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Inter-House competition provides opportunities
for developing leadership and community spirit.
Competition takes place in a range of sporting
and cultural events. International week provides
opportunities for students of all cultures to
celebrate their differences.
Boarding Houses are also required to assist
in community projects such as collections for
the IHC, Red Cross, Salvation Army and Braille
Week. All Houses offer minor administrative
roles as well as major leadership roles such as
Head of House, Deputy Head of House and
Sports Captain.
Lockers
Students in both the boarding and day houses
will all be issued with a secure locker for the safe
storage of their property. The Housemaster will
issue a key to the student at the start of the year,
and this needs to be kept in a safe place. If a
key is lost, a spare key can be obtained from the
Housemaster. The cost of the replacement key
will be charged to the student.
Students can access their lockers before school,
at interval and lunch break, as well as at the end
of the school day.
STUDENT LEADERS
School Prefects
Prefects are appointed each year by the
Headmaster following consultation with senior
staff, Housemasters, teachers and students.
Applications from Year 12 students to attend
the annual Leadership Camp in September are
called for in June. After receiving feedback from
the Leadership Camp’s coordinators and school
staff, approximately 32 students are interviewed
late in October.
Heads of School and Deputy Heads of School
are announced at the annual Prize Giving, held
in December. Heads of House are announced
at the end-of-year House Dinners. School
Prefects are announced in the new school year.
A Prefects’ Induction Service is held early in
Term 1.
All Prefects undergo an orientation programme
and meet regularly with the Headmaster, Deputy
Headmaster, Chaplain and the Director of
Extra-Curricular Activities. Prefects are allocated
portfolios which represent areas of responsibility
such as Culture, Sport, International Affairs,
Social and Publicity.
PASTORAL CARE SYSTEM
One of the ‘benchmarks’ for the successful and
effective running of any school is its pastoral care
services.
The central aim of St Paul’s is to encourage and
support students to achieve to their potential. In
terms of academic potential, every staff member
has a part to play, whether teaching in the
classroom or not, to ensure that our students
learn well and achieve well, and to help students
find out what they are good at, or talented in. In
the words of William Butler Yeats, “Education is
not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.”
This also applies to personal potential. Just
as every parent watches over, cares for and
supports their child’s growth in the home and
community, so every teacher and staff member
at St Paul’s Collegiate School is, to some extent,
involved in the pastoral care of students. Each
staff member stands ‘in loco parentis’ (in place of
the parents) during the hours of school and in
the case of boarders, for 24 hours a day.
House System Central
to Pastoral Care
At St Paul’s, pastoral care is enshrined and
nurtured first and foremost through the House
system. Every student is a member of a day or
boarding House. Under the umbrella of the
wider St Paul’s family, House staff and senior
students work as teams to give each student a
sense of belonging, contribution and purpose.
For many parents and families, the Housemaster
is the first point of contact at St Paul’s for any
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