The Roar Newsletter Issue 14 Term 2 2021

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Issue 14

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Thursday 6 May 2021

upcoming major events

A conversation with the Head of College Mr John Weeks

The Significance of S.T.E.M_ed I have lots of conversations with colleagues, parents and students about S.T.E.M. education. People want to know what it means; why is it important and how do we do it?

All good questions!

7 May 2021

Coffee and Prayer

Coffee and Prayer, this Friday 8:00 am in the Chapel, Campus West (Saints), all welcome.

The initials simply stand for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In very simple terms it’s a philosophy, an approach to develop teaching and learning experiences for students, which ‘join the dots’ between all the subjects they study. An approach which demonstrates relevance and sparks motivation to learn more about the lifelong benefits from STEM based subjects.

Why STEM based subjects?

11-13 May 2021

In all areas of our lives integrated technologies are and will continue to play a significant role whether this be in our personal or professional lives.

Understanding how to apply new knowledge to what we currently do will enhance our future.

NAPLAN

Students in Years 3, 5, 7, 9 will sit for the annual NAPLAN tests.

Why STEM matters?

In the next 15 years:1.

some routine manual jobs will be lost to automation;

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current jobs will be transformed; and

3.

new jobs will be created.

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Years 1-8 Cross Country

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Students from Year 2 to Year 8 will take part in the Inter-House Cross Country.

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Integrating in a formal, intentional way, STEM focused activities for students is designed to build key capabilities of curiosity, independent thinking, logical reasoning, collaboration, strong communication, creativity, problem solving, entrepreneurship and digital technology skills, all which are highly desirable and transferable.

demonstrate how STEM works in our educational setting. The Innovation Centre provides the facility and resources to enable students and staff to come together and apply skills and knowledge in identifying and solving real life challenges.

STEM @ SASC

Happy Mother's Day

We launch our STEM-based Innovation Centre on Wednesday 26 May with our Open Night to

To all of our mums a very happy Mother's Day from everyone at Scots All Saints College.

From the Chaplain Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

Thanks Mum!

(Mothers’ Day on Sunday 9 May) I have an amazing Mum who, like my wife, has loved me, encouraged me, supported me through difficult times, and most importantly prayed with me and for me.

One of my favourite stories about my mum may seem a little strange on the surface, but it speaks to the depth of our relationship. When I was 16 years of age, my mother came into my room at 2am in the morning with a baseball bat. She shook me and said, “Michael! Michael! Wake up!” Since I had been disturbed from my beauty sleep, which you can clearly see from my profile picture I didn’t get enough of, I snapped back, “What do you want?” My mother responded, “I think there is someone outside the house, and I want you to go and see who it is!” I responded, “Can’t Dad go and do it?” She said, “No! I don’t want your father to get hurt!”

At the time, I didn’t quite know how to take that comment. I do have two younger brothers and maybe my mother figured she had back up. I did what I was told and to my surprise, there was someone outside. I hid the baseball bat behind my back, as I did not want to appear to be overly aggressive, and walked up to him. I asked if I could help him with anything? He was shocked

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Our Open Night is from 6:00 – 7:30pm.

to see me and claimed he was not ‘casing the joint’ but rather taking a short cut through the property to a late night party down the road. I couldn’t hear any music, but sent him on his way.

On the surface, it might seem that this story illustrates that my mother was prioritising her love and that I had fallen to the bottom of the list. But for me, the story illustrates how much my mother loved and trusted me to solve a physical threat to our family as she regarded me as the strongest and fittest.

When we consider the essence of the Gospel story, God the Father sent God the Son into a brutal world that rejected him and eventually crucified him, so we might conclude that God is callus or brutal.

Indeed in Isaiah 53, we read that not only had God foreseen what would happen, but that He ‘delighted’ in what his son would achieve (verse 10).

God the Father sent his son Jesus into the world, not because he hated him, but because he loved him and he knew that only Jesus could deal with humanity’s problem – bridging the chasm between ourselves and our creator. Jesus did not come with a baseball bat, that is, in judgement, but rather in mercy – where he lay down his bat and his life so that we could reengage with God, who absolutely adores us.

Like the first century Christian leader Timothy (2 Tim 1:5), I have to thank my mum for introducing me to the living God, and for her continued love, support, encouragement and prayer in nurturing my faith. Thanks Mum. Happy Mothers’ Day to all the mums.

Amen

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Junior School Mr Anthony Roohan Director of Junior School

Congratulations Mrs Mackey Congratulations to Mrs Mackey who is expecting the arrival of her first child in September. We wish Mrs Mackey and husband Tom all the best as they prepare for this exciting time.

