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TERM 3, WEEK 3
29 JULY 2016
Dates:
Dear Parents and Carers
Co-educational Day & Boarding, Prep to Year 12
Regards,
Simon EdgarHead of Junior & Middle School
Some students enjoying the interclan Athletics carnivals held last Thursday and Friday.
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FRIDAY 29 JULY• Gym 7.00am• Pipes & Drums 7.30am• Athletics Training 3.30pm
SATURDAY 30 JULY• State Orienteering • Rugby• Give it a Go Hockey
SUNDAY 31 JULY• State Orienteering •Cattle Club Royal QLD Show
MONDAY 1 AUGUST•Cattle Club Royal QLD Show• Gym 7.00am• Pipes & Drums 3.30pm• Netball Fixtures
TUESDAY 2 AUGUST•Cattle Club Royal QLD Show• Gym 7.00am• Boys Rugby Training 3.30pm• Arranmore 3.30pm• Mixed Hockey 6.00pm• Netball Fixtures
WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST•Cattle Club Royal QLD Show• Athletics Training 7.00am• Gym 7.00am• Strings Ensemble 8.00am• DD Cricket Girls 15 Yrs• Senior Choir 3.30pm• Dance 3.30pm
A FOCUS on student wellbeing
It is essential that all schools provide a supportive learning community where all students feel and are safe. Students have a fundamental right to learn in a safe, supportive environment and to be treated with respect. School staff, parents and the local community also have the right to teach, work and participate in an environment that is safe and supportive. This is what we provide and continue to strive to improve at SCOTS PGC College.
Students play a powerful role in the development and maintenance of a safe school. They can make a positive contribution to the wellbeing of all students in the school, their families and members of the broader community. Through assuming ownership for their own safety and wellbeing, as well as that of others, students develop a sense of connectedness and add meaning and purpose to their lives. The opportunity to exercise decision-making and to have ownership of their learning helps students to develop personal and social capability, one of the general capabilities specified within the Australian Curriculum.
Student resilience and wellbeing are essential for both academic and social development and this is optimised by the provision of safe, supportive and respectful learning environments. Schools share this responsibility with the whole community. Not only do confident, resilient children with a capacity for emotional intelligence perform better academically, these skills can also contribute to the creation of strong social bonds and supportive communities and also the maintenance of healthy relationships and responsible lifestyles.
The Australian community rightly expects all education systems and leaders to take every available measure to ensure the safety of students and the broader school community and to protect and support them. The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (2008) affirms this. We at SCOTS PGC College use all available resources and support networks to ensure the continuing safety of all students in our care. As part of our ongoing focus on student wellbeing which aligns with the College’s strategic plan which is explicitly addressed in point 7. The size of SCOTS PGC College does put us in a unique position to be able to effectively nurture their wellbeing through establishing and maintaining core positive relationships with other students, staff and the wider community.
In the coming weeks all students from Years 5 – 12 will participate in a student wellbeing survey. The purpose of this anonymous survey is to gain feedback from students about their own personal safety and the safety of other students. The data gathered from this survey will be used to refine our College policies and procedures.
Junior and Middle School
JAM Performance Group at Jumpers & Jazz
The JAM Performance Group will be performing as part of the Jumpers and Jazz Festival on Saturday 30th July. We will meet at 10 am outside the ANZ bank, where we will perform for about 10 minutes. After that, we will walk as a group down the street to perform again in the closed section of street between Grafton Street and Fitzroy Street. The children need to be in full winter uniform for this performance please.
