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service
The year at Launceston Grammar has been both fruitful and busy. Our students have been most successful across a vast range of activities. The School has seen students represent the State in sailing, hockey, cricket, basketball, swimming, rowing, cross country and orienteering in just the first 6 months of the year. Our students have represented the School with distinction in inter-school sport with our First Eleven Cricketers winning the State Final against The Hutchins School earlier in Term 1. Our Rowing Club had another fruitful season with our senior boys rowing with distinction in the Nationals and achieving a place in the top ten in the nation.
In my role as Head of the Junior Campus I have the privilege of meeting with prospective parents as they work through the process of deciding which school their child will attend in the future. There is nothing more enjoyable than walking around our Campus, sharing our story. The visits I find the most rewarding are those that include challenging questions about different aspects of education and in particular: ‘Why would we send our child to the Junior Campus?’ and ‘What do you offer at your school that is different?’ In responding to these questions, as a mother of two children, I often find it helpful to put on my own parent’s hat.
Our Arts Programme continues to shine with the incredible school production, The Addams Family (School Edition), showcasing the talents of our musicians and thespians. Our dance, drama and music students also excelled at the Launceston Competitions where they received great accolades and successes for their polished performances. Our students once again participated in a range of school exchanges and have spent time in England, Japan and the United States. Later in the year almost 50 students will depart for a month in Nepal as part of Antipodeans Abroad.
I would send my child to the Junior Campus because:
•• The Campus, through its work as
an International Baccalaureate World School, is genuinely and very effectively preparing children for life in the 21st century;
•• There is a very positive culture in which children flourish and have hope for the future;
•• There are internationally
recognised expectations in relation to teaching and learning practice;
•• The School has strongly embedded virtues;
As with all years, our students continue to serve others, and most notably raised $37 000 for cerebral palsy in their annual 80 km Walkathon. As I write this article over 55 students are being interviewed, hoping to be selected to help with the Sony Christmas Camp at the end of the year. With so many community service projects being supported by the students of the School it reminds me constantly of their willingness to help serve the world in which they live and to which they contribute.
Nick Foster, Deputy Head (Students)
community
•• The Campus has a very strong
and special sense of community; and
•• Each child is genuinely known, and their strengths and needs catered for.
As parents it is critical for us to know that our children are given the best possible start in life and at the Junior Campus we are proud of the way we partner with parents to make this a reality.
Jane King, Head of Junior Campus
