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Dear families
Who can believe that we are already halfway through Term 1!
It has certainly been a very different start to the school year compared to what we might normally be used to and I thank everyone for their support.
COVID-19 update
The Department of Education has released a plan for weeks 6-10 of Term 1 2022.
Much of this plan is very similar as the plan which was put in place for the first 5 weeks of this year. If things change, we will let you know.
Mask wearing rule changes
As many of you are aware some of the rules around mask wearing have changed across Tasmania over the past week.
Visitors to schools are no longer required to wear masks on our school site if they are only outdoors.
Masks are still required for anyone visitors entering a school building.
Weekly Wondering
This week I was digging up potatoes in the garden. As I was scrubbing my nails with a nail brush I wondered..
How can something so hard grow out of our soft skin?
How far back does the nail start under the skin?
Do everyone’s nails grow at the same rate?
What do you and your family wonder?
Japanese Girl’s Day
Last week in Japanese lessons students made Hina-dolls in Japanese class to celebrate Girl’s Day in Japan and hung the dolls from the Sakura tree in front of the school.
ひなまつり(hinamstsuri), Doll’s Festival, or Girl’s Day is an important festival celebrated in Japan on March 3rd every year (the third day of the third month) and is celebrated to pray for the continued healthy growth and happiness for the female children in the family. The origins of Hinamatsuri go back to the 1600s and the style of dress on the dolls date from during the Heian period (AD 794- 1185).
Relief Cleaning
We are currently looking for people to add to our relief cleaning list.
If you are interested in this, please contact Lyn Bender in the office for details on what this involves and on how to register.
Please remember there is no school this Monday 14th March this is a long weekend Bank holiday.
Back in week one, some of the students discovered something very interesting looking in the bush playground. This has been the basis of our inquiry work in Science so far this term.
We brought it inside and had a closer look. Then we wrote about and did drawings of what we could see, thought and wondered about this strange looking thing. Most of the children thought it was some kind of cocoon. Next, we made scientific diagrams with labels to show what we thought had come out of the cocoon.
Then we used these drawings to help us make models of the creatures.
Finally we did some research together and discovered our cocoon had been home to a Rain Moth. We learned that Rain Moths can predict when heavy rainfall will happen. Males can grow to have a wingspan of up to 16cm and females 23cm!
1/2 Teacher
Drama will be commencing on Tuesday after school for those interested in participating, not excluding children from home schooling or other out of area schools etc
PLEASE NOTE: For our first meet up we will be finishing at 5.30pm.
Children will not be stopping for dinner break but for a quick snack only e.g. fruit, bar etc.
On subsequent sessions we will conclude at normal time of 6.30pm and children will need to bring food for dinner. E.g instant noodles, left overs, toasty, sandwiches. Something quick for me to heat up please. (Please ask children not to eat these during school times)
A notice will come home after the first session.
Pick up is NOT in the school car park, but outside the school hall door.
Please obey all the same covid regulations the school has in place at all times.
Thank you
Cheryle Page
Ph 0417660232
