Year 10

Scott Beattie

I would like to start this reflection by thanking the Year 10 Cohort. I could recount the exhaustive list of events or opportunities that this cohort has not been able to experience this year, but it would only detract from the resilience, positivity, and resourcefulness these young men have shown in adversity this year. Their participation during Home Based Learning was amazing and the envy of many Central Coast Schools. Despite the disruptions we still had many wonderful experiences this year, highlighted by the Swimming Carnival, RYDA Excursion, Athletics Carnival, Careers Expo and the Year 10 Retreat.

The Year 10 Retreat at North Avoca Surf Club is the start of our senior retreat program and was a true witness of the growth of our year group. We explored our spirituality and the joys and responsibilities of being a good man. While not physically challenging, retreats can be emotionally challenging. The mature and respectful way Year 10 engaged in the day is a true testament of their openness and willingness to grow as young St Edward’s men.

The theme for Year 10 is ‘Leadership and Involvement’. I wish to congratulate the Year 10 Leadership group, Fletcher Moore, Blake Downs, Jivesh Shonak, Daniel Herd, Alex Lara, Jack Vaughan, Jayden Redfern and Thomas Hunt for the positive way they engaged in their training, and their planning of a health initiative on Vaping that we will launch next year. I would like to encourage all students who have leadership aspirations, to join a portfolio or extra-curricular school group in 2022. We will again seek expressions of interest for leadership opportunities early in 2022 and then students will have the opportunity to apply for College Prefect later in the year. Evidence of participation in school activities will be essential for your Prefect application, so get involved.

To our wonderful parents and guardians. Thank you for entrusting us with the education of your sons, and the support you have shown us in this challenging school year. 2022 will be an exciting year as your son starts his HSC journey.

I would like to conclude with the passage I read at our final Year 10 Liturgy, written by the Danish Theologian Soren Kierkegaard. Its ideals I hope you can draw inspiration from as we conclude a difficult year, and look forward to a new year, full of opportunity and promise. “

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, ” sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Year 10

Aldrick, Benjamin Allwood, Hugh Attard, Joel Attard, Travis Bailey, Levi Barber, Simon

Bates, Harry Beard, Luka Benson, Jordon Binding, Jack Blomfield, Samuel Blunt, Benjamin

Boffo, Austin Bonham, Joseph Boylan, Luke Brazier, Jesse Breen, Tom Broadstock, Liam

Broomfield, Isaac Browning, William Bullen, Sean Burgess, Taylin Butcher, Rhys Carter-Mason, Leroy

Cartlidge, Jakob Caynes, Harrison Chilvers, Kye Clarke, William Clift, John Cohen, Ethan

Year 10

Cunico, Roman Cutting, Alexander Davis, Oska Dawson, Oliver Day, Dylan Deacon, Aidan

Diamond, Kieran Dibley, Samuel Dimech, Harley Dorrell, Tyrone Dowling, Maxwell Downs, Blake

Duncan, Jake Duncan, Troy Eager, Sebastian Elwin, Drew Escott, Brendan Evans, Harry

Ford, Heath Foster, Luke Foyel, Jaycob Gately, Nicholas Gibson, Lachlan Gilston, Callum

Gomez, Rayden Grima-Smith, Christian Gunn, Hamish Hall, Cohen Halls, Kurt Harada, Luke

Year 10

Hobson, Callum Hodder, William Hodges, Liam Hogan, Kalen Holliday, Kye Hong, Leo

Hudson, Christian Hughes, Ryan Hughes, Noah Hunt, Thomas Hutchins, Noah Jones, Angus

Judd, Joshua Kane, William Kelly, Conor Kidd, Noah Kirkland, Thomas Knighton, Kai

Kregting, Tobias Lara, Alexander Lavery, Daniel Lavin, Bailey Lawton, Thomas Leete, Mitchell

Lewis, Josef Lloyd-Phillips, Darcy Lomis, Artemi Lyons, Taj Marotta, Oliver Marsters, Luke

Year 10

McIntosh, Blaine McKenna, Connor McRae, Sunny Medina, Marley Mercer, Joshua Mexon, Hayden

Milner, Jack Mitchell, Harrison Moore, Fletcher Morgan, Jack Morgan, Jarrod Mussalli, Hunter

Nakagawa, Noah Naylor-Adams, Brayden Newell, Fynn Newlands, Emmett Nguyen, Andrew Nilsson, James

Nix, Baxter Nix, Mitchell Nolan, Tobias Notley, Cooper Ofahengaue, Sione Pantle-Bentham, Trent

Peters, Flynn Plummer, Bradley Pozo, Adrian Probert, Bayden Rankin, Jude Rankin, William

Year 10

Rollston, David Rowan, Nicholas Russell, Lucas Ryan, Isaac Salter, Koby Sammut, Corey

Sawyer, Patrick Sayles, Rhyan Schoch, Cooper Seale, Kayne Shaddock, William Sherratt, Lachlan

Shonak, Jivesh Sirio, Andre Smith, Zane Smith, Fletcher Smith, Ryley Smith, Malachi

Stafford, Mason Stansfield, Benjamin Sterland, Elliot Stiffle, Harrison Stolz, Talon Straker, Zachary

Stride, Max Thorndike, Cooper Tkac, Joshua Toohey, Matthew Tucker, Calan Turnbull, Lachlan

Year 10

Walsh-Catanzaro, Aiden Walters, Calum Watkins, Charlie Watson, Beau Werner, Tahj White, Keenan

Whitmore, Thomas Willey, Nicolas Woolford, Jonty Wright, Jonah Wylie, Oscar Xuereb, Dylan

Absent: Oliver Bettison, Chris Macdonald, Jayden Redfern, Ben Ruskin, Riki Smith, Toby Stephenson