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TERM 2, WEEK 4
Dear Parents and Guardians
‘Wisdom is found in those who take advice.’ Proverbs 13:10
15 MAY 2015
Dates:
SATURDAY 16 MAY
•18 yrs Basketball Championships
•Downs Junior Rugby Carnival
•Pipe Band - Toowoomba Ceilidh
• Netball Matches
• GBC Rugby Matches
• Open Girls Hockey Fixtures
SUNDAY 17 MAY
•18 yrs Basketball Championships
•All Hallows Touch Carnival
•Rugby Matches
•Boarder Activity
MONDAY 18 MAY
• JAM Performance group 8.00am
• Touch Training 7.00am
• Choir Practice 3.30pm
• Opens Netball
TUESDAY 19 MAY
•Opens netball training 7.00am
•Boys Vocal Choir 7.30am
• Rugby Training 3.30pm
•Netball Training 3.30pm
• Mixed Hockey 6.00pm
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY
• Rugby 1st Training 7.15am
• String Ensemble 7.45am
• Pipes & Drums Practice 3.30pm
• Rock Band Practice 3.30pm
• Senior Dance Practice 3.30pm
• Concert Band 3.30pm
• Cattle Club Training 3.30pm
• Open Soccer 4.30pm
• Debating Year 7
• Year 10 Industry Dinner
(Part of a verse displayed in metre-high letters on a huge billboard just out of Warwick on the
Cunningham Highway).
On another sparklingly-clear Sunday morning, I am aboard a bus to Toowoomba as Junior Rugby
moves towards a winter hibernation, something my family and I are hoping will also appeal to
the brown snake we watched on Saturday morning, silently slithering under the steps that lead
up into our home. For those of you who have never had the privilege of meeting James Klein, a
Year 12 boarder from Goondiwindi, James speaks with a quiet, authoritative tone of a latter-day
John Wayne, and is of a similar stature. When the subject of brown snakes came up recently, he
reassuringly informed me that, ‘chances are it won’t kill you, Sir, (he paused for effect, Oscarwinning stuff!) as long as you get treatment within the hour! Make lots of noise, they’ll leave you
alone’. I later hammered yet another of those buzzing, whining, shaking solar snake ‘defenders’
into the ground near our front door.
Our fortnightly assembly brings together every student from Year 5 to 12, plus their teachers,
for 45 minutes. Staff and students share experiences, future plans, recent successes, and sing,
rather well, together. Occasionally, as last Friday, we also welcome an incredibly friendly stray
dog into our school community!
This week I decided to relate some aspects of the story of Odette Hallowes, a French-born, British
spy who was smuggled into southern France to work with the French Resistance during World War
2. While I had been familiar with Odette’s story of amazing gallantry since I was a teenager, I was
prompted to talk about her because I had received some feedback, polite and well intentioned,
from a talented Year 11, Ellika Whelan, that, in assemblies, ‘you always talk about men!’ A quick
mental rewind revealed that Robert the Bruce, St. Valentine and the entire Scotland Rugby Union
team that beat England to win the 4 Nations Grand Slam in 1990 were/are all, with barely a
shadow of a doubt, male.
So, I acted on Ellika’s feedback and added something to my knowledge of history and the diversity
of women’s wartime roles. Educational researchers have confirmed that the provision of helpful
feedback from teacher to student, both verbal and written, and that student then acting upon it,
is among the most effective ways students can improve their performance. We as a school are
entering this very week a new phase of teacher development in which the provision of feedback
is high on the list of desirable traits to be sought, by both fellow teachers observing lessons and
by students who will also be surveyed.
I expect we will learn that our staff are good, perhaps very good providers of feedback, when
addressing an entire class but also in individualised ways too. We would welcome your support
in this aspect of your children’s education. Simply ask them what feedback their teachers gave
them today and how are they going to act upon it? If none was forthcoming, it is not unheard of for
students to actually invite such advice! Indeed, it is often those very students who subsequently
receive academic accolades in college assemblies, tertiary education and beyond.
Whether it is adapting to life in a brown snake’s backyard, or developing a glossary of key words
in Indonesian, we may all progress ever-higher if we act on wise advice.
