Headmaster's Reflections

The Tidal Patterns of Parenting

(with apologies to Joyce Rupp for word changes)

The rolling rhythm

of the boundless sea

washes over

small, gray stones

Tossed upon the sandy beach.

Wave after successive wave

draws the surrendered stones

back and forth, back and forth,

until they lift their voices

in pebbled harmony.

Then the music of the stones

settles

into momentary

silence,

rests

in the cradle of the sea's cadence,

enraptured

in the pause before the great water

turns, moves them outward,

drawing them beyond

the comforting beach,

toward the vague darkness

of the deep sea's mystery.

In such a way, the Beloved

gathers the gray pebbles of my parenting,

stirs the endless rhythm of grace,

until my heart, too, circles and

tumbles with the cadence of love.

Like gray stones on the beach

my soul dances

in the movement, rests in the silence,

then takes the empyting journey

into darkness,

there to remain in trust,

waiting to be drawn

toward the welcoming shores

of consolation.

Rev A P Syme

Headmaster

All School Matters

INFLUENZA, GENERAL HYGIENE & EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL [TOP]

Following an update from the Department of Health and the Association of Independent Schools (WA) the College will be recommending the following practices:

In an effort to contain various strains of influenza, and in the best interest of all boys, parents and staff, the College requests that any student, staff member or parent experiencing fever (i.e temperature greater than 38°c) AND one or more of the following symptoms: cough, sore throat, runny nose or congestion, generalised aches, should be excluded from School and /or School events until free of symptoms.

ALSO any student or staff member experiencing diarrhoea and / or nausea or vomiting AND one or more of the cold / flu symptoms listed above, with or without fever, should also be excluded for a minimum of seven days or until well (whichever is the greater).

Could parents assist the College in encouraging their son/s to practise good hygiene and minimise cross-infection by covering their mouth with tissues when coughing or sneezing and disposing of these into bins after use. If tissues are unavailable it is preferable to cough into the crook of one's arm instead of hands.

Hands should be washed thoroughly, and frequently, with soap and water. DeBug, Aquium or other sanitizing hand lotions are an excellent substitute and the small personal sized containers are easily carried in a blazer pocket or trouser pocket.

As is routine practice the sharing of water bottles, eating utensils etc is discouraged.

More information is available from the Department of Health website at www.public.health.wa.gov.au or call the National Human Swine Influenza Hotline on 180 2007.

If you require medical advice Health Direct can also be contacted on 1800 022 222.

Thank you for your continued support.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLING IN AUSTRALIA [TOP]

The Independent Schools Council of Australia and AIS WA has provided information on the school size, funding & sources of income, religious affiliations, student enrolment, student teacher-ratios, teacher gender in independent schools across Australia.

The Snapshot 2009 - Independent Schooling in Australia document has been made available to the community on the Scotch website via the following link:

http://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/upload/pages/school-statistics/2009-snapshot.pdf

BULLYING SURVEYS [TOP]

We have completed bullying surveys from Years 6-10 over the last few months and the results have been disseminated to House Heads and other pastoral leaders. The recent Year 8 survey was most encouraging and would suggest that most boys at school have never experienced bullying and any bullying that does occur is relatively mild and low level. The boys who were mentioned a significant number of times are being counselled in the Senior School by their House Heads.

Any boy who was named several times as a person who may have experienced bullying is also being counselled. Parents of boys who are mentioned significantly as either bullies or being bullied will be contacted by House Heads.

Please rest assured that we are taking any bullying issues very seriously and staff will respond when they are informed or it is witnessed at the school. These surveys give us a really good measure of bullying on the campus. The figures in the Year 8 survey would suggest this year group is working well and the number of boys who will need to be counselled is the lowest we have seen yet.

MUSIC DEPARTMENT [TOP]

To assist with providing access to the Music Department's information such as Instrumental Music Timetables, Upcoming Events and Classroom Materials, the Scotch College iShare website has been utilized. Browse to https://ishare.scotch.wa.edu.au/groups/thevmdthevirtualmusicdepartment to access any Music Department information you require. Please use your son's student login.

Recent Events

Congratulations to the Scotch College/PLC Combined Chamber Orchestra and the CombinedWind Ensemble which BOTH attained an OUTSTANDING result in their recent performances at the WA Schools' Festivals. Congratulations to all involved especially Ms Amanda Johnson and Mr Ashley Arbuckle.

Several students from Years 7 - 12 attended the recent WAYJO performance at the Perth Concert Hall and were entertained by fantastic musicians which included Year 12 Music Student David Evans.

The Sartory String Ensemble performed for Years 1 - 4 on Monday 10 August. This was an excellent opportunity for the boys to witness a professional String Quartet performing professional standard repertoire.

Upcoming Events

The Spring Concert will be held in the Dickinson Centre on Friday 4 September commencing at 7pm. All parents and friends are invited to come and enjoy a spectacular variety of music performed by the Senior School Ensembles. The three combined Scotch PLC Ensembles will also be performing. Entry by gold coin donation.

The WA Schools' Jazz Festival will be held in the Dickinson Centre on 5 and 6 September. Performance order is as follows;

• Big Band 3 6.00pm Saturday
• Dixieland Band 6.15pm Saturday
• Big Band 1 7.20pm Saturday
• Big Band 2 10.20am Sunday morning.

