The Roar Newsletter Issue 16 Term 2 2021

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Issue 16

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Thursday 20 May 2021

upcoming major events

A conversation with the Head of College Mr John Weeks

Open Night @ the Innovation Centre Our staff and students welcome parents to inspect the new Innovation Centre for the Junior/Middle School at Campus West (Saints), next week on Wednesday, 26 May 2021 from 6pm-7pm.

You are assured of a fun night as our students and guests introduce you to some of the wonderful STEM activities, which they see as part of a 21st Century education.

26 May 2021

Innovation Centre Openng

Join us for the exciting launch of the new Innovation Centre, 6:00pm -7:00pm

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, registration is essential at: https:// scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au/innovation-centre/ Bulkeley House – Transformation Work has begun on the transformation of Bulkeley Boarding House to create a Student Hub. Upon completion, this Student Hub will provide students with six hi-tech classrooms, bathrooms, change rooms, student service area and student lounge. It is hoped that this new centre will be available for occupation in Semester 2 this year.

27 May 2021

Senior School Athletics Carnival

Students from Years 9-12 will compete in the Inter-House Athletics Carnival.

Welcome Oxley College Scots All Saints welcomes Oxley College to Bathurst this Saturday for our first Rugby Home Games. We look forward to a day of fine sportsmanship on the Main Oval – Campus East (Scots).

Details are as follows: continued page 2 Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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

7-9 June 2021

Literature Festival An impressive list of authors and illustrators will hold presentations and workshops.

For more events view our Online Calendar

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Time 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:45 13:05

13:25 14:00

Team Scots All Saints U13 Scots All Saints U14 Scots All Saints U15 Scots All Saints U16 (Red 7’s) Scots All Saints U16 (Red 7’s) Scots All Saints U16 (Blue 7’s) Scots All Saints 1st XV

Opposition

From the Chaplain

Oxley U13

Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

(13-a-side; ISA Div 2)

Oxley U14

(15-a-side; ISA Div 2)

Oxley U15

(12-a-side; Trial)

Oxley U16 7’s (7-a-side; Trial)

Scots All Saints U16 (Blue 7’s) (7-a-side; Trial)

Oxley U16 7’s (7-a-side; Trial)

Oxley 1st XV

More information can be found via the following link: CLICK HERE

Coffee and Prayer The date for the next Coffee and Prayer has been changed to Thursday 17 June at Campus West (Saints) Chapel.

Parents & Carers: please be sure to

label all items of uniform so we can return them to the correct owner when lost.

Betty Cuthbert Almost twenty years ago, I produced a Christian Television show titled Life: Body, Mind and Spirit. The show focused on physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual health tips. A segment of the program was an interview with a famous Australian Christian athlete, and included Shane Gould, Margaret Court, Nick Farr Jones, Brian Booth and, of course, Betty Cuthbert – whose name is now proudly one of the Scots All Saints houses.

When I told my father that I was flying to Perth to interview Betty, he asked if he could come. My father had developed a schoolboy crush on Betty after watching her win three gold medals on the track at the 1956 Olympic Games, and was eager to meet the sports legend. (Just as an aside, my mother was very happy for dad to join me and I know she would have asked to come along had I been filming Omar Sharif (from Doctor Zhivago)!

What was interesting in meeting Betty Cuthbert was not her success, but rather her character. Here was this amazing athlete whose body had been overpowered by multiple sclerosis and constantly needed the help of a nurse. And yet her zest for life, her faith in the resurrection, and her hope not just in the kingdom to come but in being raised up into someone far more glorious than she had been in her prime, was, to say the least, overwhelming. She had never questioned why she got the disease, but knew that through it she could make a difference and have a greater impact on the lives of others than if she had not had the disease.

Dad and I left the interview no longer star struck by a legendary athlete and national icon, but a humble, joyful sister-in-the-Lord. Fourteen years later, she passed from this life into the next, and just over a year ago, my dear old Dad joined her. He, too, was confident, not in his own performance, physical or otherwise, but rather in the Grace of Christ. As the old Hymn, ‘Rock of Ages’ states, “Nothing in my hands I bring, simply to the cross I cling.”

Amen.

