Preparing for Boarding

To prepare for boarding life, it is recommended that students learn to do a certain amount of self care to make their transition easier:

• Communications is the most important issue in boarding
• Make their own bed
• Care for and organise their own belongings, pack their own school bag daily
• Maintain a tidy room
• Willingly to socialise and mix with others
• Willingly to hold a conversation with someone new
• Know how to use an iron correctly 
• Be able to manage a washing machine and clothes dryer
  

We recommend parents discuss the following issues with boarding students before they arrive at the Boarding House:

• Taking part in activities and balancing leisure with studies
• Personal hygiene – showering daily, using deodorant and managing menstruation
• Healthy eating habits
• Asking for help when feeling lost, overwhelmed or worried 
• Dangers of the internet and appropriate use of technology and social media
• Budgeting, is a very important skill when the girls are at school
• Why you have chosen or agreed to boarding for your daughter and how you will be supporting this decision as a family?
• Always have an open mind and sense of adventure.