In this issue

Embracing Unity Amid Diversity: The Clan System, Tribalism, and a Sense of Belonging

Mr Richard Dobrenov | Deputy Principal and Head of Senior School

Last Friday at our Senior School Assembly, our Clan Captains each read out a brief history of their Clan to inform students of their Clan history but more importantly; to foster a sense of belonging.  At the heart of our College lies the Clan system which replaced the traditional House system of both Scots College and Presbyterian Girls’ College in 1970 when the two schools united. Prior to the amalgamation of the two schools each had their own House system which fostered tribalism, and a deep sense of belonging. PGC had a House competition between WR Black who wore red, Shilliday who wore yellow and De Conlay who wore blue. Scots College’s competition was comprised of  School House who wore black, Cunningham House who wore bottle green and De Conlay who wore dark blue.

The Clan System is an important component of the College’s ethos and has evolved into much more than a mere organisational structure. It serves as a mechanism to foster camaraderie, cultivate leadership, and build a strong sense of belonging among the student body. Students are placed into distinct “Clans,” each named after a notable figure or value, creating smaller communities within our larger school community. Family affiliations are an important component of Clan placements to acknowledge those who have come before.

The colours of the current Clans are a homage to the colours of the emblems of Scotland, with the cardinal and gold of the rampant lion flag and the purple and green of the thistle which is worn so proudly on the Scottish rugby jersey. But where did the actual Clan names come from?

The Maciness Clan name is derived from the girls’ tartan which is proudly displayed on both the summer skirt and winter kilt. This tartan was originally chosen in the 1930’s as a mark of respect for long serving staff member and Headmistress, Miss Mackness, as it is her family tartan. The MacInnes or MacAonghais, or son of Angus means ‘Unique Choice’ or ‘Choice One.’ Strength, determination, and unity summarise the Maciness Clan.

The Cameron Clan originated in the Western Highlands of Scotland and their tartan is the same tartan formerly worn by the Scots College cadets but is now worn by our School Leaders and the Pipes and Drums. The Cameron motto means ‘Let us Unite’ and represents bravery and resilience, reminding us that we are stronger when we stand united. Historically the Cameron Clan fought for King Robert the Bruce during the Scottish War of Independence.

The Leslie Clan was established in 1990 as the school grew. The name Leslie is synonymous with the town of Warwick and honours the pioneering Leslie brothers who settled and established farming lands around Warwick on Toolburra Station in 1840. The very station then became home to Scots College boys during World War Two when the US Army took over the Oxenham campus to repatriate wounded soldiers. Originally the Leslie Clan heralded from Aberdeenshire in the north-east of Scotland.

Also established in 1990 was the Mackay Clan. Its name comes from connections to the city and district of Mackay in North Queensland through Reverend Richard Bardon who was a major contributor to the establishment of the college as a founder, School Council member and local minister. Reverend Bardon moved to Mackay in the 1920s and became a valuable asset to the College by recruiting a number of students from the Mackay district to attend.

The Clan System is a testament to the value we place on diversity. By grouping students across grades and backgrounds, it encourages interaction beyond a student’s immediate circle. This interaction is where the magic happens. Friendships are forged with peers who might not have been met otherwise and cultivates empathy, broadens perspectives, and lays the foundation for lifelong friendships. Let us embrace the power of togetherness that our Clan system cultivates and continue nurturing a school community that thrives on unity amid diversity.

Hospitality – Out and About at Jumpers & Jazz, and more…

Mrs Melissa Bellingham | Partnerships and Enterprise Manager & VET Coordinator

During the recent Jumpers & Jazz festival, our Certificate II in Hospitality students were given the wonderful opportunity to gain some real-life hands-on experience.

Saturday 29 July saw the “Local Flavours Long Lunch” in Leslie Park come to life, where six of our students assisted with the setting and clearing of tables, service of the three-course lunch and the greeting of the guests upon arrival.

The Jumpers and Jazz committee could not speak highly enough of our students – they were professional, hardworking and a credit to themselves and the College.

We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Jumpers and Jazz Festival in the years to come.

The Certificate II Hospitality students have also had the opportunity to dabble in some Mocktail making during their practical classes in the past few weeks.  The students had a lot of fun mixing, shaking, pouring and blending mocktails such as a Shirley Temple, Mickey Mouse, Blue Lagoon, Pina Colada Smoothie and a Virgin Cosmopolitan Mocktail.