Mother’s Day Breakfast - Prep and Kinder We’re looking forward to hosting all of our Prep and Kindergarten mums, grandmothers and special friends this Friday 7 May at 8:00 am for a special Mother’s Day breakfast. Following the breakfast, Prep and Kindergarten students will take part in their cross country event on Watson Oval. We wish all of our mums who do such an amazing job a very happy Mother’s Day this Sunday.

everyone to ‘stick’ to the timeframe as closely as possible. The aim of the Personal Research Project is to give Junior School students the opportunity to investigate an area of interest and present the findings to their peers. Please speak to your child’s teacher if you have any questions. Kindergarten and Year 1 will take part in an abbreviated Personal Research Project later this term.

CWA Public Speaking Congratulations to Amelia Guihot (Year 3) and Emmeline Jacobsen (Year 4) who have been selected to represent the College at the CWA Public Speaking Contest later this month. We wish Amelia and Emmeline well as they prepare for the competition.

Amelia will be speaking about what’s happened to her kitchen and Emmeline about her hidden cave.

Cross Country

Personal Research Project This week we launched our Personal Research Project in Year 2-4. There was great excitement across the classes as students thought about some topics or special interests they could pursue. The Personal Research Project is something that students can work on throughout Term 2. Once a week, teachers will provide instructions in the homework sheet as to what students need to do. Students will be asked to submit a piece of work relating to the project each week. Part of this process involves teaching students the importance of planning their work over a period of time so we encourage Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Students in Years 1-8 are preparing well for their Cross Country to be held on Friday 14 May. The Year 1 race will commence at 10:40 am with other classes to follow. Students should arrive to school in their sports uniform, including their House shirt. Parents are now welcome to attend the carnival with some limitations.

Parents attending must park in the designated College parking areas at the front of the College and sign-in at the QR station by the Chapel.

Book coverings Learning Support is looking for some volunteers to cover new readers in contact. If anyone is available to assist Mrs Phillips on Thursday 13 May between 9-10am in the Library Conference room it would be greatly appreciated. Please email buffy.phillips@ scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au if you can assist. continued page 4

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Contacting the School during Active Afternoons Active Afternoons is an exciting time of the week, with students partaking in a range of activities in a variety of locations. If you need our office staff to pass on a message on a Friday, can I ask that you please try and do it before 1:45 pm and the commencement of Active Afternoons.It can be difficult for Mrs Boshier or Office staff to contact a student during this time.

Junior School Choir Students in Years 2-4 with an interest or passion for singing are invited to join Mrs Tamsitt on Thursday mornings from 8:00-8:45 am as part of our Junior School Choir. Singing is such an integral part of our College community with so many benefits for our brains, hearts and souls. We are excited to resume choirs across the College abiding by health guidelines.

Year One premiering their song for Mr Roohan during Music this week.

The Year 2-4 Choir will occur in the Music Centre at Campus West (Saints) and your children will walk down to their class at 8:45 am as a group. This choir is an optional ensemble for all students in Years 2-4 and is running before school to reduce withdrawal from academic classes. There is no charge to join this ensemble and we look forward to singing with you and hearing you sing for our school.

NAPLAN 2021 Year 3 students will take part in NAPLAN next week. NAPLAN is a good temperature check for individual students and their families and provides our school with data that we can use to inform future practice. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday 11 May

Wednesday 12 May Thursday 13 May

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Language conventions: 45 minutes Writing: 40 minutes Reading: 45 minutes Numeracy: 45 minutes

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Middle School Mr Chris Jackman Head of All Saints Campus / Director of Middle School

they gain on camps such as this are invaluable life lessons. They came back full of excitement but exhausted from all of the fun activities. More photos are on page 14.

Mother’s Day I wish all of the mums in our College community a happy Mother’s Day on Sunday and hope you all get to spend some quality time with your children on the weekend.

Tomorrow, Friday 7 May, we have the pleasure of hosting a breakfast for the mothers of our Preparatory School students and our Kindergarten students.

New Middle School Playground Equipment The new playground equipment was opened this week.

The students have been most enthusiastic about playing on it. A big thank you to the Parents and Friends Association for their financial support for this project.

School Photos This week all students of the College were involved in School Photos. Parents will receive the photos later this term.

Cross Country Carnival The Inter-House Cross Country Carnival for Years 1 to Year 8 will be held on Friday 14 May. Parents may attend but will need to sign in via a QR code on arrival.

All students are required to wear sports uniform (including their House shirt) to school on this day.

NAPLAN Our Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students will be participating in the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) next week, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 May. Year 6 Outdoor Education Camp The Year 6 students had a wonderful time at the Lake Macquarie Crusaders Camp last week. The experiences

Stage 3 Stage 3 have started the Term 2 well-being program (Bounce Back). The first unit we explore is the notion of ‘Courage’. It has been especially timely to discuss courage with the students as it fits well with ANZAC Day, when we remember and honour the courage shown by those serving their country during wartime. We explain that courage is when we face and overcome our fears because we believe doing so is more important than any pain, discomfort or fear we may feel. With the students we share experiences so they know that everyone feels worried or frightened at times (but not necessarily because of the same things). We outline strategies they can use to overcome fear when faced with difficult situations and draw a distinction between courage and foolhardy behaviour.

