The Roar Newsletter Issue 34 Term 4 2022

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A conversation with the Head of College

Mr Richard Ford

I have been reflecting this week on two of the Scots All Saints’ values, specifically Knowledge and Compassion.

During the week, I had the privilege of visiting a very successful farm and learning about its operation. Having grown up spending most of my holidays on family farms, I always love the opportunity to visit properties and learn more about the latest practices being embraced. I walked away with new knowledge, a new book to read, Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture and a desire to get out onto more properties over the coming months.

Not surprisingly, the most successful people I meet who work in primary industry, or in any industry for that matter, are constantly seeking out knowledge and looking to apply this in their context. The most successful students exhibit this same approach, regularly asking questions of teachers, each other and seeking out as many sources of knowledge as they can possibly get their hands on. To encourage this thirst for knowledge, I sometimes ask students what questions they asked in class rather than what they did in class today. At Maths Club on the Senior Campus this week, I was impressed to see a Year 7 student had reflected on their knowledge of Mathematical topics by using a traffic light system down the left hand side of the page with the right hand side of the page listing action she would take to increase her knowledge of areas that were red or orange.

Equally important as Knowledge to the College is the value of Compassion. Christ cared for all and taught us all to “love your neighbour as yourself”. Speaking at Orientation Day to our incoming Year 7 students for 2023, I shared that one simple and practical way they could live out our value

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of Compassion was to proactively introduce themselves to other students. Over the course of the day, it was terrific to witness students connecting with one another and loving each other by bravely initiating conversations and including new students in activities. As we look ahead to next year, I know parents, particularly through P&F, will play a key role in welcoming a large number of new families to the College. I am very pleased so many parents recently volunteered to be part of the P&F this coming year, and also acknowledge the contribution of the outgoing P&F Committee.

In conjunction with P&F, I am hopeful that in 2023 there will be a couple of opportunities for the College to host parent seminars on topics relevant to raising young people. Our children are growing up in a rapidly changing world, and it is not easy as parents to keep up with the changes or to keep our children safe from addictive and alluring technologies and substances.

One illegal and damaging product which concerningly has become more prevalent in recent years are vapes, and sadly too few people are knowledgeable as to what vapes contain. NSW Health has looked to address the knowledge gap in their campaign, Do you know what you’re vaping?

I strongly encourage parents, particularly of teenagers, to arm themselves with knowledge about vapes by exploring the resources from NSW Health and then having a conversation with your child.

Some key facts from NSW Health are:

• Many vapes contain nicotine making them addictive;

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Vapes can contain the same harmful chemicals found in cleaning products, nail polish; remover, weed killer and bug spray;

Vapes can leave young people at increased risk of depression and anxiety;

What’s next?

From the Chaplain

Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

Years ago I, was watching a television episode of The Simpsons. Homer and the family had fallen asleep in church. When they woke up, they discovered that they were alone. As they walk out Marg, says: “How embarrassing, we slept through Church.” Homer’s response was: ‘… [Oh well] It's not the end of the world!” As it turns out, it was. As Ned Flanders' family start floating up to Heaven, a door to hell opens up. Homer descends and is outraged as there are no more hot dogs, there is pineapple in the coleslaw, and German potato salad.

As a culture, we don’t really like talking about the concepts of Heaven and Hell. We prefer making fun of the idea and focus on our current life circumstances. Dr Donald Capps, from Princeton Theological Seminary, a while back shared a Gallop poll where Americans were asked about their belief in Heaven and Hell. Eighty per cent of Americans believed that there was a Heaven and that they were destined to go there; only seven per cent believed in a Hell. Dr Capps made the comment that many people believe that “Heaven is simply one more entitlement that no one, presumably even God, has the right to deny us.”

In the Biblical book Romans, the Apostle Paul wants us to avoid wishful thinking. He crystallises for his reader how we can have certainty about our eternal future. In chapter 3, he writes that we are all sinners and have fallen short of the glory of God (vs23). Here, Paul wants us to understand our starting point in relation to God – that we have all turned away from Him. But Paul doesn't want us to lose hope. In chapter 5, he explains that despite our spiritual state and being enemies of God, He sent his beloved son to ensure we had a pathway to be reconciled with Him (vs10). In chapter 6, he reminds his readers that the penalty for hardening our hearts against God is Hell (vs23). But by chapter 10, Paul is celebrating what God has done to bring humanity back to Himself, pointing out that if we humbly turn back to God and confess that Jesus is Lord, believing God raised Jesus back to life, and choose to follow his leadership for how we live, we shall be saved into God’s kingdom, eternal life (vs9). I shall pray this weekend that God will move within your hearts and minds, drawing you closer to Himself and giving you hope for the Kingdom to come. Amen.

