Boarding Facilities
The Glennie School’s boarding community is divided into three houses:
Simmons House (Year 12)
Brown House
Dowson House
Students reside in living spaces within each house according to their year level.
Brown and Dowson House are connected by Boarding Reception, the central communication hub for all boarders in Year 5 to Year 11. Year 12 boarders live in Simmons House.
Every house is fully airconditioned and contains common areas, recreation rooms, and house kitchens.
Every boarder in Year 5 to Year 11 has her own roomette, with a door that closes to provide privacy.
Each roomette contains a bed, study desk, storage, and cupboard space.
Year 12 boarders have their own private room, which includes a bed, study desk, storage and cupboard space, and air conditioning.
Food at Glennie
Boarding students are served healthy, nutritious meals every day, with breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner enjoyed in the Grace Lawrence Dining Hall.
Meals are prepared by our on-site chefs and cooks, all dietary requirements are catered for, and all menus are revised regularly.
A long-standing and beloved tradition in Glennie boarding is the “Family Tables”. Two nights a week, boarding “families”, made up of up to eight students across all year levels, eat together and celebrate achievements and special events.
Throughout the year, boarding hosts themed nights, etiquette dinners, and celebrations, including monthly birthday parties.
Our chefs and cooks also stock the boarding houses with extras, including bread, cereal, fruit, milk, and biscuits. For students with extra-curricular activities, late dinners and packed lunches are available.
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For five generations our family have been boarding at Glennie, so it’s a very special place for us. I remember feeling so nurtured and supported when I was a boarder at Glennie, and that’s exactly what we wanted for our own daughters.
Luanne, Glennie boarding parent