QUADOCTOBER 2013

No.3

IN THIS ISSUE

HEADMASTER’S

MESSAGE 2

oUR AcHIEvEMENTS 4

cPAS UPDATE 6

WINTER ToURNAMENT 8

ARTIST IN RESIDENcE 10

fIjI SERvIcE TRIP 22

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Jacques Pender (Y8), has control of the ball against St Kentigern’s in Auckland.

Headmaster’s Message

Our Achievements

Chaplain’s Chat

CPAS Update

Tournament Week

Night of the Proms

Year 7 & 8 Tournament Week

Fiji Service Trip

Foundation Dinner

Old Boys’ Profiles

From the Archives - A Sentinel Guardian

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TERM 4

Mon 14 Oct

Classes resume for all after September Holidays

Sun 20 Oct College Open Day, 2pm

Mon 21 Oct

Fergusson House Dinner

Tues 22 Oct

Uttley House Dinner

Wed 23 Oct

Grandparents’ Afternoon (Prep)

Wed 23 Oct

Smith House Dinner

Thur 24 Oct

MacKenzie House Dinner

Fri 25 Oct

Leavers’ Breakfast – The Pines

Fri 25 Oct

Final day for Y13 IB students

Fri 25 Oct

International Students’ Dinner

Tues 29 Oct

Aitken House Dinner

Wed 30 Oct

Plimmer House Dinner

Thur 31 Oct

Y13 IB Exams begin

Thur 31 Oct

Final Awards Assembly

Thur 31 Oct

Glasgow House Dinner

Fri 1 Nov

Final day of classes for Y13 NCEA students

Fri 1 Nov

Final day of classes for Y13 NCEA students

Fri 1 Nov

Athletics Day (Prep)

Fri 1 Nov

Mawson House Dinner

Sun 3 Nov

Prep School Chapel

Sun 3 Nov

CSW Sportspersons of the year dinner

Tue 5 Nov

Final day of classes for Y11 – 12 NCEA students

Mon 11 Nov

Examination period (to Tues 3 Dec)

Wed 13 Nov

Eastern Zone Athletics

Sun 24 Nov

Carol Service (St John’s in the City)

Tues 3 Dec

Middle and Senior PrizegivingEnd of year for Years 7 – 13

Wed 4 Dec

Boarding House closes for the year

Wed 4 Dec

Leavers’ Dinner (Te Papa)

Fri 6 Dec

Prep PrizegivingEnd of year for Prep Classes

Getting the job done

HEADMASTER’S MESSAGE

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Recently we have had our annual sports and cultural awards and again this emphasises the many areas students at the College achieve highly in. In a College such as ours it is fitting that the supreme award goes to the All-Round Man – a student who excels in many areas and is thus well rounded

A lot is written about this generation and the many distractions they face. It is well documented that we live in a world of constant and increasing change yet in my mind they seem incredibly well armed to cope with this and attain success.

Recent thinking on how some people get things done despite distractions and self-doubt reminds us of useful ways to improve our own effectiveness. I would like to share with you some thoughts;

1. Passion – success requires passion. To excel at something you need to believe both in yourself and what you are trying to achieve.

2. Resilience – with passion comes the need for resilience. We will all face dif ficult times and passion alone is not enough, resilience is required along with a belief in yourself.

3. Self-Discipline – to achieve, we all need the self-discipline to focus on our goals, identifying the necessary steps to undertake to reach them and having the work ethic to make it happen.

4. Time management – I see little evidence that multi-tasking works. Successful people take care of little things quickly and ef ficiently and they also block out hours of time to work without the time wasting distractions of e-mail or Facebook. How can you think deeply or reflect on an issue when online distractions are at hand?

5. Conscientiousness – being organised and responsible, willing to meet obligations and deadlines.

6. Critical thinking – Successful people are not always conventional. Often they are criticised for their creativity and

Dealing with young men has many challenges but also great rewards. Every day I am amazed by the many successes of our students in and out of the classroom.

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daring to be dif ferent. The ability to think dif ferently about things often engenders a competitive advantage that leaves others behind. There are many today who are glad that Steve Jobs dared to be dif ferent. We should celebrate this.

At Scots we are seeking to engender the above traits in the young men who attend the College and celebrate their achievements. While it is not always easy to see these characteristics in all of our students. We hope that our curriculum and our institutional structures plant the seeds that encourage the young men of the College to develop these as lifelong learners and that these will in turn assist them in reaching their goals and getting the job done, whatever their aspirations.

Virtutem Paret Doctrina

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SUPREME AWARD — THE yULE fAMILy cUP

(For all-round outstanding achievement in both the performing arts and sport)

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Cultural and Sports Awards

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Our Achievements

STUDENT AcHIEvEMETNS

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Scots Cycling Team: won the Wellington area championships. Jack Compton (Y13) in the U19 grade and Louis Higgison (Y12) in the U17 grade.

Joseph Bowden (Y11): selected for the Cricket Wellington Rep team and the Governor General’s XI cricket team. Also selected for the Wellington U17 Basketball Rep team and the NZ Basketball Academy Rep (16s) team.

Scots P3 Team: won the inaugural Wellington Social Enterprise Competition. The team consisted of; Khan Zandbergen (Y12), Phillip Leaupepe Nickel (Y12), Joshua McCrackan (Y12), Max Zorn (Y12), T J Va’a (Y12).

Senior Underwater Hockey Team: won the national title for the second year at the Secondary Schools Underwater Hockey Championships in Auckland.

Tim Wallace (Y12): competed at the Coronet Peak Skiing competition and his results were; Coronet Cup Giant Slalom 3rd in his age group, Nationals Slalom 1st in his age group, Cardrona ANC Giant Slalom 1st in his age group.

Albert Nisbet (Y13): gained 1st place at the Regional and National French Oral Competition.

Scots 1 Chess Team: qualified for the Chess Nationals for the fourth time; Oscar Walton (Y12),

Ben Wolyncewicz (Y10), Hans-Peder Olif f (Y12) and William Su (Y12). The team finished 6th.

Jake Jamieson (Y11): came 20th out of 96 at the World Triathlon Grand Finals in London in the U20 division.

Connor Slattery (Y11), Adam Sangster (Y11) and David Wilson (Y11): won the Regional Maatangi Whenua Geography competition.

James Harwood (Y11): went to the Cadet and U15 Australian National Fencing Champs and was placed 9th in the U15 boys individual foil and was named Captain of the NZ ‘A’ U15 Boys Foil team.

Sam Hart (Y12): Has been selected for the NZ Youth Jazz Orchestra as Principal Trombonist.

Ryan Western (Y12): was selected for the Wellington v Auckland U19 Golf Competition in Taupo.

Stuart Orchard (Y13): participated in the Regional French Oral Competition and was placed second with a score of 38/40.

Oliver Stapleton Stevens (Y12): has been selected for the National Youth U18 Development Water Polo Team.

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Harrison Hitchins (Y10): has been accepted into the High Performance Triathlon Camp held in Wellington.

Scots Cycling Team: won the Wellington area championships Sam Wilkinson (Y9) in the U15 grade and Finn Sherlock (Y8) in the U13 grade.

Scots Floorball Teams ‘Scots White’ and ‘Scots Black’ took the top two places at the Regional Intermediate Floorball Championships.

Christian Stewart (Y10): was selected to attend basketball tournament in Las Vegas as part of the Development Team.

Year 7 Interzone Cross Country Championships results: 1st George Sladden, 2nd Barney Braithwaite, 5th Cameron Cunningham, 9th Finn O’Connor, all qualifying for the Regional Championships.

Year 8 Interzone Cross Country Championships results: 2nd Ricky Kiddle, 3rd Hugo Findlay, 7th Thomas Miller, 8th Ollie Petersen, 9th Finn Sherlock, all qualifying for the Regional Championships.

Christian Lee (Y10): participated in the Sugihara Cup International Karate Championships in Auckland. He was placed 2nd in the 14-15yrs Male Kumite and 1st in the 14-17yrs Male Team Kumite.

Henry Gibbs (Y10) and his sailing partner won the Great Britain 420 Sailing Nationals.

Harry Enright (Y10): competed in the NZ Diving team at the Australian School Games in Adelaide and gained two bronze medals.

Scots ‘A’ Fencing Team: comprising Luca Young (Y8), James Harwood (Y11) and James Tweddle (Y10) was placed 3rd overall at the Central Region Secondary Schools’ Teams Fencing Championships.

James Tweddle (Y10): attended the Australian U15 and Cadet U17 Fencing Champs and was selected for the NZ A Cadet Men’s Foil Team U17 .

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Chaplain’s ChatWHAT IS IN A cRoSS?

The Seatoun Presbyterian parish of St Christopher’s is no more. Scots has had a long association with St Christopher’s, as a church venue for House services, its Ministers being Scots Chaplains, and its people being parents of students and friends of Scots.

