Scotch Reports Issue 180 (August 2021)

Scotch Reports 

ISSUE 180 / AUGUST 2021

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CONTENTS 

04 From the Principal: 

So Long Boss, 

It’s Been Emotional 

06 Early Learning: 

More Than Just Fun 

08 Mitcham Campus 

12 Torrens Park Campus 

18 Beauty and the Beast 

20 Community: 

A New Perspective 

22 One Table 2021 

24 Philanthropy: 

We Did It! 

26 Old Collegians News 

2021 TERM DATES 

Term 3 

Term 4 

20 July – 24 September 

11 October – 10 December 

2022 TERM DATES 

Term 1 

Term 2 

Term 3 

Term 4 

COVER 

2 February – 14 April 

3 May – 1 July 

26 July – 30 September 

17 October – 14 December 

Sarah Bosboom (centre) and our 

incredible Caledonian Corps 

performing at One Table 2021. 

THANKS 

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A big thank you to everyone who 

collaborated to create this edition of 

Scotch Reports. Special thanks go to 

everyone who kindly supplied photographs 

for this publication, including Kate Potter, 

Sandra Paterson and Warren King. 

Editor: Warren King (digital@scotch.sa.edu.au) 

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL 

So long, Boss. It’s been emotional. 

My first encounter with Scotch was an 

online interview with the Council in the 

summer of 2014. I was dialling in from the 

UK. Due to the technological limitations 

of the time, I could only see Raymond 

Spencer on the screen, but that did not 

dim the immediate sense that here was 

a Chair – and here was a Council – with 

whom I could do business. 

When you go for top jobs in prestigious 

schools the process is heartless, daunting 

and ghastly. One school interviewed me 

mercilessly, and then omitted to give 

me feedback for weeks. Then I would 

get another summons to London for an 

interview, followed by silence. I felt like 

a commodity. In another interview the 

Council was po-faced throughout. None 

of my quips and gags worked. I felt I was 

talking to the undead. 

Not at Scotch. The chemistry was there 

right from the start. The ambition, 

the drive, the freshness, the positivity 

emanated from that encounter. 

That is Raymond Spencer. 

You will find few more perceptive readers 

of the human condition than Raymond. 

His wealth of experience and his utter, 

intuitive and penetrating grasp of life and 

how it works are unerring. Raymond’s 

expertise, professional and public 

career, and his relentless wish to 

reach out, listen, ponder and respond 

with pure wisdom are legendary. 

Figures from public life beat their way 

to his door to benefit from such insight. 

At a very young age, he was willing to see 

opportunities far away and was courageous 

enough to work in other countries 

and other contexts. The wealth of his 

experiences, matched by his integrity and 

intelligence, brought Raymond to a level 

of public regard which is unique. We have 

benefited from worlds of good sense to 

bring us to a place where we no longer have 

to look down the mountain (as has been the 

case at some points in our history), but can 

push on to summits that no school has yet 

contemplated. The education of our young 

requires no less. Raymond requires no less. 

At heart, Raymond’s ruthless focus on 

wellbeing – authentic, researched, and 

ONE OF THE GIFTS 

THAT RAYMOND 

LEAVES BEHIND IS 

AN EMERGING SET 

OF COMMERCIAL 

RELATIONSHIPS 

THAT WILL SUPPORT 

SCOTCH WELL INTO 

THE NEXT CENTURY. 

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strategically directed – was well ahead 

of the game in industry, commerce, and 

in public life. Now everyone is speaking 

Raymond’s language. He saw what few 

others saw – that improving the mental 

health of employees citizens and school 

children was the key to a prosperous, 

successful and forward-looking society. 

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Service was always at the heart of 

Raymond’s concept of wellbeing. Service 

is hard, generous, supportive, and 

sometimes hurtful, yet it is what we are 

here to do. It lies at the heart of human 

fulfilment and successful endeavour. 

Not content with saying such things, 

Raymond has shown us through his public 

service that there is no limit to what 

he will do to serve the country he values, 

and the state he calls his home. 

I wish Raymond well as new ventures lie 

before him. I wish Todd Roberts well 

as he slides his feet into these very big 

shoes as the new Chair. Todd is Scotch, 

through and through. He does not harbour 

an antiquated or small-minded view of 

Scotch. Never once do I hear him say, 

"... but back in my day..." He knows that 

Scotch is on a journey and that it is his 

privilege to help steer the ship to fresh 

waters and new lands. As the Principal, 

I am proud to have had 6 years and 2 

terms with a man of the calibre of Raymond 

Spencer and look forward to what Todd 

will bring to this very special, but ruthlessly 

ambitious place. 

And are these just words? Are we truly 

ambitious, and do our ambitions become 

reality? 

The construction of a ground-breaking 

new building will put Scotch on the 

national map, and make us part of the 

big educational conversations. No-one 

has made such a bold plan to combine 

infrastructure in new ways to suit the 

future needs of students. Raymond 

challenged us to think big and beyond. 

The result will be an experience for 

current and future Scotchies that will 

be like no other. 

One of the gifts that Raymond leaves 

behind is an emerging set of commercial 

relationships that will support Scotch 

well into the next century. Scotch 

Enterprises, an emerging power in the 

College, is quietly but tenaciously planting 

seeds that will in the not-too-distant 

future provide better resource and greater 

possibilities for the students blessed to 

have an education here. We shall be 

strong when the headwinds blow, and 

invest when the educational imperatives 

tell us that this is what young people need. 

Without a Chair of Raymond’s vision and 

leadership, the future of Scotch would be 

less rosy, and more prey to the whims of 

government funding and the infidelities 

of the marketplace. Watch out for more 

developments in this area in the months 

to come. 

With the future in mind, we have 

not forgotten the present. Scotch is 

established in the elite band of schools 

who enjoy consistent and high success 

at SACE, despite never being a selective 

school. We are unquestionably top of the 

tree in girls sport, and our boys go headto-head 

against fine institutions of greater 

numbers and always hold their heads 

high. Our shows and concerts, bands and 

singers are renowned state-wide, not just 

for competitive success but for the quality 

of experience we give our audiences. Our 

specialists go on to exciting professional 

careers. 

Our Oratory program has so advanced that 

finals again beckon this year, while 

we have been honoured to have the 

captain of the state debating team at 

Scotch, even though she is a year younger 

than the rest. Our commitment to service 

is relentless, rich and effective. We do 

not flinch from building businesses as in 

Home Economics, creating global online 

conferences with other like-minded 

institutions as we do for GAIL, putting the 

very best medical researchers from 

around our universities in front of 100 of 

our own students and those from local 

schools as we did at the end of Term 2, 

or inviting the top state and federal 

politicians to face the people at 

lunchtimes over pizza. 

All these events have happened of late 

and continue to happen in this exciting 

place. Long may the dauntless spirit of 

Raymond Spencer, and the ambition 

and drive evident now in his successor, 

Todd Roberts, fuel this school’s journey 

to educational excellence due to the 

constant wish to break the mould so 

our young manage all our tomorrows 

with skill and success. 

JOHN NEWTON 

Principal 

Feature Raymond Spencer, Todd Roberts 

and John Newton / 01 John Newton and 

Raymond Spencer 

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EARLY LEARNING CENTRE 

More Than Just Fun 

Have you ever wondered what makes the 

artwork of pre-schoolers so engaging? 

Is it the free use of colour? The total 

lack of inhibition? Or simply the amazing 

perspective of a child’s world? 

I suspect that it is a little of each. It always 

puts a smile on my face when a very proud 

young person shares with me their story, 

illustrated in a painting, or drawing. 

Watching young children express 

themselves and their thinking through the 

Arts is always refreshing and joyous. Their 

singing may not always be in tune and the 

words may not always be correct, but the 

enthusiasm with which they participate and 

perform is priceless. 

Of course, providing young children with 

opportunities every day to engage with the 

Arts is not only for the benefit of adults. 

The Arts are critical in the development of 

all children, especially our youngest. 

Research has shown that the Arts are 

important in developing coordination, 

fine motor skills and dexterity through 

manipulating a range of tools and elements 

(clay is especially good at developing 

strength and dexterity). Mathematical 

concepts are reinforced when children 

create, especially when threading and 

making patterns. 

Music in particular has been found to assist 

brain development, and learning to play 

an instrument has been found to improve 

Mathematical learning, boost memory and 

even lead to better academic test scores 

(Bright Horizons, 2017). 

Engaging in the Arts is often a collaborative 

activity for young children, which provides 

many opportunities to develop social skills 

and build self-esteem. 

Mayesky’s research (2013) showed 

that: through the Arts children learn 

to accept change, as fear and anxiety 

inhibit creativity; that children begin to 

realise that some problems have no easy 

answers and that many problems have 

many possible answers. The Arts also 

assists children to express their feelings 

and emotions when they may not have the 

words to do so. 

Teachers understand the importance of 

young children being able to ‘cross the 

midline’. The midline is an imaginary line 

down the centre of the body and children 

should be able to reach across the midline 

to perform tasks with both hands. When 

crossing the midline successfully, most 

children will, over time, be able to do so 

more easily with one hand than the other. 