• The nicotine in 1 vape can = 50 cigarettes. Depending on the size of the vape and nicotine strength, it can be much higher;

• Young people who vape are 3 times as likely to take up smoking cigarettes;

• Vape aerosol is not water vapour;

• Testing has shown that vapes labelled ‘nicotinefree’ can have high nicotine levels;

• Vaping has been linked to lung disease;

• Vapes can cause long-lasting damaging effects on the brain and physical development.

In NSW, it is a criminal offence to sell vapes to people under eighteen or for a person to vape at a school. While legally this is the case, all too often young people across Australia are managing to purchase vapes or share a vape between them. While as parents and educators, we normally encourage sharing, when it comes to vapes, sharing of a vape from one student to another will be treated by the College as a form of drug supply.

Students whose decisions have led them to vape will need the support of families if they are to succeed in starting a new chapter which is free from vaping. If you are aware that this is a journey your child needs to go on, I would encourage you to make contact with your GP or Quitline counsellors (13 7848) and to also alert the relevant Head of School so we can discuss what supports the College can provide.

Each student at the College carries with them a range of responsibilities and these, in addition to state legislation, make it clear that there is no place for any type of illegal drug within a school context. Furthermore, while a College value is Compassion, this does not mean a student who ignores their responsibilities will not face consequences for their choices. Ultimately, this would not be loving for either the individual student or the wider College community.

As a parent of a College who values Knowledge and Compassion, let me encourage you to continue learning about and engaging with your child about matters, like vaping, which might be unfamiliar territory for you but where parent input and conversation is needed. If any information comes from these conversations which you would like to share with the College, please always be in touch with your Team Leaders or the relevant Head of School in the first instance. Having these hard and sometimes awkward conversations with our children can be the most loving thing as a parent that we ever do.

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Junior School

Mr Chris Jackman Head of Junior School

Remembrance Day Service

All of the students in Kindergarten to Year 6 will be taking part in a special Remembrance Day Service on Friday, 11 November at 10:30 am. The service will take place, weather permitting, on the lawn in front of the Bean-Long memorial at the flag pole at the front of the College. Parents are welcome to attend. There will be no normal assembly on this day.

Preparatory School Orientation Days

Next week we will be welcoming all of our new Prep

Junior School

Mr Anthony Roohan Deputy Head of Junior School

Assessment and Reporting

Teachers are finalising end of year assessments this week and have commenced preparing end of year reports. These assessments help us to track growth in student learning and identify areas where we may need to revise or extend students. Key assessments we use to track growth include Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT) in Mathematics, Spelling and Comprehension and Brightpath Writing. In addition to these assessments, teachers regularly collect and interpret information about students’ learning and use syllabus outcomes and stage statements as key reference points when making decisions about students’ progress and achievement. Reports will be distributed on the final day of the term.

NAPLAN Data

A few weeks ago, I wrote about our outstanding results in NAPLAN. This week I’m meeting with current Year 4 and 5 teachers and Year 2 and 3 teachers to identify more specific areas of strength and weakness so that we can use this information to support the explicit teaching of knowledge and skills.

Learning Support and Enrichment

You may or may not be aware that we have a great team of Learning Support staff in our Junior School. Mr

School students into our College for their first experience.

Tuesday, 15 November – Waratah class – Mrs Eva Vincze and Mrs Leanne Hornery

Wednesday, 16 November – Banksia class – Mrs Sally Parsons and Mrs Kate Hurst

Thursday, 17 November – Wattle class – Mrs Chelsea Chapman and Mrs Rebecca Fabris

Friday, 18 November – Eucalypt class – Mrs Jacinta Rivett and Mrs Jane Cafe

Year 6 Graduation Dinner

On Friday, 18 November we will be hosting a very special dinner in the Kemmis Building for our Year 6 students to celebrate their graduation from Junior School. The students are very much looking forward to a fun night to farewell the Junior School and begin their transition into the Senior School.

