The Roar Newsletter Issue 10 Term 1 2019

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Issue 10

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Thursday 4 April 2019

upcoming major events

Out and about with the Headmaster Mr David Gates

Congratulations to all students and staff involved in our magnificent production of Beauty and the Beast. This was a huge undertaking due to the size of the cast, the complexity of the production and the challenges of working with students across two campuses in a College with so many co-curricular opportunities. Any person who attended any of the four shows could not be anything but impressed and absolutely convinced of the great benefit of the new merged College.

The production was simply amazing for a number of reasons: • It was great fun and appealed to all ages from the very young to the grandparents.

• The lead performers – Holly Hare, Harry Dickenson, Isaac Cove, Mia Wallace, George Butler, Jacob Lloyd, Dylan Boniface, Stella Gavey, Taylah Cooper, Jac Burge, Isobelle Sotter, and Digby Sharpham were incredible.

• The casting of George was brilliant; Holly’s voice amazing; Harry so powerful as the Beast; Isaac so believable whilst so not him; and Mia so much fun along with Jac Burge who played the cheery Chip.

Dylan Boniface played an entertaining Lumiere and alongside Cogsworth, played by Taylah Cooper brought the castle to life.

Isobelle Sotter graced the stage as the flirtatious Babette; Stella Gavey was delightful as the esteemed Madame De La Grande Bouche while Digby Sharpham brought to life the ghoulish Monsieur D’Arque.

• The live orchestra was impressive with high quality musicianship.

• The Stage crew did such an amazing job they were barely noticed which is the greatest compliment one can give. continued page 2

Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

11 April 2019

Easter Service and Hat Parade This will be held on the Chapel Lawn at 2pm on All Saints Campus.

30 April 2019

Pre-K to Year 6 Cross Country

Pre-K to Year 6 Cross Country will be held at All Saints Campus.

3 - 5 May 2019

Royal Bathurst Show The Scots All Saints Cattle Team will be competing at the Royal Bathurst Show.

For more events view our Online Calendar

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Out and about with the Headmaster Mr David Gates

• The dancing and fight scenes were well choreographed and fun.

• The costumes and props were excellent along with the sound and lighting.

• It was also good to see so many Year 7 and 8 students happily involved and seeing the possibility for more significant roles in the future.

I always believe that the greatest benefit of such productions is for those that the event itself becomes transformational. I won’t mention names here but this is certainly the case for some of these students. The production provided an opportunity for them to be challenged, to overcome the fear of being on stage, to grow in confidence, to be accepted and recognised by peers, staff, family and friends and to build strong friendships with peers as the schools have merged.

Above all, I am in awe of the outstanding staff we have in the merged College who have the skill, experience, passion, drive and time to pull off such a production.

Thank you to: • Charmeon Jooste (Director) • Leigh Morrisey (Producer) • Jon Clipsham (Musical Director) • Liz Casey (Choreographer) • Patrick Sinclair (Stage Manager) • Greg Jones (Assistant Stage Manager) • Lucinda Wells (Stage Assistant) • Andy Ball, Liz Sargeant and peripatetic music teachers (Orchestra) Well done to you all.

Leading national author, speaker and Managing Director of the Positive Psychology Institute, Dr Paula Robinson will be visiting Scots All Saints College on 4-6 April to introduce teachers and parents to the science of Mental Fitness to help build habits of wellbeing at school, work, and life. Dr Paula Robinson has worked with over 500 schools throughout Australia and Scots All Saints College is delighted to be the first College within the Central West region to adopt this new ethos into its student wellbeing and pastoral care approach.

Dr Paula Robinson believes harnessing positive energy in our daily lives can have profound benefits on mental health which should be a priority for every school.

Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Parents and friends are invited to a special Positive Psychology Forum to hear more on this wonderful College initiative which will drive so much of the strategic thinking and daily practice of the new College. The Positive Psychology Forum will be held in the Aikman Hall on the Scots Campus from 6pm-7.30pm on Thursday 4 April.

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in NSW, Rev Kamal Weerakoon, is visiting Scots All Saints College this week to speak to students and staff. He was at the Lithgow Campus on Wednesday 27 March and is speaking at the Scots and All Saints Campuses this week at all Chapel Services.

