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– The boarding house is a home
away from home for the boys.

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They’ve got some great opportunities to

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form some relationships with staff

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and other students from
all around the world.

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– The boarding house
teachers are very kind

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and take care of us

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and I have made a lot of friends here.

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– Initially, when boys
get here at Burbury House,

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it can be a little bit difficult for them

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because they’ve come from

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potentially halfway across the world.

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So it’s really important for
us to provide an environment

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where they can meet some new people

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and settle in really quickly.

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We’ve got a group of boys
who are really supportive,

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particularly the older boys.

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They tend to take the young boarders

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under their wing a little bit

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and realise the situation
that they’re going through

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because they were there once.

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– One of the great things about boarding

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is that staff and students get to

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work really closely together

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and so we get to develop
close relationships

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and we get to role model

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some really positive behavior to our boys.

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– The biggest thing I love
about the boarding house

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is always being around your mates,

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and it’s great to get to know

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all the boarding house staff here,

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and we’ve formed really
great relationships with them,

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and you can always rely on them

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for a bit of support and help.

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– Our staff are often academic staff

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and so they bring their
academic background

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into the boarding house, which
is fantastic for tutoring.

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– It’s a really great
opportunity here in Tasmania.

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We’ve got a lot of things close by

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that the boys can go and see.

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We’ve got our own little
community here—it’s a family

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and we’re really proud of what
we’ve been able to create.