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Scotch College Adelaide

Locality: Torrens Park

Phone: +61 8 8274 4333

Address: Carruth Road 5062 Torrens Park, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.scotch.sa.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Any scholarship is prestigious but it also comes with the responsibility to give back." Applications are now open for 2022 commencement Scholarships at Scotch, including one of The Advertiser and Sunday Mail's favourite scholarships - The Caledonian Scholarship! Learn more about our Scholarships online via Adelaide Now: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au//51e574ae893b67b9c307ad14e1... Or visit http://scotch.sa.edu.au/scholarships

25.01.2022 This week at Scotch, Dr Newton is joined by Jane Pope in the new Performing Arts & Dance Studio to talk about the remodelled facility and how it enhances our our Performing Arts and Dance programs on the Mitcham Campus, plus a look at how the new Year 4 classrooms and their impact on learning for students.

25.01.2022 'Tis the season!

24.01.2022 Good luck to our Scotch 1st X1, who take on PAC tomorrow on the PAC (edit: not Scotch Oval) main oval in the 2020 Messenger Bowl Twenty20 School Cricket Grand Final (1:30pm)! The Scotch 1st X1 team progressed through the pool matches undefeated with wins over Westminster School, Immanuel College, St Michael’s College and St Peters College.

24.01.2022 The 2020 Scotch Musicals, Stop The Presses, is now available to watch online! Featuring songs from Billy Elliot, Come from Away, Hamilton, Matilda, Newsies, Sister Act, and Wicked, Stop The Presses is a musical celebration of Broadway’s best. Watch the full performance right here: https://youtu.be/d68ftsM0fSA

23.01.2022 Miss Sweeny's Year 7 Food Tech class called in the big guns today, inviting in Mr Bennett for the great scone bake off!

22.01.2022 Check out some more amazing collaborative art pieces from our Year 2, Year 4 and Year 5 classes for the Mitcham Campus 2020 Art Exhibition! These pieces are just two of the amazing collaborative artworks up for grabs in the 2020 Mitcham Campus Online Art Auction! All of the items are on display in The Community Room until tomorrow and you can bid online until 4pm tomorrow afternoon! See them all: https://www.32auctions.com/mitchamcampusart2020

22.01.2022 What is the cost of living? The Cost of Living Board Game is a life-sized 3x3m board game by Vinnies Australia created to help young people develop a greater understanding of life when living below the poverty line. Over the last several weeks our Year 6s have played the game together, taking on the challenges, scenarios, highs and pitfalls of everyday life for a person living on or below the poverty line. The realistic nature of the game (think Monopoly), ensures that youn...g people understand how difficult it is to live on welfare, and how not all those living in disadvantage have a choice of how they got there. One turn around the board represents a week, in which students are tasked with making decisions based on their financial and personal situation at that point in the game, with the aim of staying above the poverty line. Thanks to Jayne of St Vincent de Paul for visiting with our Scotchies and facilitating such a sensational hands-on learning experience!

22.01.2022 The annual Book Week dress up day is always a blast - check out the highlights, costumes and fun from this morning's Mitcham Campus costume parade!

22.01.2022 Big round of applause for Old Collegian Tom Powell ('19), one of the newest North Melbourne Football Club recruits after being selected at pick 13 last night! A ball-magnet, Powell averaged 35 disposals, nine clearances and six inside-50s at under-18 level, where he won the McCallum Tomkins Medal as the best player in the SANFL Under-18s. Callum Twomey (AFL.com.au) says of Tom, "the midfielder does what he does so well: get the ball in his hands at stoppages and then feed i...t out to runners. Powell is great in tight spaces and is also able to push forward and kick a goal, having kicked three in a game this year." Congratulations and good luck Tom!