This indicates the ‘handedness’ of the 

child, which becomes very important 

when they go to school for activities such 

as writing, sitting cross legged, cutting, 

playing sport, doing up shoe laces etc. 

If children do not practise crossing the 

midline, most likely they will not develop 

dominance in one hand, but rather 

strength in both hands, which may provide 

some challenges for them once at school. 

Dance, whilst being lots of fun and a 

wonderful way of experiencing music, also 

develops skills in crossing the midline. 

Watching children dance enables teachers 

to identify children who do not find it easy 

to cross the midline and as such, they can 

then work with families on activities and 

perhaps some allied health support, to 

develop this important skill. 

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02 

03 04 

In the Scotch ELC we have a rich and 

diverse Arts program. This year we have 

extended our offering to include our 

Fraser children as well as both of our 

4-year-old classes. 

Our Fraser children have a weekly highenergy 

singing and dancing lesson 

with Nina Richards, who also teaches 

Performing Arts in the Junior School and 

Dance on the Torrens Park campus. Not 

only are our Fraser children receiving 

instruction from a highly skilled teacher, 

but they are also getting to know Nina, 

who will be a familiar face for those who 

go onto our Junior School. 

Each of our 4-year-old classes has a weekly 

Music lesson with Libby Philips through 

her ‘Music and Fun’ program and it is very 

much a highlight of the week! Libby is 

highly engaging and uses her own puppets 

to instruct the children. Libby has a diverse 

range of instruments and activities that she 

brings with her each week. 

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In the second semester of each year, our 

4-year-olds have a weekly Dance lesson 

with Erin from ‘Dancify’. The Dancify 

program is written in consultation with a 

paediatric physiotherapist and while the 

dance moves are high energy, there is also 

great intentionality behind each of the 

dance sequences. 

We have many Visual Art activities every 

day in the ELC as part of our program, and 

all of our classes have a weekly Visual Art 

lesson with Junior School Art teachers, 

Jane Bauer and Patricia Wise. 

06 07 

Participation in the Arts is definitely great 

fun, whilst also being very important to the 

development of every child. 

TANIA DARLING 

Director of Early Years 

Feature Such concentration! / 01 Using Autumn 

colours / 02 Making Music with the parachute 

/ 03 Dr Newton performing for us / 04 Working 

together / 05 Look at that turtle! / 06 Dancing 

with Libby / 07 I’m a little teapot! 

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MITCHAM CAMPUS 

The Kuarna Shelter Tree 

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01 02 

03 04 05 

Since 2018, Scotch students have been 

working to help revegetate a box grassy 

woodland site within Brownhill Creek 

Recreation Park with indigenous plant 

species. Our Specialist Science Teacher, 

David Pace, adopted the site as a part of 

the Sustainability pillar of the Year 5-9 Live 

Well program and since then we have had 

several groups of Year 5s actively restoring 

and recording the development of the site 

as one of our long-term commitments to 

the local community. 

A further community-based opportunity 

was presented to us in late 2019, when we 

were approached by Ron Bellchambers, the 

Community Liaison Officer of the Brownhill 

Creek Association, to undertake a joint 

venture – the restoration of a 450-year-old 

River Red Gum Kaurna Shelter tree. The 

tree is a significant feature of Wirraparinga 

(Brownhill Creek) and an important 

part of our local Kaurna heritage. It had 

become inundated by introduced woody 

weeds and the root system was damaged 

by the digging of a local trench. Scotch 

was awarded a substantial Communities 

Environment Program grant from the 

Department of Industry, Science, Energy and 

Resources to instigate the restoration of the 

tree and surrounding area. 

With Ron Bellchambers so capably 

leading and managing this important 

partnership, the restoration of the Kaurna 

Shelter tree had been achieved by the 

end of June this year. The work has been 

highlighted in commentary by the Minister 

for Environment, The Honourable David 

Speirs MP, on the floor of parliament and 

celebrated as a full community venture. 

Ron has capably brought in volunteers from 

Mitcham Historical Society, the Rotary Club 

of Brownhill Creek and Mitcham Uniting 

Church, along with visitors to the park. 

Following the removal of the woody weeds, 

1,227 native grasses, ground covers, 

creepers and shrubs were planted by 

volunteers, following the advice of Kaurna 

Elders. Kaurna Elder Auntie Lynette 

Crocker planted a patch of 200 Yam Daisies 

which will enable harvesting of bush tucker 

at the site in springtime. 

An Environmental Education day last 

October brought 244 students together 

from across five local primary and 

secondary schools, using the site as a 

focus point for their learning. Students 

participated in 12 workshops to enhance 

their understanding of water quality, 

soil testing, identification of macro 

invertebrates, native fish, birds and 

frogs, and the cultural significance of 

Wirraparinga’s Indigenous and European 

histories. Our Year 5 photo points, which 

help to track and record the regrowth 

of the area, have also been shared with 

students from other schools. Our teachers 

and students have noticed an increase in 

insects, native butterflies and native birds 

at the site. 

At the beginning of Term 3, Scotch staff from 

across both campuses joined together at the 

Shelter Tree for a special Welcome Smoking 

Ceremomy, led by Uncle Micky O’Brien, as 

a part of our focus on celebrating cultural 

diversity. This was followed by a workshop 

at Scotch led by Tjimari Sanderson-Milera 

focusing on the role of educators - inclusion 

and reconciliation. 

The Kaurna Shelter Tree will now be listed on 

the Register of Aboriginal Sites and Objects 

and a Kaurna interpretive sign, with QR 

Code, will take visitors to a webpage with 

information about Living Kaurna Heritage. 

Thank you to Ron Bellchambers for his 

dedication and drive and to Mr David Pace 

for his continued focus on ensuring our 

students make an important contribution 

to our local community and see the positive 

impact they are making. 

IEVA HAMPSON 

Head of Mitcham Campus 

Feature Ron Bellchambers explains the 

significance of the site to our Year 5 students. 

/ 01 Year 5 teacher Mrs Deb Williams celebrating 

the opening of the site / 02 Uncle Mickey O’Brien 

gives a gum leaf to Prep teacher Mrs Jacqui 

Fenlon as a symbol of welcome / 03 The new 

plantings and red gum seats / 04 Scotch Staff at 

the Kaurna Shelter Tree Welcome Ceremony – led 

by Uncle Mickey O’Brien / 05 Junior School Head 

of Sport, Mr Adam Rosser, and Head of People 

and Culture, Mrs Morag Greenwood assist Uncle 

Mickey O’Brien with the Welcome ceremony 

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MITCHAM CAMPUS 

Empower Students 

Over the past two and half years, Anne 

Fromholtz and Sarah Lane have led a team 

of Junior School staff and collaborated 

with the Association of Independent 

Schools, South Australia and international 

educational specialist, Charles Leadbeater, 

in a dynamic project that seeks to further 

enhance Student Agency here at Scotch. As 

a leading authority on innovation, creativity 

and agency, Charles has challenged our 

project team to define agency in our 

school context and to lead our staff in an 

investigation into the ways that we can 

teach for agency and embed opportunities 

within our learning frameworks. The focus 

has been on purposefully moving our 

students along the ‘agency continuum’ 

from compliance in their learning to 

empowerment. The aim is to see our 

students shine through partnering with 

educators and having an active role in 

shaping their world. 

After working with a team of students last 

year, our project team worked with the 

wider Junior School staff to develop a 

Junior School definition of student agency 

with a view to communicate this concept 

to our wider community, using a shared 

language. The professional dialogue and 

sharing has been rich and invigorating 

and has further developed our community 

of practice. 

Student Agency at Scotch is: 

• A progression where students have 

opportunities to pursue authentic, 

purposeful learning, to make meaningful 

connections and be reflective to enact 

change. 

• Awareness of themselves as learners. 

• Creating an environment to enable 

students to be empowered in their 

learning and become risk takers. 

• A respectful relationship between all. 

• Valuing and guiding students to be 

active partners in the education 

process, tapping into their interests 

and passions and applying them to 

the conceptual curriculum as critical 

thinkers and problem solvers. 

It is important that we carefully build 

the foundations for student agency and 

understand the capabilities required. Agency 

is not a ‘free-for-all’ or focusing on just 

‘doing what I want’ and ‘what interests 

me’. It stems from knowledge and an 

understanding of the world, and has social 

and relational purposes. The goal of highlevel 

of agency is for our students to develop 

moral, civic, creative and economic skills. 

Agency requires a purpose, needs a focus 

and the teacher has a clear role in 

co-designing with students - using 

educator expertise as advisor and 

protagonist. Teachers help open 

possibilities to our students, by helping 

them see what they can do. In particular, 

our Inquiry units, signature learning 

experiences, the wellbeing framework and 

service-learning programs are being used 

to spark our students and staff to consider, 

‘what’s possible’ and, ‘who cares?’ 

In our Junior Primary years, teachers work 

with children to become self-managers. 