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

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Junior School Mr Anthony Roohan Director of Junior School

Week of Innovation We’re looking forward to an exciting week next week as we launch our new Innovation Centre. All of our Junior School classes will experience the world of VR with Lumination. Kindergarten will explore the movement of objects, whilst Stage 1 will look at forms of energy using augmented reality. Stage 2 will explore the impact of climate change using VR experiences and creation. This is all about developing creativity and collaboration, and unique solutions to real world problems. It also aims to instil a deeper understanding and appreciation of their role in building a successful and positive future.

Lego company Bricks 4 Kids will run sessions for our Junior School students on Wednesday. All Prep- Year 6 students will design and create an amusement park and will have a specific component that they will develop Prep will be responsible for a Safari Park, Kinder and Stage 1: 2D Mosaic Building or 3D building of a popular amusement park whilst Stage 2 will build motorized amusement park rides with technic kits.

Stage 3 will pull it altogether and add some final touches.

We hope that you can join us at the Innovation Centre on Wednesday evening at 6pm to not only see our amusement park but some of the other incredible things that your child will do in the Innovation Centre.

Have you filled a bucket today?

A bucket filler is someone who thinks of others and does or says things that builds them up. Putting other people first and saying nice things to other people fills up their bucket and helps them to feel good about themselves. It also helps the bucket filler to feel good about themselves. Bucket filling is just one activity we can do that helps us to focus on what we can do for one another. This week I’d encourage you to talk to your son or daughter about what they’ve done or said to be a bucket filler this week.

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

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

Personal Research Project This week, our Year 2-4 students should be locating resources for their Personal Research Projects. Hopefully they’ve all settled on their topic of interest. Next week students can start recording their findings. Kindergarten and Year 1 will take part in an abbreviated Personal Research Project commencing next week.

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 next week. We wish Amelia and Emmeline well as they deliver their speeches. Amelia will be speaking about what’s happened to her kitchen and Emmeline about her hidden cave. continued page 4

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Cross Country We wish our cross country representatives all the very best as they head to the Blue Mountains on Monday for the annual HICES Cross Country. Our Junior School team consists of; Amelia Craft, Sam Hunter, Leila Markwick, Dimitri Gould, Chelsea Abel, Nicholas Lenehan, Phoebe Marr, Ethan English, Sadie Chapman, Vin Pearce, Georgie Hemsworth, Jake Kearney, Indiya Phillips, Ben Lenehan, Dylan Monico, Sebastian De Gabriel, Audrey Lesh and Thomas Milgate.

Preparatory School

Footsteps Disco The team from Footsteps will return to Scots All Saints College on 3 and 4 June for two days of dance lessons and our annual disco. The Junior School disco will be held on Friday 4 June between 5:30-7:00 pm in the Bickerdike. The Middle School Disco will follow from 7:15- 8:45 pm.

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 and the commencement of Active Afternoons. It can be difficult for Mrs Boshier or Office staff to contact a student during this time.

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

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

Middle School Disco All Middle School students are invited to the Footsteps Disco on Friday 4 June in the Bickerdike Centre.

Prep to Year 4 – 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Innovation Centre Launch

Years 5 to 8 – 7:15 – 8:45 pm

Everyone is invited to attend the launch of the Innovation Centre next Wednesday 26 May at 6:00 pm. Please RSVP to the email address events@ scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au if you would like to attend.

Parents will be required to pick up their children from the door.

As part of the launch we have two external providers coming in for the week of which all students in the Junior and Middle School will have the opportunity to participate in.

Lumination - Through the STEM Innovation Lab program, students solve real world problems using revolutionary extended reality technology. The students will gain the skills they need to thrive in their future careers - from technical skills to critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, communication and collaboration.

Bricks 4 Kidz - BRICKS 4 KIDZ Educational Play programs provide an extraordinary atmosphere for students to build unique creations and have loads of fun using LEGO® Bricks. A BRICKS 4 KIDZ® school incursion uses the LEGO® Bricks kids love to deliver hands-on lessons correlated to cross-disciplinary curriculum objectives. The BRICKS 4 KIDZ® approach to learning is imaginative, multi-sensory and fun, creating a dynamic learning experience for your students.

Stage 3 Support Networks Our Year 5 health unit this term looks at the impact emotions play in decision making and keeping the students and others safe. This is an important topic for Stage 3 students, as it leads them to consider the ‘why’ of some of their decision. We reflect on their responses to different and difficult situations and ask the students to tell us who they can turn to if they need help; in other words, their support network. Many students are well-versed in identifying their support network and will readily name parents, grandparents and carers, trusted adults and friends. In this unit we also introduce them to the support network outside their immediate circle, the Kids Helpline. Kids Helpline has operated since 1991 and is a free and confidential service for people aged 5-25 offering practical and emotional support. The Year 5 students were given some fridge magnets to take home with the contact details of the Kids Helpline so they have another option to add to their support network.