THURSDAY 4 AUGUST• Border District Athletics Stanthorpe• Gym 7.00am• JAM Choir 8.00am• Boys Rugby Training 3.30pm• Netball Training 3.30pm• Senior Hockey 3.30pm
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST• Gym 7.00am• Pipes & Drums 7.30am• Athletics Training 3.30pm
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST•Equestrian August Youth Campdraft Camp•Christian Heritage College Open Day• Rugby• Give it a Go Hockey• Pipes and Drums Trivia Night
SUNDAY 7 AUGUST•Equestrian August Youth Campdraft Camp• UQ St Lucia, USQ Toowoomba, USCSunshine Coast, James Cook Cairns Open Day• SCOTS PGC Invitational Touch Carnival
MONDAY 8 AUGUST• Gym 7.00am• Pipes & Drums 3.30pm• Netball Fixtures
TUESDAY 9 AUGUST• Sheep Club Royal Qld Show• Gym 7.00am• Boys Rugby Training 3.30pm• Arranmore 3.30pm• Mixed Hockey 6.00pm• Netball Fixtures
WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST• Sheep Club Royal Qld Show• Athletics Training 7.00am• Gym 7.00am• Strings Ensemble 8.00am• Cattle Club 3.30pm• Senior Choir 3.30pm• Dance 3.30pm• Debating Finals 5.30pm
THURSDAY 11 AUGUST• Sheep Club Royal Qld Show• SD Athletics - Track & Field• Gym 7.00am• JAM Choir 8.00am• Boys Rugby Training 3.30pm• Netball Training 3.30pm• Senior Hockey 3.30pm
Book Week Monday 22nd to Friday 26th August
Prep to Year 5Dress Up Parade - 9am Friday 26th August
Book Sales - 8.00 -9.00am, 1.00-1.30pm and 3.00-3.30pm Monday to Friday. Refer SEQTA note for call for Parent Volunteers
Grandparents Day Friday 9th September – 9am to 11am
Invitation and programme to follow next week.
Information Night for Canberra Tour Thursday 18th August –
3:30pm to 4:30pm Parents of Years 6 and 7
An information night will be held in The Bandy Theatre for students, parents and guardians to familiarise themselves with the finer details of the tour.
Bush Kids
The BUSHkids Warwick Centre is an excellent community resource which has a number of courses running in August and September. These courses run under the Triple P banner – Positive Parenting Programme. Flyers are available on request from the Junior and Middle School office.
MIDDLE SCHOOLBLACK AND WHITE SOCIAL
Friday 5th August 2016
Years 5 & 6 from 6 to 8pmYears 7 & 8 from 6 to 9pm
Price includes chips and a drink on the night
TICKETS $5
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THE MAIN ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
Middle School Social Friday 5th August 2016
Assembly HallTickets ($5) on sale from College Reception.
Absentees
Parents and Carers – a friendly reminder to let Teachers and/or the JAM office know if your child will be absent from school. It is imperative our records are accurate.
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NETBALL TRAINING – Every 2nd Tuesday afternoon (Blue & White Team only) & every Thursday afternoon (Blue & White Team and Green Team) 3.30-4.45pm WALECTeacher in Charge – Mrs Estie Wiid – [email protected]: No games will be played on public holidays or school holidays Ladder points commence from March 1st Semi Finals Monday (C Grade) August 22nd and Tuesday (D Grade) August 23rd Preliminary Finals Monday August 29th Grand Finals Monday September 5th Break Up Dinner (Warwick Netball Assoc) Saturday September 10thFixtures: Blue & White team - every Monday / Green team - every TuesdayGames will start at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm
JUNIOR HOCKEY - GIVE-IT-A-GO (Boys & Girls U6 TO U12) TRAINING - Thursday afternoons 3.30-4.30pm Tennis Courts Teacher in Charge – Mr Neil Goodwin – [email protected] Mr Peter Pickering – [email protected] every Saturday 9 - 11am at Warwick Hockey Centre Queens Park23rd July to 3rd September
TEENAGE RUGBY (Boys U13’s to 1st XV)TRAINING - Tuesday and Thursday afternoons 3.30 – 5pm Briggs OvalTeacher in Charge – Mr Damien Cahill – [email protected] 30th July – SCOTS U16’s to 1st XV v Downlands @ Downlands College ToowoombaSaturday 30th July – SCOTS U14’s v ATC @ Ambrose Treacy College IndooroopillySaturday 27th August – DD Junior Rugby Carnival U10's & U12's @ SCOTS Briggs OvalSaturday 3rd September – SCOTS U16’s & 1st XV v The Armidale School – @ SCOTS Briggs OvalSaturday 10th September – SCOTS U14's & U16's v Calrossy Anglican School Tamworth @ SCOTS Briggs Oval
