The Roar Newsletter Issue 13 Term 2 2021

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Issue 13

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Thursday 29 April 2021

upcoming major events

A conversation with the Head of College Mr John Weeks

Respectful Relationships Seminars Embedded in the Personal Development syllabuses are specific programs which deal explicitly with relationship issues between young men and young women.

Significant time and discussion takes place to not only provide information but to clarify what that means.

This information is further reinforced through addresses at year group meetings and whole school assemblies.

3 May 2021

Brett Sanders seminars

Helping our Children Navigate Important Social Issues.

To further clarify, the emotional, factual and legal issues around relationships, additional seminars for Years 10, 11 and 12 students are planned for next week.

All parents of Year 10, 11 and 12 students have been sent direct information about this.

Please respond as requested, and to all parents, you are most welcome to attend… like me, we never stop learning.

Our goal in addressing these extremely important issues is to empower our young people with the knowledge and skills to make the right decisions in this area of life, and all areas.

4,5,6 May 2021

School Photos

Junior School: Tuesday 4 May, Middle School: Wednesday 5 May and Senior School: Thursday 6 May

Meet the Rev. Bennett Our next Prayer and Coffee morning is on Friday 7 May @ 8:00 am in the College Chapel (Campus West). It will also be a great opportunity to welcome Rev. Michael Bennett – our new Chaplain, and his wife Mel, to the College.

All are welcome. Please park in the front car park and come straight to the Chapel.

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7 May 2021

Meet Chaplain - Prayer & Coffee

Prayer & Coffee Morning will be held in the Campus West Chapel at 8:00 am.

For more events view our Online Calendar

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From the Chaplain Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

Sanitary Isolation Two nights before I flew out from New Zealand, I was working back to wrap up the final aspects of my role. It was about 6pm and I needed to use the facilities (i.e. the staff toilet). When I stepped inside and turned the lock, the handle snapped off in my hand and the metal spindle dropped outside the door. I was stuck! Locked inside. There was no one in the building as students and staff had gone home. To make matters worse, I did not have my iPhone. I was trapped in my sanitary isolation – three walls, no window, and a fireproof door.

So I began knocking on the door, shouting, “Hello, is there anyone out there? I am stuck in the toilet!” I did this for 20 minutes and there was no response. So at this point, I did the only logical thing and started to measure out where I would sleep and how I would hydrate!

I continued to yell every three or four minutes, only to hear a silent echo return. Then, after 45 minutes I heard a sound. So I continued knocking and returned to my embarrassing plea. On the other side of the door my saviour had arrived. I heard a voice, it was Marge, the cleaner. She said, “Is everything all right in there?” I said, “No Marge, I am stuck in the toilet!” Her response caught me slightly off guard as she replied, “I’m not sure I can help you with that!” I said, “No Marge, I am not stuck IN the toilet, but rather the toilet lock has broken and fallen on the other side. Can you put it back together and open the door?” She did. And I was saved!

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For me, the story serves as a basic Gospel metaphor. There are times in life we can find ourselves trapped and isolated. Our soul quietly cries out only to be greeted with silence. Overtime we can become spiritually dejected and may even conclude that there is no God, no life beyond the grave, only nothing.

If, however, the Bible is to be believed, there is someone who hears our soul’s plea. There is someone who does engage with us and can open the door to a rich and joyful life here, today, along with the certainty of eternal life.

Like Marge, Jesus Christ, is a humble servant of the community who cleans up humanity's mess. The door may not open when we want it to, as there may be a lesson or, in the case of this article, a story to tell that can teach us or someone else an important lesson, but the scriptures are clear that the LORD hears our pleas for help and he does open the door beyond our isolation into a life and relationship that is so much richer than we could ever imagine.

As Jesus says to his disciples in Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.” Amen

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Congratulations Oscar Stocks!

Oscar has been selected to attend the Australian World Orchestra camp at the end of May.

Merino Wether Challenge Training Day

Oscar was the only student in Bathurst to be chosen.

Regional Youth Orchestra NSW

You are invited to join us for the exciting launch of the Scots All Saints College Innovation Centre

Last Thursday, the College Sheep Team travelled to Orange to participate in a series of workshops relating to fine wool production as part of the Merino Wether Challenge. These workshops included talks and demonstrations relating to wool classing, condition scoring, nutrition, regenerative farming and the growing use of drones in agriculture.

