Scotch College

Junior School runs hot

School leaders

Congratulations are extended to our school leaders of the Junior School for 2001. These boys received their badges at our final Assembly last year. We wish them every success in their important leadership roles.

School Captain: Christopher Hey, Vice Captains: William Kyrou, Andrew Rawlin, Timothy Udorovic.

Campbell Captain: Alastair Price, Vice Captains: Mark Gronow, Jimmy Jewitt. Healey Captain: Richard Wilkinson,

Vice Captains: Peter Earle, Ashley Lim. Waller Captain: Daniel Parisi, Vice Captains: Thomas Maddison, Andrew Yuen. Bradshaw Captain: Mark Rattray, Vice Captains: Alistair Meallin, James Worth.

Sport Captain: Andrew Earle, Music Captain: Thomas Gin.

Painting in the Hot Weather

Painting is an ideal Art activity for the very hot days in February, at the beginning of Term 1.

All Junior School boys have been actively involved in a painting programme.

Prep Boys have made a new colour - orange from red and yellow. They painted big Teddy Bears in the colour they had made.

Year 1 boys have been painting the sea and the beach using the picture story book, Magic Beach by Alison Lester as a starting point.

Year 3 boys have used lots of exciting colours and textures while painting cars as part of their classroom topic of Transport.

Year 6 boys have been painting on small canvas boards that were cut to 9 inches by 5 inches to be the same size as the famous 9 x 5 Exhibition of the Heidelberg School in Melbourne in 1889.

These artists painted on cigar box lids that were 9 x 5 inches.

Our boys painted landscapes and seascapes using palette knives and brushes.

We are planning to mount the paintings and display them in the Junior School foyer later in the term.

Susan Ferres,
Head of Art and Craft

Year Ones and early Australia

Year 1 has been talking about Australia and its beginnings, and we were grateful to have the assistance of Wayne Thorpe from the Watbalimba Arts troupe. He shared stories and songs with the boys who learnt a Koori-English song and dance.

The rhythm sticks, didjeridoo, wallaby skin and gum leaf were explored as musical instruments. All the boys thoroughly enjoyed the experience and added to their knowledge of the first Australians.

Our journey through the history of Australia continued with the coming of white men. Polly Woodside was the ideal location to discover about sailing ships and how early settlers fared on their journey to Australia.

The boys loved exploring the ship and with the help of expert guides clambered into bunks to listen to tales of storms and rancid food. Later they role-played a sailor's life in the Polly Woodside museum and took a trip in a Yarra River water taxi.

All the boys agreed; learning about Australia and its past is great fun.

Mrs Julia Nash and Miss Larissa Raymond