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2020 has been another huge year at Launceston Big Picture School! Our celebration night on Tuesday night was a culmination to the many and varied learning opportunities that our young people have had the chance to participate in throughout the year. Congratulations must go to all award winners but also to the year 9 students and Brock Kerslake and Rhian Bailey for their outstanding leadership and organisational skills in ensuring that the event was a success. Jade and Kit did a great job as MC’s and I am sure that everyone will agree with me, the Boathouse was once again, a spectacular venue. As a school it was important to us to continue to have our “special event” in our local area and we look forward to continuing to build a long partnership with the Boathouse and also the broader Inveresk precinct. The Covid pandemic presented its challenges but it was fantastic to provide our year 12 students with an amazing conclusion to their LBPS journey and recognise our high achieving students from the year.
Schools always review their progress and I would like to share some data with you that we recently received and that we are very proud of:
-100% of families have visited our school in 2020- an amazing achievement considering Covid!
-93% of our year 12 students completed a Graduation Portfolio and also achieved their Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE).
-90% of our students participated in LTI placements during 2020
-92% of our students exhibited on at least 3 occasions during 2020
-55% of our year 10 students made high gain in PAT reading
This is just a snapshot of our data but certainly something that as a school community, we should celebrate.
Staffing News
As a school we are continuing to grow and I am proud to say, we will have an additional advisory class in 2021. To facilitate this, our hardworking and very talented maintenance man, Michael Doolan, has been working hard to renovate our downstairs classroom. It now looks amazing and matches the other 21st century spaces in our school.
Some of our staffing for 2021 is still fluid and to be decided, however, I would like to announce the following appointments:
Grade 9 Advisory Teacher | Marianne Olsen |
Grade 9 Advisory Teacher | Brendan Liddell |
Grade 10 Advisory Teacher | Daniel Smith |
Grade 10 Advisory Teacher | Sonja Peters |
Grade 11 Advisory Teacher | Nick Hill |
Grade 12 Advisory Teacher | Ben Miller |
Grade 12 Advisory Teacher | Rob Lewandowski |
Assistant Principal |
Tanya Ringuet |
LTI Coordinators |
Mel Van Asperen |
Support Teacher |
TBC |
We welcome Brendan Liddell to our school. Brendan will be a Grade 9 Advisory teacher and joins our team having previously worked at Queechy High School for the past 11 years.
I would like to announce to our school community that our amazing Administration clerk and Teacher Assistant Kat O'Sign will be leaving our school after successfully winning a full time position at Trevallyn Primary School. Congratulations Kat and thank you for everything you have done at Launceston Big Picture School.
We farewell Brock Kerslake who has worked with us throughout 2020 in various roles, most recently as Grade 9 Advisory teacher. I would like to thank Brock for his work and wish him all the best for 2021 and beyond.
Awards Night and Celebration Dinner
The celebration dinner and awards evening at the Boathouse was an amazing night. Our young people were simply stunning, the performances first class and our award winners were very appreciative. Please have a look at some of the photos from the evening and click on the following link to enjoy a live performance by Jorja Sigtenhorst.
Congratulations to all Award Winners
Leading Learners - this is awarded to Monique Ioannidis and Jorja Sigtenhorst who demonstrate high levels of leadership and engagement in a variety of areas across the school, including academic rigour, commitment to learning and care trust and respect.
Big Picture Learner - this is awarded to Justyne Westwood and Leah Durie who demonstrate all aspects of the Big Picture Design to an extremely high level.
Community Spirit - this is awarded to Catie Owens and Luke Shirley who lead and participate in a range of community service in and beyond the school.
Head, Heart, Hand - this is awarded to Beren Fontana who consistently demonstrates a commitment to producing high quality project work, involves themselves positively in the LBPS community including strong LTI involvement.
Most Improved - this is awarded to Blake Gelston and Mikayla Aldred who have shown considerable growth and willingness to act on feedback in a range of areas.
Service to School - this is awarded to Jasper Hillman who has consistently deomonstrated the values of Launceston Big Picture School and the Department of Education.
