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The Cattle club is getting SCO-MO the award winning Speckle-Park steer value added. If you would like a beef pack (20-27 kg) then please email peter.collett@scotpgc.com.au

A beef pack will consist of a variety of cuts such as rump, rib eye fillet, sausages, mince, roasts and corned beef. The cost is $15/kg. Further details will be sent out those interested once a date and time is finalised.

Our wonderful P&F Canteen Co-ordinator Mrs Crawford is seeking the help of some volunteers for the Southern Downs and Border District carnivals on 29th April. If you think you can help, even if it’s just dropping in some homebaked treats, please click on the link below to register your interest.

volunteersignup.org/Y7MHQ

From the 16^th to 18^th of April, SCOTS PGC held its first ever Equestrian Camp, commencing with a well-attended BBQ at the Chapel on Thursday night.  Thank you to Mr Thompson, Mrs Bohm and John for arranging such a wonderful evening to start us off.

At camp, we offered training in Dressage, Show Jump, Cross Country, Campdrafting, Led, Show Horse and Utility.  We had 34 riders attend from as far as the Sunshine Coast and west to Mungindi.  Some students boarded with Cahal and Alexis in Hawkins House, giving them a taste of what it is like to be a SCOTS boarder.  Thank you Cahal and Alexis.

The weekend would not have been such an outstanding success without the experience and skills of our dedicated in-house and visiting instruction team.

Mr David Finch – Show jumping

Ms Hillary McGregor- Potter – Dressage

Mrs Felicity Burton – Campdrafting

Mrs Sally Keable – Led, Cross Country and Show Jump

Mrs Beck Poole – Rider Biomechanics and Horse Management and

Ms Grace Buchholz – Show Horse, Presentation and Utility.

Thank-you team.  All riders external to SCOTS commented on how wonderful our Instruction Team is, which should make us pause to realise how lucky we are here at SCOTS to have access to this kind of high class tuition on an ongoing basis.  The words to our visitors when discussing our quality training team, of “No this is normal” became the catch cry of the camp.

And last but not least thank you to our Parent Group and Mr Wilson, who while not asked, stepped up once again to make this event run so smoothly.

Hope you enjoy the happy snaps of the weekend below and Good Luck to all our Competitors travelling to Cambooya Draft and the Fairholme Interschool event this weekend.

Senior Hockey Team Growing in confidence!

This week in our return to fixtures, we saw almost a full strength team take to the turf on Tuesday evening. A shaky first half saw everything fairly even at 3-3 but as we settled into our playing structure, the SCOTS Team started to assert some dominance over our opponents.

Sam Bourke as always, showed flare and skill against all opponents scoring at will for us during the evening. Seb Christensen returned to the turf for the first time in two years and demonstrated great speed on the ball down the right wing. Tanner Henley was cool calm and collected at fullback and both Lachlan Nolan and Tanner paired well to keep out the opposition.

A move to half from the back saw Ewan McFarland score on his return to the sport. Mille Groves was outstanding at left wig and paired well with Seb coming in from the right to score the most impressive goal of the night. Krystal Petersen continues to impress in midfield and although a move up front proved more challenging, she was more than up to the task. Briana Groves was solid on the ball as ever but a little quieter on this occasion as she was starved of the ball for much of the second half.

Abbey Petersen and William Angus continue to improve as our youngest Team members as does our new centre half Nicholas McGahan is growing more confident with each touch on the ball despite his lack of self-confidence on the turf. Nick’s distribution and control of the midfield is a growing feature and his ability to feed Sam Bourke with quality ball is improving all the time.

The team went on to win 8-4 in a game that certainly was harder than it appeared on the scoreboard.

I again look forward to working with this magnificent group of humans next week as we continue to build our program. Any interested players are welcome, particularly off season cricketers, so contact Mr Bradbury if interested in this fast paced Olympic sport.

Debating Success!

The Yr 8.1 Debating team had a hard earned win this week against Assumption up in Toowoomba.  The clincher for them was the combination of preparation and giving rebuttal a try.  The rebuttal is that “thinking on your feet” part of debating that is very difficult to perfect and a lot harder than it looks.  Isaac Ratcliffe, Connie Sue Tin and Bayden Tink delivered the goods in an excellent debating demonstration after a big day at Cross Country.

Congratulations to the team and to Mr Heather and the debating staff, who are going the extra mile to give our charges the very best they can.

Netball Fixtures

SCOTS 2 girls started off strong last night against Shooting Stars, winning the first quarter 6 v 2, however they ended up going down 19 v 25. The girls continue to develop and grow and above all are loving the game.

SCOTS 1 also started well but were outclassed by the Confro Team from Assumption going down by 13 at the end of the play. Ruby King stood tall as a guiding light and has really improved her play in a report from Mrs Wiid.

We wish the girls all the best as they build into their season.

