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.