Launceston Church Grammar School

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.

Education at Launceston Grammar can start from as young as 3 years of age. Our Early Learning programme offers a supportive, caring, nurturing, and enthusiastic introduction to school. We believe that children have unlimited potential and are capable, curious and able to investigate and explore their thoughts and ideas.

Our curriculum is based around the Early Years Learning Framework of Australia with influence from the Reggio Emilia philosophy. We encourage and support questioning, thinking and discussions between children and with teachers. We view learning as an exciting, creative, inquiry-based process.

Project work is a major part of our curriculum. These are either driven by children's interests of initiated by teachers. They take in all areas of learning, including expressive and visual arts, literacy, numeracy and science. There is a strong emphasis on developing early English and Maths concepts through enjoyable, interactive, thoughtful and well-planned activities. The children's work is documented in a variety of ways, including photographs, written transcripts or stories and conversation, painting, drawings, sculptures and other art form.

Launceston Grammar’s Junior Campus from Prep to Grade 6 is committed to the development of a healthy mind, body and spirit. The broad curriculum offers a variety of programmes in English and Mathematics, along with many opportunities in the areas of Sport, Languages, Information Technology, and Visual and Performing Arts. Launceston Grammar’s personalised teaching approach enables us to cater for students across the academic spectrum. Our teachers provide a stimulating programme that enables students to achieve their goals and make a smooth transition to the Senior Campus.

The curriculum includes Literacy, Numeracy, Studies of Society and the Environment, Science, Music, Visual Arts, Religious and values Education, Physical Education and Sport, Health and Wellbeing and Mental Health. Children learn Indonesian from Early Years to Grade 6.  The Inter-School Sport program is introduced in Grades 5 and 6, and in Grade 4 across a select number of sports. The School has a well-structured Outdoor Education Programme that begins at Grade 3.

The final two years of secondary education lead to the award of the Qualification Certificate and the Tasmanian Certificate of Education. In these final school years we prepare students for further study, work and their future. Students at this level can follow general or specialised courses. Provision is made for both academic and vocational pathways.

Students in Grades 11 and 12 will work towards the award of the Tasmanian Certificate of Education. Their subjects are organised in five lines and each line is allocated 12 lessons per cycle which are organised into 6 double lessons. Those students continuing on to tertiary education aim to achieve an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank) Score. Others may choose a vocationally oriented programme gaining national industry certification and workplace experience. Students choose a programme of study which totals a minimum of 1200 hours over the two years; this is the equivalent of four pre-tertiary subjects in each year. The requirements of the TCE and subjects available for study are fully outlined in the academic programme below.