Mrs Jo Nicholls, Stage 3 Coordinator Stage 4 Report Kermit the Frog famously sang, ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’, lamenting his isolation and ordinariness and expressing his desire to be more colourful and attractive. However, thankfully he concludes by celebrating his individuality, his special and unique characteristics and personal potential. He sings, ‘I’m green, it’ll do fine. It’s beautiful and it’s what I want to be’. continued page 6

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While ambition is a fine thing, it is also important to celebrate individuality and difference. Fortunately, Stage 4 students are provided with many opportunities to let their individual strengths shine and be recognized. Congratulations to Grayson Jacobsen, Chido Mutyiri and Oscar Yordanoff who have been selected to represent Stage 4 at the CWA Central West Group Public Speaking Competition on Monday 24 May. Thank you to William Randall for his excellent performance on the saxophone at last Friday’s assembly.

Year 7 completed numerous NAPLAN tests last week with great focus and determination. It was also pleasing to see a multitude of colourfully clad students completing the cross country course last Friday, all striving to do their best for their respective houses. Thank you to all those in Stage 4 who assisted by guiding younger students around the course with such warmth and enthusiasm.

In Core classes much thought has been given to possible contributions to a time capsule to be buried next to the Innovation Centre, which will be a hive of creativity and invention at next week’s exciting launch.

Mrs Catherine Dundon, Stage 4 Team Leader

2021 CONCERT TOUR Australia’s Number 1 kids Christian artist COLIN BUCHANAN’S Concerts have become a highlight across Australia and across the world!

Colin’s Christian kids songs have become the soundtrack to generations of kids and his lively, hilarious, energetic concerts have delighted families - young and old alike - for a remarkable 25 years!

It’s been over 12 months since Colin has performed live for kids with COVID sidelining more than 50 planned 2020 concerts across the globe. Not only is Colin VERY excited to get back up on stage and sing his songs, LOTS of families can’t wait to come and sing and dance along at a Colin Concert - at last!

Colin can’t wait to sing all his favourites like 10, 9, 8...God Is Great, Isaiah 53:6, The Lord Is King, Be Strong And Courageous, Remember The Lord...Plus he has a one or two special new songs to sing from his brand new album, Colin’s Old Testament Singalong!

Obviously we all continue to monitor the rules and requirements relating to COVID and we understand that the situation is subject to change. The tour will be subject to any social distancing and public health rulings and requirements that may be in place at the time.

But we’re trusting God with our plans and we pray that together we can work towards a safe, fun, colourful - and predictably messy - 2021 Colin Tour!

Colin can’t wait to be part of your community as he takes to the stage for his 2021 Old Testament Singalong Australian Tour!

FOR MORE INFORMATION michelle@colinbuchanan.com.au All Saints' Cathedral Bathurst allsaintscathedralbathurst.com.au

* Colin’s fluffy yellow puppet pal, Nudge, will be appearing with Colin on a limited number of shows.

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Senior School Mr Andrew Weeding Deputy Head P-12/ Head of Senior School

Over the coming weeks, teachers will be writing half yearly reports that will summarise progress to date.

In the report, each student will receive a class work and homework commitment using a 1-5 scale.

Regardless of ability, every student can take control of achieving the best commitment grade possible. In the recent school assembly, we celebrated twenty four Year 12 students who demonstrated outstanding commitment based on their report and this was detailed in the Roar last week. Over the coming months, the Team Leaders will speak with the students at their year meetings on how to set goals using these commitment grades as a motivating influence. That said, it still isn’t too late for every student to keep making a difference to get the best possible grade on the report to be issued at the end of the term.

I thought it also important to provide a basic explanation of the letter grade system that goes on the report for each subject as sometimes these grades don’t always appear consistent across subjects. Based on formal assessments, and using NESA’s Common Grade Scale for Stage 5 or specific course descriptors for Stage 6 subjects, an A to E grade is awarded to each student to show the standard that was achieved.

In determining the grade, the Head of Department, in consultation with the teachers use sample work on the NESA website to align the work of our students with the descriptors. These A-E grades are not intentionally linked to marks and therefore it is not valid to correlate the marks and A-E grades in one subject to another subject.

