Friday Activities

Scott Murray

Following our interrupted 2020 program due to COVID-19 restrictions, 2021 began with a whole new world of promise. We had blue skies, boys running around laughing and engaging in activities. We had fish being caught, bowling pins knocked over, weights ‘being pumped’ and bicycle tyres burning rubber for kilometres each and every week. Rotation in the intra-House competition was becoming more and more competitive each week as the points accumulated were counted towards the result of the College House Cup. Competition is certainly fuelled by young men trying to become number one!

As we moved towards winter, we once again had the rug pulled from underneath us and the Friday Activities program was again halted due to COVID-19 for almost the entirety of Semester 2 with the boys forced into a return to Home Based Learning. There was light at the end of the tunnel and as we moved into November and higher vaccination rates, we once again had a return to play. There was indeed a breath of excitement in the boys as it meant no Friday classes inside and once again, being outside and enjoying the opportunities. We can all look towards 2022 with some positivity and a welcome return to our ‘new normal’.

Fishing at Gosford Ice Skating at Erina Rotation Sports