Despite not having a noun to identify themselves any more, the people of St Christopher’s have continued in their service role with Scots, setting up the supper for House services at the College. By willingly giving their time and energy in this hospitality service, they continue to maintain the historic connection. In so doing they are also true to their Celtic Presbyterian traditions.

With the church being earmarked for destruction, the hospitality group brought to the College a precious Celtic cross from the church, for safe keeping, and to have at Scots a permanent reminder of the connection between Scots and St Christopher’s.

But what is in this cross?

It is specifically a Celtic cross, that is, a flared Roman Cross, with a nimbus circle around the transection. Theories abound as to the meanings of the circle and the bites as well, which are ancient in origin. The simplest explanation being for strengthening, or from the time of St Patrick, joining the cross of Jesus with the sun god symbol of the ancient celts.

But wait, there’s more… This cross is made from wood from the Wahine wreck, picked up on Seatoun’s shore, along with survivors and taken to St Christopher’s for succour. Hence, it remains for us a historical marker and a symbol of hospitality and service. It serves to inspire hospitality and sacrifice in us, and reminds us of our Celtic Presbyterian root.

I thank God for the many people past and present who have been friends of Scots at St Christopher’s, and have served us in whatever capacity, through the love of Christ. May we be true to the model of service and sacrifice they have given us, and inspired by the Wahine Cross, may we reach out in love and service to those in need. Amen

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The Scots College Senior Underwater Hockey Team retained their national title at the recent national tournament, congratulations to Albert Nisbet who was the top student in NZ in the recent national French Oral Competition organised by the Alliance Francaise, James Costello Ladanyi won the national Year 13 competition run by Veterans Affairs New Zealand, entitled “Why don’t we remember the Battle of Passchendaele?” Congratulations to these winners, we will have more from them in the next issue of The Quad.

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Creative & Performing Arts School (CPAS)

cPAS UPDATE

Drama and Acting continue to be in hot demand and we have 4 dif ferent acting related courses available. Students from as young as 6 years old are being provided with opportunities to develop their acting skills. Jo Rogers who teaches Drama Studio for 5-8 year olds, has a gift with young children and her classes are filled with creative enthusiasm. Students have devised their own screen play, and have shot a series of short scenes in order to tell a story through film.

Acting for film, with the presence of a large camera, is quite a dif ferent challenge from acting for stage, as the students in Nathalie Boltt’s Shine Time class have discovered. One of the main dif ferences when acting for film is that there is no audience at the time of the actor’s performance. The camera, the crew, and the director are not your audience. They all have individual jobs to play, and the audience comes much later.

Students in these classes and Miranda Harcourt’s teen acting classes have been focussing specifically on acting for screen. Miranda’s teens have had the challenge and privilege of acting opposite professional adult actors, Heather O’Carroll and Jed Brophy. Students got the chance to play out a scene as the son or daughter of the adult characters played by Jed and Heather. Miranda coached the students

The Creative and Performing Arts School has gone from strength to strength. The numbers of people making the most of the opportunities available here each week and in the holidays, have grown and we are receiving many new enquiries from those who have heard about our unique courses.

throughout and they learnt dif ferent ways of developing a relationship with their on screen characters, through various techniques.

As well as playing opposite the students, Jed talked about his long acting career and most recent highlight of playing the role of Nori — one of the dwarves in The Hobbit. This was a real highlight for the students.

Susan Fogarty’s Theatresport and Improvisation class continues to grow and the word is out that this is a seriously fun class to be involved in. Skills for life are being taught here each week!

A new addition to the CPAS classes is Funk Dance for boys only. River Vili is a wonderful dancer and teacher. He is a softly spoken man with huge charisma and the boys love working with him. He will be back in Term 4 to teach the Funk dance styles to boys, but there is a whisper that we might run an adult class! Now that will be one to look out for!

Keep a look out on the website for new opportunities. There is something for everyone whether it be acting, dance, creative technology, film editing, singing, music making and more.

jAckIE jAMES

cPAS MANAGER

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WELCOME TO SCOTS

Some new faces

cARoLINE THoMAS

Position: Headmaster’s PA.Birthplace: Palmerston North.Secondary School: St Margaret’s College, Christchurch. Favourite Movie: Sweet November & The Power of One.Hidden Talent: Playing hide and seek!

SANDRA MILNE

Position: Accounting and Administration Assistant. Birthplace: Christchurch.Secondary School: Taupo-nui-a-Tia College.Favourite Movie: Alien & Predator.Hidden Talent: Talking.

SAM WADHAM

Position:English, History and Humanities Teacher.Birthplace: Palmerston North.Secondary School: Wanganui Collegiate.Favourite Movie: Casino Royale.Hidden Talent: Impersonations.

kAREN fLETT

Position: TIC Graphics, Art and Creative Technologies Teacher.Birthplace: Wellington. Secondary School: Hutt Valley High School/Tumwater High School, WA. USA. Favourite Movie:’The Hobbit’, My previous job was the Art Department Coordinator for The Hobbit Movies, so definitely one of my favourite movies!Hidden Talent: I am learning to Skydive, currently I am working toward my AFF qualification which means I now jump solo.

SUSAN PRESTWIcH

Position: Middle and Senior School Mathematics teacher.Birthplace: Dunedin.Secondary School: Bayfield High School. Favourite Movie: Gladiator.Hidden Talent: Able to do the splits!

TANIA BUck

Position: Accounts payable.Birthplace: Wellington born & bred.Secondary School: Wellington East Girls College.Favourite Movie: Fantasia – love the classical music and the graphics and the way the whole film has been put together.Hidden Talent: Personal budgeting, genealogy, gardening, DIY (I’ll give anything a go myself), anything crafty.

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The 1st XV Rugby team won the 25th Presbyterian Quad after impressive wins against St Andrew’s 57–0 and Lindisfarne in the final 34–7. The games were played in contrasting conditions and required two very dif ferent game plans. These plans were played to perfection. TJ Va’a was awarded MVP of the tournament. This was a great way for this team to end a very successful season.

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The Lindisfarne tournament was a great experience for the boys and we all enjoyed it very much. Our first game was against Rathkeale, and we were determined to start the tournament off with a win and that’s just what we did, but only just against a very committed and gutsy Rathkeale team beating them 17–14. The next day was a big one; we had to play two games in one day. The first was against St John’s, the boys started slowly, as it was 19–19 at halftime. But in the second half we got stuck in and played some great rugby, in the end winning comfortably 33–19.

It was now time for our second game of the day, it was against the other unbeaten team in our pool, and whoever won this game was into the final against Lindisfarne. Sadly the boys were worn out and didn’t have enough in the tank to take the win; we got outplayed and went down to a good St Peter’s team 18–0.

We headed back to camp and tried to recover for our last game the next day, the play-off for third and fourth. We started extremely well, scoring within the first 5 minutes. For the whole game our forwards smashed it up and broke through their forward pack. The forwards played very well, but Whangarei’s backs were very sharp. The game was reasonably close, but in the last 5 minutes, Whangarei’s very slick backline cut us up and finished our chances of winning; in the end we lost 41–25, placing us fourth. We had aimed to make the final, but the boys played some great rugby and overall, the tournament was a great success. It was a good team bonding experience and all the boys had an awesome time.

Also big thanks to our coaches Mr James and Stephen Wilson and supporters who helped this event happen.

jAck LoADER

cAPTAIN

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The 1st XI Football team played in Palmerston North for the Trident Cup. In terms of results, 6 wins 1 loss, it was a successful week; however the record shows the vagaries of tournaments as the team ended up 9th. The highlights of the week included two victories over teams; Wairarapa College and Rongotai College who have played in a CSW higher division this year. Robbie Bradley was awarded the team’s MVP for the tournament.

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For the first time ever the U15A Football team were lucky enough to venture up to Auckland to play three of New Zealand’s powerhouse football schools – Sacred Heart, St Kent’s and Auckland Grammar. The tour of Auckland was going to be a hard one with three games in three days all against quality opposition.

On the first day we played Sacred Heart who were the winners of the U15 grade in Auckland. This was the team’s hardest game on the tour. The game unfortunately started off very poorly for Scots, conceding two early goals very early on in the game. After the wakeup call, we started to get into it and managed to get two goals back. This meant the final score was 2–2, which was a great result considering what the team was up against.

The next day we played against St Kent’s U16s. This game was a lot more physical and the torrential rain throughout did not help. The game finished with Scots losing 5–2 although the boys did perform really well, against older opposition and the half time score was 2–2.

In our final day we played against Auckland Grammar. The game was a bit of a disappointment with Scots losing 5–2. However the boys really dug deep considering this was our third game in three days. Goals throughout the tour were scored by Michael Morrison, Adam Bradley and Kris Watt. We were also very fortunate to go to MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology), The Sky Tower, Kelly Tarlton’s and Rainbow’s End.

