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Term 3, Week 5

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Term 3, Week 5

Contents

Senior Executive
Headmaster - Mr Richard Ford
School News
Poimena Gallery Celebrating 20 years Social Enterprise Sony Camp EOI Now Open
School Events
Father's Day Breakfast
Community Notices
Annual Rowing Sheep Manure Fundraiser Junction Arts Festival for Kids
Chaplain's Report
In Chapel This Week
Senior Executive

Headmaster - Mr Richard Ford

175 th Gala Day and DinnerOur 175 th Anniversary celebrations continue with more exciting events planned for later this year. Save the date Saturday ...

175th Gala Day and Dinner

Our 175th Anniversary celebrations continue with more exciting events planned for later this year. Save the date Saturday 16 October in your calendars as we will be hosting a special ‘Gala Day’ on the Senior Campus and a black-tie ‘Gala Evening’ at Albert Hall. Alumnus and prominent Australian journalist Pip Courtney will be our MC with other entertainment lined up for what should be a great night of celebration of our School’s heritage. Tickets will go on sale next week via the school website so be sure to book early (once the link is available) so as not to miss out. Stay tuned for more details about our Gala Day programme in the coming weeks.

Leadership Lunch with Grace Tame

Our next Leadership Lunch is being held on Thursday 2 September with Australian of the Year 2021, Grace Tame. All Senior Campus students will attend to hear from Grace and engage in a Q&A. Parents and alumni are welcome to attend a live stream of this Leadership Lunch on campus (12:30pm-1:30pm).

Grace is an inspiring young Australian who has spent the last 10 years turning her traumatic experience into advocacy for survivors of child sexual assault and a leader of positive change. She spent several months campaigning against the injustice of Tasmania’s gag order that prevented survivors from self-identifying publicly – the #LetHerSpeak campaign created by Nina Funnell gained national attention, and in 2019 she finally won the right to speak out under her own name. Her advocacy and courage are widely recognised and in 2021, she was named Australian of the Year.

For parents, carers or alumni who would like to attend, seating is limited and registration is free, which will include the provision of a boxed lunch. Registration will close on Monday 30 August.

Further booking information about the session will be sent to parents and carers next week including with whom to communicate in advance if you have any concerns with your child being engaged in this session.

Staff Culture Roadmap

At the start of term, we conducted with staff a brief ‘pulse’ survey to check in on the progress of the cultural change programme we commenced late last year with staff. Culture change takes time and we have embarked on a two-year journey to progress our staff culture to where we would like it to be. This survey was a check-in to see how we are progressing and identify any changes we may need to make to our programme.

We are pleased that most of the initial areas we prioritised (such as leadership, communication, vision and professional learning) have shown significant improvement. In fact, while it is still early in our change programme, and not all areas have been addressed yet, positive improvement was reported in 43 of the 54 areas measured. This is a very positive start to the programme and gives us confidence that we are on the right path.

The recent addition of our new Director of People and Culture, Melita Cornell, is a demonstration of the importance we place on our people and our culture and will undoubtedly expand our ongoing efforts to create the constructive and improvement focused culture we seek.

Parent Survey

Later this term, as part of our continuous improvement process, an opportunity will be provided for parents (Early Learning to Grade 12) and students (Grades 5-12) to offer feedback relating to their views of the School across a wide range of areas.

The research is being conducted by MMG Education, a specialist education consultancy that works with schools across Australia and who have previously run surveys for the School.

To ensure confidentiality and to encourage frank and full expression of views:

  • All responses will be de-identified
  • The data will be reported back in aggregated form only
  • All data collected by MMG Education will remain under its control and archived according to research protocols.

Further information about the survey will be shared in September and I look forward very much to the valuable contribution parents and carers will be making to this important project. In Term 4, the School will commence working with MMG on the development of an alumni survey to be conducted in 2022.

Screen Time

Earlier this year a survey of 1000 Australians of all ages found that on average Australians are spending 5.5 hours daily on their smartphone. This equates to 33% of their waking hours and works out at almost 17 years (or 145,800 hours) of our lives looking at our screens, checking social media, finding information, using apps, playing games, taking photos and consuming content. Increasingly, students and adults alike feel the need to be attached to their phone at all times, fall asleep with their phone in their hand and many social interactions are mediated via our phones.

