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Scotch Oakburn College

Locality: Launceston, Tasmania

Phone: +61 3 6336 3300

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25.01.2022 Belated congratulations to Scotch Oakburn College parent Jo Palmer MLC on your new job representing the people of Rosevears.

24.01.2022 COVID Protocol Update: Today, Principal, Andy Mller provides a quick update on the Colleges COVID protocols as we lead into the term break. The College is still operating under the same Government restrictions and requirements as we were at the start of Term 3 which are: social distancing, staying away from school if feeling unwell and getting a COVID test, limiting the number of people allowed at indoor and outdoor events and restricting access to the College for non-essen...tial visitors. These protocols will be reviewed prior to the end of Term 3 and we will communicate any changes or updates to you prior to the commencement of Term 4. In the meantime, parents who want to speak to a teacher in person are encouraged to make an appointment either directly via email or by contacting the appropriate reception, Junior, Middle or Senior, who will get the message to the teacher who will then make an appointment with you. Thank you for the continued support and for putting the health of everyone ahead of all else.

24.01.2022 It was great for the College to be involved in such a worthy project. Pre-order today!

23.01.2022 Our Agricultural Systems students visited the Southern Farming Systems (SFS) site at Cressy this week. Under the guidance of Ian Herbert, the Tasmanian Projects and Trials Manager for SFS, the students performed plant counts on the eight varieties of wheat for a field trial. This data will be used by SFS in their evaluation of the trial and has also formed the basis of a class activity on data processing. Thanks, Ian and Southern Farming Systems Tasmania for allowing us to help with your field trial.

23.01.2022 We are looking forward to celebrating "Wear it Purple Week" this week on the Penquite Campus. Wear it Purple is an initiative that supports diversity and inclusion in schools. This goes beyond raising awareness of gender diversity to people of colour, religious acceptance and any form of difference or minority in our community. The theme of the 2020 Wear it Purple drive is "We are the Change". Our week will culminate with a casual clothes gold coin day on Friday with activities and music throughout lunch. Wear something purple (if you have it) on Friday to help celebrate the day.

23.01.2022 Our senior boarders are particpating in a number of short workshops focusing on developing their life skills. Yesterday was vehicle maintenance skills with Michael from RACT (changing tyres and jump starting flat batteries). Last week they looked at barista skills and next week, will be learning how to cook fast and nutritious meals with our chef Andrew.

22.01.2022 Made from the handprints of our Junior School students, our conneXions Christmas Tree encompasses our community spirit. We wish you a very Merry Christmas!

21.01.2022 Our Round Square Chairs, Alexandra Phillips and Theo Ives, invite students in Years 7-12 to get involved in the Act for Peace Ration Challenge. Put yourselves in the shoes of a refugee for one week, learn about current global issues, develop empathy for others and feel empowered to make a difference in the world. The Ration Challenge is a powerful, physical learning experience that can be done at home and at school. You will eat the same rations as a Syrian refugee for 3 or... 5 days, depending on your age. The money you raise will provide emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support for people hit hardest by Covid-19. By sharing your experience, you will help create more empathy and compassion in society. Go to https://schools.rationchallenge.org.au/t/soc-round-square to view team members and our current fundraising total. As you can see from the image, a small amount can make a big difference. Contact Alexandra, Theo or Mr Stuart Walls to get involved by the end of Monday. Check last weeks College news for more information.

21.01.2022 In our Year 9 elective The Pastry Chef, students spent the morning creating an amazing array of high tea delights for assessment. As a part of the assessment each student invited two staff members to High Tea and discussed their savoury and sweet contributions with them. It looked fantastic.

21.01.2022 WHO WON HOUSE SINGING THIS YEAR?? The Middle and Senior School House Virtual Singing has been a unique event this year. We congratulate everyone on their participation and enthusiasm. Watch to see some behind the scenes of production and the announcement of the winner! We look forward to sharing the actual performances over the coming weeks.

19.01.2022 Our amazing lab technician, Alli Porteous, has been running activities on our Penquite Campus to increase students understanding and engagement with ocean science. Students were able to search for microplastics in a beach environment, learn about the movements of jellyfish, and learn more about waves and ocean currents.

18.01.2022 Limited hot food menu back at the tuckshop! Penquite hot food orders available from Wednesday, Junior School available now. All Penquite tuckshop orders will now be collected from the tuckshop but orders must be made online. Make sure you activate your My School Connect account to order online.

