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| March | |
| Mon 20 - Tues 21 | Year 2 Camp |
| Fri 24 | Prep - Year 6 Reports Home |
| Tues 28 | School Photo Day |
| Tues 28 | School Assosiation AGM 5:30 pm |
| Wed 29 | 3-4 NWPSSA Inter Primary Penguin Athletics Track |
| Wed 29 - Fri 31 | 5-6 Camp - Riverbend |
| April | |
| Wed 5 |
Assembly - 1.30pm start - hosting -5 CW, sharing 5CW ,PrepM,4S,1S |
| Thurs 6 | Moderation Day - no school for students |
| Fri 7 | Good Friday - Public Holiday |
| Tues 25 | ANZAC Day - Public Holiday |
| May | |
| Mon 8-Thurs 11 | Mothers Day Stall (Mon/Tues/Thurs - Kinder in class) |
| Fri 12 | Mothers Day Stall Prep-Year 6 (TBC) |
| Mon 22 - Tues 30 | Oral Health - Fissure Sealant Program |
| June | |
| Mon 12 | King's Birthday - Public Holiday |
| July | |
| Mon 24 | Professional Learning Day - no school for students |
| November | |
| Fri 3 | Professional Learning Day - no school for students |
| Mon 6 | Recreation Day - Public Holiday |
| December | |
| Fri 1 | Devonport Show Day |
2023 Term Dates
| Term 1 | Wednesday February 8 - Wednesday April 5 |
| Term 2 | Wednesday April 26 - Friday July 7 |
| Term 3 | Tuesday July 25 - Friday September 29 |
| Term 4 | Monday October 16 - Thursday December 21 |
Last Friday East Devonport Primary School celebrated our first whole school assembly for 2023. 6W presented and set up for the assembly, which was very organsied. I was very impressed with the type of activities students presented and the work being done in class so early in the school year. The next Assembly will be Wednesday 5th (last day of term 1 for students). Classes presenting are listed in the calendar dates.
TasPorts Art displays opening
TasPorts has arranged for the first, second and third prize winners of the Art competition, held in term 4, last year, to be invited to the unveiling of the Children’s artwork at the East Devonport Yacht Club. The Premier, Hon Jeremy Rockcliff will be the special guest. The ceremony will be on Monday 3rd of April, at 10am and be appropriately 30 minutes involving the students. Then the Premier will then visit the port site and complete an inspection of the current works. Unfortunately, staff and students are not able to enter the site due to work safety requirements. Students will receive an invite letter, which will include an invitation for parents/carers to attend if they wish, by this Friday. The winning Year 6 (2022) students will also be invited. Ayden(now a Year 7 student at Reece High School) has been invited by TasPorts to speak on behalf of students involved in this project. Students will be bussed to the Yacht Cub where parents will meet us.
NAPLAN
Tomorrow our Year 3 and 5 students will sit the first of our NAPLAN, which will be Writing. On Thursday, students will sit NAPLAN Reading, Friday NAPLAN Language Conventions and Monday NSPLAN Numeracy. I expect everyone sitting NAPLAN to do their very best and enjoy the experience. NAPLAN is co-ordinated by Mrs Karen Whish-Wilson with Miss Abbie Scott (3/4S), Mrs Julie Morice (3M) and Mrs Lisa Welling (6W) who will be administrating each NAPLAN session in their classroom. Catch up of any missed NAPLAN tests due to non-attendance will occur this week and next week with Mrs Karen Whish-Wilson contacting parents.
NAPLAN has moved to term 1, starting this year. It was previously held in term 2. The data collected from these assessments helps with our school planning and also provides us with further information in monitoring individual student progress. Parents will receive their child's results from these assessments between July and September this year. We thank our students for their participation.
NWPSSA Carnival
Congratulations to the Year 5/6 students who represented East Devonport Primary School at the recent carnival. Mrs Karen Whish-Wilson and Mrs Lisa Welling attended, returning at the end of the day, praising the efforts and behaviour of our students. The year 3/4 student carnival was postphoned due to weather warnings. The new carnival date is Wednesday 29th of March.