22.01.2022 Congratulations to Old Collegian Tom Powell ('19), who was recently awarded the 2020 McCallum Tomkins Medal for the best player in the SANFL Under 18 Competition! Tom became the first Sturt Football Club Inc. - SANFL player in a decade to win the coveted individual award, attracting maximum votes on four occasions including when he racked up a staggering 47 disposals against West Adelaide in Round 10. Invited to SA’s NAB AFL Combine, Powell is considered to be a strong chance to be selected in December’s AFL Draft having also been named in Sturt’s best players nine times this year.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Sarah Bosboom, who finished in FIRST PLACE (U19 Category) in the Half Marathon (21.1km) during the PREPD Adelaide Marathon Festival 2020 last weekend! There were over 1,400 participants - a true test of willpower, endurance and pain tolerance - well done Sarah!

20.01.2022 This week at Scotch, Dr John Newton discusses how Scotch works to create a culture of collaboration and innovation, aiming to constantly improve with small, incremental changes that add up over time and raise the level of our business and educational provision.

20.01.2022 STOP THE PRESSES IS SOLD OUT... so we've added one more final performance on Sunday night - it's your LAST CHANCE to see the 2020 Scotch Musicals in person! For the first time ever, we will aldso be LIVE STREAMING the Saturday night Stop The Presses performance to watch at home - follow the link below to sign up for the stream if you missed out on tickets! It's going to be an incredible night of Broadway musical celebration featuring songs from Billy Elliot, Come from Awa...y, Hamilton, Matilda, Newsies, Sister Act, and Wicked! https://www.scotch.sa.edu.au/stopthepresses Thanks to Nick Burt for the incredible promo video!

20.01.2022 The Fight Against Hunger A massive round of applause for the Eliza and the Middle School Leadership Team, and of course the kind Scotchies who contributed to the 2020 Food Bank SA donation drive recently - our Scotchies managed to donate a hefty 139kg of food to Foodbank SA, which equates to 278 meals for South Australians in need. Not only do these donations help 126,000 South Australians every month but are also supporting those in the regions impacted by the recent bus...h fires with their ongoing food relief requirements - all while referrals to our food hubs are increasing as a result of the impacts of COVID-19. Thank you once more to everyone who contributed, and another round of applause for our Middle School Leadership Team for leading the charge!

19.01.2022 Congratulations to our digital Scotchies who recently earned honours in the 2020 SA Young ICT Explorers Competition! Year 3/4 division First Place: ‘Beat Bullying’ Congratulations to Hannah Spargo and Bianca Ratcliff Year 3/4 division Second Place: ‘Cure cot death’ Congratulations to Claudia Carney and Jessica Walter... Year 5/6 division Second Place: ‘Lil Freddie’ Congratulations to Evie Harris and Clementine Launay for their design to help elderly people do simple tasks. This design has an ‘auto-stop’ voice activation function. Year 9/10 division First Place: ‘Fire Finder App’ Congratulations to Louis Glen and Will Lawes for their design of a user friendly bushfire warning app. Watch the awards live streams here: Junior: https://fb.watch/2eE8zGALPl/ Senior: https://fb.watch/2eEl1Wn5M8/

18.01.2022 We were thrilled to receive words of wisdom from SA's very own Professor Nicola Spurrier in our Virtual Speech Day celebrations - enjoy Nicola's address to the Class of 2020!

18.01.2022 2020 has been a weird year in sport, but through all the distance and difficulty, Adam Holland continues to crush the rowing competition! Recently Adam competed in the Virtual Head of the Charles Erg Regatta, named for the Charles River which separates Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. This year the event transitioned to a global remote event, attracting over 2,600 entries from 477 clubs around the world. Adam was awake and ready to go at 1:30am local time to account... for the time difference and rowed to a commanding win in the U17 Male Live race with a time of 15:24.300 - more than 35 seconds faster than second place! Adam also claimed 1st place for the participatory Men's U17 Race, where times are submitted over the course of the weekend. Amazing - well done Adam! We are told he fielded his first enquiry from an American university before the regatta had even finished!