Phillip Cant and Mrs Buffy Phillips oversee our K-6 program and work closely with K-6 teachers in identifying and working with students that require additional support or extending their literacy or numeracy. Mr Cant and Mrs Phillips also work closely with teachers and myself at this time of year to analyse some of the assessment data to ensure students are tracking nicely and to intervene if necessary. Mrs Janet Luck and Mrs Ginny Hennessy also support Mr Cant and Mrs Phillips in their work, with a particular focus on literacy and numeracy in the early years.

Exploring the evidence base for teaching Mathematics

On Monday, all K-6 staff explored the evidence base behind the new K- 2 Mathematics Syllabus. Staff reflected on key pedagogical principles, how to improve mathematics in the early years and what quality instruction looks like. We were reassured that much of the work identified in the research is already front and centre of our approach.

Teachers also explored the five strands of mathematical proficiency. These strands are the key to improving mathematics in the early years and include:

• Reasoning- the capacity for logical thought, reflection, explanation and justification.

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Problem Solving- the ability to formulate, represent and solve problems.

• Fluency- the ability to accurately recall mathematical facts and concepts.

• Understanding- the comprehension of concepts, operations and relations.

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Productive disposition- the inclination to see mathematics as sensible, useful and worthwhile.

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Preparatory School

Prep Banksia has been having a wonderful term exploring our senses, digraphs such as sh and Being Thankful.

We have been helping our families at home doing jobs so that we can buy Useful Gifts through TEAR Australia.

Senior School

Mr Justin Adams Acting Deputy Head P-12/ Head of Senior School

Camps

Last week our Year 7 and Year 8 students attended their outdoor education camp at Cataract Scout Camp near Appin. The students experienced activities such as high ropes, caving, challenge valley (mud run), rock climbing, team building games, night games (spotlight) and other games with our Chaplain Mr Bennett. Our students reported that they enjoyed the opportunity to get away on camp again after missing out in previous years. The stories from staff and students were many and often were about overcoming a fear or worry, achieved by having a go and feeling supported by others. Hearing such tales reminds us of the many reasons for outdoor education and the value of these experiences for young people.

in it! They led ice breaker games, spoke on assembly, coordinated a scavenger hunt and conducted some fun and energy-sapping house games whilst also creating bonds with the incoming Year 6.

For those parents who missed our ‘information overload’ parent session, never fear, as it will all be distributed electronically in our Commencement Pack email-out in the coming weeks.

Year 7 2023 Orientation

We welcomed many new families to the College on Monday for an information evening and 96 students to the Senior Campus on Tuesday for an orientation day. The campus had a buzz of excitement, with new friendships and acquaintances being made. Many of our staff were able to introduce themselves to the students and tell them about their role at the College. Thankfully we had great support from our House Captains and Prefects. These senior student stepped up to the leadership challenge and excelled

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Textbooks 2023

In 2023, the Senior School will be changing textbook suppliers. We will be using Box of Books (BoB). Essentially, it is similar to our current supplier; however, the linking to our Learning Management System, Canvas, and deeper engagement with the electronic supporting resources from many of the textbook suppliers will be easier. One other benefit will be a single-sign on for all textbooks/resources, and also, the need to enter special codes for the online content will be a thing of the past. More information on BoB will be sent to families in the coming weeks, with the procedures and the book lists for each subject.

Student Wellbeing Program 2023

In 2023 the Senior School will be partnering with The Resilience Project (TRP) as we deliver our Year 7 to 12 wellbeing program.

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We are excited about the opportunities that the TRP program brings as it seeks to connect the important aspects of our young people’s together, including mental health awareness, stress management, ways to seek support, building connections with family and community and drawing on the support provided by our College wellbeing and welfare team (Stage Team Leaders, Health Centre staff and our Psychologists). Our students will all receive a student journal which will serve the purpose of a diary for classes/ homework, a communication platform for parents and teachers, a place to record individual wellbeing, information on mindfulness activities and the space for the pastoral care lessons for the students. Again, more information will be distributed to students and parents/carers in the coming weeks.

To get the ball rolling, this week I am sharing the TRP@Home website link, which provides tons of useful information about the program and things that parents and families can do to support their children. TRP@Home

Over the last few weeks, Mr Maher’s view from his desk in the Cameron Library has been partially obscured by a stack of new books that have now been accessioned and are available for loan. Around sixty new books have been acquired this term.

