We enjoyed a wonderful assembly yesterday which featured a musical item from each class based on the things they have been learning in specialist Music Lessons. 

A HUGE thank you to Mrs Tollner for organising the items and also for the wonderful job you are doing in teaching our students music in Mrs Gray's absence.

As most people would be aware, Thursday 22 September has been declared a once off National Public Holiday as a day of mourning for the Queen. The school will not be open on this day.

Term 3 Parent-Teacher meetings will be taking place next week.

For any families who have not already returned the booking slip we strongly encourage you to do so as these meetings are such an important way of celebrating and talking about your children's learning.

Due to the Public Holiday now scheduled for Thursday 22 September, any families who had requested a meeting on Thursday will have contact made by their child's class teacher to arrange an alternative meeting day.

On Monday three of our Student Council Representatives visited Huon FM to present our school report. They spoke very confidently and enthusiastically about many of the great things that have been happening in our school recently. Congratulations to all three of them for representing our school so proudly.

To listen to the Podcast of their intervew, click on this link:

http://fm-server.huoncs.com.au/podcasts/schoolnews/Glen_Huon_Primary_Report_with_Amelia__Angus_and_Katie_12-09-22.mp3

Thank you for supporting our Book Fair. We raised over $2000 and have made a fantastic commission that we will be able to use to purchase books for our library and classroom. Thank you to the parents who helped set up and then serve children and parents during the week. We couldn’t have done it without you. If you ordered books, they will arrive in the coming weeks.

Sarah Webb

A huge thank you to Huon Aquaculture for coming along on Tuesday this week to cook us a truly delicious breakfast. Thank you also to Laura and Michelle for helping them with this. There were many excited faces including those of staff, and lots of exclamations of "Yum this is delicious!"

Huon Aquaculture are huge supporters of Breakfast Clubs as they believe that all children should start the day with a full tummy.

They donated everything! This included 2 sides of hot salmon, 108 eggs, 15 litres of milk, 8 loaves of bread and 2 tubs of butter which will be used by breakfast club for the rest of the week.

They love being involved in the community and plan on coming back again next year.

Glen Huon Primary students attended an Interschool Chess Tournament last week.
The students were an absolute credit to the school and themselves. They really made the day awesome in attitude and behaviour and sense of fair play. They made friends and were kind and supportive to everyone they played.
They had seven games and their team tally at the end of the day put them in fith place.

Well done all round Ms Munro.

A reminder that the School Survey is still open until September 23.

We encourage as many families as possible to complete this survey as it gives us valuable information on things we are doing well and areas we need to improve on. To access the survey please use the link below.

Take the online survey by clicking this link or pasting it in your browser: https://ncv.microsoft.com/mYcxpHJgBs

As mentioned in previous newsletters, our school review is taking place on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Any parents wishing to be a part of this process are requested please to contact the office as soon as possible.

Some students will also be invited to be part of the process, having the opportunity to talk about their schooling experience at Glen Huon Primary School. If you do not wish your child to be part of this process please let the office know.

The SRC are organising a fundraiser for Brightside Farm Sanctuary.  Please wear your hair in a crazy fashion and donate money to help Brightside. Brightside is a registered Charity for animals set on 50 acres in Tasmania's Huon Valley.

Founded by Emma Haswell, and run by Emma and a small dedicated team, Brightside rescues and re homes hundreds of animals each year including about 300 rescued dogs.

Their mission is to raise awareness with regard to the plight of millions of factory farmed animals in Australia.

We Rescue, We Educate and We Advocate for animals.
We are a Voice for the Voiceless.

New changes to COVID-19 isolation

Public Health has recently changed the mandatory COVID-19 isolation period from seven days to five days.

This means COVID-19 cases can leave isolation, provided they:

• are no longer displaying symptoms on Day 5 of their isolation period, and
• have had no fever for 24 hours prior to Day 5.

People that leave isolation on or after Day 5 must wear a face mask in all settings for Days 5, 6 and 7 – even if they are not displaying symptoms. People are strongly recommended to wear a face mask indoors on Days 8, 9 and 10.

Students under the age of 12 and all primary school students are not required to wear face masks when leaving isolation.

To read more about this change, please visit the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website.

For any COVID-19 enquiries, please contact the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738, or Department of Education COVID-19 Support Hotline at COVID19support@education.tas.gov.au or on 1800 816 057.

If you need support translating or interpreting this information, contact the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450.

Wednesday 21 September, 6.00 - 7.30pm at the Kingston Library, 11 Hutchins Street, Kingston (vehicle access & parking available via Church Street).

Join the Square Pegs team for a FREE introduction to dyslexia presentation and Q&A session.

Are you interested in learning more about:
- identifying dyslexia;
- what to expect in the primary years;
- foundations of effective teaching of reading (structured literacy);
- tips for secondary school.

Presentation, followed by an open Q&A.

Registration essential. All welcome.

To Register follow this link:

Dyslexia Introduction and Q&A for Parents/Caregivers Tickets, Kingston Library and Learning Centre, Kingston | TryBooking Australia

Saturday 17th September

Doors open 6.30pm and Music from 7pm

Entry $10

Bar open - Bring a plate for shared supper

Featured act is HUI & the MUSE - Floorspots SEATO - Miranda & Alex