South George Town Primary School eNewsletter

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole school community for your continued support in 2022. It certainly has been an outstanding year, littered with challenges and obstacles, but ultimately successes and achievement.

As I have mentioned previously we continue to build a school where opportunity abounds. Students are supported in a trusting and caring environment by every employee, parent and community member that allows them to flourish. Our academic and social outcomes for our students continues to be outstanding and we always strive to improve. It is only with our combined efforts that we are able to polish our “hidden gem” of South George Town Primary.

I would like to wish our departing grade 6 students the best of luck for next year and thank them for their contribution to our school. They are a dynamic bunch of students who will do great things as they progress through life. I would also like to wish all of our departing students good luck as well. You may be departing South, but you will always remain part of the South family.

Finally, I wish everyone a happy and safe break and I cant wait to see you all back in 2023!

Wednesday 1 & Thursday 2 February	Book and Uniform Sales Day
Wednesday 8 February	Students' First Day of School for 2023
Thursday 23 February	Public Holiday - Launceston Cup
Monday 13 March	Public Holiday - Eight Hours Day
Wednesday 5 April	Students' Last Day of Term 1 2023
Wednesday 26 April	First Day of Term 2 2023
Monday 12 June	Public Holiday - King's Birthday
Friday 7 July	Last Day of Term 2 2023
Tuesday 25 July	Students' First Day of Term 3 2023
Friday 29 September	Last Day of Term 3 2023
Monday 16 October	First Day of Term 4 2023
Friday 3 November	Professional Learning Day
Monday 6th November	Public Holiday - Recreation Day
Thursday 21 December	Students' Last Day of School for 2023

Last week we joined in the George Town Christmas Parade. What a fabulous night! We had so many students walk with us. More than ever before! Thank you families for supporting our school and bringing your children along. Thank you also to Ms Hardinge and the grade 5/6 classes who created the props. It was hard work carrying Santa's workshop through the streets of George Town but we did it and we think we looked pretty good! All our effort paid off and South George Town Primary School won best walking entry!

Here are our Aussies of the Month for December. These students were selected because they uphold the Aussie traditions of mateship and a fair go for all, as well as our school values of 'learning', 'respect', 'responsibility' and 'relationships'.

https://youtu.be/XWD8ztChTfg

Congratulations to the winners of our end or year raffle!

Prizes were;

1st: MAJOR grocery hamper - Italia P

2nd: $100 computer service - donated by James & Caroline Brown - Ebony K

3: Christmas box – donated by a friend of the school - Janne B

We celebrated the end of 2022 with our annual Presentation Assembly last week. A big thank you to our current student leaders for hosting the event and to our 2023 leaders who assisted with welcoming special guests. Both grade 5/6 classes contributed to the assembly with a performance and video.

Soroptimist, George Town “Encouragement Bursary for all Round Effort and a Positive approach to Others.”	Poppy
PSST Sportsperson of the year Award for outstanding performance and contributions to sport	Sydney Jazmin
South George Town Primary Sports Leadership Award	Lily-Rose Ruby
Port Dalrymple Pride in Our School Bursary	Paige
Award for Academic Excellence	Poppy Oliver
George Town Council Award Positive Approach to Learning	Elijah
George Town and District Historical Society Award for application towards, effort and success in H.A.S.S	Kaiden H
Grace Nettlefold Memorial Award for demonstrating our school values of Learning, Respect, Responsibility and Relationships.	Kara
Bell Bay Aluminium Award for Persistent Effort and a Positive Approach to Classroom Learning	Shaeisha Felicity
Young Aboriginal Leader Award	Leilani
The George Town Medical Centre Bursary for Outstanding Work Ethic Across the Curriculum Award	Sydney
Rotary Award Bursary For showing academic tenacity, integrity, compassion and kindness	Ruby
The Pat Webb Memorial Award for compassion and care towards others.	Jazmin
The Minister for Education, Roger Jaench - “Respectful Student Award”	Lillian Ruby-Rose
Tamar valley Inner Wheel Music Award	Pixie
George Town Chamber of Commerce Award for application to the Arts	Lillian
RSL Bursary for commitment to the values of Anzac Day and the RSL.	Leilani
Liberty Bell Bay School Leadership Awards for 2022 for citizenship and leadership	Grade six leaders
Lions Club of George Town Sports Leaders Awards	All sport leaders received a drink bottle