Scotch College

Archive 2013-2018

An E-Newsletter of Scotch College
Perth, Western Australia

26 November 2018

Teaching and Learning

Year 12 student Daniel Bloch (Ferguson) has been selected to travel to Madrid and Segovia, Spain from Monday April 7 to Friday April 11 to join IE University's 2014 Junior Advisory Board (JAB). The university received more than 140 applications from students from six continents and more than 30 countries.

In their response to Daniel, the university stated that his application shone through 'as being outstanding and inspiring' due to his 'creativity, earnestness and dedication to international education'. The selectors also recognised Daniel as having leadership potential. This is the first time Scotch has had a successful applicant to the Junior Advisory Board. Apart from the great opportunity to improve his fluency in Spanish, Daniel has hopes to study overseas and this experience will stand him in great stead.

UN Youth Western Australia News

United Nations Youth State Conference

When: March 7 at 1:00pm to March 9 at 4:00pm.

Each year UN Youth Western Australia runs its annual State Conference, bringing together young leaders from all over the state in a three-day residential conference. The conference provides a great introduction to international issues, global diplomacy and the workings of the United Nations. Each year we have several Scotch boys who attend and from there some are even selected to attend the National or International conference.

Expressions of interest are now open for Year 10-12 students. The theme for this year's State Conference is "In the Name of Democracy", focusing on the question of the legitimacy of democracy, its status as the 'right' system of government, and what other options there are out there. For more information go to http://www.unyouth.org.au/wa/conference/

Evatt Competition

Evatt WA is the State's round of the Australian UN Security Council Competition. The competition takes the form of model sessions of the UN Security Council. Teams are comprised of two students from the same school and each team is allocated one of the fifteen countries that currently sit on the Security Council. Together they share the work of researching their country's stance on prominent security issues and debate, amend, and vote on resolutions prepared by our facilitators, all the while pushing their national agenda. Scotch College has a proud record of success in this competition. There are several rounds to choose from, the first starting on March 27. You compete over one full day and then if successful go on to compete in Parliament House to be selected to compete nationally. In 2013 we had two teams selected in the top five teams from the State Final who went on to represent their School and State at the Evatt National Finals held in December. Success in Evatt can be considered when Colours or Honours are being determined for Debating. The competition is not open for registration yet but for more information go to http://www.unyouth.org.au/wa/evatt/

For more information about Evatt or the State Conference, contact Ms Skidmore or visit the relevant website.