Art

Recently our Active Learning Art Group had a workshop with ceramic artist and Associate Lecturer, Ms Sonya Brough at the university of Tasmania, Creative Arts campus.

The students enjoyed experiencing mould, coil and other hand-building techniques with a particular focus on exploring texture. The works will be fired and glazed or painted soon with the masterpieces on display at LBPS early next year.

Special thanks to Sonya Brough and UTAs for inviting us to participate.

Ben Miller

Advisory teacher

Bob's Bikes

Recently Ethan, Jake and William featured in an article in The Examiner newspaper with their mentor Bob Blackman. This article sparked a huge response from the public resulting in numerous bike donations. Our students have been busy repairing bikes and have been selling them to raise money for UNHCR.

Please click on the link below to read The Examiner newspaper article.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who made donations to the Bob's Bikes program. It is through your generous support that this program remains a valuable weekly experience for our students.

Riverside Primary School Visit

On Wednesday, 25 November Grade 4 students from Riverside Primary school came to visit Launceston Big Picture School. They had seen the article in The Examiner and were interested in finding out more about Bob’s Bikes.   Blake Gelston, Will Hamill, Pheonix Sierra Goss and Billy Watson were the stars of the show.  In small groups the Riverside students got to experience first hand how to check a tyre, tube, and brakes, how to  deal with rust and the best way to clean a bike. They also go to pump up tyres and help prepare bikes for sale.  Bob gave them an introduction to where the bikes come from, how the bikes are sold and where the money goes to.  The students were eager to help and loved spending time with our students, sharing stories about their own bikes.  When asked what the best part of their day had been “BIKES” was the resounding answer.  Jorja Sigtenhorst did an amazing job showing the students the rest of the school and making them excited about high school. 

Congratulations to all involved on representing our school in such a positive way and doing a wonderful job.