I am sure they look forward to testing their skills on the next round of Mocktail making fun.

Aspire 2 Health Day

Mrs Melissa Bellingham | Partnerships and Enterprise Manager & VET Coordinator

Last week ten of our Year 10 students had the opportunity to be part of the annual Aspire2Health Day that was held at the Warwick Hospital QRME Building Training Centre.

Aspire2Health is a partnership with rural high schools in the Darling Downs and Maranoa, Rural Medical Education Australia (RMEA) and the health care services in the local community. The aim of the project is to highlight and spark interest in the careers opportunities in health and enables high school students in Year 10 from the region to participate in simulated clinical learning, which is usually only available to University medical students.

Aspire2Health is a fun, highly-interactive and practical ‘peek’ into the day-to-day lives of health professionals. Throughout the day, the students learnt about:

1. The diverse range of health professions working in the health industry;
2. The kinds of things that each health professional knows, does and uses to help those under their care;
3. The available learning pathways to become a health professional; and
4. How to have fun along the way

The students also had the opportunity to speak with university students and a range of practising health professionals in areas such as Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, Paramedicine, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Allied Health workers about their careers choice and pathways to medicine.

As always it was a thoroughly enjoyable and informative day, especially when the students were able to take part in the clinical scenarios where they were able to take part in practical sessions to learn about CPR, Suturing, Midwifery, Nursing and Allied Health skills.

Ms Amy Woodgate | Director of Girls’ Boarding and Head of Middle School

Meet our Middle School Leaders

During Term 1, we introduced our Middle School Leaders to our community and since their appointment, they have been doing a power of work in our sub-school to fulfil their leadership duties.

Our leaders work closely with their peers and our College staff each day.  They contribute great ideas about continual improvement areas and are excellent communicators.  We thought our community might like to learn a little more about who they are as people, so please take some time to get to know our leaders:

Grace Muller | Day Student

What year did you start at SCOTS PGC?
Year 7 in 2022

Why did you apply to be a Middle School leader?
I applied for Middle School leader so I could help teach students how to be their best selves.

What do you love most about SCOTS PGC?
Being around the people that will help me.

What do you love to do outside of school?
I love riding my horse

What is your goal for 2023?
To make the school a better place for everyone

Chaylee Bruyn | Day Student

What year did you start at SCOTS PGC?
I started at SCOTS in Year 7 in 2022.

Why did you apply to be a Middle School leader?
I applied to be a Middle School leader because I wanted to get involved with the Middle School more and to help involve the younger students.

What do you love most about SCOTS PGC?
What I love most about SCOTS is the wide range of co-curricular activities for all students from Prep all the way up to Grade 12.

What do you love to do outside of school?
Outside of school, I love camp drafting and playing netball for a Warwick team.

What is your goal for 2023?
My goals for 2023 are to be more successful in camp drafting and to continue to push myself in my school subjects.

Baxter Twidale | Boarder

What year did you start at SCOTS PGC?
I started in 2022 as a boarder.  I’m from St George.

Why did you apply to be a Middle School leader?
I applied to be a Middle School leader because I wanted to help organise activities with the younger students and change some things around Middle School so it is better for all of us.

What do you love most about SCOTS PGC?
I love the co-curricular side of the school with the rugby union team.

What do you love to do outside of school?
I love to go fishing and take part in sports.

What is your goal for 2023?
My goal is to improve in rugby and get involved in more sports.

Daniel Kuhn | Day Student

When did you start at SCOTS PGC?
I started in Year 7

Why did you apply to be a Middle School leader?
I wanted to be a good role model to the other students and be approachable and set a good example.

What do you love most about SCOTS PGC?
All the co-curricular activities that the school provides.

What do you love to do outside of school?
I love to play soccer, cricket, ride motorbikes, read and go hunting and fishing.

What is your goal for 2023?
My goal is to participate in as many activities as I can.

Trash to Treasured Art | Celebrating Science Week

Ms Amanda Hall | Head of Junior School

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science centres.

Our Year 3 and Year 4 students were tasked with creating a sculpture from items that would usually go to landfill including some of the tangible waste from the delivery of food from our Dining Hall.

