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Gap Year Students from Down-Under

Oswestry School has been enriched by two new Assistant Tutors from the southern hemisphere. Known by the school as ‘gappies’, Rhys McCarthy and Jonathan Hosking will be spending their gap year working as assistant members of staff at the school.

Rhys is from New Zealand where he has been studying at St Paul’s Collegiate School, while Jonathan comes from Bathurst, in New South Wales. Both are keen sportsmen and have played at regional level in their chosen field; Rees is a cricketer and Jonathan’s main sport is tennis.

The two gappies have settled quickly in to life at Oswestry School. ‘Everyone is very friendly and welcoming,’ says Rees. ‘In particular I appreciate the sense of history here – my school was 50 years old, but Oswestry has 600 years of heritage!’

Photo: Gap year students Rhys McCarthy and Jonathan Hosking