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Please Note:Fun Food Fest Friday 19 February, 5.30pm - 8.30pm at the Junior Campus 10 Lyttleton Street, East Launceston. Everyone is Welcome!
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February

Term 1, Week 2

Contents

Senior Executive
Headmaster - Mr Richard Ford Head of Senior Campus - Mr Nicholas Foster
2022 Scholarships Programme
2022 Academic Scholarships 2022 Launceston Grammar Scholarships
Regional Visits
Head of Boarding - Ash Keatch
Events
Fun Food Fest - 19 February Grade 7 Parents - Cocktail Party
Senior Campus
Careers Advisor - Fiona Symons Grade 7 Camp - Outdoor Adventure Continues 2021 Senior Campus Production
Junior Campus
Grade 5 - Day in the Dairy Excursion
Chaplain Message
Junior Campus - Ms Elizabeth Poland
Community Notices
Introduction to Football 5 - 9 Year Olds Female Soccer Development Sessions NTJSA Invitation Female Rugby Union Club

Notices

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Launceston Grammar Swimming Pool

The Launceston Grammar Pool will be open every Tuesday and Thursday morning in Term 1 between 7:15am and 8:15am for all Launceston Grammar students to prepare for the school swimming carnivals, for general fitness, recovery training or to work on swimming technique.

Parent Lounge Access

Launceston Grammar’s Parent Lounge allows our parents to record your child/ren’s absence.

Simply follow these easy steps:

  1. Log into Parent Lounge
  2. Select Student Details from the Menu
  3. Select Attendance
  4. Add Absence Notification (blue button on the right hand side)
  5. Enter Details of Absence

Please email reception@lcgs.tas.edu.au if you have any questions.

Senior Executive

Headmaster - Mr Richard Ford

From the School’s earliest days, we have been committed to providing excellent education opportunities for students. During the first fortnight of ...

From the School’s earliest days, we have been committed to providing excellent education opportunities for students. During the first fortnight of our 175th year, we have held true to this in a myriad of ways.

Advances with Aviation

This evening we open a new Aviation space at the Senior Campus which is unique in Tasmania, if not Australia. One of the School’s oldest buildings has been renewed to provide our community with a dedicated workshop and flight simulator room for our aviation classes. The space will help to support the growing demand for students to see how their Science and Mathematics comes together in a real-world context. In quite a spectacular way, the contribution of School alumni to Australia’s aviation history is also spotlighted to inspire our students as they look to the future and consider how they will serve and shape our world.

Nurturing Creativity

An equally exciting and heart-warming event was the opening of Poimena Gallery’s first exhibition for 2021, The Sorrow of Black The Silence of White 1970-2020. On display until 4 March is a collection of close to one hundred pieces of art by Ryllton Viney, a former student, staff member and esteemed artist. With exhibitions continuing to be held throughout the year, I hope all families might be able to come along to at least one gallery opening in 2021.

Healthy Living

A significant focus of our sports programme is on helping students learn how to be healthy throughout their life. Opportunities such as the Running Club, our Strength and Conditioning facility and indoor heated Swimming Pool are key parts of what we have available to students to help them build their confidence and ability to stay active after some of the more contact heavy team sports are no longer an option. With this in mind, during Term 1 we are trialling opening the School pool to all students on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:15am to 8:15am. Students are welcome to come along and use the pool for general fitness or more intensive carnival training. Some teams will also be specifically using the pool for recovery sessions. I hope to see many students making use of this offering throughout the term.

Beyond the Classroom

During the week I visited Grade 7 at Hanleth and was impressed by how quickly students had made new connections and were bravely embracing the challenges that are part of Launceston Grammar’s outdoor education programme. It was also great to see Grade 3 designing and making items in the Technology Centre, Grade 5 out at a robotic dairy as part of their unit of inquiry on how the production of commodities drives human consumption, Grade 6 participating in a special team building walk and Grade 12 Agriculture students observing a Southern Systems plant trial at Cressy. As a School we are committed to leveraging the unique opportunities which are possible from our location in Northern Tasmania and I am grateful that staff continue to seek out new ways for this to occur.

Scholarships

Registration to participate in the Academic Scholarship process closes on Friday 19 February. Applications for all other scholarships close on 1 March. Further information about scholarships is available on the Scholarships page and I encourage you to share this information with families in the wider community who might not be aware that the closing dates are quite early in the school year.

House Evenings and Fun Food Fest

It has been wonderful to catch up with many families at House Chapels and BBQs. These continue this coming week for Gillett (Monday), Wilkinson (Tuesday) and Roff (Thursday). Please do come along and enjoy a relaxed evening together in the Senior Campus quadrangle.

