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Scots has just returned from a successful exhibition at the 2013 Boarding Schools Expo.  A number of regional families took advantage of the opportunity to meet Mrs Heather Norton, and Heads of Boarding, Mrs Kimberley Jones and Mr Luke Newson.

Thank you to our Boarder Parent Group representative, Mrs Caroline Maskus, who met with prospective families and offered a parents perspective and her daughter, Year 8 Boarder, Anna Maskus, who travelled home to assist at the expo, offering a boarders' perspective. 

Scots’ Falls Creek Winter Campus 2013 will operate in Weeks 2 and 3 of Term 3.

1st week: Monday 22nd July to Thursday 25th July

2nd week: Monday 29th July to Thursday 1st August

The Year 5 and 6 musical is a tradition at Scots and this year the students have been working with a musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale Wind in the Willows. The car has arrived, the stoats are on call and the four timeless friends, Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad, are ready to take the audience on an adventure down the river and into the shadows of the Wild Wood.

I have completed Modules 1-3 and am part way through Module 4 of the innovative Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) program. The information presented is evidence-based, the result of deep and authentic research.

Last Saturday, nine members of the Scots Pipe Band attended the Canberra College of Piping and Drumming solo competition at the Canberra Burns Club in Kambah.

This was our students’ first taste of solo competition, and there was a range of events in which to participate: Practice Chanter, Practice Pad, Tenor Drum, Snare Drum and Bagpipes.

In a fantastic result for our school, Scots’ players fared very well.

Mrs Liz Heitmeyer, Coordinator of Performing Arts, provides a succinct diagnosis of the rare and unusual event that was the Year 9 production, “Doctor Doctor”, which played to audiences last week.

Observations from the Surgeon General:

Year 9 Agriculture students have enjoyed success at this week’s Holbrook Sheep and Wool Fair. 

On Wednesday, James Hermiston’s Scots-bred Poll Dorset ewe was awarded the Grand Champion prize.

Throughout last week, the Year 12 Environment Portfolio conducted ‘Green Week’, promoting environmental sustainability at school and beyond.

Well done to Ray Leonard, Year 7, who finished in the top 10 in his age group at the NSWCIS Cross Country Championships in Sydney yesterday.

Ray was among a group of 14 Scots students from Years 3-11 to compete at the event.