Year 9/10 Learning Expo
Congratulations to all students and staff for their work with ensuring the success of last week’s expo. The wide and innovative range of displays presented was first class and demonstrated some high order planning and thinking skills. The displays were an outstanding demonstration of learning and highlights from 2020.
Book Sales For 2021
Please remember that our school is open for collection of stationary packs for 2021 and uniform purchases on the following dates:
Wednesday, 27 January | 1:00pm – 5:00pm |
Friday, 29 January | 10:00am – 2:00pm |
To all members of our school community, thank you for your support throughout 2020, a year that has been like no other! Please have a merry Christmas and a safe and happy new year.
Look forward to seeing you all in 2021
Adrian Dean
Principal
CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATE SUCCESS
Even as we farewelled our graduating advisory at Tuesday’s Celebration Dinner they were sharing with us stories of their successful transitions into work, training and further education.
University Bound
LBPS was a pilot school for the International Big Picture Learning Credential with our students being some of the first in the world to use our new learner profile to apply to university. In addition to sharing their on-line portfolio students had to present their Senior Project to a panel of UTAS academics and admissions staff. All our students who applied received offers from UTAS and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive with all students impressing the panel with their knowledge skills and passion. Rochelle Finearty, Head, Applicant Services, Student Operations, University of Tasmania provided the following feedback:
"Jack was great at interview, confident and well prepared, the committee were incredibly inspired by his work, and motivation and the course coordinator saw him as being a potential leader in his cohort to inspire and drive people."
"Rahni was amazing, she is a brilliant and confident speaker and incredibly inspiring about her chosen career she was an absolute stand out and the academic members on the committee made comment that she was doing the sort of work they saw in their final year students."
Congratulations to Jack, Rahni, Jaymz, Iman, Beren and Charlyse.
TAFE and Traineeships
We have a number of students continuing their learning through TAFE next year with students enrolling in everything from Hair and Beauty to Laboratory Techniques. While others are pursuing traineeships in Forestry Management and IT. It is great to see our students have clear pathways and the confidence to continue to pursue their passions beyond LBPS.
Congratulations to Mikayla, Zak, Blake, Hayden and Monique.
World of work
Leah and Ronan have already interviewed for several positions and are awaiting the outcome. In this challenging economic climate it is impressive to see these young people are being considered for jobs in highly competitive fields. Congratulations and keep us posted.
Watch this space
Em and Oliver will be travelling and dipping into some short courses as they consider their options. Happy trails and best wishes.
Finally, congratulations to Billy and Finn from Nick’s advisory who are entering full-time employment. Billy was successful in securing an apprenticeship with Fairbrothers, while Finn made himself so indispensable during his LTI at the Automobile Museum that they have offered him full-time work and the possibility of a traineeship in IT or Business.
Tanya Ringuet
Assistant Principal
On Wednesday, 2 December we had our annual Expo Day at LBPS. It was a very interesting and educational day with displays including information about animal, soccer theory, a rebuilt lawnmower, app designs and more. Parents and families were invited to see what their kids had been working on all year and also to see what everyone else has been doing. It was great to see everyone having so many different interests and being able to ask questions about what they had done and how they had grown over the year, even though it was a hard and troublesome year. It would have been great to have had more time to discuss some of the displays in more detail, because everyone had lots to share about their work and passions. We would like to thank all the parents and people from the community who came to support us and our school.
Pheonix-Sierra
Year 9-10 Advisory
Thanks to all who have supported Bob’s Bikes this year. Throughout this year we have had a great boost in sales compared to previous years. This increase is most likely due to the fact that Jake’s Term 3 project was around writing an article for The Examiner about Bobs Bikes. Over the last two and a half months we have received astounding amount of donations. This year in total we have made $4160. This is a $1950 increase compared to last year. In the time that Bob's Bikes have been going we have made $10,994. This money makes a great deal of difference to the lives of refugees through Australia UNHCR. Thanks again to all those that have supported Bob’s Bikes and we look forward to it continuing in 2021 and beyond.
Ethan Sturzaker
Year 9-10 Advisory
Art
On Friday, 11 December our Art active learning students celebrated the great weather by spray-painting a series of canvases. Cameron Maggs channelled his inner German Expressionism whilst Kit Aitchison found Charlotte's Webb.
