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Issue 5
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Thursday 18 February 2021
upcoming major events
A conversation with the Head of College Mr John Weeks
19 February 2020
K-4 Interhouse Swimming Carnival Students K-4 will be competing in the Interhouse Swimming Carnival.
26 February 2021
Coffee & Prayer Morning
Will be held at the College Chapel, Campus West (Saints) from 8:00 am-9:00 am.
Great news from the Commonwealth Government! Early in 2020 the College made a submission to the Commonwealth Governments’ Block Grant Authority (BGA) for a grant to support new science facilities for our senior students. As part of the College’s unfolding master plan, which is driven by the curriculum needs for our students, modern, flexible science laboratories were identified as a key requirement. Following a design process, a detailed submission was made to the BGA which allocates funding specifically to independent schools. It is a highly competitive process given that funds for capital projects are limited. continued page 2 Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795
6 March 2021
Evening Under the Stars
A special social evening for Prep to Year 12 parents held at Abercrombie House. For more events view our Online Calendar
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It is a great boost to the College that following the evaluation process, the BGA has awarded $950,000 towards the new science centre. The total cost of the new centre will be $3million. The new science centre, on Campus East, is to be located adjacent to the current TAS Centre and will have bright spacious laboratories facing the main College courtyard. A walkway between the science centre and the TAS building will link the two so that students can work collaboratively on a range of crosscurricular STEM projects and activities. The goal is to complete the new centre and TAS
upgrades during 2023. Upon completion there will be a continuous offering of STEM activities from Kindergarten to Year 12. This will provide our children with a unique opportunity to engage in projects and activities which not only focus on the study of sciences, technologies, engineering and mathematics, but most importantly engage them in challenging ways to understand the linkages between all these disciplines and the relevance of what they learn in class. There will be regular updates about this project and others in the months ahead. PROPOSED SCIENCE CENTRE SCOTS ALL SAINTS COLLEGE BATHURST - CAMPUS EAST DESIGN CONCEPT
Regional visits scheduled for March Scots All Saints College is once again visiting a number of regional and rural towns to connect with past, current and future families. Upcoming events in March include: Millthorpe, Oberon, Orange, Narromine, Bourke and Warren. We welcome local families, current, past and future to join us. Simply RSVP at https:// scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au/regionalvisits-rsvps/ or email events@ scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au for more information Here are the dates for the regional visits: Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795
Millthorpe Tuesday 2 March 6:00-8:00 pm Slow Wine Co 24 Victoria Street Oberon Thursday 4 March 6:00-8:00 pm The Long Arm Cafe & Produce 133 Oberon Street Orange Tuesday 9 March 6:00-8:00 pm Nile Street Cafe 49 Nile Street
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Narromine Wednesday 24 March 6:00-8:00 pm Flight Deck Restaurant 58 Dandaloo Street Bourke Thursday 25 March 6:00-8:00 pm Diggers on the Darling 23-25 Sturt Street Warren Friday 26 March 12:30-2:00 pm Kookaburra Kiosk Oxley Highway
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Junior School Mr Anthony Roohan Director of Junior School
Swimming Carnival Junior School students are all set for their Swimming Carnival at Campus West pool at 11:00 am tomorrow, 19 February. The carnival will commence with Kindergarten and Year 1 races across the pool. Championship races for students in Years 2-4 will commence at 11:30 am. Lunch will run from 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm with all races concluding by 3:00 pm. You would have also heard that parents are now allowed to attend swimming carnivals with a 50% seated outdoor capacity. If you are interested in coming along and supporting our young swimmers, here is what you will need to do: • When arriving on campus please sign-in by scanning one of the QR codes we will have featured around the pool area. • Please only use the available seating (we will have the seats properly marked out for you). • Remember to sign-out when you leave the campus. • Could you please leave the campus after your child has finished competing. • As always, if you have any cold or flu-like symptoms we kindly ask you to stay at home. Unfortunately, we are still not able to have chanting and cheering. But you are more than welcome to clap like crazy! Evening Under the Stars I’d like to invite all Prep and Junior School parents and guardians to an ‘Evening under the Stars.’ The College and P and F will co-host the ‘Evening Under the Stars’ at Abercrombie House on 6 March 2021, from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. This will be a great way for parents and guardians to meet one another and see what our community is all about. I hope you can join with us on this occasion. Tickets can be booked online via the link below: sascparents.eventbrite.com.au
