The Roar Newsletter Issue 23 Term 3 2021

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Issue 23

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Thursday 29 July 2021

upcoming major events

A conversation with the Head of College Mr John Weeks

Welcome back Our students in the Orange, Blayney and Cabonne local government areas returned to school on Wednesday, following the seven-day lockdown in these areas. The snap lockdown and the continuing lockdown in the Greater Sydney Area are salient reminders of just how quickly the current situation is changing and how important it is for all of us to do our very best to halt the spread of the virus.

2 August 2021

HSC Drama Showcase Tune in on Zoom at 6:00 pm to watch Year 12 Drama students perform.

Welcome back… it’s great to have everyone together again!

Trial HSC – the 2021 HSC We are extremely fortunate to be holding classes in face-to-face mode. We really feel for other families in the Greater Sydney Region where important HSC preparation through scheduled Trial HSC examinations are being threatened.

Trial HSC examinations at Scots All Saints College are scheduled for 9 August 2021 and they will go ahead as planned. All students need to maintain focus and ensure they do their best… Furthermore, there are no plans to cancel the 2021 HSC examinations and the Examination Standards Authority (NESA) will put in place special consideration for students genuinely affected by lockdown restrictions placed upon them.

9 August 2021

Trial HSC

Trial HSC examinations will commence on Monday, 9 August.

The way that NESA does this is extremely comprehensive and fairly supports students who have genuinely been affected. A school by school, student by student approach is the standard rule.

For schools outside the Greater Sydney Region there are no significant interruptions to teaching and learning and students should not anticipate any.

Everyone needs to continue to work as hard as possible throughout the next term – COVID, or no COVID! 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

23 August 2021

Book Week

Book Week activities will be in full swing for Junior and Middle School students.

For more events view our Online Calendar

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From the Chaplain Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

The Olympic Series – A Father’s Love This week’s The Roar article looks at another Olympian – 400m runner from Great Britain, Derek Redman. Leading up to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Redman was in the form of his life. He had won the British championships, was extremely competitive on the world stage, and was one of the UK's best hopes for a medal.

During the heats in Barcelona, Redman put down a strong performance, which meant he got the best lane for the semi-final. As he warmed up for the semifinal, the BBC commentary talked about his potential to win gold. When the gun started the race, Redman accelerated very quickly and was gaining on the front runners down the back straight. And then … Redman says he heard a loud ‘Bang’! He pulled up mid-race and clutched the back of his leg. He said later that he “honestly thought I had been shot!” As it turns out, he had torn his hamstring. He looked across the track and saw his fellow competitors finishing.

Officials then ran on to the track to escort him off so that they could start the next race. But he yelled at them to go away. He attempted to hop the final 220 metres of the race. With 150 metres to go, he was struggling to continue. Tears were running down his

face. More officials came to grab him, and he was ready to give up. Who would come to his aid? His father. His father suddenly emerged next to him, having jumped from the stands, and ran over to his distraught son. Redman initially pushed his father away, thinking he was another official. But his dad threw his arm around his son's waist to support him.

And Redman asked his dad to help him finish the race. Together they slowly continued towards the finish line, with his father palming off more officials who wanted them off the track. Redman finished the race to thunderous applause from the crowd.

The occasion was an extremely powerful moment in Olympic history. The story is a great metaphor.

Firstly, it demonstrates great courage. Redman was never going to win. It would have been easier for him to limp off the track and quit. But instead, he was determined to push on despite the attempts of officials to remove him. Secondly, this story is a great metaphor for our spiritual lives. The Bible encourages us to be courageous (i.e. Joshua 1:9), but it also reminds us that “God is our refuge and strength” (Psalm 46:1-3). God is like Redman’s father. He is a proactive supporter, who not only supports and guides us through life's challenges but also leads us towards the finish line of life into his great eternal kingdom to come.

Let me encourage us all to reach out to God, who is by our side. In Him, you shall find the love you are looking for, the support you need to get through difficult times, and the security of knowing where you are going beyond the grave. Amen.

