Excellence in Music
History Essay Prize
Surf Life-Saving
Cadets
History Department welcomes Monty back!

Around the School

Sailing victory

Peter Wilson, Year 11 won the Australia Minnow Championship held at Blairgowrie yacht squadron from January 4 to 8. The series was contested by sixty boats from around Australia. The conditions were generally heavy with several races being abandoned due to the strong winds. Peter dominated the series with a perfect score of four wins. David Chalmers (Year 8) also contested the series finishing a creditable 11th overall.

Excellence in Music

Oliver Ng has been invited to perform solo in concert three of the VCE Season of Excellence 2000. This event will take place Saturday 26 February 2000 at the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, South Melbourne.

History Essay Prize

David Yule has won the Secondary School Essay Prize in the annual essay competition organised by the Civil War Round Table of Australia. The society presented a book and monetary prize to David and a book on the American Civil War to the School library.

Surf Life-Saving

Sam Webb was selected over the summer to represent Victoria in the National Lifesaving Championships held in Perth. In addition he was nominated as Captain of the Team.

Cadets

Congratulations to the following students upon their recent appointment:

Marcus Doherty - Regimental Sergeant Major
Peter Gaunt - Unit CUO

History Department welcomes Monty back!

'I really feel that I'm part of the place.' That's how Aboriginal raconteur and performer Boori (Monty) Pryor described his annual visit to Year 9 Australian History students first term.

The History Department has always placed great significance on its Year 9 unit Aboriginal Australians and Monty Pryor helps the boys to empathise with aboriginal culture through his lively presentation.

Formerly from the Cairns area, Monty Pryor has achieved critical acclaim for his book Maybe Tomorrow. He has a demanding performance schedule but told the boys that he enjoyed visiting Scotch because the enthusiastic response to his stories over five years had given him great confidence to develop his career further.

At a time when many schools are being criticised for ignoring Australian history in their curriculum, the Scotch Year 9 course has provided an excellent overview of the main eras which have shaped modern Australia.

Another feature of the course is the Annual Year 9 History Excursion in May when classes explore Melbourne visiting places of enduring interest and importance. 'At any one time you could find Scotch boys investigating places from the Melbourne Club to the Old Melbourne Gaol', Mrs Westmore added.

Mrs Pauline Westmore, Course Convenor