Children are developing the language to 

express and reflect their emotions and 

thinking. They are developing questioning 

techniques for deeper learning. In our 

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01 02 

03 

Continuum of Student Agency 

Leadership 

Varying degrees of 

non-participation 

tokenism 

decoration 

manipulation 

Participation 

student informed 

about and then 

assigned action 

students share 

ideas 

Consultation 

students informed 

and consulted 

about actions 

students provide 

input 

Partnership 

students have a 

role in decision 

making 

students articulate, 

plan and monitor 

own learning goals 

peers activated as 

resources for one 

another 

Activism 

students advocate 

for change in 

inside and outside 

of school 

students identify 

problems and 

generate solutions 

at a classroom and 

school level 

students drive 

change and are 

codesigners of 

learning 

students make 

strategic decisions 

at all levels 

and engage in 

partnerships 

TEACHER - CENTRED STUDENT - CENTRED STUDENT - DRIVEN 

AUTHORITARIAN NEGOTIATED DEMOCRATIC 

Upper Primary years we are scheduling 

blocks of time to allow for greater learning 

flow and deeper thinking. We are seeking 

opportunities for students to take 

authentic action. 

The Year 6 Living Museum at the end of 

last term was an excellent example of 

student agency. The students investigated 

the immigration stories of Australians 

over time, to build their conceptual 

understandings of immigration. They then 

educated fellow students and visitors 

through 1:1 presentations and made books, 

which means students have contibuted to 

our library. 

IEVA HAMPSON 

Head of Mitcham Campus 

Feature Sophie Ewer presents as an immigrant 

to Year 4 students / 01 Jazz Wingard brings 

Red Kelly's story to life / 02 Lauren Dabrowski 

makes a tree guard to educate locals in 

Brownhill Creek Reserve / 03 Grace McIntyre 

shares her immigration research with 

Year 1 students. 

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TORRENS PARK CAMPUS 

A Distinctive Offering 

As we reach the halfway point of the year, 

I'd like to celebrate various aspects of the 

Torrens Park Campus offering. At Scotch 

it’s easy to take the many jewels in our 

myriad of programs for granted. In this 

edition, we put the spotlight on our 

science program, which is by any measure 

one of the largest and most successful 

Faculties in the state. 

We also have updates from key 

co-curricular programs, including 

Beauty and the Beast, the 2021 musical. 

The students in the show have faced 

great adversity with lockdown occurring 

during opening week, but they were 

patient and persisted with online 

rehearsals and non-singing walkthroughs 

(and a couple of cast and crew Kahoot 

quiz sessions to keep spirits high). 

The production has been another 

outstanding success. 

Our Caledonian Corp is a crucial part 

of our DNA, and we celebrate them and 

all they bring to our College culture. 

I sometimes, tongue in cheek, tell 

prospective parents that if you have 

problematic neighbours, get your child 

to join the program, be it pipes, drums 

or a highland fling with sword dancing! 

But the reality is that this group of 

talented students and their tutors are an 

important part of the Scotch difference. 

In this edition we also celebrate our freshly 

restructured Sports leadership model. 

You will find a snapshot summary of each 

code. Sport is strong at Scotch because 

of the community-minded people and the 

key messages of participation, inclusion, 

and a healthy attitude to competition. 

Scotch is all about communities. Be they 

co-curricular or specific subject 

offerings, all students can find their 

people. What defines each community 

is the engagement of students, staff and 

families. What makes them distinctive 

is the commitment to success and 

honouring our values. As a leading 

coeducational school, we celebrate 

the Scotch difference and our opportunity 

to continuously challenge ourselves to 

grow and nurture our programs to develop 

amazing young people. 

DALE BENNETT 

Deputy Principal 

and Head of Torrens Park Campus 

Feature Using digital technologies for livestock 

weighing / 01 Amelia Williams using the gas 

chromatograph to test mixtures 

WHAT MAKES 

OUR COMMUNITY 

DISTINCTIVE IS 

THE COMMITMENT 

TO SUCCESS AND 

HONOURING OUR 

VALUES. 

01 

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Leading the Way in SA with STEM 

Our classroom Science offering is at an alltime 

high, with a record fifty-seven classes 

on the Torrens Park Campus. We have 

twenty teachers and three support staff, 

using the eight Webb Science laboratories, 

the new Farm Centre lab and the two 

Trumble Agricultural labs. This makes 

us one of the largest secondary school 

programs in the state. 

Our core general science and agricultural 

cases in Year 7 to 10 form our base. In 

recent years we have diversified our 

offering to include STEM elective subjects 

in Year 9 with Science and Technology. In 

our SACE program, students can choose 

Engineering Technology, Sports Science, 

Nutrition, Agricultural Production, Biology, 

Chemistry, Physics and Psychology. 

We consistently achieve excellent results 

in SACE and our students are recognised 

as being well prepared for university and 

other post schooling pathways. We are 

immensely proud of our science teachers, 

who are highly regarded across the state. 

We have teachers who work as expert 

advisors for the SACE Board in all senior 

Science subject areas, and they regularly 

present at conferences and workshops 

sharing their experience and training to 

others. In the recent lockdown, staff ran 

online workshops to share their knowledge 

and ideas to provide support to other 

educators in running their remote learning 

science programs. 

We were one of the first schools in South 

Australia to embrace online assessments 

from Year 7 and our online learning and 

use of technology facilitates vibrant, 

collaborative learning spaces with a rich 

mixture of interactive activities, the 

latest science and agricultural trends 

and the inclusion of global issues for 

investigation. We also use a range of 

software packages, sensors, automated 

cameras, drones, spectrophotometer, gas 

chromatographs, laser optics, 3D printing 

and microscope cameras. 

We encourage our students to be naturally 

sceptical, practise important criticalthinking 

skills and engineer solutions to 

real-world problems. In the last year 

we have been incorporating the newly 

developed Scotch Ethical Progression 

framework with the University of Melbourne. 

Many of our students use scientific topics 

for their SACE Research Project and each 

year at least 45% of our Year 12 students will 

pursue a science related degree. 

Our STEM society is an opportunity for 

Middle School students to challenge 

themselves and take part in meaningful 

Science, Technology, Engineering and 

Mathematics learning beyond the 

classroom. Over the past few years, 

students have competed in a variety of 

competitions involving everything from 

drone flying to crystal growing. Each 

week they spend some time working 

collaboratively on projects in their chosen 

areas including coding and programming, 

scientific photography, and game-making. 

Students also get to experience exciting 

experiments and demonstrations that 

expand their thinking. They have watched 

Dr Osborne breathe fire and discussed 

the chemistry associated with it, observed 

everyday objects at new levels with 

electron microscopes usually reserved 

for high-level scientists, and learned how 

lasers and fibre optic cables work. 

Instilling a love and deep knowledge of 

science, and a fluency with technology 

helps our students engage in their learning 

and motivate them to study science 

beyond school. 

MICHELLE MCGRATH 

Head of Science 

Feature STEM Enrichment exploring crystals – 

Lexy Walker, Jonty Kirsten, Joshua Kirsten, and 

Bella Kingsley-Smith 

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The Pipes are Calling 

After an enforced hiatus in 2020, the 

Caledonian Corps have been busy this 

year supporting a range of school and 

community events. I celebrate the work 

of our tutors and students who adapted 

well to online individual tuition and group 

practice sessions. 

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Each year we have a series of popular key 

events. Caledonian at the Creek is held each 

October, and every November we join the 

annual Adelaide Christmas Pageant. Last 

year the Corps performed an 8-minute, 

Tattoo style set on the hallowed Adelaide 

Oval turf. Our main challenge was not being 

able to practice on the Oval in advance, but 

the disadvantage didn’t faze our students, 

with the Corps performing the routine to 

a very high standard. For many students, 

these were their first performances, either 

at school or for the public. This year, our 

first big event was at One Table, where the 

band and dancers performed an extended 

set, and as always were greatly appreciated 

by the Scotch community. In April each 

year we perform at the ANZAC flag Laying 

Ceremony at Centennial Park, an important 

event that recognises our proud history 

of being founded in the name of the Sons 

of Scotland who fell in the Great War. We 

usually march on ANZAC Day as part of our 

service to the broader community and 

our Caledonian Old Collegians return to 

perform with the Corp. 

It was rewarding in June for all performers 

to celebrate the Caledonian spirit at our 

annual Ceilidh. With the event selling out 

in record time, our students put on an 

outstanding event as we entertained a 

lively Fisher Chapel gathering. The event 

showcased the unique skills of our talented 

students from Reception through to Year 

12. Many of our Old Collegians come back 

to perform with the Corps and it was a 

great knees up! Highlights of the night were 

our Mitcham Campus dancers performing 

their Caterpillar dance and the everpopular 

light stick drum salute. If you’ve 

not been to a Ceilidh before, come next 

year and you will have a great time! 

Our pipe and drum corps are healthy in 

numbers, and our tutors continue to do a 

fine job in building skills and confidence, 

while bringing through our next crop of 

talented student pipers and drummers. 