David Proudlove
Head of Senior School
Co-educational Day & Boarding, Prep to Year 12
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Junior & Middle School
THURSDAY 21 MAY
• Year 4 Excursion St Helena
ena
• Rugby Training 3.30pm
•Netball Training 3.30pm
• Sheep Club 3.30pm
• Hockey Training 3.30pm
Happy Mothers Day
Please be aware that, across both Middle and
Junior campuses, supervision in the playground
is not scheduled until 8.10am. Children are not to
be on verandas, in playgrounds or playing on the
grounds before an adult is on duty to supervise.
FRIDAY 22 MAY
•Cross Country Training 7.00am
•Pipe Band Practice 7.30am
SATURDAY 23 MAY
• Netball Matches
• GBC Rugby Matches
• Open Girls Hockey Fixtures
• Warwick Pentath
• Boarder Big Bang Dinner & Trivia
Night - Des Davey Dining Hall
SUNDAY 24 MAY
• Warwick Pentath
• Rugby Matches
MONDAY 25 MAY
• JAM Performance group 8.00am
• Touch Training 7.00am
• Choir Practice 3.30pm
• Opens Netball
TUESDAY 26 MAY
•Opens netball training 7.00am
•Boys Vocal Choir 7.30am
• Rugby Training 3.30pm
•Netball Training 3.30pm
• Mixed Hockey 6.00pm
WEDNESDAY 27 MAY
• Rugby 1st Training 7.15am
• String Ensemble 7.45am
• Pipes & Drums Practice 3.30pm
• Rock Band Practice 3.30pm
• Senior Dance Practice 3.30pm
• Concert Band 3.30pm
• Cattle Club Training 3.30pm
• Open Soccer 4.30pm
• Debating Year 7
THURSDAY 28 MAY
• Rugby Training 3.30pm
•Netball Training 3.30pm
• Sheep Club 3.30pm
• Hockey Training 3.30pm
FRIDAY 29 MAY
•College Pipes &Drums ,Choir Tour
•Cross Country Training 7.00am
•Pipe Band Practice 7.30am
•Track & Field Training 7.00am
Before School Drop-off Middle School
Year 4 – St Helena Island
21st May 2015
Mothers Day Gift Making in Prep - thankk you to
Helen Welsh for giving us her time, skills and
beautiful beads to help the Preppies make a
wonderful beaded mobile which I know will hang
with pride in many houses for years to come. We
hope all the Mum's had a wonderful Mother's Day
and enjoyed their special gifts.
JAM Factory - Now Open
The Jam Factory is open for business. Please come
and visit Michelle and Monique at the new office for
both Junior and Middle Schools. Situated in the old
uniform shop!
Absentees
Please notify the office when your children
are away for the day, via phoning Monique on
46669839 or email a message to Monique Bryson
through SEQTA.
The Year 4 students are again this year heading
to prison. That is, the convict prison on St Helena
Island out from Brisbane. This field experience
forms part of their History unit. Parents, please
return your consent form that was sent with the
letter this week.
Canberra Trip Year 7
Last week parents/carers were emailed their first
letter and itinerary for the upcoming Canberra
trip.
Can you please return the attachment and
your deposit by 18th May 2015. If you haven’t
received this as yet, please contact Monique
Bryson on 4666 9839.
Geography Excursion to Killarney
ZONTA Birthing Kits
Last Saturday morning the Warwick branch of ZONTA
International enlisted the aid of our Girls' Boarding
students and staff in assembling 1000 'birthing kits'
to be sent to some of the world's least developed
nations.
Simple items such as large plastic bags to serve as
a groundsheet, latex gloves to help with the delivery
and a scalpel to cut the umbilical cord were wrapped
and packaged in a carefully organised and sterile
process. Part of a national program, this was just the
latest of a series of collaborations between ZONTA
members and Girls' Boarding.
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Musical Announcement
Beef Week
It is with great pleasure that
the College is able to announce
that Scots PGC College will be
presenting Disney’s “Alice in
Wonderland” Jr in August 2015. On
Friday, students were delighted
to discover that they would have
the opportunity to perform the Disney adaptation of Lewis
Carroll’s beloved children’s classic to the greater Warwick
community.
