As we head to the end of Term 3 it is great to start seeing the sun more often.  Our lost property is full and overflowing.  If any of your children are missing jumpers, drink bottles, lunch boxes please have a good look in the lost property pile.  We would love to get everything back to where it belongs.

This term we have had Mrs Gilbert teaching the grade 4/5 class with Mrs Moores while Mrs Young has been teaching in the MEC.  Mr Felmingham has indicated his intent to retire at the end of this term and enjoy life beyond the workplace.  We thank Mr Felmingham for all that he has offered to every school that has visited the MEC in the past many years and for the amazing opportunities he has offered to all our students.  We will have a formal thank you assembly for Mr Felmingham in Term 4.  Mrs Young is very excited about taking on the MEC in a more permanent role and if you have been on an excursion this term you will have seen the passion and energy Mrs Young has for continuing the amazing programs the MEC offers. 

We thank Mrs Gilbert for all she has contributed to the Grade 4/5 class, however is not able to continue next term.  We are very lucky to have Mrs Binning, who is a permanent transfer to our school from Dunnally Primary School.  Mrs Binning is originally from the Derwent Valley and has just moved back.  She has taught Upper Primary for most of her career and is very much looking forward to being a part of the Molesworth Primary School staff. 

In School Association Meeting last night we spoke about what works well for our community for communication and what they would like to see more of or are happy to not have continue. They spoke about having a calendar of dates to pin on their fridge.  In week 10 we will send home a Term 4 calendar with all the dates that are ready to go to put on your fridge/noticeboard and you can add any dates if they come up during the term.  Keep an eye out for it in week 10.  On our website the calendar lists any up-coming events and they are colour coded for each grade.  To easily check just your child’s grade simply click on their class.  We are always happy to hear any thoughts, suggestions or ideas you have to improve our school, just give the School Office a call, send us an email or leave a message via Seesaw or talk with your School Association members. 

This year we had a 5-cent fund raiser, it lasted for 3 days, starting on Monday and finishing on Wednesday.

We raised $210.40 altogether and made a ginormous heart with all the money raised after counting. We thought we raised $183.80 but after recounting we soon realized that we really made $210.40, which is a lot. a BIG thank you to Mrs Careless, and the Derwent Tavern for the extra funds raised and donated to this cause.

Mayor Dracoulis visited us a few weeks ago and announced that we would be getting a recycling bin. The class was very excited because we’ve been trying to get our own recycling bin for the past 3 years. It’s taken a lot of time and effort. We’ve even written heaps of letters to why we deserve a recycling bin, and how it would improve the Molesworth environment and encourage more kids to recycle. We thank Mayor Dracoulis for this possibility, and we are very grateful.

We are about to fill the recycling bin to the top already – we’ve only been collecting for approximately 2 weeks.

On Wednesday last week the Prep and Grade 1 students had their MEC excursion to kunanyi.

The weather was perfect for a bush walk from the Springs to Fern tree via Rocky Whelan’s Cave and Silver Falls.

The intrepid bushwalkers set off on a slippery wet path to Radford’s Monument where Mrs Macgregor shared the story of a young runner who got lost on the mountain during a storm.

We had our lunch at Rocky Whelan’s Cave whilst Mrs Young told us the story of one of Tasmania’s most “blood thirsty” bush rangers. The children then tried out Rocky’s escape hole.

After a walk through the Fern Glade, we came to the top of Silver Falls and many children replenished their drink bottles with fresh spring water.

Our tired legs finally took us back to Fern Tree and the bus back to school.

We hope you enjoy the children’s recount writing of our excursion and their highlights.

It has been a busy and productive Term 3 in Rock’n’Rollers (Kinder/Prep).  For numeracy, we have been investigating measurement – the weight, length, and the speed of things.  We enjoyed mapping out the shortest route from Caitlin’s house to the farm after reading Bob Graham’s book, Queenie the Bantam.  We have also enjoyed our speed walking around the school – getting us to Music, PE, and dance in the fastest but safest way possible!

We have also been solidifying our number work – number identification, counting and recording collections.  A fun book response to Room on the Broom was to recreate a broom stick using a given number of twigs.

Book week created a buzz of chatter around what makes a good read, and why we like to re-read certain books over and over again.  We created our own Book Week shortlist – complete with specially designed stickers – nominating our own favourite book and describing why we enjoyed reading it.  We also enjoyed reading the official shortlisted Book Week books.  We were captivated with The Boy and the Elephant – especially watching it on Story Box with the musical accompaniment.  We identified animals that brought us joy and happiness and created them by blowing ink and watercolour paints.

We have delighted seeing the onset of Spring.  Children were especially excited to see native flowers in bloom on our recent MEC excursion to Possum’s Playground.  Children had a wonderful day out in nature and enjoyed building habitats for native animals.