Jo Nicholls, Stage 3 Coordinator Stage 4 It has been a busy start to term 2 for the Year 7 group with many things happening in many different areas of the College life. The Year 7 group started with a Camp at Wombaroo near Bowral where the students faced many challenges both individual and as part of a team. The stage four students have been involved in the state final of the da Vinci Decathlon which are being held by Zoom at the school this week. This week has also had school photo’s occurring across both campuses and a recommencement of Choir and Band groups. continued page 7

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This Friday the Stage 4 students will have a chance to participate and support their house groups in the school cross country which will be held at Campus West (Saints).

Looking forward to next week the Year 7 group will be participating in Naplan on Tuesday 11 May to Thursday 13 May. Any catch-up exams will be held on Friday 14 May in the morning.

The Year 7 students in the Wellness program will be looking at dealing with difficult relationships both intrinsically and outwardly with a positive mindset. This idea of positive self-empowerment follows on with the skills the students gained from Camp in week one of this term.

Chris Walsh – Stage 4 Team Leader Elements that contribute to a sense of well-being include knowing that you are valued and cared for, feeling a strong sense of purpose and the satisfaction that comes with knowing that you have done your best. At the beginning of this term both Year 7 and Year 8 Outdoor Education experiences have given students many opportunities to show their care for one another, to be aware of their individual importance and contribution, to set clear goals but also to reach new heights, both literally and metaphorically.

Coincidentally, the focus of the Year 8 pastoral care lessons this term has been building self-confidence. This involves self-acceptance, taking risks that mightn’t initially lead to success, being independent and having an ‘I Can Do it’ attitude. Outdoor Education encourages young people to develop independence and self-worth.

Congratulations to all of our students who represented the College so well on camp at the beginning of this term.

The students have also enjoyed the opportunity to recommence combined Chapel Services and Assemblies.

Reverend Bennett’s message about love and personal sacrifice was one with timeless significance for the students and it was great to see many students being applauded for their citizenship and achievements so far this term.

Congratulations to all Stage 4 students who have commenced their Winter sports and Thursday Active Afternoon activities with great interest and enthusiasm.

Catherine Dundon - Stage 4 Team Leader

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Students in Middle

School who are passionate about the

environment and would be interested in

participating in the Speaking 4 The Planet competition, by creating

a speech, artwork, drama piece, writing prose or meme can contact

Mrs Phillips or Mrs Nicholls for further information. Sessions will run after school on Thursdays.

You are invited to join us for the exciting launch of the

Scots All Saints College Innovation Centre

Date: Wednesday 26 May Time: 6pm to 7pm Also 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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Senior School Mr Andrew Weeding Deputy Head P-12/ Head of Senior School

Assessments in all year groups, based on a standards-referenced approach, are a mandatory part of the curriculum. New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) outline a framework through their Assessment Certification and Examinations (ACE) Manual that we as a College must adopt to satisfy compliance requirements for school registration.

The College has published a document titled Assessment Policy and Schedule that has been written based on the requirements of the ACE Manual. This document is specific for the assessment requirements of each year group and is available to all students and parents through the English page on Canvas.

An important part of the policy is the illness/ misadventure section to support students when unforeseen situations arise. As we approach the Term 2 assessments, I thought it timely to remind everyone that this provision exists. As the Head of Academic Excellence and Compliance, Mr Jones coordinates illness/misadventure and students or parents/guardians shouldn’t hesitate to contact him if they have questions about this process.

Please be reminded that an application for illness/ misadventure must have accompanying evidence. In particular, if a student is submitting an application based on illness, a medical certificate must be submitted with the application form and must be received by Mr Jones within 48 hours of the task due date. Please note that Heads of Department do not give extensions. Any request for an extension must be made to Mr Jones who will liaise with relevant Department(s) once the illness/ misadventure form has been received.

Over the coming weeks, Mr Jones and I will review assessment expectations with the students at their Stage Meetings.

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Stage 5 As Parent Teacher interviews for Year 9 are next week, students have been preparing to lead the conversations with parents and teachers in next week’s meetings. The aim of completing a personal reflection on their progress in class is to help guide the conversation to areas of strength and areas for improvement. We like to think that the focus of each interview will be a student-led conference whereby the student can articulate their goals based on a selfassessment of their progress to date. Next week we also have NAPLAN testing for Year 9. All students are reminded that NAPLAN is not a high stakes examination rather a chance to measure individual progress across the years. It is never used in class placement or as a ranking tool for individuals. For further details please refer to the information letter sent to all parents and guardians by Mrs Norris.

This week has seen students engage in a range of activities beyond the normal classroom. Opportunities to put everyday lessons into practice are valuable additions to their learning and all students are encouraged to take up the invitation to become involved in these types of activities.