The Alice in Wonderland tells the story of a young girl, Alice,
who is transported to the surreal kingdom of Wonderland.
There, Alice is confronted by a diverse and exotic menagerie
of characters including the pedantic White Rabbit, whimsical
and cryptic Cheshire Cat, Flamboyant March Hare, delusional
Mad Hatter, and finally the tyrannical Queen of Hearts.
Alice in Wonderland provides a range of learning
opportunities in a creative environment. The play promotes
strong moral messages; addressing themes of problem
solving, transitioning to adulthood and confronting and
overcoming the many fears along the way. Students have
a range of practical experiences made available to them
to work collaboratively as a team in their chosen specific
field including: acting, singing, dancing, set design, stage
management, sound, lighting, makeup and costuming. With
the guidance of the experienced Performing Arts Department,
students are able to learn teamwork, cooperation and gain
insight in to the exciting performing arts industry.
The College Cattle Club has returned safe and well
from an enormous week at Beef Australia 2015 held in
Rockhampton. The College took up seven head of cattle
and eight students with some great achievements which
include:
•
1st and 2nd with the two Angus heifers owned by
the college in the 12-15 month Angus female.
•
1st in two senior Senepol female classes and
reserve champion Senepol cow. The Senepol cattle where
shown for John Brandon at ‘Boomerang Park’ Yangan.
•
Our steer was called up into the final line up of
steers but narrowly missed out on a place.
•
Justin Rhode came 3rd in the Commercial Young
Judges Competition.
•
Cooper Rafton came 5th in the Young Paraders
Competition. Bryce Thomas and Nathan Wainwright made
the final in this event.
•
Both our teams won their heats in the Young
Farmers Challenge.
Mr Collett was very happy with the success of the students
considering there was close to 400 students participating
in most of these competitions.
Some big thanks must go to:
- Brett Thomas for driving our cattle up and back
- Robyn Verney for the extra help and supervision.
- Heather Goonan for keeping Mr Collett sane.
- Nutramix for supplying us with such great quality cattle
feed.
Currently, casting is well underway and rehearsal schedule
will be made available once major and minor roles have been
confirmed. Wendy and I encourage all interested students in
years 7-12 to come and join in this musical extraordinaire.
‘Alice in Wonderland’ is sure to be a thrilling tumble down
the rabbit hole for all.
Cooper Rafton showing off his skills
at Beef Week 2015
Message from the Chaplain....
What is Joy? Is it only a bubbly feeling that happens when life is good: A new boy or
girlfriend, success at my sport, good marks on my last assessment? I don’t think so. While
outward expressions of joy might happen when exciting and desirable things are going
on for us, there is a joy that is an experience of gladness even when there are looming
deadlines, or trouble on the horizon. As Christians we will experience sadness, maybe
even anxiety, but the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives produces a state of heart that
grows in joy as we mature. The apostle Paul was kicked out of towns, shipwrecked, beaten
and finally executed, and yet he wrote about joy. Can I see an overall change in my heart
towards joyfulness? Then I can see the Spirit working in my life.
CROC FARM
Cattle Club students enjoyed a much
deserved break at the Crocodile Farm.
Mrs Jenny Potter
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College News & Reminders
P & F NOTES
Tutoring
The next P&F meeting will be at the WALEC at 7.00pm on Monday the 18th May. If
anybody wishes to raise any issues please let Nicole know to add it to our Agenda.
The meeting should run for approximately one hour, and we expect to finish around
8.00pm. Some of items that you may wish to comment on either at the meeting, or in
the suggestion box located at the main office front desk are as below.
As shown in the table below, free
tutorial support is offered each
week in a wide range of subjects,
by teachers across the school.
Students are encouraged to take
advantage of these sessions,
especially if they are struggling
to keep up.
- Changing our constitution to allow automatic membership to the P&F to all parents/
carers when they enrol their children. A resolution will be drafted to send to Fair Trading to change our constitution reflecting this.
- Should the P&F hold a social function for parents to get together, as we have done
in past years?