Waste to Art win for Chelsea Year 9 student Chelsea Stocks recently won the local Bathurst Secondary School 3D section of the Waste to Art competition.

Chelsea's piece was part of an in class D&T project, a tree made from recycled soft drink cans. Congratulations Chelsea!

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Junior School Mr Anthony Roohan Director of Junior School

COVID-19 restrictions and wet weather have continued to dampen our Winter sport season and many of our play time breaks but we’re hopeful there will be some light at the end of the tunnel soon. Despite missing a few weekends of sport, I’m sure many students are looking forward to getting back on the field/court this weekend.

Our classrooms are buzzing with learning, with classes commencing new literature units for the term including Fantastic Mr Fox in Stage 2 and Fairytales in Kindergarten. All classes are exploring imaginative writing this term and have just completed a Brightpath narrative assessment which enables teachers to plan writing activities to meet the needs of the students and review student growth in learning.

information, understanding, skills and strategies students require making safe decisions about their own health and well-being. We’re hoping to welcome the Life Education Van to our campus in Week 5 and 6 but will continue to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 situation.

Seussical The Musical At the end of last term, we announced that our Junior School Musical for 2021 will be Seussical the Musical.

Whilst we did hope to have commenced auditions for lead roles by this stage, we have decided to delay auditions until we have a clearer picture of what the rest of the year is going to look like in relation to COVID-19. continued page 4

Mrs Mackey will commence maternity leave at the end of Week 5. In her absence we will welcome Miss Paloma Bellingham to Year 2 Determination for the remainder of the year. We wish Mrs Mackey and her husband well as they prepare for the arrival of their firstborn.

Green and Gold Day this Friday!

The Junior School is inviting all students to join other schools and businesses across Australia in turning Australia Green and Gold on Friday 30 July, in support of the Australian Olympic Team. There is no fundraising involved, however children can wear a splash of green and gold with their sport uniform or casual green and gold clothes in support of our Aussie Olympians. This day is about painting the country in our national colours and being proud of Australia’s sporting achievements.

Life Education Healthy Harold and the Life Education team have been helping empower children to make safer and healthier choices since 1979. Life Education provides age appropriate programs that aim to provide the

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Weekly happenings in STEM and beautiful collage work from Year 2.

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Public Speaking Program- ‘The Pitch’ This term the focus of our Public Speaking program will be 'The Pitch.’ The idea of a ‘pitch’ is for students to persuade the audience into buying something for a specific purpose.

Students will be invited to bring in an item from home and deliver a short presentation where they try to convince their audience to buy their item. Further details relating to ‘the pitch’ will be distributed early in Week 5 and students will deliver their presentation later in the term.

Bounce Back Bounce Back values are at the heart of what we do in the Junior School. We encourage and develop student behaviour that is guided by pro-social values such as being friendly and inclusive, respectful and supportive of others, compassionate and kind. By doing this, we aim for students to develop positive and satisfying relationships with their teachers and peers. When student behaviour is guided by core values such as honesty, fairness, responsibility and acceptance of difference, it develops integrity. When acting in accordance with these values, students are more likely to experience better mental and physical health and improved learning outcomes and more successful relationships. Why not promote these values with your child/children? Why not have a discussion over the dinner table about how they have been friendly to others, respectful and supportive of others, compassionate and kind? What a great way to build positive relationships in our community.

Weekly happenings in STEM and beautiful collage work from Year 2.

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

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Middle School Inter-House Athletics Carnival Results

It provides us with the perfect opportunity to discuss persistence with the students. While persistence is important for allowing students to achieve in a school setting, academically and with their co-curricular pursuits, developing persistence is a critical factor in determining success and happiness in life. Students who are able to draw on their experience of persevering are in a better position to achieve their goals when faced with challenges and setbacks.

Congratulations to all of the students in Cuthbert House for winning the Middle School Inter-House Athletics Carnival held at the end of last term. Thank you to all parents who assisted on the day and to all those who came to support their children. It was a most enjoyable day for the students.