A group of Year 10 D&T students attended a Science and Engineering Challenge at CSU where they engaged in a range of small projects to simulate some of the issues tackled everyday by professionals in these disciplines in the broader community.

The State da Vinci Decathlon was also held during the week and a number of students in Years 9 and 10 were able to work together collaboratively to solve a range of challenging problems from a diverse range of subjects.

Students are encouraged to sign up for the Rural Fire Service Cadet Program being run by Mr Adams and also the EVATT public speaking and social justice competition being run by Mrs O’Neill.

Congratulations to our Stage 5 students who conducted themselves admirably and showcased the best the College has to offer at the Royal Bathurst Show. A big vote of thanks to Mrs Dawes and Mr Meek for their amazing work with the show team. continued page 9

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Winter sport is now in full swing and good luck to all our teams representing the college in Netball, Rugby, Soccer and Hockey over the weekend.

Mr Germech and Mrs Pearce Stage 6 We are well into the term and both Year 11 and Year 12 are working hard and consistently.

All of Year 11 attended the RYDA Safe Car driving course on Tuesday up at Conrod Straight for what was a very informative and at times hard hitting presentation. The students moved around 6 workshops: Road Choices, Crash Investigators, Drive S.O.S., Speed and Stopping, The I in Drive and Mind Matters. The workshops were well received by the students who took home some important information.

If this event helps saves one life it will have been worthwhile excursion. Also congratulations to Year 11 who were complimented by all of the Rotary volunteers on their respectful behaviour.

online account and a get a copy of their personalised timetable. If any student has still not activated their online account, could they please see Ms Jones ASAP. The senior lockers have been reallocated and moved to their new location, if there is still a Year 12 student that did not get a locker and would now like one could they please see Mr Bailey. On Friday a group of Year 12 students went furniture shopping to finalise and approve the final layout and amenities for the new common room, which is not far off completion. Well done to all that have been working on this to date to make it happen while at all times working in consultation with the students to meet their needs.

Ms Jones and Mr Bailey

Lost blazer

Angus Parsons (Year 11) lost his blazer at Chevalier College last weekend and it is likely to have been mistakenly picked up by one of our boys. It has his name printed on the inside pocket.

The 2021 HSC timetable has been released and all Year 12 students are now able to log into their Students

SENIOR LEARNING CENTRE TERM 2 UPDATE 2021

Prepare for the future STEM Scholarships 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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Apply now for students entering Years 5 to 8 commencing in Term 3 2021.

Applications close Friday 28 May To find out more contact our College Registrar, Mrs Lisa Ellery on 02 6333 4726 or email lisa.ellery@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

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All Things Sport Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator

So the plan this week was to tell you how awesome our WAS Cross Country was on Tuesday. But sadly Mother Nature had other ideas, and we had to make the tough call and cancel it. We’ll share the next steps with our Year 7-12 representative Cross Country runners when those details are confirmed.

Our Prep and Kindergarten Cross Country will be held on Friday morning, straight after the Mother’s Day breakfast. While our Year 1–8 students will hit the track next Friday. All students (except Prep) are asked to compete in their House sports shirts.

Some Special Visitors During our Tuesday afternoon training session, our 1st XV, 2nd XV and U16s Rugby teams were treated with a special visit from a number NSW Waratahs players.

Headlined by Tepai Moeroa and Tiaan Tauakipulu, our players were like kids in a candy shop as they were able to get up-close and learn first-hand the secrets of elite level Rugby. Good times!

Until next week.

Strength & Conditioning We’ve made some big gains in our Strength and Conditioning offering for our Senior students. We’ve built a shiny new gym and our resident S&C expert Luke Newman is on deck to help students get a little stronger, fitter and faster.

Luke is a familiar face around the College. An Old Boy and current SASC Rugby coach, Luke has a Bachelor of Exercise Sports Science and has spent time at the Western Region Academy of Sport as well as Country Rugby League.

Whether students are simply looking for a fun way to get some exercise or gain some extra strength to improve their sporting performance and representative prospects, Luke can develop a plan to suit anyone.

If you’d like more information about our S&C program, please send me an email – mark.wilkinson@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au.

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Our very own Molly Adamson and Annie Craig (pictured centre) participated in the U14 and U16 Central West Girls Rugby NSW Country Championships on 1 and 2 May. The U14 team finished fourth in their division and had one player go on to be selected in the NSW Country team. This is the first year the U14 have been selected for the team.

The U16 team was captained by Annie Craig and were only narrowly beaten by Illawarra 19-14 to finish runners-up. The other zones that participated were Central North, Hunter and Mid-North Coast.

An U16 NSW Country Team was selected at the end of the tournament and Central West were well represented with seven players being selected. The most from any zone! Annie Craig was selected as scrum-half for the NSW Country team.

