The Roar Newsletter Issue 35 Term 4 2022

ROAR

A conversation with the Head of College

Mr Richard Ford

This week has been a challenging one for many families in our community as they deal with the impact of flooding. While the journey to and from school was delayed for many students on Monday and Tuesday, a number of families and communities have been more than inconvenienced, they have lost houses, precious possessions, livestock and crops.

Both school campuses have thankfully been relatively unaffected by the deluge, with the exception of a few Junior School fields being out of action, the equestrian arena fence and surface being washed away and a few minor leaks. My thanks go to staff who stayed back with students on Monday afternoon and who were driving buses late in the evening to ensure students arrived home safe and sound, albeit five hours later than normal.

The work of the College’s Property Team, led by Mr Jeff Reeks, has been put to the test over recent weeks and months with gas supply interruptions and an extraordinary amount of rain prior to the flooding. Through it all, the Property Team have remained optimistic, calm and focused on doing their best to ensure the highest possible level of continuity for students. Standing alongside the Property Team are a committed Administrative Team and Catering Team who do not hesitate to roll up their sleeves and assist in any way they can when the need arises. I am so appreciative of their can-do attitude.

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

As you firm up plans for the weekend, do consider coming along to MAD Night at the Senior Campus, where you are guaranteed to enjoy some of the stunning Musical, Artistic and Dance talent at the Senior School. This relaxed evening of entertainment kicks off at 7:00 pm, and you are encouraged to bring along a plate of food or some snacks to share. We will have the popcorn machine available for purchases.

Also on Friday night, Year 6 will be enjoying their Graduation dinner with families in the Kemmis Building at the Junior School, and I look forward to sharing this special time with them. The end of Year 6 is a significant milestone for all children, and I know there is a wonderful night of reflection and celebration planned.

Looking further ahead, we are quickly moving towards the end of term with all of the associated events and festivities. Please be sure to pop these in your diary:

Junior School Speech Day

Tuesday, 6 December 2022 – 9:15 am

Chapel Lawn, Junior School Campus

Senior School Awards and Presentation Ceremony

Wednesday, 7 December 2022 – 1:00 pm

BMEC – Town Hall, 105 George St Bathurst

From the Chaplain

Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

O’Lord, save us

Given the week we have endured together, I thought I’d share the opening words of Psalm 69

Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold.

I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.

3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

There are two things I’d like to draw your attention to: Firstly, King David (1000 – 962BC) doesn’t write, ‘Lord thank you for saving me from a potential flood’. No, rather he complains about being so ‘worn out’ from praying. In our modern culture, we have a tendency to think that God should ‘snap to attention’ when we

SRC Applications are now closed

Applications for the Student Representative Council have now closed. We wish to congratulate all successful applicants and thank everyone who sent in an application. We look forward to meeting with you all in Term One.

Ella Kay and Annabel Rennie

Uniform Fittings

2023

Uniform fittings 2023 spots available, book online https://www.noone.com.au/school/scots-allsaints-college-bathurst-nsw/stores

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

call on him – as if he is meant to serve our every wish. David has much to teach us. Here, he realises that he serves God, and God does not serve him. The second point to draw your attention to is that God did save him. His prayers were answered, not according to David’s timing but God’s. You can read about the rest of David’s life in the book of 2 Samuel. Why have we been hit so hard as a community with drought, floods, a gas outage and COVID in recent years? David gives us a clue at the back end of his Psalm.

I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

31 This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.

32 The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!

33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. Why? So that we are prompted to turn back to God and depend on him. As our Heavenly Father, God yearns for a relationship with us. King David starts with ‘where are you’ … and he finishes with ‘I praise you’. This was the prayer of King David in the middle of the flood. He knew God’s great love for him, may you know God’s love for you. Amen

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road

BATHURST NSW 2795

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Junior School

Year 6 Graduation Dinner

Tomorrow evening, Friday, 18 November, we will be hosting a very special Year 6 Graduation Dinner in the Kemmis Building to celebrate our Year 6 student’s transition into the Senior School. Guests need to arrive at 6:15 pm for a 6:30 pm start. The students are looking forward to an entertaining evening where we can acknowledge their achievements and this significant step in their schooling journey.

