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Term 1, Week 7

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March

Term 1, Week 7

Contents

Senior Executive
Principal - Dale Bennett Assistant Head of Junior Campus - Ms Lisa Watson Hawkes House Head of Boarding - TJ Pieters Chaplain - Reverend Matthew Pickering
Teaching and Learning
Moderation Day Teachers as Students Turkey Fundraiser Enterprise Learning
The Arts
Junior Art House The Edge of Nowhere is the Centre of Everything Eyes to the Floor - TCE Production Tasmanian Theatre Awards Dance
Sports
Savigny House Success Senior Campus Swimming Carnival
Walkathon
60th Walkathon Charity - You Can Stay Firewood Fundraiser
Community
Bike Fest CATS-The Musical
Senior Executive

Principal - Dale Bennett

In the latest instalment of Grammar Magic, Principal Dale Bennett speaks to the Head of Hawkes house Boarding, Mr Theunis Pieters about his role and ...

In the latest instalment of Grammar Magic, Principal Dale Bennett speaks to the Head of Hawkes house Boarding, Mr Theunis Pieters about his role and life in the Boarding House.

 

Dale Bennett

Principal

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Assistant Head of Junior Campus - Ms Lisa Watson

It has been a busy fortnight on the Junior Campus with our students. Many of our Inquiry units have seen students engage with the wider community to ...

It has been a busy fortnight on the Junior Campus with our students. Many of our Inquiry units have seen students engage with the wider community to deepen their learning. This fortnight our Grade 6 students participated in Thai Chai in City Park and visited the Buddhist Institute as part of their unit of inquiry of ‘Who we are’. Students were exploring the differences between spirituality and religion and how it shapes our identity. 

Our Grade 3 and 4 students visited the City Hall to meet with Launceston Mayor, Danny Gibson.  The Grade 4 learning focuses on, ‘How we organise ourselves’ with a strong link to communities, laws and resources. While the Grade 3 students are learning about ‘Sharing the planet’, learning about improving well-being and participation in our community and the benefits that come from this. Mrs Bowles and Mr Brown have shared a report about their visit below. 

As a new staff member of Launceston Grammar with fresh eyes, it is the links to the community that our students are involved in that stand out to me. The learning opportunities that extend outside of the classroom and the connections that students make to the real world are a strength of the learning and teaching programme here on the Junior Campus. 

 

NAPLAN 

NAPLAN is underway for our Grade 3 and 5 students. NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language (spelling, grammar and punctuation), and Numeracy. The results of the tests provided information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student and school achievement.  

 

NIJSSA Swimming Carnival 

Our students participated in the NIJSSA Swimming Carnival on Thursday 9th March. Launceston Grammar sent a particularly strong team this year and we witnessed some excellent individual swims on the day. The team spirit shown was a credit to our school, every member of the team gave 100% in every race and we were excited to finish the day in second place! A huge achievement from our small school. A big thank you to Mr Zantuck for his work in preparing and organising the day. Thank you also to Mrs Calvert, Mrs Bassano and Mr Brown for your tireless work on the day. 

 

Bravehearts Visit 

Our students from Early Learning to Grade 2 had a visit from ‘Ditto’, the lovable lion who presents a fun and interactive show teaching students how to Keep Safe. Students loved learning through song and dance. 

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Hawkes House Head of Boarding - TJ Pieters

Dear Boarding families and wider Launceston Grammar Community, Over the last fortnight, Hawkes Boarding House attended this year’s Relay for Life, ...

Dear Boarding families and wider Launceston Grammar Community,

Over the last fortnight, Hawkes Boarding House attended this year’s Relay for Life, and it was a great event for us to attend as a group and represent Launceston Grammar to show our support in the fight against cancer.

From McDonald’s for lunch, to the challenge of walking for 20 hours while having a silent disco, and making ourselves comfortable inside our tent, it was great to see the Grammar spirit displayed by our boarders. If you would like to donate to the event, please follow the following link: https://www.relayforlife.org.au/fundraisers/grammarboarding

I visited King Island with Mr Bennett and his wife to attend the King Island show. What a great opportunity to promote our school while also getting to learn a lot from Dale – including his ability to successfully drive our car on roads that were not suitable for a little Sedan!

