The educational benefits of studying creative arts

The arts are vital to any and all communities on this earth. Whether you are a willing participant or not, every one of us plays a role in creating, altering and renewing elements of our surrounding culture on a daily basis. Having an educated awareness of this culture and actively engaging with it, formally or […]

Top 10 tips for your child’s musical practice

Nick Tester, Head of Strings at The Scots College, shares his top 10 musical practice tips to help parents support their children: Quality versus quantity Thirty minutes of quality, focused practice is infinitely better then six hours of unfocussed practice. If something is played incorrectly your child will have to then unlearn the mistake. As a […]

How performing arts enhances a boy’s education

Engagement in the Performing Arts heralds wide ranging benefits for students of all ages. Be it on stage or back stage, music, dance or dramatic performance, boys’ involvement in artistic pursuits promotes positive life and study skills and many personal attributes exemplified in fine young men. Here are 6 attributes that Performing Arts can help […]

Why dancing is not just for girls

Strength. Coordination. Agility. Discipline. Each of these verbs are synonymous with the most masculine of sporting and recreational pursuits. Add team-player, flexibility, kinaesthetic and spatial awareness, and you have the ideal athlete for almost any popular sport. Dance is all of these things, and more. Training is certainly arduous and disciplined. The direct focus on […]

Young musicians rock out for charity

A talented pair of Year 8 students recently put their musical prowess on display for a weekend of giving as they provided entertainment for the Plumer Road Food and Blanket Drive, and for the Bondi Buskers Festival ‘Music on the Streets.’ Jordan Dulieu and Nick Ward, students at The Scots College, donated their time and expertise as a singer […]