The Merino Wether Challenge involves schools from all across the state competing to see who can prepare and present their team of wethers in the best condition at the National Merino Sheep Show and Sale at Dubbo later in the year. The team will use the knowledge and experience gathered from these workshops to help them in their preparation of their own wethers, which they are in the process of caring for, feeding and halter-breaking at the moment.

Mr Meek, Agriculture Teacher

Date: Wednesday 26 May Time: 6pm to 7pm The evening will include: Canapes and refreshments Light display A virtual reality demonstration 3D Lego displays Please RSVP Friday 21 May to events@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

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Student Wellbeing Mr Tom van Gend Head of Student Wellbeing K-12

Year 10 Invictus Program Year 10 students have completed the first element of the Classic Invictus Program. Students have focused on the Network element of the program, which seeks to give students specific skills in order to empathise with the people around them. The element encouraged students to reflect on their own relationships and the ways in which other people can benefit from their company. Positive relationships are essential in any school or workplace and students who completed this element are well positioned to maximise their social cohesion and positive relationships.

Congratulations to: Tehya Atkins

Sophie Baker

Charlotte Bertwistle

Emily Brown

Francesca Burke

Megan Cooke

Tasmyn Davies

Amber Gay

Hannah Gill

Oliviah Grimshaw Mimi Hodges

Georgina Hodgkinson

Sarah Knox

Angus MacFarlane Jessica Mills

Alice Radford

Annabel Rennie

Elizabeth Savage

Kitty Sharpham

Noah Siede

Jayden Spackman

Hannah Stanmore Luke Woodhead

Last Wednesday 21 April the students gathered on the Main Oval to participate in the first major Invictus event to be staged by the College. The Invictus Network Games saw teams of eight students take on a series of five challenges required them to demonstrate teamwork skills including communication, co-operation, delegation of tasks… and sometimes patience.

The weather for the event was glorious and justified the postponement from the scheduled (very damp) date last term. I could not have been happier with the levels of engagement and enthusiasm shown by all of the students who participated – I am very grateful to them for the way in which they supported this new activity and, in a wider regard, how they have embraced the Invictus Program. Special thanks to Mr Weeding, Mrs Pearce, Mr Germech and Mr BossWalker for officiating at the different challenges.

Congratulations to the members of Team Holbrook who narrowly carried the day as the victorious team.

As part of the program, students are invited to complete individual challenges during each element outside of school time. In order to be eligible for the Network Element award, students needed to complete challenges that focused on the Network element, but also included the Master, Journey and Serve elements.

It is tremendously pleasing that 23 students completed the variety of challenges and will receive their Network Award Certificates at our next Senior School assembly.

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All Things Sport Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator

Lily Kable captained the successful NSW team, scoring five goals along the way. NSW completed an undefeated carnival, beating Western Australia 5-3 in the grand-final.

Details of matches can be browsed at https:// hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/competitions/271/

Welcome back sports fans,

CIS Swimmers

I get hundreds of emails every day. But one landed in my inbox yesterday that was just a little sweeter than the rest. Here’s a little out-of-context snippet of the email complementing one of our teams who played last weekend.

On Monday and Tuesday our very best Senior School swimmers took to the pool at the CIS carnival at Homebush and competing against the best swimmers in the state.

“On-field they played hard and fair, but it was offfield where they made the greatest impression.

Several parents made comment on the manner in which the students carried themselves, in regards to both their general deportment and the way in which they spoke to staff and other students.

These students are a credit to the school and I extend a heartfelt thank you for their behaviour.”

I’d love to take credit for this (but sadly I can’t) – that goes to our team of awesome coaches who are instilling in our students the right way to be sports people and human beings.

Here’s what’s making news…

Hockey Last Friday Philippa Webb and Lily Kable represented AICES at the U16 CIS tournament. ‘Did they win every game?’ I hear you say? Yes, yes, they did! The AICES team were undefeated all day and Lily was selected to represent CIS at the NSW All Schools tournament.

Way to go girls!

While this Tuesday Zoe Banning was named in the Primary CIS Hockey team to compete later this year in Wollongong. After her successful trial she joined her friends on their Year 6 camp.

Go Zo! The National Under 15 Hockey carnival was held in Bathurst during the Easter holidays.

Congratulations to these legends on an amazing school representative season: Francesca Burke, Emily Browne, Josie Craig, Annabelle Kerridge, Tahlia O’Connell, Lillian Milgate and Nikki Browne (who nailed a PB!).