For all families, but particularly Junior Campus families, Fun Food Fest is set to be a terrific evening next Friday 19 February (5:30pm – 8:30pm). A range of food, activities and entertainment has been organised and I encourage all students and families both past and present to come along and enjoy this time together as a community.

Richard Ford
Headmaster

 

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Head of Senior Campus - Mr Nicholas Foster

The Best Version of MeRecently my son applied for a job and in interview was asked only one question. What is the best version of you?  This is an ...

The Best Version of Me

Recently my son applied for a job and in interview was asked only one question. What is the best version of you?  This is an interesting question and something that I have been looking at with my Grade 10 Health class.  We have been looking at what makes us healthy, what makes us the best version of ourselves.  It is a complex question which involves exploring the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social dimensions of our lives.  When all these things come together, we can truly become the best version of ourselves.

As a child I often heard the phrase “that person marches to the beat of their own drum” as though it were a bad thing.  Fast forward 35 years and I now see that same phrase as a compliment.  The lyrics from the song “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman sums this up far better than I;

look out cause here I come

and I am marching on the beat I drum,

I’m not scared to be seen, I make no apologies,

this is me.

This week in assembly I spoke to students about the three virtues that we intend to have as key focal points of our Pastoral Programme for 2021; Gentleness, Thankfulness and Perseverance.  I have always been a big advocate of the need to persevere, to push on, to work hard. One of my favourite poets Harry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote that “the heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight but they while their companions slept were toiling upward in the night”.  As I look out my window, I see our sports men and women working hard and persevering.  Last weekend our musicians attended an intensive music camp. Soon our students will embark on preparing for the School Production.  I encourage all our students to work hard and to persevere, as Captain Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel, when asked if it was hard stated “nothing great is easy”. For some of us, our English Channel might be just putting one foot in front of the other some days, and at other times it might seem effortless as if soaring on the wings of eagles.

I also encourage our students to be gentle with both themselves and others.  When I talk to students, I often hear that they believe those around them want them to academically successful and that is the main priority.  Yet when I talk to parents and teachers, what they most want for them is to be happy and fulfilled.  The rest will follow, the results will come.  I encourage you all to have discussions with your children about what they want from the year ahead and to be gentle with themselves and others.  I also encourage our students to be thankful.

We have so much to be thankful for, often without even realising it. I read recently that;

Sometimes our light goes out, but it is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled the light.  Albert Switzer

I hope we can be that breath for others when they need it rekindled. I hope we have those people around us when we need them to rekindle ours.

As week two comes to an end I am sure parents of Grade 7 students will be welcoming back some tired and weary young bodies after their first experience of Outdoor Education at Grammar.  For some this will have been their English Channel moment.  For some the first time away from home.  For some the first time sleeping under canvas.  For some the first time cooking on a Trangia.  I am sure our Grade 7’s found many opportunities to persevere, to the gentle to each other and hopefully, thankful for another experience in their life’s journey.  As we approach the weekend, I hope you have the opportunity to talk to your children about what they are thankful for and what they have persevered with. And finally, to the question at the start of this article. What is the best version of me?   For the young person I was helping with this question they found their answer quickly…happy.

God’s Blessing

Nicholas Foster
Head of Senior Campus I Deputy Head of Students

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2022 Scholarships Programme

2022 Academic Scholarships

Launceston Grammar’s 2022 Academic Scholarships are closing this Friday 19 February, 2021! To find out more about this scholarship and share with ...

Launceston Grammar’s 2022 Academic Scholarships are closing this Friday 19 February, 2021!

To find out more about this scholarship and share with your family and friends visit our Scholarships page

The Scholarship exam date is Friday 26 February, 2021.

 

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2022 Launceston Grammar Scholarships

Launceston Grammar has a variety of additional scholarships, including Boarding Scholarships, available across a number of School areas and highlight ...

Launceston Grammar has a variety of additional scholarships, including Boarding Scholarships, available across a number of School areas and highlight the breadth of curriculum offerings at Launceston Grammar.

Applications Close Friday 1 March, 2021. To find out more and share with your family and friends visit our Scholarships page.

 

 

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Regional Visits

Head of Boarding - Ash Keatch

Launceston Grammar’s new Head of Boarding, Mr Ash Keatch and the Head of Boys’ Boarding, Mr TJ Pieters is visiting Flinders Island Saturday 13 and ...

Launceston Grammar’s new Head of Boarding, Mr Ash Keatch and the Head of Boys’ Boarding, Mr TJ Pieters is visiting Flinders Island Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 February.

Ash and TJ are visiting with a number of our families and also alumni during their visit to the island.