The end of year A-E grade that is achieved by each student in Years 10 and 11 is sent to NESA for inclusion on the Record of School Achievement that gets issued with the HSC credential at the end of Year 12.

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

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

If you have questions about the awarding of A-E letter grades, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr Jones or myself.

Stage 5 As we lead into the second half of this term one can’t help say “where does the time go?” The College is such a busy place and the students do an amazing job juggling their academic studies with their many co-curricular activities. We would like to congratulate the students in Year 9 and 10 who represented the College at the State da Vinci Decathlon and the Year 10 students who attended the Science and Engineering Challenge in the past fortnight. Today four Year 10 pairs and a Year 9 pair of students are competing in the Evatt Competition which is a UN Youth Competition, which 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 Year 12 House Captains ran an Inter-House Volleyball competition through lunch last week. It was great to see so many kids getting involved and enjoying the atmosphere created by the students leaders. Well done to Cuthbert House who won this competition.

While many students participated, the following students stood out for their enthusiasm and help given to their Year 12 peers: Francesca Burke, Milli Triggs, Victoria Webb, Olivia Pitt, Perth Jaroensup, Paddy McKiernan and Charlie Rendall.

A group of Year 10 students is taking advantage of the Writing Club on Tuesday lunch to improve their literacy skills and creative writing. Ms Sams encourages any students who is interested in this opportunity to come to the library to join in. Mrs O’Neill also encourages any student that would like any additional help with their homework or assessments to come to the library on a Wednesday lunch.

Year 9 will be attending Bell Shakespeare production of 'Such Sweet Sorrow’ on Monday 24 May during periods 6 and 7. It is great to have this fabulous company back to school and this will lead into their study of Romeo and Juliet in Term 3. continued page 8

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Stage 6 Year 12 have been busy with several events and functions over the last two weeks.

The Year 12 Leaders participated in the mid-year leaders dinner and presentation. A great opportunity for the prefects to showcase their designated areas and what they have been working on throughout the semester.

House Captains provided some physical activity for all students on the Senior Campus with a House volleyball competition. Many students participated in this event and enjoyed the spirit of competition and sportsmanship.

Quoi de Neuf!

As promised, this week’s Bonjour Bathurst features a conversation with the talented Annabelle Hickson. We very much enjoyed her company, as she is inspiring, warm, funny and relates to the students with ease. A city ‘lady’ converted to the country life. It is our delight to share a part of Annabelle’s story with the Scots All Saints community and afar. Annabelle will be a feature on Bonjour Bathurst as we go forward. We are very happy to have her on-board!

Annabelle Hickson is a journalist, podcaster and photographer making passions and dreams her career.

Annabelle recently created a seasonal publication GALAH, edited by herself, celebrating regional Australia. She lives on a pecan farm with her husband, three children and various animals. Click HERE to watch video. Click HERE for translation.

Madame Adamson and the Bonjour Bathurst team

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

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

Year 12 Academic Prefects, Austin Markwick and Callum Duncan-Keen have been busy running workshops and getting all Year 12 set up for social learning which will kick off this week. All students will now be able to join academic groups where they can share ideas, practice past papers, and support and encourage one another.

Some Year 11 students are busy rehearsing and preparing for the Debutante Ball organised by the Highland Society which will be held on the 24 July.

Finally, Year 12 leaver jerseys are due to arrive next week. Obviously the most important part of their final year as they are super keen to get them for the winter months.

Felicity Webb was away for the official Prefects' Induction but she received recognition at last weeks assembly.

Symphonic Winds gave their first performance for the postCOVID-19 era at last weeks assembly.

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All Things Sport Mr Mark Wilkinson

representing NSWCIS at the PSSA Hockey Championships in Wollongong. Here’s a photo that proves I’m not making up stories!

Sports Administrator

Parents to the rescue

Ahh Saturday, you cold ole so-and-so!

This past Saturday, hundreds of brave students and their families swapped their warm homes for freezing cold sporting fields. These heroic deeds were rewarded with lots of wins and lots of laughs!

But fear not my friends, a sunny 17° is forecast for us this Saturday.

Speaking of this Saturday, we’re hosting our first ISA Rugby fixture for the season. This will be our first full home game since that pesky COVID-19 came along more than 12 months ago. The grass is mowed, the sausages are ready to be sizzled and everyone is really excited to kick things off.