I would like to thank the Stage 3 students for their acceptance of the new practices we have in place to ensure everyone’s health and safety at school, it is appreciated. This week we have enjoyed seeing some sunshine, it has given us a chance to get out of the classrooms and enjoy our open spaces.

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Jo Nicholls, Stage 3 Coordinator

Mr Chris Jackman Head of Campus West (Saints) / Director of Middle School

Cuthbert - 684

2nd Booth - 524 3rd

Dunlop - 511

4th

Mawson - 491

5th

Cowan - 411

COVID-19 Protocols for Visitors on Campus Grounds As a reminder; • Parents and carers must wear a face mask if they have exited their vehicle and sign in using the COVID safe QR code.

• QR check-in points will be located near the Prep gate and out the front of Esrom House.

• Parents should not be entering classrooms during the school day.

Green and Gold Day This Friday 30 July we have invited all of the students to come in Green and Gold sports clothes to celebrate and encourage our national Olympic team.

Stage 3 Persistence With the start of the Olympics last week, and linking to the theme of our Middle School weekly Chapel YouTube services (thanks Mr Bennett), we have been keenly watching the athletes compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

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

Stage 4 The Stage 4 students are starting to really get involved in this term’s work across all their key learning areas (KLA’s). This has been with the backdrop of the challenges that COVID-19 is creating within the education system both locally and nationally. The use of Canvas and emails is vital for those who are away to ensure that they stay current with all class work.

Students are encouraged to make time with their teachers upon their return to school to ensure they are where they need to be in relation to work covered.

For those students still away, continue to email your teachers and use Canvas and Zoom sessions with your online studies. continued page 6

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The Innovation Centre is open and being used by groups across the whole Middle School which is brilliant to see. This space is an asset to the wide scope of new learning opportunities that it is providing for the students. The Year 7N Technology Mandatory class are currently using the space to build their Sound Machines in pairs. The use of the Virtual reality headsets is also being deployed across the different KLAs to enrich the student's learning.

The photo to the right shows 7W using the headset in Technology Mandatory to learn about speed and motion during their study of the Dragster unit.

In pastoral care, the classes have been looking at goal setting and perseverance to fit in with the theme of the Olympic games in Tokyo. This theme has also been used in Chapel.

Chris Walsh and Cath Dundon, Stage 4 Team Leaders

Bonjour Bathurst highlights inspiring story Bonjour BATHURST

Who doesn’t enjoy a real story that inspires!

This week our guest on ‘Bonjour Bathurst’ is Suzel Wielgart, a true citizen of the world who for the last seven years has worked as a nurse with the well-known French NGO ‘Medecins Sans Frontieres’. Madame Wielgart is currently preparing for her next mission to East Timor.

Her position has taken her to many different locations over the years, from Sierra Leone, Iraq and Yemen to mention a few. On reflection, post interview, we were unable to fathom living in a country where lawlessness, tribal warfare and chaos reigns. A place where people walk around with guns, and there is an absence of government and hospitals.

Madame Wielgart spoke of the beauty in these countries, the people she encountered were mesmerizing, and their resilience and endurance forever a motivating factor for herself

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and her MSF team. Providing the best possible treatment for patients with the least possible resources, alleviating their suffering. They witnessed miracles every day!

Overall, it may be said, we have taken away from this encounter the need to be grateful for what we have, every life matters, adversity should keep you on your toes, to be open to challenges and to learn to push ourselves to new limits. We are very appreciative to Madame Wielgart, who could pause and share with us parts of her captivating life.

Students who participated in the interview were: Chido Mutyiri, Floriana le Couter, Gracie Morse, Jake Robinson, Sybilla Chapman, Leo Klonis, Will O’Brien and Olivia Mills.