RoHAN NATHU

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The first game at Rankin was a grudge match against Wairarapa College, I don’t think I’ve ever been more pumped for a game, and I think the whole team could say the same. We came out firing and played some of the best hockey we have ever played. The end result was a 2 all draw and we weren’t even disappointed that we didn’t get the win.

We knew that we had to keep the hype up and bring this into our next game which was against Auckland Grammar; unfortunately we ended up losing 4–2.

After some other results going our way we knew if we won the game against Palmerston North we would be moving into the quarterfinals for the Rankin, we went into the game with a good attitude realising what was at stake but it wasn’t enough to bet the all rounded team from Palmerston North Boys, losing 3–1.

As soon as we hit the paddock we knew it was going to be a tough game against Tauranga Boys. Their whole team was built like soldiers and with the turf flooding in every corner, it meant it was going to be a hard slog. Unfortunately for us we got outplayed and outgunned and lost.

This put us in the bottom four; after an early start we were up against Timaru Boys with mullets and all. We underestimated this starchy looking bunch and ended up losing 3 nil.

Being in the bottom two was a pretty disappointing position considering the hockey we played and the improvements that we had made. As a team we decided that there was no way that we were leaving Rankin without a win so we mustered up our tired bodies to play Otago Boys’ High School. After taking control we were really able to bring it home strong and managed to get a 2–1 win.

The tournament was always going to be tough but we came together as a team and showed determination till the end.

NIck MISkIMMIN

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The Jon Tanner Cup is an invitational tournament that has been running for the past three years. Each year it is held at St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton. After coming 2nd last year at this tournament, those who went again this year felt as if they were under a heap of pressure to perform well.

The team played some good games but couldn’t get the points to match and unfortunately came 8th in the tournament.

Thank you to Miss Moynagh and all the boys, we couldn’t have gone anywhere without you, and we should all be happy with the result.

Well done to everybody, and good luck to those boys going next year.

LUkE NIcHoLSoN

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PIPE BAND

It’s not every day you get to go to art class and work alongside a professional artist, or have one of New Zealand’s most highly regarded artists give ideas, suggestions and practical demonstrations. If you’re an art student at Scots College that’s exactly what happened for the month of September. For 3 weeks the College was privileged to host Séraphine Pick, our inaugural Artist in Residence, a programme generously supported by the Museum Art Hotel.

Séraphine’s time at Scots began with her teaching Prep School extension art classes about Surrealism and the art of juxtaposition. The boys worked with real focus and great enthusiasm to produce their own Surrealist collages.

Each day, Séraphine divided her time between working in her Scots ‘studio’ – a corner of the senior boys’ art space, and interacting with art classes. She really enjoyed talking with the art students about their work and making suggestions about techniques and conceptual ideas. She presented a series of slide shows to the boys demonstrating her influences and the ideas and processes she employs in her now extensive career as a professional artist. She provided classes with practical demonstrations of her painting techniques and explained how eras such as Post-Impressionisim or Surrealism influence her own work.

In between working in art classes Séraphine was busy creating a piece that will be up for auction at the Museum Art Hotel later this month. Her residency at the College was inspirational for our senior boys who are working towards the final submission of their year’s folios. The opportunity to share their studio space with such a focussed, committed and professional artist was very special.

cLAIRE HALL

Museum Art Hotel Artist in Residence Programme

Pipe Band Solo Competition

Terms 2 and 3 are a quiet time for the Scots College Pipe Band. This time allows for bandsmen to hone to their skills in preparation for the competition season. The highlight of this is the annual Scots College Solo Competition. This was held on September 18th, and all involved enjoyed the competition immensely.

PIPERS:

Chanter (Jamieson Chanter) - Matthew Bloomfield Learner Piper (Bob Irvine Trophy) – Sam Ellis Junior Piper (Tennent Cairngorm) – Tom Harding Senior Piper (McKenzie Cup) – Oliver Stapleton Stevens Strathspey and Reel (JWAH Nicholson Trophy) – Oliver Stapleton Stevens Champion Senior Piper (The FM Adams Cup) – Oliver Stapleton Stevens

SNARE DRUMMING:

Pad class – 1st Conrad Pender, 2nd Sam Pay, 3rd Orlando Pender, 4th Kobe Fulljames. Learner class (Weston Cup) – 1st Arran Dorfling, 2nd Nic Spencer, 3rd Fergus Bewley, 4th Stefan Millard Junior (Mawson Sticks) – 1st Tanner Ilg, 2nd Charlie Stapleton Stevens. Senior (Loan Cup) – 1st Kurt James, 2nd Hudson Leone

TENoR DRUMMING:

Learner (Tenor Tankard) – Beau Spencer Flourishing (Managers Salver) – Tom Barker Open Rhythm (Morris Cup) – Tim Paterson-Catto

These trophies will be awarded at a Headmaster’s assembly during Term 4. The focus of the band is now the upcoming competition season. Our clear focus this year is to equal or better our 2013 results, as we build towards our tour of Scotland.

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Night of the Proms

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On July 10th, 66 Scots musicians presented a Night of the Proms to a highly appreciative audience. This event was the brainchild of Head of Music, Andrew Stopps who was inspired by the famed BBC Proms event which has been held annually at the Royal Albert Hall since 1895.

Our version of the Proms featured our 50 strong Studio Orchestra, the Jazz Band, Sam’s Jazz Combo, Studio Strings, Middle School vocal ensemble, Neverest, and a range of student soloists. The boys performed a diverse selection of music including movie themes, jazz standards, popular hits and classical favourites.

Guest artists included the highly polished Gareth Barker, leaver 2012, who is now pursuing his career as a professional performing artist. Husband and wife teaching team Adrian and

Sarah Lowe opened the evening with a performance of ‘Come What May’ accompanied by the Studio Orchestra, and Scots very own Three Tenors, staf f members, Adrian Lowe, Peter de Blois and Mark Bobb provided a rousing finish to what was a thoroughly entertaining evening. As is traditional at The Night of the Proms the appreciative audience joined in the finale, Holst’s famed, ‘I Vow to Thee My Country’ in an arrangement by Year 12 student Sam Hart.

Night of the Proms was the result of many hours of work

by all of the boys involved and is evidence of the depth and breadth of the music education provided at Scots by the very hard-working Music Department, Andrew Stopps, Peter de Blois and Sarah Lowe. The Music Department has experienced something of a Renaissance this year and this highly successful evening demonstrated the enthusiasm and commitment of the Music staf f and the boys. The boys were also supported by the high calibre itinerant Music tutors who play a very active role in the musical life of the

school. Special thanks also, to the highly professional technical support provided by a number of committed staff.

Next year Night of the Proms will be back for a two night season in association with musicians from Queen Margaret College. If you missed out this year make sure you are a part of next year’s event.

cLAIRE HALL

LEARNING AREA co-oRDINAToR,

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Term 3 updatePRINcIPAL/joHN WESTERN

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Term 3 has been another busy term with a great deal of wonderful learning occurring. This term, the focus has been on the trans-disciplinary theme ‘How We Express Ourselves’. This involved an inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.

The culminating activity for this unit was a Celebration of the Arts performance that included dance, drama, poetry, singing, music and cultural artefacts. Teachers work hard to make the students’ learning opportunities engaging, relevant, challenging and significant and I can confidently say that we achieved this aim this term. The night was a tremendous success and the students performed to a packed College hall; congratulations to all involved.

Our Years 1 and 2 students explored the central idea ‘People Use Dance to Express Culture and Creativity’. Their

presentation included modern dance and folk dance as well as traditional Maori waiata and action songs. Seeing the youngest on stage is always a highlight!

Our Years 3 and 4 students’ central idea, ‘Artists Use Dif ferent Media to Express the World They See’, formed the lens in which students shared plays they had written, entertained us with a skit, performed a song one student wrote and the class sang as well as a great deal of wonderful visual art inspired by artists such as Rob McLeod and Hundertwasser.

Our Year 5 students’ central idea, ‘Rituals, Traditions and Artefacts Provide a Window Into Cultures’, commenced with a Mihi presented by one student and included sharing a large amount of original poetry and writing. Some very deep thinking has obviously been occurring in this year group!

This term our Year 6 students are busy preparing for their exhibition so were not so heavily involved in the Celebration of the Arts evening. We all enjoyed watching the trailer to the TV programme they are making and cannot wait to view the show.

In addition, our Choir entertained us with some lovely singing and our Year 6 Concert Band ended the evening wowing us with their performance of ‘Hard Rock Blues’. It was wonderful to see 42 musicians on stage at the same time. In approximately 25 weeks our students have gone from not playing an instrument to being able to perform as a group.

