Welcome to boarding at St. John’s.

We are excited that you chose to be a part of our Boarding family. We enjoy being among young people and being able to influence their lives – be a part of their lives. We are passionate in making the Boarding House a safe, respectful and homely environment, ensuring that boarders in every age group feel a sense of belonging and are able to be an individual whether full, weekly or flexi-boarding.

Your experience in boarding will offer inspiring and full of new opportunities to you. You will quickly become a part of our family, making new friends, spend time together as a family, with older students offering help and support to those new and younger boarders.

We are committed to making sure that you embrace fully the joy and wonder of school life at St. John’s. We will support you with your studies during Formal Study time. Once the studies are finished, we will be able to cater various interests of all boarders, be it arts or crafts, watching movies in the TV room, playing pool, or simply relaxing in the common areas or in the garden.

We foster a sense of independence and expect our boarders to carry out duties and tasks that will equip them for later life.

Being a houseparent is a very rewarding and fascinating experience for us. You will find us willing to help and support you in the best way we could. We are there for you at all the times you need us.

We look forward to warmly welcoming you to our boarding family and we are sure you will love your time with us.

Fernan and Annafe Malinab, Boarding House parents

Boarding life encourages collaboration, communication, compromise and camaraderie 24 hours a day. Students have the opportunity to engage in round-the-clock educational experience, including weekend activities. Boarding is a transformative experience for students, as they learn to be independent, set priorities,take initiative and develop interpersonal skills – essential skills for future success. To support the holistic development, students have access to educational, cultural and sporting activities seven days a week.

7:00 - Wake up call, time to wash and dress.

Remember to make your bed and check your
bag, sports kits or any other items you might need.

7:45 - Breakfast for boarders

8:20 - Off to school

8:30 – 15:35 - Core school day

16:00 – 18:00 - After school activities

18:15 - Dinner for boarders.
Sometimes you will be joined by day students
that are having dinner or joining us for study time.

19:30 - Evening roll call is followed by completion of
set Prep and then a Revise and Review Time
which is supervised by academic/house staff.

20:30 - A free choice time where regular activities take place in the evenings, for example:

• TV in common room
• Tech time
• Music
• Movie night

22:00 - All boarders back in the house for a final room roll call. All students to be in bed with lights out.

WEEKEND FUN!

There is always a plan for the weekends that you
can be involved in. On Saturday you have matches
or activity in the morning, and also have time to do
your own thing. Some Saturday afternoons you can
go shopping or to the local cinema and sometimes
after supper, you go back to the house to watch a
movie or play games.

On Sundays, you can spend some time relaxing
or doing an activity. Weekends are also suitable for
spending time with your friends too. There is the
option to go on a whole range of exciting trips, and
use the facilities on site. We also work closely with
you to develop new ideas for trips that you might
like.