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With Winter upon us it is a timely reminder for us all to ensure we are coming to school with enough warm clothes! Whilst the crisp mornings may turn into warm days, many students are coming without a warm jumper in the morning and are very cold when outside, particularly if a breeze gets up during the day. Please also remember to label all of your children’s clothes as well as we have a steady growing pile of jumpers and jackets in the lost property.
Our morning reading program is underway with our year 5 and 6 students buddied up with our children from the younger grades. It has been lovely to see the engagement from our younger students, as well as the fantastic leadership displayed by our older students. Our student leaders are also doing some amazing work with our younger students in the playground at recess and lunch. It certainly reinforces our school values and our children’s sense of belonging.
We have begun working with our architects and the department personnel in preliminary conversations around our philosophical and practical ambitions for our build. This groundwork sets the platform for ideas to be generated in regard to our redevelopment. We also have engineers and landscape architects visiting as well to look at the “hidden” infrastructure, (pipes, wires and the like), as well as the physical layout of the surrounding environment that needs to be considered. This is certainly an exciting time and we have our creative, yet practical hats on thinking and dreaming of possibilities. Our working group will be engaging with the whole school community during this process so it will hopefully capture the hearts and minds of everyone involved.
We have a large contingent of runners heading off to the All-School Cross Country next week and wish them well. Our school competed exceptionally well at the recent TPSSA carnival with all runners trying their best, with many finishing in the top ten and some placing in the top 3. Our Winter Sport Roster also kicks off in week 8 of this term on Friday the 20th of June. We also have a South netball team representing us on that day in the primary school netball tournament in Launceston.
Our teachers are busy preparing for moderation with other teachers from Port Dalrymple and Lilydale school on Friday. This is a great opportunity to get together with colleagues from other schools to discuss the work that students are doing in class, as well as have the opportunity to share teaching practice, resources and ideas. Soon after that we will begin preparing for the reporting period, and I encourage everyone to make sure that they book an appointment with your child’s teacher. Details for booking appointments will be sent out next week.
Monday 2 June - Wednesday 11 June | Fissure Sealant Van (Kinder - Grade 2 & Grade 6s) |
Friday 6 June | Moderation Day - Student Free Day |
Monday 9 June | King's Birthday - Public Holiday |
Friday 13 June | 3/4 classes Tasmania Zoo excursion |
Tuesday 17 June | All State Cross Country (selected grade 3-6 students) |
Friday 20 June | 5/6 Winter Sport starts |
Monday 30 June - Thursday 3 July | Parent/Teacher meetings |
Thursday 3 July | Assembly (12:15pm start) Prep & 5/6 Timms sharing |
Friday 4 July | Last Day Term 2 |
Monday 21 July | First Day Term 3 |
Thursday 14 August | Assembly (12:15pm start) 1/2 Locke & 3/4 Clancy Sharing |
Thursday 4 September | Assembly (12:15pm start) 1 Grace & 3/4 Garwood sharing |
Friday 26 September | Last Day Term 3 |
Monday 13 October | First Day Term 4 |
Thursday 23 October | Assembly (12:15pm start) 3/4 Scilini 5/6 G sharing |
Friday 31 October | Professional Learning - Student Free Day |
Monday 3 November | Recreation Day - Public Holiday |
Thursday 20 November | Assembly (12:15pm start) 1/2 Holz & Prep sharing |
Thursday 18 December | Students Last Day 2025 |
Our very dedicated committee have assisted in organising the trivia night, Mother's Day and Father's Day stalls, Crazy Hair Day, Easter raffle, Colour Run and Christmas Raffle. Many parents have assisted us behind the scenes with donations too! Because of this support, they have been able to raise nearly $10,000 which is amazing!