We have begun our Smiling Mind sessions.  Children are very interested about how we can take care of our brains – just as we take care of our bodies through healthy eating and exercise.  Some of the children’s responses about how they feel after a Smiling Mind session:

“It clears my brain.  It gives me a strong brain.  It makes my body feel good.  I makes me ready to learn.  It calms my body.  It helps me concentrate.  It keeps my brain healthy.  It makes my brain less foggy.”

This year our Health & Physical Education (HPE) Day celebrations included a variety of different games and activities! The focus of the day was for all of our student to try some new sports and games, work together and have fun! To tie in with our tennis unit, all classes participated in visual impaired Tennis activities. Visual impaired Tennis often called Soundball Tennis is played on either a badminton court or a standard tennis court using junior tennis rackets and an adapted sponge ball that makes a noise when it bounces! It is such a challenging sport, and all of our students had a go, it was amazing to our students supporting each other! After having a go at this sport, each class played a variety of games and activities, we haven’t played before. Our early childhood classes used our parachutes and played ‘winner winner chicken dinner’. We played noodle tag and mystery tag! Our upper primary students had a quick skills session of lacrosse before getting into a fast-paced game. We also played some tee-ball!

Let’s hear from some of our superstar active students about what they enjoyed the most in their PE lesson on National Health and Physical Education Day for 2022:

School photo day is now on Wednesday 19th October.  Please find attached instructions on how to order photos for your children if wish to do so.  It is an online process which requres an access key which is provided in the instructions.  If you have any issues or questions please contact Pied Piper Portraits on 6228 6878.

On Saturday 3 September two groups from Molesworth Primary School went to Hobart City High School - Ogilvie Campus and performed a long-term challenge performance and a spontaneous problem in front of judges and we had 10 minutes.

It was a long journey because it was nerve racking but also scary at the same time.  We got through it alright and it was really fun because we got to roll down the hill and we got some group photos.

Sometimes you have to just seas the day!

The weather is getting warmer just in time for our swimming trials and swimming and water safety program in Term 4!

Our swimming trials will be held at the New Norfolk Swimming Pool on the Friday 28^th October, Week 2 of Term 4 from 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm. Our students will have the option of participating in the following events: 20m and 50m freestyle, 25m breastroke, 25m aquatic underarm, 25m backstroke and the much anticipated 25m noodle race! Our swimming trials are optional, and we encourage our students who are confident 25m swimmers to come along for some swim-pressive swimming and fun at the New Norfolk pool.

From Monday 21^st November to Friday 1^st December, Weeks 6 and 7 of Term 4, we will be running our Swimming and Water Safety Program for 2022 at the New Norfolk Swimming Pool. This is compulsory for our grades 3, 4, and 5 students. This program supports our students to become competent swimmers and be water safe. The program has a strong emphasis on water safety.  This includes boat safety, using personal floatation devices, survival swimming, reach to rescues, entreating aquatic environments safely, stroke development and building swimming stamina.

As per our new schools new Sun Smart Policy 2022, all students must wear a rash-vest or t-shirt when swimming outdoors. As our swimming trials and swimming and water safety program are held at the New Norfolk Swimming Pool all students will need to wear either a rash-vest or t-shirt.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the School Office.

Registrations are now open for Paralympics Australia’s Multi-Sport Days across Tasmania on 8th & 9th October. The event is suitable for participants with physical, intellectual and vision impairments.

These events are a great opportunity to learn more about the sports and programs on offer in your local area. You’ll also be able to try a variety of Para-sports, meet new friends, connect with local Clubs and have fun!

Following our successful events in 2021, there will be three events run in each region of the state: 

• Ulverstone (Ulverstone Sport & Leisure Centre) on Saturday 8 October 2022, 9:30am to 11:30am
• Launceston (St. Patrick's College) on Saturday 8 October 2022, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
• Hobart (Moonah Sport Centre) on Sunday 9 October 2022, 9:30am to 11:30am 

To register go here: https://formstack.io/B77E5

For more information please contact Scott Nicholas: email - scott.nicholas@paralympic.org.au phone - 0403 238 494

FUN FREE SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY WITH ANDY JONES
(all the way from Sydney!)

Join us at the Brighton Civic Centre for a FUN FREE school holiday event with Andy Jones - with his nationally acclaimed show WHAT'S THE JOKE?

This FREE event is funded by Communities for Children - SE Tasmania and we welcome you to:

* Book tickets for adults and kids (we won't be providing babysitting - parent/carer must stay)

* Bring a water bottle to keep hydrated

* Stay home if you have Covid symptoms

* Invite all your friends and get them to book their free tickets too!

What's the Joke? FREE school holiday event with Andy Jones! Tickets, Wed 12/10/2022 at 9:30 am | Eventbrite