Over the past fortnight, our community has been treated to some truly terrific examples of school spirit in action. Across a range of events, students and staff alike demonstrated what it means to belong, to connect and to support one another across year levels and beyond the school gates.

A standout highlight was the inaugural Penquite Community House Event, an ambitious and impressive undertaking that successfully combined six separate events into one large‑scale community celebration. Throughout the afternoon and evening, vertical interactions were on full display as students […]

Last weekend,  a small team of Scotch Oakburn students represented the school in the Launceston Rotary Club Soggy Bottom Boat Regatta.

The students have spent many hours designing and constructing cardboard boats in their own time during play breaks and even after school.  Five boats were constructed and in their efforts were rewarded with four of the five making it to the finish line.  Oliver Randall (Year 6), William Heckendorf (Year 6), Alistair Randall (Year 4) and Lawson Dray (Year 4) managed to take first place for the fastest time in the U12 Div 1 +3 team […]

This term, Penquite has introduced WELLIO lessons into our weekly pastoral program.

WELLIO is an Australian, evidence‑based wellbeing and social–emotional learning platform for students from Kindergarten to Year 12. It supports schools to deliver engaging, consistent wellbeing lessons using a large library of curriculum‑aligned content, short student surveys, and simple data dashboards. All lessons can be taught with or without devices.

What WELLIO Offers

• 600+ psychologist‑designed lessons on mental health literacy, healthy relationships, resilience, online behaviour, empathy, vaping and substances.
• Short wellbeing surveys that give the College insight into student needs and emerging issues.
• Flexible lesson sequences so […]
  

Today, our Year 7 students returned from an unforgettable five-day ‘Valley Life’ Education Outdoors experience at our Valley Campus in Fingal. Living in their tent Mentor-class communities, students embraced the challenges and opportunities that camp life offered.

Highlights included a memorable survivor night, sleeping under tarps and flies, as they camped on the river flats, and an exhilarating day at the Hollybank high-ropes course, a clear favourite among many. Students also worked together to build rafts, paddle canoes along the South Esk River, and enjoyed games and reflective […]

Celebrating Lunar New Year, Lent and Ramadan in 2026

This year, our Scotch Oakburn College community has the privilege of witnessing an extraordinary global convergence. For the first time since 1863—and not to occur again until 2189—the Lunar New Year, the beginning of Lent, and the first day of Ramadan have all unfolded within the same 24 hour period. This rare alignment invites billions of people worldwide, and our own diverse College community, into a shared season of renewal, reflection, and hope.

On 17 February, communities across East and Southeast Asia celebrated the Lunar […]

Thursday 20 February 2026 saw the running of the Middle and Senior School Inter-House Athletics Carnival at the Northern Athletics Centre. With a full day of competition and smooth event flow, students from Years 6–12 participated across track, field and novelty events. Conditions were very warm and windy after a chilly start to the day. This didn’t deter strong performances and excellent participation across all Houses.

Two record were broken.  Isla Powell-Dean broke the U13 400m with a time of 1:09:00 (previous record 1:10:07, 2010)  […]

The Elphin Campus is excited to share that our StudentVoice@Elphin program is now underway for 2026. Over the past week, each class has nominated their Student Voice Class Representative, with students thoughtfully selecting peers who they believe will represent their class with respect, responsibility, and a genuine commitment to sharing student ideas.

Our first StudentVoice@Elphin meeting will be held this week, bringing together class representatives from each class in Year 1 – 4. During these initia; meetings, students will begin exploring how they can gather, share, and elevate student perspectives to help shape positive initiatives within our school.

The role of each […]

Rowers take a sweep of awards

Fantastic results for our senior rowers at the Tasmanian Club Rowing Championships, winning nine Club Championship events and a number of non-championship events.
The highlights from the weekend included the Senior Boys squad winning the U23 Men’s Eight and Senior Girls squad winning the U19, U21 and Open Women’s Eight Championships; the first time a school crew had won the Open Women’s event since 1999.

Overall our wins included the State Championship in U19 Women’s Pair, U21 Women’s Pair, U19 Women’s Coxless Four, U19 Women’s Coxed Four, U21 Women’s […]

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:

• Performing Arts 2026 sessions – something for all ages
• Hockey Come and Try Day – all ages and levels
• NETSETGO – netball for 7-10 years

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