All boys worked really hard to prepare for the night and did a wonderful job. We have included a number of photographs of the night. As they say, ‘a picture paints a thousand words’.

joHN WESTERN

PREP ScHooL PRINcIPAL

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Prep School Head Boy

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Wow, what a term it has been! For the Year 6 classes it has been a very different, busy term.

Today I’m going to write about the Year 6 Exhibition.

The Exhibition is a big challenge for all Year 6 students and the outcome is something that shows all our learning from Years 1-6 in the PYP learning programme.

This year we are making a TV show. Each boy has chosen a role. It’s actually like a real TV show! The last 8 weeks have just been full on work. There has been no such thing as spare time! We have to work at home as well as at school.

In Year 6 there is one door dividing the two classrooms that have been opened and our desk groups have been changed into our roles.

“yoU SIMPLy HAvE To PUT oNE fooT IN

fRoNT of THE oTHER AND kEEP GoING.

PUT BLINDERS oN AND PLoW RIGHT

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The one negative thing of the Exhibition is that it’s going so quickly and all Year 6 boys don’t want it to end!

Lastly, well done to all the boys who were involved in the very successful Arts Celebration!

It’s almost the end of the year. A quote to follow by George Lucas, American Filmmaker: “You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.”

ARRAN DoRfLING

PREP ScHooL HEAD Boy

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1. PREP ScHooL cHoIR WITH MR PETER DE BLoIS 2. yEAR 1 AND 2 STUDENTS DANcING 3. yEAR 4

STUDENTS SHARING THEIR HUNDERTWASSER INSPIRED ART WoRk. L – R: STANLEy SoLoMoN, ETHAN TSUI,

ELLIoT BoLTER, ELLIoT RoBERTSoN, ScoTT SHEffIELD-GRAy 4. AUDIENcE EAGERLy AWAITING THE

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Year 5 Market DayMarket Day has been a major focus for Year 5 and our emphasis for Term 3 was addressing the central idea that ‘money can make the world go round’. The boys collected data on what to sell in our Statistics Unit, completing our Financial Review on the process and development as a House Team, finally, selling our products over a lunchtime period.

As Theodor Seuss stated “Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.” The students in Year 5 certainly claimed the day and climbed the mountain successfully. They raised $760.00 and used the funds to purchase books for Kahurangi School ensuring the Lines of Inquiry ‘Ways to make money’ and ‘Money we make can help others’ were applied. The students were organised and made informed choices to ensure success. They sold popcorn, sherbet, sweets, comics, meringues, homemade chocolate, held electric scooter rides; and sold out. Fraser Harding stated “the scooter ride is a good idea as you cannot sellout”.

The students visited Kahurangi School in Strathmore to present the books. They viewed the new library where the books were going to live and listened to some excellent singing before being thanked for their ef forts. The boys certainly gained a firsthand experience and understood that ‘money can make the world go round’.

vANNESSA kIDMAN

TIc LIBRARy (PREP), y5 TEAcHER

Year 1 and 2 boys had the exciting opportunity to experience contemporary dance lessons with Pump Dance Studio. Their central idea for the term was ‘people use dance to express culture and creativity’.

Pump Dance StudioyEARS 1 AND 2 DANcE STUDIo

Boys explored using their bodies to move in dif ferent ways. They created interesting dances to share with their parents at the Prep School Arts Exhibition in Week 6 of Term 3.

“Dance is awesome. I can do the cat move. I liked it when we walked around each other.”

TE RAU o TE HUIA TUTA yEAR 1/2jI

“I liked dance when we did the cat move and I liked the marching. It is really fun when you do it.”

joSHUA PoWELL yEAR 1/2jI

Dance is fun! I can do the whole dance. I liked it when we did

the scooping part! Dance is my favourite subject in the whole world. I do dance at home. I am really good at it!

fAAIz MIR yEAR 1/2jI

Dance is awesome! I can do the crawly crawly man. I liked it when we did the pushups. It was cool!

DHAyMoN PRATAP yEAR 1/2jI

I can do the walking move. I liked it when one group did it at one time and then we swapped over. I enjoyed it!

cHESTER ByGRAvES 1/2jI

yEAR 1 AND 2 DANcE STUDIo

1. yEAR 5S SELLING SWEETS AT THE MARkET DAy 2. kEvIN cHEUNG 3. WILL WRIGHT, REUBEN SARA,

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On Friday 23 August the Prep School held the finals for the Old Boys’ Speech Competition.

Old Boys’ Speech Competition

This year we were fortunate to have Mr James Gould, Chairman of the Old Boys Association as our judge. He had a dif ficult job as the calibre of all the finalists was extremely high.

Each boy in the Prep School participates in this competition. Boys in Years 1-3 recite a poem and from Years 4-6 they present a 2-3 minute prepared speech. Topics for the speeches were diverse, very entertaining and informative.

Congratulations to the following Year Group winners: Year One: Sighsten Hogg reciting the poem: Companion

Year Two: Samuel Hewlett reciting: Snake Mistake

Year Three: Cooper Gougé reciting: I Cannot Go To School Today

Year Four: Stanley Solomon with his prepared speech entitled: Jonah Lomu, No Ordinary Man

Year Five: Ariel Bridgman with his speech entitled: Boxing

Year Six: Jacob Hockley with his speech: Colour Blindness

Public Speaking ReflectionsPoEM REcITATIoN

This term we have been preparing for the Junior Syndicate speeches. After sharing our speeches with the syndicate the boys had to reflect on their performance. On Wednesday 21 August, I did a poem for the Public Speaking competition. I got through to the top two with Sam. On Friday, we had the finals. Sam went first and his poem was ‘Snake Mistake’. Next, it was my turn. I did ‘I’m In Love With Mud’ by Gareth Lancaster.

RoRy cHESTER, yEAR 2

I learnt the poem ‘I’m In Love With Mud’. I spoke well. I could improve my actions. I was proud of myself. I memorised it well. I was not as scared as I was last year. I felt really good. I loved my poem. I was a risk taker. It was a long poem to learn!

fAAIz MIR, yEAR 2

I learnt the poem ‘That’s The Way To Do It!’ I was a risk taker. I think I could have spoken louder. My speech was funny. I put a lot of ef fort into it. I did the actions well.

NIcHoLAS RoBERTSoN, yEAR 1

SIGHSTEN HoGG yEAR 1 cHAMPIoN

SAMUEL HEWLETT yEAR 2 cHAMPIoN

cooPER GoUGE yEAR 3 cHAMPIoN

jUNIoR SyNDIcATE

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PRINcIPAL/MATT ALLEN

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Recently as staf f we were fortunate to be involved in a professional development session with a Detective Senior Sergeant from New Zealand Police. The officer in charge of Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand (OCEANZ) which is a branch of the New Zealand Police force, dealing with the ‘ugly’ side of internet safety and abuse.

It struck me after listening and talking with the Police Sergeant how vulnerable our students are in relation to the ever increasing influence of the internet. The advent of online chat rooms, social media e.g. ‘youtube’, ‘snapchat’, ‘ask.fm’ and the hugely popular ‘facebook’ have instantly changed how today’s teenagers interact, socialise and form relationships. As educators (and parents) we must continue to work hard to understand the side effects (good, bad and ugly) associated with the increased use of the internet. An example

“Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate”. Alvin Toffler

of this is the increase of cyber bullying within our community. While my observations would suggest that this is a minor issue within the Middle School there is no doubt in my mind that it is a form of bullying that is increasing and can have devastating effects (as seen in a recent case of a 12 year old student in America).

We must remain ever vigilant, aware and educated towards new trends, responsibilities and policies surrounding technological advances. Next year as a Middle School we aim to launch a series of forums designed to inform students, parents and staff how best to adapt to the physical, social and cognitive changes brought about through new technology.

To provide a balanced message we need to look at the considerable ‘good’ the internet age is providing for students.

While reading an online article recently related to the impacts of the internet it was interesting to note the positive effects on Physical Development, “regular internet usage would naturally enhance a child’s eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills due to keyboard and mouse usage”, Cognitive Development, “Children who use the Internet show gains in cognitive abilities such as memory, spatial and logical problem solving, critical thinking, concentration, abstraction and comprehension” and Social Development, “if properly used, the internet can serve as a medium for acceptable social interaction (Scoter & Railsback, 2001). The Internet allows children to socialise with other children through the use of email, chat rooms, and instant messaging, increasing the development of communication and social skills”.

Many parents whose children use the internet in school believe that the internet has improved their child’s overall attitude towards school. The internet today is part of students’ natural environment. According to Tapscott (1999), “when kids are online, they’re reading, thinking, analysing, criticising and authenticating - composing their thoughts”.

I believe technological advances (which we are exposed to at school and in our lives) can provide us with so much ‘good’. These developments and enhancements offer teachers, parents and students a range of tools which enable us to better prepare for our ever changing environment. The tricky part is how we (together) weed out the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ and the ‘ugly’!