All performers are expected to meet in the holding rooms 30 minutes BEFORE their performance time. Parents and friends are encouraged to attend with admission costing $3 for adults and $2 for concession payable at the door. Refreshments supplied by FOSM will be available.

Solo instrumental performances have commenced for all boys in Years 3, 4, 5 and 7, and will continue over the next four weeks. Parents are invited to attend these performances. Year 4 classes have begun rehearsing for their Term 4 musical The Mice from Outer Space.

The inaugural Scotch College Battle of the Choirs will take place on Wednesday 26 August in the Dickinson Centre commencing at 2.00pm. Each class will be presenting two pieces with the winning class receiving a shield as a trophy. All parents are invited to attend this exciting event. Jack Hellewell of Year 7 has created an eye-catching design for the programme.

Contact Details

The Instrumental Programme is administered by the Senior School Music Department and all queries should be directed to the Music Administrator Moira Cross on (08) 9383 6841, or via email on MACross@scotch.wa.edu.au

Please send any queries regarding Junior and Middle School Music to Liz Leith via email on lmleith@scotch.wa.edu.au

Alternately, please contact Mr David Coughlan, Head of Music, via email DGCoughlan@scotch.wa.edu.au, or phone (08) 9383 6842.

If you wish to become more involved in supporting the Music Department by receiving information about the work of FOSM, please contact FOSM@scotch.wa.edu.au.

ENVIRONMENT [TOP]

Tree Planting

Year 8 Science students took part in a mass tree planting session on Friday 7 August during periods 3 and 4. This activity was made possible due to the initiative and coordination of Mr Dan Quinlivan, with the support of the staff from the Science Department and Friends of Lake Claremont.

A repeat tree planting session took place on Friday 14 August with the Year 9 students after lunch.

This work does much to enhance the quality of the biodiversity around the fragile ecosystem on our doorstep that is Lake Claremont.

Reduce and Re-use

Scotch College in partnership with Earth Carers from Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC) will be hosting a community event on Saturday 19 September where recycle paint will be made available. Each year the WMRC find themselves with several hundred half used cans of paint that they then need to have environmentally put into landfill. This is not only a costly and wasteful process but also potentially harmful in the long term too. In a bid to avoid this, and promote the "re-use" theme, a morning stall will be made available for the community to come and collect the paint in exchange for a gold coin donation. Any proceeds will be put towards a charity. If you are interested in volunteering your time to assist with the logistics on the day please email Chris Menage on cmenage@scotch.wa.edu.au . Watch this space for more info over the coming weeks.

Kitchen Garden

The school vegetable patch continues to progress slowly but surely under the stewardship (not to mention blood, sweat and tears) of Mr Brett Barrett, with able assistance from the Grounds staff and Mr Herb! It is hoped the first crop will be in by Week 7 this term.

National Threatened Species Day

As part of the Kings Park Wildflower festival, the Perth community is invited to attend a Call to Action for the National Threatened Species Day on Wednesday 9 September 2009 .

Please download the flyer for more information, or visit the National Threatened Species Day website http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/ts-day/index.html.

Request for Information

Any member of the Scotch Community who has information relating to Environmental issues, events, programs or similar initiatives that could benefit the students, staff or community of Scotch College are encouraged to please contact Chris Menage on cmenage@scotch.wa.edu.au

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS [TOP]

On Monday 12 October, the Uniform Shop will be open from 9am - 12 noon and 1pm - 4pm.

Normal term opening hours will resume when Junior School starts on Tuesday 13 October 2009 (even though Senior School only restarts a week later):

• Tuesday - 8am to 5pm
• Thursday - 7.30am to 11.30am
• Friday - 7.30am to 11.30am.

Junior School

FROM THE HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL [TOP]

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER Tuesday 25 August - QUESTACON incursion in the Junior School

uesday 25 August - Book week commences

Tuesday 25 August - IPSHA Cross Country for selected students

Tuesday 25 August - BOOKWEEK commences

Wednesday 26 August - Battle of the Choirs 2.00pm in the Dickinson Centre

Thursday 27 August- Reporter Day Photos for selected students

Thursday 27 August- BOOKWEEK Parade 2.15pm JS Music Room

Friday 28 August- JS Assembly 2.00pm Dickinson Centre featuring 4N

Friday 28 August- BOOKWEEK concludes

Tuesday 1 September- Year 3 Excursion to Fontorra Factory 8.45-11.30am

Wednesday 2 September- Senior Choir to Braemar Lodge 1.40-3.00pm

Thursday 3 September- Me no Hair Fundraiser

Friday 4 September- Senior Choir / PLC Choral rehearsal at PLC 3.30-5.30pm

IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE

As we move through another busy term I have taken an opportunity to reflect on the importance of sharing time together as a Scotch community. I have been delighted to note parents' support of so many important events that take place in the Junior School. One such important event you are welcome to attend is Junior School Assembly - these that take place on a fortnightly basis on a Friday at 2.00pm. Our assemblies are a wonderful time for sharing, celebration and presentation. I encourage you to attend and support these important Junior School occasions.

A highlight of the Junior School year will be our Presentation Afternoon for all boys and parents in Years 1-5. This event will take the place of Speech Night and will be held on Wednesday 2 December commencing at 2.00pm in the Dickinson Centre. We have elected to hold this event on the final afternoon of the school year and it promises to be a wonderful, formal occasion.