We also had our overseas boarders in the Boarding House over the long weekend and attempted to visit Liffey Falls. Unfortunately, a wrong turn and closed roads meant we never got to see the falls and settled for a walk around the river at Deloraine, which turned into more excitement when we were greeted by this snake in the car park!

The end of the rowing season has arrived, which also means the end of 5:15 am starts for both our rowers and staff that wake them up and drive them down to the boat sheds in the early hours of the morning. The Hawkes Boarding House will head out to Lake Barrington to support our crews at the annual Head of the River. I wish everyone all the best for their races and look forward to seeing those of you who are out there on Saturday.

Next weekend will be a quiet weekend as we prepare for grade 10 camps, while time is getting less until our grade 12’s venture out on their Walkathon challenge. On Friday the 31st of March we are planning to take the boarders to the movies, and on Saturday the 1st of April we will be attending the AFL match between Hawthorn and North Melbourne at UTAS Stadium. The Boarding House will sponsor one of these events. If your child would like to go to either or both of these events, please get in touch with me.

Enjoy the weekend ahead.

Kind Regards,

TJ Pieters

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Chaplain - Reverend Matthew Pickering

Gratitude is good for you.    Here are some of the benefits of growing gratitude intentionally in your life   increased happiness and positive mood   ...

Gratitude is good for you.  

Here are some of the benefits of growing gratitude intentionally in your life 

  • increased happiness and positive mood 
  • more satisfaction with life 
  • less materialistic 
  • less likely to experience burnout 
  • better physical health 
  • better sleep 
  • less fatigue 
  • greater resiliency 
  • encourages the development of patience, humility, and wisdom 

That is a positive list full of outcomes that are worth pursuing. 

In one of his letters the Apostle Paul writes, “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 

He does not say to give thanks ‘for’ all circumstances, that would be insane and fatalistic. But he is saying that whatever the circumstances you find yourself in, whether they are seasons of peace and prosperity, or hardship and grief – God wants you to discover and practice gratitude. 

Now there is a secret here to consider – there is a promise in this command – there is something about Jesus Christ himself that makes gratitude in all of life possible and in fact what God wants for us. At the most basic level, Christ walked the talk of sacrifice and love, forgiveness and redemption, death and resurrection, and finally – victory.

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Teaching and Learning

Moderation Day

Unique to a PYP school is the ability to work collaboratively as a transdisciplinary team. Our classroom teachers, specialist teachers and education ...

Unique to a PYP school is the ability to work collaboratively as a transdisciplinary team. Our classroom teachers, specialist teachers and education assistants worked together as a professional learning team to strengthen the educational offerings for our students. One of the focus points of the day was to explore the new version of the Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0) and to ensure our units of inquiry continue to align with the new curriculum. This was a great opportunity to familiarise ourselves with changes to the Australian Curriculum and converse with our colleagues about the new curriculum and its impact on our learning and teaching.  

Reviewing our Programme of Inquiry was a wonderful opportunity for all staff to further embed the PYP framework into our school. We thank Claire Calvert for her work in this space and for providing staff with high-quality, relevant and engaging professional learning. 

 

Early Years Update – Moderation Day 

Our Early Learning team spent moderation day getting up to speed with the updated Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) V2.0. The aim of Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Framework for Australia is to support early childhood providers, teachers, and educators to extend and enrich children’s learning from birth to 5 years and through the transition to school. The EYLF draws on robust Australian and international evidence that confirms early childhood is a vital period in children’s continued learning, development, and wellbeing. Mark Seagar, Early Years Consultant from Independent Schools Tasmania, led the professional learning and rich discussion around changes to the EYLF, its key components and outcomes and the planning cycle.  

 

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Teachers as Students

Learning is not just the domain of our students. An important part of our teaching practice is to model to our students, the attributes of a lifelong ...

Learning is not just the domain of our students. An important part of our teaching practice is to model to our students, the attributes of a lifelong learner. Our teaching staff engage with professional learning opportunities to not only model these attributes, but also to enrich the teaching and learning opportunities in our classrooms. Over the next few newsletters, we would like to share with you some of our teaching staff’s ‘student experiences’. This week we include reflections from two of our teachers who have recently engaged in Theological studies. 