Term 1 Reports
Prep to year 6 reports will go home on Friday 24th of March. The term 1 report is designed to inform parents on how well their child has settled into the school year and their efforts to their learning. The Kinder report will go home on Thursday 23rd of March.
For parents who have a child with an Education Plan, their child’s teacher will make an appointment to discuss with you about the goals and ask for your input. We request that you sign off the reports and where a parent indicates they wish for the goals to be reported on for the term 2 reports.
Year 2 Camp
We have some very excited Year 2 students who will be on their first school camp next Monday. A huge thank you to the parents who have paid for the camp and have completed all the forms. The itinerary has been finalised with a updated letter sent home last week. If you did not receive this, the office can send the letter home with your child if you let them know. Mr Luke Dolbey (teacher), Mrs Eve Macus (AST) and Mrs Melissa Connors (First Aid) will accompany the students. I will stay overnight and am looking forward to hearing about their first day on camp.
Easter raffle
Reminder to drop into the office your Easter donation for our annual Easter Raffle. Raffles tickets will be on sale soon in the courtyard near breakfast club.
On Friday March 3rd students and staff participated in Clean Up Australia. Students from 6 Welling did a fantastic job supporting students in the lower primary area.
On Monday 6th March, from 1:45 to 2:30pm, parents and carers of children in Kinder to Year 2 were invited to visit their child’s classroom for an afternoon of Creative Arts. The students enjoyed showing off their art skills to parents. Below are some of our student from 1 Simpson getting creative with their parents.
Grade 5CW have been very busy this past fortnight doing a variety of things including catching up with our buddy class, participating in clean up Australia, mastering jigsaw puzzles and having fun on the play equipment.
5CW are buddies to prep/1 C, and each week we meet up and participate in a variety of activities. At first the prep/1 were very concerned about the giant 5CW students, however after a few visits both classes are now the best of friends. Together the students can work with play dough, use giant games, read together and even make up games of their own.
On Friday March 3rd we participated in Clean Up Australia and under the direction of some year 6 representatives cleaned up the upper primary school playground. It was very interesting to see all the little bits of plastic and paper we found, and whilst they were little pieces, combined they make a huge pile of unwanted rubbish.
In math, one activity we have been doing, is looking at patterns using jigsaws. Students have been very eager to try and complete the 100-piece puzzles in their allocated time, and with some practise have managed this. Now students want a jigsaw challenge to see how fast teams of two can put the puzzle together.
Students in 6 Welling spent their science lesson this week working on some group science challenges.
Four of our students attended the WISP program at Wilmot Primary last week,and done some research on their first project (vegetable cart). The students then designed and labelled these. The learnt how to measure wood in mm and were asked to halve numbers, do angles and then had to mark it exactly on the wood. They then used tools to cut and join the base.
Students then got some of our potatoes and prepared them to make wedges to cook for lunch. They chopped herbs and cut them up for seasoning. They were yummy.
We learnt about Pademelons, feeding and care of babies.
Last year Ebony won the Bright Eyes Scholarship sponsored by the Devonport Soroptimist International Club. On Wednesday, her mother Nicole and Ebony were invited guests to attend an evening to celebrate World Womans Day hosted by the Devonport Chapter of the Soroptomist Club. They enjoyed listening to talks by a local young farmer, Miss Caitlin Radford.
Welcome to the lovely lunch ladies completing the Tas Tafe course. Please know our students love your cooking.
JackJumpers basketball clinics are coming to the North-West Coast, including Ulverstone, Burnie, Devonport and Latrobe! Join Tasmania's cheekiest ant, Jack the Jumper, for basketball fun and games. Learn fundamental basketball skills and rules of the game in a supportive atmosphere.
Weekend sessions of 1 hr for $50 which includes a basketball!
Saturday 1 April - Ulverstone
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Ages 9-12- click here
Saturday 20 May - Latrobe
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Sunday 21 May – Burnie
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Saturday 24 June - Devonport
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Ages 9-12- click here
And school holiday fun!
Thursday 13 April - Devonport
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9-3pm for $120, which includes a basketball!
Friday 14 April - Burnie
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10am-12pm for $70, which includes a basketball!
More info available on the JackJumpers website