Preparatory Orientation Days

This week we have been busy in the Prep School welcoming all of our new students for 2023. It was wonderful to see all of the little smiling faces enjoying

Goal setting

Junior School

Mrs Jo Nicholls

Mr Chris Jackman Head of Junior School Pastoral Care and Wellbeing Co-ordinator

The latter part of our whole school well-being program, Bounce Back, is based on goal-setting. The students are being encouraged to identify a goal they would like to achieve and work towards it. We are helping the students understand these key ideas:

• Persist – don’t give up when things get tough

• Hard work and effort will help you achieve your goal

• Know your strengths and use them to help you achieve your goal

• Be honest and ethical when you pursue your goals

Goal setting is really important in giving students purpose for what they are doing and a measure of achievement. Smaller realistic goals are effective for younger students, so they can feel the success of their accomplishments and keep focused.

While some students have experience in goal-setting,

the company of their new classmates and teachers. Next year we will have four Prep classes and welcome Mrs Eva Vincze as a new Prep teacher and Ms Kate Hurst as a new Prep Teacher’s Aide.

Preparatory School Farewell Assembly

At 9:30 am on Thursday, 24 November our Prep students will be participating in a special assembly to celebrate their graduating from the Prep School. Parents are most welcome to attend. Weather permitting, the assembly will be on the Chapel Lawn.

Junior School Triathlon

The term is quickly coming to a close, and we have one more major sporting event before the end. On Tuesday, 29 November all students in Years 3 to 6 are invited to participate in the Junior School Triathlon, which involves a swim, bike ride and a run. All students are encouraged to enter either the individual event or the team event, where they only have to do one leg of the triathlon.

many do not. We use the SMART model of goal setting, so they have a framework to build on.

Year 6 Graduation Dinner

This Friday night will be the Year 6 Graduation Dinner on the Junior School Campus. There is much excitement among the students as they prepare for the milestone in their education journey, and we are looking forward to celebrating their achievements with family and friends.

Year 6 Farewell Chapel

As our Year 6 2022 complete their final weeks of school on the Junior School Campus, we are inviting our community to pray with them and for them in our final Chapel service for 2022. It will be held on Monday, 5 December on the lawn near the Chapel, at 10:20 am, all welcome.

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795 02 6331 3911 connect@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

Speech & Drama Students IMEB Exam Results 2022

Name Grade Mark

Emily Nicoll

Lyla Turnbull

Level 4 S&D Performance 86 A Honours

Nursery Grade A

George Li Nursery Grade A

Aayan Shrestha

Beginners 84 B+ Credit

Charles Li Beginners 83 B+ Credit

Emilia Middleton Beginners 92 A Honours

Audrey White

Hugh Stewart

Pre-Grade 3 88 A Honours

Pre-Grade 1 90 A Honours

Alexander Stewart Grade 1 92 A Honours

Sofia Garton Pre-Grade 3 89 A Honours

Amelia Guihot

Pre-Grade 3 92 A Honours

Lucy Banner Pre-Grade 3 93 A Honours

Eleanor Guihot Pre-Grade 3 95 A Honours

Evie Mason Beginners 91 A Honours

Aaliah Shrestha Pre-Grade 1 88 A Honours

Ava Middleton Pre-Grade 1 93 A Honours

Sophie Roberts Preliminary 96 A+ High Distinction

Lucy Stewart

Pre-Grade 1 93 A Honours

Chloe McKay Pre-Grade 3 86 A Honours

Emily Brown Pre-Grade 1 87 A Honours

Anna Lesh Pre-Grade 1 90 A Honours

Vivienne Jarvis Pre-Grade 1 92 A Honours

Estee Benita Grade 2 96 A+ High Distinction

Clementine Windsor Nursery Grade A

Anahita Mandal Beginners 89 A Honours

Maygen Johnson Nursery Grade A

Sybilla Chapman Grade 5 91 A Honours

Angus Smith Nursery Grade A

Shaurie Pavan Beginners 87 A Honours

Mason Cox Nursery Grade A

Neel Shah Grade 3 93 A Honours

Nolan Stafford Grade 3 88 A Honours Emily Saint Grade 5 86 A Honours

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Careers Advice

Mrs Helen Jones

FREE RSA / RCG / Safe food handling

Wednesday – Friday 23 to 25 November

Onsite Senior School Campus

WHITE CARD – NSW Construction

Thursday, 1 December 2022, 8:45-3:00pm

Onsite Senior School Campus Cost: $120

This useful qualification is nationally recognised and opens up great opportunities for casual labouring jobs over the summer. It is required in Year 11 and 12 if you choose VET subjects that require work placement.

