When finalising your child's packing for the upcoming term please be mindful that there is not a lot of space for each of the students and that over packing can make organising their rooms difficult as well as keeping them tidy and clean.
Also, this term we are asking you as parents and guardians to not supply your children with:
- Energy drinks (Red Bull, V, Mother)
- Large amounts of lollies and chips
- More than a six pack of soft drink (if you have to)
- Two Minute Noodles/Mee Goreng
- Cans of Spray on Deodorant
- Lots of Money!
We often find that these are being consumed at times of the day that then interfere with what is being eaten at dinner time and quite frankly are not healthy for them. We support them in moderation but last year we were very concerned at the amount that some children were consuming.
We would also ask that you please refrain from delivering KFC, McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, etc to students in the Boarding Houses as it does not support us in promoting healthy eating habits and is unfair to other students within our boarding community. If you are in town and wish to treat your children for dinner then please arrange to sign them out for the evening.
Throughout the term we will be organising pizza nights and other opportunities for the students to enjoy a take away meal but we would prefer this to become the occassional and not the normal.
Please do remember to pack football boots, mouth guards, sneakers and anything else that the students are going to need for school, forgetting these both impacts on the children themselves and us.