17.01.2022 When the Year 6 Round Square conference and service trip to Thailand was cancelled earlier this year, the students made the decision to donate the money they had raised for the service project to Ban Palai School in the mountains of Chiang Mai. Although they were not able to visit the school as planned to help as needed, their donation allowed for four water tanks to be installed. A great outcome.

17.01.2022 Our TCE Art student's have exhibited their portfolios for assessment. A fantastic range of work on display. We encourage you to drop in and have a look - in the s.p.a.c.e. Gallery, the Undercroft and the gallery in our Art Department.

16.01.2022 Year 7 Applied Technology students are busy being introduced to the design process, sketching, different technical drawing techniques and expanding their knowledge around the characteristics and properties of timber. They are currently working with a selection of Tasmanian specialty timbers, learning how they can cut, shape, and glue veneers to create personal designs.

16.01.2022 Students in Year 8 DigiTech are exploring drone technology. With some practice in control today, they will next be looking at using coding skills to control them autonomously. Future challenges for the students with include flying the drones around a maze and simulating home delivery options using grid references.

16.01.2022 This years House Singing carnival was a little different! We speak to our House Captains about creating a virtual House song, the challenges and learning experience.

14.01.2022 Last night eight of our Year 11 students hosted an international Zoom Around the World Virtual Postcard event for Round Square centred around the topic of Traditions of the World. Students from 14 schools in Australia, Japan, India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Oman, South Africa and the USA took part, with the US students joining the call at 4am! There were lively discussions with students sharing traditions in their culture, increasing international cultural awareness for all participants.

14.01.2022 If you would like to share the 2020 Yearbook with someone far away, you can! Send them the link to our online version and share your year!

12.01.2022 Today we are very excited to announce that we have been awarded Gold Recognition as a Mental Health First Aid Skilled Workplace. We are one of very few workplaces in Tasmania to achieve this recognition. The wellbeing of our community is a key strand in our longer term vision for the College and the provision of mental health first aid training is a key initiative in this area. A massive thanks to all staff for their care and support for our students and colleagues and their commitment to this cause.

11.01.2022 Its great to be welcoming sporting teams back on campus. Netball, football and soccer were all hotly contested on campus this week.

11.01.2022 Year 7 chatted with Author Tristan Bancks today via a virtual visit. The topic of discussion was Vision boarding. Tristan Bancks is an Australian childrens and teens author, with a background in filmmaking and acting. Tristan visits us regularly and it was great to catch up again.

11.01.2022 Our Year 10 Masterchef class has been practising knife techniques and specialised cuts with a range of ingredients such as Mirepoix, Chiffonade, Brunoise, Julienne, Macedoine, Slicing, Mincing and roll cutting. This week, this involved using specific cutting techniques to prepare fresh raw sashimi tuna for sushi. Although some were put off by the idea of eating raw fish at first, they all gave it a taste, and most were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the textural experience as well as the knowledge of its nutritional benefits. Some mystery box challenges are coming up!

10.01.2022 Our Year 9 Textiles class have been busy this term making face masks and donating them to the Tassie Face mask project, designing and making a bucket hat, and learning about sustainable fashion. The class took a trip to the Salvation Army Store to purchase a garment that they are currently upcycling and refashioning into something new. Upcycling requires a blend of factors such as environmental awareness, creativity, innovation and hard work. We look forward to some unique sustainable garments!

09.01.2022 To all the dads, granddads, carers and important male figures who hold a special place in the hearts of our students - we wish you a very special Fathers Day. Enjoy and cherish every moment.

09.01.2022 Year 10 have been enjoying a range of Education Outdoors camps this week. The Mountain Biking group had some great days at Derby.

09.01.2022 Prep joined out Education Outdoors staff for a wonderful day in our wetlands at Scotch Oakburn Park. The children explored various learning experiences in their four House groups, including basic navigation, sensory experiences, pond dipping to find invertebrates, fire making and damper eating.

08.01.2022 Today we are thrilled and excited today to share with you videos that outline the strategic drivers of our 15-year Strategic Plan, Vision 2035. As a member of our community, your voice is valued, important and critical to further refine this strategic plan. To view the videos simply click on this link - https://community.soc.tas.edu.au/vision-2035/. We encourage you to watch one or all the videos then answer the four associated questions.

08.01.2022 As rowing gets back into action, it was a beautiful morning on the Tamar this morning for our Open Girls.

07.01.2022 TCE Housing and Design students were presented with a design brief this term to design a bus shelter to be located on Penquite Road just outside the College Chapel. The brief required the students to work in pairs to design a shelter to house up to 20 people and that was aesthetically sympathetic to both the 70-year-old Chapel as well as the more contemporary buildings across the road in the Middle School. The wide variety of creative solution were then modelled to scale.

