Scotch College

Year Level Representative: Year 7

Background

All boys starting in Year 7 at Scotch whether they are from the Scotch Junior School or from a great variety of other schools are all ‘new’ to the Scotch Senior School. For all parents it is exciting, if not daunting initially, where we are all keen for our sons to find friends early on as the boys expand into various activities within Scotch.

The SPA through its Clubs, Auxiliaries and Year Level Representatives are always trying to improve ways for parents to rapidly become part of the School community. The Year 7 Representatives aim to help parents meet other parents and to assist them in understanding how the School works. A number of Year 7 social gatherings arranged at the beginning of the year help welcome parents and allow them to find new friends. These functions are important to attend. Similarly many Clubs affiliated with Sport welcome Year 7 boys with a function at the start of the season. It is again important to get to these functions as they are targeted at our Year Level. They provide another opportunity to meet and get to know other parents in our Year Level with boys of similar interests. It is also an opportunity to meet coaches and teacher at the School.

Two or more parents of Year 7 boys take the role of Year Level Representative. It is a two-year commitment extending over Years 7 and 8. The Year Level Representatives may then ask for volunteers to become Class Representatives who may organise informal functions for their class.

Diary Dates for Term 1

Morning Tea for Year 7 Parents will be held on Thursday 29 January 2009 at 9.00 am in the Boykett Room of the Cardinal Pavilion, after dropping off your sons at the Lithgow Centre.

Welcome Service for the Year 7 Boys and Parents will be held in the Memorial Hall on Tuesday 10 February 2009 at 9.35 am. This will be followed by a Morning Tea for Year 7 parents at 10.15 am in the James Forbes Academy.

Year 7 Family Sunday Barbecue will be held on Sunday, 8 February 2009 at 4.30 pm adjacent to the Montgomery Playing Fields behind the Main Grandstand. The President of the SPA will introduce their executive team and the New Year 7 Representatives. It is an ideal opportunity to meet boys and parents in the same class as well as renew friendships you may have from previous Schools.

Year 7 Parents’ Cocktail Party will be held on Tuesday 17 March 2009. Details and a Reply Slip will be published in the first edition of the Torch newsletter.

Class contact list: The Year Level Representatives prepare a class contact list.

The Torch newsletter: We are responsible for two Torch mail outs through the year.

Family Day: We assist at the SPA Badged Goods Stall.

Contacts

The 2009 Year 7 Representatives are listed in the SPA book available on Learning Point