Speech Day
G ood morning everyone and thank you for joining us for this year’s Speech Day. Last year, I spoke about the use of the word ‘unprecedented’, as so much of what we were doing had changed, and we embarked on our first ever Virtual Speech Day. Well, here we are again, and it doesn’t really feel ‘unprecedented’ any more! There is no doubt that COVID has had a significant impact on our entire school community and I would like to thank all of our parents, Old Lawrentians and advocates, for the support you have given us throughout this year – not to mention the trust that you have all shown in the College. Whilst things have been challenging, it is often in times of most significant challenge that we gain a greater understanding of our capacity for change, we develop new skills and we become more solution focussed. Part of the School’s ethos of holistic education is that we instil resilience, flexibility and adaptability, and we have seen a great deal of this from all sectors of our community this year. I have been particularly proud of the way in which all members of our community have faced up to the pandemic – the teamwork that has been shown, as well as the way in which we have continually progressed despite constantly changing parameters, has been indicative of true Lawrentian character.
LAWRENTIAN 2021
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