day of fun and fundraising. Expect to see more information about this in upcoming Dragon articles as we get closer to the date!

A warm welcome to all of our new Gandhi Families and a welcome back to our returning Gandhites!

Mr Peter Quan Head of Gandhi House

Lincoln House

It has been an incredibly busy and exciting start to Term One here at St George’s Anglican Grammar School.

Preparations for Sync Swim and the Swimming Carnival are well underway, and we are looking forward to getting back into the pool as a House once again. It was part of the carnival that due to COVID we weren’t able to perform last week.

I would like to welcome our new PCG teachers to Lincoln: Ms McGaw, Mr Janicke, Ms Jonas and Ms Yoxall. I too have a new PCG this year, PCG 8, and I am looking forward to my daily meeting with my Lincoln students. It has been wonderful to have a PCG again this year.

We had a great year in Lincoln last year, really giving Gandhi a run for their money in Term Two, until they broke away after the Athletics Carnival in Term Three. As such our goal for this year is as always to build on the strong sense of House spirit that we cherish in Lincoln House. It is also my desire to increase participation within the House and to this end we have a new Lincoln House noticeboard on Level 2 as well as House Week happening each term where there will be new possibilities for our healthy competitive spirit to come shining through. My challenge to all Lincoln students this year is to participate and sign up for at least one event for the upcoming Swimming Carnival and to ‘have a go’ and ‘get involved’ – the more we take part, the more points we gain and the more fun students will have. I would love to see a Lincoln student in every race if possible – that’s my challenge to all within Lincoln House this year.

Let’s work together to make this another fantastic year in Lincoln House!

Vincent Lim Head of Lincoln House

Mandela House

My name is Mr Tom Dempers, and it is my great honour and privilege to be the Acting Head of Mandela House for 2023 whilst Ms Jamie Pedler is on maternity leave enjoying her new little baby. Ms Pedler is till with us at the moment and is likely to be leaving on or around March 20th. I know I speak for all within Mandela House that we wish her all the very best with her baby and we hope to see her and the baby dressed in green at future house events supporting Mandela.

This year is shaping out to be an action-packed, eventful year and I am looking forward to what is in store for Mandela House. I have every confidence that together we will be table to take the House Cup away from Gandhi House. Green after all is the powerhouse!

We have some new initiatives this year, so you will be hearing more from me in the coming weeks about what this entails for your child.

When going around to some of the students and staff of Mandela House, asking them what Mandela means to them, these are some of the words they used to describe our House, a crazy family, fiercely competitive, great relationships with everyone, supportive and different.

Mandela is a truly special place, where students are encouraged to thrive and be their best while Growing Together (our House motto).

It is my goal to make your child feel welcomed, to enjoy themselves and to be proud to call Mandela House their home.

I am looking forward to the upcoming Swimming Carnival and warmly welcome you to come dressed in green to support us in our endeavours to start the year off positively and win the swimming and Sync Swim!

Benjamin took park in the 4 x 1500m relay with his swimming club, UWA and came away with a gold medal and national title. What an achievement!

Benjamin Manning Year 9

Benjamin recently competed at the Australian Open Water Championships held in Busselton, which saw the best of the ocean swimming community across Australia come together in a festival environment.

Let’s go Green Machine!

Mr Tom Dempers Head of Mandela House

Congratulations from all the St George’s community Benjamin and keep up the amazing work.