My parents always told me that the 3 R’s of education are: Reading Writing and (A)rithmetic. Let’s not worry about the fact that two of those don’t start with the letter ‘R’. Then, at the first school I taught at, the joke was that the 3 R’s stood for Rowing, Rugby and Repeating. Today we speak of the 3 R’s of 21st century education as Respect, Responsibility and Relationships. It is the third of these that I want to focus on.

People are social beings. Research tells us that being innately social, our brains find individual thinking less natural and more […]

Please note that due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions there is no ANZAC Day march this year. Scotch Oakburn College will be represented by four senior students and four junior students at the service, where they will lay a wreath on behalf of the college community.

Stuart Walls
Head of Senior School

A reminder that Term 2 means winter uniform.

To help with the change, the Uniform Shop will be open on the following days and times:

Last week of school holidays

Wednesday 21 April
9.00am – 5.00pm (by appointment only)

Thursday 22 and Friday 23 April
9.00am – 12.00pm (by appointment)
12.30pm – 5.00pm (no appointment necessary)

Appointments can be booked on the Uniform Shop page of our website – use this link now.

A reminder that purchases can also be made online at any time through your My School Connect Account and then collected from the shop during opening hours.

Deanne Dietrich
College Shop Manager

We are pleased to provide a community news section in our news highlighting events in the wider Launceston community that may be of interest to families. Included this week:

• Auskick – East Launceston Junior Football Club
• Hockey Tasmania Term 2&3 hockey 6-12years
• Haus Creative holiday program
• Rascal Art holiday program

Go to community news

This Term, the Boarding House partnered with the Migrant Resource Centre and the Royal Life Saving Association of Tasmania to run a four-week Aquatic Safety Program for a small group of recently arrived immigrants.

Many of the participants originated from Iran and Afghanistan, and have been settled in Tasmania for around four years.  Most were primary school-aged, ranging from 6 to 12 years old, however, we did have a small group of men in the late 30s and early 40s.  The aquatic program for some was their first experience of receiving formal instruction.  Traditionally […]

With new faces coming through the door on a regular basis, it has been great to see the number of students, staff and parents who use our fitness centre. As always, we encourage others within our College community to come and use this great facility.

With the Easter and school holidays quickly approaching, I want to make you aware of the opening hours.

The fitness centre will be closed this Good Friday (2 April). However, it will be open Monday 5 April and Tuesday 6 April from 6.00am until 8.00am. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week will be normal hours (6.00am […]