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- From the Principal
- Coming Up
- PBS Focus - Week 10 Term 3 & Week 1 Term 4
- Redevelopment of South George Town Primary School
- SingFest
- Country Gold Carnival 2024
- Aussie of the Month - August
- Reach for the Stars
- Merit Certificates - Week 8 Term 3
- Merit Certificates - Week 10 Term 3
- Book Week Competiton Winners
- Friday Playgroup
- Community Notices
Term 3 has been another wonderful term of learning at South George Town Primary. On presenting the merit certificates for this fortnight I was struck by the amount that were given for students who are working hard and improving. Our goal at South is that all students will improve academically and socially over their school journey, but the one thing that is in the student’s control is how much effort they put in. We are blessed to have a great staff who are able to engage and motivate our students and we aim to provide a range of experiences that allow students to find their passions.
We have had many opportunities for students to engage with experiences that have seen them flourish this past term. Many of our students competed in the Country Gold carnivals last week and represented our school, their families and community with distinction. My highlight was to see our grade 3-6 choir perform at Singfest. Thanks to Miss Long for providing our students with such an amazing experience and our choir sang so well. They will be performing for the Seniors concert in the first week back in term 4.
Other extremely exciting news was the announcement of the capital funding for our school upgrade. This will be an opportunity for our school to come forward and become the modern learning environment that our students, teachers and community deserve. The funding will allow us to upgrade our facilities to future proof us for increased enrolments and provide learning spaces that cater for the amazing curriculum on offer here at South. Over the next few months we will be in constant communication with you all as the initial part of the project is scoped and the community has their input.
Please take some time over the holiday’s to refresh, read a book and enjoy the longer daylight hours. Stay safe and we will see you all back for an exciting Term 4 in October.
| Friday 27 September | Sports Colours Day (gold coin donation) |
| Friday 27 September | Playgroup for children birth-4 years old @ the CFLC |
| Friday 27 September | Last Day of Term 3 |
| Monday 14 October | First Day of Term 4 |
| Tuesday 15 October | Seniors concert (choir students) |
| Thursday 24 October | Assembly - 1/2 Edwards & 5/6 White Sharing |
| Thursday 24 October | Grade 5/6 students transition visit to Port Dalrymple |
| Thursday 31st October | Grade 5/6 Hobart Excursion |
| Friday 1 November | Professional Learning Day - Student Free Day |
| Monday 4 November | Public Holiday - Recreation Day |
| Thursday 7 November | Whole School Colour Fun Run |
| Wednesday 13 November | TPSSA Swimming carnival (selected grade 3-6 students) |
| Thursday 14 November | All day orientation for Grade 6 students |
| Thursday 22 November | Assembly - 3/4 Scilini & 3/4 Garwood Sharing |
| Thursday 19 December | Student's Last Day of School |
You may have heard the exciting news that the 2024-25 Tasmanian State Budget includes $15.1 million to undertake a major redevelopment of our school.
The redevelopment will provide contemporary learning and support spaces and amenities for our students and staff, with the tender for the architectural consultants to be released later this year.
In Term 4, the Department will undertake consultation with our students, staff and the broader community, seeking feedback that will be used to inform the proposed master plan and scope of works.
The consultation will commence on Monday 11 November and conclude on Friday 6 December 2024.
It’s not everyday that we get such a significant amount of funding to undertake works at our school. I strongly encourage everyone to have their say through the upcoming consultation process as your feedback will help shape the future of South George Town Primary School.
More information on the consultation process will be provided in Term 4.
What an amazing day and evening for our primary choir. A big thank you to our music teacher Ms Long for organising our students. Thanks also to Sharee and Miss Cameron for supporting our students on the day/night. Our students represented our school beautifully as usual!
A tremendous effort was made by all who participated in the TPSSA Country Gold Carnival last week. We're very proud of you all. Although the weather wasn't the best, our students took it in their stride and played brilliantly. Thank you to our parents and teachers who sent through photos.