Netball A massive congratulations to Sybilla Chapman, Vesper Pearce and Lara Kearney who beat out a long list of talented netballers to make the HICES team. They’ll take to the court at Homebush next Friday!

Cross Country We’re hosting the WAS Cross Country carnival for our Years 7 -12 students next Tuesday on Campus East. Our top long distance runners will compete against the best in the local area for the chance to represent WAS at AICES on 2 June.

Our Junior and Middle School Cross Country carnivals are also coming up. Our Prep and Kindergarten CrossCountry carnival is now on Friday 7 May while our Years 1-8 runners will hit the track on Friday 14 May. Students are required to wear their sports uniforms on these days (and have an awesome time!)

Active Afternoons Our Active Afternoons Winter program continues this week and the weather forecast looks great. Remember those sports uniforms!

Until next week

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SASC Rugby v Cranbook School With Years 7 and 8 having a bye due to week 1 camps, it gave the Senior Rugby Program an opportunity to travel to Sydney for their final trial game of the season versus Cranbrook School. In a mammoth day of rugby, the U16s, 2nd XV and 1st XV were hosted by Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill, to play against equivalent Cranbrook teams. The day began with an early rise, and a surprise bacon and cheese roll in the mountains before arriving in Sydney’s inner west.

The U16’s with several players brand new to the game started brilliantly against Cranbrook U16C’s taking possession deep into Cranbrook territory for the opening minutes. The teams were matched physically and battled ferociously however it was Cranbrook who were better able to find and exploit the spaces in front of them with some quick and accurate passing.

There were impressive debut performances by newcomers Oliver Manners, Charlie Crauford, and strong displays from Clancy Harvey, Sam Neill and Charlie Rendall who scored a wonderful solo try to round off the match. A great starting point for the season. Cranbrook U16C running out victors by 40-7.

In what will be a rarity this season, both 1st XV and 2nd XV had matches at the same location, providing a much needed opportunity for selection. The 2nd XV engaged in a tight and fractious contest versus Cranbrook 5th XV with scores closely balanced within one try with only a few minutes to go. Strong individual performances from Anson Biggs, David Hardie and Angus Rendall kept the seconds in the game until the end, however Cranbrook found a way to push the score line out of reach and taking the win at 22-12.

The 1st XV lined up with a strong starting team with

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plenty of experience. However, they faced a difficult and well organised Cranbrook 3rd XV from the outset. After a positive opening string of possession, Angus Parsons put SASC in front 3-0 with a penalty goal, however SASC 1st XV found it difficult to maintain the same kind of possession for long periods against a tough defence.

Although they carried hard into contact, SAS were unable to gain the kind of go forward needed to break the Cranbrook line early on. However, with each challenge the 1st XV rose and grew together, an impressive sight was watching the boys work to solve problems, display positive mindsets and exploring new ways to attack. This persistence eventually paid off with a fine team try for Otto Kuhn and a conversion from Angus Parsons. Late Cranbrook tries sealed a 26-10 win, however there was considerable growth between the opening and closing whistles and gave the coaches plenty to think about heading into Round 1 of ISA. The day however was not complete, three games down, four more to go. In thanks to Trinity for hosting us, the boys turned their attention to supporting the men in green as they took on Cranbrook in exciting 2nd Grade and 1st Grade fixtures. The SASC boys receiving plenty of praise for their energetic efforts in supporting their Trinity counterparts. From Summer Hill, the boys ventured to the bright lights of Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta to watch Knox v Joeys 1st XV game followed

by NSW Waratahs v Melbourne Rebels to complete their day of rugby. From all accounts, well worth the late return home. Thanks go to all the staff that stayed to allow the boys this experience and the parents for their cooperation in the early hours! We now turn our attention to the first round of ISA away to Chevalier College on Saturday.

Rich Freeman, MIC Rugby

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A big welcome back to Term 2 from the library staff at Scots All Saints.

What’s happening in Term 2?

We are very excited to announce that our annual Literature Festival is back for 2021 after the disappointment of having to cancel it twice last year. We will once again run with the theme ‘Space for Stories’ which we did not end up using in 2020.

We have an exciting lineup of authors and illustrators and students from Prep to Year 11 will experience a combination of author/illustrator presentations and writing and illustration workshops.

