Living at the College

As the scholastic year 2022/23 is coming to an end, the corridors of St Edward’s College will be quiete, silent and in peace for a few days after busy weeks of lessons and myriad activities. This year, the Extra-Curricular Activities Department saw over 175 applications for live-ins that ranged from Year 5 all the way up to the Year 11s.

These live-ins are the highlight of the year for most of our students who look forward to sleep for 2 nights here at College. Arriving on Wednesday early morning (some even by 7am!) with huge suitcases, you would imagine these young men were travelling for a month away from home! They always make a sweet sight especially when those few who are not accompanied by their parents and thus come by school transport, are helped out by the older students to take the luggage up our ancient staircases. The live-in rooms, that this year were furnished with new bunk-beds, would be buzzing with laughter and excitement as some apprehensive parents help their children settle in the room, make the bed and bid them farewell.

At lunch time the boys met for the first time Chef Shaun Cefai and some reacquainted themselves with Mr Mark Tierney, who prepared for the boys heartly lunches and dinners and offer sweet cookies at tea-time. After-school is when the real fun begins and this year we had different activities lined up for the boys: teasure hunts around the classrooms, treasure hunts to discover all the knooks and crannies of the school (Do you know where the Graham Laboratories are?), laser-tag, movie nights, cops and robbers, infected, one-touch, penalty-shoot-outs, cake-decorating competitions and much more!

Mystery stories surrounding the ghost legend of Preca were not forgotten, concert-practice was also included and sceance prayers in honour of all those who perished on our grounds during WWI; were just a few of the many anecdotes that the students were able to recount back home. Countless snacks were consumed, popcorn was shared, walks around in blankets and flip-flops, impromptu pillow fights and torches flickering in the dark... the Live-Ins at St Edward’s are where memories of a lifetime are created and these wouldn’t be possible without our dedicated team of educators who spend their time with students to supervise them and make sure all activities take place for everyone’s enjoyment.

We hope to be able to offer a lovely experience to all the boys next year and to entice new students to join us too!