South Island School has an excellent reputation for the quality of its pastoral academic support for students.  In a review of the Pastoral System in 1999, the school was praised very highly indeed for quality of care given to our students who are confident that they are well know that their academic and personal progress is closely monitored, that their successes are celebrated and that there is guidance on hand when needed. There are three Sections, Lower Section (comprising of Years 7 and 8), Middle (comprising of Years 9, 10 and 11) and Senior (comprising of Year 12 and 13).  An Assistant Principal, in the role of Head of Section manages a team of Year Heads and Deputy Heads of Year. Each Section has an office with ICT facilities and workspace for each Year Head.  The Lower Section office is located in the Da Vinci Building, the Middle Section office is located on the ground floor of the Ching Ling Soong Building next to the Interview Room and near the staff room.  The Senior Section is housed in a purpose built Senior Centre on the 6th floor of the Ching Ling Soong building.  Accommodation for the Senior School includes a meeting room, interview room, seminar room, Direction Study area, Careers Library, Student Common Room and Kitchen. The student body is drawn from a wide catchment area.  Out students generally have superb levels of commitment and excellent study habits and there are rarely any discipline problems. At present there are 7 forms of entry (approximately 210 students) in each year in the Lower Section and which will continue into the Middle Section from 2005.  With a new building recently completed, the school can now expand to 7 forms of entry throughout projected increase in student numbers, the work of this team is valued very highly indeed.