GIRLS 7’S RUGBYTeacher in Charge – Mr Damien Cahill – [email protected] 30th July – U17’s & U18’s Trials @ SCOTS Briggs Oval - 9am-12pmSaturday 29th October – SCOTS PGC Downs Rugby 7’s Tournament
ATHLETICS TRAINING - Wednesday mornings 7-8am and Friday afternoons 3.30-4.30pmTeacher in charge of Training–Miss Lauren Quinlan & Ms Melissa [email protected] of JAM Athletics– Miss Lauren Quinlan – [email protected] in Charge of Senior Athletics– Mr Jonathan Fender – [email protected] 4th August – BD Athletics – Stanthorpe State High SchoolThursday 11th August – SD Athletics Track & FieldThursday 18th August – All Schools Athletics – Warwick SHS Hamilton OvalWednesday 31st August – DD Track & Field 13-19yrs (Hammer events) – O’Quinn St Oval ToowoombaThursday 1st September – DD Track & Field 13-19yrs (Track events) – Warwick SHS Hamilton OvalFriday 2nd September – DD Track & Field 13-19yrs (Field events) – Warwick SHS Hamilton OvalTuesday 6th September – DD Track & Field 10-12yrs – Harristown SHS OvalTuesday 13th September – QCIS Athletics
HOCKEY BOYS & GIRLS MIXEDTRAINING – Thursday afternoons 3.30-4.45pm Tennis CourtsTeacher in Charge – Mr Neil Goodwin – [email protected] every Tuesday at Warwick Hockey Centre Queens Park19th July to 30th AugustTuesday 2nd August – Blue v Maroon 6pm / Green v Red 7.10pm
CULTURALTeacher in Charge – Mrs Wendy Whittaker – [email protected] Choir – Kingswood - Thursday mornings - 8.00am to 8.30am. SENIOR CHOIR (GIRLS & BOYS) – Kingswood - Wednesday afternoon 3.30pm - 4.45pm.JUNIOR DANCE - John Muir Sports Centre – Wednesday afternoon 3.30pm – 4.30pm.PIPES & DRUMS - Monday afternoon 3.20 – 4.50pm LEARNER PIPES – Friday morning 7.30 – 8.30amDRUMS – Tuesday and Thursday evenings
GYMTeacher in Charge – Mr Nigel Sullivan & Mr Steven Ferry – [email protected] is open weekdays between 7 – 8am. Students from Yr 7 are allowed to work on cardio machines. Students 15rs & over can lift weights but must see Mr Damien Cahill beforehand for a programme.
Co-curricular news continued over the page.....
College News & Events
Co-Curricular News Cont... Representative Sport DD = Darling Downs SD = Southern Downs BD = Border District
For students selected in Zone & District TrialsThursday 11th August – Track & Field (SD) AlloraThursday 25th August – Cricket (SD) 3-4pmFriday 2nd September – Cricket Boys 10-12yrs Country Trials (DD)Tuesday 6th September – Track & Field 10-12 yrs (DD) Harristown State High School 9am-3pm Sunday 11th September – Cricket Boys 10-12 yrs (DD) Monday 12th September – Cricket Boys & Girls 10-12 yrs (DD) Toowoomba Friday 14th October – Cricket Trials Boys 14 yrs (DD) Toowoomba 9am-3pm
School Based Nominations Wednesday 3rd August – Cricket Girls 15 yrs (DD) St Mary’s College Toowoomba – 1.30–2.30pmThursday 4th August – Athletics (BD) Stanthorpe State High SchoolThursday 18th August – All Schools AthleticsWednesday 31st August – Track & Field 13-19 yrs (DD) - All Hammer events 15 yrs & 17/18/19 yrs – Q’Quinn St Oval Toowoomba 3.30pmThursday 1st September - Track Field 13-19 yrs (DD) - Track events – Warwick SHS Hamilton OvalFriday 2nd September - Track Field 13-19 yrs (DD) - Field events 3000m & 5000m – Warwick SHS Hamilton OvalWednesday 7th September – Water Polo Trials (DD) 13-17 yrs - Toowoomba 6.30pm-9.30pmFriday 28th October – Aquathlon 10-12yrs (DD) DalbySunday 20th November – Triathlon 13-19 yrs (DD) 9am-3pm
*Students wishing to nominate for any of the above (school based nominations only) please advise mr cahill asap*
Interschool Athletics NominationsNomination for students wishing to participate at the Border District (4th August), Warwick All Schools (TBC) and QCIS (13th September) athletics carnivals are now open. Nominations are to be finalised with Mrs Anita Felmingham by COB this Friday afternoon, 29 July. Students/families can nominate via SEQTA. Students nominating are expected to have placed in the top three at the Inter-Clan athletics carnival and be attending the weekly Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon athletics trainings. Failure to attend trainings indicates a lack of commitment and consideration will be given to removing these students from the squads. The SCOTS PGC Secondary athletics squad will be announced early next week.