More than 250 of the best and brightest Year 5 to Year 8 students from across the Central West competed in the region’s first ever da Vinci Decathlon school team challenge hosted at Scots All Saints College over the last two days. Teams of 8 students represented their school to compete in the academic challenge across 10 different disciplines: arts and poetry, mathematics, science, english, ideation, code breaking, creative producing, cartography, engineering and general knowledge scoring points in real time so at the end of the day the winning school team will be announced.

I am delighted that a number of our students in Years 5-8 were able to participate. Our students were very keen to be involved in this challenging program. This is a tremendous experience to further knowledge and skills as an individual learner as well as to understand the dynamics of working as a team under the pressure of the challenge.

The winning teams will represent the Central West region at Knox Grammar School, Sydney in the state championships during May. From there winners take on the best in the Country and then the world in the international championships in Italy later in the year.

The College Cattle Team has a big week ahead of them at The Royal Sydney Show starting next Tuesday. This is the highlight of the year for members of the Cattle Team as they have been preparing the steers since September.

The students who have been involved in Cattle Team over the last two terms have developed a whole range of personal skills through this program. Not only do they learn a great deal about steers and preparing them for showing but they also learn to work together as a team, develop resilience as they face challenges, take on responsibility, mentor younger students new to cattle, develop patience and humility, have fun and a great deal more.

Mrs Dawes provides an exceptional educational program which is unique in its format. Our outstanding success at Sydney Royal over the last seven years is testament to her commitment and expertise and the leadership and support provided by senior students and parents. As always, I am looking forward to joining them for the main judging day on Friday. I wish them all well for their big week.

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From the Chairman of the College Council College Council appoints Mr John Weeks as permanent Head of College effective from 1 July 2019 It is with great delight that on behalf of the College Council, I welcome Mr John Weeks who has been officially appointed to the permanent role as the new Head of College for Scots All Saints effective 1 July 2019.

The College Council unanimously agreed, Mr Weeks is the natural choice for the new Head of Scots All Saints College. He has been a valuable contributor to The Scots School and All Saints’ College integration process for the past 18 months.

Mr Weeks has taken the lead on many educational decisions within the new College including staffing, school leadership structures, the translocation of staff and students between the two main campuses and has recently reviewed all aspects of boarding.

“Mr John Weeks brings a wealth of leadership experience growing academic excellence and building strong communities within schools.”

As one of Australia’s most experienced and successful school leaders, Mr John Weeks brings a wealth of leadership experience growing academic excellence and building strong communities within schools.

when he will effectively take up his position as Head of College as at 1 July 2019. As announced in November 2018, current Headmaster, Mr David Gates will continue in his role until the end of Term 2.

Previously, Mr Weeks led three schools as the Founding Head of Hunter Grammar School in Maitland, Head of Illawarra Grammar in Wollongong before spending the past 15 years at Knox Grammar in Sydney.

John’s wife, Denise has been working with our past students’ groups to preserve and protect the archive collections of both schools in a professional manner.

During this time, both John and Denise have gained tremendous understanding of our strong foundations and new College environment.

Following his time at Knox, John and his wife, Denise founded “Weeks Education Consultancy” and they have been working on projects for the Association of Independent Schools, developing a number of schools in Australia and overseas and, working with our academic leadership team here at Scots All Saints College for the past 18 months.

The College Council agreed given his detailed understanding of the school’s development to this time, his vision for the future and his extensive experience in school leadership, Mr Weeks was well-placed to implement the next stage of development focused on academic excellence, student wellbeing, boarding, international education and enhanced opportunities for students through exciting co-curricular activities.

Mr Weeks will continue in his consultancy role throughout Term 2 in preparation for the start of Term 3

Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

This appointment will further enhance the outstanding opportunities at Scots All Saints College to develop our students as high potential learners of the future.

I’m sure you will join me in formally welcoming John and Denise to our college community as they relocate to make their home in Bathurst.

At this time, together with the College Council, staff, parents and students, we would like to thank Mr David Gates for his leadership of The Scots School over the past eight years; and his commitment to the creation of our new College as the first Headmaster as we plan his farewell towards the end of Term 2.

Mr Hamish Thompson Chairman College Council

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Today’s Reflection Mr Samuel Gittins

We may not see it or understand it but there is hope in that our good God has it all in hand.

Look up into the heavens.

Chaplain

Who created all the stars?

[WSC Qn.8]

How does God carry out His decrees?

He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name.

God carries out His decrees in the works of creation and providence.