Unfortunately on Saturday morning our Net Set Go team had their game cancelled at the very last minute. The amazing parents of our young netball stars took to the court in a game of Kids Vs Grown Ups. As the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.

The girls gave Miss Murray and the other grown-ups a Netball lesson. A special shout out goes to Vivienne Jarvis who scored her first goal of the season. Wayto-go girls (and grown-ups)!

Senior School Athletics Carnival Next Thursday we’ll be running our Senior School Athletics Carnival on Campus East (Scots).

Students are to come to school in their Winter sports uniform and wear their House shirt. We’re also asking students to wear a hat and apply sunscreen throughout the day, because that’s what awesome people do. In fact by simply wearing a hat, students will score a house point.

Cross Country Our Junior and Middle School Cross Country Carnival was run and won last Friday on Campus West (Saints). Mawson won an incredible six of 12 races and proved that orange shirts really do go faster.

We now have a team of amazing middle distance runners who will take part at the HICES Cross Country Carnival at Blue Mountains Grammar on Monday. I’ll let you know how we go next week.

NSWCIS Hockey Right now as I type away, Zoe Banning is Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Saturday Shout Outs Here’s this week’s list of students who weren’t only brave enough to be out standing in the freezing cold, they were also outstanding for their team.

Put your frost-bitten hands together for…

Lucy Stewart, Angus Long, Liam Lovett, Bill Byrnes, Elizabeth Alexander, Georgie Hemsworth, Will O’Brien, Neo Paton, Alex Le, Shay-Lee Riley, Harriet Collins, Eva Price, Josie Craig, Bella Taylor, Audrey Lesh, Jesse Abel, Anmol Dhanda, Calla MacCabe, Milly Nevill, Eden Azar, Annabelle Baker, Millie Triggs, Annabelle Cooper, Ashley Mullins, Levi Hillyar and Tilly Proctor.

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Weekend Rugby

What a weekend of Rugby!

Scots All Saints came up against Redfield College where our 1st XV enjoyed a 37-14 win. Our U16s went down 40-19 while our 2nd XV scored a 12-10 victory over Kinross.

Unfortunately for our U13s, who played an 11-a-side non-competitive game against Redfield, came up short.

After spending the first part of the season playing away, we can’t wait to kick off our first home fixture this weekend.

Mr Freeman Photos courtesy of Matt Burfitt (Year 10) CLICK HERE TO READ THE MATCH REPORTS

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From the P&F Mrs Gemma Green P&F Vice President

This week saw our Term 2 meeting for Boarding families. A super turn out saw 26 parents along with Director of Boarding Ant Le Couteur discussing all aspects of Boarding at SASC. A punchy and productive meeting established that Boarder families would showcase where Boarding Students come from regionally and host a Farmers Market Stall at our major community fundraiser the Spring Gathering to be held on Fathers Day this year - Sunday 5 September. Keep an eye out as this stall will be jammed packed with fabulousness and yums!

The P&F are looking forward to seeing who we will be working with as the Parent Helper roles for each year group come into place. In the event that you are keen, grab a fellow parent friend and get your names into Michaela Barclay - Michaela. barclay@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au.

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

Next Monday will see another planning night for the Spring Gathering and we also look forward to seeing many faces at our Week 7 P&F meeting to be held on Wednesday, 2 June via Zoom. Here's the Zoom link for that meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/89842464422?pwd=T1NHQWNIKzVhZEE5TjVVemd1VDY2Zz09 Should you also wish to have your email address added to the database for correspondence for either the P&F, Boarder P&F or Spring Gathering please email Lee Knight - Secretary secretary. sascpfa@outlook.com

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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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National Simultaneous Storytime

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Do it for Dolly Boarder’s Fundraiser The annual Do it for Dolly Day was held across Australia last Friday, 14 May. Across the country, 500 schools, businesses and communities embraced the message of kindness, wore blue and raised money and also awareness about the enormous impacts of bullying.

This term the SASC boarding community has supported this very worthwhile cause. A cupcake and jelly cup stall on Friday was well supported by the students who were also encouraged to wear something blue to add to their uniform.

and 75 jelly cups awaited the hungry hordes who were also able to purchase a blue hair ribbon.

Congratulations to the boarding community who raised a fantastic $502.75 for this most worthwhile cause. The boarding leaders, Amy, Hugo, Holly, Otto and Harriet should be commended on the dedication and leadership they displayed in the organising of this event.

