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Experiencing our nurturing Nature Play sessions.

– Early Learning Student

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In our Early Learning and Kindergarten we have been working towards weekly Nature Play sessions.

Magazine

Editor/ Tamara Clark

Natural Identity

Publisher

Launceston Church Grammar School

Marketing and Communications Department

36 Button Street, Mowbray Heights TAS 7248 Phone +61 3 6336 6000 lcgs.tas.edu.au

Creating an environmental identity for our young people is essential, now more than ever. The average 12-year-old today will, upon waking, check their social media on their phones while still in bed, listen to music with headphones on the bus, check their phones (again) during a recess and lunch break, and head home to watch TV while still checking their socials. They may have been outside for 20 to 30 minutes during the day – perhaps walking from the bus stop to school and home again. If we position this daily routine through the lens of an environmental identity, we come up short. Research has shown that when our young people spend time in nature the health and wellbeing benefits are remarkable. Increased concentration, reduced depression and psychological distress, to name a few.

In this edition of News from Launceston Grammar we highlight the many activities and programmes at Launceston Grammar whose basis help to form an excellent environmental identity. Enjoy!

Tamara Clark, Editor

Dale Bennett Principal