The Roar Newsletter Issue 32 Term 4 2022

A conversation with the Head of College

Mr Richard Ford

Last week I invited the incoming College Captains and Vice Captains to my office for morning tea. As we ate, I was interested to hear about how they were processing the responsibility which now sits on their shoulders and the shoulders of all of Year 12 as they step up into leading the College’s student body during their final year.

Towards the end of recess, I did something quite strange in that I took out some black shoe polish, got down on the ground and shone their shoes. Now their shoes were actually already pretty clean, and I don’t usually get out the shoe polish for students who come to my office.

But I did what I did to make a point – namely, that leadership is first and foremost about humble service, it’s about helping other people.

My teaching area is history so forgive me for jumping back for a moment into the ancient world but in the ancient world, there was a common practice, not of shoe shining, but of foot washing when you visited someone’s house.

When people arrived in their sandals or bare feet after walking along dry and dusty roads, servants would often wash their feet, so the filth from the road didn’t enter the house.

In the Bible, in the book of John, we read about a time when instead of a servant washing the disciples’ feet, Jesus washed his disciples feet, and there was some

consternation among them. As far as they were concerned, this wasn’t a job for Jesus.

Nevertheless, Jesus pushed on with what he was doing to make a point, both about the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus and also a point about leadership. He wanted his disciples to know that leadership is, first and foremost, about humble service.

As leaders, it is very easy to lose sight of this and to become proud or focused on what others might do for us, now we are a leader.

In the book of Philippians 2:3-4 – the Apostle Paul urges the Church at Philippi to “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

At Scots All Saints, we call on our Prefects, House Leaders and Year 12, in fact, all students and staff, to be people of humility. Humility for Paul was about:

to the interests of others.

At the Student Leadership Induction Service last Friday afternoon, I called on all of our student leaders to model this interest and concern for others and suggested four ways all leaders, myself included, could strive to be humble leaders.

From the Chaplain

Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

God-sized hole in my soul

In Senior School chapel this week, I shared with students the story behind the rise and fall of Iron Mike Tyson. During my research, there was a particular quote from a 2008 documentary titled Tyson that encapsulates the problem with our modern culture. Tyson reflects that he tried to find meaning and happiness through various affairs, drugs, alcohol, money, fame, possessions, etc. But he didn’t find what he was looking for. He says: “I had all these things in my life, but none of them fulfilled that big hole that I had”, as he pointed to his chest.

In 2009, family psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg (1st Oct –SMH: Violent Youths ‘can be changed’) gave some clarity to the concept Tyson was talking about. He said that many of our teenagers are affected by the same despair. He said, “With respect to religion, it's not popular to say this, but as a secular psychologist, I'd like to say that … the research is overwhelmingly clear that many of the young people … are literally spiritual anorexics,'' he said. ''They have a hole in their soul. They believe in nothing.''

All of us, at times, approach life trying to fill the hole in our soul with possessions, experiences or pursuing things that won’t last. Indeed the Gospel writer Luke records a story where a Rich Young Ruler approaches Jesus with a hole in his soul (Luke 18:18-30). The man says, ‘I’ve tried filling it with money, religion, power, being a good person, and doing good things, but something is still missing in my life.’ He concludes by saying he has no eternal security beyond the grave. Jesus’s response is to tell him to let go of all the things he has been trying to fill his soul with and to then let God move in. Only then shall he have the love, joy, peace and security he seeks. But the man won’t let go of the fleeting, so he goes away sad.

The Bible teaches us that each one of us has a God-sized hole in our soul. All of us try filling it with other things. That’s why there are times when we do feel regret and internal heartache or perhaps ‘soul-ache’.

The Presbyterian Westminster short confession does give us some guidance here. Article number one asks – “What is the chief purpose of a person? Answer: To worship and glorify God forever.” With the Holy Spirit’s help, this and only this will fill the void within our soul. I’d encourage each one of us to ask God into your soul. Do it with a Christian friend and meet with them regularly. Life won’t become easier, but you will discover the love, joy, peace and security you are after. Amen.

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1. Be Actively Thankful

When we are actively thankful, we make it clear to all around us that the things which are happening are not all due to our great work but due to the great work of others. As leaders who are actively thankful, we give credit where credit is due.