Drawing inspiration from their own research and photos collected of artworks created from trash and with exciting prizes up for grabs, Year 3 and Year 4 students worked through a planning and design process. They brainstormed ideas and sketched proposals individually and in pairs. Finally, they developed a labelled diagram of their concept and created a flow diagram that explained their anticipated making process.

On Tuesday 15 August, they participated in the construction stage of the project. Students produced art from trash by cutting, shaping, gluing and painting. They came in their best “work” clothes and turned the classrooms into a noisy bustling workshop.

Their output ranged from flower displays and animals to stockyards and underwater scenes.

Finally, as part of the design process, students evaluated their finished artwork. They interviewed a classmate and asked them questions regarding how the ‘Make It’ Day went. They were asked what problems they encountered along the way and spoke about what they liked about their finished product and what they would change. The value of their planning was also discussed in the interview.

Mr Tom Bradbury | Director of Co-Curricular Activities

Queensland Equestrian Team Honours

Earlier this year we congratulated Sophie Brennan and Jessica Angus on their selection to the Queensland Equestrian Team to attend the Nationals in September. Unfortunately, Jess will not be attending as she has chosen to focus on her studies as the end of Year 12 fast approaches.

Further to this news we are pleased to advise that Sophie Brennan received some exciting news recently from Interschool Queensland advising that she has been appointed 2023 Queensland State Team Dressage Vice Captain for the championships. We congratulate Sophie on this leadership position and wish her well at this event.

Southern Downs Athletics Success

On Tuesday 1 August, our merry band of athletes aged 9-12 years ventured off to Allora for the Southern Downs Athletics Championships. Here they were trialling for positions in the Southern Downs Team. Of the 41 selected to attend, 10 of our students were successful in gaining selection to the Southern Downs Team.

We congratulate the following athletes on their selection and wish them well at the Darling Downs Championships at Harristown SHS on Tuesday 15 August.

• Sophie Benz,
• Tia Bowie
• Sienna Farrell
• Thomas Grayson
• William Grayson
• Cooper Keogh
• Victoria McHardy
• Pania Petera
• Isabelle Pettiford
• Tori Winters

In addition to this success, SCOTS PGC continued a recent run of producing the ‘Athlete of the Carnival’ with Tori Winters scooping the pool and walking away with the ‘Marty Harris Shield for Most Outstanding Athlete’. Congratulations Tori, a well-deserved accolade for a big day at the track.

Thanks also to Miss Harriet Curtain, Mr Saxon Charles and Mr Peter Campbell for officiating and managing our team throughout the day. Without the efforts of many, our students would not have these opportunities and we thank them for their contribution to the day.

Once again, congratulations and best wishes to all our successful athletes.

Darling Downs Track and Field Championships

This week students from Years 4 to 12 will attend the Darling Downs Track and Field Championships:  Tuesday 9-12 years; Thursday to Friday 13-19 years students.

Ten students will attend the 9-12 years championships, as mentioned above, whilst some 33 students have qualified to attend the 13-19 years championships. We wish all the very best at these events and look forward to celebrating their successes in the coming weeks.

Boys Rugby – Super Schools Match Reports

U13 v TAS

SCOTS were out of sorts and suffered as a result with TAS dominating the play. Harrison Grayson and his brother Will Grayson were two of our standouts along with Sijarne Miles whose bustling runs were very deceptive. Nicholas Fauske and Kelvin Daley showed no fear with excellent defence throughout the match. Improved structure and discipline will see the team improve in the coming weeks.

U15 v TAS

A phenomenal defensive display saw the SCOTS boys take the cookies 10-5 against TAS. It was truly a team effort that got the boys across the line as the TAS outfit clawed their way back into the game. Darcy Hodges made some bone-crunching tackles in defence; Cooper Kendall made some bustling runs stepping left and right, whilst Riley Stoikov was devastating with ball in hand running strong throughout the match. Props Billy Worth and Tom Hersant were the backbone of forward operations keeping SCOTS moving in attack and stiffening the defence.

OPEN v TAS

For a team that lost this corresponding match convincingly last year, the SCOTS boys showed grit and determination going down 10-0 to TAS. The game see-sawed throughout with TAS getting the ascendancy and a try towards the end of both halves. Hank Zammit, Jesse Bohm, Ryan Bohm, Aiden Bell, Alex Bateman-Paul, and a young Tama Saxton did much of the grunt work taking the ball forward and defending as if their lives depended on it. Halfback George Handley was the best on ground for the SCOTS boys with a great role as the little general on field and not shy to do the heavy lifting when needed. Adrian Titus and Kane Mulhearn made barnstorming run after run that lifted the boys on several occasions. After a less than sparkling trial match last term against the TAS lads, you could be excused for thinking the young SCOTS men had won the game, such was their pleasure in the result.