Darling Downs Trials

Next Tuesday 27^th April we have several students attending Darling Downs Trials for the following sports:

12yrs Hockey – Nathanael Amos, Abbey Petersen, Lachlan Groves

11yrs Rugby League – Harry Grayson, Scott Wainwright, Colby Miller

12yrs Rugby League – Tom Worboys, Innes Nowlan, Douglas Lawlor

12yrs Netball – Hannah Bourke, Bethany Moore-Kirkland

The following week we will have students at Darling Downs Trials for Orienteering, Basketball, Rugby Union and Touch. More detail on these will be reported next week along with the results of the trials on the 27^th.

College Cross Country Championships

A glorious day greeted the runners for the College Cross Country this week as we contested the events from 5 yrs-19 yrs.

Good numbers were attracted to the Championship events and our Senior Participation Event was well supported by the less serious runners. All in all a great community day celebrating youth and fitness on a magnificent stage in marvellous conditions.

Some highlights from the day include the very convincing win by Lachlan Groves in the 12yrs boys. This time will likely be very competitive at Southern Downs and bodes well for the young man. The 11yrs Boys event was a hotly contested affair with Harrison Grayson showing tenacity to win from the ever impressive Colby Miller. These U11’s are untested at District and Regional Level due to COVID cancellations last year and their pathway shall be an interesting one indeed as we move to the next level for the first time. Hayley Wainwright had a strong win in the 12years girls and we look forward to seeing if she can again press for higher honours.

When it comes to sheer depth, the 13yrs boys was likely the race of the day with the first 5 placegetters all delivering very competitive performances over the 3km course. As a team, they will be hard to beat at Border District.

Benjamin Carey’s sub 14min effort for the 4km course seemed effortless and it will be interesting to see if he can step it up a gear against greater opposition.

Eliana Jones and Shona McFarland went toe to toe for the entire race and both may have a claim to Border District championships next week in the U16 and Open events respectively if they can repeat their performances.

Race 1 of the day saw Ewan McFarland dominate with a 5min win over the very handy Sam Harvey. In his post-race interview, he said he took it easy so next week could be very interesting. Ewan has spent the past three years developing himself and this year may see a huge pay off for his persistence, although by his own admission he feels a little underdone for the upcoming season.

I offer a huge thank you to staff, students and spectators for their support of the day. To the Maintenance and Catering staff a heartfelt thanks for all the little things they do to assist the successful running of the day. Also, thank you to Mrs Crawford and the P&F for their canteen, which is always a hit with parents, staff and students alike.

Below are our place getters and selected team for the Southern Downs and Border District Cross Country to be held here at SCOTS next Thursday, where we expect a good showing from our talented runners. Times indicated are their performance on the day. Students are invited to training with Mr Bradbury next Wednesday and are encouraged to join our program for track and field commencing in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to all on their performances across the day.

Upcoming Events

SD 10-12yrs and BD 19-19yrs Cross Country – April 29

DD Various Trials – May 4

SD 12 yrs Rugby Union and Tennis – May 5

DD 10-19 yrs Cross Country – May 17

QCIS 10-19 yrs Cross Country – June 1

Following the disruptions of last year, NAPLAN will be run in 2021 for all students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.  In 2021, SCOTS PGC College students will continue to sit these tests in the paper format.

Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will undertake NAPLAN tests in the four domains of Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy.

Information has been sent to all Parents and Carers of students in these year levels outlining arrangements for NAPLAN and ways they can support their child.

Please contact Amy Woodgate (amy.woodgate@scotspgc.com.au ) if you have any queries or would like further information about NAPLAN in 2021.

Mother’s Day Stall – Wednesday 5 May

Not long to Mother’s Day and thoughts start to go.. ‘what to get mum?’.  To help with that special gift choice, the P&F will be running a Mother’s Day Stall for the Junior school (Prep to Year 5 children) with around 20 different gift choices.  An enthusiastic number of volunteers will be busy sorting and wrapping the gifts next week in time for the big stall day.  There will be $5 and $10 gifts for the children to choose from.

Trivia Night – Friday 11 June

1. What is the capital of Brazil?

Mark your calendar for 11 June.  We will be running a Trivia night that evening, so you may want to start planning your teams.  This is a P&F fundraiser, but more importantly, this is a social evening for the Scots PGC parent/carer community.  More details will follow over the next few weeks around tickets, team tables and catering.

1960. Brasilia is the capital of Brazil. Similar to Canberra in Australia, Brazil also created a modern purpose-built capital city but later in 1960.

Colour Run

After the huge success with the Colour Run last year, we are now planning the next one, which will be held in early June.  It was such a fun day last year with a lot of laughing and shrieking from the students (and some teachers as well) as they navigated an obstacle course where they were ambushed with colour. Your children will start to receive more information about this in early May.