Middle School Archives - Scotch Oakburn College Launceston Tasmania

26 05, 2023

FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

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World Peace Games begin for 2023!

The students of Year 7V along with five of our Middle School teaching team, are in for a wonderful week of geo-political problems solving as the World Peace Games begin for 2023 in the Middle School.

We are extremely fortunate to have this multi-dimensional learning opportunity, The Middle School welcomes a special guest presenter from the World Peace Game Foundation, Mr Daniel Sheinwald, who is providing facilitator training for more of our Middle School staff, which will ensure further curriculum connections for our students into the future. Special […]

26 05, 2023

SPORT

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Student Achievement

Ella Nast (Year 11) and Lucy Johnston (Year 9) have been selected to represent Pony Club Australia individually and together as a pair in the Pony Club International Alliance Virtual Dressage Competition to be judged early in June. Filming of their individual elementary test and their Pas de deux freestyle pairs was completed on the weekend for submission last week.

Twelve countries from around the world are invited to submit teams of four riders in each section. The Pas de deux was an event new to Ella and Lucy. They said that […]

26 05, 2023

FROM OUR CHAPLAIN

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This week, our Year 9 and 10 students received some quiet time to do an exercise, following on from what they heard from our guest speaker, Luke Kennedy at the beginning of day.

During these reflections, the students were able to discern what strategies they learnt from Luke that would give them more peace and patience in their lives. They were even able to assess what took away their peace, and what made them impatient and then list out the strategies that they were going to engage with to ensure that they don’t engage in them again, thereby giving them more […]

19 05, 2023

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN UPDATE

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As you might be aware, the College is undertaking a rigorous accreditation process with the Australian Childhood Foundation (ACF). One of the key steps in our accreditation journey was to conduct a thorough review of our existing policies and procedures. We examined every aspect of our school’s operations, from recruitment and vetting processes to behaviour management strategies and reporting mechanisms. This critical self-assessment allowed us to identify areas that required improvement and implement changes to strengthen our child safety framework.

With our policies and procedures now updated, the College reaches a significant milestone in the process next week, when we complete […]

19 05, 2023

FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

karenmeyer2023-05-19T12:42:51+10:0019 May, 2023|Categories: Middle School|

Tasmanian Japanese Poster Competition

This year’s JATNET poster competition’s theme was “The Year of the Rabbit”. Students in Year 6 classes studying Japanese this semester submitted entries. The competition was really tough!

Seven posters were chosen by the Japanese teachers, however, only three submissions were allowed from the College. Congratulations to Evan Abbott, Izzy Adams and Edie Kwan for making the initial cut and securing participation certificates in this Tasmania-wide competition.

Jenny Banbury
Coordinator of Japanese

19 05, 2023

SPORT

karenmeyer2023-05-19T12:32:33+10:0019 May, 2023|Categories: Middle School, Senior School|

Student Achievement

Lochie Plunkett (Year 9) has been named in the Tasmanian Under 15 Boys football team and will compete in Ballarat in late July. He is one of only five boys included from the north of the state.

Ali Foot
Head of Sport

Netball

The NHSSA netball roster kicked off on Saturday with close to 50 Senior School students taking to the courts in freezing conditions at Hoblers Bridge.

We had a great start to the season with four teams coming away with a victory and one team’s game ending in a draw.

Coming up this Saturday our […]

19 05, 2023

FROM OUR CHAPLAIN

karenmeyer2023-05-19T12:32:40+10:0019 May, 2023|Categories: Junior School, Middle School, Senior School|

We start the series of Chapels for the Senior School this week that integrates peace and patience. This will be an inspiring service where our students have the opportunity to think about and integrate what they think they need to engage with more to bring life satisfaction in these two areas.

As I was playing around with the reflection that I have been doing over the past few days, I have been working out that it is actually patience that quite often brings about peace.

This week, I have had the pleasure of accompanying the Year 9s on their Community Service Program […]

18 05, 2023

COMMUNITY NEWS

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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:

free try orienteering events

Go to community news

12 05, 2023

FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

karenmeyer2023-05-12T14:12:28+10:0012 May, 2023|Categories: Middle School|

Student Achievement

Year 6 student, Audrey Green, was thrilled to win two Adjudicators Choice Awards at the Launceston Competitions announced on Thursday 11 May:

Most outstanding item for her humorous recital: ‘Rindercella’
Dorothy Armstrong Memorial Trophy for the Most Promising Competitor.

Audrey’s passion for the performing arts is inspirational to all those who know her whether it be dance, singing, drama, instrumental or public speaking. A big thank you to all the Arts teachers for their hard work and support of our talented students. Take a bow, Audrey! Excellent work!

Katie Lester
Person-in-Charge of Public Speaking

12 05, 2023

SPORT

karenmeyer2023-05-12T12:56:36+10:0012 May, 2023|Categories: Middle School, Senior School|

Student Achievement

Congratulations to Meg Dennis (Year 9) for her selection in the Under 15 Tasmanian football team. The team will compete in Victoria at the end of July.

Ali Foot
Head of Sport

All Schools Moutain Biking

Congratulations to our Mountain Biking team that competed at Trevallyn last weekend, winning the All Schools Mountain Biking Championships. This is the first time the College has won the event

Ali Foot
Head of Sport

AFL

Well done to both our boys and girls football teams that have kicked off their respective football seasons. […]