We are not set adrift; we do not sail a ship upon empty sees to wander where we will.

What we observe in creation is all part of God’s good plan.

Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.

Ephesians 1:11 [NLT-SE]

Harmony Day celebrations Harmony Day was celebrated at Lithgow Campus last week.

The message of Harmony Day is that everyone belongs in this great country of ours no matter where you come from. It was great to celebrate with a lovely lunch in Lithgow. Thank you to all the parents who contributed and gave up their time to make a dish. They were all delicious!

The students also enjoyed a range of Harmony Day activities in and out of the classroom.

Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

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space to inspire It may surprise many to learn that famous Australian Artist Brett Whiteley (07-04-1939 to 15-061992) was a Scots School Bathurst old boy.

The two time winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes left his family home at Longueville on Sydney’s North Brett Whiteley Shore to board at The Scots School Artist Bathurst way back in 1948.

“Drawing is the art of being He moved to Scots Bellevue Hill for able to leave an accurate a brief time 1954-1955, but was record of the experience of what expelled after stealing art supplies one isn’t, of what one doesn’t (what else!) from a shop and given know. A great drawer is either a second chance by Scots Bathurst. confirming beautifully what is The Headmaster at the time, Mr Brett Whiteley, around 10 and a commonplace or probing Alan Mitchell and his wife half years old pictured at The authoritatively the unknown.”

Dorothy were strong supporters Scots School with John McLucas of the visual arts and Whiteley’s in 1949. return to the school made the recent employment of art Whiteley picked up his teacher Ellen Waugh secure! first ever art prize in Bathurst in 1956, when Whiteley claimed in a 1980s television documentary he won first prize in the that he was inspired to take up visual art after Young Painters’ Section seeing a van Gogh painting in a book that he found of the Bathurst Show! on the floor of the Bathurst Presbyterian Church whilst there with the school for Sunday worship.

While in Bathurst, Brett and fellow student Vernon Treweeke spent Sundays painting.

Treweeke, who died in 2015, became the father of psychedelic art in Australia while Whiteley’s fame grew as his paintings of friends, families and landscapes Donated piece by Brett attracted national and Whiteley. international attention.

Part of his work, ‘Alchemy’ even appeared on the cover of the Dire Straits album of the same name.

The Cadet unit from 1955. Brett Whiteley is second from Whiteley was awarded the Order of Australia left in the back row.

(General Division) in 1991.

Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

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GANSW Moderator visits campuses

Rev Kamal Weerakoon, GANSW Moderator 201819, has given his seal of approval to Scots All Saints College after visiting all three campuses in the past week.

Rev Weerakoon spoke to all of our academic staff at our Senior Campus about education as a part of the Reformed tradition and to the students at all of our weekly chapel services.

He gave a message from Colossians 1:15-20 of how we meet God in Jesus, who is supreme over all creation and who came to give up His life that we might be welcomed into God’s family.

During Chapel and in the playground the students enjoyed the chance to talk to the Moderator and asked him some really insightful questions.

“I had a really good time engaging with the students,” he said.

“I think they understood that I was encouraging them to see Jesus is a good king, because he makes peace between God and us.

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All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

“The students asked good questions, there was a really good one from a Year 7 boy about the historicity of Jesus.

“I hope he keeps up his curiosity and finds out more about how we can really know about the real Jesus.”

Rev Weerakoon said it was great to see the children’s spiritual and educational needs being well catered for.

“It’s great to see how much the teachers care for the children,” He said “I can see it in the way they interact with them and the children are obviously happy and well cared for.

“They were very well behaved and enthusiastic to talk with me - at Lithgow they told me about their favourite subjects - some of them said it was maths - and then told me about their pet puppies.”

Rev Weerakoon said he was most thankful for the support of Chaplain Samuel Gittins during his visit.

“Sam’s advice helped me to craft my presentation so it was appropriate for their age and stage of life. I’m not a trained teacher, so I really appreciated his help.”

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Language Club – a new opportunity for 2019 Language Club is for students who wish to gain confidence in their speaking skills and expand their knowledge and understanding in their chosen culture, either Japanese or French.

It is also an opportunity for students to interact with their teacher and to converse in an authentic environment.

The themes covered will vary depending on the students’ interests and abilities and the course work being covered in their classes at school.

A wide selection of games (both indoor and outdoor), songs, role-play and drama will be used to promote the development of good pronunciation and to learn a wide range of vocabulary and phrases.

