Sport & Recreation - 3v3 Basketball

At Launceston Big Picture School we always endeavour to foster connections within our community. Recently we had the opportunity to link with Launceston and Georgetown Indie Schools for a 3v3 basketball tournament.

Four teams from the schools competed for the inaugural, as yet unnamed, cup in round-robin style half-court 3v3 games. It was a fantastic day of competition and camaraderie that all participants enjoyed immensely. LBPS was represented by two teams, with other students acting as support personnel on the day. One of our teams went through undefeated and claimed the tournament win in a close and competitive final. Reclink was gracious enough to support this event and are currently in the process of getting a trophy made to be presented to our winning team.

We would like to thank Indie School and Reclink for a great day, and we are looking forward to participating in many more events in the various shared interests of our students.

Cooking - Oz Harvest Visit

On Monday the 8^th of September hospitality students were fortunate to work alongside Chef Sebastien Kuhn.

Chef Seb has had an incredible cookery journey, starting his career as an apprentice in a French restaurant that has maintained at least 1 Michelin Star for 90 years, to working at Eureka Mine feeding 5000 hungry workers a day, or more recently working on the ice in Antarctica at an exclusive resort that caters for only 14 people at a time.

Chef Seb helped students produce Provencal Beef, Ratatouille and Spiced Rice, which was then served to the whole school.

The produce used for lunch was donated by Oz Harvest. Oz Harvest rescues food that previously would have been sent to landfill.

Jenn Heggarty, state manager of Oz Harvest, spoke to the school around rescued food, 7600kg in one week in the Launceston area, ways households can reduce food waste and general education of consumers. Currently our school is doing really well with the Red Chook Buckets for food scraps, (a plastic-wrapped sandwich takes 25 years to decompose), and our recycling of cans, but we do have areas that we need to improve in.

The day was really informative, lots of learning and great food for lunch.