2. Be an Amazing Listener

You have two ears and one mouth, so listen twice as much as you speak. As we humbly serve the Scots All Saints Community, let’s start by speaking to the students and listening to their thoughts.

3. Be willing to Admit Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes. No one gets everything right. So be prepared to apologise and to seek forgiveness. We are all human and seek to do our best, but even on our best days, we are not going to be superheroes.

4. Be ready to Ask for Help

When you have a task to do, don’t be backwards in asking others for a hand. Each person in this school has incredible strengths which each of us can help to unleash. So, look around for people to involve.

As our new student leaders seek to model this approach to humble servant leadership over the coming year, please join with me in praying that God would use them in remarkable ways as they follow the example of Christ.

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Junior School

Mr Chris Jackman

Head of Junior School

The Lion King is finally here!

Tonight will be the first performance of the Junior School’s Musical, The Lion King Jnr, at the Bickerdike Centre. The students have been incredibly busy preparing for, what will be, a wonderful night of entertainment. The performance begins at 6:00 pm, with drinks and food being served from 5:00 pm.

The second and final performance is tomorrow, Friday, 28 October, at night. Same time same venue.

I encourage all parents to come along to see just how wonderful our Junior School students are on the big stage. I would like to thank, in anticipation, all of the staff and parents who have been part of the preparation of the show. It has been a real team effort.

Orientation Day

On Tuesday, 8 November, the Junior School

Junior School

Mr Anthony Roohan Deputy Head of Junior School

Curriculum Reform

Last term I introduced you to some of the new outcomes and content for the English K-2 syllabus. As teachers finalise plans for implementing the English syllabus, they are also preparing for full implementation of the K-2 Mathematics Syllabus.

The K–2 syllabus seeks to enable students to become confident, effective users and communicators of mathematics. It aims to help students interpret and solve problems and make connections with the world around them.

Here’s an overview of the new outcomes and

(Kindergarten to Year 6) and Year 7 2023 will have their Orientation Day. All students will spend a day in the next grade up to experience what exciting learning experiences the teachers have in store for them.

Kindergarten 2023 will finish up at 12:15 pm.

Our Year 6 students will be transported by bus to and from the Senior Campus.

All students should wear their sports uniform.

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6)

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Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road

content in the Mathematics K-2 syllabus which you will begin to hear more about in 2023.

End of Year Assessments- Week 4 and 5

Students will commence a range of end of year assessments from next week. These assessments help us to track growth in student learning and identify areas where we may need to revise or extend students.

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Design Thinking

Design Thinking is just one of the approaches we use in our weekly STEAM sessions which aims to bring student ideas to life. The Design Thinking process assists students in redefining problems and identifying and developing practical and innovative solutions. It involves working through the following phases:

Several classes are using Design Thinking this term including:

Year 2: Design and produce a prototype for a device that uses technology to improve people’s lives at home.

Year 4: Designing a device that could be used to lift, move, pack or stack a pre-determined number of objects or materials.

Year 5: Using an augmented reality program to plan an urban or rural environment that features a range of natural features and built infrastructure with protection from rising sea levels.

Year 6: Designing a prosthetic hand and using 3D printing to design a picnic and BBQ shelter.

Kinder students enjoyed designing performance stages during their STEAM time.

Year 4 students have been learning about the First Fleet and what conditions were like onboard. They’ve also enjoyed mapping the journey from Britain to New South Wales.

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Year 6: Year 6 students enjoyed exploring the work of artist Sally Watts and learnt about how we can use form in art to convey mood and emotion. The end result was some amazing dog sculptures.

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Year 5: Students enjoyed making their own matrix animations on the Sphero bots during their STEAM time.

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a busy start to

ICAS English Competition

A large number of students in Years 2-6 sat the ICAS English competition last term. The level of difficulty of the competition was very high, and it was pleasing to see such a strong representation from our students. Congratulations to all participating students for their efforts, particularly the following award winners:

Year 2 – Esme Hall (Credit)

Year 3 – Mackenzie Cowell (Credit), Thomas Koffmann (Credit), Nicholas Lenehan (Credit), Ellis Richards (Credit), Anders Ewington (Distinction), Ava Middleton (Distinction)

Year 4 – Amelia Guihot (Credit), Samyak Hargi (Credit), Chloe MacKay (Credit), Claire Reynolds (Credit)

Year 5 – Evan Goldsmith (Credit), Eleanor Koffmann (Credit), Indiya Phillips (Credit), Benjamin Lenehan (Distinction), Audrey Lesh (Distinction)

Year 6 – Grace Patterson (Merit), Bridget Li (Credit), Monique Graham (Credit)

We now await the results of the Mathematics and Science competitions in the coming weeks.