Over the last 18 months Senior Campus staff have been working to make the campus a more phone-free environment. Some student leaders recently shared with me that they think the shift has been for the better. While I think this is true, we still have work ahead of us including ongoing education for our students and the community.

I am grateful to so many parents who each day work hard at home to put in place thoughtful and proactive guidelines and boundaries for their child on their use of devices and particularly of social media. As always in parenting, there are complications and sometimes we can sleepwalk into an unhealthy situation so our priority should be to heighten awareness before problems arise and prevent those habits forming.

Here are some practical suggestions:

  • As a starting point, it is useful to get a sense of how you, as a family, are spending your time online. Screentime (Apple) and Digital Wellbeing (Android) give useful statistics: daily and weekly averages, increase/decrease over time and which apps claim most of our attention. You can see detailed patterns of usage e.g. showing number of ‘pickups’ daily, what app you first use after pickup, what times of day you are using your phone and how many notifications you receive in a day, and this can be quite revealing.
  • Once you look, you might be surprised at your own habits, and I suspect there will be more surprises when you look at your children’s – but what a great way to start a conversation. If you are brave enough to share your own statistics with them, that would be an excellent opening to start a non-judgmental discussion about what we would all like our habits to be.
  • There is some good basic advice for parents on the eSafety Commissioner website (eg on parental controls [https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/skills-advice/taming-technology#built-into-mobile-devices) and time online (https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/big-issues/time-online) which is particularly appropriate for younger girls. If family do use Apple devices then please do check out things like Family Sharing (https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201088) and Guided Access (https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202612).
  • Older students may benefit from apps which raise their awareness about how they spend their time and help them set their own goals, such as more productive study times or more regular exercise. There are plenty of good apps for this of varying degrees of control (eg Flipd, Moment, Forest, Freedom) and even options such as the Selfcontrol app for blocking your own access to distracting websites.

If you are seeking out more resources to continue your learning as a parent about cybersersafety or other common parenting challenges, I encourage you to check out the resources available at SchoolTV (https://lcgs.tas.schooltv.me/ ) Also, if you are yet to watch The Social Dilemma (Netflix) with your teenager, this could be helpful in dramatically changing some habits at home. You can watch the trailer here ( https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81254224 ).

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School News

Poimena Gallery Celebrating 20 years

We invite you to view this exciting exhibition from Monday 23 August until Thursday 9 September. A celebration of Poimena and those associated with ...

We invite you to view this exciting exhibition from Monday 23 August until Thursday 9 September.

A celebration of Poimena and those associated with the space over the last 20 years.

Artists include current and past staff – Angela Casey, Katy Woodroffe, Helene Weeding, Alicen Kaye, Louise Middleton, Paul Snell and Mark Webster.

View the exhibition details here

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Social Enterprise

Last year Launceston Grammar launched its very first Entrepreneurs’ Clubin which we had twelve students, from Grades 8 to 12, build their respective ...

Last year Launceston Grammar launched its very first Entrepreneurs’ Club in which we had twelve students, from Grades 8 to 12, build their respective businesses. This culminated in a tightly contested pitching competition, adjudicated by successful local entrepreneurs Errol Stewart and Martin Quinn.

This year we have a focus on social enterprise, where ten students are willing and keen to address local issues like homelessness, poor literacy rates, and domestic violence as well as an array of national and global issues.

We have arranged guest speakers including Stephen Hill from City Mission and Kirsten Ritchie from Strike it Out (feeding Launceston’s homeless) to come and chat with students about their respective organisations.

This too, will culminate in a pitching competition in which individuals and/or small teams will vie for $500 in prize money.

Christopher Ellison
Coordinator of Enterprise Learning

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Sony Camp EOI Now Open

Expressions of Interest from within the Launceston and wider Tasmanian community are now open for this year’s Sony Foundation Children’s Holiday Camp ...

Expressions of Interest from within the Launceston and wider Tasmanian community are now open for this year’s Sony Foundation Children’s Holiday Camp (10 to 12 December) – a fabulous and inspiring camp for children with special needs aged between 6 and 16.

