South Hobart Primary School eNewsletter

Dear Families

Year 3 – 5 students commenced the Swimming and Water Safety Program on Monday. Staff report that this is going well. Well done to students who are challenging themselves and having a go at a non-preferred learning activity.

This week I was privileged to be on an External Review Panel for a school up north. South Hobart’s External School Review was a hugely valuable experience for our school and has provided excellent direction and focus for us. Being on this panel was a great opportunity to contribute to a similar journey for another school. When I receive our final report I will share this with families at a School Association meeting. This will be advertised in the newsletter.

Congratulations to our athletic team who attended the Champions Carnival last week. While there were some wonderful achievements by our athletes, I was most proud of their sportsmanship and support of each other. Not only did they cheer and encourage each other and they also did the same for athletes from other schools! A gold medal performance!

In the next few days students in Years 2 – 5 will have the opportunity to nominate for the SRC. They will be asked to make a short speech/presentation to the class who will then vote on their reps. Year 6 students will be involved in their own leadership activities which families will hear more about soon. I look forward to working with our students on some exciting initiatives throughout the year.

Regards

Anne Reeves

Principal

Correspondence sent home with students
Book Club Catalogue - remaining students
ICAS Information letter - Yr3-6
Correspondence sent home electronically
ICAS Information letter - Yr3-6
PrepA and PrepB - MDC Excursion
SPSSA Notice - Selected Students
Head Lice - 2/3A and 3/4A

Term	Week	Date	Event	Help Required	Families Invited	FYI
2	2	Mon 6 May	Swimming and Water Safety Program Commenced			Y
	3	Fri 17 May	Swimming and Water Safety Program Concludes			Y
	4	Tues 21 May	AMT Computational Algorithmic test			Y
			School Association Meeting at 6:30 for a 7:00 start		Y	Y
	5	Tues 28 May	Sharing Assembly at 9:15- KA & 3A, PrepB & 4B, 2A & 5B		Y	Y
		Wed 29 May	Sharing Assembly at 9:15 - KB & 3/4A, 1A & 4/5A, 2B & 6B		Y	Y
		Thurs 30 May	Sharing Assembly at 2:10 - PrepA & 4A, 1B & 5A, 2/3A & 6A		Y	Y
	6	Mon 3 June	Interschools Chess Tournament -Change of date 2 July			Y
		Mon 3 - 6 June	3 Way Conferences for Yr 1-6, Parent Meetings for Kinder and Prep			Y
		Tues 4 June	Interschools Cross Country			Y
		Fri 7 June	Moderation Day - Student free day			Y
	7	Mon 10 June	Public Holiday			Y
	8	Tues 18 June	Symmons Plains Cross Country			Y
		Thurs 20 June	PrepA and PrepB excursion to MDC	Y		Y
	9	Tues 25 June	School Association Meeting at 6:30pm for 7:00pm start		Y	Y
		Wed 26 June	Terrapin Theatre (K - 6)			Y
		Thurs 27 June	Whole School Assembly with a band performance			Y
	10	Tues 2 July	Interschools Chess Tournament			Y
		Thur 4 July	Mid Year Reports Distributed			Y
		Fri 5 July	Last Day of Term 2			Y

3	1	Mon 22 July	First Day of Term 3			Y
	2
	3	Mon 5 Aug	ICAS-Digital Technology Competition			Y
			Sharing Assembly at 2:10 - PrepA & 4A, 1B & 5A, 2/3A & 6A		Y	Y
		Tues 6 Aug	AMC Test			Y
		Thurs 8 Aug	Sharing Assembly at 2:10 - KA & 3A, PrepB & 4B, 2A & 5B		Y	Y
		Fri 9 Aug	Sharing Assembly at 2:10 - KB & 3/4A, 1A & 4/5A, 2B & 6B		Y	Y
	4	All Week	Science Week			Y
		Tues 13 Aug	School Association Meeting at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start		Y	Y
	5	All Week	Book Week			Y
		Mon 19 Aug	ICAS-Science Competition			Y
		Tues 20 Aug	SPSSA Winter Carnival (Year 5 and 6)			Y
		Wed 21 Aug	ICAS-Spelling Bee			Y
	6	Mon 26 Aug	ICAS-MAths			Y
	7	Wed 4 Sept	Schools Swimming Carnival Years 3 to 6			Y
	8
	9	Tues 17 Sept	School Association Meeting at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start		Y	Y
	10	Mon 23 Sept	Whole School Assembly at 2:10		Y	Y
		Fri 27 Sep	Last Day of Term 3			Y