18.01.2022 Recently some of our students have been making Christmas decorations and greeting cards for the children of Bushfire Kids Connect, a group aiming to create connectedness between children in the Bushfire impacted regions! The idea of Bushfire Kids Connect was originally created by Sebastian Ascott (Year 3) and his Mum Carly after their home was hit by the uncontrolled Cudlee Creek fires in 2019. Many children in the group lost their homes only 5 days before Christmas last year and were incredibly grateful for the hand-made gifts from our Year 3s!

17.01.2022 By now all families will have heard the news about the South Australian restrictions in place from midnight tonight, and should have received an email from the Principal outlining what we expect the next 6 days to look like from a school perspective. Thursday and Friday of this week will be school closure days. Staff will prepare work for students through SEQTA (or SeeSaw for Prep to Year 4) to do on Monday and Tuesday pending further instructions on teaching from Wednesday next week. Further details about arrangements for next Wednesday onwards will be communicated as instructions come to light. To all our families, stay safe and be well. Should you have questions, please contact your Campus leader by email.

16.01.2022 The Scotch College Musical is Back! Join us for a a musical celebration of Broadway’s best featuring songs from Billy Elliot, Come from Away, Hamilton, Matilda, Newsies, Sister Act, and Wicked! *** 4 Performances Only | 16-18 October | Limited Seating *** https://www.scotch.sa.edu.au/stopthepresses

16.01.2022 Relive the fun of the 2020 Scotch Film Fest right here! Thanks to Nick Burt for his (always) sensational filming and editing skills!

15.01.2022 Congratulations to Jennifer McGrath (Year 11) whose submission has been selected as a finalist in Flinders University's Cochlear Aurora Science Photo Contest 2020! The Cochlear Aurora Science Photo Contest has been running since 2016, when Flinders University partnered with Cochlear Asia Pacific in support of women in STEM. It is open to female South Australian school students in years 7-12, offering prizes to winning photographers on the theme of "Science is everywhere". Winners will be announced following a ceremony on 2 December!

15.01.2022 Families at Scotch and around the state are opening their homes to international students unable to travel home for Christmas. Scotchie Gideon Zeng will be spending Christmas here with the Pannell family. Despite being unable to return home since January, he remains in high spirits and is looking forward to an Aussie Christmas that is very different to what he would experience at home. StudyAdelaide/Hughes PR

14.01.2022 During the last weeks of term, our Year 7s had the chance to get out into the fresh air and learn about a range of Kaurna practices, beliefs and wisdom! Tamaru, a Kaurna elder, took the Year 7s Morialta, educating the group about bush food and medicine, Kaurna language and the importance of country. Students got to sample lemon myrtle leaf cordial, build some shelters and even get up close and personal with his pet snake, Lenny!

14.01.2022 EN GARDE! Well done to our Scotch Fencing Squad of Patrick Jones, Riley Kevitt, Mason Hooper, Hugo Bailes and Dougal Kempe who recently recorded a podium finish in the Fencing SA annual school teams competition! The team first fenced two matches against Pembroke and Glenunga, winning both and earning a spot in the final against Pulteney. Pulteney took a narrow win (27-26) in the final to keep the boys in second place.... Well done Fencers!

13.01.2022 This week at Scotch, Dr John Newton is joined by the 2021 College Captains, Imogeone (Monsy) and Jed to talk about their approach to the year, the themes and goals for the Year 12 cohort and more!

12.01.2022 We are audacious and visionary. We have big dreams and bold plans. Here is your first look at the new Wellbeing & Sports Centre, opening in 2022!

11.01.2022 Another massive music camp done and dusted to kick off the 2021 school year! 85 students, staff and parents spent a memorable weekend at the Openlight Campsite in Victor Harbor preparing for a big year of performances! A special thank you to all of the parents and staff who helped to make the weekend a success.