Students can start learning the bagpipes 

from Year 5, with drumming available for 

students in Year 6 and above. Students 

interested in Highland Dance may start 

from Reception. 

I am proud to work alongside our long serving 

team tutors Leonie Burgess (Highland Dance), 

Greg Bassini (Drums) and Jonno McIntyre 

(Pipes). I am also most appreciative of all our 

parents and their contributions to ensuing 

the program’s success. 

EWEN GRAHAM 

Head of Caledonian 

Feature Pipers at One Table 2021 / 01 ANZAC 

Flag Laying Ceremony / 02 Our Highland 

Dancers and Caledonian Corp in front of 

Torrens Park House at One Table 2021 / 03 

Mitcham Campus Highland Dancers 

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Sporting Update 

The College has enjoyed great success 

in sport during the first half of 2021, 

highlighted by great participation and 

continued improvement in all codes, with 

solid results and student development 

programs on and off the field of play. 

It is all made possible by quality coaching, 

great student engagement and strong 

community support. 

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A Sports Department restructure has also 

contributed to the evolution of the strong 

esprit de corp. As Head of College Sporting 

Programs, I have oversight over the journey 

students have through their time at the 

College. It is my pleasure to introduce two 

new members of the team. 

Casey Harnett (OC ’13) is the Assistant 

Head of Sport on Torrens Park Campus. 

Casey currently plays Basketball in the 

NBL1 league for South Adelaide and 

has played football for the Scotch Old 

Collegian football team. Since leaving 

school Casey has completed a Bachelor 

of Education/Bachelor of Health Science. 

She is passionate sports fanatic and brings 

a strong understanding of our College 

culture. Andrej Pistotnik is our new 

Head of Rowing and in winter season will 

also assist the sport program including 

the oversight of our high performance and 

development programs. As a professional 

athlete for Slovenia, Andrej rowed 

internationally, competing at 7 World 

Championships, 4 World Cups and in the 

2008 Beijing Olympic Games. After his 

rowing career, Andrej pursued a career 

in the medical field as an intensive care 

paramedic. Realising his desire to help 

and mentor young athletes Andrej moved 

to a coaching role where he could utilise 

his passion and knowledge of rowing. 

More recently, Andrej has managed the 

rowing and sports program at Trinity 

Lutheran College in Brisbane and coached 

both the First VIII at Brisbane Boys College 

and Stuartholme School to a Head of the 

River wins in 2018 and 2021. 

In addition to the sports competitions 

the sports program has also run the 

annual swimming, athletics and crosscountry 

carnivals. The hallmark of these 

competitions is the high level 

of participation, strong house spirit 

and a community celebration of sport 

at Scotch. There have been numerous 

inter-house sporting matches run by the 

2021 Sports Captains, Matthew Dixon and 

Brooke Tonon. 

Sport in 2021 has been incredibly busy 

and we look forward to see what the 

second half of the year brings! 

JARRAD SCHAR 

Head of Sport 

Feature Girls Soccer in action / 01 Jarrad Schar 

and Casey Harnett 

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Sport: Around the Grounds 

CRICKET 

The Cricket program continues to go 

from strength to strength. After winning 

the SAAS Twenty-20 competition in 

Term 4 2020, we were invited to play 

in the School Sport South Australia 

competition where Scotch was dominant 

in their victory. Congratulations to 

Harry Lemmey, who made the South 

Australia state team. Cormack O’Reilly 

and Campbell Thompson also enjoyed 

very successful seasons. Jacinta Hand 

has joined the Cricket coaching team 

and leads our girls’ program, with two 

teams and aspirations for a third in the 

2021/22 season. Some individual 

highlights have been the success of 

Ella Pascoe who made the state team 

and Harriet Tyrer made the SA 

Development squad. In exciting news 

our inspiring Head of Cricket Muditha 

Maduwantha (former Sri Lankan 

International Cricket star) has accepted 

the position of Head of Cricket for 

the next two seasons, and we look 

forward to seeing the continued growth 

of the program. 

SOFTBALL 

Scotch has continued to dominate the 

IGSSA Softball competition, winning 

the A grade premiership for the third 

consecutive season. Individually we have 

enjoyed the success of Millie Fidge, Ruby 

Fidge and Georgia King who all made the 

South Australian State Team. Scotch is 

the only school to field 3 teams, making it 

the largest softball program in the IGSSA 

competition. We are looking forward to 

continued excellence in our performance 

and celebrate the success of the girls 

under Head Coach Georgia Wilson (’17). 

TENNIS 

Over 140 students have participated 

in Tennis in 2020/21. We have been 

competitive and successful in several 

teams, with the highlights of the season 

being the Boys Middle A team finishing top 

of their table. Other notable performances 

include highly competitive teams in the 

Girls’ Premier League and Premier League 

Reserves teams. The Drive Tennis team 

continues to maintain a high standard of 

play. Anthony Lane (Head of Tennis), has 

really developed the program over the six 

years he has been working with the College. 

ROWING 

The Rowing program continued to perform 

strongly, with the Girls First VIII winning 

the coveted Head of The River for the 2nd 

time in 3 years. The Boys program was also 

exceptionally strong, with the Boys First VIII 

winning a bronze medal at the Australian 

National Championships in the sprint 

regatta. A special congratulations must go 

to Adam Holland who was selected for the 

Australian Under 19 Team. I am proud to 

leave the program with a strong positive 

culture, high participation, and general 

recognition that we are the best School 

boat club. 

SWIMMING 

Scotch continues to have strong swimmers 

despite having no pool! They are ably 

led by Swimming captain Jess Jackson, 

who recently competed and medalled 

at the State Short Course swimming 

carnival. Other strong individual swimming 

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performances at the carnival were 

achieved by Oliver Atherton, Eddie Barton, 

Jasmine Linke and Luke Montes who all 

received either state championships or 

medals. We are hopeful that with the 

opening of our new pool as part of the 

Wellbeing and Sports Centre we will be a 

significant swimming force into the future 

at State and National levels! 

BASKETBALL 

Like Swimming, the Basketball program has 

also had to contend with the challenges 

of playing and training offsite. We have 

recruited great coaches to the program 

with the inclusion of Ashlee Wutke, South 

Australia Country Coach. Congratulations 

to Hannah Gardner, who was selected for 

the South Australia State U16 Basketball 

team. 

NETBALL 

Netball continues to be strong, with the 

highest number of teams we have seen in 

several years. The Year 9 and 10 teams are 

on top of their respective IGSSA tables, and 

all teams are performing well. We take great 

pride that we promote boys’ netball and 

would like to acknowledge the great work 

of Head Coach Mr Goreham in ensuring 

our commitment to coeducation in sport is 

honoured. Congratulations to Sophie Casey 

(Open Captain) and Lucy Voyvodic, who 

both made the U17 State Team, and Tabitha 

Packer for making the Development Team. 

We welcomed Thunderbird Elle McDonald 

as our Head of Netball this year – she has 

been able to offer great guidance and 

strategic development of the offering. 

SOCCER 

Soccer is strong with the Girls program 

building from two to three teams this year. 

The Girls First XI are currently undefeated 

and on top of the Premier League Table. 

The Senior boys are also currently 

undefeated in Division 2 of the SAAS 

competition. It is impressive to witness the 

senior students willing to referee and do 

the lines for the younger teams. Our Head 

of Soccer Jim Karabatsos has ensured we 

have a strong set of state league coaches 

developing our players. 

HOCKEY 

Hockey continues to be strong and 

has grown to 5 teams on Torrens Park 

Campus. Both the Senior Boys and Senior 

Girls teams have been strong in their 

competitions. Individually we would like 

to recognise Oscar Levinson who made 

the Under 15 State Team as a train-on, 

Ella Pascoe who made the U18 Team as a 

train-on, and Zoe Nunn and Clare Matijevic, 

who made the U18 State Team. Thanks to 

staff member Brodie Gleeson, our Head of 

Hockey and our coaching team, including 

Old Collegians Erin Cameron and Will 

Hentschke. 

FOOTBALL 

Scotch is well known for its quality Football 

program. The Girls Football program has 6 

teams, with both the Middle As and Senior 

As remaining undefeated and playing with 

impressive skill. The Boys program is also 

strong with Scotch fielding a stand-alone 

team in each year level, plus two teams 

in Year 10. The First XVIII have been the 

strongest team in a number of years, 

highlighted by a decisive win against St 

Peter’s College. We have enjoyed many 

skilled individuals including Harry Lemmey 

playing SANFL League football and making 

the State U17 team, plus Hugo Kittel and 

Zac Becker being selected in the U19 State 

Squad. Congratulations to Brooke Tonon on 

being drafted by the Adelaide Crows in this 

year’s AFLW draft! Nathan Eagleton and his 

coaching squad with former national AFL 

players and state coaches have created a 

strong wellbeing and leadership culture. 

Feature The Girls First VIII after taking out 

Head of the River for the 2nd time in 3 years 

/ 01 Girls Cricket Teams / 02 Zac Becker in 

action / 03 Zoe Nunn in action / 04 Sophie 

Casey in action 

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MUSICAL 

Beauty and the Beast 

The annual College musical has again been 

a hallmark experience for the College. 