NSW Country will play and number of games over the next few months culminating in a City/Country tournament in Bathurst on 31 July and 1 August.

The Central West boys’ teams compete this weekend at their NSW Country Championships in Armidale.

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Rugby vs Chevalier SASC 1ST XV [20 v 44] Chevalier College 1st XV A tough opening round against one of the competition’s benchmark teams, Chevalier College, highlighted a lack of match fitness and game time together. A good start with Isaac Poole regathering the initial kick-off saw SASC temporarily move into top gear. We scored an early penalty goal through the boot of Angus Parsons, taking the lead in the game albeit, only for a short period of time. Chevalier hit back reasonably quickly with a lapse in our defence, scoring a try and thus taking the lead, which they then never relinquished. The importance of clearing out over the ball in attack became more apparent as the game continued, and this is an area that we will need to improve if ball security is to be maintained.

Whilst there were flashes of individual brilliance and potential throughout, we really failed to work as a unit and our attacking structures were repeatedly tested through poor handling and failure to commit at the breakdown. Our defensive structure was also tested due to a lack of cohesiveness and failure to commit to the tackle and put the opposition on the ground. It is always difficult to come away with a win in Bowral, but I commend the team for never letting their heads drop and contesting as best they could in this early part of the season. This commitment saw us score the final try and is testament to the leadership of both Charlie Harris and Andy Jackman. We came away with three well-deserved tries and a fourth being disallowed. I feel also that a number of try-scoring opportunities were lost through inexperience and choosing inappropriate options, areas that will improve as the season moves ahead.

Congratulations to Nicholas Betts, a novice at this level, possibly the best player for SASC. He made a number of tough, powerful attacking runs in general play and was rock-solid in defence. We now have an idea of where we need to head and how to get there if we are to feature in the final four at the end of the season.

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Best Performances: Nicholas Betts.

Coaches: Mr. P. O’Neill. Mr P. Koen SASC 2nd XV [10 v 19] St Stanislaus’ 4th XV On Saturday we had our first official match of the season against St. Stannislaus College’s fourth grade side at home.

We had trained well throughout the week, and the boys were very keen for a local derby. We started very well with excellent structure on both attack and defense. Guy Neill had a stellar game and ran in a try from the 22 metre line giving us the advantage going up 5 to 0. Midway through the first Benjamin Radford anticipated a pass and made an intercept, making a speedy break and recording our second try. We struggled with our kicks and were not able to take advantage of any extra points. We continued strong pressure but started to make mistakes with several dropped balls and poor passing. The rucking was strong by SSC and they started to dominate at the breakdown with their size and counter rucking. SSC would put two tries on us just before the half and they went ahead by two points.

In the second half it was a seesaw affair with both teams having chances. Eventually SSC broke through with a strong run by easily their best player who was their inside centre.

We again had several chances to get back in the game, but just couldn’t muster any consistent play without mistakes or giving away penalties.

A few things to work on this week, keep things simple, body height at ruck, catch and pass.

Best Performances: Jack McCudden, Max Corbett, Cody Green and Harry Price.

Coaches: Mr. D. Bailey and Mr. L. Newman continued page 12

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SASC U16 [7 v 26] Chevalier College U16 The U16s opened the game with real purpose and dominated the opening 10 minutes. The boys took everything from Thursday’s session and put it into practice, maintaining their width, retaining possession and challenging the Chevalier defense. It was only minor decisions that made the difference between what could have been a scoring frenzy and their lack of points.

Buoyed by the opportunities they created the U16’s continued to pressure Chevalier with clear organization from half-backs Charlie Rendall and Samuel Neill, and confrontational running from Clancy Harvey and Hugh Argent-Smith. Chevalier however, rallied and took advantage of Scots All Saints lack of discipline, taking their opportunities in quick succession with three converted breakaway tries.

The SASC boys displayed a much-improved performance from their last game and show real promise if they can take advantage of the opportunities they create. Even with multiple changes of positions and rolling subs, the boys in blue found a way to crash over through Toby Dickenson before a final try from Chevalier. What was most impressive was how the boys responded to a leaky first half defense with some incredible low tackling coming from newcomer Charlie Crauford and Timothy Anderson providing some magic moments to close out the day’s effort.

SASC welcomed two more debutantes to their rugby careers in Noah Newman and recent arrival Matthew Anderson, who displayed excellent character and intent in their introductory game. We now look forward to our next challenge v Redlands this week.

Best Performances: Christian Blasig, Hugh Argent-Smith, Charlie Crauford and Timothy Anderson Coach: Mr R. Freeman

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SASC U14 [19 v 26] Chevalier College U14 The Under 14 team came up against a Chevalier team who had played numerous games in 2020 and were well drilled from the kick-off. After a slow start, the Scots All Saints boys became better and better as the match progressed. Down three tries to one at half time, the boys regrouped and won the second half. Joey Power scored two tries and Lachlan Munns scored a try as well. Rudi Schwartz converted two of the three tries. I was greatly inspired by the commitment displayed by all players and for the enthusiasm they showed for the entire match.

