Dear Families, 

It has been another productive and exciting term with many authentic opportunities for our students to learn and grow. Students have participated in over 200 LTI placements already this year along with many other excursions and activities. It still amazes me how many outlearning opportunities are available for our students and even this week we have students completing Barista training at Drysdale and participating in the Amnesty Australia Peace Walk for Justice.

Earlier this term we held a successful Family Information Evening led by current staff and students with over 100 people in attendance. It was wonderful to see so many people in the building learning about how we work here, and we now have a long list of prospective students ready to complete one of our 5-day transition programs. We will be having another Family Information Evening on 9^th November for those who missed out last time or who have expressed interest more recently. We also held an information session for our current year 9 and 10 families focusing on the International Big Picture Learning Credential (IBPLC) which is our new form of assessment for Big Picture students in years 11 and 12. Tanya Ringuet (Big Picture Education Coach) led the session and explained how the IBPLC recognises and evaluates the capacities and experiences of our senior graduates.

Our External School Review was postponed due to staffing issues with the review team. We are looking forward to welcoming the review team here after the holidays (Tuesday 18^th and Wednesday 19^th October) and listening to their feedback on what our School Improvement Plan could be focusing on over the next four years.

Once again, student exhibitions were a highlight of the term.

I was particularly impressed and proud of our grade 12 students who presented extremely well to their panel of invited guests and also a gallery of peers and staff.

This experience was valuable to the younger students as it provided further understanding and inspiration for their future learning and projects while completing the IBPLC in years 11 and 12.

Caleb Turale
Principal

AGFEST 2022

I really connect with a stall holder who produces his own fishing lures via 3D printing.

This inspired me to investigate and print my own Lures and this project I am going to continue next Term.

Thanks for Harry Worker from 9B Advisory for organising this experience.

Harley Perea
9B Advisory

Macoroni and Cheese Pasta

Today in cooking we made macaroni and cheese pasta. Students learnt when to put the pasta in the pot, the importance of using a timer to cook the pasta and learnt consistency when it came to making a cheese sauce. Calculations were made to make sure the students stayed in the budget when it came to choosing what to cook next week also.  

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

Student Lunch 

Students making lunch today, fried chicken wings and chips with toblerone mousse for dessert.

Low Budget Meals

On Wednesday July 27th the cooking class for term three will be focussing on low budget meals.  

$30 was the maximum spending allowed that the group agreed on to feed seven people.  

Meals were selected from the four step recipe books by Kim McCosker and Rachael Bermingham.

Quantitative Reasoning is the Big Picture Learning Goal that has been chosen to focus on this term in cooking. 

Using mathematical equations to compare prices on ingredients in the weekly Coles and Woolworths catalogues to allow choice over the most quantity, brand and cost-effective price when considering what to buy if they were in charge. 

The cooking class has selected on a maximum of thirty dollars as the budget they cannot go over each week. 

This week 26th July 2022 Wednesday's cooking class made savoury toast. They worked out that to buy the ingredients to make this meal for at least seven people it would cost $ 18.00 Students learnt where cooking appliances were kept and worked out together what meal would be made next week and how much it would cost. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

Book Week 2022

Mexican Cooking

On Friday, August 5th in cooking, students were cooking Mexican meals. They included soft taco shells and nachos. Students worked together to make guacamole, mince with spices and shared the ingredients for toppings. A lot of fun was had. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

The Big Plant

Launceston Big Picture students participated in The Big Plant as a social action project.

Chicken Burgers

On August 10^th 2022, Students learnt how to crumb chicken breast and add spices of their choice to create a chicken burger with the lot. 

Students found the essential cooking skills fun and rated their meal a ten out of ten. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

Studentworks

Nathaniel has started a hospitality course at Studentworks for two days a week this term and is thoroughly enjoying his time there. Here are some of Nathaniel’s reflections from his first two weeks:

 We have cooked lemon slice, carrot cake and chocolate brownies and today we cooked quiche, schnitzel and we also had to do some dishes.

• The skills I have been working on are my knife skills and my coffee skills.
• On the 8^th of August I got to go around studentworks and ask all the teachers and the Smith Family if they would like coffees. On the second block we did some prep ready to cook food for the old people’s home in Mowbray. I also got to go get some food orders from the teachers and the Smith Family. And during last block we all have had to clean up the kitchen and wash the dishes and cloths. 
• I have also enjoyed cooking food, making new friends and kicking my soccer ball at lunch today and I love seeing Maree the office lady who left LBPS.
• Next week I am looking forward to doing pizza days.

Leanne Wickham
Support Teacher

Young Scientists Visit

Students enjoyed having scientists talk to them about chemistry, marine biology and neurology.

Stir Fry and Lemon Slice

Wednesday 17th August in cooking we made chicken stir fry and a lemon slice. Students learnt how to fry the heavy vegetables first before the leafy and light ingredients. 

