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181 Fairtlough Street
Perth TAS 7300
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Email: perth.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au
Phone: 03 6398 2302

Term 4 Week 2 - 26 October 2022

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Calendar of Key Events

Date

Event

28 October 2022

Launching into Learning, Kindergarten

29, 30 October 2022

Schools Basketball Tournament Grades 3 and 4

31 October 2022

Esk Band practice

31 October 2022

Clarence High School Band Performance

1 November 2022

Kindergarten excursion to Hagley Farm

2 November 2022

State Athletics Carnival – St Leonards

2 November 2022

Bindy Stephens Performance, Hall

3 November 2022

Fluro Disco and Sausage Sizzle, Hall

4 November 2022

Professional Learning Day – Student Free Day

7 November 2022

Public Holiday

8 November 2022

Whole School Assembly 2.10pm Host P-1B Sharing 5-6

8 November 2022

Indigenous Performance, Hall

11 November 2022

Launching into Learning, Kindergarten

11 November 2022

Swimming Carnival, Hagley Farm School

14 November 2022

Esk Band practice

18 November 2022

Launching into Learning, Kindergarten

21 November 2022

Esk Band practice

22 November 2022

Whole School Assembly 2.10pm Host P-1W Sharing 5-6K

22 to 25 November 2022

Dance Fever Presentation – Door of Hope

23 November 2022

Grade 6 Orientation Day – Public Schools

24 November 2022

Schools Triathlon Challenge, Devonport

25 November 2022

Launching into Learning, Kindergarten

25 November 2022

ECE Fun Day – Campbell Town

1 December 2022

Grade 6 Orientation Day – St Patricks College

2 December 2022

Launching into Learning, Kindergarten

6 December 2022

Whole School Assembly 2.10pm Host/Sharing Student Leaders

9 December 2022

Launceston Time Travel Challenge excursion

9 December 2022

Launching into Learning End of Term Celebration, Kindergarten

13 December 2022

Leavers Assembly, Hall

15 December 2022

Grade 6 Leavers Dinner, UTAS Stadium

19 December 2022

Prep-1 Nativity, Hall

21 December 2022

Farewell Assembly, Hall

21 December 2022

Final Day of School year for Students

From the Principal…..

Newsletter – Term 4 Week 2

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to Term 4, we have already had some beautiful warm days which makes it feel like summer is just around the corner. I’d like to welcome back Jan Mahar who has been on Long Service Leave for most of Term 2 and also thank Tarsha Hockley for the wonderful job she did as our Canteen Manager while Jan was on leave.

Garden Beds

At the end of the term, Mr Muir finished the raised garden beds outside the 3-4 area. The students with the support of some kind donations from Bunnings have been planting and sowing seeds ready to plant once the weather warms up. It is lovely to see students at playtimes weeding, watering and caring for our gardens. We are all enjoying watching our gardens grow and look forward to creating some recipes with our ‘school grown’ goodies.

Before School Care changes

We appreciate that the changes to Before School Care have impacted a number of families. We have had to make the decision to cap the number at 14 students due to our duty of care obligations. We have been unable to secure additional staff to work in the before school time slot which has meant that we have had no option but to cap the numbers in order to maintain the service. We understand that this is difficult for some families however as a school we have exhausted all our options in being able to provide care before school hours. In 2023, we are excited that Northern Midlands Child Care will be able to offer Before School Care in their new centre, we are hopeful that they are able to offer more places. Information about their service will be provided in the next few weeks and I encourage parents to make contact to ensure that they are able to gain a spot.

Disco

Our Student Parliament with the support of our School Association are very excited to be holding a disco on Thursday 3 November for both ECE and Primary Students. The theme is fluro and the School Association will be providing food, drink and fluro accessories for sale. Our students are very excited and we thank the School Association for their ongoing support.

Class Placement information 2023

It is the time of the year when we begin to look at class structures and student placements. As a school we feel our teachers know our students well as learners and from a social perspective. We do appreciate that there are times that parents may have some additional information that they feel the school should know when making decisions about class placement. If you would like to discuss anything regarding your child’s 2023 class placement, please contact the office to make an appointment with me or a member of the leadership team. We do respectfully ask that parents do not request teachers as our staffing is not confirmed until later in the year. Any information that relates to how to support your child as a learner or from a social perspective should form the basis of these conversations.

School Basketball Tournament

Over the weekend our 5-6 teams participated in the Primary Schools Basketball Tournament. It was our second year involved in the competition. There were over 60 teams from schools across the North of Tasmania. Our boys team performed amazingly well, last year the same team finished second last in their division and this year made it to the semi-finals to finish 3rd out of 16 teams!! They showed great skill, grit and determination in all their games.

Our girls team also had a great tournament, they were coached by Barb Prewer who volunteered her time to train and coach the girls. They all showed a huge amount of improvement throughout the tournament with a win and some very close games.

A huge thanks to all the parents and school staff who came along to support our teams. Next week the Grade 3-4 tournament will be held and we have both a boys and girls team entered. We wish them all the best of luck.

Triathlon

The Primary Schools Triathlon will be held in Devonport on Thursday 24 November. As always, it is a popular event for our students with over 30 students taking part this year. Mr Muir has kindly offered to support our students with some training on Thursday lunchtimes. Students are asked to bring their bikes and helmets to school on Thursdays where possible.

Abbi Dean
Principal

Value Certificates

Class

Courage

Aspiration

Growth

Respect

P/1D

Fletcher L

Archie B

P/1B

Marlee E

Harper B

P/1W

Zara S

Evelyn C

2C

Fletcher Y

Lachlan P

2/3W

Yasmyn C

Jacob D

3/4JL

Jack N

Harper S

3/4D

Azhara V

Christopher W

5/6LR

Ellah D

Mathew L

5/6K

Jye P

Zeke B

5/6W

Lachie S

Ignatia v

HASS

 

Chaise M

Felix B

Jacob V

Mrs Biffin

 

Indi L

Kai K

Miss Doran

Chaise M

Skylar-Rose B

Library

Dear Parents,

We are aware of an error in the library, where some books have not been checked in properly. If you/your child has received an overdue notice but you believe the book has been returned, please email stephanie.forrester@decyp.tas.gov.au with your child's name and the book name and I will follow up.

Thank you
Steph Forrester

Scholastic Books

Book Club Issue 7 will close on the 3 November 2022 and will be our final book club order for 2022.

Launching into Learning

Session times are currently the same as term 3 but will change as per the above flyer starting from the 11 November 2022.

Kindergarten

Term Dates 2022

2022

Term 4

Monday 17th October to Wednesday 21st December
Friday 4th November Professional Learning/Student Free Day

Perth Primary School Student Attendance Data

Canteen News…..

Happy Birthday

William L, Ava C, Nixon W, Aurora P, Owen B, Isla V, Ace W, Cooper N, Lachlan P, Mrs Eldershaw, Mrs Pavia

Community News

2022 PPS Support Staff

Mel

Mel de Clouet

School Psychologist

Monday

Bec

Bec Beeston

School Nurse

Tuesday

Maddi

Maddi Burke

Speech and Language Pathologist

Ashlee

Ashlee Robbins

School Social Worker

Friday Even week

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