This term some of the Year 6 students had the opportunity to build, program and test a new robot that had never been used before at Scotch Oakburn Collage.

This was a great experience because some of us had never done coding. Firstly, we had the challenge of building and perfecting our robots, which was then followed by coding them to do certain challenges. We coded them to do things like moving in a square, using sensors and navigating through a maze. Certain highlights were making the LEDS flash and teaching our flip […]

Last week we were introduced to Elroy.

He is a robot specifically designed to support people with dementia. We’ve been lucky enough to play around with Elroy and look forward to introducing him to residents at Fred French Care Home. More news to follow after we get to see how he can help residents.

Amy Macfarlane and Sophie Marshall
Year 6

Last night we held the Middle School Arts Evening in the Horton Auditorium and s.p.a.c.e. Gallery.  We showcased a variety of talent in all domains of visual and performing arts.  There were a range of performances including Year 6 Ensembles, Year 8 Dance, a combined MS/Year 7 choir, mimes from Year 8 students and even a twisted fairy tale. The evening culminated in a massed choir singing Fireflies.

Julie Kemp
Head of Middle School

Wednesday 26 June was a very (tri)colourful day at Café 8. Monsieur Dauchez had organised a lovely buffet of simple but delicious French food. It was clear that French food is a favourite for our students as there was a rush to try ham and cheese croissants, apple tart and pain au chocolat which were snapped in minutes. Monsieur Dauchez’s famous quiche was not quite as popular and I am glad we did not go for more exotic food like escargots or Frog legs… next year maybe? Outside, a very competitive game of boules was played which generated witty […]