Madame Adamson Click HERE to watch the interview Click HERE for the translation

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

With the Olympics in full swing, it is so nice to see the students following the progress of the athletes. The talk in the playground on Monday at lunch following Ariarne Titmus’ win was lovely and a true reflection of the energy our students draw from great stories. Our Chaplain has engaged the students in some truly inspirational messages with an Olympic theme over the last two weeks in Chapel. Everyone has been uplifted through these stories, especially when the story carries with it messages we can apply in our dayto-day life such as goal setting or overcoming adversity. Reverend Bennett challenged the students to think about transferring lessons learned from the athletes into their studies.

Our school days are anything but normal at the moment, with masks being worn in class and some students having to work from home. I commend the students on their approach as they simply get on with their core business. In particular, I acknowledge the Year 12 students who are not letting distractions pertaining to lockdowns get in the way of their Trial Exam preparation. In the year meeting today, Mr Jones spoke to Year 12 about the weeks ahead and stressed the importance of just keeping everything as normal as possible; this is what NESA are reinforcing. There have been changes to HSC exam schedules (educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/ covid-19/coronavirus-advice/hsc-exams-and-majorprojects) and the students have been notified. I ask the College community to keep Year 12 in their prayers in the lead up to their trials.

Year 11 students are following the lead of their Year 12 counterparts and they too are working really well as they prepare for Yearly examinations at the end of the term. It is also an exciting time for Year 11 as they have started the process of selecting College leaders.

A reminder that applications are due on Friday.

Year 10 is in the process of subject selection; it was nice to see so many students and parents engaged in the information sessions run on Tuesday evening. A reminder that preferences are to be submitted by the end of school tomorrow.

Stage 6 Term 3 is well underway and our senior students are Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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all working hard and striving to do their very best with the upcoming examinations. Year 12 should be engaged in study as their trial examinations are beginning in Week 5 and Year 11 should be preparing for their preliminary final examinations in Week 9.

The Year 12 common room now has a kitchen and the work in this area is almost complete. Year 12 have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to use this space during the cold weather. They are very much appreciative of the school for funding the project and getting it completed with urgency.

A reminder to Year 11 that prefect applications are due and they should have these completed and submitted as soon as possible.

We are all enjoying the Olympics and there have been many great performances, achievements and displays of athletes overcoming adversity. A reminder to all senior students to set goals for themselves, work hard, prepare and enjoy the rewards that come with achieving them. As Pierre de Coubertin (father of the Olympic Games) expresses in the Olympic creed: The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Keep up the good fight team.

Mrs Helen Jones and Mr Duane Bailey

Senior After School Homework Centre

TERM 3 2021

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Every Monday 3:20– 4:30 pm in the Senior Library (except first and last week of each term)

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There are no late buses so day students must arrange to be collected at 4:30 pm

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Bring a water bottle, assessment tasks & homework to complete

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Available for all students serious about learning For more information, please contact Sarah O’Neill: sarah.oneill@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au

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Extract from Year 12 English Extension 2 major works Following is an extract from Taylah Cooper's Extension 2 Major Works. Students in English Extension 2 have to create a 6000 word major work for the HSC. Taylah chose the form ‘Creative Nonfiction'.

Through the creation of my piece, Terror Nulled: The Ballad of Two Tiddas and Reconciliation of Our Identity, I am striving to show a more personal divulgence of the many traumas, events and systemic abuse that has existed in the Indigenous population of Australia since sovereign colonisation. Through the lens of two Indigenous experiences, one emerging and one already reared, I also concoct a remedial reconcilation of my own identity as both a Black and White Australian and how one can ignite positive change through the salient discussion of such topics openly.

Aunty Carol Cooper states “I was singled out more ‘cause I was the darkest”. Not only was Aunty Carol Cooper denied the right to an education through the literal means of segregation in the act of being sent outside, but through the humiliating and metaphorical means of being told that one was inherently wrong, just by the basis of one's skin colour, and the traumatic implications of such.

