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Thank you to everyone who very generously made donations to the Student Council’s fundraiser for Elisse Kleiner today.
The Guess-The-Lolly Jar was a big success and we will soon announce the winner as well as the amount raised.
Pippa last week made the courageous and generous decision to have her hair cut and to donate her hair.
Congratulations Pippa, what a wonderful thing to be able to do!
All families should have received a Parent-Teacher Conversation booking sheet this week. If you have misplaced yours, please contact your child’s teacher as soon as possible.
Reports and Evidences of Learning will be sent home on Thursday 8 June.
This coming week from June 5-8 each class will be participating in Fire Education lessons run by the Tasmanian Fire Service
The program has been designed to teach children from Prep to Grade 6 about basic home fire safety.
More information can be found at:
Congratulations to Tobias who received an Aussie Of the Month Certificate and badge at our Sharing Assembly last week.
Tobias was nominated by his peers for helping others in need. On Cross Country Day Tobias saw a younger student who needed help joining a game at lunch time. Thank you for being caring and considerate of others Tobias.
Every Thursday at lunch time Ms Munro runs a Chess Club in her classroom.
Last Thursday 6 of our students who regularly attend had the opportunity to participate in an interschool Chess Tournament. They competed against 6 other schools. Congratulations to the whole team who had a great time and learnt a lot. Thank you also to Ms Munro for organising this as well as parents who helped with transportation.
The cooler months bring colds, the flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses.
Being prepared is the best way to protect yourself and your family.
Children are most likely to catch and spread the flu. Make sure your child has received their annual flu vaccine. This will boost their immunity against most likely circulating flu strains. It will also help stop them getting very sick.
If your child is at higher risk of becoming very sick from the flu, COVID-19 or other respiratory illnesses, make a plan with your healthcare provider for when your child becomes sick.
Protect others by keeping your child home if they’re unwell, encouraging regular hand washing, and covering coughs and sneezes.
For more information, read the [enclosed/attached] parent and carer factsheet or visit the Department of Health website.
Thanks for doing your part to keep our school community safe, healthy and learning.
Our Staff member in the spotlight this week is our
Grade 5/6 teacher Tamara Tucker
Full name: Tamara Anne Tucker
Birth date: 15th October.
Favourite colour: All the colours of nature.
People in your family: Husband, children, six chooks, a ram, dog and cat
Hobbies: Read and sleep and hike and being outside in nature.
What's one thing about you people might not know?
I swam for the state of New South Wales in primary school.
What was your dream job as a child?
A full time mother and a teacher. I am fortunate I got to do both.
If you could have anything for lunch, what would it be?
Mrs Bender's chocolate eclairs.
What's the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.
Interviewers
Lani & Clancy
On Monday 29 May we enjoyed a performance called Pass the Poetry Please.
Enjoyed by all, it looked at all kinds of poetry and rhyme.
“I liked how the guy was very talented and could do different voices. He could play the guitar and he could sing.” Marni
“He was a really confident performer and it was funny. He did different kinds of poems; some were old like nursery rhymes and others were new.” Iris
Grade 4/5 have been exploring idioms.
We know that they sound kind of crazy, but they’re sure lots of fun, when we talk to one and another and use idioms. They can really drive you up the wall…………
Here are some examples of idioms that we used in sentences. Enjoy!
# 1 “Look Dad! I got a new tent!” said Hannah. "How ya gonna manage in that? There’s not enough room to swing a cat!” Dad said. (Hannah)
#2 “I am so hungry I could eat a horse" said Ezra. (Ezra)
# 3 “I have a sweet tooth!” said Lillie. “I’m sorry that I ate all the cake.” (Lillie)
# 4 “You must have ants in your pants Benny because you won’t stop moving.” said Quilla. (Quilla)
# 5 “My Dad has a green thumb" said Finn. "You should see his tomatoes!” (Finn)
# 6 “ You are so annoying! You are a pain in the neck!” said Emma (Emma)
# 7 “Jason, you’re such a dark horse! I didn’t know you were so good at Maths!" Piper said. Jason blushed and said modestly. "I’m not that good, really!” (Norah)
We had lots of fun with idioms. We whipped up quite a storm! “Time flies when you are having fun!”
Miss Munson