Player of the match was Rudi Schwartz for his outstanding leadership by example. His kicking game, defence and attack was dominant.

The final score was Chevalier 26 to Scots All Saints 19. A great, positive start to the season for the Under 14’s.

Best Performances: Rudi Schwartz Coach: Mr C. Jackman SASC U13 [22 v 22] Chevalier College U13 The Under 13s played Chevalier at Bowral in their first hit out for the season. Up against a side with a number of subs was always going to be tough, but the boys were well up for it as they took the field. The game was a physical from the outset and the boys lifted themselves and met the opposition with intent. Henry McRae and Lachlan Nelson were enthusiastic in tackling and at the breakdown, saving a number of tries between them. Edward Cheetham (1 try), Albert Telford (3 tries) and Marcus Wythes (1 conversion) kept the scoreboard ticking over.

The game was a great spectacle, with the result going down to wire. With the opposition in front with a minute to go, Albert Telford scored the equalizer to make the final score 22-22. The boys should be proud of the way they played and the manner in which they conducted themselves on the field.

They played as a team and displayed lots of heart with hard running and effective tackling. Well done to all players.

Best Performances: Albert Telford Coach: Mr H. Hunter

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Volunteers to cover readers Dear Families, Learning Support is looking for some volunteers to cover their new readers in contact. Mrs Phillips will offer morning tea in the library conference room on Thursday 13 May for any wonderful individuals who could offer their time to help cover books for an hour.

Time: 9‐10am Venue: Library conference room If you can help please indicate by writing in your child’s diary or emailing Mrs Phillips Buffy.phillips@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

Claire Lindley and Brydie Ford.

Equestrian News

It is fabulous to see our equestrian students out and about putting their hard work training into great results. Last weekend Claire Lindley and Brydie Ford (both who agist horses at the College) headed to Marrar Campdraft with their families to compete in the junior draft.

The girls both rode beautifully and their spirits were high. Claire and Yaven Moore Chrome sealed the win with 90 points. Claire was also fourth with her young horse Six Moons Sassy. Brydie and Cafty Blue finished fifth against a tough field of competitors.

Over Easter Claire competed at the Brungle draft where she won the junior draft riding Chrome. Both of these girls will be representing the school at the North West Equestrian Expo in June along with 31 other riders from the College.

We are all looking forward to this four day inter-school competition.

Mrs Libby Dawes, Director of Agricultural Studies and Equestrian

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HICES Debating

Lucy Marshall, Eloise Fairley, Jai Valabjee and Hannah Howes.

There is plenty to talk about in Senior School debating after a busy week for our teams in Round 1 of the HICES debating competition.

There was a victory for Scots All Saints A in the Open Division, with a team line-up featuring Year 12 students Callum Duncan-Keen, Simi Atluri, Jonah Siede and George Butler.

They went up against Macquarie Anglican Grammar School in Dubbo in a debate conducted online via Zoom technology. Despite his own lengthy association with debating and decades of experience, it was the first time Mr Andrew Maher had adjudicated a debate online. He adapted to the technology with ease.

A separate debate was held between two Scots All Saints College teams in the Senior Division, with a team of Year 9 students (Jai Valabjee, Hannah Howes, Eloise Fairley and Lucy Marshall) emerging triumphant against the Year 10 team made up of Luke Woodhead, Charlotte Bertwistle, Ella Kay and Kitty Sharpham.

Year 12 team featuring Simi Atluri in action (speaking to the computer during the Zoom debate).

Zooming into the world of debating: The COVID-19 outbreak ended all inter-school debating activities in 2020, however modern technology has come to the rescue with Zoom.

Having been involved in high school debating since 1974 - at that time as one of the debaters - it was an interesting experience to participate in a debate with Zoom, and it is a good thing that technology now exists to make debating possible over long distances and in circumstances where it cannot easily be done face to face.

On the other hand, debating is one of the performing arts. Zoom cannot replace that interaction between debater and audience that is part of the debating venue. It is also yet to replace the social aspects such as meeting people from other schools and the informal chat with the adjudicator afterwards.

Mr Andrew Maher Mr Maher watching the online debate as adjudicator.

It was a close contest but Hannah Howes, from Year 9, was named best debater. The teams will continue their public speaking journey with an excursion to Blue Mountains Grammar School with Mrs Davis on Friday.

Ms Christine Sams, English teacher

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Science and Engineering Challenge Teams of Year 10 students from Scots All Saints College were involved in the Science and Engineering Challenge at Charles Sturt University.

This is a nationwide STEM outreach program presented by the University of Newcastle. Students experience aspects of science and engineering not usually seen in their school environment.