The raffle sales have picked up and we can confirm the draw can go ahead now at the
new date of 30th June 2015! There are still tickets available online and through the
school front office. Families can share a ticket if they wish or they can get friends and
family involved as long as they make arrangements between themselves as to how to
split the prize if they win. The prize of $7500.00 is to be credited to a child`s school
account, either now or for a future year. The prize cannot be transferred for cash. We
will have tea and cake at the close of the meeting on Monday. It would be great to see
you there and for you to have a say in the future direction of Scots PGC College.
Monday
Before
school
Year 7 Maths
– Mrs Brown
(M7)
Thursday
Assistance can be given with
homework, assignments, or
simply class work that was not
fully understood. Sometimes,
students find it beneficial to hear
an explanation from someone
other than their class teacher.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Sunday
11 & 12 Maths A – Mrs
Wiid (13B)
Year 3– Mr Campbell (J3)
Year 5 Maths – Mrs
Bourke (M2)
Year 4 Maths – Mrs
Gander (J4)
Maths – Mrs Ensbey (R11)
Ag Sci. – Mr Grant (R10)
Maths – Mrs Ensbey
(R11)
Year 6 Maths – Mrs
Ryan (M4)
Lunch
Week 1 Art and
HumaniƟes Year
8 (R14)
Week 2 Art SS
(R14)
Maths – Mrs Ensbey
(R11)
Week 1 – Year 8
Art and HumaniƟes
(R14)
Week 1 – Year 8 Art and
HumaniƟes (R14)
Week 2 Art SS (R14)
Week 2 Art SS (R14)
Ag. Sci.– Mr Grant (R10)
Biology – Mrs MorƟson
(R5)
AŌer school
Biology – Mrs MorƟson
(R5)
English – Mrs Bowen (RC)
Chemistry – Mr Anastasi
(R7)
Evening
(boarding)
HumaniƟes- Mr
Goodwin- Girls
Boarding
Sciences – Mr Sullivan
(SBB/SGB)
Sciences- Mr Anastasi
HumaniƟes – Mr
Goodwin- Boys Boarding
HumaniƟes – Mr
Goodwin- Boys Boarding
Maths (girls)
Mrs McKendrick
(SGB)
(SGB/SBB)
Science – Mrs MorƟson
(JGB)
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College News & Reminders
CEILIDH - Toowoomba
Caledonian Society and Pipe
Band
Saturday 16th May
7.00 – 10.30pm
Drayton Hall
Featuring
Pipe Band, Highland Dancers,
Community Scottish Country Dancers,
Community Singing & a great supper.
Music by Chris Laurenson
No experience is required as you will be
instructed on how to dance on the night,
Dashing White Sergeant, Strip the Willow,
Cumberland Reel, Jig to the Music, Pride
of Erin, Gay Gordon, Olso Waltz, (Circle
Waltz), Flying Scotsman, & Happy to Meet, &
Haymakers Jig.
Cost of the evening is $10pp & School aged
children free & please bring along a plate
of food for supper. Come along and enjoy a
night of Scottish Entertainment .
Casual Clothes Day
Casual Clothes Day next Wednesday
20th May to raise funds for the
Year 12 Cardinal and Valedictory
evenings. Gold coin donation.
Good Luck
Good Luck to Amelia Starasts who
will compete at the QLD State
Basketball Championships at Mt
Gravatt on May 14- 17.
SEQTA Login
Just a reminder to students and staff
that SEQTA can be accessed through
the below links.
https://lmsstudent.scotspgc.com.au
https://lmsparent.scotspgc.com.au
Secretary - Phone 4630 1272
CAMPDRAFT SCHOOL
Instructor Tom Williamson
College Choir and Pipes Tour
The Senior Choirs and College Pipes & Drums Corp
are heading west in two week’s time. The students
will be visiting Moree, Dalby, Goondiwindi and
Moonie to sing and play at school concerts, a
nursing home and community events. The choirs
will take part in the Dalby eisteddfod.
On Wednesday evening, the 27th, the students
will be performing at Moree Public School from
5.30 – 7.00. This concert is open to the public and
parents both current and future, are very welcome
to attend.