QCIS Tennis Nominations QCIS Tennis on Saturday 29th October. We need to make a call out for nominations
Well Done!Congratulations to Carl Gray, Bradley Cook and Alice Cook who have been selected in the South West Queensland Soccer team to compete at the Gold Coast Gold Cup in October.
Co-educational Day & Boarding, Prep to Year 12
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For Sale - SCOTS PGC Luna L1
This outstanding bull is a genuine all-rounder whose offspring will suit a range of markets. He has 10 EBV’s in the top 10%, with 200 day, 400 day and Carcass weight in the top 5%. Phenotypically, a very appealing bull with plenty of thickness, depth of body and structural soundness which has helped him achieve first place in a number of shows this year.
SCOTS PGC Luna L1 will go up for auction on Friday 23rd of September at the annual ASCOT on-property Bull Sale. If you are in the market for an outstanding Angus bull then please get behind our Cattle Club and bid up. All the proceeds will go back to our Cattle Club with the aim of increasing our Angus stud with some of Australia’s best genetics.
Matilda Tickets
The College has tickets for sale to see ‘Matilda’ the Musical. The first available date after the Christmas holidays is Sunday 12th February 2017 and we have 60 tickets booked. These tickets are a group price and are in the A Reserve section.
Tickets are now available to the whole school community.
Date: Sunday 12th February - matinee at 1pm.
Tickets: $125.00 [ includes cost of bus travel]
Details of purchase: Tickets may be purchased through Mrs Cartmill at Reception. Any questions may be addressed to Mrs Keevers directly.
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FULLY PAID ACA MEMBERS WHEN NOMINATINGACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN
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Trivia NightSaturday August 6, 2016
SCOTS PGC College Assembly Hall
Oxenham Street WarwickDoors open 6.30 pm for 7.00pm start
$10 per person (max 8 per table)
Proceeds for the evening go towards the SCOTS PGC College Mini band and Solo Piping and Drumming Competition to be held on Saturday September 3, Buss Oval Warwick.
Book your team/s today. Tickets available from the main office
60 Oxenham Street Warwick.Further information contact the college 4666 9811
Teams to be finalised by Thursday August 20.
Lucky Door Prize Supper providedDrinks Available (beer/wine/soft drink)
College News & Events
A message from our Chaplain....
The crucial question is, “Which are you feeding today.” I know this question doesn’t really make sense right now. But read the following story and come back to the question.
One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.’
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ‘Which wolf wins?’
The old Cherokee simply replied, ‘The one you feed.’
This story made such an impact on me when I read it the first time. It is so simple and yet so true. I think each and every person has these two wolves running around inside them. The Evil wolf, or the Good Wolf, is fed daily by the choices we make with our thoughts and behaviour. What we think about and dwell upon will in a sense appear in our lives and influence our behaviour.
So, once again we have a choice:
We can feed the Good Wolf and it will show up in our character, habits and behaviour positively. Or:
We can feed the Evil Wolf and our whole world will turn negative: like poison, this will slowly eat away at our soul.
The crucial question is, “Which are you feeding today.”
May we continue to be influenced positively by the good wolf and may that show in our College, families and personal daily lives.