Beauty and the Beast featured over 80 

students participating as a performer 

across two ensemble casts, performing 

as a musician in the orchestra, or as 

technical crew member. 

Experienced theatre Director David Gauci 

was thrilled to bring his vision of a Disney 

classic to life with our extraordinary 

Scotchies. The Creative Team of David, 

Nina Richards & Liz Young have been 

working hard with the cast since the start 

of the year to bring out the best in their 

singing, dancing and acting. 

Every year our musical displays the best 

in costuming, stage design and props, 

and this year was no different. With 

over 400 pieces, Carolyn Bosko and her 

team created the most extraordinary 

costumes for our students to wear. 

Nick Setchell and the props team made 

sure that every scene looked as authentic 

as possible. Craig Williams and Mosaic 

Audio and Visual once again transformed 

our Chapel into an amazing theatre 

experience. 

Please enjoy a selection of photos from 

our 2021 Scotch Musical, Beauty and 

the Beast! 

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COMMUNITY 

A New Perspective 

I think we can all agree that the Scotch 

community and culture is a unique and 

incredible feature of our wonderful school. 

This certainly isn’t the first time I’ve used 

those words in a Scotch Reports article, 

but I think you’ll agree it is a sentiment 

worth repeating. 

I have been intimately involved with Scotch 

for 21 years now, and I’ve always been a 

big believer in our culture and vision, from 

the top of the leadership tree all the way 

through to the parents, students, teachers, 

coaches and all of the wonderful people 

who step foot onto College grounds. 

Recently I enrolled in the Australian 

Institute of Company Directors program, 

which included a week of in-person 

sessions with an array of CEOs, executives 

and board members from very large 

and varied organisations. As we delved 

into complex and challenging issues like 

Governance, Risk and Strategy, Financial 

Literacy and Board Effectiveness, it 

became increasingly clear to me that we 

are in great hands here at Scotch. 

As a parent and employee, I have seen 

the College in action for many years, but 

to be given a fresh perspective on how a 

culture like Scotch’s can be fostered has 

been a gift. Scotch has a strong strategic 

direction from Council, a leadership team 

that is empowered and challenged to 

achieve great things, and a team of staff 

who genuinely care and strive to give 

every Scotch student the tools to succeed 

in life. Scotch strives for innovation 

while treasuring its rich history and it’s 

impossible not to be left in awe by the 

talent, hard work and passion behind 

the scenes of this amazing organisation. 

The Scotchie culture has been on full 

display this year, and perhaps has never 

been more apparent than the rush for 

tickets and capacity attendance at all of 

our community events. The year began 

with Back to the Boatshed, the annual 

fundraiser put on by the dedicated Rowing 

Parent Support Group. After a rowing 

season dampened by the lack of riverside 

spectators due to COVID, it was a joy to 

observe the high spirits of competitors, 

parents and supporters at Back to the 

Boatshed and the Head of the River. 

Soon after Back to the Boatshed we held 

our 9th Solitaire Automotive One Table, this 

time with a twilight twist – you can read 

all about it and see some photos on the 

next spread. 

Our Boarding community is as strong as 

ever, and what a whirlwind of activities the 

annual Boarding Parents Weekend was! 

The Boarding Parent Support Group (led 

by Susie Ifould and her amazing team on 

the ground, Katie Moorehouse and Bec 

Hurst), held their annual parent weekend 

in Robe. A huge crowd from all corners of 

the state came together, enjoying a Friday 

night dinner at Drift, a Cape Jaffa winery 

lunch, tours of local innovating businesses, 

a sunset cruise on cray boats and dinner at 

the Project with tunes played by Simon Ifould 

from his massive vinyl collection! Boarding 

parents take note – next year’s weekend will 

be held on KI from 4-6 March 2022. 

Meet the Makers, our annual Scotch Wine 

Club wine tasting event, booked out so 

quickly that we were forced to move to a 

bigger venue! When the Barr Smith Theatre 

became too small for us, the Fisher Chapel 

was transformed into a winery wonderland, 

with 8 Scotch winemaking families bringing 

their best for the community to sample 

and take home. Without these generous 

winemakers we could never hope to 

hold events like One Table or enjoy such 

fantastic wines at all of our events. Meet 

the Makers is our way of saying ‘thank you’ 

each year. It was clear that the guests on 

the night had just as much fun supporting 

the wine club as we do! 

Most recently, the Parents & Friends 

Principal’s Quiz Night was a massive 

success, selling out in under 72 hours! 

Observing the fun and competitiveness 

of the evening, it is easy to see where our 

students get their drive and ambition! 

Those who were lucky enough to snag 

a seat enjoyed Dr Newton’s challenging 

array of questions (no Russian literature 

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questions were allowed, luckily) and some 

very fun dress-up and sing along rounds. 

You really had to be there for the dress up 

rounds, but I know many of you reading this 

will be laughing at the memories! Thank you 

to the wonderful Torrens Park Campus P&F, 

led by Amanda Burgan and her amazing 

team, and to all those who attended. The 

event raised $10,000 for the Scholarship 

Fund and an additional $7,887.34 was raised 

to support Katelin Gunn, who was recently 

selected in the Under 25 Australian 

Wheelchair Basketball training squad. 

In the coming months there will be more 

opportunities to support Katelin – keep 

an eye out on social media. 

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Thank you to each and every one of you 

who contributes to the first-class culture 

and community we enjoy here at Scotch – 

it really is the most wonderful place to 

be for families and students alike. I look 

forward to seeing all of you as the year 

progresses, and trust that the current 

lockdown at time of writing is not a 

prolonged one. 

NATALIE FELKL 

Head of Community & Marketing 

Feature Christopher Darby and Fiona 

Macfadyen / 01 The Principal asking his Quiz 

questions / 02 Jurij and Alex Polischko and 

Kathy Conquergood / 03 Student Helpers with 

Dr Newton / 04 What is a quiz night without 

dancing?! / 05 Sharing a drop of Hentley 

Farm / 06 Cathy Laycock and Amanda Burgan 

/ 07 Penny Tonkin, Victoria Taylor and Megan 

Dolman / 08 Karen Just deep in thought 

/ 09 Darren Bilsborough, Fairlie Delbridge, 

Dale Bennett, Angus And Rebecca Jaffray 

/ 10 Ric Mollison and David Hurst ('87) 

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ONE TABLE 

One Table 2021 

What an incredible night it was in March 

for the 9th Solitaire Automotive One Table 

event. Despite the cooler weather, we 

welcomed 520 guests onto the magnificent 

Scotch lawns for the event’s new twilight 

format. Despite some threatening morning 

drizzle, spirits could not be dampened and 

the event was a rousing success! 

As we say each year, One Table could 

never be as much fun or as successful 

without the massive support of our 

unique, dedicated and incredible Scotch 

community. From our Old Collegians and 

parents who work tirelessly to prepare 

stunning menu options, to members of 

the Scotch Wine Club generously donating 

their award-winning wines, the response 

each year is overwhelming and greatly 

appreciated. Of course, we cannot forget 

to mention all of you who donated items 

and experiences for our live and silent 

auctions - we are humbled and grateful. 

Thanks to Solitaire Automotive One Table 

2021 and the generous contributions 

of our Scotch Community, we were able 

to raise over $135,000 for the DARE 

Campaign. What a stellar outcome and 

what a fabulous example of the power 

of the Scotch community! 

Enjoy this selection of wonderful photos 

from the day – and of course, you 

can see more photos and videos by 

following on social media at 

facebook.com/SolitaireOneTable 

One Table 2022 will be held on Saturday 19 

March 2022. Put this date in your diary now 

– as we always say, this event WILL sell out, 

so be ready to book your tickets early! 

NATALIE FELKL 

Head of Community & Marketing 

Feature Alison Packer, Amy Johnson and 

Claire Jones / 01 Dr Newton welcoming the 

guests / 02 Ned Baulderstone (‚Äò19) / 03 Ben 

Sharp cooking the delicious paella / 04 Our 

2021 One Table Live Auctioneer, Alex Ouwens / 

05 One Table 2021 Crew / 06 Katie Just and 

Kylie Read / 07 Georgie Deacon and Sam 

Bridgwood / 08 Tim and Caroline Birkett 

(check alumni years for both) / 09 Annie Jiang 

and Sarah Merrigan / 10 The Caledonian Band 

and Highland Dancers 

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PHILANTHROPY 

We Did It, Thanks to You! 

Firstly, thank you. 

From all of us here at Scotch, thank you 

for your continued support of the College, 

your generosity, and for helping us make 

the new Wellbeing and Sports Centre 

a reality! 

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TAKE A SEAT 

On Thursday 25 March 2021, donors 

celebrated the historic success of the 

‘Take A Seat’ Appeal at the Naval, Military 

& Air Force Club of SA. Donors of all ages, 

personalised their seat in the viewing 

gallery in the new Wellbeing & Sports 

Centre, opening in 2022. By ‘Taking A Seat’, 

donors raised over $500,000 for the $10M 

DARE Centenary Campaign, and that was 

definitely worth a toast or two! 