Space for Stories LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2021 To decorate our library we would love a photo of you in your favourite space to read—or something a little more unusual!

Our 2021 Festival presenters are Andrew Daddo; Ursula Dubosarsky; Phillip Gwynne; Kirsty Eagar; James Knight and Tohby Riddle. Forthcoming newsletters will include short author/ illustrator biographies and title lists from each presenter.

Library classes prior to the festival will focus on the authors each class is scheduled to see so that the students will be familiar with them and their books and be well prepared for a most exciting 3 days.

We are running a photo competition that ties in with our Festival theme and the entries will augment our ‘Space for Stories’ displays. Just email a photo of yourself reading in your favourite space. One entry per student (a new one for this year if you submitted one last year) Prizes on offer!

So email your photo to library@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au by the end of Week 5 for your chance to win!

Cate Mitchell, Head of Library and Information Services

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Year 7 Camp

In Week 1, the Year 7 students travelled to Camp Wombaroo near Bowral for their adventure camp with the Outdoor Education Group (OEG). The students were placed into five tribes with students from the four Core classes mixed up and spread throughout.

Changing the class groups is a big step that can be challenging for any child, so camp is a great opportunity for the Year 7 group to come together and create new friendships and experiences.

By 5:20 am, students were beginning to arrive at school and move their gear from the Kemmis building to the awaiting buses. A mix of nerves and excitement filled the area by both parents and students. By about 5:45 am, we were all on the road and ready for the four hour drive ahead.

Once we arrived at Camp Wombaroo, the students gathered at the front of the camp in excitement, awaiting instructions from their new camp instructors.

Students were greeted and placed into their tribes, where they then began their activities for the day.

Each tribe had about 16 members, one camp Instructor and a teacher or school representative.

Over the next three days, the students engaged in various activities such as hiking, canoeing, vertical challenge, low and high rope activities, orienteering and a night in both a cabin and a tent. There were

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also plenty of opportunities for team building through both physical and strategic problem solving. It was great to see the students working together as a team to achieve common goals and encourage those who were a little more reluctant. School camp teaches the students to have the courage to try new things and resilience in difficult situations. As teachers, it was also a great opportunity to get to know the students, their personalities, and watch them conquer fears and grow over the three days.

Overall, camp was a huge success! Year 7 students can be most proud of the way in which they embraced all activities while on camp. A special mention to the weather gods for also giving us such blue skies for the 3 days.

A huge thank you to our Core Teachers Mrs Kay Nelson, Mr Patrick Sinclair, Miss Stacey Tomlinson for the positive attitude and support they displayed throughout the camp. A special thank you also on behalf of the teachers and students for Mrs Jeanette Cranney and Mrs Michaela Barclay who joined us on camp and helped with the groups. This amazing experience wouldn’t have been possible without each and every one of you.

Mr Chris Walsh, Stage 4 Team Leader

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Year 8 Camp

Last week Year 8 students travelled to lush, green Glenworth Valley to participate in two days of canoeing and two days of hiking.

Staff accompanying the students were Mrs Catherine Dundon (Camp Co-ordinator), Mrs Michelle Simcock, Mrs Liz Casey, Mrs Ann Maree Adamson, Mr Hugh Hunter and Mr Chris Jackman. The camp groups were blessed by sunny skies and calm waters with a few breezes to challenge those who paddled along a tributary of the Hawkesbury River.

Views from the top of Mt Olive were very scenic and certainly worth the lengthy trek carrying backpacks. Hikers enjoyed shady pathways, interesting cliff overhangs and observations of local flora and fauna. Campsites were flat, grassy and broad and the area, which is a popular destination for equestrians, was dotted with friendly horses.

The camp provided a wonderful opportunity for students to create new friendships, to develop new strengths and skills and to appreciate the natural beauty of the environment. Each student had the opportunity to take on a leadership role, build resilience

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and work with others to achieve a common goal before returning home with stories and memories that I’m sure they will revisit well beyond school.

Year 8 camp was full of fun and surprises. We all had a great time with loads of amazing memories, making heaps of new friends.

Sure, there were no three course meals, but the view at the ends of our hikes made it worth it; not to mention the warmth of the campfires every night. We had a really good group, and canoeing (although it was kind of scary at first) was lots of fun once we got into the water.