Certainly, much for coach Mick Tucker to improve upon in training with the bye next week. Darcy Noller and Harry Mayall were unlucky not to find clear space on several occasions with fingernail defence the only thing stopping the fleet-footed pair from finding the try line out wide.

U15 v Mary Mackillop

A scrappy first half with a lot of handling errors from both sides saw a bit of a stop-start game of rugby. SCOTS set up camp in Mary Mac’s 22 with the bulk of the possession but with some gutsy defence from the Highfields men, SCOTS were unable to get any five-pointers until late in the first half.

With Mary MacKillop’s depleted troop numbers, fatigue was bound to set in, and SCOTS put their foot on the gas in the second half. There was some expansive and entertaining footy from then on.  “Dougie” Lawlor had a great game at fly half along with his No. 12 partner, Charlie Bergemann – who was playing out of position. Charlie had some good carries, with Dougie’s ‘chip and chase’ one for the highlight reel. The big men up front shouldered most of the heavy lifting with “Tommy Boy” Hersant, Cody Zammit and Angus Bauer trucking the nut downfield with some strong carries on numerous occasions. Billy Worth’s barnstorming run from a lineout put the defence on the back foot, leading to another try for the men from Warwick.

Cooper Kendall and, Baxter Twidale who were best on ground for SCOTS, had great games in the wide channels both scoring tries. Hunter McMurtrie had a stellar game in the 15 jumper and is really making rugby his game.  Overall, Mary MacKillop put up a valiant effort, but SCOTS ended up running away with a 30 to 0 win.

U15 v St Mary’s

The top of the table clash was always going to be a bruising encounter and the Wednesday afternoon battle at the St Mary’s campus did not disappoint.

St Mary’s scored a well-executed try early in the first half and with a great conversion from out wide gave the Blue and Whites a 7 to 0 lead. The SCOTS forwards, who were the smaller of the two packs, muscled up in the middle and with some true grit dominated in the scrums. SCOTS soon hit back with a well-structured maul forming from a lineout and the pigs pushing over for a good ol’ school forwards try. Hugh Holden’s penalty goal late in the first half was the last time that SCOTS troubled the scorer, however.

The second half was all one-way traffic. St Mary’s unleashed their outside backs, running away with the match scoring three unanswered tries. The SCOTS boys showed a lot of ticker in the middle and once again Hunter McMurtrie at fullback was outstanding. Brandon Pope and Ethan McDonald were a couple of the forwards that stood out, but in the end, the powerful and well-drilled St Mary’s outfit was just too good on the day holding onto the top spot of the competition ladder with a convincing 38 to 8 win.

This week we return to Warwick with our final home game to be played at Water Rats fields against Faith Lutheran College, so get down to the games and support the lads in this final fixture before the Finals Series.

U13 – SCOTS v Faith Lutheran – 4.30 pm

U15 – SCOTS v Faith Lutheran – 5.30 pm

OPEN – SCOTS v Faith Lutheran – 6.30 pm

Super Schools Cup – Refereeing Debut

Last week Sarah Morris made her debut as a rugby referee in the Super Schools Cup overseeing the U13 match from the middle. From all reports, she controlled the game very well for one of her first efforts on the big stage in a 15s match. You can see Sarah in action this Wednesday again as she blows the whistle once more in the U13 clash between SCOTS and Faith Lutheran. Congratulations to Sarah on her efforts in a discipline that takes real courage to embark upon.

QCIS Athletics

Records tumbled at the recent QCIS Athletics held here at SCOTS PGC. These were not available for our previous issue, but I am pleased to announce that of the 16 records broken across the carnival, 10 of those were set by SCOTS PGC Students.