Our teams competed against other schools from across the Central West in fun and engaging hands-on activities such as designing an earthquake proof tower, building a water turbine and constructing a

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bridge. Our teams came third overall, winning the challenge to build a maximum efficiency turbine for water and coming a very close second in the bridge building challenge. It was very pleasing to witness each team’s lateral thinking and design concept skills combined with specific subject knowledge and teamwork. Congratulations to all the students who participated in the day and were exemplary representatives of the college.

Mr Geoffrey Hayward and Mrs Sarah O’Neill

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Year 6 Camp

“UUUGGGHHH,” I groaned “are we there yet?”

Some more time passed until we all clapped and cheered for Allen, the bus driver for getting us to camp safe and sound.

We dropped off our bags and went to Bay View meeting room where we were introduced to our camp leaders: Drew, Emily, Jaeden, Dan, Hailee and Elizabeth. They were all really nice, energetic and helpful.

Our group walked down to catapult building first, and I tried to put it together the correct way, but Joe, James and Blake said to put it the other way, then we were the only team to get over 200 points!

We went to afternoon tea for some lamington slice with fruit and water. We then moved on to archery, “Ptew, click, whoo hoo!”, bullseye on the first go! Everybody was surprised, but the next shot, I would’ve hit another bullseye, unfortunately it bounced off.

We then went on a hike to set up camp on the bivouac night. Dinner was meatballs and rice noodles in a neapolitan sauce with vegies ... delicious!

I was in a tent with Nic which we constructed and I slept pretty comfortably until morning, considering the cold night.

We woke up and packed everything away, then had a cereal breakfast with juice and toast around the campfire.

After the hike back, we reflected on our night and went into our Christian groups in Bay View, then went to our cabins and got changed for the action-packed water experiences.

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First we did canoeing, where we raced each other and team work activities, then we moved on to problem solving raft building activities. Lastly, we did sailing where I went with Drew. He let us steer, took us to the warmer waters, and let us dunk our hair in the lake. The sun was setting; I was freezing, so I sprinted to get the first shower to warm up.

We had free time until dinner, which was chicken schnitzel with veggies and potato bake (not quite as good as mum's!)

The whole year then enjoyed a huge game night, where we had competitions and acted out crazy scenarios for room points.

On the final morning, we woke in our comfy beds in rooms that felt like a resort, then pancakes, toast, juice and cereal to fill our bellies.

We then went to Bay View to celebrate our time together and then on to our last activities. We did abseiling, which was full of heart-pounding intensity! Lunch was ham and salad subs with pumpkin and fetta salad and water.

Sadly, we waved goodbye to our awesome leaders as we departed for home. Maccas at Blaxland was a nice surprise!

We were finally back in Bathurst after a long trip home, but it was all worth it because the Lake Mac Cru Camp was such an awesome experience and I recommend anybody go if they get the chance.

Andrew Saran

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Bathurst Show Cattle Team The final show of the season for the SASC Cattle Team was the Royal Bathurst Show. The team finished the season with a bang with some amazing results.

We exhibited nine of our stud Limousin’s including five cows and calves and four young heifers.

Our home bred Limousin heifer, Scots All Saints Rosie took out the Junior Champion Female award for Limousins, which was a very satisfying result as she was up against many quality stud heifers. This heifer also took out Grand Champion School Exhibit, which was an outstanding result.

Many of our students won awards in the both the Junior Paraders and Junior Judging. Special congratulations must go to Patrick McKiernan and Taylor Kleinschafer who placed second and third in the junior division of the judging and to Kirilee Scott who took out second place in the senior division.

Kirilee was only one point off the Champion Judge!

Paige Hatton also competed in the Meat and Long Wool judging class and placed first!

In the Parader’s classes, the Scots All Saints students did an amazing job. Alyssa Cranston, Charlotte Lindsay and Harriet Mitchell won their heats and made the very competitive finals. Lily Moore, Sophie McAllan, Paige Hatton, Philippa Webb, Kirilee Scott and Patrick McKiernan all placed in the top three in their heats which was an outstanding result.

One of the highlights of the weekend was the amazing results in the Young Rural Achievers Awards.

This involves the students submitting a resume and letter and then having an interview by a panel prior to the show. Scots All Saints took out all the Champion’s in each section, which is a phenomenal result. The results are as follows: Junior Girls 1st Paige Hatton 2nd Lily Moore 3rd Philipap Webb Junior Boys 2nd Patrick McKiernan 3rd Lucas Kamper Intermediate Girls 1st Victoria Webb Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Intermediate Boys 1st Dusty Fitzpatrick 3rd Angus MacFarlane Senior students 1st Felicity Webb 2nd Kirilee Scott continued page 18

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Extra special congratulations must go to: The Overall Champion Young Rural Achiever in the Junior section – Paige Hatton The Overall Champion Young Rural Achiever in the Intermediate section – Victoria Webb The Overall Champion Young Rural Achiever in the Senior section – Felicity Webb The Grand Champion Young Rural Achiever of the Bathurst Royal Show 2021 – Felicity Webb.