The White Card gives you access to a wide range of job opportunities. Many think that this is needed only if you are working in construction, but it is needed for anyone that needs to access a work site with multiple trades. For example: surveyors, architects, landscapers, fencers, archaeologists and even owner builders!

If your son or daughter wishes to gain this qualification, please register their name with Ms Jones. The cost is $120 and will be billed to your account. It will be held at school and will run for the whole day (8:45-3:00 pm). Max 20 students.

UNSW | Portfolio Entry Info Evening

Thursday, 1 December 2022, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Online

You’re so much more than an ATAR.

With UNSW Portfolio Entry, your pathway into uni is unique – just like you.

UNSW Portfolio Entry is now offered for more UNSW

degrees in 2023, providing you with the opportunity to demonstrate your passion and talent alongside your ATAR.

Join us online to hear from UNSW staff and academics about submitting an outstanding portfolio for a range of degrees across our Faculties for study at UNSW in 2023:

• Arts, Design & Architecture Portfolio Entry

• Business School – Bachelor of Information Systems Admissions Scheme (BISAS)

• Faculty of Engineering Admissions Scheme (FEAS)

• Medicine & Health Portfolio Entry

In this interactive session, we will provide tips and examples on what you need to submit and how to apply, and there will be an opportunity to get all your questions answered.

This info session is for students (and parents/ caregivers) who have just completed their HSC and are considering their options for university next year. Find out more: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ unsw-portfolio-entry-info-eveningtickets-451603567427

UOW Rural and Regional Agriculture Scholarship Value: $3,000 AUD per year

Open/Closing Dates: 2 November 2022 – March 19, 2023

The Rural and Regional Agriculture Scholarship aims to relieve some of the financial pressure associated with relocating from home for the purpose of obtaining a tertiary education.

Find out more

Work Experience with Taronga Zoo Sydney

Taronga Zoo Sydney offers school work experience opportunities for students in years 10 – 12 who are interested in pursuing a career in zoo keeping, animal care, tourism or zoo horticulture.

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795 02 6331 3911 connect@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

Work experience undertaken at Taronga Zoo

Sydney allows students to:

• Observe a variety of work being done in the fields of zoo keeping, animal care, zoo horticulture or guest services and education

• Undertake supervised work appropriate to the student’s skill level

• Ask questions about a zoo workplace

• Gain skills related to being at work at the zoo

• Investigate training and employment opportunities with Taronga

Students will be exposed to a wide range of duties from the very interesting to the very routine, and may include:

• Cleaning (anything from windows to animal poo!)

• Preparing and distributing food for the animals

• Observing and recording animal behavioural information

• Assisting with keeper talks

• General administrative duties

Places in Taronga’s work experience program are very competitive.

Applications for 2023 will remain open until Friday, 3 March 2023 or until the program reaches capacity.

Learn more

Reminder – UTS Faculty of Engineering & IT Research Showcase

29 November, 2022. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

You are invited to attend the Faculty of Engineering and IT Research Showcase on campus event.

This event highlights our Higher Degree Research candidates’ work and achievements with our wider community.

There will be a preliminary speaker and three different presentation formats throughout the day. A number of candidates from our six schools will

present their work, and the best presentations will receive a certificate and prize.

If you are interested in attending, please register for the event by completing the event registration form.

https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-andinformation-technology/events/faculty-engineering-itresearch-showcase-2022

ACU Pathways Finder Tool

There are alternative pathways into a course if a student doesn’t receive the ATAR they were hoping for, including our Foundation Studies program, certificates and diplomas. Use the pathways finder tool to narrow down admission pathways for a study area or course of interest and explore your options.

https://www.acu.edu.au/study-at-acu/acu-pathways/ pathwayfinder

details

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795 02 6331

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All Things

Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator

Junior School Triathlon

Sport

Information for the 2022 Junior School Triathlon landed in the inboxes of Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 parents earlier this morning. The triathlon will be held on Tuesday, 29 November, from 1:45 pm. While this event is competitive, it is also a fun way for students to experience a great recreational activity with their classmates. Students can enter as an individual participant or as part of a team. Family and friends are more than welcome to attend this event. Just make sure to park in the visitor carpark adjacent to Eglinton Road. Be a legend and reply to the Operoo as soon as you can so we can get this awesome event organised!