Ben Miller
Advisory Teacher
Sport and Recreation
Students participated in Lawn Bowls at the Invermay Bowls Club.
STEAM and Engineering Group
Dan Smith has been setting up our new 3D printers for the start of 2021.
Year 2020 Learning Through Internships has proven to have some challenges and positive outcomes on how we offered LTI placements. Looking back over the past four terms students were able to engage well either via online Informational Interviews, Speed Career sessions and virtual industry sessions. We’ve learnt how to stay connected and communicate in our digital world. Students have been committed and willing to work towards their LTI placements by thinking outside the box. Reviewing our LTI data, evidence is a very high number of students were engaged in LTI placements, without the support of parents/guardians, family and friends this wouldn’t be possible. A special thank you to all businesses in our community who have offered their time in mentoring, sharing their knowledge in supporting students to learn in the real world.
Bethany, Erin, Finn, Regina and Charlotte attended City Park Radio to pre-record for the Schools Out Program. Bethany led the group as the producer, while other students each discussed a session from music to National Car Museum and siblings.
Mel Van Asperen
LTI Co-ordinator
Ryan Smith is in Year 10 and is in Nick Hill’s Advisory. He is interested in Building and Construction and recently had an LTI at Keyline Building and Maintenance. During his time with John he helped to put up scaffolding, replace guttering and fix roofing as required. Ryan thoroughly enjoyed his time with John from Keyline and hopes to continue with his passion for gaining a School-based Apprenticeship in the Building and Construction Industry in the near future. Thanks John for your support of Ryan!
Clay Townsend is in Year 9 in Sonja Peter’s Advisory. Recently Clay visited Jessup’s IT and Computers on Wellington Street. During his time there he worked with Chloe and learnt the method to replace an iPhone 8 screen and cleaned and restored iPhones to their original state. Clay also worked on laptops to install new drives and set up Applications that clients required. It was great to see Clay in action and learning on the job skills from Chloe who was a fantastic mentor. We thank Mark (owner) and Chloe for their support of our LTI Program at Big Picture School.
Seeing Erin in action as a Teacher’s Aide was amazing. Her support of the students was great, showing care and understanding for where each student was at with their learning was wonderful. Erin is from Sonja Peter’s Advisory and is in Year 10. She has a passion for helping others and this definitely showed in her recent LTI at Invermay Primary School with Debbie on Grade 2. Thanks Debbie for your guidance and support of Erin’s LTI.
Lauren Taylor
LTI Teacher
We want your help for our Learning Through Internship Program!
If you are a local business and have opportunities for students to engage in your industry during this uncertain time please contact Mel at melanie.van.asperen@education.tas.gov.au.
Mel Van Asperen
LTI Co-ordinator
Government House Luncheon
On Tuesday, 8 December I was invited to a luncheon at Government House. Myself and a group from the CCYP (Commissioner for Children and Young People) arrived at Government house at 12:30pm and were greeted by Major Malcom McWilliams. We were then brought into the main hallway and told that we would be introduced to Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner and her husband Mr Richard Warner one by one. We then moved into the dining room and were instructed to sit down. We dined on roasted blue-eyed trevalla, orange hollandaise and Atlantic salmon roe. Then for dessert, we had cantaloupe and mandarin sorbet and fruit soup. During our meal, we discussed what role the Governor plays and many other things. After our meal, we were escorted back to the drawing-room and had some tea or coffee. Excitedly we began a tour of Government House and the surrounding grounds. Once we had finished our tour we all said our goodbyes and started the long journey home.
This experience was one that I will always remember, and I will always remember that the butler tried to give me a glass of wine.
Jorja Sigtenhorst
Year 9-10 Advisory
Tamar Valley Tour
On Wednesday, 9 December Nick’s Advisory and Lauren did a tour of the Tamar Valley stopping at Grindelwald, Exeter & Hillwood. We played a round of mini golf at Grindelwald with Ryan Smith and Keely Woods getting below par. Lachlan Tonks was the only person to get a hole in one! In Exeter we visited the Bee Hive where the owner told us some fascinating and funny facts about bees. Then we ventured on to Hillwood where Nick surprised the group with a tour of his Airbnb bus house. Finally we visited the Hillwood Berry farm where we ate strawberries and sat in the sun while Lachlan and Finn played on the old Tractor. We also met the owner Simon Dornauf who explained how the business has evolved over the past 10 years and how they use technology to improve the amount and quality of the berries. It was great to spend the day with each other and visit these businesses in the Tamar Valley.