Head of Junior School

Mrs C J Gamble

STAFF NOTICES [TOP]

We are delighted to welcome Ms Heather Purio to the College. Heather has been appointed PA to the Head of Junior School effective to the conclusion of the 2009 Academic year. Previously, Heather has worked for Fremantle Port and STA Travel; she is currently completing a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at UWA. She is looking forward to meeting boys, parents and staff - drop by the new Junior School Office to introduce yourself.

Heather can be contacted on (08)9383 6874 and via email HPurio@scotch.wa.edu.au for all administration related enquiries for the Junior School, including absentee notices.

NSW SCIENCE COMPETITION [TOP]

In Autumn Term boys in Years 3-5 completed the NSW Science Competition. We would like to congratulate the following students who attained outstanding results:

Name	Year	Award
Thomas Nicolls	3	Distinction
Thomas Ambrose	3	Distinction
Felix Jones	3	Distinction
George Mitchell	3	Distinction
Chayut Charernchai	4	High Distinction
Nicholas Clarnette	4	Distinction
Andrew Burvill	4	Distinction
Cooper Ehlers	4	Distinction
Jack Hamill	4	Distinction
Samuel Leibovitch	4	Distinction
Campbell Millar	4	Distinction
Joseph Wellmann	4	Distinction
Michael Youngleson	4	Distinction
James Hollingsworth	5	High Distinction
Tristan Barrow	5	High Distinction
Hugo Akindele-Obe	5	Distinction
James Cameron	5	Distinction
Jordan Campbell	5	Distinction
Patrick Carter	5	Distinction
Zachary Jones	5	Distinction
Connor Meerwald	5	Distinction
Thomas O'Laughlin	5	Distinction
Yanis Sutedja	5	Distinction

REMINDER [TOP]

Parents are respectfully reminded that boys are not permitted to be left unattended at the College prior to 8.10am as teacher do not commence duty until this time.

NOTICE [TOP]

Please note that several pairs of boy-sized glasses have been found around the Junior School. Due to their fragile nature they have been placed behind the desk at the Junior School Office. Wherever possible, fragile lost items will be held at the Junior School Office for collection - please see Heather Purio.

YEAR 3S NEWS [TOP]

Four boys in 3S bring this week's newsletter item to you. These boys participate in the after school Co-curricular chicken farm. I hope you enjoy their piece. - Mrs Stillitano

This term the boys from 3S have been doing a new Unit of Inquiry. Our Inquiry is called "From Field to Table". We talk about the products that come from farms to our tables. We have experienced having four chickens to care for. We feed them, we collect eggs and we hold them.

Chickens are a part of Field to Table because they lay eggs for us and we can also eat their meat. We can buy chicken meat from the supermarket or farmers' market.

Eggs are one of the products that come from farms.

Eggs can be eaten in three different ways: fried eggs, scrambled eggs and boiled eggs.

We had a visit from Old MacDonald's Farm we learnt about the different farm animals and the baby animal names. Pig's fat is very explosive and was used in bombs and is also used in make-up.

We have been very excited when learning about the different Field to Table activities.

Kieran Shine, Conor Paton, Ethan Lundie-Jenkins and Will Taylor.

INFORMATION LEARNING TECHNOLOGY [TOP]

Recently the Year 1's from Scotch and PLC shared class happenings by using technology available to them in their classrooms. Mrs Webster arranged for her class to link with the PLC girls at a particular time using ichat video conference and the interactive whiteboard. It was a great

opportunity for the students and teachers to meet each other and interact. From here, the teachers and students will consider how they might collaboratively develop the relationship through the use of other ILT tools.

Sue Hill

ILT Coach

FRIENDLY SCHOOLS & FAMILIES [TOP]

HELPING YOUR CHILDREN DEAL WITH BULLYING

It is natural for parents to feel upset and want to protect their children if they are being bullied. However, an upset parent can often increase the involved child's distress.

Parent responses that have been found to be helpful are to:

• Encourage your children to discuss the situation;
• Be aware of your own responses and react in a calm, helpful and supportive manner;
• Believe your children - it is important that your children feel confident talking to you about problems;
• Tell your children that bullying is wrong and remind your children that they have the right to feel safe and happy;
• Make sure your children know how to get help and support at school;
• Help your children to make friends (having at least one good friend has been shown to reduce the likelihood and impact of bullying);
• Talk to your children's teacher; and
• Ask your children what they would like you to do.

Warwick Norman

FS&F Coordinator

FRENCH NEWS [TOP]

Bonjour!

The French embassies with the teacher of French association have announced the theme for the 2009 calendar competition. The theme for this year is La France de demain (France of tomorrow).

The competition is open to all French students in Years 3, 4 & 5. The winning entrants will be published on the 2010 French calendar.

What do you have to do?

Create a poster (with a little or no text) either on A4 or A3 according to the theme: La

France de demain.

The competition ends Friday 28 August 2009. Please see Madame Edwards for further details and an entry form.

The French student of the week for the last fortnight is Joshua Spadanuda from 3L who only joined us in at the end of Autumn Term and has been making a terrific effort in French class. He participates enthusiastically and exemplifies qualities of an open-minded learner.