MATT ALLEN

PRINcIPAL, MIDDLE ScHooL

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Middle School Head BoycHRISTIAN LEE

This year has been a revolutionary year for the Middle School in terms of developing and creating our own identity by introducing new initiatives and being self reliant. Term 3, although being very short, was still productive. With the Middle School Leaders taking charge of the school due to the absence of Mr Finnimore, MS former Deputy Principal, it was our duty to assist Mr Allen. What first looked like a daunting task turned out to be a walk in the park. I was very impressed by the boys as they all played their parts; listened and were very co-operative making a smooth transition as Mr Hall took over as Acting Deputy Principal.

With all this going on, we have held our very first Middle School Leaders assembly, which is an assembly organised and run by the MS Leaders, and have kick started our major Middle

School project for the year — Pack the Bus. This project involves everyone bringing in non-perishable food items, gifts, Christmas decorations or toys to the school and us storing it in a big shipping container during Term 4 until a bus is ordered and we see if we can fill it. All the items in the bus will then be distributed to poverty-stricken families so they can celebrate Christmas, receive presents and have a joyful holiday without having to sacrifice everything to make others happy.

cHRISTIAN LEE

MIDDLE ScHooL, HEAD Boy

“I kNoW WHAT I HAvE GIvEN yoU…

I Do NoT kNoW WHAT yoU HAvE

REcEIvED.” ANToNIo PoRcHIA

SCRABOL was set up in 2012 as a site where students could review and communicate about books, and it has stayed true to its purpose throughout its growth in the Middle School. From around 50 members in the first week, SCRABOL has grown to accommodate over 292 students and almost 400 reviews in the site’s first year. 2013 has seen the start of the well-received SCRABOL Award, which is part of the Middle School English programme.

To complete each stage of the award, students need to read a certain number of books over the year, and review some of these on SCRABOL. Currently we have the bronze, silver, and gold awards, which have been awarded to over 50 students at assemblies. Recognising readers can help self-esteem and has somewhat changed the culture of reading at the school. It’s not a boring, individual thing anymore, rather a social activity whereby students can use SCRABOL to talk about their favourite books.

In July our SCRABOL team delivered a presentation at the annual School Library Association of New Zealand (SLANZA) conference held in Wellington. Our presentation was over-subscribed and feedback was hugely positive. We have since been asked to present once again at the regional conference.

We are working hard to incorporate new features to make it easier for students to access and review books on the site, and add features including, but not limited to, students uploading their own books and then being able to immediately review them, instant award recognition in the form of badges on the site, and improved user information.

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yEAR 11

ScRABoL BRoNzE AWARD WINNERS TERM 2, 2013

Our Year 9 and 10 Visual Art students are involved in a practical course of study that follows a chronological pathway through a selection of major phases and movements in art history from Cave Art to moving pictures.

MYP Arts Visual

Students explore art as a means of telling stories and carrying cultural identity. Research and practical activities help to underline key ideas and processes that influence art-making today. First Semester Year 9 students studied the contribution the Classical Greeks made to our artistic world and considered what elements they would apply to a Grecian shaped vase in order to communicate aspects of 21st Century culture. Current Year 9 students are exploring elements of Ancient Egyptian art and are redefining what they have discovered within their own artwork but in a contemporary manner.

The Year 10 students have been discovering how similar themes and subjects were used through the Early Medieval to Renaissance periods of history, and how these were used to identify and convey the ideas and values of that time period. They have explored how these ideas and values have influenced New Zealand artists and in turn, have created works that

In Year 8 Drama we have been studying the 1854 poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson called The Charge of the Light Brigade, about the men who charged for the guns at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.

The Charge of the Light BrigadeyEAR 8 DRAMA

We made sequences to illustrate specific stanzas. One of the main tools which we used to create our sequences were the choreographic movements of Rudolf Laban. These specific structures allowed us to perfectly convey the death and pain of that battle. Our use of period costumes and props also illustrated what we were trying to say about the battle and the sad situation the soldiers were in. We were shown a short film about the battle and how the battle actually happened which gave truth to the sad reality in

which our sequences took place. We all thoroughly benefited from the experience and learned lots about the battle.

We also learned a lot about Laban’s movements which allowed us to further our study of drama. In the end, we used our extensive knowledge of the battle and Laban’s movements to improve our sequences, our freezes and our motions which were very impressive.

jAckSoN LAcy

yEAR 8

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are influenced by all they have studied yet reflect their own ideas, experiences and personal values.

THE ScoTS MyP ART STUDENT

AIMS To:

1. Understand how the arts play a role in developing and expressing personal and cultural identities

2. Appreciate how the arts innovate and communicate across time and culture

3. Become informed and reflective practitioners of the arts

4. Experience the process of making art in a variety of situations

5. Explore, express and communicate ideas

6. Become more effective learners, inquirers and thinkers

7. Develop self-confidence and self-awareness through art experiences

8. Appreciate life-long learning in and enjoyment of the arts

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yEAR 7 AND 8

The Year 7 & 8 1st XI football, 1st XI hockey and 1st XV rugby toured to Auckland and played King’s College, St Kentigern’s and Dilworth College.

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Our game against King’s started off solidly with strong defence and determined attack. We had many goal opportunities and won a penalty corner. We let through 3 goals in the first half and 3 goals in the second. Despite our opportunities we did not score, though the score does not reflect the quality of our game. Many of our players were injured with Sheil Gandhi taking a stick to the ear, Beau Spencer was hit in

the chest with a ball and Isaac Kerschbaumer in the leg.

In our game against St Kentigern’s we gained an early lead with Jack Gould scoring a goal within five minutes of the starting whistle. Our defenders played well, stopping a record amount of penalty corners. We managed to win a penalty corner and also scored another goal in the second half. This goal was from Cameron Cunningham, who trapped it and hit it into the goal. It was satisfying to win our first game of the season.

In the last game against Dilworth, we started with everybody in their usual positions. Our wings played very well and got the ball a lot, crossing it across to the inners ef fectively. The score at the end of the first half was 2–0 to us, and the final score was 6–0. This shows that we improved throughout the game. Isaac Kerschbaumer had a great game on the right half, distributing the ball well. Throughout the week we improved a lot as a team.

MATTHEW BLooMfIELD

yEAR 8 cAPTAIN

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The Year 7 and 8 football team joined the rugby and hockey teams on the Auckland tour which took place during Founders Break.

We arrived in Auckland on a sunny day and our first game was that afternoon against King’s College. This was a really tight game on a smaller pitch than we are used to playing on, but we broke the deadlock when a cracking strike from Finn O’Connor went over the keeper and into the back of the net. This was enough to win the game and start the tour nicely.

After a night of being billeted with Kings College players, we arrived at St Kentigerns to see a familiar face: Mr Cassie. The game started slowly as everyone seemed to need to wake up. We had two nice goals by Thomas Miller and Hugo Finlay which put a bit of spark back in the team but unfortunately we lost 4–2.

We stayed with St Kent’s families for the night and then arrived for our next match

which was against Dilworth at their school. This was a much better performance; we started strongly and we scored a few early goals. As the match went on, we dominated Dilworth with the ball being pushed up to the strikers and the wingers, and the final score was 8–1. Scorers were James McConchie, Finn O’Connor, Hugo Finlay (2), Thomas Miller (2) and Ollie Petersen (2).

We went home feeling reasonably pleased with ourselves after what was a fun but tiring trip and a great end to the season.

kEvIN jAMES

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The Auckland Tour, for the Rugby Team, was renamed as the “Cursed Tour”. Named because of the number of key players who for various reasons, including broken noses, ruptured necks, dislocated shoulders, fell to the curse leading up to the Tour and were unable to travel. This meant that 5 players were drafted into the tour squad. This changed the dynamics of the team with set moves, playing positions, and open plays all having to be changed.

Despite this the team set out with a “no excuses” attitude and went into every game looking to play the basics and take the game to the oppositions. All three of the Auckland schools dominated with their experience and strength being clearly on display. Overall it was a hard tour, and while not successful on the field, the senior players showed their pride as they played their final games as part of the Junior 1st XV.

PAUL NoRMAN

DAvID EvANS, BEAU SPENcER AND ISAAc kERScHBAUMER

GEoRGE SLADDEN WITH BALL AND DEcLAN ANDERSEN

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SENIoR ScHooL

PRINcIPAL/MATTHEW BERTRAM

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For senior students October heralds the beginning of the end as the ‘business end’ of the year looms: examinations, more examinations and celebrations. The Year 13s will struggle to believe that their time at the College is now coming to an end and that, shortly, they will walk out through the Plimmer gates for the last time as a Scots boy.

It’s at this time that we tend to enjoin the boys to ‘finish well’ by taking every opportunity to reach their academic goals for the year and to make a positive contribution to the House Dinners and other celebrations which traditionally accompany the end of a school year.

