Boarding Staff
The Boarding Family
At Launceston Grammar you will discover a strong, supportive environment reflected in our genuine warmth and connection between students, families and staff. Our boarders become part of a nurturing community that ensures they are made to feel welcome, secure and included.
We believe that involvement in all aspects of School life increases a student’s sense of belonging, expands friendship groups and leads to higher levels of motivation and engagement. We encourage our boarders to become involved in co-curricular activities across sporting, visual arts and performance and music pursuits.
Each boarding house is managed by live-in Heads of Boarding who are responsible for the wellbeing of the students in their care. Heads of Boarding are supported by trained, certified staff who assist with the daily running of the houses and ensure that each boarder is made to feel welcome, secure, included and very much part of the boarding family.
Our boarders become part of a wonderful community of fellow students who become lifelong friends.
Meet Head of Boarding: Theunis (TJ) Pieters
TJ has been Head of Boarding at Launceston Grammar since 2023 and seeks to ensure that Hawkes Boarding House is known for being a home away from home where Boarders (and staff) come from all backgrounds and walks of life to live under one roof. TJ has really enjoyed being a part of the boarding community and family, and looks forward to continuing the growth of student agency, life-long connections, and setting our Boarders up to be compassionate and resilient young adults when they leave School.
Speaking of the advantages of Boarding at Grammar, TJ says:
Boarding provides wonderful opportunities for our students to develop their independence and leadership in a supportive environment, as well as the encouragement of lifelong friendships. In Boarding, we are able to identify the academic abilities of our students and provide opportunities for each one of them to be successful in their chosen career pathway. Close monitoring of each student’s academic and pastoral development via teachers and Heads of House in the day and boarding systems is a priority.