Here are some of our latest 'Reach for the Stars' recipients. These students have demonstrated our school values over several years. Congratulations on this very special award!
| Prep Quinn | |
| Isaac | Doing an amazing job of reading a story to his class |
| Macayla | Always working with an enthusiastic, positive attitude in maths group |
| Prep Grace | |
| Aarnav | Incredible knowledge of numbers. Aarnav always works hard during learning time and this is reflected in how much he is learning |
| Skyla | Making a settled start to school at South. Skyla is a great addition to Prep Grace |
| 1/2 Locke | |
| Roman | Being accepting and inclusive of all students |
| Ollie | Always being inclusive and accepting of others |
| Hailey | Showing fantastic improvement in her maths and confidence in maths |
| Heidi | Treating all people with respect, kindness and inclusion |
| 1/2 Edwards | |
| Ellee | Her perseverance and courage. Ellee is striving to be resilient |
| Kye | His courage to make amends and move on from problems |
| Alice | Her great effort with reading and writing activities. Alice is striving to improve her fluency reading |
| 3/4 Garwood | |
| Skyla | Always trying to do what is right and encouraging others to do the same |
| Winnie | Working hard to improve her reading fluency and written reading related tasks |
| 3/4 Clancy | |
| Cruze | Improving his reading ability and knowledge of numbers |
| Ava B | Working well with others and for being a hard working student |
| 3/4 Scilini | |
| Italia | Being a dedicated learner who works hard and aspires to do her best |
| Harper | Her commitment to home reading. Harper is reading at home every night and it shows |
| 5/6 White | |
| Isabella | Her positive and focussed approach towards all learning. Isabella also treats others with respect |
| Peyton | Her can do positive attitude. Peyton's improved resilience is to be congratulated |
| 5/6 Timms | |
| Willow | Her positive attitude in the classroom and commitment to learning |
| Kiara | Her awesome resilience when tackling new maths work |
| Prep Quinn | |
| Poppie | Her amazing push/pull toy giraffe that she made in science |
| Paisley | Her fantastic written retell of The Gingerbread Man |
| Prep Grace | |
| Zoey | Including digraphs in her writing. Zoey always works super hard |
| Hudson | Working hard on his writing. Hudson has some great ideas |
| 1/2 Locke | |
| Ollie | Showing huge growth in confidence during term 3 |
| Heidi | For consistently working to a high standard in term 3. She always displays a respectful and positive attitude |
| Hailey | Showing growing confidence in maths across term 3 |
| 1/2 Edwards | |
| Kobi J | Choosing to be a learner and using kind words |
| Alizah-Rose | Being a reliable leader. Alizah uses her initiative, seeks help when needed and treats all people fairly |
| Silas | Engaging with learning with a positive attitude! Silas is making great progress in all areas |
| Whole Class | An amazing term of learning and being kind to one another |
| 3/4 Garwood | |
| Isla | Her hard work on our recent HASS assessment, your hard work really paid off |
| Jessana | Her hard work in our recent HASS unit, she was super focussed throughout |
| 3/4 Clancy | |
| Elsie | Being a dedicated learner |
| Grayson | Showing great improvement with fluency when reading |
| Esther | Being a dedicated learner |
| Hendrix | Always working to improve his academic abilities |
| 3/4 Scilini | |
| Evie | Her positive attitude to learning and asking for support when needed |
| Amaya | He improved work ethic and positive approach to learning |
| 5/6 White | |
| Avaya | The class vote for the person who most demonstrates integrity |
| Clodagh | The class vote for the most improved student for term 3 |
| 5/6 Timms | |
| Isaac | His dedication to all school areas both academic and sporting |
| Azalia | Her continuous dedication to improving in all subject areas |
Congratulations to the following winners for the Book Week ‘Draw, Talk, Write, Share’ competition. Well done to everyone who entered, the work produced by every student was amazing.
| Class | Grade | Winner | Runner Up |
| Kindergarten | Kinder | Scout | Amarni |
| Prep Quinn | Prep | Poppie | Zaliah |
| 1/2 Locke | Grade 1 | Heidi | Ryder |
| Grade 2 | Enoch | Kai | |
| 1/2 Edwards | Grade 1 | Henry | Alice |
| Grade 2 | Charlotte | Charlee-Rae | |
| 3/4 Garwood | Grade 3 | Lucy | Winnie |
| Grade 4 | Ether | Skyla | |
| 3/4 Scilini | Grade 3 | Isla | Abel |
| 5/6 White | Grade 5 | Amity | |
| Special mention for writing | Grade 3 | Piper |
Our Launching into Learning Playgroup is every Friday at the George Town Child and Family Centre. Friday playgroup is a joint program between Port Dalrymple School and South George Town Primary School and is open to everyone in the George Town community with children from birth to Kindergarten! See you on Friday.
