Musgrave House

LIBERATO VINECCIA – CAPTAIN

I feel grateful to have been the Musgrave House Captain this year. This has been a very good year for Musgrave and it has been a pleasure working alongside the Vice-captains of this great House, Vishaak, Nikai and Stirling. I have been at TSS for seven years now and I’ve looked up to the other captains and how they lead by example and that’s who I wanted to be. Musgrave is fantastic at working as a team and hopefully this stays on for more generations. The highlight of being Musgrave House Captain was looking at all the boys cheering the other boys on, and I’m sure they were very happy if they came last or first.

Good luck for the years to come mighty Musgrave

STIRLING MCINNES – VICE-CAPTAIN.

This year it was my privilege to be Musgrave Vice-captain working alongside Liberato, Vishaak and Nikai. I have loved being in Musgrave from Reception to Year 6. I have relished the encouragement, friendship, teamwork and effort of the mighty Musgrave boys. I have absolutely loved having Mr Hamilton as my Housemaster as he has encouraged everybody in Musgrave House to give anything a good go. Overall I have loved my time as Vice- captain and I will miss all the boys in Musgrave, the Prep Campus and the staff.

NIKAI PHILLIPS – VICE-CAPTAIN

This year at TSS Prep I had the honour of being the Musgrave Vice-captain and being allowed to lead my other Musgrave members alongside Liberato, Stirling and Vishaak. When this opportunity came along in Term Two I immediately started preparing for the captaincy speeches. It was a pleasure to also be leading with Mr Hamilton our Amazing Housemaster and the staff. I am very proud to wear this badge every day in my last year at Prep. I hope that the other captains to come enjoy this experience just as much as I did.

VISHAAK GANGASANDRA – VICE-CAPTAIN

I was honoured to be the Musgrave Vice-Captain of 2014. I have enjoyed my journey as a captain and I have loved the experience. All of the Musgravians have been very friendly to me and have welcomed me to this fantastic House during my time at TSS. The other three captains, Stirling, Liberato and Nikai, have been fabulous and have helped me as a leader. The responsibility as a captain was a lot at first, but soon I got used to it and being a captain has taught me so much. I have been here since Year 2 and I have loved the Musgrave spirit of everyone in the House. My last year at Prep has been such a great experience.

BRIAN ROWE

Shepherd Housemaster

Schools are funny places really – each year we farewell students as they move onward in their journey, and each year we welcome newies to the fold, moving up to fill the gap left. And somewhat surprisingly we expect things to go on as normal – but of course they don’t. Each year the students moving to leadership roles and the younger students moving into the wider House activities bring their own ‘different’ way of doing things, and indeed their own different personalities and characters.

It isn’t better or worse – it’s just different. And so it was this year again for Shepherd. Although obviously a little nervous at the start, the Year 3s brought their brand of energy and excitement to the House, and the Year 6 Leaders brought their new way of wanting to do things. And here we are some 10 months later reflecting on what has been. 2014 has been a year of successes in so many ways. We retained the House Music Shield; won House Chess; won House Tennis; raised a record amount ($3200) at the Shepherd House Cake Stall for the Serbian Flood Appeal and Multiple Sclerosis; sponsored a high-achieving young man in Cambodia in Year 10 to enable him to continue his schooling; introduced a second war cry; had individuals in the House win various awards at National, State, Regional, Local and School level; and continued be competitive (and attempted to be hard to beat!) at House Touch, Basketball, Cricket, Soccer, Athletics, Cross Country and Swimming. All in all a year from which all Shepherdites can extract much pride – both in competition and in philanthropic activities. As we farewell our Year 6s to their Senior School Houses, I am reminded of a quote I read recently from Dr Seuss – “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” Good luck in your future endeavours and thanks for your commitment to the Green machine. Special thanks to Captain Lachlan Goldie who has been outstanding in the role, and to his loyal and hardworking Vice-captains Ben Navratil and Spencer Lee.

And to the 2015 Year 3s (this year’s Year 2s) waiting in the wings to take us by storm next year – we are ready!

In conclusion may I state that Kermit’s signature line “It’s not easy being green” doesn’t hold up here. Because undoubtedly –

It’s great to be green!!!!