Tomorrow from 9:00 am until 10:20 am. All families welcome to come and join in the amazing outdoor activities all our students will be taking part in. We will have rock painting, mandala making, ninja warrior course creators and so so much more. Bring a coat as the morning are chiily and enjoy. The library will be open from 8:15 am for families to come in and enjoy reading a book and doing an activity as a family before the bell. This year siblings in the Prep-2 classes or in 3–6 will be in the same group so they will be easy to find.

Term 2

Mrs Rime will be back on class from week 6 and we thank Mrs Gilbert for the amazing learning that has continued in the class during Mrs Rime’s leave. Ms Bennett is on leave for the next 3 weeks and we welcome Mrs Lora Warman for this time where she will be working with students in the Grade 3 to 6 classes. Mr Hay is also taking leave for the last 2 week s of the term and we welcome Mrs Kaye Bush in to the 3-4H class. I am also taking long service leave for the last 3 weeks of term. Mr Warman will take on the Principal role and Mrs Gilbert will be teaching in the Grade 1-2 class during this time.

Next week we also welcome a new staff member, Ms Georgia Fountain who is a Early Years literacy specialist and she will be here each Wednesday working with our students and teachers.

Information will be sent out about Parent Teacher conversations later this term. Most classes will be in week 10 and 11 but Mr Hay's will be Week 8 and 9 so please keep an eye out for the booking link in the next couple of weeks.

TUESDAY 30TH MAY

11:00 AM START

Our Cross Country Carnival is coming up on Tuesday 30^th May on the Molesworth Recreation Ground Oval, starting from 11:00 am-12:30 pm with an official welcome by our Sport Leaders.

Students will be walking their cross country event course during PE time in the lead up to this day so they know exactly where their course will be. On the day of the carnival you will see all our colourful cones out and about marking our track. We will put witches hats out and cars won’t be able to access the driveway down to the Recreation Ground Oval while our races are on as our upper students will need to use this area to run through.

The events schedule will start from 11:00 am and conclude by 12:30 pm. From this day a team of Grade 3-6 students will be selected for the SPSSA Divisional B Cross Country Carnival on Tuesday 6^th June.

I am most looking forward to our students cheering on each other and pushing themselves to try their best. Cross Country is a great way for students to display a range of skills and attributes well beyond their long-distance running abilities. Long distance running is a test of resilience, perseverance, grit and determination. Students can apply goal setting skills and demonstrate positive self-talk, being brave and courageous in their efforts! All students will be encouraged to participate with the focus on participation out on the track, which might include, some running, jogging and walking!

Spectators from our school community are most welcome to come along to cheer and encourage our students. All students will need to remain with their coloured groups to ensure we know where they are for their events.

On the day, students are encouraged to bring an item/s of clothing in their house colour to wear during their race. Class teachers will remind students of their house colour and let our new students know what house they are in.

Blue Gum, River Mint and Waratah! Below is the description of each colour and their special meaning for our school community:

The cold weather has definately arrived. All logoed uniform pieces are available for sale through the School Office and Eftpos facilities are now available.

In PE over the last two weeks, we have been super lucky to have Joe from AFL Tasmania come out to Molesworth Primary and run AFL Tasmania’s North Melbourne Football Club Next Generation School Program with us. Some of our students recognised Joe from AFLX which is a free afterschool program offered in the Derwent Valley on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 pm-4:30 pm at Tynwald Park. If your child/children is keen we would encourage you to try this out! It is a great program for students to practise and further develop their AFL skills and to apply them in modified games. Please see flyer below:

AFL has definitely been a popular recess and lunch time activity on our oval with our roster and big tall white posts!

It was great to have Joe come and assist us further develop our AFL skills through playing many new activities and games! Joe is involved with AFLX and has been involved with AUSKICK so it was great that he could share his knowledge of football and football skills and games with our students. We practised hand balling, ball movement, communication, listening, cooperation, game play, marking, dodging and kicking skills. We played many new different games! For our Preps and new students, it was the first time some of them had kicked and handballed a football. We had some very excited students!

In the future, with the recently announced AFL/AFLW Tasmania team, we may indeed see some talent from Molesworth so keep your eyes opened!

I would also like to say a big thank you to our school community for always kicking/throwing the balls back onto our school oval after they have found their way over the fence near the road. Particularly during our AFL unit in the year but also throughout the year with various equipment, so thank you, we really appreciate it!

Our chocolate fundraiser has been very successful and thank you to all those that have returned their chocolate money. Could all those that are yet to do so please return any unsold chocolate and money to the School Office ASAP. Thank you.

Last week was an exciting day for students in Prep-One and Grade One-Two as they have officially made it to 50 days of School. Both classes have been incorporating a mathematical routine into their daily Numeracy Block which involves counting and tracking days spent at school for 2023 using different methods such as calendars, tally marks, number charts and base ten blocks to represent days.

To celebrate making it to the half of hundred days of school, students had a creative and collaborative session designing and building their own Lego creation using only fifty pieces of lego. Ms Munro and Miss Jacobson noticed many respectful conversations, sharing of ideas and reasonable negotiations throughout this part of the day. It was a lovely opportunity for students to work and learn together across class groups.

Students pondered the question “How far is 50 steps?” by predicting where they might end up in the school if they only took 50 steps. Students recorded their estimation using their mapping skills before venturing outside to test their theories. Strangely enough, when measuring 50 steps, some ended up in the office, hall and even the oval!

Stay tuned for our 100 Days Celebration in the future.