Introducing the White Rock Rocket

Since the start of the 22/23 Bathurst Athletics season in October, Emily Bennett has become the owner of the 400 metres, 800m and 1500m Under 17 Girls records.

Molly receives 2BS Junior

Sports Award

Congratulations to Molly Corbett, Year 11, who received the 2BS Junior sports awards last week.

The award, which is sponsored by Reliance Bank and Bathurst RSL, is worth $500.

It is offered to junior athletes who have represented in their sport at NSW or International level.

Speaking to local media outlets, the 15-year-old was pleasantly surprised by her jaw-droppingly low times, "I was pretty surprised to have broken the records, I have done a lot of training, so I guess I have been working to get those records, but to get them is pretty cool."

Emily’s most impressive achievement came in the 1500m, shattering the old mark of 6:15.30 (set way back in 2010) with a time of 5:36.51.

Keep up the awesome work, Em!

DO YOU WANT TO REJOIN OR BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SASC EQUESTRIAN TEAM?

Please complete the following should you want to join the Scots All Saints College Equestrian Team, book agistment and lessons for 2023. ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENT MEMBERS MUST REJOIN FOR 2023.

1. Complete this google form (and read carefully the information at the top of this Google form).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd57chBk-HxzT8t1iGSp-quWSHlFNsSKOsvtjP_huwwFlNOPQ/ viewform?usp=sf_link

2. Complete all required forms – see list at top of the Google form (available at https://scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au/ learning/co-curricular/equestrian/ and return either in HARD COPY DIRECTLY TO LIBBY DAWES or VIA EMAIL AS ONE DOCUMENT (not photographs or several documents – these will not be accepted as it takes far too long to print out and collate individual pages). Please make sure all forms are fully completed and signed by parents and students in relevant places.

3. If you need to order saddlecloths please do so via the information in the information booklet. https://scotsallsaints.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SASC-Equestrian-InformationBooklet-2022.pdf

4. Please order uniforms directly from the Uniform Shop.

5. If you want to book lessons for Term 1 2023 please complete this Google form as well.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxUulHkYn1NJ2UUReT0Ctf-VpojM9jiLEfeFgYuiLmzhM0rg/ viewform?usp=sf_link

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795 02 6331 3911 connect@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

Staff Reader Profiles A French speaker with a fascinating occupation

What is your favourite novel - fiction?

I enjoy crime fiction books. Agatha Christie novels. So many tropes in modern detective fiction originated with her.

What is your favourite nonfiction text?

History books are by far the greater proportion of my non-fiction reading. I have been busy lately catching up on some of the Bathurst region local history books that have appeared lately.

Favourite book as a school child

Thomas the Tank Engine. When I go down to the Bathurst Railway Station to transport the boarders, I also soak up a bit of atmosphere with trucks and carriages and diesels.

Value of reading extensively whilst at school

A person’s ability to understand what is happening in the world is much greater if they have read as much as they can as early as they can. Reading is a fantastic way of discovering the experiences of other people. Looking at other peoples’ writing styles is also valuable. The historian A. J. P. Taylor was a great exponent of making writing easy to understand, and I have tried to model my own writing on that.

What are you reading now?

One of the new books recently bought for the Library: Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Tree surgeon and past Scots School student, Bruce Smith, has had some interesting jobs but nothing like what he did for many years in the Loire Valley and adjoining areas of France.

Since returning to Australia, he has been working as an arborist in Orange and the surrounding districts. As an arborist in France, he had a number of opportunities to work in gardens and chateaus that are world-renowned. In our interview a few days ago, we asked him about the importance of knowing a second language in which he said that no matter what career you have chosen, it is always useful to have a second language. It opens doors to other worlds. His favourite subjects at school were History, English and French and his favourite food is pain du chocolate. We took away from this encounter that if you have a second language, the possibilities are endless. We also discovered that if you do not pre-check audio on your camera technical glitches can occur. Unfortunately, there is no audio for this week’s interview, only a few photos – a lesson learnt!