• Mackenzie Mayall | Open Boys 1500m | 4.24.17min (3 seconds off)
• Mackenzie Mayall | Open Boys 100m | 1.48sec (0.38sec faster)
• Tori Winters | 11 years Girls 100m | 14.16sec (0.6 seconds faster)
• Oliver Miller | 13 years Boys 100m | 12.54sec (0.04sec faster)
• Oliver Miller | 13 years Boys Triple Jump | 10.15m (11cm longer)
• Oliver Miller | 13 years Boys Javelin | 32.23m (1.04m longer)
• Adam McDonald | 16 years Boys 100m | 11.78sec (0.13sec faster)
• Elliza Moore-Kirkland | 15 years Girls Long Jump | 4.69m (8cm longer)
• Elliza Moore-Kirkland | 15 years Girls 400m | 1.05.63min 0.55sec faster)
• Pania Petera | 12 years Girls Discus | 21.13m (1.13m longer)

Congratulations to all our record breakers on their success and once again to the Team for their overall achievements and particularly to our Open Boys, 14yrs Boys and 15yrs Boys on takin out their Age Groups for the day.

Warwick All Schools Track and Field Carnival

Once again, the Warwick All Schools Track and Field Carnival returned to Briggs Oval at SCOTS for the 101st running of the event.

The day started very fresh but soon warmed up to perfect conditions for the carnival. Warwick SHS, Assumption College, Warwick Christian College, Allora, Clifton and Killarney joined us here for a fantastic day of Athletics.

Killarney took out the Average Trophy after a great showing from their students across all events whilst we finished in  2nd place.

SCOTS  PGC took home the Junior Boys Appel Challenge Trophy, Senior Girls Montrose Trophy and the Senior Girls Relay Trophy whilst the spoils were shared between Assumption and Warwick SHS for the remaining trophies.

Our students certainly featured in the Age Championships with our best athletes gaining the following results:

• 12 years Girls – Amelia Kuhn 4th, Victoria McHardy 5th
• 12 years Boys – William Grayson 5th
• 13 years Girls – Bethany Moore-Kirkland 1st
• 13 years Boys – Oliver Miller 1st, Ben Christensen 7th
• 14 years Girls – Sienna Sparksman 6th
• 14 years Boys – Charlie Montgomery 2nd, Baxter Twidale 6th
• 15 years Girls – Elliza Moore-Kirkland 1st, Amira Duffy 4th, Ellyse Kruger 7th
• 15 years Boys – Bailey Harm 1st, Tanner Henley 2nd, Murphy Benson 3rd
• 16 years Girls – Phoebe Sellick 1st, Briana Groves 3rd, Lily Malone 5th
• 16 years Boys – William Spriggs 2nd, Sam Fauske 6th
• 17-19 years Girls – Makybe Edwards 1st, Emma Bradbury 4th, Jessica Angus 6th
• 17-19 years Boys – Mackenzie Mayall 2nd, Darcy Noller 3rd, Benjamin Carey 5th

Congratulations particularly to Oliver, Bethany, Elliza, Bailey, Phoebe and Makybe on their wins which means we walked away with half of the Age Championships whilst three others gained the Runner Up position.

To round things out, our 12 years Girls Relay Team broke the record previously held by Warwick SHS set in 2016 with a new mark of 1.03.5min. In other relays, the Open Boys, Open Girls, 15 years Boys, 16 years Girls, and 15 years Girls all walked away as winners on our home track. The dominance of our 15, 16 and Open Girls secured us the Senior Relay trophy emphatically.

Thanks to all our staff including teachers, maintenance, kitchen and administrative staff, our Year 8 student officials, P&F representatives in the canteen and our competitors for making the day such a successful one in so many ways.

Finally, we congratulate our opponents on the healthy and hearty competition and the spirit in which it was contested. We look forward to the event in 2024 and trust that the tradition of this event continues in the same manner as it has now for over 101 years.

QRU SCOTS 7s

The annual SCOTS 7s returns after last year’s flood-affected cancellation and will see schools come from near and far to join us for the day. Our U13, U15 and Open teams in both the boys and girls will step out and put their best foot forward against some handy opponents on home soil.

All the action will unfold on Friday 1 September on Briggs and Dunning Ovals. Below are the draft pools for the day for those interested in coming down to see our students in action.