Educational DVDs and CDs are also used for the children to hear and see authentic speakers and to become aware of the cultural differences and similarities.

Team building activities will be a strong feature of our club with the use of board games, whiteboard games and quizzes.

Books are not required as students will be given activity sheets regularly to reinforce subjects covered during the sessions.

AFTER SCHOOL HOMEWORK CENTRE

Inviting: All Students from Year 5 to Year 8

The After School Homework Centre at the Scots Campus and All Saints Campus will not be open on Monday 8 April 2019.

Time: 1:10 pm bring your lunch

We look forward to welcoming back students on a Monday afternoon in Week 2 of next term.

Start Date: Every Tuesday

Location: Language Classroom E5 Teachers involved: Mr Pike and Mrs Adamson

Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

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Careers Advice Mrs Helen Jones

UAC (Univeristy Admission Centre) has opened Applications for study in 2020 opened on Wednesday 3 April. Students can now apply for undergraduate and international as well as Schools Recommendation Schemes, Educational Access Schemes and Equity Scholarships.

This is the first time UAC has opened so early and this has been to accommodate university trimesters and early entry schemes. There is no need to panic about applying as the closing date is not till the end of September.

Not all courses for 2020 will be available to add as a preference. I encourage students to choose courses as placeholders and come back later to review and change their preferences. Courses will be added gradually and all semester one, 2020 courses will be available from early August as per usual.

I will be running through this with all Year 12 students once the assessment block is over.

A Day in the Life Free Creative Workshops – Torrens University Australia During school holidays!

Saturday 13 April, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo Still deciding which creative course or career to aim for? Spend a day at Uni and discover what a day in the life of a design or gaming student is really like.

The workshops are free, and an ideal way to get a feel for what you like, what you don’t like and where you might see yourself in the future.

• Communication (Graphic) Design • Interior Design • Branded Fashion Design • Photography • Digital Media • Gaming https://www.torrens.edu.au/about/events-andworkshops/day-in-the-life-creative-workshopssydney-2

Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

University of Sydney - Explore Engineering Winter School: School Holiday fun!

Applications open in April.

18-19 July Years: 9–10. Through this two-day intensive workshop on campus you will discover more about the range of disciplines and careers available in engineering. You will experience the latest technologies while participating in hands-on activities, visiting laboratories and industry sites such as Google. Places are limited. https://sydney.edu.au/engineering/study-engineeringand-it/why-study-here/high-school-students/years-9and-10.html USI – Unique Student Identifier About the Unique Student Identifier (USI) Every year, an estimated three million Australians build and sharpen their skills by undertaking nationally recognised training. From 1 January 2015, all students doing nationally recognised training need to have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). This includes students doing Vocational Education Training (VET) in schools, TAFE, First Aid Certificates, White Card, Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA), Responsible Conduct of Gambling (RCG) etc.

A USI is a reference number made up of numbers and letters. Creating a USI is free. It creates a secure online record of your nationally recognised training that you can access anytime and anywhere, and it’s yours for life.

The USI is linked to the National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Data Collection, and this means an individual’s nationally recognised training and qualifications gained anywhere in Australia, from different training organisations, will be kept all together.

All students from Year 10 and up should apply for this (we are doing this in Careers classes) and have for future reference – eg. Job applications Please go to http://www.usi.gov.au

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Note from the President of the Scots All Saints College P&F Hi Everyone, I would like to address three items in this message; my thanks to everyone for the Highland Gathering and call outs for the Spring Fair and the Art Show.

The Highland Gathering was our first opportunity for an all School event to bring our families, students and teachers together to celebrate the history and future of our new College community. It was a great day and the weather held, so that was good. Now I am looking forward to the Spring Fair later in the year.

However, it is no small job bringing these events together and I must thank a few people for making The Highland Gathering a great day. Let me start with the committee; Sharyn Semmens, Rhonwen Hazel and Sue Rogers who organised the day from marquees to ice creams. Special thanks to Grant Baker and Jenny Morrison for coming in and picking up a few of the bigger jobs before and on the day.

Jenny led the kitchen teams, firstly for the onion cutting ceremony on Saturday morning with Olga and James Burgess, Spencer and Rachel Goddard and Yani Lenahan. And on Sunday for the roasts with Phil and Mel Mills, Sonja Honeysett, Greg and Jo Radford, Gemma Green, Meghan Hardie, and Sue and Peter Sergeant. Grant took on the challenge of commercial stalls and was an essential part of set up and safety.

