Dear Families

We are in week 6 of learning at South Hobart Primary School and it is never a dull moment. NAPLAN is well underway, Mr Nichols has orienteering in for P.E classes in the next couple of weeks, the grade 6’s are busy planning in their leadership roles for Harmony Day and World Down Syndrome Day, SRC representatives will be selected soon, ECE choir has started with Miss Day and the grade 5-6 students have started Wednesday afternoon options. 

On Friday 7 March the athletics carnival was so full of energy. It was great to see so many students getting into the house spirit, the domain was a sea of green, yellow and purple.

The students enjoyed a fantastic athletics carnival, including both track and field events. All student participated in events; they were engaged in behaviours that demonstrated great sportsmanship.

Thank you to Mr Nichols, staff and volunteers on making this such a great event.

In week 9, the School Association will hold it’s annual general meeting (AGM), during which new committee members will be formed. There are 4 parent member vacancies on the committee. Nominations to join the committee closed on the 13 March and then the voting will start on the 20 March and close on the 27 March. Julieann Graham is the returning officer for these nominations and will notify candidates on Friday 28 March.

All parents with children enrolled at South Hobart Primary School can join or attend the meeting even if not on the committee.

In week 9 on Thursday 3 April 9am-9:40am we will be having open classrooms. This is an opportunity for parents to come into classes and see what their child has been doing in their classrooms.

A reminder to parents that if you have not already, please sign up to your child’s Seesaw account using the QR code sent home on Thursday 6 March.

Next week is one of the schools’ biggest events organised by our amazing parents - Ride the Rivulet. This is a great opportunity to be involved in a great community event. This year if student would like to bring their bikes to school, we would like to offer a space to park your bikes in a safe environment. The blue court will be made a no go zone for students and bikes can be safely parked here for the day.

Also, just a reminder to parents that during events like Ride the Rivulet, welcome BBQ or other school events after school, that your child or children need to be supervised. They cannot be attending without a supervising adult. If they are found to not be supervised after school a phone call will be made home.

Bec Corney

Acting Principal during Anne Reeves absence.