Mr Phillip Cant and Mrs Buffy Phillips Learning Support and Enrichment

Year 6 Grace Patterson, Bridget Li, Monique Graham.

Year 5 Benjamin Lenehan, Eleanor Koffmann, Audrey Lesh, Indiya Phillips, Evan Goldsmith.

Year 3

Nicholas Lenehan, Ellis Richards, MacKenzie Cowell, Anders Ewington, Thomas Koffmann. Absent: Ava Middleton.

Year 2 Esmee Hall.

Year 4

Chloe McKay, Claire Reynolds. Absent: Samyak Hargi, Amelia Guihot.

Senior School

Mr Justin Adams

Acting Deputy Head P-12/ Head of Senior School

HSC Examinations

We are over the halfway mark with our HSC Examinations. The students have reported a mixture of feelings about the exams but have mostly felt that they were fair and that they had done their best. All have reported that they will be relieved when they are finished. We wish them well with the remaining examinations. Our Visual Art Body of Works were marked today. Mrs Jackson has invited the Year 12 students, their parents, students in Years 7 to 11 and our staff to the Pavilion to view the works on Friday lunch time and on Monday afternoon.

Student Leader Induction Service

Last Friday, we inducted the Year 12 (2023) student leaders with a special service in the Aikman Hall. Photos are on page 10. It was great to see many of the parents of the leaders and comforting to see the support offered to our student leadership team. We thank Mr Bennett for his leadership of the service, Mr Ford for his reflection on leadership and Mr Clipsham and the students who assisted with music and singing. Our leaders have been actively involved in meetings and projects already. Rosters, service and planning are well underway, and we thank the Prefects and student leaders for starting so well. We encourage students in younger year groups to keep an eye or ear out for opportunities to join the student leadership team through the Student Representative Council. Our SRC Executive Prefects, Ella and Annabel, have already prepared a constitution and are preparing to seek nominations for SRC positions.

Hats again

Another reminder to parents to support our staff and students by encouraging children to take a hat to school each day. The expectation and requirement are that students need to have a hat on during recess and lunch. The school bucket hat is possibly the best option for those wanting to be physically active. The formal hat is required for those being less active. Students who do not have a hat will be moved to a shaded area.

Car Park Area and Pick Up

We remind parents and students of some car park etiquette to help keep everyone safe during the busy after school pick up. 1) Please drive with extra caution and at a slow speed. 2) The pick-up area is a 5 minute stop only. If your son/daughter is notoriously not ready until 3.30+, you are best to park in the visitor car park and wait. 3) Please move to the end of the pick-up area, not just wait at the end nearest the crossing. 4) Students must cross the road at the pedestrian crossing. We thank you for your support in helping to keep everyone safe in the car park.

Camps

Our Year 7 and 8 students head off on camp next week. (Year 7 – 31 October to 2 November and Year 8 - 2 November to 4 November). Year 9 heads off the following week (9 November to 11 November). Many of our students are very excited about the chance to get away and spend some time together with one another doing some outdoor activities. We encourage our students to prepare well (get a good sleep before going and pack well) and to make sure they have a go at everything on offer to them whilst at camp.

Year 11 Reports

The Year 11 students had their reports sent out yesterday. We know that some of the students have been keen to move, drop and pick up subjects. Armed with feedback on their performance in Year 11, and also now with some data available to us, our students and parents can make informed decisions about the effect of picking up and dropping subjects. Year 11 students are encouraged to liaise with Mrs Jones before leaving the subject formally.

Visual Arts Major Works

The Year 12 Visual Arts Major Works will go on display for the College community on Monday, 31 October from 2:40pm - 3:40 pm

Parents and friends are welcome to attend

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Things Sport

Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator

ISA Summer Season

Last Saturday, we saw over 120 senior athletes head to various corners of the state to compete in the first round of the Summer ISA Competition.

