During the weekdays, life is busy and full. Lessons are thirty-five minutes long and there are nine lessons during the day. Lunch is provided by our own kitchen with the choice of a hot cooked meal or salad bar. Activities such as orchestra practices, choir, pottery, drama, crafts, chess, juggling, gymnastics, judo, fencing and team sports take place during the course of the week. Day pupils involved in concerts or drama productions sometimes stay on in the evenings. They also take part in outings, excursions and occasional weekend events.
Pupils are expected to do homework every day – the time required depending on the pupil’s age. Parents are encouraged to supervise their children’s homework especially in the case of the younger children. They are asked to sign their child’s planner, adding any comments that they wish. Parents who wish to discuss anything with the staff are encouraged to do so at any time.
Emily's version:
Weekly Boarders Schedule
There is a person on bell duty who rings the bell at 7:15 everyone wakes up and has till 7:45 to get ready for school. At 7:45 the person on bell duty rings the bell again and we all get checked to make sure that we are presentable for school. Next there is a meeting in which you can bring up any problems, complaints and questions you may have. At about 8:00 they send us down for breakfast and we have breakfast till 8:30 and then we all go back up to the boarding house, and clean our teeth and collect our school bags, then we go into school. The school day is the same as a day pupils. When you get back from school at 4:00 the adult on duty will sign you in. You get dressed and then have till 5:50 to do what ever you need or want to do, you must make sure that your rooms are tidy the staff on duty will come around and do a room inspection, there is 1 common room that has a TV and a small kitchen some games and a table. At 5:50 the person on bell duty rings the bell and there is a meeting same as in the morning you can bring up any complaints, questions or problems. At roughly 6:00 we go to dinner and we finish dinner at 6:35 after dinner we go back up to the boarding house and get our school bags for prep. Depending upon your age group you will finish prep at different times, after prep the younger ones have showers and watch TV and ring the parents. Where as older ones will probably hang about chatting to each other and wait a bit to have a shower, but it is entirely up to you in the evening when you have a shower. The bedtimes are scattered according to your year.
Year 3 8:15
Year 4 8:15
Year 5 8:30
Year 6 8:45
Year 7 9:00
Year 8 9:15
Year 9 9:30
Year 10 9:45-10:00
Year 11 10:00-10:30
