AND CONNECTION WITH THE UNITING CHURCH

Our College community recently celebrated the Class of 2025 with a series of meaningful events that honoured their journey and contributions to our College. These celebrations, which included the Valedictory Assembly and Lunch, House Assemblies, and various special activities, commenced with a memorable spiritual experience that perfectly captured our College values.

The Year 12 House Chapel services, held in our historic War Memorial Chapel, provided an inspiring start to our celebrations. These services brought together key staff and all students from within each House, creating an intimate atmosphere […]

Jamal spoke at the Boarders’ Leavers Dinner reflecting on his time at the College and kindly agreed to share his words with our community:

“Standing here tonight feels a little strange. After two years in the Scotch Oakburn boarding house, it’s surreal that it’s finally coming to an end. When I first arrived, I didn’t really know what to expect – new faces, new routines, and the reality of living away from home. But looking back now, I can honestly say boarding has been one of the best experiences of my life.

I’ve learned […]

I’m living in Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, and attending Colegio Anglo Colombiano, or “The Anglo” on exchange. The biggest challenge has been the size of the buildings — running between classes on different floors is no joke, especially at over 2,600 metres above sea level, where there’s about 26% less oxygen than back home.

There are around 18 exchange students here, including Samuel Fischer from Scotch Oakburn. Three others are from Australia, and the rest from South Africa. It’s great having such a group — we often spend our free periods […]

Year 4 students showcased their musical learning and performed to their parents in our Rock Media gigs recently.

As part of the program students explore how songs are put together and looked closely at instrumentation while learning how to play parts that suit the style on their chosen instrument. Through this, they have developed technical skills and grown more comfortable performing in front of others.

Jamon Dingemanse
Teacher

Congratulations to the following students who received prizes at the recent awards ceremony for the Heritage Sketch competition.

• Georgia Cugley first place, and Jasper Lin third place in the Years 1 & 2 section –  Architectural line drawing of The Boarding House in collage and water colour.
• Jasmin Liu second place in the Years 5 & 6 section – Architectural study of Lemana in mixed media.

Heritage Sketch is a Launceston City Council initiative open to children and young people from Kinder to Year 12.  Prior to 2024 the competition celebrated photography.  From 2024, the competition included […]

Recently, conneXions was buzzing with creativity as we welcomed two incredible author teams.

Aleesah Darlison captivated our Year 1, 2, 3 students and some of our Early Learning groups with thought-provoking sessions on capybaras, endangered animals, and fractured fairy tales. Her talks inspired us to think deeply as writers and inquirers, sparking curiosity and imagination.

We also had the pleasure of hosting Jol and Kate Temple, who entertained Prep through to Year 5 students with their hilarious stories featuring bin chickens, frogs, birds with arms, mega-rich guinea pigs, and gigantic underpants! Laughter filled the […]

At this year’s Round Square Peace Festival Gathering, Calan Young, one of our incoming 2026 College Captains, spoke about his perspective on peace. An abridged version of Calan’s heartfelt reflection is shared here:

Peace is something very close to my heart. As you may or may not know, I am from Northern Ireland — a place with a very interesting relationship with peace. Northern Ireland isn’t particularly well known, but if you had to pick something, it would probably be political violence and the Titanic — neither of which had particularly good outcomes. For […]

Scotch Oakburn College is proud to support The Salvation Army’s Christmas Bags of Hope Appeal, helping Tasmanian families facing hardship this festive season.

Many in our community struggle with the financial pressures of Christmas. By filling a Bag of Hope with non-perishable food items, you will be helping The Salvation Army deliver over 2,000 food hampers to those in need across Tasmania.

How to participate:

• Each Elphin class and Penquite Mentor group will be asked to contribute different items.  Check what your child/ren have been asked to contribute.
• Collect a red Bag of […]
  

The College was pleased to host the Chess State Finals at the Penquite Campus recently for both Primary and Secondary Divisons. With over 300 players, it was the largest tournament in Tasmania for quite some time.

Primary

Five students from the Junior school were selected to compete.

Over the course of the day students had to play nine games of chess against students from across the state. Year 5 students Ethan Wagner and Alex Chong, and Year 4 students Zachary Lim, Charles Clifton and Jason Wu used all the strategies at their disposal to win […]

Golf

Eight students have competed at the Interhigh Golf Day held at the Launceston Golf Club with some great results. Team member were  Hugo Clifton (Year 9), Nixon Coombes (Year 8), Charlie Graham (Year 9), Xavier Nicholls (Year 10), Kirri Piper(Year 10), Will Stevenson (Year 9), Zach Stevenson (Year 7) and Harry Proctor (Year 9).

In the Junior Division Zach Stevenson and Nixon Coombes were members of a combined 7/8 team, placing third. In Seniors, Will Stevenson and Harry Proctor also placed third as members of a combined 9/10 team. Individually there were also […]