Kim Edwards

French Specialist

PE NEWS [TOP]

On Tuesday morning the Junior and Middle School held the annual Inter-House Cross Country Carnival. The day started with the Middle School running in ideal conditions, as the Junior School took to the track the sky started to darken and by the time our littlest competitors (Years 1 and 2) took the field the rain started. Our Year 1s were half way through their race when rain, in a form usually reserved for the tropics, turned the Cross Country race into a swimming event. At the end of the day Andrew House ended up leading on the points table, the final results were:

ANDREW	83
DAVID	74
BRUCE	68
ROBERT	53
JAMES	48
GORDON	46

The top 10 finishers in Years 4 - 7 will represent Scotch at the IPSHA Boys Interschool Cross Country Carnival on Tuesday 25 August at Trinity Playing Fields.

Athletics training has started and this year the Junior School and Middle School will have separate carnivals held in Week 9. The Junior School carnival will be held on Tuesday 15 September (this date has been moved so as not to clash with a Mothers Auxiliary meeting in Moray). The Middle School carnival will be held on Wednesday 16 September. I look forward to seeing lots of parents and family members at both events.

Ken Dillon

Head of Junior School Physical Education

JUNIOR SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTRE [TOP]

Book Week begins on Tuesday 25 August and many activities have been planned. There will be lots of competitions for all boys to enter and lots of prizes to win. Most of the activities will be related to the Book of the Year shortlist. All the boys will have the shortlist discussed with them over the next week.

On Thursday 27 August, we are holding a Book Week Parade for the Years 1 - 4 in the Music Room at the Junior School at 2.15pm. The theme for the parade is "Book Safari". Boys are invited to parade as their favourite character. The boys will need to bring their costumes to school and change into them at lunchtime.

Kaye Turner

Teacher/Librarian

ART NEWS [TOP]

WORKING WITH OUR IMAGINATION

Over the last four weeks, on a Monday the art room has been the meeting place for a mixed group of GTEC (Gifted and Talented for Early Childhood) students from Scotch, Wesley, St. Hildas and Penrhos.

They are boys and girls from Years 1 & 2 and this is the third time they have met as a group. The focus for these sessions has been Using Your Imagination through Language and Visual Arts. They have explored the works of Spanish artist Joan Miro and experimented with a variety of techniques and materials to simulate his semi-abstract style of artwork. Then they adopted some of the techniques to create their own artworks. The works were very expressive and exciting!

It was wonderful watching the different students approaching these activities and working both independently and collaboratively to develop greater understandings and skills in expressing self. It certainly developed the social and emotional skills of all students.

It gave them an opportunity to reflect on their own style of working and thinking, in comparison with the other students. Importantly, they had to learn respect and regard for others and their opinions, in an area of learning where there is really no right or wrong way of doing things, when presenting abstract ideas.

The students impressed with their ability to express themselves successfully in a variety of ways: verbally, visually and conceptually. They also showed initiative in creating extension works at home, after being exposed to a new idea or technique here at Scotch College. This reflects qualities of life- long learners: taking ownership of the learning and displaying drive to create and express beyond teachers' instructions.

Finally, working with such a small group of similar ability students highlights the point that within any one ability group you will encounter so many different learning styles. This can be a real challenge for schools and I would like to acknowledge the initiative of running such groups as one way of accommodating these differences, whilst being slightly overwhelmed at the reality of dealing with such diversity in school settings.

I would like to share some of the fabulous artworks. Enjoy the results of young children's minds and abilities, given both structure and freedom to explore, express and develop.

Karen Sabitay

PYP Visual Arts Specialist

MUSIC NEWS [TOP]

Junior School Music Programme

Solo instrumental performances continue for all boys in Years 3, 4, 5 and 7. Parents are invited to attend these performances.

Year 5 are working on a musical board game project this term and Year 7 have been working on their designs for a musical poster, programme or certificate for the Choral Festival. The winner of the programme competition is Jack Hellewell, whose eye-catching design adorns the programme.

Year 4 classes have begun learning song repertoire for their Spring Term musical The Mice from Outer Space.

Special Events

Battle of the Choirs

The inaugural Scotch College Choral Festival (Years 1 - 7) will be taking place next Wednesday, 26 August at 2.00pm in the Dickinson Centre. Each class will be presenting two songs to illustrate their grasp of choral technique. They will be adjudicated by David Coughlan, Richard Ledger and Chrissy Gamble and a shield will be presented to the winning class!

All parents are invited to attend this exciting event.

Sartory Strings Ensemble

The Sartory Strings Ensemble visited Scotch College on Monday 10 August. They performed for Years 1 - 4 of the Junior School at the Dickinson Centre. It was an excellent opportunity for the boys to witness a professional string quartet playing string repertoire and quizzing the boys on their musical knowledge.

WAYJO 2009 Concert

The Middle School Jazz Band and several interested Year 7 students attended the 2009 WAYJO Concert at the Perth Concert Hall on Friday 7th August. Scotch Senior School student David Evans was involved in one of the WAYJO ensembles, a fabulous achievement for a year 12 Scotch College student!

Lunchtime Concert

The MY Concert Band under the direction of Suzi Ream will be performing in the Junior School Quad next Tuesday 25 August from 1.00-1.15pm.