To what extent our seniors have made their mark on the College really depends on how readily they grasped each and every opportunity which has come their way. Many leavers have established enviable resumés

highlighting their achievements and involvement in College life; for some though there may be regrets that they didn’t take full advantage of their time here. To these students I would stress that this is not a permanent state of af fairs: the opportunities will still present themselves but taking advantage of them out of the school setting is that much more challenging away from the comfortable routine of the school environment. It is never too late to improve those aspects of oneself which may not have been developed at school. This is

the purpose of lifelong learning. I like the concept of SHORE Grammar in Sydney whose pastoral programme is prefaced by this comment: “Show me the man at forty”.

Scots has provided each student with a toolbox of skills, habits and values to add to their own talents. As teachers we take pride in observing how our former students use these gifts in the years ahead.

To those seniors who will shortly depart the College, in the words of “Scots”:

So hurrah once more for the boys that were,

Who are men of today, you see,

And hurrah for us who will do and dare,

In the greater days to be.

We are proud of the young men you have become and look forward to seeing the men you will be at forty!

MATTHEW BERTRAM

SENIoR ScHooL PRINcIPAL

PLIMMER GATES, ScoTS coLLEGE

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World Citizenship in ActionIB WoRLD STUDENT coNfERENcES

It seems that whenever I come to write my senior school reports, I begin by stating that we have just been through another extremely busy term, which is in fact true yet again. One of the most notable events of this term has to be the Winter Tournament Week with all the top teams having the opportunity to represent the school at the highest possible secondary school level. The highlight was the 1st XV Rugby winning the prestigious Presbyterian Quad Tournament, which wrapped up their successful season.

The school has not just been busy on the sports side, but also on other levels too. A highlight for me must be the Foundation dinner, where a few lucky boys including me, were able to meet and talk with Prime Minister John Key, who was the guest speaker for the evening. This proved to be a very exciting night and an important event on the Scots College calendar.

In between the ‘chaos’ of an eventful term, we were able to take a moment and celebrate

the 50th anniversary of the refurbished chapel. We also celebrated the College’s 97th year through the annual Founders’ Day service with Queen Margaret College at St. John’s in the City.

On the whole I think this term has been one of celebration across all aspects of the senior school with sports and cultural achievements recognised at the now annual Cultural and Sports Awards dinner. With exams now creeping around the corner, unfortunately we will not have too much time to relax, as we are about to hit the final hurdle.

To the senior boys: knuckle down, study hard, and keep revising, because the reward after knowing you have done your best is something you will have all summer to enjoy.

NIck MISkIMMIN

SENIoR ScHooL HEAD Boy

Recently three Year 12 students participated in IB World Student Conferences in Hong Kong and Vancouver. The conferences bring together IB Diploma students from around the world to experience what it really means to “think globally”. Working in discussion teams, students developed creative ways of addressing problems posed by conference leaders and proposed solutions to these issues in the form of creativity, action, and service projects.Justin Pang and Sebastian Hallum Clarke attended the University of British Columbia’s conference on the topic of ECOnomics: Creating a Sustainable Future. They learnt about how sustainability can be integrated into all parts of our life, and how there doesn’t have to be a trade-off between the environment and the economy.

On a scholarship, Morgan King attended the University of Hong Kong’s conference on iResponsibility: Exploring how we engage in the online world. The conference provided a fascinating insight into the Internet and the increasingly crucial role it plays in our world. Throughout the conference Morgan ran a website, accessible at: www.j.mp/morganWSC

All three students loved their time abroad, and particularly enjoyed sharing experiences with fellow IB Diploma students from other cultures. These were truly memorable opportunities, and are highly recommended for future IB students.

MoRGAN kING, jUSTIN PANG AND SEBASTIAN HALLUM cLARkE

yEAR 12 STUDENTS

MoRGAN kING REcEIvING HIS ScHoLARSHIP

Fiji Service Trip 2013

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The island at the centre of our attention was the island of Taveuni. This island is home to around 10,000 people and is the third biggest island in Fiji. Over the course of the two weeks, we spent time in two schools, Nuisawa Methodist High School and Bucalevu Secondary school. Scots already had a great relationship with the latter, following the arrival of several boys who came to study here. Although this wasn’t the first trip to Fiji for Mr Ancheril and the other teachers involved, the boys didn’t really know what to expect, particularly as this time some girls from Queen Margaret’s accompanied us. However, from the minute we stepped off the plane onto the landing strip that was Taveuni ‘airport’, we were greeted with the world renowned smiles and friendliness of the Fijian people.

Following the arrival of all the teachers and students, we went to our first school, Bucalevu. Again, we were all taken aback by the friendliness of the students and teachers. However we were left

On the Thursday before the Term 2 school holidays, a group of 30 boys departed for Fiji to spend the best part of two weeks there. The trip had somewhat of a dual purpose; it was primarily a service trip - we were going to visit two schools in particular, although we also had the intention of experiencing a different way of life, one which most of us had never seen before.

absolutely breath taken when the school broke into four part harmony during the national anthem at assembly. This really set the tone for the trip and at that point I think we all knew that we were going to have a great time. We spent two days at Bucalevu helping out with things such as IT and the internet, sports and in the classrooms as well as donating some gifts. Some boys even took up the opportunity of staying in the boarding house for one night, which by all accounts was a fantastic experience in itself.

For the next few days, we moved on to Nuisawa, a much smaller school and one that Scots had never visited before. Again, the school put on quite a show for us all and we were treated like One Direction on tour. We did much of the same here as at the previous school; however we had the special job of also refurbishing a new workshop building. It seemed as though there was more paint on us than the walls, however the finished product really was something

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special, and the school was very appreciative of this. Here, we also stayed one night with a home stay and once again, this really was an experience to remember, from the homemade Fijian cuisine to the kava ceremonies.

The trip was not all work, we were in Fiji after all and we managed to experience some of the great wonders of the island too. For example the natural waterslides, the massive waterfalls, snorkelling and of course, we had to take on the Fijians at their own game (rugby) and I’m proud to say that we beat them. At both the schools we also had cultural nights; we got a firsthand look at some of the native songs and dances and they got to experience our school haka which they enjoyed very much.

The trip was such an amazing opportunity and all the boys who went were very happy they did so. Although it was a service trip, I think we got so much more out of it and all of us made many friends too. I would recommend this trip for every boy in the senior school, without a doubt!

RoHIL SINGH

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ScoTS coLLEGE PARENTS’ ASSocIATIoN (ScPA)

The Parents’ Association has three main objectives:

1. ‘FUND-raising’ — to raise money to fund initiatives around the College campus that benefit all Scots College students

2. ‘FUN-raising’ — to promote and organise social occasions for parents/ caregivers, staf f and students

3. ‘FORUM’ — to provide a forum for communication between the Headmaster and Principals and Parents/ caregivers We’ve conducted activities in each of these areas this year.

For FUND-raising we held the Gala in Term 1 where we raised $40,000 for iPads for all three schools.For FUN-raising we held the Quiz-Mas in June event where 120 parents enjoyed a mid winter meal and quiz.

For FORUM we arranged a Board presentation in September where the Board Chairman outlined the College Strategic Plan for the next 3-5 years.

We’ve also conducted our own Strategic Planning session and have plenty more activities lined up for 2014. All parents are welcome to become involved in the Parents’ Association.

Scots College Parents’ Association

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School in Action DayThursday 31 October | 9am - 3pm

Scots College is fortunate to have a very strong and supportive parent community who contribute greatly for both today’s boys and those joining us in the future.

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month in the College staf froom. The SCPA is an excellent way to get to know other parents, to engage with College staf f including the Headmaster and Principals, as well as having some fun along the way.

GARy BEEcRofT

PRESIDENT

If you would like more information please email us: parentsassociation@scotscollege.school.nz or follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SCPAWGTN

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The boys of Scots are fortunate to be able to take advantage of the magnificent Creative and Performing Arts Centre (CPAC) together with the Hodge Sports Centre (HSC). Why not buy a piece of virtual jigsaw in either of these two facilities and record your name or your son’s name in the College’s history? When you purchase a piece for $1,500 (or $500 a year for three years) by accessing the College website www.scotscollege.school.nz you can have your name and dedication of your choice appear on your chosen jigsaw piece/s online. This will be replicated on a touch screen in either the HSC or the CPAC, as appropriate. The funds raised from the sale of the jigsaw pieces will go towards the fitting out of these two new buildings.

For more details please contact Ann Walker at the College – Phone (04) 803 0590 or email walkera@scotscollege.school.nz. Thank you to all those members of the Scots community who have purchased a jigsaw puzzle piece.

Be a part of our future BUy A PIEcE of jIGSAW PUzzLE cENTENARy coMMITTEE

Centenary Update 2016

The Centenary Committee has been working hard behind the scenes. It is making good progress developing the celebratory events for the 2016 year. As these are agreed to, each event will assign an individual for managing and making them successful.

