Lavarack Head of House

FROM THE HEAD

OF LAVARACK HOUSE

COURAGE -

STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE

SERVICE -

LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE OTHERS

EFFORT -

PERFECT EFFORT IN EVERYTHING YOU DO

These values are now known as the ‘Lavarack Legacies’ and will remain the foundations of Lavarack House into the future. Each year, Lavarack will also have a theme and a Bible verse attached to it. In 2022 the theme was ‘Getting into the Arena’, based on the famous Theodore Roosevelt speech.

The associated Bible verse was Isaiah 40:31 – “But those

who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.”

The focus for students in 2022 was to step into the arena and give new activities a go, despite what others may think.

The competition for Spirit points across the three InterHouse sporting Carnivals was, again, hotly contested. Attendance was a major focus for Lavarack across these Carnivals, and I am proud to say that Lavarack was in the top two Houses for attendance at each carnival. Lavarackians also voiced their House Spirit through some stirring renditions of the favourite war cry ‘The Lavarack Army’. An additional war cry ‘Lavarack Fanatics’ was also introduced to the repertoire in 2022. The athletic prowess of Lavarack students was also on show as many students won age championships and placed highly in their respective Athletics, Cross Country, and Swimming events.

Two Redeemer favourites, Pavement Art and RecyKle, were also completed in 2022. Pavement Art was a great example of how each student can contribute their own gifts and talents to benefit the whole community. Our artists stepped up to produce some fantastic murals and were rewarded by winning the First Place Shield. A strong team of cyclists also ‘stepped into the arena’ to ride as hard as they could for a total of twenty minutes at RecyKle. In between creating devotions for weekly House Assemblies, Home Groups also enjoyed competing against each other in the Inter-House Trivia and Riddle Challenge, which is a legacy from the 2021 Lavarack Captains.

In closing, I would like to thank all Lavarack students who contributed to the House community in 2022 and lived out the Lavarack Legacies through their everyday actions. In particular, the 2022 Lavarack House Captains, Sophie Garbutt and Maddy Vela, who went above and beyond in their duties as student leaders. The notion that you do not need a badge to be a leader was also displayed by many Lavarack Senior students in 2022, with all students pitching in to contribute to the Lavarack community.

MR ANTHONY JEFFES

LAVARACK HEAD OF HOUSE