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Prep and Kindergarten Afternoon Tea You may have noticed on the school calendar that an Afternoon Tea was scheduled for Wednesday 24 February for Prep and Kindergarten parents. We’ve decided to move this event to later in the term to allow time for the new Prep playground to be completed. We’ll let you know the date as soon as possible and we’ll also ensure your child/children can be supervised whilst you enjoy the afternoon tea. Clothes without names There have been a lot of students misplacing clothing items recently and many of these items haven’t had a name on it. Please ensure your child’s name is written on all items of clothing so they can be identified easily if they go missing. Stage 2 Camp Excitement is building for the Stage 2 camp. Year 3 and 4 will head to the Crusader Camp at Galston Gorge between 15 and 17 March. Stage 2 parents would have received information recently in Operoo relating to the camp. Please complete the relevant forms as soon as possible so we can collate the data for the camp. THRASS Information Night - Monday 1 March 5:30 pm - Kemmis Building Our Junior School uses the THRASS methodology to assist in our teaching of the English Curriculum. THRASS is an acronym for Teaching Handwriting, Reading and Spelling Skills. It is a system for teaching learners of any age about the building blocks of reading and spelling, that is, the 44 phonemes (speech sounds) of spoken English and the graphemes (spelling choices) of written English. From Kindergarten, students begin to identify these 44 phonemes and the key graphemes that are used to represent them. On Monday 1 March at 5:30 pm Mrs Frances Duffy from the THRASS Institute will present an information session on THRASS. The session will be of benefit to new parents to the school who are unfamiliar with the THRASS methodology or for those who would like an update on what THRASS is all about. Any parent from Kindergarten to Year 6 is welcome to attend. Please complete the relevant Operoo form to express your interest. continued page 4
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ROAR STEM in the Junior School Our weekly STEM lessons have commenced in the Junior School and have the students buzzing. Kindergarten are involved in a six week ‘Investigation’ unit. Each week, eight Investigative Learning Centres are set up across both Kindergarten classrooms and the Kindergarten veranda. These learning centres provide experiences for the children to build on developmental skills in a real and authentic way. Centres are based around the following skill areas: dramatic play, collage, construction, sensory, reading corner, writer’s workshop, interest table and tinker table. The tinker table has been very popular! Stage 1 and 2 have been learning all about the components of digital systems. Year 1 have just commenced making a model of their own digital system whilst Year 2 have had to plan a digital solution to a real-world problem. Year 3 have been learning to identify and explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes whilst Year 4 have begun to use a 'Makey Makey' invention kit to interact with a computer and connect components in a circuit.
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Preparatory School news
Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator
Dear sports fans, It’s the hat trick no cricketer ever wants - three Saturdays in a row completely washed out. That’s the bouncer Mother Nature has bowled at our cricket teams who are still itching to get back out there after the Summer break. Throw in a bye for our ISA tennis teams, plus a washout for our ISA touch footballers who were scheduled to play at St Paul’s Grammar School, and you would think it’s been a bit quiet on the sporting front around here. But think again. This week we’re running three swimming carnivals for our Junior, Middle and Senior schools - back to back to back! The tents are up, the coloured zinc cream has been generously applied and we’re ready to jump up onto the blocks. Best of all, the NSW Government has given us the green light to welcome parents back to our carnivals. Our local touch football and basketball competitions are getting to the business end of the season with a lot of our teams well in contention for the finals. Finally, it may still be February but our Winter sports season is just around the corner. We’ll be sharing all the details with you in the coming weeks – just let us wash off the chlorine first. 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
Year 6 House Captains Congratulations to our Year 6 students who were elected as House Captain last week. These students were presented with their badges at our Commencement Service. Cuthbert Charlotte Bennett Izaak Scott Mawson Sasha Green Peter Craft Cowan Margaret McCusker-Roth Harry Thorne Dunlop Sian Campbell Neel Shah Booth Zoe Banning Callum Munns
I encourage all students to purchase one if they are currently wearing a baseball style cap. Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day Unfortunately, we will not be having Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day for our Year 4 and Year 8 students this year due to COVID-19 Restrictions and the fact that many of these guests are part of the most vulnerable cohort of our population. Keeping all members of our College community safe is our highest priority.