10.01.2022 "It's not so much about a particular piece of technology, but more that we are building skills and experiences along the way." We utilise technology across all areas of the curriculum to encourage collaboration and enhance the learning experience for students of all ages. We are constantly evaluating new opportunities in emerging technologies to make learning fun and give students the resources to go further in a world of constant change and improvement. ... Take a journey through the scope and breadth of technology at Scotch College Adelaide.

10.01.2022 Scotch College Mitcham Campus - same but different! Shared from Adelaide Yesterday and Today! On the left: Albert Street into Welbourne Street, approximately 1880! A group of schoolboys and a bowler hatted driver posing with a two-horse double decker tram. Adelaide ran horse trams from 1878 to 1914 in many areas of Adelaide. On the right you can see Mitcham Campus and compare it with the second image from Google Street View today!

09.01.2022 Congratulations to two of our incredible teachers, Dr Antony Hubmayer and Amanda Johnson, both of whom have recently been recognised as high performers in their fields! Dr Hubmayer, Head of Performing Arts & Director of Music, will be presented this week with the AHOMINGS award for Long and Noteworthy Service and Significant Contribution to the Profession! Antony was nominated for the award by his peers and I'm sure you will agree is well-deserved! Mrs J, Head of Technologi...es and Visual Arts, won this year's TRB Induction and Mentoring Early Career Award as a part of World Teachers Day! Amanda belongs to the Home Economics Institute of Australia SA (HEIA) and recently worked with early career country teachers who visited Adelaide to seek assistance with their Food Technology teaching. Amanda supported them with their learning while in Adelaide and has continued this support through regular catch-ups and discussions about their progress and successes. Amanda also hosts the HEIA Hub group meetings that allow teachers to network and discuss ideas and issues facing Food Technology teachers. A well deserved round of applause for Amanda and Antony!

09.01.2022 Congratulations to Charlotte Triglau, Aria Bradley, Lucas Nunn ( and Willem Bromley), who defeated Seymour over the weekend in the Intermediate B Debating Grand Final to take home the 2020 crown! An additional congratulations to Charlotte, who was also voted Best Debater in the Grand Final by the adjudication panel, and to Emma Venus, who was voted Most Valuable Debater for Intermediate B for the entire season! Special thanks to Lalla Nugent, who coached both Intermediate B teams this season!

09.01.2022 Congratulations to Brendan Dougan-Kittel who, during the Term 3 break, competed in the Irish Dancing State Championships, placing first in his category and qualifying for the Irish Dancing World Championships in Dublin next year! Well done Brendan!

08.01.2022 At a challenging moment for the human rights movement, we need to intensify our efforts to defend our common humanity, to fight for our shared aspiration for justice, and to protect the fundamental dignity of everyone. Congratulations to Old Collegian, accomplished human rights researcher, lawyer, and activist Tirana Hassan ('91) who was recently appointed the first Chief Programs Officer and Deputy Executive Director of Human Rights Watch! Tirana was most recently directo...r of Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Team. She started her career as a social worker, addressing issues confronting homeless youth, and was a founding member of a nonprofit that provides legal services to refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. She has also worked with several humanitarian organisations, including Medecins Sans Frontieres, UNICEF, and Save the Children, focusing on the protection of women and children in conflict. Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in over 90 countries worldwide with a team of (approximately) 450 people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others. They work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. Keep up to date with their work here: Human Rights Watch

08.01.2022 Philosophy Workshops Late in Term 3 a group of Year 12 Philosophy students visited Year 6s on the Mitcham Campus to host 20 minute small group workshops as an introduction to the study of Philosophy! The workshops focused on the Year 12 Issues Study topic, the externally assessed component of the course, on topics including love, identity and medical ethics. Great job Year 12s!