There have been some non-fiction titles requested by the History Department, including Jeanette Thompson’s book about The Ribbon Gang, Stephen Gapps’ Guyarra, an account of the Wiradjuri resistance in 1824, and Mat McLachlan’s book about the Cowra breakout. Local history is becoming a more important area of study, and often in university courses as well! The biggest group of books accessioned has been fiction titles ranging from some for younger secondary readers such as the “Wings of Fire” series, David Baldacci’s Vega Jane books and the “Keeper of Lost Cities” collection by Shannon Messenger. For older students, there are some mysteries such as "The Thursday Murder Club”. Most titles acquired have been suggested by students in College. A few members of staff have also made some recommendations. Mr Morrisey recommends Jazz and In It Together by Emily Bourne, who is one of his former students. Mr Oakes has recommended some books that he is encouraging the boys in the boarding house to read.

The titles are available for loan and can contribute to the English Department’s House Reading Challenge.

That's a lot of covering plastic!

Maths In Action

Year 7C went outside for their Wednesday lesson to discover the properties of circles using different size circles around the Senior School Campus.

Students measured both the circumference and the diameter of the various circles and discovered that the circumference divided by the diameter was always approximately the same, which is the special number pi.

A great lesson for students to be outside their usual Mathematics classroom to discover pi using real-world examples.

Mrs Carly McGuire

New P&F team

Congratulations to the new P&F Team. This team will see the P&F go from strength to strength!

They are as follows:

President : Melanie Jacobson

Vice-President: Lorna McGowan-Leet

Treasurer: Georgia Yordanoff

Secretary: Kassandra Wythes

Committee: Bernice Schwartz, Mark Brown, Chezzi Denyer, Jayde Munns, Jo Guihot, Olga Burgess, Astrid Acreman, Bridget Thomas, David Chapman, Ben DeGabriel.

The P&F wishes to thank Natalie Cranston and Kassandra Wythes for all their efforts, commitment, and dedication in challenging times.

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All Things Sport

Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator

Futsal stars book tickets to Nationals

Scots All Saints students, Jake Kearney and Max Hemsworth have been selected in the Country NSW Futsal team. Picking up a representative nod in the Under 12s and Under 15s respectively, Jake and Max will take their talents to Melbourne in January, where they’ll compete for a National title. Good luck gentlemen!

For those new to Futsal, think mini soccer. The sport is played with five players (including a goalie) on the field. It’s fast, super exciting and best of all, because Futsal is an indoor sport, there are never any washouts!

Great shot!

Here are a couple of great moments from last Saturday’s local cricket games. These images were captured by the very talented Kelly Davis.

If you have any great photos from school sport we’d love to share them with the College community. Fire them through to mark.wilkinson@scotsallsaints.nsw. edu.au

Write Place, Right Time

A t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e w o r k s h o p , U N Y o u t h N S W w i l l c o m p i l e a l l w o r k s m a d e b y y o u w i t h y o u r c o n s e n t a n d p u b l i s h a n o f f i c i a l a n t h o l o g y b o o k f o r e a c h p a r t i c i p a n t , a s w e l l a s d i s t r i b u t e t h e b o o k t o l i b r a r i e s a n d p r o m i n e n t c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s a c r o s s A u s t r a l i a , t o c e l e b r a t e t h e v o i c e s o f y o u n g p e o p l e .

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W P R T I S A T W O D A Y W R I T I N G W O R K S H O P H O S T E D B Y U N Y O U T H N S W T O F I N D O U T M O R E T A L K T O L U K E W O O D H E A D , I S A B E L S A R G E N T O R A N Y S R C M E M B E R S

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History War Assignment

As we pause to reflect this on Remembrance Day, the HSIE Department would like to share with you a report written by Eliza Fox in Year 9 about Damien Parer, the well-known World War II cinematographer and photographer from Bathurst. Damien was Eliza’s grandfather’s cousin. Last term, Year 9 were asked to write a report about a soldier or nurse from either of the World Wars. Many of the students chose to write about a family member who had served. The quality of the reports was outstanding, and there were many examples of proud multi-generational conversations between family members as they shared stories and official documents that had been passed through the generations about the war service of their loved ones. Our College has some very well-known connections to both World Wars. In World War I, Charles Bean official war correspondent, and Arthur Hall VC were both ex-students, as was Gavin Long, the official World War II correspondent. We are proud to acknowledge Damien Parer’s connection to our College.

