Murray House Welcome Back Letter - Term 2

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Mark Holliday
Murray Housemaster

01 May 2018

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to term 2, I trust for the most part your boys have had a good break and are ready
to hit the ground running.

It has been a busy holiday for many with a number of sports festival across all age groups, public
speaking competitions as well as overseas basketball and STEM tours. We have had a number of
boys involved in each of these and I look forward to hearing the report backs in the coming weeks.

Having gone through all your sons’ reports I am delighted with some of the excellence that has
been achieved and progress that has been made. There are obviously the odd cases where we
could possible perform better or see boys extend themselves but on the whole I have been
impressed with how the house has begun the year. With Journey moving to the third term we really
did seem to build some good momentum in the house and school and I am certain this will
continue into this term.

The leadership team have set a good tone throughout this first term and I will be looking to
challenging them further. I am also hoping this term will give me the time to engage more on a
personal level with each of the tutor groups.

As you would know the second term usually starts off with a bang and it is no different this year with
an action packed weekend first up. We will be playing a full winter sport fixture against Pretoria
Boys over Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. As well as enjoying a combined family night with
Knoll on Sunday evening. Please see dates to diaries below for more details on this event and
others.

Dates to Diaries

There are a number of exciting events happening through the course of the term which I would
like you to please take note of.

 Sunday 6th May – Family Night (Combined family night with Knoll from 17:00 to 19:00.
Compulsory for boys, families are encouraged to attend.)

 Monday 14th May – PA Meeting.
 Saturday 26th May – Old Boys Winter Sports Day vs St David’s.
 Saturday 2nd June – Sport vs St Charles (Hosting on Friday night).
 Sunday 3rd June – Form 4 Ladies and Lads (Invitation to follow).
 Saturday 9th June – Free weekend (No Sport or cultural activities).
 Monday 11th June – PA Meeting.
 Saturday 16th June – Form 5 Murray Men’s Evening (Invitation to follow).
 Friday 22nd June to Monday 2nd July – Half Term.
 Thursday 27th July – Final Countdown Concert.
 Saturday 29th July – Athletics Day.
 Thursday 2nd August – Cultural Day.

It takes a school with vision to prepare a young man for life

I am excited about the involvement and comradery that the second term brings and I look forward
to engaging with you and your sons at some stage through the term.
Kind regards,

Mark

Mark Holliday
Murray Housemaster

It takes a school with vision to prepare a young man for life