Central West da Vinci Decathlon Scots All Saints College is hosting the Central West da Vinci Decathlon on:
Swimming Carnival Thank you to all of the students for their enthusiastic participation in the Middle School Inter-House Swimming Carnival on Wednesday this week. It was fabulous to see all of the students actively involved and fully supportive of their fellow House members. Hats All students are required to wear their formal hat to and from school with the exception of Thursdays when they wear their sports uniform to school. At recess, lunch and during PE lessons students should wear their bucket hat. There is a large supply of bucket hats in the uniform shop so
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Tuesday 23rd March 2021 – Years 5 and 6
Wednesday 24th March 2021 – Years 7 and 8
Thursday 25th March 2021 – Years 9, 10 and 11
The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge and stimulate the minds of school students. Students compete in teams of eight across 10 disciplines: engineering, mathematics and chess, code breaking, art and poetry, science, English, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy.
Students who excel in one or more of these fields are asked to contact Mr Cant (Years 5-8) , Mrs O’Neill (Years 9-11) or Mrs Horsborough (Years 9-11) to find out more information and to register your interest in participating.
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Senior School Ms Tracey Leaf Deputy Head K-12/ Teaching and Learning
The new school year is well underway and my congratulations to all staff and students who have contributed to a smooth start to 2021. Fortunately there has been some relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, but some rules remain in place. We are continuing to encourage students to wash their hands and use the sanitiser provided while discouraging the sharing of food and water bottles.
Course pages for each year group. Students and parents should be regularly checking these to ensure personal study/homework schedules include consistent work on assessments in order to meet due dates without undue stress.
Hats All students are required to wear their formal hat to and from school. The College ‘bucket hat’ is the only approved hat for sport and must be worn: • At recess and lunch if outdoors • During any outdoor lessons (PDHPE, Ag etc) • During Active Afternoons There is a large supply of bucket hats in the uniform shop so I encourage all students to purchase one if they are currently wearing a baseball style cap. Road and Bus Safety Parents and students are reminded that pedestrians must use the designated, marked pedestrian crossings on the campus. Students travelling on buses with seatbelts (i.e, all College buses) must wear the seatbelts provided. Assessment Booklets on Canvas Booklets outlining the assessment schedules for Years 9-12 can be found on the English
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Evening Under the Stars A special social evening for Scots All Saints College Prep to Year 12 Parents Saturday, 6 March, 2021 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Abercrombie House 311 Ophir Road, Bathurst DRINKS AND CANAPES PROVIDED COST $40 per person PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE ASAP via this link sascparents.eventbrite.com.au Tickets must be purchased online by F r i d a y , 26 F e b r u a r y f o r c a t e r i n g p u r p o s e s .
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Student Wellbeing Mr Tom van Gend Head of Student Wellbeing K-12
Welcome to The Safe SPACE The decision to amalgamate the Preparatory School onto Campus West saw the Pre-K rooms on Campus East vacated at the end of 2020.
desks and seating, providing for a more homely feel where students are able to feel comfortable, and where meaningful discussions can take place. I would like to thank Mrs Catherine McDonnell, Executive Assistant to our Head of College, for her invaluable contributions in choosing and ordering the furniture so that it arrived and was ready for the first day of school this year. There remains work to be done to complete the areas in terms of painting the walls and doors. I will be seeking student input in order to decide on colour schemes for these surfaces.
In keeping with the College’s commitment to support student wellbeing, the rooms were transformed during the recent holiday period into a dedicated wellbeing area, a special hub on campus where many resources associated with student wellbeing are now concentrated. The Safe SPACE comprises three linked student areas. The presentation room is the focus for Invictus lessons in Years 9 and 10, as well as Christian Studies lessons for Years 9 to 12. This room features audiovisual technology to facilitate lesson presentations. Students are seated at round, meeting-style tables to encourage group discussions. The stools can be moved between tables very easily, and are stackable in order to provide additional floor space when required. The other two 'break out' areas allow students to choose their mode of seating when working on group activities or when completing solo reflection. The central area features comfortable lounges, while the other area provides a variety of stools and large, comfortable floor cushions. The student areas are also well appointed and located to provide a meeting place for students outside of class time – for example, for boarding student discussion groups and for student study groups. In addition to the student areas The Safe SPACE also houses the Student Health Centre and the College Counsellor’s office. We are very fortunate to have a dedicated space for student wellbeing. The furniture within the student areas was chosen to break free from traditional student
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Boarders Valentine's Day brunch On Sunday 14 February, the boarding community on the Campus East (Scots) gathered together in the Pavilion to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a festive brunch complete with themed outfits, decorations and treats. The boys cooked up a wonderful barbecue that was enjoyed by everyone, and was followed by cupcakes, cookies and fresh fruit. It was a great way to spend the morning and celebrate together. A big thank you to the kitchen staff, boarding staff and Year 12 students who helped make the day possible. Amy Horne (Boarding Prefect)
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CORRECTION Please see correct price below. The price was listed in the last two issues of The Roar incorrectly. This notice and the website are correct. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this error.