On Thursday the choirs will be singing at the Dalby
eisteddfod whilst the Pipe & Drums visit Karingal
Nursing Home. Friday begins with an open
rehearsal at Dalby Christian College, followed by
a concert at Moonie State School at 10.45 and two
concerts at St Mary’s Goondiwindi; at 2.00pm for
the students and a community concert at 4.30pm.
Parents and friends are welcome to join us at
these events.
Friday June 19, 2015
Warwick Showgrounds
Stabling is available through the Warwick show office at $10 a night and camping is
available $20 a night.
The cost to the students will be $150 for the day.
There will be the opportunity to work with cattle. Riders are expected to be able to ride
competently at Canter.
This to be exclusive for SCOTS College students before 1 June and after 1 June it will be
open to non-College students and any parents that might be interested.
Booking enquiries to [email protected]
T: 07 4666 9811
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SATURDAY 16TH MAY
NETBALL
U12
9:45am
TACAPS Hopgood
U13
U15
Fairholme
6:00pm
Saints
U10
U12
Springfield
Boarders early breakfast at
7:30am. All students will
receive a packed morning tea &
lunch.
VENUE
TRANSPORT
CATERING
Warwick Hockey Field
Depart Locke St 5:00pm
Return Locke St 7:30pm
Boarders will have dinner on
return to the boarding house.
VENUE
TRANSPORT
CATERING
RUGBY
Firsts Rugby 11:15am
Depart Locke St 8:00am
Return Locke St 2:30pm
Court 15
HOCKEY
Open Girls
CATERING
Court 12
BYE
12:15pm
TRANSPORT
The Springfield Anglican ColDepart Oxenham St 8:00am
lege, College Drive SpringReturn Oxenham St 3:00pm
field
Toowoomba State High
9:00amToowoomba Bears Carnival School Oval, Stuart Street
3:30pm
Toowoomba
Boarders early breakfast at
7:30am. Students will receive
lunch from Springfield.
Boarders early breakfast at
6:30am. All students will
Depart Oxenham St 7:00am
Return Oxenham St 5:00pm receive a packed morning tea &
lunch.
SUNDAY 17TH MAY
RUGBY
VENUE
U14
10:00am
Bears
U15
11:00am
USQ Saints
U17
12:00pm
Goondiwindi
USQ, Toowoomba
TOUCH FOOTBALL
Open Girls
8:30am3:00pm
VENUE
Gregory Terrace Fields, VivAll Hallows Touch Carnival
ian Street Tennyson
TRANSPORT
CATERING
Boarders early breakfast at
Depart Oxenham St 8:00am
7:30am. All students will
Return Oxenham St 2:15pm receive a packed morning tea &
lunch.
TRANSPORT
CATERING
Depart Locke St 6:00am
Return Locke St 6:00pm
Boarders early breakfast at
5:30am. All students will
receive a packed morning tea,
lunch & aŌernoon tea.
For wet weather informaƟon please check our facebook page or ring Mr Cahill.
Mobile - 0407 066 623
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Rugby Reports
The Under 14s Junior Rugby team have sometimes led me to worry that they play solely for the
fortnightly opportunity to hit McDonalds on their way back to Warwick from away fixtures; such
has been their inconsistent application. However, this week was a vastly more committed and
combative (within the laws and spirit of the game) matter as our trip to Highfields delivered the
strongest performance of the season. Despite having conceded over 60 points at Briggs Oval
against this team in March, there was no chance of a similar landslide last Sunday. Every player
tackled resolutely, handled and distributed the ball well and despite the vastly greater size
and experience of our opposition, SCOTS never took a backward step (although we did require
uncontested scrums to avoid being shoved, unceremoniously, 5 metres in the wrong direction
each time!)
While the final result was never in doubt, the score line of 34-10 flattered our hosts as most of
the match was played between the 22-metre lines. Two superb tries from Man of the Match,
Toby Gilmore were the least the boys, and several proud mums, on this Mothers’ Day (with our
travelling cheerleaders May Winter, Leisa McGahan, Jane Gilmore and Alison Rohde) deserved.
Other standout performances came from Jack Southern, Luke McGahan, Bailey Rossiter and
Fitzroy Somerset, but it was the overall improvement that pleased Coach Joe Levick most in his
post-match analysis.
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