page_title: Scotch College, Melbourne
section_title: Extra-curricular activities
hierarchical_section_title: Scotch College, Melbourne / Extra-curricular activities
caption_attribution_description: Ian Roach Concert Hall Scotch College, Melbourne
context_page_description: Scotch College is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  The college was established in 1851 as The Melbourne Academy in a house in Spring Street, Melbourne, by James Forbes of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria. It is the oldest extant secondary school in Victoria and celebrated its sesquicentenary in 2001.
  Scotch is a founding member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria, and is affiliated with the International Boys' Schools Coalition, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The School is a former member of the G20 Schools Group and a current member of the Global Alliance of Leading-Edge Schools.
context_section_description: Some extra-curricular groups and activities at Scotch are:
  Army Cadet Corps - The Scotch College Cadet Corps was established in 1884, and holds an annual Tattoo.  Cadets have weekly activities at the school and participate in camps and bivouacs.
  Pipe Band - The Scotch College Pipes and Drums Band was established in 1946 and is one of the oldest school pipe bands in Australia.  It wears the Gordon tartan, and competes at national and international competitions and highland festivals.  It performs at school and public events including in the annual ANZAC Day March to the Shrine of Remembrance. It is the current national champion in the Juvenile grade. The pipe band performed on stage with Sir Paul McCartney on 5 and 6 December 2017, during his One on One tour. Sir Paul famously autographed the vellum of the bass drum on stage.
  Military Band - The Military Band performs at school, and in public including in the annual ANZAC Day March to the Shrine of Remembrance and on overseas tours. All members of the band are also members of the Australian Army Cadet Corps.
  Ist Hawthorn (Scotch College) Scout Group - Scotch has its own Scout Group, established in 1926, that is part of Scouts Australia.  The Scout Group meets regularly each Thursday at the school and participate in off-campus activities such as camps.
  Sports First Aid - A Thursday afternoon service that boys can choose to undertake to gain advanced training in first aid. Members of the service learn valuable skills such as CPR and soft and hard tissue injury management. Members help the Scotch College community by regularly attending Saturday mornings to treat any injuries suffered during sport matches. An annual camp is held at Cowes where boys practice the skills they have learned.
  Debating - Scotch regularly participates in debating, competing in the Debaters Association of Victoria Schools Competition. Each season, the school hosts the Hawthorn region of the Schools Competition. In 2008 the First Debating Team were the State A Grade runners-up, while the school was also runner up in the State British Parliamentary Debating Competition. Scotch debaters have recently toured the United Kingdom participating in inter-school debating tournaments. In 2009, Scotch won the inaugural Monash Viewpoint Economics Debate. In 2010, Scotch made Victorian debating history when it won the A Grade (Year 12), B Grade (Year 11) and C Grade (Year 10) State Grand Finals in the DAV (Debaters Association of Victoria) Debating Competition.
caption: Ian Roach Concert Hall - one of the three main performing venues in the James Forbes Academy (2010)
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