National Boarding Week 2025

This week we celebrate National Boarding Week, a time to recognise, celebrate and appreciate the important place that boarding holds in our College community.

At Red Bend there is a long and proud tradition of boarding since 1926, and we are also proud to be a coeducational day and boarding school, a place where students come from towns, farms and stations throughout central and western NSW, together to live, learn, and grow side by side. 

Our boarders bring so much richness to our community, diversity of background, strength of character, strong resilience, a practical and down-to-earth approach, a passion for people and a deep sense of connection.

The theme for this year’s National Boarding Week is “Threads of Connection.” It’s a powerful reminder that our community is like a tapestry, made stronger and more beautiful by each individual thread. 

Every student, whether boarding or day, contributes their own uniqueness to the life of our College. The friendships formed in classrooms, on the sporting fields, in the boarding residences, and around dinner tables are what hold our community together.

Boarding is more than just a place to live, it is a second home. It’s where students learn independence, share stories, lean on each other, and build memories that last a lifetime. It’s where staff and students walk alongside one another in moments of joy, challenge, success and growth, living out the Marist characteristic of family spirit each and every day.

We thank our boarding students for the strength, warmth, and spirit they bring to Red Bend, in making Red Bend more than a school, they help make it a home for everyone.

Let’s take time this week to celebrate our boarding community, and to reflect on how each of us plays a role in strengthening the threads that connect us all. And, to our boarding community - Happy National Boarding Week.