Our Year 4 students recently enjoyed an engaging excursion to Hollybank Forest, facilitated by the Forest Education Foundation. The experience provided a valuable opportunity to connect classroom learning from our HASS and Science units completed last term, with further learning to continue in the early part of this term.

Guided by knowledgeable educators, students explored the diversity and connections of producers, consumers and decomposers within forest ecosystems, developing a deeper understanding of the role trees play in supporting life. They also searched for evidence of consumers living in the forest and […]

AI presents tremendous opportunities for education, and as a College we are continually exploring how it can be used in the classroom to enhance, extend and engage in learning. However, the technology also presents significant challenges and one of these is the impact of generative AI on academic integrity (often termed AIgiarism), where work created by AI is presented as a student’s own.

In order to minimise the impact of AIgiarism, the College is implementing a number of measures, including clear communication of any permitted AI use as standard practice for all assessment […]

Our students participated in the second interschool chess tournament of the year at Riverside High School in the last week of Term 2. It was a combined tournament of Primary and Secondary teams, with the College having 21 Primary participants (including 2 Year 6 students) and a reduced Secondary team of six students as Year 10 and TCE students were absent.

Our students performed superbly and showed grit, enthusiasm, and fair play all day.

Our Primary team finished third overall with Year 5 students Jason Wu and Charles Clifton scoring five wins out of six […]

We are excited to begin Semester 2 Student Representative Council (SRC) meetings at Elphin this Term. Class nominations for Year 1-4 SRC representatives will be shared with students on Monday 9 August, with the first Semester 2 SRC meeting to be held on Thursday 13 August.

This Term, SRC members will continue supporting and building on the initiatives developed by our Semester 1 class representatives. Students will also be assisting with the donation of much needed items for our wider Launceston community to the City Mission organisation, an initiative that was first inspired […]

It’s been a busy and rewarding start to Term 3. Many of our students have been involved in Community Service events.

Values in Action

During the July holiday period, Maki Fulton, Grace Watters, Jett Upson and Ryan Lifshen volunteered with Vinnies as part of their Buddy Day activities on 23 July 2026. The day was spent at Launceston Lanes, and our students had a wonderful day supporting 8 young people to have a wonderful and fun day.

Last week, 9 students in Years 10-12 volunteered to assist with the Cancer Council Tasmania annual gala event, […]

SWIMMING

Congratulations to Sophie Tan, Sienna Nesbit, Jessica Llowe, Steve Hanson and Jorja Geale who recently swam for Tasmania at the School Sports Australia Swimming Championships.

Highland Dancing

Year 6 student Minke Nel has achieved great success at the recent Highland Dancing Championships held in Gosford. Minke competed in the 12 Years Championship and achieved some fantastic results, third in the Highland Fling, sixth in Seann Triubhas, the Reel and overall in the Championship, and winner of the Highest Restricted 12 Years Old Scorer Award.

Minke also competed […]

As we come to the end of Term 2, our principal, Ross Patterson, reflects on just how much life, colour, and joy has filled our College over the past few weeks and throughout the term.

On the weekend of 13–14 June, members of the Scotch Oakburn College Board and College Executive Team gathered for a dedicated planning retreat. I remain deeply grateful to our Board members who, as committed volunteers, gave their time so generously to engage in thoughtful and future-focused dialogue about our College.

From the outset, there was a clear sense of purpose. The retreat offered an important opportunity to step back from the pace of daily school life and to reflect carefully on where we are, and where we need to go. Conversation was considered and wide-ranging, as we explored both the […]

This Term, a Humanities and Social Science/English unit has provided opportunities for  Year 6 students to be creative while developing and exploring reasons why people migrated to Australia.

The students have used historical inquiry skills to locate and research a migrant story.  They then created a suitcase of artifacts and primary documents and wrote a statement about the push/pull factors of migration and migrant contribution to Australia to help them gain an understanding of the impact migration had on Australia as a nation. Students then presented there suitcase story to the class.

Anne Jones and […]

During Term 2, Early Learning Shephard were invited to participate in a collaborative project with Year 8 Textiles students. With support from their Year 8 buddies, the Early Learning students sketched imaginative designs of their favourite monsters. The older students then interpreted these creations and brought them to life as soft toys.

As a part of the project, the Early Learning students visited the Penquite Campus to see the progress of their toys and learn more about the creative process behind their construction. The younger students also tried their hand at some sewing, creating […]