Will Wilson and The Bonjour Bathurst Team

Mr Andrew Maher

Write Place, Right Time

A t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e w o r k s h o p , U N Y o u t h N S W w i l l c o m p i l e a l l w o r k s m a d e b y y o u w i t h y o u r c o n s e n t a n d p u b l i s h a n o f f i c i a l a n t h o l o g y b o o k f o r e a c h p a r t i c i p a n t , a s w e l l a s d i s t r i b u t e t h e b o o k t o l i b r a r i e s a n d p r o m i n e n t c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s a c r o s s A u s t r a l i a , t o c e l e b r a t e t h e v o i c e s o f y o u n g p e o p l e .

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

W P R T I S A T W O D A Y W R I T I N G W O R K S H O P H O S T E D B Y U N Y O U T H N S W T O F I N D O U T M O R E T A L K T O L U K E W O O D H E A D , I S A B E L S A R G E N T O R A N Y S R C M E M B E R S

From the All Saints' College archives WATER EVERYWHERE!

classroom to do this! Some students also worked in other areas of the town, helping to fill sandbags to protect the houses in the lower end of town as those houses were at risk of being flooded. On this page are some pictures of the floods where the Stiles Oval became a lake in 1986.

There has been a long history of floods in Bathurst, and its surrounds and the Macquarie River once again flowed over its banks after the huge storms in the last few weeks of Spring rain.

Stiles Oval on the All Saints’ Campus once again got its feet very wet, but thankfully, the road from Eglinton did not close this time, and the School Chapel was not at risk of having the water lapping at its walls. In 1986, before the road from Eglinton was moved to the other side of the old tennis courts and was outside the school boundary, the Macquarie floods came very close to reaching the Chapel. (The tennis courts are now in car park 2, and the Agriculture Shed in the same area, is now at the back of the school). As the river rose rapidly, the senior students had the task of filling sandbags and placing them around the Chapel and the Headmaster’s house - not that they minded a day out of the

Other floods have occurred since then, in 1990, 1998 when All Saints’ students were called upon to help by filling sand bags and assisting homeowners in the cleanup. The building of the levee banks in the 1990’s and 2000’s has taken some of the fear of floods away from many homeowners near the Macquarie but Stiles Oval and the ‘Edgell’ paddocks can still go under after heavy rains as seen two days ago. The Macquarie River will always be a powerful but essential part of our landscape and we should respect it, even when it tests us when it floods and we are stuck in traffic through road closures!

Remember - do not drive through floodwaters!

Here are our latest prizewinners for the 2022 Year 7 and 8 English Reading Challenge. These students have earned a $5 voucher at the Café after completing two books through wide reading. Students are Benjamin Webster, Erin Taylor, Scarlett Fox, Stirling Miller and Matilda Brady.

All Saints’ College Old Bathurstians’ Annual General Meeting

The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Old Bathurstians’ Union will be held in the Board Room of Esrom House, Junior School Campus, on the 3 December 2022 at 10:30 am.

All positions declared vacant and all life members of the OBU are eligible to vote.

We welcome anyone who wishes to be nominated for a position to advise the secretary before the meeting if possible.

If unable to attend the meeting but wishes to be considered for a position, please notify the secretary via email –memory.sanders@scotsallsaints.nsw. edu.au

CALENDAR DATES

Friday 18 November 2022

Battle of the Bands (Senior Campus) MAD Night Year 6 Graduation

Saturday 19 November 2022

ISA Summer Sport - Round 5 (Cricket, Touch, Tennis)

Monday 21 November 2022

Year 8 - 11 Experience Day Boarder Sleep Over

Tuesday 22 November 2022

Year 8 - 11 Experience Day

Wednesday 23 November 2022

Year 12 Ad English (2023) The Tempest, Sydney Science/Maths Yearly Exams

Thursday 24 November 2022

Science/Maths Yearly Exams

HSC Economics Seminar

Friday 25 November 2022

Science/Maths Yearly Exams

HSC Business Studies Seminar