Please send any queries regarding Junior School Music to Liz Leith via email on lmleith@scotch.wa.edu.au, or phone on (08) 9383 6878.

Instrumental Programme

The Instrumental Programme is administered by the Senior School Music Department and all queries should be directed to the Music Administrator Moira Cross on (08) 9383 6841 or via email on MACross@scotch.wa.edu.au.

Liz Leith

Junior School Music Specialist

EXCELLENCE AWARDS [TOP]

YEAR 1W

• Ronald Fellows-Smith

YEAR 3S

• William Lawson
• Lachlan Meston
• Heath Certoma
• Ethan Lundie-Jenkins

YEAR 3L

• Edmund Hall

YEAR 4N

• Christopher Watts
• Bill Mallon
• Milo Kathiravelu
• Campbell Millar
• Joshua Pretorius
• Michael Youngleson

YEAR 5G

• Alexander Ventouras

Middle School

Dear Parents

As we hit the midpoint of Winter Term the catch cry for Middle School boys right now is perseverance. Sticking with the things we find hard, having another go rather than giving up, seeing a task or a goal to completion is the IBO attitude we are on about right now. The rewards for persevering are many, but none better than the realisation that you can do it. It was an attitude well demonstrated by a big group of boys who didn't feature in the top 10 or top 20 in the Interhouse Cross Country event last week, who none the less stuck it out, didn't stop running, and completed the course. Sticking with our maths, spelling, humanities assignments and homework, getting it all done and in on time and to the best of their ability is what the next four weeks are all about for Middle School boys. This is the premiership quarter.

Battle of the Choirs [TOP]

The big event this week is the Year 1-7 Choral Festival or as the boys are referring to it, 'the Battle of the Choirs' This is a very recent innovation from the Music Department but going on student enthusiasm it looks like becoming an annual feature. Each class or year group has two songs to perform and they will be assessed on set criteria by a panel of expert judges. The Battle of the Choirs will be held in the Dickinson Centre commencing at 2pm this Wednesday 26 August. Family members are most welcome. Building on the enthusiasm for Choir, planning has commenced for a Year 6 & 7 Choir Tour to Tasmania in April 2010 to attend the Australian Youth Choir Festival. This will be something to watch out for.

Sport News [TOP]

Congratulations to Scotch College A Hockey team who went through the recent interschool Lightning Carnival undefeated and finished on top thanks in part to some outstanding goal work by Dylan Wood of 7N.

Athletics season commenced last week with the Interhouse Cross Country event. A tremendous gallery of parents turned out to support the boys who in producing some fast times also managed to beat the rain home as well.

The top ten finishers have been rewarded with a place in the IPSHA Interschool Cross Country event next week.

House Results Year 7	House Results Year 6
1st Andrew	Bruce
2nd Gordon	Andrew
3rd David	Gordon
4th Robert	David
5th Bruce	Robert
6th James	James

Year 7 3000m Results	Year 6 2500m Results
1st Charlie Benson	Lochlan Farrell
2nd Sam Bloodworth	Sebastian Bentley
3rd Harry Wiffen	Graeme Stewart
4th Charlie Grant	Benjamin Harding
5th Jackson Fong	Charlie McGuckin
6th Jacob Coulson	Matthew Verryn
7th Reece Grant	Oliver Eastland
8th Christopher Simpson	Matthew Archer
9th Ben Hutcherson	Mitchell Burt
10th Oscar Jungstedt	Tim Andrew

On another running note, the Activ City to Surf Fun Run is on Sunday 30 August and Scotch College has a tent full of cold drinks and a BBQ waiting for you at the finish line. Come and join us, there are over 60 Scotch entrants so far.

BIG BANG RESEARCH, OR JUST HAVING FUN? [TOP]

It was safety glasses on and warn the other classes, as Year 6 conducted their hydrogen experiments last week. Pictured is Tom Prior and 6F about to discover the noise and combustibility of hydrogen. To see the video of what happens next you can log onto the Year 6 Science Virtual Classroom site on Scotch ishare and witness it all. I bet you watch it more than once.

MIDDLE SCHOOL LOST PROPERTY [TOP]

A Lost Property box has been set up at the bottom of the internal stair well on the ground floor in the Middle School building.

SIGN IN/SIGN OUT PROCEDURE [TOP]

Thank you to all parents using the Sign In and Sign Out forms located at the Middle School Reception desk. This is an important part of our attendance accountability and student welfare protocols.

UPCOMING EVENTS [TOP]

Wednesday 26 August: Battle of the Choirs Years 1-7 DC 2pm.

Thursday 27 August: School Photo Day; Winter Uniform

Saturday 29 August: Year 7 Social Gathering

Sunday 30 August:Be Activ City to Surf Fun Run

Thursday 3 September: Cancer Foundation, Me No Hair, Fund Raising Day.

Wednesday 16 September: Middle School Inter House Athletics Carnival

Friday 18 September: Middle School Assembly

Tuesday 22 September: Year 7 Singapore Trip departs

INFORMATION LEARNING TECHNOLOGY [TOP]

Recently the Year 1's from Scotch and PLC shared class happenings by using technology available to them in their classrooms. Mrs Webster arranged for her class to link with the PLC girls at a particular time using ichat video conference and the interactive whiteboard. It was great opportunity for the students and teachers to meet each other and interact. From here, the teachers and students will consider how they might collaboratively develop the relationship through the use of other ILT tools.