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SEIZE THE DAY 

‘Seize the Day’ was our second community 

fundraising effort and 259 families 

and partners contributed to this 

appeal raising over $365,000. 

While many of our donors chose to 

celebrate every day, several shared with 

us their special occasion. Here is a small 

selection of messages for you to enjoy: 

• 28 January: Our first Scotch step, 

a small one, which signified the 

beginning of a great ongoing journey 

as a Scotch family! 

Andrew & Tracey Wallace 

• 7 March: This date holds two 

significances for the Jian Family. 

It is both the anniversary and the day 

we touched down in Australia. 

Barbara Xu 

• 27 May: Celebrating the life of 

Ormond McLeod. 

Jane McLeod 

• 12 June: The date Lachy gave me 

a shove and pushed me out 

into the world. 

Hamish Archibald 

• 1 July: We chose 1st July because 

it's our Mum's (Sally) Birthday - 

she makes us her priority and 

we have the BEST Mum ever! 

Luke Foster 

• 28 July: Birthday of Gibbs boy’s 

grandfather, (dec.) without whom 

Scotch would not be possible xx. 

Francesca Gibbs 

• 12 September: 255 th day of the year, 

or 11111111 if you're a computer nerd. 

Either way, make today your best. 

Dave Bohn 

GET INVOLVED! 

If you missed out on a paver or would like 

to contribute in some way, 

please contact the Philanthropy team 

on donations@scotch.sa.edu.au 

or call us on 8274 4306. 

ANA GOZALO 

Associate Director of Philanthropy 

Feature Ricardo Toro, Ana Gozalo, Helena 

Kopunic, Dan Kopunic / 01 Claire Seeley 

/ 02 Andrew Freeman / 03 James Jian, Barbara 

Xu / 04 John Newton, Emily Ciardiello, Ili 

Ciardiello / 05 Chien-Li Holmes, Mark Holmes 

/ 06 Sarahjane McIntyre, Steven McIntyre 

THE GOAL: 

$10 MILLION 

A huge thank you to all our 

donors who believed in our 

vision and helped us raise over 

$8.8 million to date for the 

DARE Campaign, to support the 

construction of the new 

Wellbeing & Sports Centre 

and the long-term financial 

sustainability of scholarships. 

A daring project such as this 

takes many hands and we 

cannot do it alone. 

OPPORTUNITIES 

FOR DONORS 

A gift to Scotch College’s 

DARE Capital Campaign is an 

opportunity to help shape and 

elevate the learning environment 

for our students. There are 

numerous exciting naming 

opportunities still available. 

You might take advantage of 

these opportunities through an 

outright donation or through 

a gift that is pledged over 5 years. 

Please contact the Scotch 

Philanthropy Team to 

find out more. 

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OLD COLLEGIANS 

President Report 

I had grand plans of writing this report and 

regaling our community of the tremendous 

success of the return of our Annual City 

Dinner and plastering the following pages 

with wonderful photos of the celebration 

(including the inevitable shots of Nick 

Wagner hogging the photo booth). Alas, 

things have not gone to plan and once more 

we must (and will!) adapt and overcome. 

It has been a challenging period trying 

to arrange events to bring our Old Coll’s 

community together with constant juggling 

of cancellations and postponements and 

SCOCA appreciates the flexibility that 

our members have showing in adjusting 

on the fly. We hope that things will ease in 

time for our busiest reunion season ever 

in October this year, with many reunions 

carried over from 2020 it is going provide 

a huge number of our community an 

opportunity to catch up or reconnect. 

Whilst it has been a challenging period 

for our usual events, our Old Coll’s 

community has seen far greater challenges 

across 2021. I speak in particular about 

the passing of Tammy Parnell, Dr Rick 

Champion and Nick Blight, each of 

whom had their own unique impact on 

Old Collegians. 

These events have brought sharply into 

focus the fact that we do not need dinners, 

reunions or golf days to show what a 

tremendous community we have. The 

collective outpouring of love, support 

and kinship on display, as tragic as the 

circumstances may have been, was an apt 

demonstration of everything we hope to 

be as a community and everything SCOCA 

hope to support as an Association. 

In these difficult times for many in our 

broader Old Coll’s family, as one of Rick’s 

many former team mates that was gathered 

at the Edinburgh sharing stories about 

‘the Wombat’, I can say personally it makes 

me appreciate the opportunities the 

SCOCA help to provide to continue these 

friendships and connections for life. 

It has been great to see several of our Old 

Collegians Alex Porter (Cycling) and Steph 

Talbot (Basketball) representing Australia at 

the Tokyo Olympics (a massive Bronze for 

Alex - well done!). 

Given our lack of current events to share 

photos, please enjoy the following ‘vintage’ 

shots of Annual City Dinners of the past. 

If you would like to keep up with more Old 

Coll’s events and updates we encourage 

you to join the official Facebook group 

“Scotch Old Collegians’ Association” of 

follow “Scotch_old_colls” on Instagram. 

HAMISH ARCHIBALD 

SCOCA President 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

OC Week 

Monday 30 August – Friday 3 

September 

Old Colls v Scotch 

Students Sport Afternoon 

Thursday 2 September 

Founders Day Assembly 

& Seniors Lunch 

Friday 3 September 

Sydney Drinks (Rescheduled) 

Friday 25 February 2022 

Grand Hotel Sydney, 6pm 

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REUNIONS 

Class of 2016 (5 Year) 

Saturday 9 October, 

Belgian Beer Cafe, 7pm 

Enquiries: 

Tash Callary - n.g.callary@gmail.com 

Tria Goode - tgoode@scotch.sa.edu 

or Call - 8274 4303 

Classes of 2010 & 2011 (10 Year) 


The Cathedral Hotel, 6.30pm 

Enquiries: 

Jack Young - JackYoung@emmett.com.au 

Will Goode - Will.Goode@ap.jll.com 

Tria Goode - tgoode@scotch.sa.edu.au 

or Call - 8274 4303 



The Victorian Room at The Ed, 7pm 

Sunday 10 October, 

Family BBQ, 

Scotch Pavilion and Oval, 1pm 

School Tour with Tony Fuller (OC ’60) 

from 12pm and bouncy castle 

Enquiries: 

Danielle Norris - danielle.norris@ymail.com 

Henry Bourne - hbourne84@gmail.com 


or Call - 8274 4303 



Mothervine, 6pm 

Sunday 31 October, 

Family BBQ, 


School Tour with Tony Fuller (OC ’60) 


Enquiries: 

Abby Bowden - abbybowden@me.com 

Tim Leahy - tim.leahy@ubs.com 


or Call - 8274 4303 



The Ed Cellars Private Garden, 7:30pm 

School tour with Tony Fuller (OC ’60) 

from 4pm before the function 

Enquiries: 

Jamie Codling - jamiec@mgs.net.au 

Jakki Govan - 

jakki@clockwiseconsulting.com.au 

Tria Goode - tgoode@scotch.sa.edu.wau 

or Call - 8274 4303 


Friday 29 August, 

Scotch College & The Ed, from 4pm 

School Tour (4pm) with Tony Fuller (’60), 

followed by drinks and canapes 

in Drawing Room and then dinner at 

The Ed at 7pm. Partners welcome. 

Class of 2000 (21st Birthday) 


The Parklands & Balcony Bar 

at The Stag, 7pm 

Sunday 24 October, Family BBQ, 


School Tour with Lachlan Archibald (‘00) 


Enquiries: Hamish Archibald - 

Hamish.Archibald@oloughlins.com.au 

Nick Wagner - 

nwagner@bestonglobalfoods.com.au 


or Call - 8274 4303 



The Gallery Room, 7pm 

School Tour with Tony Fuller (’60) from 

4pm prior to the dinner 

Enquiries: 

Rebecca Ryan - 

bec@rebeccaryanarchitect.com.au 


or Call - 8274 4303 



High Street Bar at The Ed, 6.30pm 

School Tour with Tony Fuller (OC’60) 

from 4pm before the function 

Enquiries: 

Kristy Morrison - 

kristy.morrison@bigpond.com 

Catherine Winwood - 

catherine.winwood@interface.com 


or Call - 8274 4303 



The Ed Beer Garden, 6:30pm 

Enquiries: 

John Camens - 

john.camens@sportsmed.com.au 


or Call - 8274 4303 


Friday 29 October, 

Scotch College & The Ed, from 4pm 

School Tour (4pm) with Tony Fuller (’60), 

followed by drinks and canapes 

in Drawing 

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BIRTHS 

Congratulations to Paige Lynch ('11) and 

Lachie Hughes ('10) who welcomed Edward 

"Eddie" John Gildas Hughes into the world 

on 19 May 2021 weighing 3.77kg. 

Congratulations to Maddie Nunan ('18) and 

Tom Gilbertson who welcomed George 

Kenneth Gilbertson into the world on 19 

February 2021. 

