Secondary School
LOTE Festival Prize Winners
It is with great pleasure that we announce the students who did so well in the recent Border Modern Language Teachers Association (BMLTA) LOTE Festival Language Competition.
The Scots School Albury had students entered in each of the various categories and age groups, and their efforts were rewarded with a wonderful set of results.
Boarder's Sports Weekly E46
Welcome to the 46th Edition of Boarders Sports Weekly.
Cricket was steady over the weekend; Basketball was strong but Touch Football was not as good as in previous weeks.
Basketball
Scots Blood Donors Challenge 2009/10
Robertson House are once again running the Scots Blood Donors Challenge as their community service activity from Term 4 2009-Term 3 2010. This will be run in conjunction with the Albury Blood Bank who will keep a record of donors in a register at their headquarters in David St.
DesignTech Success for Mitchell Ward (Year 12)
Mitchell Ward's Design and Technology prototype of an Automated Poultry Gate has been selected for consideration in the 2009 Board of Studies DesignTech display. This display showcases outstanding projects from across NSW.
News from Boarding
Exams Update
This week we have enjoyed Exam Week!
Staffing Announcement - Sue Salisbury & Doug McGhee
Sue Salisbury (Year 2 Home Room Teacher) and Doug McGhee (Carer, Sellars House) will both be leaving us at the end of the year.
Equestrian News Update
Now that Equestrian Sport has been formalised as a School sport at Scots, students are asked to express their interest in becoming a member of the Scots Equestrian team (if they haven’t already done so).
Movember Fundraiser
Mr Cleeland is growing a moustache this year for Movember. I have made an arrangement with him to put down his razor for one month (November) to help raise awareness and funds for men's health - specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. Mr Cleeland grows the moustache - and because I am his fundraising manager, I get to shave each day!
Boarders Sports Weekly
Welcome to the 45th Edition of Boarders Sports Weekly.
Cricket was not a strong point over the weekend; however Basketball and Touch Football yet again brought about success.
Basketball (from Friday night)
20th Nov is not a Pupil Free Day for Secondary Students
There seems to be some confusion regarding the concept of a pupil free day for Secondary students on the 20th November.
Young Endeavour Report
During the holidays I had the wonderful experience of sailing through the Whitsundays on the Young Endeavour, a 43m replica sailing ship.
National Equestrian Interschools Report
From the 28th of September to the 1st of October 2009, Equestrian Victoria hosted the Horseland National Interschool Championships at the Werribee National Equestrian Centre.
Boarders Sports Weekly
Welcome to the 44th Edition of Boarders Sports Weekly.
Scots Wins 2009 Solar Car Challenge!
We started on the Solar Car Challenge Project at the beginning of first term. The project involved five students from Years 9 & 10 working with a local industry to design, build, and (in the end) race, a remote controlled car that is powered by the sun (solar).
Duke of Edinburgh Bushwalk Report
On Friday 23rd October 2009, a group of nine Year 9 & 10 hikers and two teachers (Mr Edwards and Ms Turner) left the clock tower at 4 o'clock for another weekend away hiking. The destination this time was Mt Jagungal - Australia's eighth highest mountain, located in the Kosciusko National Park.
Basketball 2010
Basketball teams for 2010 are now in the process of being put together for commencement in February.
Every Move We Make
In a recent Sydney Morning Herald article (July 22nd 2009) journalist Adele Horn discussed the importance of positive parent behaviour at the sporting field. In her article she outlined research which links outbursts of parent anger to the anger expressed in road rage. An interesting connection!
Chaplain's Chat - Tricking Jesus
One of the most famous passages in the Bible is where Jesus draws the ten commandments together into two simpler commandments. Simpler is often what we are all looking for.
News from Boarding Wk 3B
This week marks the end of boarding for most of our Year 12 boarders. They have been working through their exams and travelling backwards and forwards from home when they have had the need for a few days break. It is sad to see them packing up to leave for the last time, but their time has come and now it's off into the big wide world!
Music Lessons During Exam Weeks
Examinations will be commencing in the secondary school over the coming weeks. These will involve interruptions to normal routines and in Week 5 the Cultural Centre will be out-of-bounds during examination periods.
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