EVENTS

Dinner:

Current parents Mark and Sophie Pitchford have kindly offered to host a dinner for all our Boarding families on Saturday evening:

  • Saturday 13 February from 6:00pm
  • Location: 2154 Palana Road Lughrata TAS 7255
Breakfast:
  • Sunday 14 February from 8:30am
  • Venue: Mountain Seas
  • Scott and Toni Wood

RSVP:

Please phone Ash on 0403 799 321

We have two full days of catching up with you and any other families you would like to introduce us both to as we are happy to discuss Boarding or Launceston Grammar in general.

 

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Events

Fun Food Fest - 19 February

Launceston Grammar’s Fun Food Fest is Friday 19 February from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. Bookings are essential. BOOK HERE ...

Launceston Grammar’s Fun Food Fest is Friday 19 February from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. Bookings are essential.

BOOK HERE

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Grade 7 Parents - Cocktail Party

Launceston Grammar is hosting the Grade 7 Parents’ Cocktail Party Thursday 25 February from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. BOOK HERE ...

Launceston Grammar is hosting the Grade 7 Parents’ Cocktail Party Thursday 25 February from 6:30pm – 8:00pm.

BOOK HERE

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Senior Campus

Careers Advisor - Fiona Symons

Grade 12 Career CounsellingOne-on-one career counselling sessions for all Grade 12 students commenced in Week 1.  Whilst the content of these ...

Grade 12 Career Counselling

One-on-one career counselling sessions for all Grade 12 students commenced in Week 1.  Whilst the content of these sessions vary to suit the needs of each student, the focus is on discussing aspirations, researching post-Grade 12 options and understanding the processes for pursuing chosen pathways.

Sessions are held during a student’s study line (or at lunchtime for those without a study line) and all Grade 12 students will have their session this term.

Students from all grades are encouraged to pop in or email at any stage throughout the school year to receive friendly, personalised careers support.

The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)

The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is a compulsory requirement for entrance into most medicine courses and some dentistry and clinical sciences courses taught in Australia and New Zealand.  The test helps universities to select applicants with the most appropriate abilities and professional behaviours required for new doctors and dentists to be successful in their clinical careers.  It is used in collaboration with other admissions processes such as interviews and academic qualifications.  The UCAT replaced the UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test) in 2019.

Grade 12 students who are interested in studying medicine, dentistry or clinical sciences are encouraged to attend a UCAT information session at recess on Thursday 18 February in the Careers Centre.

Further information about the UCAT can be found at: www.ucat.edu.au/ucat-anz.

Seize the Day Educational Scholarships

Read more about the Seize the Day Educational Scholarships

The Australian National University Tuckwell Scholarship Programme

The Tuckwell Scholarship Programme at the Australian National University (ANU) is the most transformational undergraduate scholarship programme in Australia.

Every year, 25 Tuckwell Scholarships are awarded to highly talented and motivated school leavers planning to study at ANU, to help them fulfil their potential and reinvest their knowledge, skills and experience in ways that positively benefit others. The program has a focus on giving back to Australia and is the only one of its kind that nurtures Scholars to fulfil their broader community ambitions over and above the pursuit of an undergraduate degree.

The application process for the 2022 intake opens in March, so I would encourage all interested Grade 12 students to look into this opportunity now by visiting the Tuckwell Scholarship website: https://tuckwell.anu.edu.au/scholarship.

Upcoming Careers Events for Term 1

Date and Time Topic Location
Thursday 18 February at Recess UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test) Information Session Careers Centre
Monday 22 February at Recess Gap Year Information Session Careers Centre
Monday 1 March to Friday 5 March Grade 10 Futures Enrichment Week 1

Contact Careers Advisor

I welcome the opportunity to sit down with parents and students at any time throughout the year to discuss options; please contact me on phone: (03) 6336 6058 or email: careers@lcgs.tas.edu.au to arrange an appointment.

Fiona Symons
Careers Advisor
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Grade 7 Camp - Outdoor Adventure Continues

Our Grade 7 having a wonderful time at Hanleth – their first Outdoor Education programme camp for 2021!

2021 Senior Campus Production

During School Assembly this week there was an exciting update about the School’s Senior Campus production for 2021. This year we will be staging an ...

During School Assembly this week there was an exciting update about the School’s Senior Campus production for 2021.

This year we will be staging an original production based in the 1940s and centering around the themes of love, war and hope.

Keep an ear out for auditions, which will be held in a few weeks.

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Junior Campus

Grade 5 - Day in the Dairy Excursion

Grade 5 visited Gala Farm, Quamby Brook as part of Primary Employers Tasmania’s‘A Day in the Dairy’ event where they saw first-hand the benefits of ...

Grade 5 visited Gala Farm, Quamby Brook as part of Primary Employers Tasmania’s ‘A Day in the Dairy’ event where they saw first-hand the benefits of incorporating robotic technology into agricultural operations.