Sue Hill

ILT Coach

EXCELLENCE AWARDS [TOP]

6D Hamish de la Hunty Matthew Veryn Declan Hardisty Alistair Cadee

7V Kelvin Wang

Senior School

YEAR 11 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED [TOP]

This year a strong field of candidates applied for the Year 11 Scholarships and the committee would like to acknowledge the considerable effort that was evident in all the written applications received.

Scotch College would like to congratulate the following winners for 2009:

James Fraser (Brisbane House), winner of the P C Anderson Memorial Scholarship. Presented this year by OCS Vice President, Mr Bill Hutton, the P C Anderson Memorial Scholarship is awarded to sons or grandsons of Old Scotch Collegians (OSC) for academic merit, leadership qualities, co-curricular involvement and achievement in PSA sport.

Hugo Breakey (Anderson House) and Matthew Goyder (Ross House) were jointly awarded the W R Dickinson Scholarship. Their awards were presented by Mrs Julie Dickinson, wife of the late Mr W R (Bill) Dickinson. The W R Dickinson Scholarship is open to all current Year 11 Scotch College students and is awarded for academic merit, leadership qualities, co-curricular involvement and achievement in PSA sport.

BOYS ACHIEVEMENTS [TOP]

Bradley Campbell (Year 9, Brisbane) has been invited to train by Ice Hockey Australia, in the National 2010 Bantam Player Development Camp in NSW, a privilege attributed to the top 40 players in this age group in the country.

Mark Matisons (Year 12, Anderson) has been selected to represent WA in the National Longboard championships later this month

Lt Commander Mark Daley from ADF Recruiting presented the ADFA Education Award to Alexander Mackenzie (Year 12, Ferguson)

Out of the Woods

7 Boys from Scotch College put their work into the " Out of the Woods Competition" hosted each year at the Wood Show WA, Claremont Showgrounds. It's a chance for the boys to go up against the state's best school students in Design and Technology from Years 8 -12. It's the first time in over 8 years that we have put anything into the exhibition, these are the results:

Joel Kennedy (Year 12, Cameron) - 3 ^rd place

Year 12 Artistic category (Timber Box)

Steele Hathway (Year 11 , Keys) - HighComm Yr 11 Furniture Category (Hallway Table)

Carl Eiselen (Year 9, Brisbane) - High Comm

Year 9 Category (Chopping Board)

Ben Forrester (Year 8, Keys) - 3 ^rd place

Year 8 category (Serving tray)

Year 11 Excellence in the Workplace Awards

The following students from the Workplace Learning (Instep) course are awarded Excellence in the Workplace certificates. These certificates are awarded on recommendation from their employer for excellent participation and skills displayed in the workplace and for the high standard of completion of their logbooks and associated assessment tasks in the Workplace Learning course.

• Xavier Butler, Shearer
• Taylor Harris, Keys
• Stuart Walton, Keys
• Steele Hathway, Keys
• Thomas Godfrey, Keys

REPORTER PHOTOGRAPHS [TOP]

Thursday 27 August, 2009

PHOTO DAY

Photo day for Reporter will take place on Thursday 27 August in the Dickinson Centre, commencing at 7.45am. Senior School, Middle School and Junior School photos will be conducted on the same day. All boys should wear the school winter uniform. Students should bring the following:

• Ties - School, House, Colours, Honours
• Sports uniforms - winter and summer
• Musical instruments
• Pipe Band uniform

Only those boys who were selected at 1sts level in winter and summer sports will be present in the sport photos, with the exception of Rowing, Water Polo, Swimming and Cross Country - these boys should wear their winter uniform and School tie. Boys should wear their team uniform as appropriate in all other sport photos. The Athletics and Water Polo photo will be scheduled later in the year.

Boys who are absent will not be included at a later date. They will be marked absent in the photo caption of Reporter.

Students and staff should enter Dickinson Centre from the balcony doors.

YEAR 11 DANCE [TOP]

The School was delighted with the success of the Year 11 Dance held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday 15 August. Nearly all the year group attended, and the behaviour of the boys and girls was exemplary. I would like to thank the Mothers' Auxiliary and in particular Kerry Hollier for the fantastic amount of work put in before and after the event as well as on the night.

I believe that nearly 60 parents were involved in some part of the Year 11 Dance. We had 20 staff present on the evening and the combination of parents and staff ensured that the night ran smoothly and the young people had a great time. Although the weather was inclement, the outside area was well frequented and the braziers and overhead heaters were very much in demand.

It is very gratifying when the boys and their partners show the maturity and good sense to recognise an important school occasion and thoroughly enjoy it in a sensible and wholesome way.

Planning is just about to start for the Year 12 Ball for 2010 and I have no doubt that it will be a marvellous occasion.

WINTER SPORT AFTERS [TOP]

A winter sport "Afters" event will be held for Years 11 and 12 boys and invited girls at the Rous Head Ferry Terminal on Saturday 12 September from 7.30pm until 11pm. This is after the Interschool Athletics on Friday 11 September.

Forms will be available to purchase tickets from Monday 31 August.