Damien Parer

Name Damien Parer Rank

Damien was a War Correspondent, photographer, and cinematographer Conflict

He was involved in World War II 19391945, served in the Kokoda track campaign in Papa New Guinea, and in the battle of Iwo Jima.

Life before the war

At the age of 14, Damien was boarding at St Stanislaus College Bathurst when he came across a copy of the ‘Australian Photographic Review’. This book opened a whole new world up for him, having this review full of technical camera talk and showcasing the different types of incredible cameras out there. Damien then later decided that this was the career he wanted, this was the path he could see himself going down, and he would become a photographer! Later in his life, Parer made several movie productions and documentaries and began to work as a studio photographer. Whilst doing this, he was working with various other photographers, including Max Dupain (who, in fact, my grandfather worked in an office with for several years).

All of this work was happening in the period of time just before he left to sail away towards the middle east with the Australian Imperial Force.

Relation?

He was my grandfather’s cousin.

Role during the war

When the Second World War began, Damien became experienced in still photography and motion picture work and was later appointed as an official movie photographer to the AIF – Australian Imperial Force.

When/Where did they serve?

In Mid-1942, Damien was in New Guinea, ready to cover the fighting against the Japanese. During this phase of the war, Parer filmed some of his most famous sequences, including some at Salamaua and, most notably, the footage he filmed along the Kokoda track/front line.

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Portrait of Damien Parer (Australian War Memorial, 1942)

Damien Parer taking footage (Australian War Memorial, 1942)

Some other places in which he filmed was during the attack on the aerodrome at Derna – a coastal town in the Libyan region, where he shot his first film of infantry under fire. Damien also served during the Greek and Syrian campaigns, where he captured the majority of motion pictures, with a few still shots.

Major achievements

Damien Parer became famous for his war photography of the Second World War and was the main cinematographer for Australia’s first Oscarwinning film - Kokoda Front Line. Damien’s footage was also featured in several other outstanding war films. Another one of Parer's amazing achievements was his commandment for his work in 1943 from the United States of America’s Academy of Motion Picture Art for his ‘distinctive achievement in documentary production’.

An example of one of his other major achievements was when Parer was flying with the Australian Royal Air Force crew in a Blenheim bomber, and he captured an air raid through motion pictures. Despite the fact that he was dissatisfied with his efforts with this, afterwards he was established as the ‘outstanding camera cameramen of the Middle east’. His cinematography back home was later featured in newsreels all over the state, and his name was the name on the block and became very well-known.

Were they Injured/Hospitalized/killed/or survived?

Damien decided that he needed to film from as close to the action as possible to get the best photographs/ footage as he could, sometimes even in advance of the troops. Acquaintances later recalled that from the moment Parer made this decision, he was “doomed to die on the battlefield”. Damien was later killed during the invasion of Peleliu Island, with his camera in hand, by a Japanese machine-gunner.

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I think this man was extremely brave in my eyes, one of the bravest. Damien not only went to war to fight for his life and risk his life to serve our country like all the other hundreds of thousands of men, but he also had the crucial role of delivering footage back home to Australians, showing the realities of the war in the Pacific, with what truly happened and showing

these courageous men’s war efforts in those dreadful times. Along with the other soldiers, Parer had to do his work under the most terrible physical conditions, with constant rain and terrible mud, and worst of all was the possibility of death of close mates or even himself.

The thing that made Damien, unlike most other cameraman, was his capability to take a single shot and have it tell you a whole story by just simply looking at it, showing you the everyday hardships the valiant men went through in a unique way to any other. Parer is now remembered in many ways, with his still photography works being featured in various places around Australia, including St Stanislaus College Bathurst – where he went to school in his teenage years, and at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Bibliography

• 2022. [online] Available at: < https://anzacportal.dva. gov.au/biographies/damien-peter-parer > [Accessed 21 August 2022].

• Adb.anu.edu.au. 2022. Biography - Damien Peter Parer - Australian Dictionary of Biography. [online] Available at: < https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/parer-damienpeter-11339 > [Accessed 21 August 2022].

• CUSTODIANS, A., Memorial, T. and Memorial, T., 2022. War Correspondent and Photographer Damien Peter Parer. [online] Awm.gov.au. Available at: < https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10676622 > [Accessed 21 August 2022].

• En.wikipedia.org. 2022. Damien Parer - Wikipedia [online] Available at: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Damien_Parer > [Accessed 21 August 2022].

