Scotch College

Features

• Our time at Scotch: ‘an absolutely worthwhile journey’
• Visually speaking
• Perelberg Award to world-renowned neurosurgeon
• A fitting farewell
• Family Day at Scotch

Principal

• Our challenge: improving outcomes by shaping performance
• Another outstanding set of VCE and ATAR results

Chairman

• 'Scotch is in great shape, in all respects'
• Keeping Scotch at the forefront of Australian education

Chaplain

• Myth understanding

Junior School

• The joy of a strong visual arts programme
• Encouragement and celebration in the Art Studio
• Staff in the spotlight Priscilla Williams
• Goodbye, Mr Chips

School Captain’s Report

• End of the beginning

Senior School

• Speaking up
• Remembrance Day Assembly, 2012
• A father-son breakfast
• Success for our young film-makers
• Tiwi boys at Scotch
• Largest ever debating squad gets the results
• Staff Farewells
• Bernardo/Hookey ticket leads Scotch into 2013
• Bennett drinking fountain refurbished
• Staff in the Spotlight Mark Mason
• Staff in the Spotlight Dylan Coleman
• Mastering the sounds of the German language
• Aaron takes Menuhin award in style
• An enriching gap
• Scotch blitzes Maths Games Day
• Latin dance magic
• Four Scotch staff reach 30-year milestone
• Thirty years up for Dave

Senior School Sport

• Two victorious years for water polo
• Lachlan upholds the ideals of a great Scotch sportsman
• Plenty of athletics achievements
• Scotch cricketers in a spin
• Tennis balls, my liege?
• One of Sheedy’s boys

Senior School Music

• A musical farewell to the Plenary Hall

Boarding

• Creative minds on the Hill

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January 2013 issue

Great Scot is published by Scotch College
ABN
86 852 826 445

Editorial Team
Tim Shearer (editor), Durga Kamte, David Ashton, Mark Collins, Kate Isinger and Paul Mishura.

Graphic Designer
Kyle Dean

Cover: Principal Tom Batty, Orson King (Year 8), Panos Rovas (Year 8), Head of Art Mark Mason and artist in residence Rob Matheson with one of the new Totem Poles.
Photography: Ben Hartnett

Selected articles from this issue.

OSCA

• Your invitation to attend the Scotch Family Easter Breakfast
• Linked by an enduring thread
• Coterie Group Christmas get-together
• AGM and President’s Dinner herald OSCA’s centenary
• Scottish Heritage Foundation established
• Sydney Scots narrowly lowers OSCA’s colours
• Three new OSCA honorary life members
• Merit Awards to OSCA stalwarts
• A wide palette of creativity
• The Chapel revisited
• Kooyong Park is now Sir Zelman Cowen Park
• Matt Targett’s bronze medal
• Bruce’s ‘keen but loving eye’ on OSCA history
• Master cellist
• The resurrection of young Alec
• Visiting Robert Little’s grave
• No boundaries for young conductor

What They’re doing now

OSCA Events

• Photo Gallery

Old Scotch Clubs

• No boundaries for young conductor
• Island in the sun
• Parents and Friends Club
• Traditional start to 2012/13 athletics season
• Exciting times for Soccer Club
• More silverware for cricket club
• Normie – another OSMaD hit!
• Great competitive bowls
• Cheers! A new vintage for wine and food club
• Summer in the high country
• Mt Buller magic
• Scotch Lodge leads the way
• A good year of development for OSFC

Foundation

• Bob’s love for Scotch is perpetuated
• Que sera sera! Normie joins the Foundation
• Great EMG fun at Christmas

Archives

• What they did then
• Top 25 Oldest Living Old Boys
• Past and present together at Scotch
• New Scotch Archivist appointed

Obituaries