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Mansfield House Captains
FROM THE MANSFIELD
HOUSE CAPTAINS
AT THE END OF 2021, WE DECIDED THAT 2022 WOULD BE A YEAR FOCUSED ON HIGH ENGAGEMENT AND CREATING A DISCOURSE OF COMPETITION WITHIN MANSFIELD HOUSE. WE BELIEVED THAT WITH HIGH ENGAGEMENT WOULD COME HIGH REWARDS, AS WELL AS SOME BIG WINS. TO ENSURE OUR MANSFIELD PEERS FELT INVESTED IN THE HOUSE AND BELIEVED WE WERE STRONG COMPETITORS, WE PRACTICED POSITIVE ROLE MODELLING AND ENERGISED YOUNGER STUDENTS THROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT.
Despite some delays, the 2022 Inter-House competitions began in the first week of Term 2 with the Senior School Cross Country Carnival. The day proved to be one of incredible success for Mansfield House. Student participation, achievement, and spirit was at an all-time high, resulting in a clean sweep of both the House Spirit Award and the Cross Country Shield! The House Spirit Award celebrated improvement in spirit, involvement, excitement, and pride, and was greatly celebrated within our House. Winning the Cross Country Shield, however, marked the first time any current Senior School student had seen a Senior School Carnival win for Mansfield. The win at Cross Country has been an integral foundation for all the improvements we have seen within our House this year.
A busy Term 2 also saw achievements across the annual Pavement Art competition, and the Athletics Carnival. Pavement Art resulted in the creation of three beautiful artworks from the competing Senior, Middle and Mixed teams. A House foundation, developed at the start of the year, was “From little things, big things grow”. Our ‘little’ win at Cross Country saw an evident ‘big’ change in the spirit, teamwork and competitiveness displayed at the Athletics Carnival. Both days of the Carnival were filled with House rivalry, positivity and pride. ‘The 80s’ Athletics Carnival theme was taken onboard by record numbers of students and teachers, with 80s music, dancing and some DJ-ing, ensuring there was plenty of fun! Another central theme for this year was ‘Daring Greatly’ and so many of our House members stepped out of their comfort zones and courageously ‘dared greatly’. It was these efforts that earned us a Second place at the Carnival after placing Third on the first day. We are so proud of Mansfield’s efforts at the Athletics Carnival.
Term 3 held RecyKle. With some sickness creating some hiccups, we were incredibly thankful to our reserves and other members of Mansfield House who stepped up. This ability to persevere was met with the incredible efforts of each team member. These efforts resulted in an outstanding First place! Evident in the teams constant cheering and exhaustion, were the ‘Mansfield Mantras’ of pride, positivity, participation and perseverance. As we write this, we await the ‘At the Beach’ Swimming Carnival results. Regardless, the members of Mansfield House will continue to represent our mantras and ‘dare greatly’ each day.
Finally, we would like to thank the members of Mansfield House who we feel so honoured to have represented. We would like to acknowledge the amazing Mansfield staff, who have worked so hard to help build culture within our House, as well as contributing to the creativity and posters for each Carnival and event. We are so incredibly proud of everyone’s efforts this year. We owe a great BIG thank you to Mrs Wright. Mrs Wright’s introduction as Head of House has seen a drastic culture shift in Mansfield House these last few years and we wouldn’t be where we are right now without her.