Next was the ‘Fitting Challenge’ where a team of four have a time period to ‘fit’ (which means get an animal ready for the ring) – it is always hectic and so much fun. Congratulations to Charlotte Lindsay, Harriet Mitchell, Shannyn Neville and Paige Hatton who took out third place in such a hotly contested comp.

To finish the show off a ‘Calf Capers’ was held – this is really a fancy dress where we dress up the cows!

Creativity was the name of the game with some of cows dressing up as a tiger, as a scarecrow and as a mascot for the Olympics.

We now are having a small break but are already getting steers in for the Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza in October!

Mrs Libby Dawes, Director of Agricultural Studies and Equestrian

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Bathurst Show Sheep Team Success

The Scots All Saints College Sheep Team has been busy preparing their Australian White ewes for the past few months and saw the fruits of their labour after having a very successful Bathurst Show. Two of our ewes (Tig and Tracey) took out the 1-2 year class and were awarded Champion and Reserve Champion Australian White Ewe. The students also saw plenty of success in their junior judging endeavours with most students making it through to the finals, but it was Will Jeffress who took out second place in the Merino Breeds section and Paige Hatton who came first the Meat Breeds section.

The ewes were also accompanied to the show by their 2 week old lambs, which were a crowd favourite with the general public and a great conversation starter for the

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students to talk to people about the school’s stud and the breed.

A big thanks and congratulations to the students for all of their efforts.

Mr Meek

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2021 SASC Literature Festival – ‘Space for Stories’ As mentioned in the previous The Roar, we have booked an impressive list of authors and illustrators to work with our students from Prep to Year 11 in a mix of presentations and writing/illustration workshops. The Preparatory School classes will attend one session, while every other year will have at least two sessions. During these sessions, our authors and illustrators will share their knowledge and passion for books, writing and illustrating with our students. We will take the opportunity to introduce our speakers in this and forthcoming newsletters.

Andrew Daddo

Over a thirty-year career in the Australian entertainment industry, Andrew Daddo has been many things: a TV presenter primarily with travel shows, golf, two Olympics, news, current affairs and MTV to his credit. He has acted on stage and in film, speaks to corporates and school kids, and maybe best of all, is the author of 28 books for young people.

Kirsty Eagar “I write to learn. I’m a trier, but before that I’m a procrastinator.

I feel most at home in the sea. I will never get tired of the moon.

I grew up riding horses and motorbikes, well acquainted with casual risk taking.

I went to a small country school where you didn’t have to wear shoes if you didn’t want to. There were six kids in my grade.”

Kirsty Eagar grew up on her mum’s central Queensland cattle property, and spent most holidays at the beach with her dad. After completing a Master’s degree in Economics, she worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England before changing careers, wanting a life where she could surf every day.

A reminder that our ‘Space for Stories’ photo competition closes on Friday 22 May. If you want to enter, send a photo of yourself reading in a favourite space! library@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

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From the archives THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME The recent passing of The Duke of Edinburgh prompted a search back through the records for information about the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The first reference that has emerged is from 1968, in the form of a press cutting supplied

by Stanley Baker, who visited Scots All Saints in 2019. Stanley was one of the first students in Bathurst to receive a Duke of Edinburgh award in 1968. Unfortunately, none of the other winners of the awards were recorded in The Lion, and Stanley’s is the only name we have. The article from the Western Advocate records that Mr. P. C. Bourke supervised the boys at Scots, whilst Mrs E. M Bourke from The Marsden School looked after the candidates from there. The awards were apparently supposed to have been presented by the Duke himself, but he was unable to do so, so Bathurst’s Mayor John Matthews was called on to make the presentations.

Stanley Baker’s major task for the Bronze Award he received in 1968 was a lifesaving project. He also prepared a Friesian bull - at this time Scots ran a dairy which he presented at shows in the Bathurst area, and won Fourth Place in the Royal Easter Show.

Scots, All Saints' and Marsden ran a Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme program in the years that followed. A couple of winners of the Gold Award are current parents of Scots All Saints.

Mr Andrew Maher, Archives and Administration

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1983-84 Venture Club Duke of Edinburgh Mark Dawson, John Raymond, Craig Johnson and David Carter.

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SPORTS DRAW

SASC Performing Arts Academy presents

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Friday 4th & Saturday 5th June 7pm Aikman Hall Campus East (Scots)

Showcasing Elective Music, Art & Drama

Meet and Greet Regional Visits Join us to learn more with our Head of Boarding Mr Anthony Le Couteur.

Tickets trybooking.com/BQZVM 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

Every Friday night during term time we get together to play games, eat food and talk about Jesus.

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

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