Upcoming Events

 TERM 3

• Warwick Interschool Netball Gala Days – Draw pending – Thursday 24 August
• SCOTS 7’s Carnival – U13, U15, Open Teams (Boys and Girls) – Friday 1 September – Briggs Oval
• Early Years Athletics Carnival – Prep-Yr3 – Thursday 7 September – Buss Oval

 TERM 4

• SCOTS Junior Touch Competition – U6, U8, U10, U12, U14 commencing Friday Week 1
• Interschool Cricket Trials – TBA
• SCOTS PGC Tennis Championships Week 1 and 2 as required – Nominations being called for
• Darling Downs Triathlon – Sunday 22 October (out of region trial)
• Darling Downs Aquathlon – Friday 27 October

EKKA Twilight Excursion

Ms Amy Woodgate | Director of Girls’ Boarding and Head of Middle School & 

Mr David Marriott | Director of Boys’ Boarding

On Saturday 12 August, 67 students and 8 staff made the trip to Brisbane to attend the EKKA Twilight session as our major boarding activity for this term.  It was a fantastic evening full of all that EKKA has to offer.  After arriving mid- afternoon, the boarders were able to spend time exploring the different pavilions and areas, with Side Show Alley, the Show Bag Pavilion and the animal displays a highlight.

At 6pm, we assembled together once again and found space amongst the large crowd in the Main Arena to watch the night time entertainment.  Highlights of the program included the bison stampede, the freestyle acrobat displays, and the motocross tricks.  The night ended with an amazing fireworks display lighting up the Brisbane sky.

Our boy and girl boarders were a credit to themselves and to the College on Saturday night and it was wonderful to see them enjoying spending time together, especially those who were a little overawed with the size of the crowd at the showgrounds.

Below are a few photos from the night showing the fun that was had by all.

Stories of SCOTS PGC | Capturing the Present. Reminiscing on the Past.

Lexie Zerner | Publications Prefect

This year is quickly slipping through our fingertips; however, our Year 1 class is not letting this time disappear! In preparation for the 105-year Time Capsule, Mrs Bomford has been teaching the Year 1 cohort about the history of Scots and PGC as a part of their curriculum. The Year 1s have explored the College campus with our history expert, Mr Keevers, who has shared stories with the class about our school’s incredible history. The cohort also had the opportunity to visit the Archive Centre, viewing artefacts from over 100 years ago.

To celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the Betty Crombie Middle School, many past students returned to the campus to celebrate the event, including David Crombie and Pennie Hammond. The Year 1 class had the opportunity to meet these two lovely past students and hear about their time at the College decades ago. Mr Crombie and Mrs Hammond shared how their classrooms looked, the stationary they used and even a report card, provided by Mrs Hammond when she was in Year 3, who was part of a class of only seven students.

As part of this new curriculum, the Year 1 students are also creating their very own time capsules. Using a glass jar, the Year 1 students are capturing the present, by adding a new object to their time capsule every week.

We hope the Year 1 class, as well as other year levels across the school, will feature within the 105-year time capsule! And like the Year 1s, we hope to capture the present using artworks and schoolwork compiled by these younger grades. Furthermore, we are working on other projects for the time capsule. Some of these projects include gathering pictures from the PGC Garden Party and menus from John and the amazing kitchen staff.

Our prefect group, with the help of Mrs Henry, is hoping to post letters to past students who have donated kilts to the College. The iconic Cameron kilt most commonly appears with our College Pipes and Drums Band, and we hope that this project can commemorate the 75-year anniversary of this kilt, whilst also capturing memories and people from the past.

We have a lot in store for the remaining weeks of Term 3 and cannot wait to share these exciting projects with you! Of course, if you have any ideas for the 105-year time capsule, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Henry, Bridget Hardy, or myself as we would love to hear from you…

We are looking forward to reporting back about the PGC Garden Party which is set to take place this weekend on 19 August.

Until next time, have a fabulous week and thank you for reading!

A big Thank You!

You may have noticed that it’s all action on Briggs Oval over the last couple of weeks as we say goodbye to our old fence and hello to our brand new fence.

Our College Ovals suffered significant damage during the 2021 floods and our picket fence at Briggs bore the brunt of the mighty Condamine River.

Through our ‘Save the wicket, buy a picket’ campaign, our SCOTS PGC community, most notably our past students, raised funds to contribute towards replacing our iconic picket fence – a project valued at $250K. Our new fence panels are to designed to adjust to water flow so we are better equipped to handle future floods.

So, from us to you… we’d like to say a huge ‘THANK YOU!’

Click the picture to play our thank you video