The 2019 National Science Week theme engrossed students from Early Learning to Year 5 in classrooms and in conneXions this week. Learning in and through science was at the forefront for a significant part of the week’s learning program as integration of the three strands of the Australian Curriculum for Science – Science Understanding, Science Inquiry Skills and Science as a Human Endeavour – underpinned a range of exciting learning experiences in conneXions.

Missions to the moon in our very own lunar module (a scaled half-size model of the Apollo11 command module Columbia that took Neil Armstrong and two fellow […]

From science to reading  – or just how much do these subjects overlap?

Next week, 17-23 August is celebrated as Children’s Book Week in Australian schools. This brings our priority focus next week to ‘Reading: My Secret Power’, this year’s Book Week theme. All Junior School students, from 3-year-olds to Year 5, will experience a range of engaging reading experiences, including workshops with published children’s authors.

Book Week is also another opportunity for families at home to enjoy reading and sharing books together. We know just how valuable for children’s learning – especially young […]

On Tuesday 12 August, our Junior chess team competed in the final ChessKid tournament for 2019. 17 of our Junior School students represented Scotch Oakburn beautifully and came away with first place in Division B and second place in Division A. For our Year 5 representatives, well done on your last competition with the Junior School. Thank you for your leadership and willingness to coach our younger players.

In Division B, Grady Frith placed second overall by winning 5 ½ out of 7 games. Alongside this amazing effort were James Van Der Aa […]

Scotch Oakburn Junior School has once again been accredited as a Move Well – Eat Well School, having met the Statewide program’s criteria around the promotion of healthy drinking and eating in lunchboxes and through the tuckshop, alongside a strong Health and Physical Education program and associated activities for active play.

Coordinated by the State Department for Health and Human Services, ‘Move Well Eat Well promotes a healthier Tasmania in which children can enjoy healthy eating and physical activity every day. It contributes to a healthy lifestyle and to the prevention of a […]

BookWeek started early for some of our Junior School students on Thursday when Christina Booth, a semi-regular artist in residence, visited our College. Year 3 and 4 students followed on from classroom learning and delved deeper into Christina’s newest picture book, One Careless Night.  Christina created this beautiful, but heartbreaking picture book to tell the story of Australia’s last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), which died in captivity in Hobart Zoo. By sharing this story of extinction with the world, Christina hopes readers will think about how humans can learn from the past to inform the future – extinction is forever. […]