In the words of Tick Everett, Dolly’s dad, “Say yes to kindness and no to bullying.”

A very blue display of 120 cupcakes

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

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Mrs Lynne Woodlock, Head of Ives House

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Isabel's story shortlisted for 'Write 4 Fun' final prize Following is a piece of writing from Year 10 student Isabel Randall. The story has been shortlisted for the final prize in the ‘Write 4 Fun’ Competiton. It will be published in the Write 4 Fun annual magazine.

The Last Job

the person who runs the camp.

Tall men in dark clothes walk up and down the fence line.

Spotlights from towers keep watch on the ground. Large, sharp metal fences separate the inside from the out. The abnormal from the norm. The bad from the good even. My black, leather boots crunch against the midwinter snow. I wait for an opening. Two soldiers pass by each other without a word and once out of sight, I make a run for it. I run with my head down and clothes tucked closely, preventing me from the cold. I reach the sharp, wired fence and my eyes look upon a mass of bodies, huddled together making warmth from the cold. They said this rescue mission was going to be easy, yeah right. Forty-odd faces look up at me. Their faces pale and their lips blue.

Layers of coats trying to prevent the cold are doing nothing for the mass of them. I shove my hand in my pocket, searching for my knife to cut through the fence. I wrap my hand around its hilt and the blade glows a dull blue. I thrust the knife into the fence and create a sizable hole for the prisoners to escape through.

Two men walk in, both in army uniforms with three lines on the chest. Three vertical lines one after the other.

The symbol for the S.T.O.L Organisation. S.T.O.L stands for Service To Our Leader. The whole name and acronym suck but that’s what you get for leaving a narcissistic idiot in charge. The two men stand on either side of me as a third enters the room.

“At last we meet.” The man in front peers down his nose at me. His voice commands authority, forcing me to avert my eyes. He comes closer, kneeling to level us.

“You won’t be getting out of here this time, daughter”.

“Quickly, everyone out.” I urge the prisoners through the fence and out the other side. I check my pocket watch for the time. The soldiers pass by this spot every minute and I barely have enough time to get everyone out. Fifteen more people remain inside the fence, claiming not to want to come through, out of fear. Leaving them behind, I turn and sprint as hard as I can through the snow. I check the watch again and I slow my pace in defeat as the seconds count down. Five, four, three, two, one.

My vision ceases as everything goes black. A blinding white light brings me back to my senses. The cold is gone from the air but snowflakes cover my anorak. The prisoners who were in the camp didn’t get away it seems. If anything I’m now one of them. I try to reach for my knife but ropes tying my arms and legs to the chair prevent me from doing so. Using my training I assess the room. It’s empty apart from myself in the centre. The room is small, square and covered in white paint. The only thing keeping me from going into an anxiety attack is the mirror facing me. It’s a one-way window for an interrogation. I’ve been caught before but not in these circumstances.

This has been my most dangerous mission in six years. Not because of the high risk of getting caught, but because of Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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From the archives

ONE OF MRS IVES’ FAVOURITE STORIES

Mrs Betty Ives, who had a 54 year relationship with The Scots School, had quite a few amusing tales from her association. When called upon to tell these, the story most often told was about an incident on the school’s dairy farm that operated for about twenty years from the mid-1950s.

Early one morning the boys who were rostered on to milk the cows found them leaning up against the fence apparently asleep. Further inspection revealed that during the night they had broken through the fence into the neighbouring orchard. In the orchard was a pile of apples that had been discarded because they were damaged or otherwise unsaleable. The apples had fermented in the pile—apple cider. The cows were drunk!

In a plot similar to that of a television sitcom, the complication was that it was the day that the Department of Agriculture inspectors were coming to test the quality of the milk. This of course would have revealed unacceptable levels of alcohol. The inspectors were delayed until such time as the cows sobered up and all was well.

The photo above is of the milking machine in the dairy from the 1960s.

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Showcasing Elective Music, Art & Drama

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Meet and Greet Regional Visits

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 games planned, including laser tag, trivia and a medieval night. Plus we will be telling some of the greatest stories ever told straight from the Bible.

Join us to learn more with our Head of Boarding Mr Anthony Le Couteur.

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

Goulburn - Thursday 27 May, 6pm Crookwell - Friday 28 May, 6pm Please email events@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au or call 02 6331 3911 to reserve your place.

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