4	1	Mon 14 Oct	First Day of Term 4			Y
	2	Thur 24 Oct	Hobart Show Day - Public Holiday			Y
		Fri 25 Oct	Professional Learning Day - Student Free Day			Y
	3	Wed 30 Oct	K-2 Athletics Carnival			Y
	4	Mon 4 Nov	Interschools Swimming Carnival			Y
	5	Wed 13 Nov	NITA			Y
		Thurs 14 Nov	NITA			Y
	6	Fri 22 Nov	Combined Band Concert at MyState Arena			Y
	7	Tues 26 Nov	Champions Swimming Carnival			Y
		Fri 29 Nov	Schools Triathlon			Y
	8
	9	Thurs 14 Dec	Year 6 Assembly TBC			Y
	10	Wed 18 Dec	Big Day Out			Y
		Thurs 19 Dec	Last Day for Students			Y
			Final Assembly			Y

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Click here for the 2024 Term Dates

All of us in 3A are amazing, awesome, astonishing, wonderful, terrific, marvellous, remarkable, extraordinary, spectacular, and sensational! On Friday, as part of Health and Well Being, we spent time looking at how we are special and valued by others.

Six pieces of work were randomly selected for the newsletter and all pieces of work are on display in the main foyer.

On the 25 of April, Eleanor, Amelie, Rayyan, Elke, Siena, Olivia and I went into Hobart to march in the ANZAC Day parade. Each school that came had a banner to hold. We had one that represents a war in Egypt that had horses. There were some horses behind us. They joined us halfway through the parade. They had soldiers on them. We walked down a road to the memorial. There were only four spots, so we had to keep switching.

Elke, Siena and Amelie.

On 25^th of April , Elke, Siena, Amelie, Olivia and I (from 5B) participated in the Anzac Day March. People took turns holding a large flag.

I really loved the parade because everyone was so supportive. The best part was that there were horses behind us. Even though it was a bit boring since we had to stop a lot, we got Anzac biscuits and hot chocolate at the end which was pretty good.

-By Rayyan

Anzac Day 2024 by Eleanor and Willa

On the 25th of April 7 students from year 5 and 6 went to the Anzac Day parade. The march reached from St Joseph’s church to the Senotarf where a service was held to commemorate the fallen soldiers. The parade was a voluntary event, and the students from South Hobart Primary carried a flag representing the horses that served in the battles of Irak and Afghanistan. As we walked up the hill the wind grew stronger causing the flag blow in every direction. After the parade had finished, we warmed up with hot chocolates and Anzac biscuits. This lovely experience would have never happened if it weren’t for Mrs Gisborne.

9 May 2024

ICAS COMPETITIONS 2024 - Year 3 to 6 Students

Dear Parent / Guardian

We are pleased to run the online ICAS competitions this year in August (Term 3). These are external online educational assessments and are run in partnership with Sydney University. The registrations and payments are organised by ICAS Assessments, while the school provides the venue and test supervision. If you would like more information, please visit: https://www.icasassessments.com

Please note, that the decision to enrol a student in one or more of these assessments is solely the decision of parents/carers and we cannot recommend the decision to sit an assessment. Parents are welcome to purchase past papers through the ICAS website.

The registrations for the ICAS competitions are now open. ICAS request that parents do not enrol their child at a higher grade level, which is checked with the school before the assessment.

Payments and registrations for the assessments are made directly to ICAS Assessments by parents through the online school code provided below. Payments can be made directly through the portal at any time until 3pm on Friday 5^th July (last day of Term 2). The parent payment portal will then be closed. Students may sit any or all of the assessments.

URL: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps with the School Access Code: GAH709

Please take special note of the deadline for payment as this cannot be extended and the school is unable to register students on your behalf. All assessments will be undertaken at school between 9:00 am and 11:00 am. The assessments are conducted online using our school computers.

Please contact me if you have any queries via email: helen.rothwell@decyp.tas.gov.au

Yours sincerely

Helen Rothwell / AST Anne Reeves / Principal

In Term 1 class 6A was set a task to do at home. The task was to create a themed diorama using blown eggs. Students used cardboard boxes and old or recycled materials (non shop bought) to construct a scene with their blown eggs. They had to think of a clever name using 'egg ' in the title, such as 'The Great Egg-scape', 'The Eggy Games and 'Iseegg Newton'. This activity was done at home so that students could demonstrate being productive, prepared and prompt by returning the dioramas to school by the due date. The results were a brilliant range of creative works. You can come and see the egg-tremely egg-cellent dioramas in the school foyer. The display will be there for the next couple of weeks.

By Madeleine 6A