Year 10 Advisory
Students are encouraged to nominate other students who have shown Aspiration, Courage, Respect or Growth. Winners receive a voucher from the Railway Café. Our weekly winners are:
Pheonix-Sierra Hooker-Goss - for Growth by applying for a school based apprenticeship in construction.
Sheryden Greeno - for Respect by carrying new chairs into Advisory rooms.
5. Collaboration for Learning
Students work in one-on-one or small group learning environments around their interests both inside and outside the school. Through internships, the community plays an integral role in the education of the students.
6. Learning in Advisory
Students are in an advisory group of no more than 17 students and an advisory teacher. They stay in the same advisory for much of their secondary education. The advisory teacher manages each student’s learning plan and ensures that all learning goals and the National Curriculum are covered.
Transport Services
School Absences
Informing School of Student Absences
Your child’s Advisory Teacher records attendance daily using the DoE EduPoint system. Attendance is taken between 8:55am – 9:30am. If your child is going to be absent, you will need to inform the school ASAP - otherwise the EduPoint system automatically marks the absence as ‘Unauthorised-Unexplained’ and this is not altered until communication is received from parents. The preferred method of communication is to send the school an SMS on – 0427 016 460 (this is a short message service only, so you will not be able to ring the school on this number). LBPS admin check the SMS service throughout the day and update any changes to student attendance. You can of course ring the school direct on 6335 1500 and leave a voice message on the answerphone.
Parking
Please be vigilant when parking along the school’s nature strip and footpath during drop off/pick up times - as the City Council are distributing $70 parking fines. Requests to the City Council to withdraw the fines are proving ineffective, as they are unable to alter the State Government standards.
Foster Care program at Baptcare
Foster care is about providing a safe, secure and stable environment for a child or young person when they are unsafe or unable to remain at home.
Baptcare operates a foster care program in Tasmania and we are in need of new foster carers to provide support to children and young people across the state.
Support available from CatholicCare Tasmania
Please see the attached a flyer for the PAUSE parenting program facilitated by CatholicCare. The program is aimed at parents of adolescents (8-18). Due to current COVID-19 restrictions the program is now being offered online. During the program parents will be given information about their child’s brain development, communication, social media, internet safety, problem solving and how to have difficult conversations.
Please see the attached flyer from CatholicCare for services available in the Launceston area regardless of circumstances or background.
MyTime, supporting parents of children with disabilities
Thanks to all students who contributed to the newsletter. If you have something to share in the newsletter please send it through to kat.osign@education.tas.gov.au
Leadership Staff
Principal |
Adrian Dean |
Assistant Principal |
Tanya Ringuet |
Grade 9 Advisor |
Brock Kerslake |
Grade 9/10 Advisor |
Sonja Peters |
Grade 10 Advisor |
Nick Hill |
Grade 11 Advisor |
Ben Miller |
Grade 11 Advisor |
Robert Lewandowski |
Grade 11/12 Advisor |
Marianne Olsen |
Support Staff
School Psychologist |
Rebecca Mizzi |
Wednesday (fortnightly) |
School Social Worker |
Jasmine Poslon |
Monday |
Business Manager |
Jennifer Kendall |
Daily |
Administration |
Kat O’Sign |
Monday, Thursday, Friday |
IT Support |
Jesse North |
Friday a.m. |
LTI Coordinator LTI Teacher |
Melanie Van Asperen Lauren Taylor |
Daily Tuesday, Thursday |
Teacher Assistant
|
Adrian Stabb Robert Blackman David Meech Peter Robertson Jacqui Leslie Kat O’Sign |
Monday, Friday Wednesday Monday, Wednesday Thursday Monday, Wednesday Tuesday, Wednesday |
Education Facility Attendant |
Michael Doolan |
Daily |
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