Practising skills such as cutting vegetables in slices and cubes was also worked on. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

2022 Interschool Horse Riding Comps

Bridie came 2nd in the interschool 80cm jumping and 4th in the 90cm comp.

Notice the Launceston Big Picture Saddle Pack.

MAST

On the 5^th   of the 9^th   Ian Ross from Marine And Safety Tasmania to do a prestation around boat safety rules and regulations.

The was organised of anyone who was interested in getting their boat licence. W

e will be getting a practical organised in term 4 and at the conclusion of this hopefully more students will be getting their boat licence.

We would like to thank Ian Ross for his time and his informative presentation.

Remember this summer always where a life jacket if you're going out on the water and look at the conditions. 

Harley Perea
9B Advisory

RYDA Excursion 

Last Friday was the RYDA program. (RYDA stands for Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) All grade 10’s across Tasmania were required to go to the program in order to gain a bit more knowledge about driving safely out on the road. There were six sessions in total, and all of them lasted about 30 minutes per session. Lunch was shorter than normal, and so was recess.

We left school at round about 9 o’clock, and we left RYDA at 1:30. The whole reason why the grade 10’s went through this process was to become more aware of our responsibilities as drivers and the risks involved. RYDA also had a booklet that we needed to fill out, and if you filled out that booklet, it is worth 5 hours of your Learner’s Driving Log Book.

Lilly Boon
10B Advisory

Ukraine Poem

From the other shore, her mother shouts and begs her, 

just one step further, 

Run, to run from guns and men with drums.

With her little sister screaming at her side.

Face, spattered mud, grit mixed with blood.

The child’s still looking at the sky,

will she live, or will she die?

But what the little girl has seen,

is, through light, an angel white wings supreme.

That bears in hand a broken heart and in the other its counterpart.

If She dies,

her mother cries.

if she lives,

Aria Van Mourik
9B Advisory

Cooking

In active learning this month students started term three off in cooking by making curries of the students' choice. 

Students learnt how to fry off the onion before adding garlic or ginger, practiced dicing and cutting up different vegetables and experimented with spices. 

The curries made were different vegetable curries, a prawn curry, and fried beef and rice. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

Cooking for Brock

On Friday July 8th 2022, Riley and Harley worked on their presentation skills when creating and plating up food for Brock's going away morning tea.

Students and teachers enjoyed the food, and many compliments were given to the students for the taste and presentation skills they achieved. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

Cooking Beef Burgers

Last Friday 12th August, in active learning beef burgers and veggie burgers were made by students. Students experimented with toppings and sauces. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

Izzy's Basil and Pesto Pasta

Last Friday in cooking Izzy taught the students how to make her famous basil and pesto pasta. Izzy admitted that teaching students how to cook was a lot harder than she thought. 

However, the students under her guidance were able to pull off an amazing basil and pesto. 

Hayley McPartlin 
Teacher Assistant

Taco's, Burrito's and Caramel Slice

This time in cooking students made tacos, burritos and a chocolate and caramel slice. Students enjoyed trying new flavours and experimenting. 

The first taste of the chocolate and caramel slice left a smile on the students face so I assume that it tasted excellent. 

Izzy's Macaroons

Textures and Scents

Today in cooking we had a creative cooking class.

Students were able to experiment with textures, scents, products with no limitations to create their desired outcome.

Dishes that were made were cinnamon pancakes, herb chicken breasts, wedges and BBQ chicken and eggs and bacon on toast.

Students had outdone themselves this afternoon in taste and focus. 

Aspiration, Courage, Respect, Growth

We are always looking for ways of rewarding positive behaviour at our school.

Students and staff are encouraged to nominate those people who have shown Aspiration, Courage, Respect or Growth. Winners receive a voucher from Bizy Bee  Café, Invermay Road and our winners this Term so far are:

• NATHAN RADFORD:  Respect - Always being kind and having a positive attitude.
• MADI APTED: Respect - Always looking out for everyone, very funny and talented.   
• NATHANIEL GOSS-WEBB:  Courage & Respect - He always shows up for LTI's and puts himself out there.   
• RILEY CASBURN: Aspiration - Consistantly and persistantly engaging in detailed projects.  
• AMBER HARTLAND: Aspiration & Courage, Respect and Growth - Proud of you on your Expo
• DUSK STEVENS: Aspiration & Courage - Great to see you step up to be Student Leader.
• NAOMI BARRY: Aspiration & Growth  - Great vision for term 3 project & organisation.
• NOAH O'CONNELL: Aspiration & Respect - Making great choices for learning on the floor.
• ALLEY PRYKE: Growth -  For embracing oportunities.
• GENEVIEVE MARSHALL: Courage -  For making phone calls
• MOLLY WALKER: Aspiration, Courage and Growth - Playing Badminton
• MILLER ROUGHLEY: Respect - Demonstrates Respect all the time especilly to his peers.
• CATIE OWENS: Aspiration, Courage, Respect and Growth - For being a fun class member in Advisory
• BLAKE GELSTON: Respect - Fixed Catherines bike brakes
• PATRICK RICHARDS: Respect & Courage - Well done sharing thoughts and ideas in Advisory meeting
• GENEVIEVE MARSHALL: Respect - Always being a supportive friend
• ARMON CASTOR: Respect - For helping Tom with his enrolment

Enterprise Market

Students from Grade 10B and 11 have been working during Term 3 on organising a student run market that will sell products made by students.

