Great Scot | Issue 173 | 2025
Inside Scotch Explore
Launched at the beginning of Term 1, Scotch Explore has quickly become a dynamic fixture of the Scotch timetable. Designed to spark curiosity and broaden horizons, the program has allowed boys to step outside their usual timetables and into rich co-curricular experiences.
As the dust settles on Term 2, we took a look back at what the first semester had to offer our boys.
A positive shift in Senior School
For Senior School students, Scotch Explore has been a welcome opportunity to press pause on their usual academic schedules and instead engage in activities that fuel different passions. Karen Kimber, who coordinates the Senior Scotch Explore program, has been encouraged by what she’ s seen.
“ Each Thursday I walk around the various groups and get a strong sense that the boys are both happy and engaged,” she said.“ As Arthur Brooks wrote,‘ Happiness = Enjoyment + Meaning + Satisfaction’. We’ re trying to give that to our boys through Scotch Explore.”
The program has also helped boys navigate the balancing act of sport, study, and wellbeing. In Year 10, for example, the structure has been tailored to avoid overload, with boys offered options like supervised study or sessions such as Future Leaders, or Enhancing Performance, which discusses warm-ups, nutrition, and mental rehearsal.
Meanwhile, curiosity is taking off in programs like Robotics, Cinematics, and our cultural languages.“ The Street Art and Street Photography activity has been very popular too, allowing boys who can’ t always fit the creative arts into their timetable an opportunity to explore that side of their personality,” Karen says.
Students are responding positively to the variety on offer, too.
“ Some love the opportunity to complete their schoolwork, others love an extra opportunity to be active in the sporting stream, and many love the chance to learn things they can’ t fit into the timetable.”
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