Head of Middle School

We held our Spring Music Soiree last week with boys performing on stage as individuals and then in the grand finale as a concert band presenting a culmination of a year's worth of music development. It was a lovely evening.

This week Kicker Thompson, the Middle School Drama production hits the Foundation Theatre stage with performances on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday evenings and a matinee performance on Saturday. If you have the chance to come and see our young boys take a leap of faith without scripts and in front of a large audience, they would love to see you too.

As an International Baccalaureate school, we actively promote the concept of risk-taking, creativity and cooperation and the Drama production and the Spring Soiree are wonderful illustrations of these attributes packed together. We often think of sport being for the sporty boys and music and drama catering for the creative boys and activities such as the Da Vinci Decathlon, World Scholar's Cup and Maths Olympiad for the academically strong boys. We limit ourselves if we think like this or promote these activities in this vein. The big gains in development come when we challenge ourselves to do something that is new or difficult. Continuing to do what you can already do is valuable, but for quantum leaps in growth and development, try something different. The Middle School production, learning a new instrument, changing sport, signing up for an exchange or joining a co-curricular club can be one of those watershed challenges.

Scotch College is rich in opportunity, rich in challenges. As the boys in Kicker Thompson will find out, it is the first 20 seconds that is the challenge, then the enjoyment and excitement kicks in.