26 November 2018

Community and Service

Community Service-Based Projects

Once again the Year 10 Personal Projects were outstanding. Many of the projects focused on service with boys working to support various agencies in creative ways. These include:

  • Lewis Walker (Year 10, Anderson) - Undertook a fudge fundraiser for donation of educational materials for Thai school
  • Benjamin Moran (Year 10, Anderson) - Raised money for the McGrath Foundation through a 'Pull on Your Socks' - Scotch/Christ Church rugby match.
  • Benjamin Avery (Year 10 Cameron) - Created foster-care backpacks
  • Isaac Nancarrow (Year 10, Cameron) - Collected sports equipment for East Timor
  • Austin Bantock (Year 10, Ferguson) - Initiated 'Austin's Ride' to raise funds for the Special Air Service (SAS) resource fund
  • Oliver Harding (Year 10, Keys) - Made 'Oli's Oats' from farm produce and sold to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis
  • Tremayne Green (Year 10, Keys) - Initiated a fundraising social for lung cancer research.
  • Malachi Cornwall (Year 10, Shearer) - Sent aid supplies for Vanuatu
  • Jack Manners (Year 10, Stuart) - Created a golf day for Redkite (cancer charity)
  • Sebastian Evans (Year 10, Alexander) - Created a cycling fundraiser for 'Wheelchairs for Kids'

These are all wonderful projects that demonstrate a desire on the part of boys to make a difference.

Round Square Global Conference

During the last holidays a group of five Year 11 students took part in a Round Square Global Conference in Singapore for six days. The conference was held at the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) and involved over 1000 delegates from 150 schools from all continents. The theme was 'Act Today, Change Tomorrow' and students were challenged to look at ways of creating a more sustainable world.

Speakers included explorer and conservationist Tim Jarvis. Tim spoke of retracing as authentically as possible the famous journey of Ernest Shackelton and his men from Elephant Island to South Georgia. Kavita Ramas, the 'Ford Foundation's' representative for India and Nepal spoke about fighting for woman's rights under very difficult circumstances. Nidhi Kapur from the 'Save the Children Fund' detailed her career and outlined her current work in the Congo. All speakers were alumni from UWCSEA.

The boys took part in workshops and discussion groups with students from all over the world, representing Scotch College very well.

'Upside' Cookbook

Former Scotch student - Cal Foulner - heads up an organisation called Upside Nepal. This group works on sustainability projects in remote villages - often overlooked by other agencies. Upside is promoting another 'Forage' cookbook - following the success of a previous version. If you would like to purchase this cookbook and support a very worthy cause go to the Forage Cookbook web site or follow on instagram.

Mr Bill Cordner

Director of Community and Service