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Australian troops returning to their base after battling the Japanese – One of Damien’s Parers many photographs (1942).

From the Scots School archives HIGHLAND GATHERING

“I think I’ve created a monster!” was the exclamation from Penny Warne, who was one of the main instigators of The Scots School Highland Games, and there have been times when organising committees for the gathering—and it is thirty years since the first one in 1992—would agree that it was a monster, but it was also a much welcomed social event in the school calendar, and over the years raised considerable sums of money that were spent on improving facilities at the school.

Beginning in 1884, the Scottish communities in Bathurst, Lithgow and Orange held an annual Highland Gathering, offering a number of competitions of a sporting and Scottish cultural nature. An 1889 report in the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal reported that there were foot races, tossing the caber, shot put, bike races and wrestling. There was also Highland Dancing with competitions to perform jigs, reels and hornpipes. After a day of outdoor activities at the Cricket Ground, the spectators became the audience at the School of Arts for a Grand Scottish Concert.

Skills learned clandestinely in the dormitory were put to use at the first Highland Games in 1992.

The gathering lasted many years, being held each year in one of the towns that took part, but by the late 1980s, for various reasons, it stopped happening. In the early 1990s, The Scots School Foundation and Parents and Friends were looking at running some major event to raise funds for the school, and the idea emerged of a Scottish-themed day. Initially, they were known as The Highland Games, but once it was ascertained that no one would be unhappy with the idea, the day was renamed The Highland Gathering. The first games in 1992 were marked by Scottish weather with rain and cold winds.

The Highland Gathering involved a pipes and drums competition that saw bands travelling to Bathurst from Sydney, Orange, Lithgow, and the Burns Society in Canberra. The final event was the Massed Band's performance. A Highland dancing competition was an important part of the day. There were sports, plenty of stalls selling food and Scottish goods, fairground amusements and much more.

Mrs Ives was a regular attendee at the Highland Gathering, where she supported Ives House in the Tug-of-war and caught up with some of the huge number of people that she knew. This photo is from 2002.

The Official Party from 2017 included Chairman of the Board Adrian Lamrock, Mrs Fran Bremner who was Chieftain of the gathering, Headmaster Mr David Gates, and organising committee representative Michael Ireland.

Band Outside Castle – The castle made its first appearance in 2009.

The Chieftain of the Highland Gathering in 2012 was former Olympic runner and sports administrator John Farrington, who attended Scots 1048-1958.

With the school starting an Equestrian program, that also became a part of the day.

With the integration of Scots and All Saints, there was both a Highland Gathering and a Spring Fair in 2018 and 2019. A single large event was planned in 2020, but it was cancelled as a result of the COVID crisis' that also put paid to the 2021 event.

The P&F are hoping to have some sort of a Scottish-themed event in 2023, and the advice from them is to stay tuned for future developments.

CALENDAR DATES

Thursday 10 November 2022

Year 9 Camp

Friday 11 November 2022

Rememberance Day Services 9:00 am Senior Campus

Year 9 Camp

Saturday 12 November 2022

ISA Summer Sport - Round 4 (Cricket, Touch, Tennis)

Friday 18 November 2022

Battle of the Bands (Senior Campus)

MAD Night Year 6 Graduation

Saturday 19 November 2022

ISA Summer Sport - Round 5 (Cricket, Touch, Tennis)

Quoi de Neuf avec Bonjour Bathurst

Over the years ‘Bonjour Bathurst’ has interviewed some extremely interesting people at great heights in their profession. These individuals not only made us feel visible in our corner of the world, but they also endorsed the necessity of having another language, encouraging us in our journey.

One of our most memorable guests was the Consul General André François Giroux from the High Commission of Canada.

With Stage 4 away on camp, we did not want our devoted followers to miss out. So we have extracted this episode from the archives for your amusement.

Please enjoy our time spent with the Canadian Consul General. The ‘Bonjour Bathurst’ corps Click HERE to watch the video

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Monday 21 November 2022

Year 8 - 11 Experince Day Boarder Sleep Over Tuesday 22 November 2022

Year 8 - 11 Experince Day

Wednesday 23 November 2022

Year 12 Ad Eng (2023) The Tempest, Sydney

Saturday 26 November 2022

ISA Summer Sport - Round 6 (Cricket, Touch, Tennis)

The Teddies of Clan McTeddy! From 2014.