The hot chocolates we had were amazing, and so are some of the bonds we created; I remember on the last night lying on the dock with my friends and looking at the stars, the heat of the campfire behind us. All in all, camp was a very enjoyable experience and gave us a chance to bond with the people we mightn’t normally talk to, and I’m really glad I had the chance to go and have that time with my peers!

Isabella Irvine (Group 2) continued page 10

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Our camp began early Tuesday morning, the air crisp and the ground lightly frosted. We set out for Glenworth Valley at six thirty, the bus trip there being rather uneventful, a bit noisy and long.

On our arrival at the beginning of our journey we found ourselves beside a large river, with small populations dotting the banks at intervals. We left with hiking bags packed a bit after lunch, after being placed into canoe teams by our teacher, and set off. Our travel that day was 10km and about five kilometres in our guides looked at the map and declared that we needed to pick up the pace, or else we’d be paddling in the dark. We rafted up together in a giant barge and paddled to the camp under a rosy sunset.

Our travels the next day were uneventful, apart from the stream being blocked by a fallen tree, making us lift the canoes out of the water then back in, just 255 metres from the end of our canoeing trial. That night we camped near three other groups, and enjoyed games of ultimate Frisbee and campfire stories. We

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were the first group up and ready to go, as we had extended our hike the previous day so we could sleep in and walk at a leisurely pace.

Our hike for the next two days was long and tedious, with the large hike up Mount Olive which was tiring especially for the ones who shared the burden of the first aid pack in case of an emergency at the top. We camped at a site called Orange Trees which was a humongous clearing with trees soaring above, greatly contrasting with the two orange trees which sat in the centre of the clearing, with their unripe fruit dangling above the cooks’ heads.

Reaching our destination was a relief. After learning many new skills, developing as a team and as a group, camp taught everyone a different lesson, some more obvious than others, and helped us all have great experiences being completely surrounded and enthralled by nature.

Rohan Lesh (Group 5)

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ANZAC DAY

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From the archives ESROM HOUSE Esrom House (Esrom is a Hebrew word and occurs in the Bible- Matthew 1:3.

Esrom was the great grandson of Jacob).

This building has been included in the National Trust of Australia in the Register of Historic Buildings.

Alexander Watt,an East India merchant, was the builder of Esrom House in 1834 when he purchased the land grant from James Blacket. He named it Esrom after the last land sighted on leaving his homeland Denmark. The Watt family leased the house in 1860 to Mr McCann, a school inspector, then by Mr James Beuzeville who opened a boys’ school there. His diary read, “I once again commence daily classes for boys of the Colonial settlement as it grieves me to see the sons of gentlemen in need of further education”. There are the names of some of the pupils who attended this school listed in his diary, many of whom were well known Bathurst and district identities and still today such as Suttor, Larnach, Rodwell, Sharpe, Palmer, Piper, Glasson, Webb and Clements.

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In 1875 Esrom House and 9 acres went under auction and was described as “a strong and handsome building, only recently completed, at a great cost, under the superintendence of E. Gell Esq., having spacious verandah and balcony, 8 ft wide, on three sides of the building and fitted with French lights and plate-glass windows and is one of the most tasty and gentlemanly style of residence in the neighbourhood…” It goes on to describe other features of the building such as a three-story tower at the top of which is a smoking room, commanding an extensive foreground view of the river and the Blue Mountains.

Later that smoking room was to

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become a prefect’s bedroom in the 1950s. (possibly still a smoking room as discoveries of tobacco tins and old match boxes, plus other incidental items were found later). Behind the house there are the original Stables and Coach House, which are now used as the Uniform Shop and store rooms.

Following a brief ownership by Mr S.G.Fletcher in the mid 1880’s Esrom house passed in to the hands of Robert Darvell Barton, whose four sons were Old Boys of the school which was housed on the Bathurst High School site until 1919. continued page 13

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The Barton family have remained very closely connected to All Saints’ throughout its history. The Barton Family Coat of Arms are etched in the glass doors in the Watson Room of the museum.

Early in 1922 the Reverend L.G.H. Watson wrote to Bishop Long offering to re-open All Saints’ College and towards the end of 1922 Esrom was sold to Reverend Watson and Mr. C.C.F. McLeod to re-open All Saints’ College and in 1927 it was taken over by the Church of England Property Trust, Diocese of Bathurst until 2018 so for 95 years Esrom House had been multifunctional as at various times, a Head’s residence, classrooms, administration offices, boys’ boarding house, sick bay, girls’ boarding house, house parents’ residence, reception office, staff room and dining room.