Congratulations to Tonya Pitt (née Holst, 

'09) & Craig Pitt, who welcomed Charlie 

Jones William Pitt into the world on 17 

March 2021. 

Congratulations to Angus ('07) & Lucie 

Twopeny who welcomed George Alastair 

Nowell Twopeny into the world on 12 June 

2021 at Calvary North Adelaide. 

ENGAGEMENTS 

Congratulations to Isabelle Russell ('10) 

and Joshua Willis on their engagement 

on Anzac Day this year. 

DEATHS 

Bruce Harrison Edwards AM (’50) 

Peter Sedley Tucker (’50) 

Roger Henry Clark (’50) 

Brian Maddock (’51) 

Malcolm Ewart Nancarrow (’39) 

Paul West Holdsworth (’52) 

Robert Noel Longmire (’49) 

Judy Dorothy Anderson (’74) 

Richard McRae (Dick) Barton (’56) 

John Hermann Knappstein (’49) 

Richard Peter Champion (’98) 

Nicholas Paul Blight (’03) 

Anthony Robert Nott (’70) 

Christopher David Beams (’67) 

Donald James Mitchell (’44) 

Raymond Walter Scott AM (’67) 

Thomas Affleck Bailey (‘68) 

Ormond McLeod (’58) 

Ray J Stanley AM,OBE,RFD,ED 

(Past Staff 1950-1959) 

Tammy Jade Parnell (’99) 

(Past Staff 2008-2021) 

Richard Anthony Stevens (’60) 

Judith Dyson – 

(Past Staff 1983-1984) 

VALE RICHARD 

(DICK) BARTON 

Richard McRae (Dick) Barton (‘56) son 

and nephew of founding Scotch students, 

Ernest (Mac) Barton (‘24) and Noel Edward 

Bagshaw (‘23) 

Dick was one of five brothers to attend the 

College – Ian (Dec) (49), Campbell Phillips 

(step-brother) (‘55), Andrew (‘57) and Kim 

(‘68) – and three Bagshaw cousins Peter 

(Dec) (‘57), David (Harry) (Dec) (‘54) and 

Noel (John) (‘57). 

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Dick played in the 1st XI and 1st XVIII and 

was high-jump champion in his last two 

years. He was a prefect in his final year and 

was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship 

for his academic results. 

After completing his studies he made a 

career in the then fledgling television 

industry which culminated in his 

appointment as chief engineer at the 

Federation of Australian Commercial 

Television Stations (FACTS) in Sydney. On 

retirement he settled on the Gold Coast 

where he died in April. 

He is survived by Ursula his beloved wife 

of fifty-seven years, his children Stephen, 

Kenneth, Glenn and Dale, his sister Heather 

Hammerstein and three of his brothers. 

VALE ORMOND MCLEOD (’58) 

Ormond McLeod, a third-generation 

farmer from Kelso Station, Wentworth 

NSW, passed away peacefully at home on 

Thursday 27 May 2021. He was a boarder 

during the 50s. Ormond was an avid 

Prefect, rower and footballer having gained 

a rowing blazer for coxswain in 1956 and 

letters for the XVIII in 1957. 

VALE NICHOLAS PAUL 

(BLIGHTY) BLIGHT (’03) 

24/04/86 - 14/05/21 

Nick began his education at Scotch College 

in 1999 and would be remembered by most 

for his infectious humour and quick wit. 

Nick’s ability to nail an impersonation, tell a 

joke, or ‘work the room’ are legendary. 

He was passionate about, and dedicated 

to his sporting life at Scotch, taking up the 

many opportunities that were presented 

to him. In 2003, Nick’s final year of school, 

he represented Campbell as House Captain 

and was awarded the Old Collegian cricket 

and Lewellyn Smith volleyball trophies. 

Most importantly, Nick cherished the 

lifelong friendships and bonds that he 

made throughout these years. 

After completing Year 12, Nick took the 

opportunity to travel and work within the 

hospitality industry, before returning to 

Adelaide to complete a Business Degree. 

In 2010 Nick gained employment at the 

Adelaide Convention Bureau, and within a 

few years he was managing the Ambassador 

Programme, securing international 

business opportunities for SA. In 2018, 

Nick took a position with the Port Adelaide 

Enfield Council managing their tourism 

operations. 

Throughout these years Nick met the love 

of his life Tegan and in 2016 they were 

married. Together, they shared a passion 

for travel, visiting countless countries 

and creating long lasting memories. His 

favourite highlights being a white Christmas 

in New York, an Ashes tour at Lords and 

picnics by the Eiffel Tower. In 2019 Nick and 

Tegan welcomed their son Riley into the 

world. A beautiful little boy who has Nick’s 

cheeky smile, and no doubt his wit. Nick 

was a loving husband and devoted dad who 

hoped that one day Riley would follow in 

his footsteps at Scotch. 

Nick’s love of sport and dedication to 

Scotch continued throughout his life, 

being a proud member of the Old Scotch 

Cricket Association (OSCA). OSCA was an 

important part of Nick’s life, and he made 

an enormous contribution to the club both 

on and off the field. After first representing 

the club in 2004, he went on to play in two 

premierships, take 240 wickets and gain 

life membership. In 2016 Nick produced 

perhaps the most famous bowling spell in 

the club's history, claiming 6 wickets for 

just 5 runs to single-handedly get the team 

over the line in a nail-biting match against 

Marion. He served OSCA as President from 

2015 to 2019, during which a long-awaited 

A grade premiership was achieved. Nick’s 

enthusiasm for the game, humour, and 

generosity of spirit made him an immensely 

popular and memorable figure at the club. 

On Friday 14 May Nick passed away 

peacefully with his wife and family by his 

side. As many of the Scotch community 

would know, Nick had been battling cancer 

over the past 8 months, never complaining 

and with his sense of humour ever present. 

Nick will always be remembered as a kindhearted, 

generous young man with a big 

smile and personality that could light up a 

room. Loved by all his family and friends, 

he will be missed, but never forgotten and 

always in our hearts. 

EMMA BLIGHT ’01, 

EDWARD WEAVER ’03, 

MICHAEL TAYLOR ‘03 

01 Edward John Gildas Hughes 

02 Maddie Nunan 

03 Charlie Jones William Pitt 

04 George Alastair Nowell Twopeny 

05 Isabelle Russell and Joshua Willis 

06 Richard (Dick) Barton 

07 Vale Ormond McLeod (’58) 

08 Nick Blight in action for OSCA 

09 Nick with son Riley 

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OLD COLLEGIANS 

FOOTBALL 

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2021 has been a year of transition for 

the Scotch Old Collegians Football Club, 

with many new players, a few significant 

milestones and mixed results on-field. Tom 

Kidman (‘91, pictured) played his 350th 

game and looks certain to overtake Mike 

Vadasz (‘69) as the games played record 

holder at the club. Andrew Camens (‘08, 

current President), played his 200th game 

and Jack Young (‘10) played his 150th, 

earning him Life Membership. 

Kym Cobb (premiership coach 2018) has 

informed the committee of his intentions 

to step down as club coach at the end of 

the year. Kym has done a fantastic job on 

the field, but it is perhaps his work off field 

developing the young men at our footy 

club that we should be most thankful for. 

His ongoing care about the wellbeing of his 

players is highly commendable and will be a 

hard act to follow for the next coach. 

Socially we have integrated our 

presentations and functions with the 

Scotch Old Collegians Women’s Club 

which has been fantastic to be a part of. 

There is no doubt that this, and the large 

amount of young new players from the 

College and elsewhere, has created a great 

environment around the club. 

Whilst we have had mixed results, we 

should enter 2022 with great hope as we 

develop this young group into what we 

believe will be SOCFC’s next premiership 

side. Over the school holidays it has been 

brilliant to have some of the senior school 

footballers play a few matches. Their 

contribution was enormous and gives us 

great admiration for the school program 

in place with Ben Nelson and Nathan 

Eagleton, leaving us very excited about the 

players that will hopefully be lining up for 

SOCFC in years to come. 

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JACK YOUNG (’10) 

SOCFC 

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL 

That’s a wrap on the Scotch Old Collegians 

Women’s Football Club’s 4th season! 

After the 2020 COVID season kept us in 

Division 2, we knew we had a challenging 

season ahead. Luckily, we had our fantastic 

coaching team to guide us through. We 

faced a number of obstacles throughout 

the year, the biggest being a large number 

of injuries, which left us with low numbers 

for a few rounds. We even played the top 

team with only 14 players, but that didn’t 

stop the team going their hardest and 

making the Scotch community proud. We 

finished the season strong, finishing 5th 

overall, winning the last two games. 