 

Victoria Legg, Health and Physical Education and Christian Studies Teacher has commenced a postgraduate study in Theology: 

“As teachers, we want to model what it means to be lifelong learners to our students. As such, I’ve been undertaking postgraduate study in Theology at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to Sydney twice in the past six months for a couple of week-long intensive units on the Old Testament and a Foundational Theology unit, examining what the Bible says about who God is. I’m also looking forward to a preaching unit in September, which will help me develop my exegetical ability in understanding Biblical texts, and then being able to communicate this most effectively – skills which are highly valuable and transferrable into the Christian Studies classroom.”   

 

Head of Roff House, Rachel Pickering, recently attended a week-long professional learning opportunity in Canberra, completing a pastoral care intensive course: 

“I believe transformational learning comes not from prioritising compliance, but rather, relationship. I recently had the privilege of attending St Marks Theological Centre for an intensive on Pastoral Counselling Skills. As a Head of House, my role involves a large proportion of in-depth coaching and counselling. As such, any training in developing robust relational and conversational skills in invaluable. A focus for me was how to frame conversations, skills of reflective listening, and creating rhetoric of feelings and thoughts for people who struggle to articulate themselves. I also had the privilege of attending their library, which has one of the foremost Rare Theological Book collections in the Southern Hemisphere – I saw the great legacy of education in this rarefied space – including some of the earliest translations of the Bible into English (included the 1583 Geneva translation pictured), as well as the Bible Societies collection of Australian Indigenous language translations – one of the most comprehensive records of these valuable languages. To be in this space of learning inspired me to bring back much of what I learnt – I have already be using the skills and adding my learning to Christian Studies lessons.” 

We look forward to sharing more of our ‘teachers as students’ series with you. 

 

Sarah Shepherd & Natalie Stewart 

Co-Directors of Teaching and Learning. 

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Turkey Fundraiser

As part of a Grade 4 unit of inquiry, students have been learning about laws, rules and global resources. One of the learning tasks was to design a ...
As part of a Grade 4 unit of inquiry, students have been learning about laws, rules and global resources. One of the learning tasks was to design a city considering the resources, rules and laws that would enable the community to function. This learning inspired our young people to take action and support the people in Turkey who have seen devastation in their own cities after the recent earthquake. Grade 4 Bowles/Brown worked closely with Gulcan Kilinc and her son Erkahn (Grade 1) to organise a fundraiser as part of their learning.
 
The children invited their fellow students to wear red and white clothes and bring a gold coin donation. Together they raised over $480 which will be donated to the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey Disaster Relief.
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Enterprise Learning

Yesterday, students in the Grade 9 Entrepreneurship class launched their food businesses. Students sold sausages, pizza, kiss biscuits, soft drinks, ...

Yesterday, students in the Grade 9 Entrepreneurship class launched their food businesses.

Students sold sausages, pizza, kiss biscuits, soft drinks, hot chips and ice cream. Students had to demonstrate effective teamwork skills as they prepared everything from marketing their goods, sourcing their products; calculating costs and projected profit margins; organising a float for cash sales; learning to operate EFTPOS facilities; setting up the stall and then dealing with controlling the crowds of eager buyers!

Some groups were better prepared and more successful than others. Some team members became overwhelmed and a little stressed by their initial experience; whilst others showed natural business acumen and a flair for selling. Failing and learning from their experiences (“flearning”) is a vital part of this course.

Each group learned some valuable lessons that will stand them in good stead as they continue to run their enterprises until the end of next week.  

 

Mr Christopher Ellison 

Coordinator of Enterprise Learning 

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The Arts

Junior Art House

The Junior Art House is a welcoming haven for creativity and inspiration. The students are often popping in at break times to eagerly continue their ...
The Junior Art House is a welcoming haven for creativity and inspiration. The students are often popping in at break times to eagerly continue their work or to have an ‘art chat’ with Mrs Cook to improve their skills and to share their understandings. Feel free to drop in to see our work.
‘Art Play’ is on each Tuesday afternoon break where students arrive with ideas galore to make and create, using the array of recycled materials.
Grade 4 and Grade 6 are looking forward to growing their understanding of landscapes at The Glover Exhibition. Stay tuned for their Mini  ‘Grammar Glover’ Exhibition.
Grade 3 students are currently curating and installing their ‘Mirka Mora’ inspired exhibition. Stay tuned for dates.
We would love to hear from and work alongside local artists and creatives within our community. Reach out if you would like to join us in The Art House for a visit! mcook@lcgs.tas.edu.au
Mrs Martine Cook

