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Welcome back to everyone for the start of another exciting school year. A special welcome to all of our new staff, students and families to our South family, it’s our pleasure to have you here.
Our students have certainly started well, settling into routines, making new and reacquainting themselves with old friends. It is always difficult to start with the Learn to Swim program first up as this can be unsettling, however our students have adapted well, and according to our swimming instructors doing an incredible job. Our amazing teachers, TA’s, office staff and support staff have all contributed to making the start of this year so settled and positive.
Our through-line of continual improvement will still be our driving motivation. Our focus area will again be improving our students reading comprehension outcomes and our effort will be concentrated on improving our teaching and learning of Fluency and Background Knowledge. Throughout the year we will have more information about how we can work together to enable our collective goals.
This year NAPLAN will be undertaken in March and we will have more information to come shortly. It will be interesting to see the effect of having this testing so early in the year has on our results as we have made significant improvement over the past few years.
First term this year is a week shorter so we have a lot to fit in to an already busy term. We start off with our athletics carnival in week 5 on Monday March the 6th and it would be great to see as many families attend as possible.
| Monday 6 March | Athletics Carnival (Prep - Grade 6) |
| Monday 13 March | Public Holiday - Eight Hours Day |
| Tuesday 14 March | Bravehearts Visit |
| Wednesday 15 March - Monday 27 March | NAPLAN Testing (grade 3 & 5 students) |
| Friday 31 March | TPSSA Athletics Carnival (selected grade 3-6 students) |
| Sunday 2 April | Daylight Savings Finishes (clocks go back an hour) |
| 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 |
A big congratulations to the following students for getting leadership roles within our school in 2023. Well deserved all of you!
| Student Leaders | |
| Hunter | Mia |
| Eliza | Aidan J |
| Joel | Zavier |
| Sophie | Sharni |
| Sport Leaders | |
| Eliza | Hunter |
| Brianna | Zavier |
| Syd | Will |
| Charli | Phoebe |
| Sharni | Andie |
| Koha | Mason |
| Aidan J | Jacob |
| Mia | Aiden L |
| Sophie | Joel |
| Aaron | Noah |
It was great to see all our students again, all refreshed and ready to take on 2023! Students have settled into the new year so well.
Last Friday we had an Esk Band demonstration. Esk Band is an important program that runs within our school for grades 4-6. Learning an instrument builds many skills, not just musical, and we have witnessed amazing personal growth from band participants. Program flyers will be going home and we encourage any student who wants to learn an instrument (from the concert band selection) to enrol in the program. This year our music teacher Ms Long will be supervising and tutoring the program. Last year Mr. Hay announced that there will be no cost involved for students that wish to join. We do ask that students who sign up for Esk Band are sure that they will be 100% commited to doing the program for the whole year.
To assist with a special program for one of our students we require some small, strong boxes which will be used for construction. (10cm by 10cm by 12 cm for example, or smaller). We would also appreciate donations of mini toys, that families no longer need. Thank you
| Prep Quinn | |
| Heidi | Being a kind and caring classmate by helping those around her |
| Kobi-Leigh | Being respectful of our classroom by helping to keep our learning areas tidy. Good Job Kobi! |
| Ava | Displaying a positive attitude and always starting the day with a big smile |
| Fletcher | Being a fantastic role model to others by always demonstrating active listening during learning time |
| 1/2 Locke | |
| Isla | Making a wonderful start to grade 2. Being confident, friendly and kind to others |
| Sarah | Making a wonderful start to grade 2. Working hard to be a learner |
| 1/2 Edwards | |
| Kobi | Being an incredibly respectful listener at all times and being a kind friend |
| Tylar | His leadership. Tylar is being a positive role model, a supportive friend and giving his best effort with learning. Well done! |
| Whole Class | Their tremendous start to 2023. Everyone is getting along, adapting to new routines and engaging with learning. Fantastic! |
| 1/2 Scilini | |
| Winnie | Always being respectful and ready for learning |
| Dom | Settling back into South George Town Primary as a friendly & respectful classmate |
| 3/4 Garwood | |
| Whole Class | A wonderful, calm and settled start to 2023! |
| 3/4 Clancy | |
| Caleb | Being a caring and kind human |
| Mangaia | Being a kind and caring member of our school |
| 5/6 White | |
| Aiden | His positive start to grade 6. Aiden is an enthusiastic participant in all learning |
| Zavier | His positive attitude towards all tasks and his participation in discussions. As well as his beautiful manners |
| 5/6 Timms | |
| Logan | His attention and application to learning to start the year positively |
| Andie | Her excellent start to the year and recollection of last years learning |
Are you eligible for the Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) 2023?
STAS is available to provide assistance to low income families towards the cost of levies for students enrolled from kindergarten through to year 12. An income assessment is applied for assistance under the Scheme.
Eligibility details for STAS 2023 are provided on the STAS application form, which is available from the school office. If you believe you may qualify, please come and see us.
If you are currently receiving Student Assistance and have a child commencing school this year, you will need to add them on to the Approval Letter you should have received recently.