Congratulations to our 1st XI Cricket team, two Senior Tennis teams, Boys Junior Touch Football team and seven ISA Girls Touch teams, who represented the school with pride and brought home some really great results.

This Saturday, our Girls Touch Football teams are travelling to Kinross Wolaroi School. Our Boys Touch Team is off to St Augustine's on the Northern Beaches. Our ISA Tennis teams are up against Blue Mountains Grammar here in Bathurst. While our 1st XI Cricket team plays host to St Patrick’s College on our Senior School Main Oval.

Our 13s will be playing at McKibbin Oval on our Senior Campus.

Finally, our U14s team will travel to Lithgow and will play at the Glanmire Oval.

All games are scheduled to start at 8:30 am.

Attendance

Could you please let me (or your coach) know if your child is unable to make their competitive sporting games each week.

Doing this will give us an opportunity to find replacement players so we’re not fielding understrength teams.

Just send me an email – mark.wilkinson@scotsallsaints. nsw.edu.au

Scholarships

Venue Update for Saturday Morning Cricket

As you can imagine, every cricket club in town is playing ‘musical cricket ovals’ to try and keep up with the recent rain.

We have made a couple of changes to our games this Saturday.

SASC U10s will be playing at Raglan Public School against City Colts.

Both U11 SASC teams will play each other at Watson Oval on our Junior Campus. Local derby!

Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza 2022

and nutrition and some of our Year 10 students went to the abattoir to learn about meat judging! We then washed all of our steers to get ready for judging on Saturday.

The judging day was exceptional, with all steers placing in the top five of their classes, and the competition was steep. We were very excited when ‘Tarzan’, a steer I purchased from the saleyards and prepared by Paige Hatton, won his class and then took out Reserve Champion Heavyweight steer. This class, the last of the heavyweight class, was the largest class and had some amazing animals, but SASC steers took out First, Second, Third and Fourth place!

What an adventure it was – we headed to the UHBB/ Scone during week 2 with the forecast of over 100 mm of rain on its way. With our mode of accommodation being camping, we were a little apprehensive.

Off we ventured – 12 steers and 18 students headed to White Park at Scone with over 400 steers and 600 students being involved.

Upon arrival, we were met with mud, mud, mud and more mud! We unloaded, and then just as we got undercover, down came mother nature with a drenching! To say I was thinking the worst, it only lasted an hour but left some running water through sheds and camping grounds. Luckily, this was the last of the deluge, and we had quite a bit of sun over the next three days.

On Friday, all of our students were involved in educational workshops learning about artificial breeding technologies, photography, cattle structure

Saturday afternoon, our parader's classes started and concluded on Sunday morning. The results were amazing. Congratulations to Paige Hatton, Lily Moore, Philippa Webb, James Mills, Marcus Wythes and Morgan Still, who all won their classes! This is a phenomenal result.

Junior judging occurred Sunday morning,and with over 100 competitors in each age group, Lily Moore and Paige Hatton made it to the finals, where oral speeches were required. Paige was awarded Second place, with Lily Moore being awarded Fourth place.

Then the trip home – challenging to say the least –with so many roads being closed due to the floods, we travelled home with the thought we may not make it, but we eventually got home with some diversions! I must say a few huge thank you's – to the entire team

of students – you always make tough times the best times – you are always smiling and working hard – you are truly amazing.

To our wonderful support from our parents – from towing trailers to supporting the kids and supporting me – thank you so much – Katrina Kleinschafer, Andrew Gill, Michael Anderson, Kassie Wythes and Paul Chapman. Thanks also to all those parents who cooked us snacks – well used!

To Phil Kirk – not only for supplying us with wonderful cattle yet again but for helping us out for the entire show and being the best mascot ever!

To the Ryan family – Tilly, Baillie and Shane – your work ethic is like no others – work work work, and we loved having you and can’t thank you enough.

To Bruce Inwood, who does all of the behind-the-scenes work and is the backbone of this team!

Mrs Libby Dawes

From the Scots School archives THE HECTOR FAMILY

At The Scots Branch School 80 Year Reunion

last week, it was announced that the College Council decided at its August meeting to rename Main Oval on the Senior Campus as Hector Oval. This decision was made to honour the work of a family that has had continuous involvement with what is now Scots All Saints, and three of its ancestor schools, for eighty years.