Junior Art Teacher

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The Edge of Nowhere is the Centre of Everything

“Mirrors would do well to reflect a little before sending back images,” said Jean Cocteau, and likewise maps would could be more useful if they said ...
“Mirrors would do well to reflect a little before sending back images,” said Jean Cocteau, and likewise maps would could be more useful if they said something of lived experience.
Informed by Guy Debord’s propositions of the derive, The Edge of Nowhere is the Centre of Everything is the product of a 5-week collaboration between year 11 and 12 TCE students and artist-in-residence Robert O’Connor. The exhibition opened on Thursday evening and will run until 6 April, we welcome you to view the works during school hours.
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Eyes to the Floor - TCE Production

TCE Drama and Theatre Performance students are excitedly undertaking their final tech runs prior to performing next week on Wednesday 22 nd and ...

TCE Drama and Theatre Performance students are excitedly undertaking their final tech runs prior to performing next week on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd March at 7 pm. 

This collaboration with the Music and Art Departments will be performed in the Drama and Dance Centre, beginning at 7 pm. There is no admission charge. 

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Tasmanian Theatre Awards

The Tasmanian Theatre Awards is an annual event that celebrates and recognises the work and achievements of those in the industry; around 50 ...

The Tasmanian Theatre Awards is an annual event that celebrates and recognises the work and achievements of those in the industry; around 50 productions across the state were up for consideration. 

On the 4th of March 2023, several people from the Launceston Grammar community were recognised with various nominations and wins.  

 

2023 Theatre awards:  

Students: 

Best Ensemble in Musical Theatre – The Lion King Jr – Nominated 

(Hannah Badcock, Edie Burns, Lola Eastaugh, Taylah Goss, William Hill, Grace Robertson, Millie Snell, Hannah Woollams) 

Teachers: 

Joel King – Best Supporting Male in Musical Theatre – Chicago – Nominated 

Joel King – Best Ensemble in Musical Theatre – Chicago – Winner 

Cats Creative Team: 

Ross Marsden – Best Production in Musical Theatre – Chicago – Winner 

Ross Marsden – Best Direction in Musical Theatre – Chicago – Nominated  

Jacqueline Marsden – Best Choreography in Musical Theatre – Chicago – Winner 

Jacqueline Marsden – Best Choreography in Musical Theatre – Jersey Boys – Nominated 

 

It was wonderful to share a sense of how much high-quality theatre takes place across our state, and it was wonderful to see so many from Grammar in this rich arts scene. 

 

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Dance

Our Grade 8-10 dance students enjoyed their excursion to Multi Story at Launceston Civic Library on Wednesday 8 th March. As part of the curriculum ...

Our Grade 8-10 dance students enjoyed their excursion to Multi Story at Launceston Civic Library on Wednesday 8th March. As part of the curriculum for our Performing Arts classes, students write a critical review on a piece of live theatre, as such this was an exciting opportunity for our students and staged by Stompin Youth Ensemble. Our students got to explore the three floors of the Launceston Library, discovering new ways to connect to storytelling & witnessing site-specific dance at its best. 

Launceston Grammar also had the opportunity to welcome Bec Dundas: Acting Creative Director of Stompin to our school on Thursday 2nd March for a choreography workshop for the Grade 9/10 dancers that directly correlated to the Multi-Story show. Students had the opportunity to learn a little of the show repertoire as well as brainstorm various modes of communication as Bec led students through an engaging 1.5 hours of making and discussion.   

In Grade 7 Movement, our two classes are hard at work, referencing Bangarra Dance Theatre Moth and 7A are busy making their ‘insect’ dances. 7D are looking at mythical creatures, particularly that of the ‘firebird’. All our 7-10 Movement and Dance students are busy choreographing work that may be submitted to the Launceston Competitions in May. I also had the pleasure of seeing Bangarra Dance Theatre perform live last weekend at WOMAD (World of Music, Arts & Dance) an open-air festival set in the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide. The costumes, lighting and performances were simply stunning as dancers explored storylines relating to Australia’s largest salt lake, Kati Thandra- Lake Eyre.  

