Some of these are summarised below:
Aspiration Project Project update
Great Scot | Issue 173 | 2025 |
Forming men of character
Advancing learning that appreciates
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8-week residential outdoor educational program for Yr 9
Improving our sporting
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• Property has been purchased
• June 2025, Scotch Council to sign-off on long-term viability of the project
• Draft Master Plan has been developed
• Draft Educational Program has been developed
• Appointed an external expert to review our structure and programs
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beauty, pursues goodness and discerns truth |
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• Expert interviewed parents, staff and students – questionnaire also sent to families
• Review to be tabled in June 2025
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• Goal to develop strategy by December 2025 |
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Championing |
Attracting and |
• Conducted staff consultation to glean strengths and |
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progress, inspired |
retaining the very |
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• International review of best practice |
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• Implemented new staff professional learning program |
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• Exploring the concept of establishing an institute that |
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would advance staff growth |
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• June 2025, finalising strategy |
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Championing |
Develop a Scotch |
• Invited 8 leading architectural firms to submit their EOI |
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Master Plan |
to compete in a Master Plan competition. |
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• Selected 4 firms from this group. |
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• Received 4 submissions |
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• Identified 1 firm to commence a comprehensive master |
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• Goal to complete project by December 2025 |
Beyond these larger items, we have similarly completed much work in the following areas:
• Improving our IT systems and staffing capacity
• Improving our communications( new website and new newsletter format)
• We are conducting an external review of our Music and Drama teams to explore how we can take these to the next level
• We are presently finalising a review of our Health Services
• We are presently finalising a review of our Cadet Unit to understand how we might take this further and reestablish Scotch as a leading school in this space, we know that the Cadet program across Australia has just been accredited to align with the world-renowned Duke of Edinburgh Scheme- we desire to have our boys extended and presented with this opportunity.
• We have commenced auditing all activities to examine the extent to which character is developed within our existing programs.
• We have drafted a Teaching and Learning Framework to start our conversation about how best to improve learning for our boys.
• We have started a review of our Senior School Pastoral structures.
• We have implemented a new Stage Leader Model in Junior School to provide more holistic oversight of all we do across P-6.
Again, this is merely a snapshot of what we are doing to bring our purpose statement to life so that Scotch is truly a school dedicated to‘ forming enlightened learners of good character, committed to shaping a better future’.
So, what will success look like in the coming years?
Together with this edition of the Great Scot, we have included a copy of Lighting the Way. This strategy document provides a high-level overview of the projects that have either already commenced or will commence in the coming years.
As with any strategy, we will continue to remain agile and evolve our plan as necessary over the coming years. In this way, our plan is a road map to light the way for the continued advancement of our great school. Our annual parent survey will be tailored to ensure we collect feedback from our community on the progress and impact of this plan.
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