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- From the Principal
- Coming Up
- PBS Focus - weeks 7 & 8
- Safeguarding lead
- Brixhibition
- Athletics Carnival 2023
- Aussie of the Month - February
- Reach for the Stars
- Kindship Connect
- Bravehearts
- #GeorgeTownReads
- Questacon Incursion
- 54 Reasons Play2Learn
- Merit Certificates - Week 9
- Pre-Kinder 2023
- eSafety
- STEM Club
- Community Notices
What a wonderful day we had on Tuesday at our athletics carnival. The weather did the right thing by us and our students’ participation and effort was outstanding. A big thank you to all of our parents who came, particularly those who helped out by doing a job, and also to our Port Dalrymple student leaders who were once again amazing helpers. As always a massive thankyou to Ms Fish for he organisation and enthusiasm and to Craig for his immaculate line marking.
NAPLAN is in full swing at the moment and our students are dutifully undertaking the testing. It will be interesting to see what the earlier time frame for the testing window will mean for our students given that our year 3 and 5’s have only just had “normal” classes resume after learn to swim. It will also be interesting to see if the testing is based on the year 3 and 5 curriculum given that the students haven’t actually done very much of it yet!
Our Lego competition is underway again and students are asked to bring in their creations this Monday for judging- students then take them home the next day. Mr Timms is very excited about the competition and can’t wait to see all of the entries- remember though they must be original creations and not kit designs.
The first of our reports goes home this week- the Primary Progress Report. This is just a quick update on your child’s work habits and how they have settled in to school. Some students on learning plans will not receive this report as there would have been parent conversations already. As always our staff are always available for a conversation around your child and their learning and wellbeing.
| Wednesday 15 March - Monday 27 March | NAPLAN Testing (Grade 3 & 5 students) |
| Monday 20th March | Students to bring their Lego Comp entries to school but not before this date |
| 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 |
| Wednesday 26 April | First Day of Term 2 |
| Monday 12 June | Public Holiday - King's Birthday |
| Friday 7 July | Last Day of Term 2 |
| Tuesday 25 July | Students' First Day of Term 3 |
| Friday 29 September | Last Day of Term 3 |
| Monday 16 October | First Day of Term 4 |
| Friday 3 November | Professional Learning Day |
| Monday 6th November | Public Holiday - Recreation Day |
| Thursday 21 December | Students' Last Day of School |
South George Town Primary School has recently appointed Janine Spicer as our first Safeguarding Lead.
Safeguarding Leads have been appointed in all Tasmanian state schools to help ensure all children and young people in Tasmania are known, safe, well and learning.
Janine will support the wellbeing of all our students and help us all understand that keeping children and young people safe is everyone’s responsibility.
Please support her in this new role! For further information on Safeguarding in Schools please click here
The Tasmanian brick Enthusiasts Inc. and the Brixhibition event invite all primary Schools, Community groups and students in the Northern Tasmania area to compete in th 9th annual Lego Competition running in the first term 2023.
- Each student is to bring their Lego creation completed and ready for judging to school on Monday 20th March, not before
- Judging will take place on Tuesday 21st March with Winners Announced Friday 24th March
- The overall winning student will recieve a winner's medallion
- Each Schools Lego Challenge overall winner is also invited to display their winning Lego creations, at :
Brixhibition, Launceston Confrence Centre
Door of hope, (Ex Coats Patons Factory)
50 Glen Dhu, Launceston, Tasmania
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th April 2023
- Applications are available from the office
Remember
- Each Lego display to be no larger than 52cm x 52cm x 52cm, or no larger than four 32x32 lug Lego baseplates
- Each Lego display must be an original or freelance design and not made from a Lego kit
- Some adult help is allowed, but the Lego build should mainly be that child's own design
We had a wonderful day at the athletics carnival on Tuesday. It was great to see so many students giving it a go and having fun.
You can find many more photos on our school Facebook and Instagram pages.
Here are our Aussies of the Month for February. 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'.
Here are our latest 'Reach for the Stars' recipients. These students have demonstrated our school values over several years. Congratulations on this very special award!
Our Preps had a small excursion to the George Town Library for a special story time with local author Sharon Yaxley.
Sharon read her new book “In Nan's Garden” along with her other books about the adventures of Dunstan and Theodore.
Each child got to take home a copy of one of Sharon’s books at the end of the event.
Questacon's mission is to excite and motivate people through inspirational learning experiences. As Australia’s National Science and Technology Centre they are focused on supporting young people to develop the attributes, skills, knowledge and agency to thrive in tomorrow’s world. We had the pleasure of Questacon visiting our school. Students in prep - grade 6 spent some time learning all about STEM.
| Prep Quinn | |
| Morrison | always working hard and trying his best - well done Morrison! |
| Henry | his amazing writing this week - well done Henry! |
| Emery | doing a fantastic job of engaging in his learning during mat time! |
| Billie | doing a great job creating AB patterns in maths this week! |
| 1/2 Locke | |
| Logan | always being a respectful learner in the classroom |
| Rosie | showing commitment to improve her writing |
| Hayden | huge improvements in classroom behaviour and learning |
| 1/2 Edwards | |
| Kye D | trying really hard to be a respectful listener, especially at mat time |
| Amiah | always giving her best effort during Literacy activities |
| Taylah | always speaking kindly and respectfully to others |
| Arthur | taking care to ensure that he completes tasks to the very best of his ability |
| 1/2 Scilini | |
| Lincoln | being a kind and thoughtful member of our class who always works well with others |
| Harper | always being kind, helpful and respectful in class and on the playground |
| 3/4 Garwood | |
| Max | working hard to complete his best quality writing! Well done! |
| Savannah | persevering with her writing to create a well written piece of work |
| 5/6 White | |
| Ella |
the class vote for Term 1: The student who always displays our school values of Learning, Respect, Responsibility and Relationships |
| Aiden L |
the class vote for Term 1: The most improved student |
| 5/6 Timms | |
| Charli | her amazing commitment to learning and her wonderful positive attitude |
| Emily | her improved focus in class and being a positive class member |
