Senior School Report

2021 proved to be another challenging year for sport, activities, and outdoor education, and for the second year in a row, the competition for our annual House Shield was disrupted.

We started the year with promise and purpose and staged the School Swimming Carnival at CISAC. Running on a different model this year, we decided to take competitive swimmers only and ran a carnival to determine individual and House title-holders. The event was a great demonstration of House spirit, with Middleton House taking line honours with excellent individual performances and consistency in relay events. 2nd place went to Sheaffe with Garnsey, always in the hunt, taking 3rd place.

Term 1 continued with optimism, and in the last week of Term, we were able to stage the Cross Country Carnival at Stromlo. Garnsey athletes proved victorious in the endurance format, with Sheaffe and Eddison sharing the podium.

In Term 2, we had the good fortune to offer the House Music Festival, the highlight of the school calendar and the first whole-school event in over twelve months. Burgmann House took out the two-day event and capped off their victory with an excellent performance for House Shout. Eddison and Edwards were also strong and will be amongst the top groups in overall House placings. As always, the House Shied will be a hotly contested and dynamic competition with Academic effort from Semester 1 deciding the final places for 2021.

– Stuart McNeill, Director of Active Education