The visit provided the perfect opportunity for our students to learn as part of a future Unit of Inquiry they will by studying this year ‘The Production of Commodities is Driven by Human Consumption’.

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Chaplain Message

Junior Campus - Ms Elizabeth Poland

I have just finished a long walk with Grade 6 from the Trevallyn Dam back to the Junior Campus. A few sections (Snake Gully and the Zig Zag Track) ...

I have just finished a long walk with Grade 6 from the Trevallyn Dam back to the Junior Campus.

A few sections (Snake Gully and the Zig Zag Track) had steep descents, where staff reminded the students to take care going down together.

It reminded me of Haggai’s phrase – ‘Give careful thought to your ways’.

Haggai was a prophet during the time of the return from exile in Babylon about 500 years before Jesus. In a short book, just two chapters, he challenges the Israelites to examine their lives at least five times with this repeated phrase. He challenges their priorities to reflect living for God rather than for self.

Taking stock of our lives is a helpful practice.

In the busyness of life, it can be easy to simply get things done and go through the motions- almost without thought or contemplation.

Likewise, Socrates is famously quoted as saying ‘an unexamined life is not worth living’. That’s a pretty bold statement!

Just as we walk carefully down a steep rough track, we are wise to think carefully about how we live our lives.

I am challenged by Haggai and likewise by Socrates to structure in some healthy introspection. God calls us to live for Him, to love mercy, and to act justly, walking humbly before Him.

Contemplating on the good things God gives us and has done for us in Jesus, leads us to true humility and thankfulness and orients our lives around something greater than ourselves!

Rev. Elizabeth Poland
Junior Campus Chaplain
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Community Notices

Introduction to Football 5 - 9 Year Olds

Launceston United Junior Soccer is offering a three week introduction to the football programme for boys and girls interested in playing soccer email ...

Launceston United Junior Soccer is offering a three week introduction to the football programme for boys and girls interested in playing soccer

email info@launcestonunited.club

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Female Soccer Development Sessions

Free female development sessions on Saturday 20 February, 2021. Two sessions available: 12 – 15 years I 16 – Seniors. email

Free female development sessions on Saturday 20 February, 2021. Two sessions available: 12 – 15 years I 16 – Seniors.

email info@launcestonunited.club

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NTJSA Invitation

The Northern Tasmanian Junior Soccer Association would like to invite boys and girls aged 5 – 16 years of age to join the largest participation sport ...

The Northern Tasmanian Junior Soccer Association would like to invite boys and girls aged 5 – 16 years of age to join the largest participation sport in the world.

Season 2021 kicks off in April at Churchill Park, Invermay

CLUB LOCATION CONTACT DETAILS
Launceston City Devils Buckby Park, Westbury Road, Prospect phone 0418 348 919 or
email Mel Wilcox juniors@launcestoncity.com.au
Launceston United Birch Avenue, Newstead phone 0429 447 709 (Club Co-ord) or email Tony Pearce coordinator@launcestonunited.club
Riverside Olympic Windsor Park, Riverside phone 0475 769 043 (Club Adm e-mail Club) admin@riversideolympic.com.au
Southern Raiders Prospect Park, Harley Pde, Prospect phone 0417 050 809 (Club Pres) or email southernraiders@gmail.com
North Launceston Eagles
Churchill Park, Invermay phone 0408 175 224(Registrar) or email Club nleagles@gmail.com
George Town JSC Blue Gum Park, George Town phone 0400 424 677 (Club Sec) or email gtjscsec@gmail.com
Northern Rangers NTCA Ground, Launceston phone 0400 354 617 (Club Sec) or email rangers.juniors@gmail.com

 

 

To register to play go to www.playfootball.com.au/register or for more information please contact one of the above clubs, or the NTJSA on 03 6331 911 or email admin@ntjsa.org

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Female Rugby Union Club

Tamar Valley Vixens are Tasmania’s first sole female rugby union club made up of local students and professionals. We aim to benefit the sporting ...

Tamar Valley Vixens are Tasmania’s first sole female rugby union club made up of local students and professionals.

We aim to benefit the sporting community by creating a safe environment where women could play, support & enjoy rugby without fear of discrimination, or intimidation.

Tamar Valley Vixens Rugby Club is not just a sporting club but an entirely new way of looking at rugby. We believe that our game is a great way to empower the women in our community and foster the development of skills along the way.

We have a really exciting few months ahead of us including scouts from Rugby Australia coming to Tasmania for the first time! Running alongside this Vixens will be run a dedicated Junior Girls Rugby Academy During 2021. We are looking for girls aged 12-16 to participate in this program which will include mentorship from one of our current senior women.

Tamar Valley Vixens Club Information

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