Behind most successes, there is a team of people making things happen. This was the theme of assembly for the week, a weekly ritual and tradition at Scots.
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Headmaster at The Scots School Bathurst and Lithgow David Gates spoke to students at assembly this week about the success of Cadel Evans.
“It takes a team to set up the environment for success," he said.
"It was his team that enabled him to get there.”
Community is an important and obvious characteristic of The Scots School. The best achievements at Scots are the result of working together, when one community member is down, the rest rally in support.
Scots’ community spirit is in no way better shown than through the School’s Cattle Team connection with Cattle Stud owner Terry Denniss. M Denniss supplies most of the Schools Show steers, is an unwavering supporter of the school.
Sadly, Terry was recently diagnosed with Leukaemia.
Terry, the students and dynamic agriculture teacher Mrs Libby Dawes have realised that their actions can go a long way to helping others. They decided the best way to help was in the form of a steer donation to the Leukaemia Foundation.
The school could not ask for more passionate, driven, caring and clever duo than Terry Denniss and Libby Dawes, who have led the students of the cattle team to many successes.
The most recent success was the title of Most Successful School Exhibitor at the 2011 Sydney Royal Easter Show.
The idea of donating the proceeds of one of the school’s most awarded steers is another example of the staff and school community leading students by example.
All teachers and staff are encouraged to be the role models parents would like for their children.
So, with the Easter Show finished for another year and the donation ready to be made, the Scots community gathered for assembly and invited a representative from the Leukaemia foundation to receive their donation.
The money donated will make a huge impact on the lives of others struggling through one of their toughest life challenges.
Michelle Powell, Support Services Co-ordinator for the Leukaemia Foundation, addressed the School assembly about what the $3000 donation would mean to a Leukaemia patient: “53 trips to or from treatment, 38 nights of accommodation, 12 patients can attend education seminars and1 week of funding for research into treatments and cures.”
With the theme of this week’s assembly blended through all presentations the gratitude of the Leukaemia Foundation’s representative, Michelle Powell, reinforced the Headmasters final note for the students: “Lots of people doing small things make a big difference.”
Deputy Mrs Fleming quoted Shakespeare to the students to help them through their studies during the winter months. The gathering in the school hall could not have been more receptive to her choice of quotation, especially considering the battle embraced by the kids and adults of the cattle team.
“...screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail.”
The Scots School seeks to encourage families who share the same values as the school to apply for scholarships that will commence in 2013.
Open Day is on Saturday August 27 from 11am to 2pm. Families are invited to visit the school to learn more about the school or take a tour around the campus.
The scholarship process has had a timeline change with ACER Testing to be held on February 25, 2012 with applications taken from Term 4 2011 to February 6, 2012.
The Scots Schools Scholarship process seeks to discover talents of children whether they are hidden or already discovered, conventional or unique!