The Committee had been working closely with the Scots College Old Boys’ Association which has an event in Wellington in the second half of October. We aim to be able to give a brief outline of the celebration year at that evening and will have developed the first phase of the centenary website which will allow people to start registering their interest in the year and will also enable us to have an effective database to keep in close contact with all those interested in attending events or viewing material online.

We have a number of the current boys working with the Committee. This will ensure that we have activities which are great for the students to celebrate the anniversary. They are already coming up with excellent ideas for the year.

Work continues to progress on the new history of the College and a complimentary publication which is a collection of “Lists” which will document the names of the large number of individuals who have made various contributions to the College over its 100 years.

I’m delighted with the enthusiasm of the Centenary Committee and their hard work will become progressively more visible as we finalise the year’s activities.

joHN cARTER

cENTENARy cHAIRMAN

The annual Scots College Foundation Dinner was held on Wednesday 28th August 2013 at the Boatshed in Wellington.

The purpose of the evening was to bring members of the College family together to celebrate all things Scots. This annual event is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and new, and this year we showcased the Foundation’s Scholarship Fund campaign that will launch in 2014, raising funds to enable young men from all walks of life to attend Scots College.

The evening was MC’d by broadcaster and current parent Sean Plunket, and speakers included the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon John Key, Old Boy and head of the Independent Police Conduct Authority, Sir David Carruthers, Foundation Trustee, Tup Radford and Headmaster Graeme Yule. Old Boy, scholarship recipient and professional basketballer Steven

Foundation DinnerANNUAL foUNDATIoN EvENT

1. MIcHELLE EGAN, cHRISTINE LAWRENcE, GILLIAN PRESS 2. ALoySIUS

TEH AND PRIME MINISTER joHN kEy 3. PETER AND WENDy GRIffITHS

4. MATT ALLEN, GILLIAN AND TUP RADfoRD 5. jULIE NEvETT, SEAN

PLUNkET, cHARLoTTE WILSoN 6. DAvID BENNETT, cRAIG BRISToL,

cHARLES RIoRDAN, RoB SANSoN, DAN BAILEy 7. GRAEME & MARIA yULE,

PRIME MINISTER joHN kEy & MRS kEy

Adams spoke via video and students Elias Vole (Y13) and Tane Lambie-Harrison (Y12) shared their experience as current scholarship recipients at Scots.

A full set of photos from the event can be viewed at www.scotscollege.school.nz/news/2013-foundation-dinner-oh-what-night

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The Scots College Foundation is an independent organisation governed by its own Board of Trustees, which meets quarterly.

Every Trustee has a personal connection with the College as an Old Boy or current or former parent or staf f member. Trustees generously volunteer their time and expertise to oversee the long-term financial

planning and management of the Foundation for the benefit of the College. Over the next few issues we will be introducing you to our fourteen Trustees.

Roger Holmes Miller Chairman, Scots College Foundation

Partner Maude & Miller, Scots College Old Boy, former parent

“Scots has been part of my life for fifty years, for our family for years prior, and more recently, for our son. The Foundation’s role is to ensure that the excellence and benefit of a Scots education will continue for future generations of young men, and I am pleased and proud to be a part of that.”

Patricia [Pat] Blades Former member College Board of Governors, former parent

“I have three sons who were educated at Scots. Over many years associated with the College, I gained a broad experience of the history of Scots and how it works. I was approached to join the Foundation and to add my institutional knowledge to the mix of abilities among its Trustees.”

Richard Bodman Director NZ First Capital, current parent

“Our son has been part of the Scots community since Year 1. The primary role as a Trustee is to safeguard assets, ensuring they are appropriately invested and applied, and I am very happy to offer my time and professional experience to help continue the sound stewardship of the Foundation.”

Tup Radford Company Director, Tup Radford Inter-Collegiate Yachting Academy, Scots College Old Boy.

“I was a student at Scots during the war years, 1939–1945, and left at the age of 17. I reconnected with Scots in the early 2000s. With the College’s enthusiasm and assistance, using the Scots College Foundation as the vehicle, we initiated the TRIYA Sailing Academy in 2003. I am sincerely supportive of Headmaster Graeme Yule’s proposal for a Foundation Scholarship Fund, to enable selected young people to be educated at Scots.“

John Feast Company Director, Scots College Old Boy

“I believe in choice for a boy’s education and in my view, Scots provides excellence in teaching, learning and sport. Attitude and personal responsibility is a goal, and individual ef fort and achievement is recognised and celebrated. Scots provided me with a great platform as an adult, and I have been pleased to serve it in my later life.

ScoTS coLLEGE foUNDATIoN

The Annual Debate between SCOBA and the College ‘A’ Team was held on 21st August at the College.

The moot was ‘That Personal Privacy is Overrated’ with the SCOBA team taking the affirmative. Sincere thanks to Mr Giles Moiser, of the College staf f who was ‘neutral’ adjudicator for the debate, and congratulations to the Old Boys’ team of Francis Wevers [1961 – 65], Nick Cross [2005 – 2009] and Ben Guerin [2008 – 2012] who as winning team for 2013 now hold the Pohutukawa Shield.

Annual Debate SCOBA vs Scots

oLD BoyS’ DEBATING TEAM 2013: BEN GUERIN, fRANcIS WEvERS, NIck cRoSS

ScoTS coLLEGE oLD BoyS’ ASSocIATIoN (ScoBA)

ScoBA TEAM vIcToRy

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INvITATIoN – SAvE THE DATE

We have held reunions in 2004 and 2009; next year we will be celebrating 40 years since we left school.

Six of us started in the primers in 1962, and finished in the seventh form in 1974: Robert Abernathy, Phillip Battersby, George George, Stuart McIntyre, Harry Pappafloratos, and Simon Romanos. Peter Savage was Head Boy in 1974, and is active in organising these reunions.

We estimate there could be 122 Old Boys who belong in this group, and we encourage you to take part. Contact me (see below).

In past reunions we have held a party on a ferry-boat on Wellington Harbour, superb dinners at The White House and Dockside, a spit-roast at the College, more informal gatherings at private homes, as well as opportunities for breaking up into smaller groups and going off for a night on the town. An important feature of the reunions is that wives and partners are invited to all the events except the restaurant dinner.

A group of Wellington-based Old Boys, (Phil Cooke, Grenville Gaskell, George George, Ben Levy, Steve Mazey, Peter Savage and myself) have got together to suggest and organise activities.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Simon Romanos

35a Kenya Street Ngaio 6035

Phone: 04 479 5430 Mobile: 021 57 66 86 Email: simon@crystalfilms.co.nz

1974 Leavers Reunion21–23 MARcH 2014

21 – 23 MARCH 2014

FOR ALL LEAVERS 1974

Old Boys of all ages are warmly invited to the annual SCOBA cocktail function.

This is a great opportunity to catch up with school friends, reconnect and reminisce, network and socialise with fellow Old Boys. In addition, Headmaster Graeme Yule will provide a brief update on what’s new at the College, and SCOB John Carter (1962 – 1968), will profile preparations being put into place leading up to the Scots100 Centenary celebrations in 2016.

SCOBA Cocktail FunctionTHURSDAy 24TH ocToBER, WELLINGToN cLUB

Date: Thursday 24 October Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm Place: Wellington Club, 88 The Terrace Cost: $20 per person RSVP: www.scotscollege.school.nz/scoba (Pay online OR cash at the door)

We look forward to seeing you there. Please help us spread the word and encourage all Old Boys you are in touch with to come along too – the more the merrier.

jAMES GoULD

ScoBA cHAIRMAN (1983 – 1989)

ScoTS coLLEGE oLD BoyS (ScoBA)

Old Boy Profiles

I am now more than halfway through my 4th year of medicine at the University of Otago. I finished my early learning in medicine with a Potential Distinction grade (the highest grade that can be awarded at 3rd year) and was the Social Officer in the executive of

Philip Brown (2004 – 2008)

the Otago University Medical Student Association, a thoroughly rewarding role. In the summer of 2011/2012 I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn about the health care system and the unique health problems our country and particularly Wellington faces, under a scholarship with the Hutt Valley District Health Board. I have since moved on to my clinical training years at Christchurch‘s School of Medicine. So far I have experienced a large variety of medical specialties but there is much more to learn and experience before I make a decision as to what type of doctor I would like to be.

Phil Gurney (1956 – 1968)Daiki Watanabe (2010)

Old Boy Daiki Watanabe who attended the College as a Year 11 Toin student in 2010, made a brief 4 day trip to Wellington

on 26th August in order to stay with his former homestay mother, Susann Ryan and to revisit Scots. Daiki is currently in his first year of a six year medical degree at Juntendo University in Tokyo; he advised that only 100 out of 3,500 applicants were successful in gaining a place. After he qualifies as a doctor he wants to go to Africa and work with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) [Doctors Without Borders] providing medical aid to those most in need regardless of their race, religion, or political af filiation.