07.01.2022 Year 8 are enjoying the company of two beautiful Friesian calves. As part of our annual Cows Create Careers program students are learning all about the Dairy industry, including how to take care of calves. Different groups are responsible to visit each day to feed and measure them. The data is then used to write a Scientific report. They will also create a video to highlight what they have learnt about the Dairy Industry including possible careers. The Cows Create Careers program finishes with an excursion to a Dairy farm in week 9, something all students and staff are looking forward to.

07.01.2022 According to this article in The Examiner Newspaper, Launceston one teacher helped inspire generations of Launceston students. That teacher was our very own Scotch Oakburn College Collegians Miss Mary Fox (Methodist Ladies College, 1893).

07.01.2022 You may have seen these bikes racing around the Penquite Campus. Ever wondered what the subject is? Year 10 Design for an Active Lifestyle promotes fitness, ingenuity and design skills but also focuses on the need for good teamwork using all the skills each individual can bring to the team. The teams of 5-6 are currently focused on the presentation and mechanical maintenance of the bikes, using digital media to create stickers and logos, as well as mechanical knowledge and skills to make their bike quick and safe for the rider. They are preparing for a 2-hour team team later in the term.

06.01.2022 Principal Andy Müller reflects on Week 6 Term 4 including the success of Grandparents and Friends Day, our exciting first World Peace Game in Year 7 and the enjoyment Year 10 have been having on their Education Outdoors Camp. There is also information about the exciting project and partnership with the University of Melbourne New Metrics For Success.

06.01.2022 Congratulations Oliver Hadley (Year 10), becoming the 16 and under Tasmanian champion at the UTR state performance titles in Hobart.

04.01.2022 Today we celebrated Wear it Purple Day on the Penquite Campus. Wear it Purple Day is an annual LGBTQI+ awareness day, especially for young people. Our students were invited to wear purple (a lot or just a bit) to celebrate diversity and young people in the LGBTQI + community. Lunch activities included creating chalk messages of support and discussions on equality and diversity.

04.01.2022 Great recognition and a big congratulations to Lachie, Peta, Ethan and all our graduating class of 2020 in what has been a challenging year on many levels.

03.01.2022 Spring time in Japan is a time of new beginnings and appreciating nature. This week students of Japanese embraced the Tasmanian spring weather and got creative outside producing words and sentences using objects from nature.

03.01.2022 We are all very proud to announce that Paddington our Wellbeing Dog is now a fully certified Therapy Dog! Many would recall that Paddington enrolled at Scotch Oakburn College at 10 weeks of age and since that time has been learning and practicing his skills in the area of wellbeing working with the College’s Wellbeing Coordinator and Psychologist Kylie Wolstencroft. Paddington is often called upon to bring a smile to staff and students faces and is frequently seen around Campus enjoying time with his human friends of all ages. Congratulations to Kylie and Paddington! (Baby Paddington photo courtesy of the Examiner Scott Gelston.)

02.01.2022 Over recent weeks the Colleges Senior Choir under the guidance of Ms Denise Sam, have been learning the song Secret for the Mad by Dorothy Clark. This song deals with the themes of worry and anxiety. The themes are at the forefront of many students minds as they navigate their way through 2020 and the impact the Coronavirus pandemic has had on their lives. It was selected for its powerful message of hope. During the rehearsal process, students were given a piece of paper ...and asked to reflect on something that weighs heavily on them, something that they worry or care about and write it on the piece of paper. On the back, they wrote something that brings them joy or gives them hope and sparks joy in their life. As you watch and listen to the choirs performance you will see the words and phrases that concern them as well as what brings them joy. The students are not holding their own words, but those of their friends in the choir. The students got to see that their fears were similar or the same as others. They are not alone and as the song tells us: It will all make sense...again.

02.01.2022 Year 8 Forensics have been busy this week analysing blood splatter and fingerprints patterns. They will use these skills later in the semester to help solve a murder!

01.01.2022 It was great to see some Collegians visit last night to help our basketballers prepare for the SATIS final. A close game saw the Collegians just grab the win.

01.01.2022 If you ever get lost in the bush then you want to have Mr Hassell with you. This week he took a group of Year 10 students on Survival Camp near St Mary's where they learnt how to make shelter and fire, collect water and what to eat from the bush. A great experience for everyone.

01.01.2022 Our TCE Outdoor Leadership class are enjoying some fabulous days walking at Freycinet. Such a beautiful location.

01.01.2022 Congratulations Stephanie (Year 8 )!