Welcome back to Term 3!

It was an absolute delight to welcome everyone back to school on Tuesday.

As I visited each classroom and talked to people in the playground at recess and lunch I encountered excitement over wobbly teeth and delicious healthy fruit breaks.

I saw train track building with friends and heard tales of treasures acquired in the holidays.

I saw the exploring new phonics resources and lots of giggles in creating fact or fiction holiday tales.

There was drawing with friends under the trees,...

...Community Cirlce time and reading with a friend.

いく IKU   -   To go

Sam Ryan
Japanese Teacher

Schools tend to have a lot of acronyms. PLT and QTC are just two that you might hear.

PLT stands for ‘Professional Learning Team’ and QTC stands for ‘Quality Teaching Coach’.

Introducing Kylie Van Klink who works in our school as Quality Teaching Coach (QTC) on Mondays and as part of this role she leads our grade 4/5/6 Professional Learning Team (PLT).

Kylie LOVES books and reading. She is also a fantastic artist amongst other things. Check out the spectacular library wall she has at home!

All our PLTs this year are focussing on using our PAT test Reading data and other data sources to really drill down into the areas of strength, weakness and growth our students have in reading and to then do some explicit teaching to help lift your child’s reading.

We will continue to share information about what our PLTs are doing and our focus on reading throughout the rest to the year.

WE ARE HAVING A CRAZY HAIR DAY!!!

Tuesday 8^th August

Student Representative Council is raising money for the Drama Production costumes and props

Please bring a Gold coin donation

There will be a guess the lolly jar!

Some people may be wondering what happens at school on a student free day…well, this is what it looks like when the adults in the school switch roles and become the learners for the day.

On Monday the staff team completed the 4^th module of training on the Berry Street Education model for Trauma Informed Practice.

We joined online with Huonville Primary and High School, Cygnet Primary School, Dover District High School and Geeveston Primary School to undertake a day of learning. We explored values, strengths, hope and gratitude;  how we can support our students to explore and learn about these, and how we can use these to strengthen the way we get along with and seek to understand each other.

The Huon Cluster of schools started the Berry Street Journey back at the start of 2021 with the intention being to undertake the 4 modules across 2 years, however COVID threw a spanner in the works and so it has taken us a little longer than expected to access the 4 training sessions.

At end of Term 2 we took a vote to decide our Japanese prefects for 2023 and we are now super excited to announce that Poppy and Katie will be taking on this role. This means that in Term 3, among other tasks, Poppy and Katie will be helping with assemblies, supporting visitors to the Japanese classroom, assisting their peers and the junior grades with language development, and being a part of the Japanese sports day, and calligraphy and speech competitions. Thank you so much Katie and Poppy for your continued courage and aspiration in our school!

On Tuesday we wrote about all the exciting things we did in the holidays. We each wrote about two things we really did and made up one thing we didn’t do to try and trick each other. We wonder if you can guess which events we made up.

In the holidays I went on a roller coaster.
In the holidays I patted a stingray.
In the holidays I went to a movie theatre.

Lachie

In the holidays I got my driver’s licence.
In the holidays I went to the movies.
In the holidays I had a bonfire.

In the holidays I had a birthday and my favourite toy was a wand.
On Wednesday I went to Queensland with my family.
On Sunday I went to the movies with Mum and Natalie.

Indiana

Our Staff member in the spotlight this week is one of our Teacher Aides Deanne Murtagh

Full name: Deanne Kaye Murtagh

Birth date: 5th April

Favourite colour: Black

People in your family: Rhys, Thomas and Zoey

Hobbies: Karate and basketball

What's one thing about you people might not know?
That I do karate

What was your dream job as a child?

Police Officer or PE Teacher

If you could have anything for lunch, what would it be?
Chicken schnitzel

What's the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
Listen to your mum

Canteen will be open again on Thursday 3rd August. The first week back the special will be burgers. We will have beef, chicken and vegetarian available.

Bella Rose florist have set up a special discount code just for families at Glen Huon Primary School. If you order online and enter the code GLENHUON in you will receive 10% off your order!

Help support local small business and buy that special person in your life some flowers.

Festival of Bright Ideas: Science for the curious and creative

Saturday 19 August (Public day)  |  Princes Wharf 1, Hobart

Experience the brightest innovation, research, and technology in Tasmania. There's a huge range of mind-blowing science for all ages to explore - brain science, health science, rock science, robot science, animal science, plant science, number science (maths!), and much more.

This year, FOBI also features Questacon’s Science on the Move exhibition – this means an extra 33 hands-on science experiences for you to enjoy!

Check out the FOBI program and book your tickets now to avoid disappointment – some sessions sell out quickly.

festivalofbrightideas.com.au

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