A minimum of 60 parents are required on the night to help with security, bag check in and sausage sizzle cooking. There will also be a requirement for parents to collect forms and issue tickets at the school reception on Thursday 3, Friday 4, Monday 7, and Tuesday 8 September both before and after school. Please let Mike Burrell know when you can help.

SCHOOL DRAMA PRODUCTION [TOP]

The Scotch College Drama Department takes pleasure in presenting a production of Stage Fright! by Richard Tulloch. Stage Fright! Is a stage adaption of the short stories of Paul Jennings. Jennings, a best selling children's author, has penned a number of best selling short story anthologies, including Quirky Tales and Unreal! The cast includes over 30 boys from Years 6 to 10 who have been rehearsing intently for the past three months.

The season runs from Wednesday 16 September to Friday 18 September at 7.00pm, and on Saturday 19 September at 2.30pm, (matinee only).

Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for children, (not including GST). All performances will take place in the Dickinson Centre located in the Scotch College Senior School.

This off-beat conglomerate is perfect for children of all ages and adults alike. Tickets will be available for online purchase as of Wednesday 2 September at www.scotch.wa.edu.au

If you have any ticketing queries, please contact Ms. Priest: SPRIEST@scotch.wa.edu.au
For all other enquiries, please contact Mr. Bennet Andrews: BCANDREWS@scotch.wa.edu.au

ATHLETICS EVENTS [TOP]

Inter-House Athletics

All Senior School boysare expected to attend the Inter-House Athletics on Friday 28 August from 1.00pm to 3.30pm, and on Saturday 29 August from 9.00am to 1.30pm at the Memorial Ground.

The March Past will take place at approximately 12.30pm on Saturday. The Pipe Band Parents' Support Group will run a cafe providing hot food on Saturday,(butterfield beef burgers, bacon and egg rolls and sausage sizzle) plus drinks, ice-creams and afternoon tea along with a cake stall. If the Carnival is cancelled due to poor weather there will be a notice on the Scotch website.

Athletics Quads

Friday 4 September, 2009 Guildford Grammar will host the Quadrangular Carnival between Scotch, Christ Church, Guildford and Wesley at the Ern Clarke Athletics Stadium at Cannington on Friday 4 September starting at 2.00 pm.

PSA Inter-School Athletics

The PSA Meeting will commence at 10.00am on Friday 11 September at the new A K Reserve Athletics Stadium.

PERSONAL PROJECT PARS [TOP]

YEAR 10

Students have submitted their Projects for assessment and the Supervisors are now in the process of internally moderating the Personal Reports. These results will be available at the end of the year.

Personal Project Showcase Opening

An invitation is extended to all members of the Scotch community to attend this Showcase. It will be open from 8.30 am till 5.00 pm from 9 -11 September. The opening ceremony will occur on Friday 11 September, in the Dickinson Centre, from 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm. The Year 10 students will "show" their project and all students will be available to talk about their experiences. This ceremony will be followed by the Year 10 River Cruise.
Those products, not already submitted, should be brought to the Dickinson Centre on Monday 7 or Tuesday 8 September.

Parents of Year 10 boys are now invited to provide feedback on the College's implementation of the Personal Project. Your feedback would be appreciated to enhance our planning for the subsequent groups of students and their parents. Please send your feedback via email to the Personal Project Leader, Ms Barbara Stout at ProjectLeader@scotch.wa.edu.au or to the IBMYP Coordinator, Mr Ben Beaton at BCBeaton@scotch.wa.edu.au by the end of Term three.

FRENCH VISITORS [TOP]

Scotch has been very pleased to welcome seven visitors from France over the past three weeks.

These excellent students, staying with Scotch families, were mostly from Year 11 and have spent the mornings with us in classes. They have been helping all over, from teaching basic interview techniques to the Year 8's, to helping the TEE boys preparing for their Oral exams. Naturally we were pleased to spend time with them in the local French café -Choux - and they confirmed that the croissant there was truly French (which is a great compliment as it is a hard thing to accurately replicate!)

The visitors were also taken to Moray, and we are grateful to Mr Brogden and his team for looking after them down there on a wet and windy day. We were also very pleased with how our boys seized on the chance to talk to 'real French people' and how positive those classes were. The LOTE staff would like to thank the families for hosting these visitors.

CAREERS:

Year 12 Tertiary Studies 2010

Mr Frusher will soon commence one-on-one interviews with all Year 12 students to discuss their plans for 2010, whether they be university, TAFE, Gap Year or other options. It is very helpful if parents also engage in discussion with their son/s in this regard so that students come prepared to talk about their options and ask relevant questions. At these interview times student will also be given advice about the selection of preferences and the admission process. If parents have any queries or concern about these processes, please contact Mr Frusher at Scotch on (08)9383 6830 or via email PFrusher@scotch.wa.edu.au .

TAFEWA Applications for 2010

Applications to study full-time at TAFEWA in Semester 1, 2010 are now open. Applications can be made online at www.tafe.wa.edu.au or via hard copy application forms which are available at any TAFEWA College. Please contact Mr Frusher, Careers Adviser at Scotch, if you have any queries.

Australian Defence Force Academy Education Award
Year 11 students who are interested in completing their university studies through ADFA in 2011 are invited to apply for the Education Award by the end of 2009. This year, this award was presented to Alexander MacKenzie, so interested students may wish to ask him about the Education Award and what it involves. Mr Frusher is also available to provide further information.