National Simultaneous Storytime 2025
A very big thank you to the George Town Library and Bell Bay Aluminium for inviting us to their National Simultaneous Storytime event that was held on the 21st May. Students listened to Bell Bay Aluminium General Manager, Richard read 'The Truck Cat' by Deborah Frenkel and Danny Snell and then made their own colourful Tinka the cat or butterfly character. It was a wonderful event that we look forward to every year and is made even more special by the kind donation of a copy of the book to every child in each of the classes that attended. Thank you so much Bell Bay Aluminium for this very kind donation. Our students are loving the quality literature that we have been purchasing for Home Reading and now they have their very own copy of a lovely book to keep.
We enjoyed perfect weather for our annual Cross Country this year. Students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 demonstrated our school value of courage by 'having-a-go' and trying their best. Once again, our Grade 6 Sports Leaders supported the younger students with some running every race of the day after their own event! Thank you Miss Fish for your excellent organisation of the event. Here are some photos, there are more on our social media pages.
Well done to the students who represented our school in the TPSSA Cross Country held at Beaconfield Primary School. We had some amazing results that all students should be proud of.













Merit Certificates - Week 4 Term 2
Prep Quinn - awarded by Miss Kerryn | |
Zayd | Participating in the cross country and running all the way |
Olivia | Being an enthusiastic learner and always trying her best |
1 Grace | |
Whole class | Outstanding effort and behaviour at cross country |
Theo | Amazing writing about cross country |
Macayla | Trying hard to slow down when writing to include all the sounds in words |
Kye | Working hard on writing about foxes. He concentrated and remembered lots of interesting facts |
1/2 Locke | |
Riley | Participating in the cross country, showing great sportsmanship and a wonderful attitude |
Sonny | For completing an AMAZING run at the cross country |
Jasie | Being prepared for learning and being willing to try anything |
1/2 Holz | |
Bill | Consistently always trying his best in all areas of his learning |
Paisley | Her consistent hard work and determination in all areas of her learning |
3/4 Garwood | |
Anastasia | Having a positive attitude and stepping out of her comfort zone to try new things |
Logan | Having a positive attitude and being prepared for learning |
3/4 Clancy | |
Macey | Displaying a mature attitude to her academic development |
Nate | Always persisting through difficult numeracy activities |
3/4 Scilini | |
Evie | Her determination to complete learning tasks and her positive attitude |
Hayden | Being focussed and determined during whole class literacy |
5/6 Gee | |
Mangaia | Outstanding work habits |
Peyton | Outstanding work habits |
5/6 Timms | |
Eli | For his work in maths and reading |
Skyla | Her commitment and perseverance to class work |
Merit Certificates - Week 6 Term 2
Prep Quinn - Awarded by Miss Kerryn | |
Zavier | Being a fantastic learner by always working hard and trying his best |
Amarni | For showing kindness by being an accepting, tolerant and encouraging friend to others |
1 Grace | |
Destony | Working super hard to complete her morning jobs |
James | Always doing his best and bringing fun and happiness to each day |
1/2 Locke | |
Logan | Working hard to add more detail and length to his writing |
Archie | Continued improvement in his reading |
Aleera | Having a positive approach to school and learning |
Emery | Making wonderful improvements in his reading fluency |
1/2 Holz | |
Angel | Her hard work and determination to improve her reading |
Sophie | Always being a kind and caring friend and for always being willing to lend a hand |
3/4 Garwood | |
Ellee | Working hard to give new things a go |
Reagan | Working hard in writing lessons and for challenging herself to complete her writing tasks to the best of her ability |
3/4 Clancy -Awarded by Ms Doyle | |
Brock | His positive attitude towards both his learning and other people |
Macey | her positive attitude towards getting her work completed on time as well as putting in her best effort |
3/4 Scilini | |
Tyler | Always being a kind and respectful student who helps others |
Victor | Having a positive attitude and being willing to make amends and move on from problems |
5/6 Gee | |
Isla | Always trying to improve her standard of work |
Kalani | for improved resilience |
5/6 Timms | |
Ryan | Helping others around the school and in the classroom |
Charlotte | Her consistently good behaviour and wonderful attitude to learning |