Whole School News
Welcome to Season TWO, episode 3 of...
THE BUZZ at Leighland
On today's episode, we take you on a journey exploring music at Leighland. Come to both the Burnie and Ulverstone campuses to hear the vision of music in action through interviews with some of our music staff.
Our music team do such an amazing job of inspiring our students and nurturing them through music experiences from Kinder through to college. So put the kettle on, sit down and enjoy episode 3 of The Buzz.
A Message from our Child Safety Officers
As a school community, we are committed to fostering an environment where our students feel safe, valued and empowered to share their thoughts and concerns. We are excited to share with you a new initiative aimed at enhancing child safety and communication within our school community!
The Feedback Box
This is a new avenue for students to share their thoughts, ideas and concerns with us. There will be two Feedback Boxes located at the Ulverstone Campus; one in the high school Wellbeing Space, and the other in the primary school at the Head of Primary Office.
The Feedback Box at the Burnie Campus will be allocated near Mrs Polden’s office. These locked Feedback Boxes serve as a safe way for students to communicate directly with our school staff. Whether it’s a suggestion for improving the school in some way, a concern, or an idea for a fun school event, we want to hear from our students. By providing a designated space for feedback, we hope to empower our students to take an active role in shaping their educational experience.
Rest assured, all submissions will be treated with the utmost confidentiality, and each message will be carefully reviewed by relevant staff. We believe that every voice matters, and by listening to our students, we can create a school environment that truly reflects their needs and aspirations.
We encourage open communication between students, parents and staff regarding safety concerns. Our doors are always open, and we welcome any feedback or suggestions that may contribute to the betterment of our school.
Thank you for entrusting us with the education and well-being of your children.
God bless,
Cassie Miles
Child Safety Officer and Co-Head of Primary
New Online Course For Parents: Raising Tech-Healthy Humans
Is your child struggling with focus, social behaviours, or mental health due to technology use? Are you a parent seeking healthy screen-time habits for your child?
We are excited to introduce "Raising Tech-Healthy Humans," an online course for parents by Daniel Sih of Spacemakers, free for families in CEN schools.
Daniel Sih, a TEDx speaker and award-winning author, has created fifteen engaging videos covering essential topics like:
- How do I encourage healthy screen-time limits?
- What is the impact of interactive media on my child's developing brain?
- When and how should I give my child a smartphone?
- How do I engage in relationship-forming tech-conversations?
- How is my philosophy of technology a faith-issue?
- What can I do to get my kids outdoors to have fun?
- How do we support each other to raise healthy, wholehearted humans as a community?
Sign Up Now
Jon Madin Music Day workshop
On Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 June, both of our LCS campuses were blessed to host the Jon Madin Music Day workshop. Primary students learned various Marimbas, Echo cellos, Ding boxes and many others. In the span of one day, students at each campus became proficient enough to host their own concerts with a couple of musical arrangements.
Although wacky and fun, the workshops were engaging and innovative; giving students hands-on training and confidence in music theory. Thank you Mr Madin for taking our students on a journey of learning through play.
Year 5/6 Global Leadership Summit
The Year 6’s from both campuses, and Geneva, went to Devonport Christian School where we attended the Global Leadership Summit. We made history as we were the youngest ever people to attend a Summit of this type in the world. We had a great time building catapults and learning about World Vision. We listened to live guest speakers, and we also had a great time with Just Dance. They also provided us with Subway for lunch and a hot chocolate for our recess.
International Day of Play
Last week both of the our campuses celebrated, on separate days, International Day of Play where recognition was given to the pedagogy of play-based learning. Students demonstrated literacy, critical thinking, design thinking and project-based learning skills throughout their classroom times.
Coincidently, on the Ulverstone campus, it happened along with the Wacky Hair Day fundraiser for our Year 5/6 choir performance at the Festival of Voices performance in Hobart; thereby making the day even more interesting and a bit wacky with up-dos galore!
JOIN OUR PRAYER GROUP
As a school, we like to pray for both our school and the wider community.
You are invited to join with others in our community in prayer, each Friday morning at 9.00am. Please sign in at Reception.
You are invited to our free secondary MADE 2024 Exhibition “Snapshots” featuring our Music, Arts, Drama and English programs. It is a collaborative event that includes Design, Technology, the Culinary Arts and Engineering, where Year 7 - 10 students display their learning and developing skill sets. Please come out and enjoy an evening of creative and technological pursuits as you experience how a Leighland Christian School student is MADE.
Kinder 2025
Enrolments for Kinder 2025 are open! Thank you to those families who have already expressed their interest or commenced the enrolment process. We ask that any current families who have little ones for Kindy next year, to please reach out as siblings are not automatically enrolled, and enrolment forms are required to be completed for every child. This will secure your child’s spot and greatly assist our Principals to establish vacancies for new families.
Please contact:
Burnie Campus: Nicole Gillam (PA to Burnie Principal): 6430 9000 or n.gillam@leighland.tas.edu.au
Ulverstone Campus: Lindy Mott (Registrar): 6425 0999 or l.mott@leighland.tas.edu.au
If you know of anyone considering their options for Kinder next year - or any year group, please encourage them to make contact with Nicole or Lindy so that we can set them up with a tour and provide an information pack. Information packs are also available from the office, if you would like to collect one to pass on.
Nicole and Lindy look forward to hearing from you!
UNIFORM SURVEY – CHANGES INTRODUCED
Thank you to parents and staff who completed our Uniform Survey. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and valued.
As a result of feedback from the survey, the following initial changes have been introduced, effective immediately:
- Students can choose to wear either plain black socks, or plain white socks (boys and girls)
- Prep to Year 10 students can choose to wear long sleeve or short sleeve white shirts (boys and girls)
The Senior Leadership team will continue to evaluate the feedback and advise you of any further changes that may eventuate.
2025 Term Dates
Term 1 3 February Year 11/12 Students Commence
5 February Year 7 Students Commence
6 February Rest of School Commence
10 March Public Holiday
9 April Last day of Term 1 or students
10-11 April Whole School Student Free Day
18 April Good Friday- Public Holiday
21 April Easter Monday- Public Holiday
22 April Easter Tuesday- School Holiday
25 April ANZAC Holiday- Public Holiday
Term 2 28 April First day of Term 2
6 June Student Free day- Burnie only
9 June Public Holiday
2 July Last day of Term 2 for Students
3-4 July Whole School Student Free Day
21-13 July Whole School Student Free Day
Term 3 24 July First Day of Term 3
25 September Last Day of term 3 for students
26 September Whole School Student Free Day
3 October Burnie Show- Public Holiday
Term 4 13 October Student Free Day- Primary Only
13 October First day of Term 4- Secondary Only
14 October First Day of Term 4- Primary
3 November Public Holiday
27 November Last day for year 10 students
28 November Public Holiday
9 December Last day of Term for students
10-12 December Whole School Student Free Day
