FROM OUR PRINCIPAL MRS LEANNE SMITH

Thanks very much to all the families who dropped in this morning to share in their child’s literacy learning.  There were lots of fantastic conversations, sharing and creativity happening in all classes as I visited during the session.

As the weather is starting to improve during the days we are continuing to collect lots of jumpers in lost property.  Please check that jumpers are clearly labelled so we can find the owner when they are lost.

If your child is in Grade 2/3 or 4/5 you will have received the latest excursion permission forms electronically.  It is great to see so many returned so quickly.  Please keep an eye on your emails or through the SZapp app for any notifications so we can reduce the use of paper and make our communications as effective as we can.  If you are having any issues please contact the office and they will help you out. 

A reminder that at school we do not have chewing gum. There have been a few students who have been bringing gum and sharing it at school.  Please keep gum at home for out of school times.  Thanks.

Lots of fantastic house names have come in from families.  There is still a couple more days to get your ideas in as it closes at the end of the week.  What do blue, green and red remind you of?

A reminder that our school survey is now open and we welcome all families to share their opinions of our school.  All information is confidential and helps us with future planning as we are always looking for ways to improve.  Please see article in this newsletter.

On Monday, St John First Aid came to each class to deliver First Aid Training to our students. In 2020, they trained over 7,000 students across Tasmania!

The knowledge and skills gained in the St John First Aid in Schools Program develops first aid awareness in school children and contributes to building a more resilient community!

The fun, interactive hands on and practical First aid sessions on Monday gave our students the confidence to act in an emergency through easy-to-follow step-by-step plans!

Yesterday all the southern schools across Tasmanian participated in the SPSSA Winter Carnival for 2021! There were 6 sports on offer: AFL, AFLW, hockey, netball, soccer and tennis! Year 5/6 students had to be nominated and attend trials for each sport. If successful at the trials they would make the team for their region and needed to attend training at other schools. There was a total of 14 schools in our region and we had 5 of our Molesworth students chosen to represent our region across 3 different sports. A very incredible achievement! Our students were:

Why shouldn’t you play soccer in the jungle? There are too many cheetahs! Lucky we haven’t been playing in the jungle but we have been in PE!

Over the last two weeks we were lucky to have two coaches run some awesome sessions with us! We learnt some brand-new games and practised our soccer skills. There was a lot of passing, kicking, goal scoring, weaving, teamwork, communication, controlling the ball, dribbling, headers and modified games. At the end of each classes PE session, there were ALOT of smiles and red faces!

A massive thank you to Riley and Luke for coming to visit us!

Riley and Luke enjoyed their sessions with us so much that they will be back in Term 4 to run an afterschool soccer program, more details to come!

Health & Physical Education (HPE) Day is a nationwide initiative that highlights the importance of HPE and its influence on the learning and development of children. Research shows that children’s participation in physical activity leads to better student engagement, improved academic achievement, encourages lifelong participation and better health outcomes in adult life! Whether you’re a parent, caregiver or teacher - everyone has a role to play in helping young people take a step towards leading healthier and happier lives!

To celebrate National HPE Day this year, we will be running some activities for our students to come together to have some fun being active! The name of our new house colours will be revealed, and the students will find out what house colour they are in. We will then participate in our HPE Day activities in our new house colours.

Hello everyone,

The primary students have been getting creative with how they can create, read and record their musical creations so others can play them.  We have been using traditional music notation to create rhythmic patterns to play and also added note names to them when we added tuned instruments. 2/3 and 3/4 are now composing melodies using colours to make visual scores exploring pitch and chords.

I look forward to hearing more of these marvellous melodies.

2021 School Satisfaction Surveys

Each year the Department of Education conducts School Satisfaction Surveys in Tasmanian Government schools, to gain feedback on what you think our schools do well and where you think we may improve.

We encourage you to complete the survey about Molesworth Primary School. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school planning and decision-making.

You can complete the online survey at any time until Friday 17 September 2021.

Survey link: https://ncv.microsoft.com/ygUcGjqhpU

All responses are anonymous and confidential with the survey carried out on a secure website.

Feedback is only accessible to the school principal and teachers and relevant Department of Education staff, in online summary report formats with no individuals or families identifiable.

For any assistance please contact Education Performance and Review by emailing: schoolsurveys@education.tas.gov.au.

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey.

Term Dates 2021:

Term 3: Tuesday 20 July 2021 to Friday 24 September 2021

Term 4: Monday 11 October 2021 to Thursday 16 December 2021

Student Free Days 2021:

Student Free Day 3: Friday 22 October 2021