Welcome back to another term. It was so lovely to see everyone returning on Tuesday and quite a number of people commented how happy and calm the atmosphere was upon students’ return.

Thank you to all our families for supporting us to undertake a Whole School Professional Learning day on Monday. Along with a number of other schools in the Huon Cluster of schools we undertook the 3^rd Day of the Berry Street Education Model training. We covered the units of Stamina and Engagement, which included a reminder about the power of laughter and having a giggle as a way to support people feeling safe, comfortable and ready to learn. So in the spirit of laughter, here are a few jokes to enjoy.

The health and safety of students and staff has, and always will be, our top priority.  Our Term 3 approach to manage COVID-19 is outlined in our COVID-safe schools operational plan. The Plan builds on everything we’ve learnt since the start of the pandemic.

The Department of Education (DoE) has worked closely with Public Health to ensure schools continue to be safe places for learners.  Many COVID-safe measures that you are familiar with continue to be in place to limit the impact of COVID-19 in our schools. 

With increased COVID-19 cases in our community leading into Term 3, our staff and visitors are strongly recommended to wear face masks when indoors, or if they are unable to physically distance. Wearing a face mask is not a requirement for students, however it is strongly recommended by Public Health indoors as well as when they cannot physically distance.  Students will be supported to wear masks by their school when they choose to.

Face masks and rapid antigen tests continue to be readily available for students and staff at all Tasmanian Government schools.

It is common to see increased illness at this time of year, so it remains important that we all continue to practise our COVID safe behaviours, stay at home if unwell and get tested.

As always, when your child is well, the best place for them to be is at school learning with their friends and teachers. 

We will need to continue to be flexible as some elements of our plan may change during the Term. We will continually monitor the situation, make changes as necessary and keep school communities informed.

Grade 4/5 are looking for bits and pieces (recyclables) that would be suitable for making musical instruments.

Thanks Tina Munson

As part of our NAIDOC week celebrations at the end of last term students were able to do a handprint and write this year's theme of Get Up, Stand Up, Show Up on their hand creating a powerful representation of the Aboriginal flag.

I would personally like to extend a very BIG thank you to all the volunteers who help run our Breakfast Club and also our Thursday Canteen.

I know that many of our students look forward to toast and milo every morning and miss it on days when there are no volunteers available.

I have also very much been enjoying being able to order my lunch on Thursdays. Not only does this take the pressure of having to organise food in the mornings, but it is also delicious each and every time.

Parents and carers if you are able to assist in any way, either with donations of jam, honey or vegemite or with your time every now and then, please let us know as this would be very much appreciated and is a great way of being involved in our school and connected with other families in our school.

We had a wonderful end to Term 2 with a Dress Up Day organised by our Student Representative Council. What a wonderful theme they chose!....And what a great and inspiring variety of future careers our students one day aspire to undertake! We had chefs and artists, fashion designers and archaeologists, builders and palaeontologists, farmers, teachers, police officers and much, much more.

Our next Dress Up day will be for Book Week so keep an eye out for more details about this soon.

じゃあまた JYA MATA    -    See you!

Sam Ryan
Japanese Teacher

We have had a wonderful start to Term 3 this morning with Isaac from Songroom teaching us a new song and playing some fun beat games with us. We have loved the opportunity to learn new things and were told today of an exciting project we will be involved in this term. Songroom have arranged for local ace musician and audio engineer, Jed Pickett, to work with our class in week 8 to record our school song. We have been diligently practicing the song, which was written in 2020 by former school parent and community member, Louella Jury. This will be one of the highlights of our class musical career and we’re very much looking forward to it. Thanks Songroom!!

There is an Eddie Rice Sports Weekend in Huonville – 12-13^th August. If you are interested please see Sarah Webb for more information. sarah.webb@education.tas.gov.au

Edmund Rice Camps provide opportunities for children, young people and families to build resilience, enabling them to thrive, belong and contribute to their communities. We have a vision for a world where all children, despite their circumstances and upbringing, can have access to fun recreational opportunities, which also provide them with the social connections and personal development to support them to contribute to society.

Place your Issue 5 order on LOOP to select up to 3 FREE BOOKS. To qualify all you have to do is spend over $30 and you can select 1 FREE book, or spend over $50 and you can select 2 FREE books or over $70 and you can select 3 FREE titles from a special online list. The list will display after you create your order and head to the checkout. See www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP for more information.

Did you know that 20% of your Book Club order goes back to our school in Scholastic Rewards? These Rewards are redeemed on Books and Educational Resources which helps stretch our budget further.

To order lunch from the canteen, parents need to download the Spriggy Schools app. To register and start placing orders:

1. Download the Spriggy Schools app
2. Add a profile for each of your children, making sure you select Glen Huon Primary School and your child’s class.
3. Start placing lunch orders!

If you have any questions about the app, please contact Spriggy Schools via their website.

Please note the following:

• You must put money on your account prior to confirming an order
• Order cut off time is 10am Wednesday. After 10am your child’s order will get missed.
• There is a charge of 30 cents per child per order. This is added to your order total. That is a fee from Spriggy.

Thank you for your support.