The committee, Grant and Jenny were also pivotal on the day.

For all her work from Thursday to Tuesday Tonia Cox deserves a special mention. From helping collect and return marquees to ensuring I stayed hydrated on the day.

Continuing a long tradition, the senior rugby boys helped us get some of the marquees set up, they were especially helpful with our big tent. It was some of the fastest fundraising we have done.

The Friday and Saturday were busy days as Scott Eastment lead the castle building on Friday with Richard Denyer, Dean Markwick and James while Rhonwen and Jenny put the turrets together before the crane arrived to put them in place. We had the castle finished just before the storm came through, with wind and rain, to punish the tents and stress the marquees. Besides the onions, there were still plenty of other jobs to be done on Saturday.

Hard jobs, including dance floor construction, laminating, and car park marking, signs and bunting as well as final set up were carried out by a great group of people working alone and in teams. Olga Burgess, Claire Russell, Steve Lenahan, Jon Manton, Rob Webb, Mark Morrison, Gem and Stu Green all helped out with these tasks. Rob’s marking of the car park was great help to making sure we had room for everyone coming on the day. Mark had the unenviable job of sitting with me while the sky seemed to drop an inch of rain in 15 minutes as the sun went down further testing the marquees.

For Sunday, the morning started early as we put the final touches on the day and finished late with pack up and everything in between. And from early and until late Rob Cox, Mark Brown, Richard Bremner and Craig Hazel and others joined us to see the day through.

Certain efforts need a special mention.

Some of our wonderful and talented students helped out on the day. Bradley Gardiner, Anna Wilde, Emily Watts and Gabrielle Morrison all worked as MCs for the day acknowledging our sponsors, introducing the bands and advertising the stalls and entertainments. Mia Wallace and Holly Hare sang the National Anthem beautifully and Tim Powell piped the Cadets who raised the flag for the opening ceremony. And a special thanks to the boys, Lachlan Thomas, Will Thomas and Hugh Argent-Smith, who worked so well to keep the grounds clean during the day; your work is appreciated by the committee and the college.

Treasury was run on Sunday by Nat Cranston and Genevieve Spence. Those running the treasury do not get to see much of the Highland Gathering and I appreciate their dedication to the job. Gillian Gates organised the Dance Schools to come along and spent all day with them so they could play their music and entertain the good crowd. continued page 9

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Hard work by Jeff Reeks and the grounds staff had the campus looking good for all our visitors.

Friends of Pipes and Drums, led by Sue Flude, organised and ran the band competition along with the NSW Pipes and Drums Association.

Certainly, many thanks also go to all of you; the families, students and staff of Scots All Saints College who ran the gates and stalls, collected the money and greeted our guests to the campus. I hope you all had a chance to meet someone new, had a chat and raised some funds so we can improve the school experience for all our children.

Student writing Our first experience of the Highland Gathering

By Loretta Francis and Isobelle Sotter As a first experience as a student of the participating school, the Highland Gathering was a fantastic opportunity to catch up with friends, watch what the schools talents had to offer and listen to the Pipes and Drums bands of other participants. And we can’t forget the strong man competition! Both Loretta and I had volunteered on the Year 10 tent- the Book Stall.

Along with our peers, we met members of our community, helped out with the treasure hunt and bought many a book ourselves. It ended up being our home base as for the rest of the day and we explored the many foods that the local area had on offer. Chocolates to soaps, the Highland Gathering had every homemade thing under the sun, and many of them delicious.

On the entertainment channel, there were dances from numerous different dance schools and genres that performed, from both Promenade Dance School and Scots All Saints to the sounds of HipHop, Classical and Scottish tunes of course.

The equestrian taking place on the Old Boys Oval was another pastime showcasing the impressive skills of both horse and rider to the spectators, many munching on something from the sausage sizzle provided by Year 11.

Overall, the first ever Scots All Saints College Highland Gathering was a blast and we recommend attending in the future for all ages and interests.

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Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

So now we start looking forward to the Spring Fair. We need a committee to run it and we should start planning as soon as possible. I want to see a different crew to run the Spring Fair though some crossover would be good to cross pollinate ideas and processes.

Please put your hand up by emailing me at president. sascpfa@outlook.com and we can get started.