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Having attended Scots right through from Primer 1 (along with brothers Mel, Noel and Paul), I completed my law degree at Victoria University and a few years later went off to Hong Kong as a Crown Counsel in the Attorney-General’s

Chambers. This led on to a career with multinationals in Asia specialising in international tax matters – during which I continued to live in Hong Kong except for three years with Fonterra, based in Singapore, from 2000 – 2003. I have also spent a number of years in Perth, WA, where my son (Christopher) was born in 1991. In fact, I returned from Perth quite recently after teaching at Curtin University. I am now back in my house in Auckland with my wife Linda, and have renewed my Barrister sole practice certificate with a view to undertaking commercial work.

Owen attended Scots, until his family shifted to Palmerston North and he completed his schooling at Palmerston North Boys High

Owen loved music particularly Blues, Jazz and Dixieland and he also loved sports. Owen excelled in canoeing and was chosen to represent New Zealand at the 1956 Olympic Games which

Owen Raleigh (1945 – 1952)

he unfortunately wasn’t able to attend.

In 1988 Owen was ordained as a minister, and pastored at Eastside church for over 25 years. During this time he visited India four times taking mission teams into remote villages out from Hyderabad which resulted in the formation of eight churches for International Outreach. He also did chaplaincy work for the Fire Service, the Chronicle Newspaper, DOC, the Opera House, and the Maori Land Court, followed by the Hospice chaplaincy for the last 7 years which he really loved. Owen died in April this year, and we extend our sincere sympathy to his family.

IN MEMoRy of oLD Boy

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Arthur Cheung (2003 – 2007)

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I am currently a junior doctor at the Royal Darwin Hospital in Australia. I chose to leave the large metropolitan centres to experience the broader range of disease and socio-cultural circumstance in the early years of my career. And the Northern Territory has certainly delivered!

The vast majority of our patients are indigenous, and the cultural and economic divide is both fascinating and sobering. It’s been called, crudely, “third world disease meets first world medicine”. I constantly feel like we fail our patients as people even when we win against disease. The cultural and language gap is not aided by poor standards of basic literacy and education, which make simple issues (e.g. of consent) complex ones. Some of our patients come from distant communities without electricity, and the dislocation they must feel being in ‘foreign’ buildings and air-conditioning for the first time must be acute.

I’ve been involved with a few other things in the past few years. At the end of last year I

did a stint interning at the World Health Organization HQ in Geneva, working on the role of health in the next round of global development goals/negotiations, and was active for a while in youth affairs. I represented Australia at the CHOGM Youth Forum (I’m not sure if the government have discovered I’m a New Zealander yet!), a wonderful experience meeting motivated people.

I have nothing but fond and appreciative memories of my time at Scots. I found the

role-modelling by seniors we interacted with as juniors in the ‘vertical’ house system very valuable… not to mention the way the ‘feel’ of the school would change year to year as the

“… IT WAS A coMMUNITy THAT coULD ofTEN fEEL LIkE

A fAMILy. AND IN THIS fAMILy, THERE WAS ofTEN

ENcoURAGEMENT (oR, AT LEAST, ToLERANcE) of AND cATERING

foR INDIvIDUAL PURSUITS AND WoRkING STyLES; WHETHER IN

SPoRTING, cULTURAL oR AcADEMIc PURSUITS.”

new Year 13s decided how they would ‘lead’ the School. I recall that Daniel Brown (Head Prefect 2005) seemed somehow to have convinced the First XV to all join the choir. In the end, the value of these experiences was in their diversity, underpinned by the School’s belief in (and allowance for) the gradual assumption of responsibility by boys as they grew into men.

But by far the most pertinent question for me is the one of individuality: Scots was a School that took pride in its high teacher

student ratio, and the fact that each boy was known to all in the school. Most years I could name every student (and teacher). It was a community that could often feel like a family. And

in this family, there was often encouragement (or, at least, tolerance) of and catering for individual pursuits and working styles; whether in sporting, cultural or academic pursuits. A rich experience indeed.

I wish Scots all the best and watch with interest its progress. Indeed, I’ve harboured for a number of years a thought to return to teach. In fact, we’ve toyed with the idea of endowing a Centre for Thinking Skills, or perhaps one for philosophical/ethical enquiry. That would be for

another day… a junior doctor’s salary isn’t as wonderful as it appears on TV!

‘Let education make the all-round man.’

A Sentinel Guardian

fRoM THE ARcHIvES

‘A GooDLy HERITAGE, PRoUD TRADITIoNS, cHERISHED MEMoRIES’

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The melodious quarter hourly chimes and sentinel presence of a beautiful German grandfather clock in the Headmaster’s study, creates an atmosphere of decorum in keeping with a College approaching its 100th year.

In 1944, the Parents’ Association of Scots said goodbye to the former first assistant and long serving staf f member (1926 – 1939) and hardworking war time Headmaster (1939 – 1944), Mr V F O Francis. His nineteen years of dedicated service was rewarded with the presentation of a magnificent German grandfather clock.

Former Headmaster Col K W R Glasgow had returned from his war service overseas to take

up the reins at Scots again. Mr Francis, ‘Tote’ to the boys, relinquished his position, had applied and been appointed Headmaster at Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne. With his wife Edna and their young family of two small boys, John and Russell, both Scots College pupils, they moved to Australia, taking the treasured Parents’ Association gift with them.

The grandfather clock remained

with Mr Francis until his death in July 1988. It was then inherited by his eldest son, John.

On 6 May 2008 (see the Quad issue No. 17), John Francis with his wife, Diana, on holiday from Australia, visited Scots on a perfect sunny day. They met Graeme Yule the Headmaster, toured the new surroundings, lunched at Maranui café with the College Archivist and relived memories of the College. John was amazed at the numerous

changes that had occurred over the 64 years since he had been a pupil there. He expressed a desire to return to New Zealand to live. Within the next year, John and Diana had built a home and were living in the Cambridge area. John had also made contact with Scots Old Boys of his vintage.

His death in 2012 was sadly acknowledged. Diana phoned the Archives to say that John had wished to donate the grandfather

1. joHN f v fRANcIS WINNING THE UNDER 13 440 yDS (oNcE ARoUND THE ScoTS coLLEGE PLAyING fIELDS!) 2ND ? D S M oR j R BARNETT, 3RD B v A oR M j

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fRANcIS By THE ScoTS coLLEGE PARENTS’ ASSocIATIoN. WELLINGToN Nz DEcEMBER 1944.

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clock to the College. A generous and thoughtful gift from them both. It carries memories of a much loved and respected headmaster, Mr V F O Francis, whose parting words to the College in 1944 were:

HAWkE’S BAy BRANcH

Brent Greig (1972 – 1981) brent.greig@fnzc.co.nz

MANAWATU BRANcH

Mark Wadham (1949 – 1960) mrw@wadham.co.nz

AUckLAND BRANcH

Tony Lau (1972 – 1978) tonyl@matalex.co.nz

AUSTRALIA BRANcH

Nic Van Hattum (1996 – 2002) nic.vanhattum@ingrammicro.com.au

LoNDoN BRANcH

Jason Varuhas (1995 – 1999)jasonvaruhas@gmail.com

NATIoNAL BRANcH

INTERNATIoNAL BRANcH

SCOBA Contacts

“To Scots that I have served, loved and will continue to love, I bid goodbye and pray the Lord lifts up the light of his countenance on her and bless her always.”

We at Scots are proud and honoured to accept ownership of this gift.

PADDIANNE W NEELy

coLLEGE ARcHIvIST

Please can you help?

Material wanted for the Centennial display:

1. Memoirs

2. Photographs and snapshots: Days at Scots, pupils, staf f, Old Boys, Individual photographs of Head Prefects, Duxes for a Special collection

3. Original uniforms: School Pipe Band, Cadets, ATC, Sea Cadets, Caps, colours, caps straw-boaters, sports gear

4. Medals, Dux medals, badges, blazer button awards

5. Book prizes

6. Art work by Scots College pupils and Old Boys

7. Books by Old Boy authors

8. Musical recordings by Scots College pupils/Old Boys

9. School reports, certificates etc.

10. Papers: Board of Governor, Headmasters, Parents’ Association, Correspondence, Old Boys etc.

11. College crockery – Gibb House

Anything relating to the College would be of value, thank you.

Please contact: Mrs Paddianne W Neely College Archivist

Phone: (04) 388 0850 (W) (04) 386 2072 (H)

ARcHIvAL MATERIAL WANTED

joHN AND DIANA fRANcIS AT LyALL BAy DURING THEIR vISIT To WELLINGToN, 2008.

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