After School Care 2021 This year we continue to offer quality After School Care to students of Kindergarten to Year 6 from 3:15 to 6:00 pm on school days. The exciting news is that After School Care will soon operate from a classroom in our new Preparatory School which will make pick up easy. Until we have finalized the building project in that room After School Care will operate out of the same venue as it did last year (the green fenced area below the library). Please indicate in your child’s Student Diary if you wish for your child to attend After School Care on that day. After School Care incurs a $15 charge per student or $20 per family (i.e. 2 or more children) per day. Penalty fees will be incurred at the rate of $10 for every fifteen (15) minutes after 6:00 pm. Preparatory School (Pre-K) students will be supervised by the Preparatory School staff until 5:00 pm at no charge. If Prep students stay after 5:00 pm they will be booked into After School Care and charged $15 per day. Penalty fees will be incurred at the rate of $10 for every fifteen (15) minutes after 6:00 pm. After School Care Coordinator – Katie Thrift After School Care Assistant – Robyn Blackford Contact Number (3:15 – 6:00 pm) - 0400 562 014
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On Campus East we ran a Valentine’s Day reading promotion with a beautiful display including some wonderful romance titles and a selection of wrapped books for students to select a ‘blind date’. Our Year 9 students participated in a ‘speed dating’ activity where they moved around tables with a different selections of books which they ‘dated’ for five minutes, with the aim of finding a book they could love. A special note to Stage 6 parents to inform you that your students have been enrolled in the Edrolo courses. Edrolo is an online video lesson and exam practice resource for Year 11 and HSC students that covers all key content and knowledge areas in the subscribed subjects. Edrolo is currently used by 1000+ schools in NSW and VIC and we are confident it is an extremely valuable investment, providing our students with a differentiated and targeted level of support as they embark on their final stage of secondary schooling. We will use Edrolo as a teaching, consolidation, revision, and assessment tool to enhance what our teachers are doing day-to-day. Click on the following link to find out more. Edrolo Parent Guide.
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From the Archives - All Saints’ College Old Bathurstians’ News On Saturday 13 February we had a visit from ex-students Budi Chayadi (1989- 1993) and wife Rita Sutiono (1991-1992), who spent time 'going down memory lane' at the school. It was a very moving journey for them as they had their youngest daughter with them and friends who obviously loved hearing and seeing these two reminiscing about their school experiences. Although they could not venture into the buildings, Marsden, Kemmis and Britten, they were able to take photos and were impressed by the big changes which have taken place since the 1990’s. Budi and Rita live in Indonesia but regularly travel to Australia as they have permanent residency and their eldest daughter is studying at NYU at the campus based in Sydney. Budi is a
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pastor with the Bethel Church in Indonesia. They are in regular contact with their school cohort and were
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interested to hear news of the staff who were here during their time at school. Mrs Memory Sanders
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Middle School Swimming Carnival
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Middle School Homework Centre
Held each lunchtime in The Base
Open to any students in Years 7 and 8
Book in with Mr Cant prior to the day or just drop in with a question
There will be advertised sessions to help with specific assessment tasks during the year. Will commence Monday 8 February Keep an eye on the Daily Notices and The Roar for more information or contact Mr Cant if you have any questions : phillip.cant@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au
SPORTS DRAW
Invitation to join BxYouth group We would love you to join us at BxYouth. Every Friday night during term time we get together to play games, eat food and talk about Jesus. This term we have 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. So if you want to live All for Christ, come and join us at Bathurst Presbyterian Church. For more info, contact Ed on 0438 998 097.
Please check draws from your local association Touch Football Basketball Cricket If you have any questions please contact Scots All Saints College Sports Administrator Mark Wilkinson on Mark. Wilkinson@scotsallsaints.nsw.edu.au
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