The education of an Indigenous child, especially during the 1950s, was one devoid of any pedagogical acknowledgement of Indigenous identity through formal means. Great Aunty Carol Cooper recalls her years of primary school through a lens of uncomfortable forbearance as many years have passed since her adolescence.

“I really didn’t have much of an education anyway.

Since I wasn't allowed in the classroom, I didn’t know as much as everybody else did. He gave me a ball, and I had to bounce it up against a brick wall, and if he heard that ball stop, he’d pop his head out of the window and say altering her voice in a harsh, fascistic tone, “Keep. Bouncing.”

When discussing if those in positions of power effectively allied with Carol in any racist attacks, Aunty Carol recounts...

Retrospect is a dangerous thing for one to grab hold on, mutilating any existence of blissful ignorance, even in the most cultivated or harshest of situations it is a hazardous and furthermore damaging addition to one’s recollection of an event. It was through the recounting of such a story to my teacher for an assignment in which I found that the action of bouncing the ball to keep wraps on my Aunty Carol Cooper’s whereabouts were popularised and detailed in the 1950 novel The Great Escape by Australian writer and prisoner of war Paul Brickhill, which delineates the many psychological means and methods of keeping soldiers and their basic want for freedom deteriorated in a Nazi prisoner of war camp. Such means were plausibly taken by my Great Aunt's teacher, as the novel became widely popular soon after its 1950 release, and instilled onto a five year old Aboriginal child.

“Well, no, because there was one teacher... I think all of us, the boys, Rosie [Aunty Carol’s sister] and I knew he just didn’t like black people, he made it plain. I had to sit out in the playground, hail; rain; sunshine or snow, and, uh, wasn’t allowed in the classroom at all unless the principal came and asked what I was doing out there.”

I’ve heard plenty a horror story about inhospitable and cold teachers from many of my peers throughout the duration of my schooling years, with varying degrees of harm being dealt onto the student themselves.

Through academic research and study, it has become unequivocally clear that the early days of education and development mould the psyche of an impressionable child.

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When I ask if Aboriginal people were acknowledged in any way, she goes. “No, no”, definite in her quick answer.

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CBCA Book Week 2021: 21 – 27 August With Book Week only a few weeks away, now would be a great time to start thinking about costumes in preparation for our celebrations! This years theme is ‘Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds’.

Timetable for costumes Monday 23 August Prep classes (Book Character Parade) Years 7 and 8 (Literature Trivia Quiz) Tuesday 24 August Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 (Activity session and book trailers) We will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair again but as presently no parents are allowed to make in person purchases, the following procedures have been organised.

• The students will preview books and complete wish lists with teacher assistance and children will take them home.

• Parents decide if and what they would like to purchase, pay by Credit Card online directly to Scholastic Book Fairs and note receipt number on wish list OR return wish list with cash payment. To minimise change given to students please try to include the correct amount.

• The students return to school with completed wish list and payments to collect book/s (or a reorder is placed if stock is sold out).

• Students bring home books. (Reorders on out of stock books will take a few days to be delivered and collected.)

A reminder about our 24/7 Library access

Just visit the Scots All Saints College website at http:// www.scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au/ and follow the link to the library home page or click on the library link in CANVAS.

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This will take you to our library webpage where you can: • search the catalogue • access online databases and encyclopaedias such as Britannica School and World Book Online (ideal for students looking for information for assignments) • check out our books and reading page which provides reviews for books as well as links to many author’s websites. You can also access our Wheelers ebook platform from here. Check it out for something new to read!

• find help for referencing and bibliography questions and access our automatic Harvard referencing generator We have just added to our online encyclopaedia and database collection with a subscription to World Book online!

The link has been added to our library pages (available via the links button on the CANVAS dashboard). You can also login directly with the details included below. www.worldbookonline.com ID: sasc Password: library

The 2021 Premier’s Reading Challenge concludes on 20 August!

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From the All Saints' College archives

THE BICKERDIKE CENTRE

2020: The Bickerdike Centre.

1989: The first stages of the Bickerdike Centre.