For more information and to register an EOI: email sonycamp@lcgs.tas.edu.au or contact Camp Director, Reverend Paul Grayston on 6336 6000.

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School Events

Father's Day Breakfast

Launceston Grammar Junior Campus warmly invites our fathers, carers and special friends to join their children for egg and bacon rolls, muffins, ...

Launceston Grammar Junior Campus warmly invites our fathers, carers and special friends to join their children for egg and bacon rolls, muffins, fruit and coffee at the Junior Campus Resource Centre.

For catering purposes please RSVP for every person attending (including students).

Fundraising for our Farmers

Our students are hosting some fundraising activities at this event to raise money to support our farmers.

We encourage all our families to wear a checked shirt and jeans and participate in the festivities.

Please bring along some gold coins.

Venue:
Launceston Church Grammar School – Junior Campus
Resource Centre
10 Lyttleton Street
East Launceston
TAS, 7250

When:

  • Thursday 2 September 2021
  • 7.30am – 8.30am

Contact Details:

  • Junior Campus Reception
  • Telephone: 6336 5900
  • Email: junior@lcgs.tas.edu.au

Click here to RSVP 

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Community Notices

Annual Rowing Sheep Manure Fundraiser

Sheep manure sales will be held on the following two weekends as an annual fundraiser for the Launceston Grammar Rowing Support Group. DETAILS: DATE ...

Sheep manure sales will be held on the following two weekends as an annual fundraiser for the Launceston Grammar Rowing Support Group.

DETAILS:

  • DATE: Saturday 4 September and Saturday 11 September
  • TIME: 9 am to 2 pm
  • LOCATION: St George’s Square, High Street, Launceston

Bags are $5 each and there is free delivery for 10 bags or more in the Launceston area on Saturday 4 September or Saturday 11 September. (Payment on delivery.)

Pre-order by texting your name, address, date of delivery (September 4 or 11) and number of bags (10+) to Greg Bradfield on 0428 145 080. Please tell all your friends and family!

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Junction Arts Festival for Kids

Art is for everyone – especially children! Junction’s 2021 program features some fantastic projects for kids and families to get involved in, with ...

Art is for everyone – especially children! Junction’s 2021 program features some fantastic projects for kids and families to get involved in, with lots of free events in addition to ticketed ones.

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Chaplain's Report

In Chapel This Week

Jesus issues the challenge that we consider where we can serve and give. In Chapel we reflected on the incident where a rich young man approached ...

Jesus issues the challenge that we consider where we can serve and give. In Chapel we reflected on the incident where a rich young man approached Jesus. He fell on his knees and said, “Good teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life? I have obeyed all the commandments since I was a boy.”  Jesus said. “You are missing one thing. Go and sell everything you have. Give the money to those who are poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

I do not think that we are all being told to sell up and give it all away. Jesus knew other rich and powerful people and did not tell them to do the same. It is evident that Jesus gave different challenges to different people. But let’s not soften it too much. The challenge that Jesus gives to the rich young man should prompt you and me to consider humbly where it is that we can serve and give.

The full chapel reading:

From the Gospel of Mark, chapter 10
1 A man ran up to Jesus. He fell on his knees and said, “Good teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life? I have obeyed all the commandments since I was a boy.”

21 Jesus said. “You are missing one thing. Go and sell everything you have. Give the money to those who are poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

22 The man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he was very rich.

23 Jesus looked around. He said to his disciples, “How hard it is for rich people to enter God’s kingdom! 25 Is it hard for a camel to go through the eye of a needle? It is even harder for someone who is rich to enter God’s kingdom!”

28 Then his disciple Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”

29 Jesus replied, “Has anyone left home or family or fields for me and the good news? 30 They will receive 100 times as much in this world. They will have homes and families and fields. In the world to come they will live forever. 31 But many who are first will be last. And the last will be first.”

Prayers

Dear God,
We pray for people who are troubled or in need or who are sick, that they would be cared for and given hope.

We pray about our own challenges and things we are finding difficult or worrying that we would find the strength and inspiration we need.

We pray for all those who serve in our community by giving their time, talents and treasure to make a difference and help others.

We pray your blessing on students who have taken up the challenge of community service both within the school’s programs and outside school.
In the Lord’s name, AMEN

Reverend Paul Grayston

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