08.01.2022 The Scotch First XI cricket season has gotten off to a hot start in Term 4, highlighted by a huge 1-wicket victory of Rostrevor on the weekend! The team has 4 wins from 4 outings so far: In the T20 Division 1 Messenger Bowl, Scotch defeated Westminster in a second Super Eliminator Over after each finishing tied at 88 after 20 overs and last night went top of the table after defeating Immanuel by 5 runs. In the Messenger Shield competition, Scotch defeated Immanuel by 46 run...s, led by Campbell Thompson's 3/32 and an unbeaten 50 from Matthew Dixon. The First XI then claimed a big victory, chasing down Rostrevor's total of 181 with a wicket to spare. Cormack O'Reilly had 44 for the second straight game while Max Footer notched 41. Well done lads!

07.01.2022 First Prize! Congratulations to Lucas (Year 6), who won 1st place in the Primary 2020 Hamann School Mathematics Competition recently! Lucas attended the prestigious awards ceremony last week and was presented with a book prize and $50 to recognise his special achievement. he Competition, run by the Mathematical Association of South Australia in August, was an hour-long paper where students had to apply their mathematical understanding to a range of complex problems.... Amazing effort Lucas!

07.01.2022 The eagle-eyed among you have noticed that tickets for Solitaire One Table Community Lunch are officially ON SALE now! We haven't even officially told anyone and TICKETS ARE SELLING ALREADY, so this is your annual reminder to act fast to avoid disappointment! It's a brand new Saturday evening twilight format this year with a fun new logo and as always, you can expect amazing food and wine, tantalising live and silent auction items, music and dancing - all under the beautiful Adelaide night sky! Get in before 31 December for Early Bird pricing, and tell your friends: Solitaire Automotive Presents One Table 2021

07.01.2022 Congratulations to Trystan Haigh (Year 9) who recently earned the Overall State Championship in Male Artistic Gymnastics (Level 6)! Trystan competed on all six apparatus, winning 4 Gold medals and 1 Silver along the way!

07.01.2022 On Saturday afternoon our wonderful Scotch Caledonian Corps performed as part of the pre show entertainment for the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant! Our 32 students were joined by several Old Collegians for a memorable performance on the hollowed turf of Adelaide Oval. The students once again were outstanding ambassadors for Scotch at this flagship event in South Australia!

07.01.2022 Check out these collaborative artworks produced by our talented Prep and Reception students! The students were inspired to go outside during the coronavirus isolation, and our local parks and Brownhill Creek reserve have brought our young students much joy, when all other activities had stopped or were closed. These pieces are just two of the amazing collaborative artworks up for grabs in the 2020 Mitcham Campus Online Art Auction! All of the items are on display in The Co...mmunity Room on Mitcham Campus from Monday - Friday and you can bid online from 8am Monday! See them all: https://www.32auctions.com/mitchamcampusart2020

06.01.2022 3 of our Scotchies have had their silent films selected for screening at the 2020 International Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Night at the Capri Theatre on 13 October! Toby Cawson, Ethan Miotti and Thom Whittle's films will be screened at the event - Head along and support our young Scotch film makers! Tickets are just $10 Adult/$5 Concession and Under 15s are totally FREE: https://facebook.com/events/3563536743686194/... THE FILMS Toby's Film "Sorry We Missed You": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzf_HENMJM Ethan's Film "Consigliere": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdVAW__5sOA Thom's Film "Mind Games": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOxMidQk47M&ab

06.01.2022 Congratulations to our Girls Softball team who finished top of the table to win the Independent Girls Schools Sports Association Shield!

05.01.2022 Challenge & Reflection Our Year 6 cohort have entered the final term of their Mitcham Campus experience and can barely wait to hit the ground running on Torrens Park Campus! As part of the Live Well Program, the first day of Term 4 was dedicated to wellbeing, beginning with a walk to the Individual tree (locally known as One Tree Hill). After the challenging trek, they were rewarded with spectacular views across Adelaide and reflected upon their journey through the Junior School and the journey that awaits them next year, as they transition to Torrens Park Campus.