It was in 1985 that the decision to build a Multiplex to provide for: a gymnasium, indoor games facilities, performing arts presentations, assemblies and major school functions was put forward to the school council. It was not until February 1989 that the Council decided to go ahead with the brief and the preliminary plans and estimates for the multipurpose building and appointed a Multiplex Project Management Committee to get on with the job.

Mr and Mrs Bickerdike.

Past Headmaster Ted Evans was appointed as the Development Officer for the project and he began a vigorous fundraising campaign by contacting Old Bathurstians, parents and friends of the school to provide financial support so that the building could go ahead.

Campaign Chairperson was Mrs Cynthia McNeil,’ a dynamic, able and highly regarded worker for the school in many capacities’ and with her husband Maurice McNeil the Multiplex Appeal got underway. A variety of fundraising events took place over the next months and early 1990, the building was underway.

The official opening of the Multiplex took place on Saturday,8th September 1990 by Mr. R.D. ‘Dennis’ Buchanan, M.B.E. Dennis was an Old Bathurstian, (19451949) and a parent of a number of past and present students as well as a generous Benefactor to the building appeal.

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The Bickerdike Centre: The Man behind the name.

The Multiplex has been renamed the Bickerdike Centre after the 13th Headmaster of All Saints’ College, (19851992), Mr. Robert ‘Bob’ Bickerdike. Bob Bickerdike was a well -loved Headmaster and brought to the school “an era of considerable change”. His deputy at the time, Bruce Clydsdale, wrote, “Almost as soon as he arrived at All Saints’, Bob was thrust into an immediate fundraising activity to provide what was to be an extensive building programme during his eight years of leadership. There were three distinct strands to his Headship- spiritual, cultural and buildings. He left the school with a substantial increase in enrolments (especially international and boarding), a much larger Junior School and a much healthier educational environment. Together with his wife Winifred, he travelled extensively throughout NSW and overseas to promote the school and to ensure it was at the forefront of educational institutions. This demanding itinerary enabled a diversified enrolment programme to be undertaken with students not only being enrolled from countries within South- East Asia but also enabling the isolated rural student to receive educational opportunities which would otherwise have been foregone. This emphasis on cultural diversity was one of the hallmarks of the Bickerdike Era.” Although Bob ‘retired’ after his leaving All Saints’ those who knew him were not surprised when he took on the role of Principal at the Katmandu International Study Centre (Nepal) in 1995-1996. Bob Bickerdike passed away in April 2008.

The Bickerdike Centre has served its purpose for over 30 years but is now in need of some major work, especially a new roof as it tends to leak after heavy rain. There is also a wish list for other work to be done to increase its serviceability as a ‘multipurpose’ centre for its place in the ‘new’ school.

Mrs Memory Sanders

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All Things Sport

SPORTS DRAW

Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator

After a weird couple of weeks, things look like they may be getting back to normal this weekend. Touch wood. A massive thank you to everyone for their patience over this time as we’ve had plenty of changes to deal with. Hopefully that’s the last of them.

You good people all know the drill by now – for any changes to weekend sport remember to follow the College Facebook page, your local sporting association’s Facebook page, and keep an eye on your inbox for an Operoo message.

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SASC Swim Academy

CALENDAR DATES

We’re gearing up for another great summer of swimming with our Learn-to-Swim programs and Performance Squads planned to start on the 1 September. Who knows, we could see the birth of the next Ariarne Titmus or Pieter van den Hoogenband!

Stay tuned for more details.

This week we invited our Year 10 and 11 students to join our upcoming Pool Lifeguard, First Aid and Teacher of Swimming courses. The response has been unreal. Giving our students the opportunity to develop skills they can use to score some part-time employment and build their resumes is something we’re very excited about. If students are interested, they’re encouraged to see Mr Adams or myself.

That’s it for this week. Short and sweet.

P.S. I hope you are all watching the Olympics! Remember they only happen every four years. Well actually, in this case it’s five years. And they’ll be on again in three years. I’m confused.

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