The market is part of Advisory Social Action Projects that aim to raise products, funds and awareness of homelessness in Launceston. The products and funds will be used to create bags of essential items that Vinnies will give to those in need. Amber Hartland has been busy co-ordinating the market as her event planning project.

This project has allowed students to expand their Quantitative Reasoning by learning about stock, product and budgeting. Individual maker projects also involve a lot of QR such as some students are making chopping boards, some are cooking and others are crocheting.

Enterprise Market will be held on Monday 24 and Wednesday 26 October from 12:00-5:pm at Launceston Big Picture School.

Amber has made a website to share details of our market https://amberhartland00.wixsite.com/my-site and she will be updating this as we get closer to the market dates.

Amber Hartland
10B Advisory

TERM 4 : START & END DATES

• Monday, 17th October 2022 - Wednesday,21st December 2022

FAMILY INFORMATION EVENING

• Wednesday, 9th November @ 5:00pm
• Family Information Evening for 2023 new enrolments
• Come along and hear about our school 
• email marianne.olsen@education.tas.gov.au to register 

5 DAY TRANSITION PROGRAM

• 23rd - 29th November 

PRE-LOVED HOODIES FOR SALE

I have been having a clear out of our cupboards and have come across some pre-loved school hoodies that have been donated to the school by previous students.

I am selling them off at $30 each ($65 for new).

No refunds, No returns – you can phone the office on 6335 1500 to make payment over the phone.

All have been washed but some do have the draw string missing from around the hood and maybe slightly marked.

We have the following sizes available:

• Size 10
• Size 12
• Size 14
• Size 16
• Size M
• Size L
• Size 2XL

Jennifer Kendall
School Business Manager

BOB'S BIKES PROGRAM

Our school is very proud of the Bob’s Bikes Program which is led and coordinated by Robert and Shirley Blackman.

Bob's Bikes has been going strong since 2011, and Launceston Big Picture School have supported the program since 2016, and all the money generated goes direct to charity.

Our students help Bob to repair and restore bikes which Bob and Shirley then sell on GumTree or you can find some of the bikes on sale from outside the front of our school building.

The amount of money raised and appeals supported by Bob and Shirley is simply amazing and since 2016, they have raised over $17,790.00 which has gone directly to UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency Australia.

At the moment, we are not taking any more bikes as we have plenty in stock.

Bob Bikes Program currently runs on Wednesday afternoons

FACEBOOK POSTS 

As always, please remember that when engaging with any Department of Education page, to do so in a respectful manner, in line with our Terms of Use which can be found in the ‘about’ section of our page.

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Please ensure your student keeps their school polo top in their bag or keeps it safe in their Advisory room at all times.

It is compulsory for students to wear their school uniform when attending school excursions, interviews, LTIs or if they are representing the school at events. 

Uniforms can be purchased from the school office and are sold at cost price:

• Polo Shirts with school logo = $30 
• School Hoody with school logo = $65

Any pre-worn uniform donations would be very much appreciated and are used in our emergency uniform/clothing pool.

PARKING  

It is highly recommended that parents and visitors to the school DO NOT PARK along the nature strip in front of the school, along the footpath or on the grass area beside Aurora Stadium.

The City Council have recently approached the school and have informed staff that this area is being patrolled and $86.00 infringements are being issued.

Parents and visitors are advised to use the paid parking facilities at the Inveresk Car Park (next to Blue Cafe).

COMMUNICATION & USEFUL LINKS

I would like to remind families of some useful links and apps that you may use to assist with receiving communication from our school.

• SMS Only - 0427 016 460 to report student absences, please send a text to our short message service
• Schoolzine App & Newsletter - Our newsletter is published at the end of every month through Schoolzine. Schoolzine is an app that allows you to communicate with the school, receive notices and newsletters

LOCAL TRANSPORT SERVICES

Student Leaders 2022

Support Staff 2022

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Thank You

Just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all the LBPS students who have contributed to this months newsletter, we really do enjoy reading your articles and stories of your personal progress.

If students have stories they would like to share, then please email your news items to me jennifer.kendall@education.tas.gov.au

Jennifer Kendall
School Business Manager