Today it has taken on a new function as a museum, archives storage and offices as well as after repair and renovation the main reception complex.

At present the bottom floor of Esrom House is looking like an archaeological dig as repair and renovation takes place and there has been a fascinating discovery under the floorboards of a brick archway which may indicate there was a cellar of some kind under this magnificent old building although historical records describing the original building does not mention a cellar. It is possible there may have been a well under the building as it has been recorded as having a ’never failing well of splendid water, raised by a force pump’. There have been other changes surrounding this stately building, but it will always be the icon of All Saints’ College and many artists and photographers have recorded it for history. Throughout the building you can find photos, etches, paintings, lithographs, tapestries and archival objects of Esrom House which are being saved for the past, present and future.

Mrs Memory Sanders, Archives

SENIOR LEARNING CENTRE TERM 2 UPDATE 2021

MONDAY Homework Centre:

WEDNESDAY Lunch Club: Library 1.05- 1.30pm

Library 3.20-4.30pm

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Homework Assessment tasks Time Management Planning Study Skills

The Homework Centre and Lunch Club run every week except the first and last week of each term.

CONTACT Mrs O’Neill: sarah.oneill@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Former student receives Horizon Scholarship Congratulations to former Scots student Emelia Inwood, who has received a Horizon Scholarship. The scholarship is one of a number awarded by Agrifutures (Industries Research & Development Corporation- RIRDC) to promote learning, research and leadership in Australian agricultural industries that are new, or do not have their own research facilities.

Emelia attended The Scots School from 2012-2017 and is a member of a family with extensive connections to the school.

She was a school prefect, and program leader in the performing arts, Pipe Sergeant in the Pipes and Drums, and received the Caltex Medallion for the Best All Rounder and the Hamish Wallace Memorial Prize. Emelia achieved a Band 6 in Agricultural Science in the Higher School Certificate. She is currently studying at the University of New England.

Her scholarship is sponsored by FMC, a company that manufactures a number of products designed to deal with the various problems that can confront our primary producers.”

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We value the involvement of our parents and friends and invite you to be involved again in supporting our students.

What we need….

The Senior School is currently looking for volunteers to assist during examinations as: • Readers • Writers • Small Group Supervisors How you will make an impact…

Examinations can be stressful events! Assisting a student to feel comfortable and confident during an exam is a wonderful opportunity to partner with us in the mission of our College.

What we ask…

• A current (WWCC) Working With Children Check [no cost for volunteers] • A passion for assisting young people to achieve their best • Patience and compassion • Availability to work for up to 3 hours in one session What you will do…

• Supervise a small group of students doing examinations • Be a scribe for a student who requires a writer in an examination • Be a reader for a student who requires some assistance in accessing information/instructions on an examination • Be a reader and a scribe for a student in an examination What we will do….

• Provide induction and training • Provide morning tea and lunch When are you needed….?

• August 9-20 • September 3-10 • October 7-29 • November 10-19 If you would more information or to submit an expression of interest, please contact Tracey Leaf by email tracey.leaf@ scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au or 0438 912 766

Campus West Preparatory School, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School, Boarding (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au 02 6331 3911

connect@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

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Upcoming Event

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M.A.D Night Friday 4 & Saturday 5 June 2021

Music, Art and Drama evening Aikman Hall, Campus East (Scots) Meet and Greet Regional Visits Join us to learn more with our Head of Boarding Mr Anthony Le Couteur.

Griffith -Wednesday 5 May, 6pm Cootamundra -Thursday 6 May, 6pm Canowindra - Friday 7 May, 12:00pm Crookwell - Wednesday 26 May, 6pm Goulburn - Thursday 27 May, 6pm

You’re invited to come to BxYouth!

Please email events@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au or call 02 6331 3911 to reserve your place.

Every Friday night during term time we get together to play games, eat food and talk about Jesus. This term we have got heaps of fun planned, including a party for the SASC boarders and a bonfire! Plus we will going back to where it all began and looking at the origins of our world.

CONNECT TO SCOTS ALL SAINTS

So if you want to live All for Christ, come and join us at Bathurst Presbyterian Church. For more info, contact Ed on 0438 998 097.

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Campus East Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Campus West Preparatory School, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School, Boarding (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795

scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au 02 6331 3911

connect@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au