The connection begins with Ivor Hector, who was on the local advisory committee formed by Scots College to assist the Branch school during the war years. He was one of the local Presbyterians behind the move to create a Church school in Bathurst after the Branch School closed. He was then heavily involved in the development of The Scots School as a member of the School Council and the Parents and Friends. Tim Hector remembers accompanying his father on inspections of a number of buildings in 1946 when the Church was looking to purchase premises for Scots.

Many of the facilities still in use around the school were built with Ivor Hector’s direct assistance. He was often found with other council members at Scots on a Saturday morning on working bees to build paths and other projects around the grounds. Ivor Hector was a key figure in the creation of the oval that will now bear the family name. His staff from the family business, the Bathurst brickworks, supervised by Stanley Grose, were brought in at his expense on Saturdays to carry out work on the oval in 1949. He later assisted with the excavation of the Old Boys’ Oval. Mr Hector also had a number of contacts in Bathurst and the local area that he was able to use to purchase goods and services needed by the young school. By way of example, during the 1949 coal strike, the Headmaster of the day records that Mr Hector was able to secure 8 tonnes of coal from Lithgow to fire up the boiler

that the boarders relied on for hot water in a Bathurst winter.

Ivor’s son Tim is one of the earliest students of The Scots School, having been the youngest student in the Branch School when it was founded in 1942 and the first day boy. He was a foundation student of The Scots School in 1946. He left the school for a few years to complete his secondary education at Scots in Sydney. On his return to Bathurst in 1956, he became the Drum Major of the newly formed Pipes and Drums. He played an important part in creating the Pipes and Drums in its early years and has continued to be a great supporter. Tim’s younger brother Peter was a student at Scots 1948-1957, becoming a student leader and noted sportsman.

In the early 1980s, Tim Hector became involved in Scots again when his son Andrew was enrolled. He was a member of the P & F committee that built the first stage of the Hunter Sports Centre. He was also behind the construction of the main gates, providing the bricks, which were used by the bricklaying students at Bathurst TAFE to build the towers. Although Andrew left in 1986, Tim has continued to contribute to Scots and to Scots All Saints. He was involved in The Scots School Old Boys and Girls Association. He was a key person in organising gatherings of Old Boys from 19421946 for reunions and commemorations of key anniversaries in the school. He was involved in organising reunions in 1992, 1996, 2006, 2012, 2016, 2021, and last week.

Tim’s daughter was a student at All Saints College in the 1980s. The connection with All Saints goes further with his wife Jenny having been on the staff of All Saints for a year. His granddaughters were enrolled as students of All Saints, the older one graduating as a Scots All Saints student.

Tim’s involvement in Scots All Saints goes back to within hours of the announcement that the Presbyterian Church had purchased All Saints College. As a well-known and trusted member of the Bathurst community, Tim brought together people from both All Saints College and Scots

1952 Cooerwull Opening: - Mr Ivor Hector was a member of the School Council at the time of the opening of Bulkeley House in 1952. Mr Hector is standing slightly to the left and behind the speaker.

Tim Hector at the Scots School 75 Year Anniversary Reunion in 2021.

Pipes and Drums – Tim Hector (front row, centre) led the Pipes and Drums in its first years. This photo dates from 1957.

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integration of the two schools was made very clear when he was Guest of Honour at the Scots speech day in 2017. He has also willingly come into the College on many occasions to act as the frontman for its Scots School heritage for media articles, videos and photo shoots. Tim is on the committee of the new Scots All Saints Past Students Association. In the last few months, along with Hugh Ralston, a fellow 1942 Old Boy, he has successfully worked towards a prize to be awarded to the Dux of Year 6 in Scots All Saints.

The involvement of the Hector family in the broader Bathurst community is extensive. Being an international Rugby referee is one of his accomplishments. The Bathurst Regional Council has honoured the family by naming Hector Park on Vittoria Street for the family.”

Athletics Squad. – Peter Hector (back row, second from left) in the Scots Athletics Squad in 1957. Next to him (first left) is John Farrington who later become an Olympic and Commonwealth Games distance runner, and a sports administrator.