Also, the Art Show needs a committee, and this is urgent if we want to do it this year and if we can’t do it this year to keep in contact with the artists and plan for 2020. I think we can all agree the Art Show is an important opportunity to engage the wider community with the College. Rosie has done a wonderful job on this and is happy to help out and so we are looking for a dedicated committee to learn the ropes and make it happen.

Mr Lindsay Wilde, President, Scots All Saints College Parents & Friends Association

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Beauty and the Beast MUSICAL PRODUCTION To view more photos from the production click here

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All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

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Student writing Aral Sea

By Simi Atluri (Year 10) The Aral Sea is an Endorheic lake. It is basically a basin that has no outflow and doesn’t link up with oceans or seas.

Endorheic lakes are usually landlocked. They turn into lakes or swamps that can last permanently or for some mere weeks. Endorheic lakes are some of the largest lakes in the world, like the Caspian Sea. The Aral Sea is located half in Kazakhstan and half in Uzbekistan, which is sort of in the region of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan. Which is a lot of stans. The Sea has an area of 68 000 km squared. Aral means archipelago because it used to have 1,100 tiny islands contained in it. It also used to be the world’s fourth largest saline lake and have 10 grams of salt per litre, but this has changed because the Aral Sea is drying up faster than a puddle in a volcano.

Why you ask?

The Aral Sea used to have two rivers running into it. Then in 1960 the Soviet government decided to divert the flow of these two rivers and use the water to cultivate the desert. This was impractical because most of the water was being dried up and wasted in the desert. Usually the Aral Sea gets one fifth of its water from rainfall and everything else from the two rivers. Although a lot of the water evaporates, the Aral Sea was able to replace the water with the water from the two rivers. But thanks to the 1960s Soviet Government the Aral Sea has nothing to replace its evaporated water with.

The salinity levels have risen, from 10 grams per litre to 100 grams per litre. This causes the remaining wildlife to die because they simply can’t cope with the high salt levels. One year the water level decreased by 57 cm. This is horrible because not only is the wildlife dying out; the water is evaporating faster because the shallower the water is, the easier it is to heat up, so the more it evaporates. The salt is also distributed unevenly and this contributes to the Aral Sea evaporating more.

Desertification is basically using the land so much that it becomes barren. The drying up of the Aral means that

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there is less groundwater, which leads to salt piling up, which leads to the loss of vegetation and animal species and then ultimately desertification. So not only is the Aral dying, the land around it is too. 6 million hectares of agricultural land was destroyed. At one point the government introduced a new fish species to try and save the dying species of the Aral Sea. The fish proved to be harsh competitors for food and led to more little fish deaths.

Another contributor to the destruction of the Aral Sea is climate change. The world is already heating up and Central Asia has had a noticeable rise in their air temperature. This dries up the Aral Sea faster. With the development of factories and transport carbon dioxide levels will increase and increase the already high air temperature. This could lead to the extinction of many plant and animal species. Some other contributors are: inefficient agricultural practices and cotton farming in the desert.

The government has built a dam near the Aral Sea and this has increased the water level by 10 cm. The local villagers have taken action and the mayor has implemented some rules to go towards the protection of the Aral. The Aral Sea can be saved, but it will take more than some determined villagers to do it. We need everyone to do their part; it’s not fair that the Aral Sea and its innocent wildlife should suffer for the decisions of mankind.

EVATT NSW Evatt NSW is the state round of Australia’s premier debating and diplomacy competition.

Evatt is a Model United Nations Security Council diplomacy competition for students in Years 9-12.

It aims to educate young people about Australia’s place in the world and empower them as active citizens by developing public speaking, negotiation, teamwork, research, and diplomatic skills.

The competition takes the form of a mock session of the UN Security Council. Teams of two students debate, amend, and vote on a prepared resolution from the perspective of their assigned nation. The students judged the most effective diplomats proceed to the next round.

Bathurst Round: Scots All Saints College

Wednesday 29 May 2019 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Evatt Registration: Please fill in the form below with details of BOTH team members and return to Mrs. O’Neill.

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Scots Campus Pre-K, Boarding (Years 5-12), Senior School (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

All Saints Campus Pre-K, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Lithgow Campus Pre-K–Year 6 1 Col Drewe Drive LITHGOW NSW 2790

See Mrs O’Neill in the Stables Building for more information.

scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au sarah.oneill@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

02 6331 3911

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