Boarding
Burbury House, the Hutchins School boarding house, is home to 60 boys from Tasmania, other Australian States and overseas. Year 6 to Year 11 boys have individual bed-studies and most Year 12 boys have their own room.
A strong community spirit exists at Burbury House with boys enjoying their school life and recognising the importance of caring for and supporting one another.
Burbury House has wireless connectivity and billiards, table tennis, airhockey and foozball tables. The House has a theatre room with tiered seating, 6.2 surround sound system, DVD player & HD digital TV. Boarders have after-school access to Hutchins' sporting facilities.
The Director of Boarding supervises the House and manages all residential aspects of life at Hutchins. He is supported by residential tutors who supervise and assist boarders during their evening studies and at weekends. Matron is on call every day and first-rate medical and dental facilities are available nearby.
In addition, a voluntary group of boarders' parents works with the resident staff to ensure excellent care for the boys of Burbury House.
Burbury House aims to create an environment in which:
- older boys accept a meaningful and active role in the administration of the Boarding house and develop a positive concern for the younger students.
- each boy is able to function as an individual without losing sight of his commitment to the community as a whole.
- tolerant, well rounded individuals are nurtured to develop with open minds and with an acceptance of diversity and difference
- the wide range of cultural and social experiences available in an urban centre can be taken advantage of under the guidance of responsible staff.
- discipline is firm but with considerable scope (and with increasing emphasis as a boy gets older) for individual personal responsibility. Boys learn the skills necessary to make positive discriminating choices (as they grow to take their place in a complex society).
- the school's Christian values and beliefs are reinforced.
