South George Town Primary School eNewsletter

We have had a brilliant year here at South. I would like to thank all of our wonderful staff, both teaching and non-teaching, as well as the amazing leadership team for their commitment, professionalism, care and support for our children and families. I'd also like to thank our parents and community for your trust and support of us.

The South family is certainly ensuring that through a strong improvement agenda and community support and connection we continue to raise the bar in terms of academic and social outcomes. As I mentioned in my speech at the year 6 presentation assembly, we are outperforming the state in most markers and far exceed like schools in all comparative data sets.

2024 will be another year of opportunity for our learners as we continue to strive to be the best school in Tasmania (and Australia)! Please have a safe and restful break (make sure you read a book every day), and we will see you all back in February next year.

Monday 29 Janurary 2024 & Tuesday 30 Janurary 2024	Uniform Sales & Book Collection Days - 9am-3pm
Thursday 8th Februrary 2024	Students First Day of School 2024!
Wednesday 28 Februrary 2024	Public Holiday - Launceston Cup
Monday 11 March 2024	Public Holiday - Eight Hours day
Friday 29 March 2024 - Tuesday 2 April 2024	EASTER - School will be closed
Friday 12 April 2024	Last Day of Term 1 2024
Monday 29 April 2024	First Day Term 2 2024
Friday 7 June 2024	Moderation Day - Student Free Day
Monday 10 June 2024	Public Holiday - King's birthday
Friday 5 July 2024	Last Day of Term 2
Monday 22 July 2024	First Day of Term 3
Friday 27 September 2024	Last Day of Term 3
Monday 14 October 2024	First Day of Term 4
Friday 1 November 2024	Professional Learning Day - Student Free Day
Monday 4 November 2024	Public Holiday - Recreation Day
Thursday 19 December 2024	Students Last Day of School

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) came to our school to do a program called The Percussion Project with our 3/4 classes.

We would like to say an enormous thank you to the TSO for the session and to Bell Bay Aluminium for their donation of percussion instruments.

We recently had a visit by the Governor! Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC Governor of Tasmania toured some of our school and visited 5/6 Timms to talk with students and view their robotic work. The visitors were extremely impressed with the school and the student work they observed and were reluctant to leave.

Primary students competed in the Poetry Slam on the 1st December and bravely presented their original works. It was great to see such a creative side of our students. Thank you for Miss Garwood for organising and for former staff member, Lou McGinniss for being a guest judge.

We celebrated the end of 2023 with our annual Presentation Assembly last week. A big thank you to our current student leaders for hosting the event and to our 2024 leaders who assisted with welcoming special guests. Both grade 5/6 classes contributed to the assembly with a performance and video.

Soroptimist International of George Town Encouragement bursary for all round effort and a positive approach to others	Charli
PSST sportsperson of the year award for outstanding performance and contributions to sport	Eliza
Sports leadership award	Hunter
Young leaders award - Bell Bay Aluminium	Mia Aidan J
Port Dalrymple pride in our School bursary	Zavier
Award for academic excellence - Bridget Archer MP, Michael Ferguson MP and Nick Duigan MLC	Joel Phoebe
Positive approach to learning - George Town Council	Andie
Application towards, effort and success in H.A.S.S - George Town and District Historical Society Award	Mason
Grace Nettlefold Memorial Award for demonstrating our school values of Learning, Respect, Responsibility and Relationships.	Koha
Persistent effort and a positive approach to classroom learning - George Town Council	Sharni
The George Town Medical Centre Bursary for outstanding work ethic across the curriculum	Sophie
The Pat Webb Memorial Award for compassion and care towards others. - Janie Finlay MP	Aaron
Showing academic tenacity, integrity, compassion and kindness - Rotary Club of George Town	Sharni
The Minister for Education, Roger Jaench - Respectful student award	Hunter
Music encouragement award - Inner Wheel Club of Tamar Valley	Aiden L
Application to the arts - George Town Chamber of Commerce Award	Phoebe
RSL Bursary for commitment to the values of Anzac Day and the RSL.	Joel
School leadership awards for citizenship and leadership - Liberty Bell Bay	Student Leaders
Sports leaders awards - Lions Club of George Town	Sport Leaders

Academic Excellence Prep - Grade 6
Sonny K	Heidi N
Kai E	Piper S
Roman T	Enoch D
Bentley S	Chael S
Amity S	Rhianna C
Aidan J	Ella M
Joel N	Willow C
Charli D	Emily H
Charli-Rose J	Ruby M
Phoebe P	Syd S
Sharni W

Congratulations to students who received special awards and a very special thank you to all the award sponsors.

Lions Club of George Town

George Town RSL Sub Branch Inc.

Liberty Bell Bay

George Town Chamber of Commerce

George Town Council

Link Technologies Tasmania

Rotary Club of George Town

Bell Bay Aluminium

Soroptimist International, George Town

George Town Medical Centre

Inner Wheel Club of Tamar Valley Inc.

Port Dalrymple School

George Town and District Historical Society Inc.

Bridget Archer MP

Janie Finlay MP

Nick Duigan MLC

Michael Ferguson MP

Prep Quinn
Ryder	Always starting the day with a smile and for being a great friend to others
Riley	Being inquisitive and always asking great questions
Keila	Always demonstrating wonderful listening skills and being a great role model for others
Evie	Demonstrating amazing thinking outside of the box skills. Evie always has great ideas
1/2 Locke
Sarah	Having a more positive attitude when learning
Blake	Showing a much more positive attitude when learning
Logan	Consistently showing respectful classroom behaviour
1/2 Edwards
Kye	His creativity, big smile and polite manners. he brightens everyones day
Marlee	Writing fantastic persuasive text to convince her parents to buy her a pet budgie
Tylar	His fantastic progress with reading and kindness to others
1/2 Scilini
Hudson	Persisting with challenges and improving his participation in learning tasks
Winnie	Outstanding learning manners, active listening and always trying her best
3/4 Garwood
Savannah	Working hard in our time unit this term. You worked hard to overcome your challenges!
Ether	Always trying to do what is right, even if it means getting in "trouble"
3/4 Clancy
Jordan	Working hard to improve his understanding of number
Lucas	Being a wonderful learner and a wonderful member of class
Elliana	Working hard to improve her knowledge of spelling generalisations
Anastasia	Working hard to improve her knowledge of literacy and numeracy
5/6 White
Aaron	The class vote for the most improved student for 2023!
Mahalia	The class vote for the student who most displays our school values of learning, respect, responsibility and relationships!
5/6 Timms
Samson	Working hard in the classroom and his excellent manners
Isaiah	His increased effort in having a go and taking risks with his learning

https://youtu.be/iT-Gz7FVWNY

Here is our Aussie of the Month for December. This student was selected because he upholds the Aussie traditions of mateship and a fair go for all, as well as our school values of 'learning', 'respect', 'responsibility' and 'relationships'.