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trying to encourage our boys to be-
come all-rounders,” explains Carroll.
“What an all-rounder looks like for us
is someone that works hard, but also
participates in our sporting, cultural,
and public purpose programs.”
In the boarding house it’s in the out-
standing programs that the school
prides itself on in terms of nurturing
bright minds. Williams-Jones, in his
role as Director of Boarding, focuses
specifically on the school’s boarders
as he explains the five strands of the
school’s ‘enrichment’ programs.
Educational enrichment
Boarders are given specialist teach-
ing over the course of the year, which
in essence means that every boarder
gets an extra week of teaching com-
pared to that of their day boy cohort
peer group.
“It offers further support for boarders
in terms of supervision, routines, study
habits and one-to-one assistance from
in-house tutors,” adds Williams-Jones.
Activities Enrichment
The activities enrichment program
for boarders runs seven days a week.
Students have quite a diverse pick
of activities that go well beyond the
classroom, including beach sports,
bushwalking, paintballing, sporting
competitions and on rare occasions,
you may well see some young croon-
ers singing their hearts out at a Sat-