05.01.2022 This week at Scotch, we say farewell to the Class of 2020 in their final week of school lessons with a look at their amazing poise and leadership through a difficult year. We also look at all of the recent events on Torrens Park Campus and look ahead to an exciting finish to the school year.

04.01.2022 Recently a team of Scotchies competed for the first time in the FIRST Australia LEGO League Challenge! After several months of training and preparation, the Scotch Lions designed, built, and coded a LEGO robot to complete a range of challenges and innovated a solution targeted at making physical activity more engaging, enjoyable, and accessible! The team also had the chance to meet and chat with Summer and Iona, young South Australians who competed in LEGO Masters Australia Season 2!

03.01.2022 Let them eat cake! During Term 3 our talented Year 12 Food & Hospitality students showed off their industry-standard creative skills, developing a celebration cake to showcase current trends and specialist techniques. The students were largely self-directed and are proud of their show-quality creations - delicious!

02.01.2022 Join us on the lawns of the Torrens Park Campus for the 2020 Scotch Film Fest! Immediately following the Parents & Friends Picnic, the inaugural Scotch Film Fest will screen some of the premier and award-winning films made by our Scotch students, in Years 9-12. Hit that going button: 2020 Scotch Film Fest

02.01.2022 Eat, drink and be merry Scotchies!

02.01.2022 AI for Good A massive congratulations to Ellie, Daisy and Bridget (Year 7) who were the SA State Final champions in Microsoft’s AI for Good Challenge recently! The challenge involves students learning about Artificial Intelligence and innovating an AI-based solution to a real world problem. To earn their place in the National Final next term, the girls developed the concept, Shark Detector Bubbles - you can watch their video submission here: https://youtu.be/5jS66Op6xgQ... Each team had to create a 3-minute video explaining their concept which was then judged by a panel of Australia’s leaders in Technology and Society. The presentation event was held live through Microsoft Teams and the winning team had a brief interview after they found out. This year's competition drew entries from thousands of Australian high school students, with over six hundred teams submitting their AI concepts. The team of Blake, Jacky and Ken (Year 7) finished in fourth place - a strong showing for our Scotchies!

02.01.2022 Recently some of our Film Making students were lucky enough to attend the exciting launch of AFF Youth as part of the Adelaide Film Festival. The Government is investing $200,000 into AFF Youth a new specialist youth program being delivered in partnership with the Adelaide Film Festival. The program will connect secondary students from across the state to the global screen industry and guide them to create and share their own work. Scotchies got to hear from Australian i...ndustry insiders such as VFX artst and director Seth Larney and Adelaide actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey (who played Helen Reddy in I Am Woman [2019]). The first edition of the AFF Youth program will take place in July 2021. : Adelaide Film Festival feat Charlie Rowe and Tom Venus (Y10)

01.01.2022 World Travellers | Year 6 Traino, Ivens, Lane, Cocks How amazing is this collaborative artwork by our Year 6s! Year 6 students have drawn with great care and detail, a stamp from somewhere they have either travelled to, or wished that they could during the pandemic of 2020. Each of the stamps drawn by the students have been collaged onto the canvas using PVA glue, and a coloured foreground was painted to bring the map of the world scene to life. This piece is just one of th...e amazing collaborative artworks up for grabs in the 2020 Mitcham Campus Online Art Auction! All of the items are on display in The Community Room on Mitcham Campus from Monday - Friday and you can bid online from 8am Monday! See them all: https://www.32auctions.com/mitchamcampusart2020

01.01.2022 It's that time of year again - the Solitaire Automotive Presents One Table 2021 Raffle is now on and one lucky winner will win the major prize: 7 nights for 2 people in a luxurious Port Douglas apartment! The 2021 One Table Raffle has fewer tickets and more prizes, with you a 1 in 12 chance of winning when you buy a book of 10 tickets ($10 per ticket)! Buy 10 or more tickets and we'll give you bonus entries, too, so enter early and often to win! Get your tickets now: https://www.raffletix.com.au/onetableraffle2021