Mrs Ingrid Reynolds- Larsen 

Dance/ Movement teacher  

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Sports

Savigny House Success

It has been a stellar day for Savigny House as Mr Foster announced today that Savigny has won the 2022 Spirit Cup. The Spirit Cup is awarded to the ...
It has been a stellar day for Savigny House as Mr Foster announced today that Savigny has won the 2022 Spirit Cup. The Spirit Cup is awarded to the House for overall participation in our Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country carnivals and the House Singing competition.
Mr Foster awarded the Spirit Cup to the Head of Savigny House Mrs Stokes, Savigny House Co-Captain Josh Fulton and Savigny House Prefect Bianca Anderson, who kindly stepped in for Savigny House Co-Captain Tess Klower who is competing this weekend at the Head of the River at Lake Barrington.
It was a treble Savigny celebration with Savigny House also being named the winner of the 2023 Athletics Carnival and being presented with the 2022 House Cup for overall points.
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Senior Campus Swimming Carnival

Friday 24th March 09:00-3.00 pmLaunceston Aquatic Centre, 18A High Street, Launceston, TAS 7250   Arrangements·       Bus for students requiring ...

Friday 24th March 09:00-3.00 pm

Launceston Aquatic Centre, 18A High Street, Launceston, TAS 7250 

 

Arrangements

·       Bus for students requiring transport from the Senior Campus departs at 8:50 am

·       Students can make their own transport arrangements and arrive at LAC before 9:00 am

·       Regular buses will be diverted to Launceston Aquatic Centre (arrangements to come)

·       Carnival concludes at 3:10 pm

·       Buses depart LAC at 3:15 pm and return to Senior Campus approx. 3:25 pm

·       Students may be dismissed from the pool by Heads of House

Transport Arrangements
Regular timetabled buses to the Senior Campus will be diverted to the Launceston Aquatic Centre. Transport arrangements will be sent out one week before the carnival.

Live Stream
This year we will be live-streaming the swimming carnival thanks to the South Esk Swimming Club. A YouTube link will be available closer to the day and will be accessible via the School’s social media platforms.

Families invited to spectate
We wish to invite families to join us at the Launceston Aquatic Centre for the day’s events and cheer on our students. An area in the grandstands will be reserved for families who wish to spectate. This will be at the shallow end of the pool, where you will be close to the action and see students finish their races. Families are encouraged to wear their students’ House colours to show their support. The LAC Café will be open for food and refreshments.

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Walkathon

60th Walkathon Charity - You Can Stay

The Grade 12 Walkathon Video delves a little deeper into the decision to support the Sony Foundation charity You Can Stay and why it is a cause so ...

The Grade 12 Walkathon Video delves a little deeper into the decision to support the Sony Foundation charity You Can Stay and why it is a cause so close to their hearts.

 

https://www.sonyfoundation.org/launceston-grammar-walkathon

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Firewood Fundraiser

Grade 12 student Felix James has led a crew of 15 people splitting 9 metres of wood ahead of the cooler winter weather. The students are taking ...

Grade 12 student Felix James has led a crew of 15 people splitting 9 metres of wood ahead of the cooler winter weather. The students are taking orders for the dry, ready-to-burn firewood for the excellent price of $110 per cubic metre delivered to the Launceston area.

They will be out again this weekend splitting the next batch of firewood so please support our students in raising funds for You Can Stay. To place your order, contact Felix at walkathon@lcgs.tas.edu.au.

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Community

Bike Fest

Join in BikeFest by coming down to Cameron St on Sunday, March 19th for a day designed to be full of carefree riding in separated bike lanes! There ...

Join in BikeFest by coming down to Cameron St on Sunday, March 19th for a day designed to be full of carefree riding in separated bike lanes!

There are also awesome performances, food from World Street Eats and tons of hands-on activities to get involved in.

Bike Fest is 100% free and 200% family-friendly. We aim to be fully accessible, so please let us know if we can help accommodate any extra needs on the day.

Launceston Bike Fest 2023 is a City of Launceston event organised by Future Common. for more information, please visit their Facebook page.

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CATS-The Musical

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