Apprenticeships
August is the month that many companies advertise their apprenticeship opportunities for 2010. Students who are seeking apprenticeships in 2010 are advised to scrutinise Saturday's The West Australian each week and to also seek advice from Mr Frusher.

Murdoch University Open Day

Murdoch University Open Day is on Sunday 30 August at the Murdoch Campus. Students are encouraged to attend to discover more about options available at this university.

University of Melbourne

Scholarships to Melbourne University are now available by going online to www.services.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/ugrad/ or see Mr Frusher for details.

Curtin University

These scholarships are offered to students who are choosing Curtin University as their first preference, have high academic achievement and offer their services and talents to community activities. All applications must be forwarded through Scotch College and any interested students are asked to contact Mr Frusher for further details. Application forms and further information are available at www.jcscholars.curtin.edu.au. Applications close 2 October 2009.

ACADEMIC ASSOCIATES [TOP]

Year 11 and 12 Revision Courses

Murdoch University and UWA, October 2009

You will:

• Improve your study skills
• Better understand your subject
• Receive exclusive worksheets
• Learn to maximise exam performance

Book on-line: www.academicassociates.com.au

Phone/Fax: (08) 9310 4490 (all hours), or see Mr Frusher for enrolment form.

Wesley College, September

Wesley College is conducting TEE Revision Seminars for all West Australian Year 12 students during the first week of the September/October school holidays from Monday 28 September to Friday 2 October 2009. Book early as the small classes fill quickly.

Further information and enrolment forms: www.wesley.wa.edu.au under the tab WesleyCommunity or contact Helen McNeice on (08) 9368 8102 or helen.mcneice@wesley.wa.edu.au

Subjects offered are:

Accounting, Applicable maths, Calculus, Discrete Maths, Economics, Geography, Political & Legal Studies, English, Human Biology, Physics. Closing Date 16 September 2009

TEE Holiday Revision Courses

There are several holiday TEE revision courses that are being offered in the first week of the next holidays. Please see Mr Frusher for further details.

EF HIGH SCHOOL YEAR OVERSEAS [TOP]

EF High School Year Overseas is having a FREE Information Meeting in Perth for students and their parents. EF is the world's largest private education organisation operating for 42 years in the cultural exchange and language learning business.

Tuesday 25 August 2009, from 7.30pm - 9.00pm.

EF Language School

365 Beaufort Street,

Highgate.

ABSENTEE EMAIL ADDRESS

The absentee email address is absentee@scotch.wa.edu.au. You can also telephone (08) 9383 6928.

Please notify us of your son's absence early in the morning of the day of his absence. We are now telephoning the parents of all boys whose absence is not accounted for in the Tutor Period.

Community Notices

MIKE HIRSCH CRICKET CLINIC [TOP]

SPRING SCHOOL HOLIDAY

During the Spring School holidays, Mike Hirsch will be conducting another cricket coaching clinic to primary and secondary students. Skills training will be conducted both indoors and on the fields with activities designed to suit all age and experience levels.

Please download the flyer for further details.

Support Groups

MOTHERS' AUXILIARY [TOP]

Year 11 Dance

"The Neon Room" certainly came to life on Saturday night, as the Memorial Hall was once again transformed into an amazing venue for the Year 11 Dance. With neon lights flashing, music pumping and the smoke machine in full blast, the boys and their partners had a fantastic time dancing the night away. A BIG thank you, to Kerrie Hollier, our amazing Dance Co-ordinator, the wonderful Year 11 Mothers' Dance Committee and to the Year 11 Parents who helped on the evening and over the weekend, in making this event such a huge success.

Year 12 Mothers' sleepover at Moray, Sunday 13 September

This is a wonderful opportunity for all Year 12 Mothers to spend some time together, to share stories about their sons' time at Scotch and to have a laugh before they begin their preparation for the upcoming TEE and final months at school. Please download the flyer for RSVP or for more information contact Di Nelson at di.nelson@mosarts.com.au or Janet Kirkby at jvhk@bigpond.net.au.

Meeting at Moray, Monday 14 September

Climb aboard the bus, kindly chauffeured by Mr Freitag and join us for a gorgeous day at Moray hosted by the MA committee. Enjoy a walk around a beautiful neighbour's garden, followed by a light lunch and then a short meeting! Everyone is most welcome from the Junior and Senior Schools. Please RSVP mothersauxiliary@scotch.wa.edu.au I will look forward to seeing you there.

BASKETBALL SUPPORTERS GROUP [TOP]

The Basketball Supporters Group Pre Season meeting will be held at 5.30pm Wednesday 26 August at the Scotch Gym opposite the weights room. Parents of players in all grades and Years 8 to 12 are welcome!

For more information please contact:

Marty Jurat on 0428 213 182

PIPE BAND SUPPORT GROUP [TOP]

Athletics Day - 29 and 30 August

After months of discussion Athletics is on this weekend.

Just another reminder!

Please drop any donations for the hamper into the Pipe Band Room. Don't forget to drop your cake, produce, preserves etc off to the Cake Stall on Saturday morning. Finally, please contact your year co-ordinator if you are able to help on the day. Thanks everyone

Next Meeting- Wednesday 26 August 7.30pm in the Dining Room Annex.