Blessings Rev Willie
UIL Visitor Group
The College has taken on an even more distinctly international flavour this week with the arrival of a group of fourteen students from China, for a stay of two weeks. The students come from a school attached to the South China Normal University, and are aged from 11-13 years. Their visit has been arranged by one of our international education agencies, UIL, and the students are accompanied by two UIL staff as well as a teacher from SCNU.
Although the SCNU students are participating in a parallel teaching programme in one of our spare classrooms, they are combining with our Years 5 and 6 students for a range of lessons including PE, Art, Music and Technology. In addition, there is plenty of inter-cultural understanding being developed in the Dining Room, the playground and the boarding houses (where the Chinese students are staying).
The SCNU students already speak quite good English: however, I am sure they will go home with a vocabulary that has been enhanced with some peculiarly Australian expressions.
I have been very proud of the warm welcome that has been extended by the staff and students of SCOTS PGC and feel confident that, as we host more such visiting groups in the future, it will be of real benefit to all concerned.
Photo take by Nancy Li from UIL.
College News and Events
SCOTS PGC Facebook Uniform Shop Exchange
SCOTS PGC College is providing an online Uniform Exchange Service which allows College families to BUY, SELL, GIVE AWAY or post WANTED ADS for second-hand school uniforms. The service will be available to parents as of Monday 1st August via the College Facebook page, where you can join the group, read the Terms & Conditions and post your second hand College uniform items.
Deb Perry from the College Uniform Shop will be monitoring this page to ensure all exchanges are of the current uniform and up to the College standard. All other aspects of buying or selling are up to the individual group member.
SCOTS PGC College combine training and eventing riders shine at IQ State Championships
This year’s Interschool Queensland State eventing and combined training championships were held at the Burpengary Equestrian Centre. The grounds were in magnificent condition when we arrived, enjoying unseasonally warm weather. The College was represented by 10 of our students over the weekend, who will perform extremely well in very strong competition.The combined training championships were held on the Saturday, along with all of the dressage and some of the showjumping for the eventing classes. At the end of Saturday’s competition our combined training riders had excelled and as a result of their performances our CT team of Kate Johnstone, Jasmine Alexanderson, Jedd Johnstone and Kate Sexton were named overall Secondary team for 2016, beating 10 other teams for this position.
Individual CT results, Max Keable Reserve Champion 80 cm Primary, Kate Johnstone Champion and Jasmine Alexanderson Reserve Champion 95 cm Secondary and Jedd Johnstone 3rd 105 cm.
The eventing Championships continued on the Sunday with the remainder of the showjumping and of course the most influential phase, the cross-country. Following the dressage we had several of our riders carrying forward excellent performances into the 2nd day, with the pressure building. At the end of 2 days eventing competition our team of, Jasmine Alexanderson, Kate Johnstone, Jedd Johnstone and Kate Sexton were Reserve Champion eventing team for 2016, out of 8 other highly competitive teams.
Individual eventing results, Georgia Rohde 5th EvA 80, Jasmine Alexanderson Reserve Champion and Kate Johnstone 5th EvA 95, Jedd Johnstone Champion EvA 105 and Kate Sexton 4th CNC 1*.
Following the two IQ State Championships, at Toowoomba and Burpengary, the SCOTS PGC College will have seven of our students as members of the Queensland State team to compete at this year’s National Interschool Championships, to be held in Sydney, at the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the last weekend of September.Emily Bradfield; showjumping, Kate Johnstone; showjumping, combined training, eventing and 1st reserve dressage. Max Keable; combined training, Jedd Johnstone; eventing and 1st reserve dressage, Jasmine Alexanderson; eventing and combined training. Georgia Rohde; eventing. Kate Sexton; eventing.
2016 has been outstanding year for our Equestrian team with the following Secondary team results.Combined Training champions, Showman Reserve Champions, Eventing Reserve Champions, Showjumping 3rd and Dressage 4th. Well done to all of our riders and good luck to those representing Queensland at this year’s National Championships.
Photos to follow next week....
SCOTS PGC Photo Gallery
An online gallery of photos of College events is now available on the College website. The gallery appears under the COMMUNITY drop down box and requires a one off password to access it.
The password is ScotsPGC2016
The gallery currently contains photos of the Gala Ball and the Inter-clan Athletics Carnivals from last week.
