Launceston Church Grammar School

Launceston Church Grammar is an Anglican day and boarding school for boys and girls from Early Learning to Grade 12 and has a school population of 763 students. Launceston Church Grammar is the oldest continually run school in Australia (founded in 1846) and has a long and proud heritage and an outstanding academic record.

At Grammar you’ll find warmth in every welcome, a respect for each individual and an honest pursuit for truth in all endeavours.

As our students develop into confident, creative, responsible and sensitive people, their academic future is assured and their ongoing contribution to the community will be significant.

Curriculum: Our school has a distinguished reputation for providing outstanding education. We set high expectations for our students and we are unwavering and unequivocal in our aim to provide the finest education for each one of them. We seek to create a learning experience that draws on each student’s innate qualities and capacity for hard work. We offer a comprehensive and contemporary range of academic subjects, designed to capture a student’s curiosity and instil a life-long enjoyment of learning. Creativity is an outstanding feature of the Launceston Grammar community and one of our school’s great strengths. It is a key factor in our educational approach as we guide students to find their own particular areas of interest; and then to explore and extend their knowledge and ability.

Beach Boys & Girls Clean Coast

A mummified message in a bottle was among the items collected by Launceston Church Grammar School students on Wednesday as they cleaned up Moorland Beach at Wesley Vale in Tasmania.

The school did 4 clean ups over 2 days removing 195kg of rubbish, 32 full clean up Australia day bags as part of the Cradle Coast Beachwatch program. This beach acts like a marine debris trap due to the ocean currents in this area. This is the first clean up conducted by this school who has now adopted this beach and has committed to twice yearly cleanups. The next one is due in September and they have already set a date. Four classes were involved, two per day. 12 hours worth of cleaning was conducted by102 students. An amazing effort!

Other items uncovered by the students included babies nappies, thick ropes, recycling containers, metal sheets, hundreds of plastic bottles and vehicle tyres. “We’ve also picked up hundreds of Devonport City Council parking meter receipts. They really need to do something about those actually, because they don’t break down very easily.” Discover ranger John Bowden, who lead the excursions, said.

The project was part of the school’s annual week-long Aboriginal cultural studies camp. Read more