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It takes a lot of help to run a club and we 

would like to thank all the volunteers, 

parents, families and supporters for 

their time and effort. Thank you to 

our amazing and loyal sponsors, your 

support means more than you know! As 

always, we encourage anyone who has 

any interest in footy to reach out to the 

club and get involved. We are always 

looking for new players, volunteers and 

sponsors. For further information, find 

our Scotch Old Collegians Women’s 

Football Club Facebook page (search 

SOCWFC), Instagram (@socwfc), or email 

scotchwomensfooty@gmail.com 

CATIE FREEMAN (‘13) 

10 Tom Kidman after game 350! / 11 Scotch OC 

def Pulteney (Round 12) / 12 2021 SOCWFC 

(Andy Steven Photography) 

OLD COLLEGIANS & 

COMMUNITY ROWING 

For the Scotch Old Coll’s rowers, getting a 

boat on the water is a year round pursuit. 

Even having to avoid rain, wind and a 

lockdown, the club has still managed 

some worthwhile rows.

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Wednesday night (around 5:30pm) is the 

current session during the week. As we 

head towards spring, we’ll be appreciative 

of more light for the evening row. Curiously 

rowing at night allows the other senses to 

heighten, and there’s always the feeling 

of a steady improvement with the skills. 

Despite a severe drop in the mercury, the 

rowers have experienced some of the most 

perfect, still (and dry) evenings. Sunday 

morning sessions have been a bonus when 

the weather has been favorable and are the 

perfect session for new rowers (all sessions 

held at the Torrens). 

During autumn, the rowers had a fabulous 

experience trying out the Octuple boat, 

essentially an ‘eight’, with a pair of oars 

for each seat. That’s sixteen oars of power 

through the water - we all agreed it was 

the best, most enjoyable boat to row! 

The rowers marveled at the speed, power 

and most importantly the balance the 

extra oars afforded. Certainly quite an 

experience for any rower to try out. 

As always, the Club welcomes any new 

members, both rowers and coxes. The 

rowing sessions are a great workout and are 

always conducted with good humour and 

mutual support. No previous experience is 

necessary. Rowing is a low impact workout, 

not limited by age or gender. As we’ve 

discovered, you certainly can teach any age 

dog new tricks! Particularly we’d love some 

rowers who may not have the time to row 

weekly, though would love to get back in a 

boat as fill-in crew. Recently graduated, 

or perhaps long-time graduated rowers 

are also welcome to form a crew of their 

own, and join the Old Cols Rowing. The 

Club has a varied fleet of boats including 

single sculls, doubles, pairs, fours, quads 

and eights. 

Scotch Old Coll’s Rowing is an inclusive 

community of rowers at all levels of 

participation, dedicated to healthy and 

fun opportunities to experience Rowing. 

Summer is coming up, good time to get 

out and enjoy a great, low impact water 

sport - why not try it out? 

Contact Ali Hammond 0401 670 126 

or Jane Heard 0412 082 380 or 

find us on Facebook: 

facebook.com/ScotchCommunityRowing 

JANE HEARD 

Old Collegians & Community Rowing 

13 & 14 Scotch Community Rowing in action 

/ 15 The OSCA A Grade leaving the field / 16 

Nick Blight (‘06) batting / 17 Nick Blight (‘06) in 

delivery stride / 18 2020/21 Club Champion and 

A1 Medalist Nathan Fox (‘06) coming in to bowl 

/ 19 Club President Harry White (‘10) fielding in 

front of Torrens Park House. 

OLD SCOTCH CRICKET 

It was a painfully tight finish to the 2020/21 

season for the A grade, with the boys 

narrowly going down to Grange in the final 

game of the season - with only 4 minutes 

to spare! This means that going into the 

2021/22 season, our A grade will now be in 

the A2 competition of Adelaide Turf, having 

been relegated thanks to that tight loss. In 

happier news, the B grade managed to stay 

up in the B1 competition for 2021/22 and 

the C grade will stay in LO3 after losing a 

tight semi-final at Grange. I would like to 

congratulate Nathan Fox (’06) on winning 

his 6th club champion award as well as 

winning the ATCA A1 association medal for 

the second time, which is an outstanding 

achievement. Nathan also took out the 

A grade batting trophy for the club with 

Max Marlsen (’14) winning his first A grade 

bowling trophy. 

Jono Lagonik (’10) did an outstanding 

job leading the B grade, which can be 

challenging at times, and did a great job 

recruiting some young players to the club. 

Jono was rewarded for his efforts by also 

winning the B grade batting trophy, while 

Sam Fuss (’19) won the B grade bowling 

trophy. The C’s had a heartbreaking loss 

out at Grange in a semi-final, after being in 

a good position. The C’s have been around 

the mark for the last few years, hopefully 

they can cross that final hurdle in 2021/22 

and bring home a premiership. Daniel 

Healy took out the C grade batting trophy, 

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while Robert Morris (’06) took out his first 

C grade bowling trophy which was a very 

popular result within the playing group. 

During the presentation night, the club 

also made a big thank you to Murray 

Tippett for his 45 years of service to the 

club as a player and volunteer, which is an 

outstanding effort, and we look forward 

to seeing “Tumbles” back on deck for the 

upcoming season. 

The club was also shaken with the very 

sad passing of club life member, former 

president, and premiership player Nick 

Blight (’03) to bowel cancer in May. Blighty 

was an extremely popular member of OSCA 

and was someone you could always rely 

on, on or off the field. Blighty was part 

of the 2011/12 B grade premiership and 

was joint Vice-Captain of the 2018/19 B 

grade premiership, whilst also being club 

president for 4 seasons which saw OSCA 

win the 2017/18 A grade premiership and 

2018/19 B grade premiership. Ed Weaver 

(’03) has touched on Blighty in this edition 

of the Scotch Reports. The loss of Blighty 

has certainly shaken the club, but the boys 

will do their best to honour Blighty for the 

upcoming season. 

With pre-season looking to start in 

August, we are always on the lookout for 

new players in any grade. If you have any 

interest in joining OSCA please don’t 

hesitate to contact club president 

Harry White (’10) on 0405 556 020 or 

hjbwhite@outlook.com. 

HARRY WHITE (’10) 

OSCA President 

OLD COLLEGIANS NETBALL 

Wow, what a difference a year can make 

as to how a season plays out! This winter 

we returned to a normal season (after 

last year’s shortened version) and it has 

been amazing to spend the extra time on 

the court with one another. The club has 

fronted two teams this winter, down on our 

record breaking six teams from last season, 

but have enjoyed the quieter season. 

The Scotch OC A team is a combination 

of previous winter A2/A3 players, plus 

one newbie. Various player retirements 

and availability challenges have resulted 

in this new combination that is stacked 

with versatility and is working really well 

together. Playing in the A3 grade, the 

season started strongly before a couple 

of close loses, but the girls have reset and 

continue to build towards finals. They're 

currently sitting second on the table and 

with only one minor round left (if post 

lockdown restrictions allow) they are 

focused on securing a double-chance in 

the major rounds. Finals start on 7 August 

and these guys are keen to take home the 

flag. Good luck ladies! 

Unfortunately our B team hasn’t had such 

a successful season. Following on from 

last winter’s undefeated premiership, half 

of the squad remained and we welcomed 

some new faces to the team. Playing up 

in B1 grade we have faced many teams 

that are simply too strong to compete 

with. Having only one minor round left 

the girls are yet to produce their full team 

for a game, mainly due to injury and work 

commitments, and have relied on some 

very incredible fill ins to get us through the 

season. Managing only two wins, the team 

won’t head into finals this season but look 

forward to regrouping and striving towards 

summer with renewed energy. A huge shout 

out must go to club Secretary Natasha 

Miller for bailing us out on more than one 

occasion as a fill in, scorer and baby sitter! 

We wouldn’t have been able to have a full 

team on the court multiple times without 

your help and we can’t thank you enough 

for the support. 

The club is looking forward to a joint end 

of season dinner this year on 21 August 

where we can celebrate our best and 

fairest players from the current winter 

season. Good luck to everyone who has 

taken the court and stay tuned for the 

announcement of the winning players in 

our next report. 

It’s great to see so many girls interested 

in playing netball, and we are always 

welcoming new members to the club either 

as full time players or as fill ins. Anyone 

who is interested in learning more about 

the club, or interested in joining, can 

contact Belinda Boundy (nee Gordon, ’05) 

on 0431 074 558 or can visit us on the 

Old Collegians website 

www.scotchoc.com.au/about-socnc/. 

The club would like to thank all the 

umpires, supporters, scorers and fill-ins 

who come out during the season 

we could not function without you, and 

most importantly to our sponsors Scotch 

College Old Collegians Association and 

Holdfast Insurance Brokers for their 

ongoing support. 

BELINDA BOUNDY (’05) 

20 Scotch OC A Grade Netballers: 

Back: Trudy Robb, Jasmin Gobbett, 

Alicia Palmer, Di Baran, Heidi Sandison. 

Front: Maddi Leckie, Kate Pennington, 

Erin Farinola. 

THE CLUB IS LOOKING FORWARD TO A 

JOINT END OF SEASON DINNER THIS YEAR 

ON 21 AUGUST WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE 

OUR BEST AND FAIREST PLAYERS FROM THE 

CURRENT WINTER SEASON. GOOD LUCK TO 

EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE COURT AND 

STAY TUNED FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 

THE WINNING PLAYERS IN OUR NEXT REPORT. 

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