Next Tuesday 12^th March we will be running our first sporting carnival for 2024 - our Grade 3-6 Athletics Carnival! Our new sport leaders for 2024 will be introducing themselves for the first time and opening our carnival which will start at 12:30 pm until 2:30 pm on our school oval. All of our year 3-6 students have been practising and developing their skills over the last week and are ready to go!

Members of our school community are more than welcome to come along to support and cheer our students!

Please see schedule of events (throwing events will happen simultaneously with track events):

Students are encouraged to wear an item/s of clothing in their house colour. Class teachers have a class list of colours, please see your child's class teacher if they are not sure what house colour you are in. Below is the description of each colour and their special meaning for our school community:

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Miss Gourlay or the School Office.

Calling all talented family and community members to share their talents in an ARTS day at Molesworth on Thursday May 23^rd.

This year we are taking over Outdoor Classroom Day with an Arts Day.  We would love to have anyone who would like to share their skills and talents with a group of students during the day.  Any area of the ARTS is very welcome.  We are happy to purchase any resources you may need.  Please get in touch and we can give you more details.  There are so many wonderfully talented people within our community and we would love to share these talents with our students. 

Our before and after school care has been underway this term. Any parents interested can contact Uniting Tasmania and Australia via the link below.

As we head towards the end of week 5 this term we have a few staff taking leave

This week and next week we welcome Mrs Bev Weldon in our 1/2 class as Mrs Moores heads off for 2 weeks long service leave.  We also welcome Mrs Kathryn Gilbert into our Kinder for the next 3 weeks as Mrs McCausland enjoys long service leave.

In weeks 9 and 10 Mrs Rime is taking long service leave and Mrs Kaye Bush and Mr Enzo Atavia will be sharing the time with the Grade 6 class.

Mrs Young in the MEC is taking leave from next week until the end of Term 1 and we will see Mrs Eileen Breaden back with us for a number of MEC sessions.  We wish everyone all the best for their leave and know that they have amazing teachers looking after their classes until they return.

Reminder – Any parents interested in nominating for one of the vacant positions on our School Association, these close this Thursday at 3:00 pm.  Forms are available from the School Office  Please see more information below.

For our Grade 3 and Grade 5 students they will be taking part in the NAPLAN testing over the next two weeks.  We begin next Wednesday with writing.  Both classes have been preparing the students to understand how to complete these types of tests and sharing examples from previous years.  If you have any questions please talk with your child’s teacher.

Click on the PDF link below for more information.

Our School Association are asking for expressions of interest from parents who would like to take part in a first aid course, and for a time preference (during school hours or after).  If this interests you please call the School Office on 6261 2091 to add your name to the list.  Once numbers are established more information will be provided.

From 25^th to 27^th March we have the amazing presenters from Family Planning Tasmania to present the Growing Up program to all our students.  There is a flyer attached that explains each sessions for the different grade groups.

This year the parent information sessions are online.  Click on the link below to access  information for your child’s program.

https://fpt.org.au/programs/parents-carers/the-growing-up-program-gup-parents-carers/

What a busy two weeks our Year 3 to 5 students have had. Our Swimming and Water Safety Program has come to an end for another year. Congratulations to each and every one of our Year 3 to 5 students who participated in the program. There was a lot of progress made in just two weeks! All of our swim teachers were very impressed. To continue our theme of Water Safety, last Tuesday 27^th February students were visited by Mr Michael Thorpe from Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST).

Each class developed their skills and knowledge of many important boating skills; what you need to think about before and during any boating activity, how to use inflatable jackets, how to check life jackets to make sure they work, what is required to take with you when boating and what these look like and how to use them, how to check fire extinguishers, how to use flares, the difference between each flare and how an Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) works.  Our early childhood classes took home a book!

At lunch time, during Michael’s visit, we let off a red hand held flare and an orange smoke flare. Michael had to call the relevant authorities to let them know that he was going to do a demonstration for our school. It was amazing to see what a flare looks like in action!

We would like to pass on our many thanks to Michael from MAST for sharing this important knowledge with us and for Mr Ian Ross for organising this visit to our school! If you are interested in further information, check out the MAST website, they have some great resources: https://www.mast.tas.gov.au/

Did you know that as a DECYP employee, volunteer, or external service provider for the department, you must complete Safeguarding Training? 

The compulsory training is designed to help us better safeguard kids in Tasmania. 

Throughout the training, you’ll learn what to do if you believe a child or young person is being harmed. You will also learn what your reporting requirements are. 

For more information on our Safeguarding Training, visit: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/safe-children/safeguarding-children/safeguarding-training/ 

To find out how the Office of Safeguarding Children and Young People is working to safeguard and protect children in the Department’s care, visit: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/safe-children/safeguarding-children/ 

To register please click on this link: https://membership.mygameday.app/regoform.cgi?formID=110239&programID=67524

If you have any questions about the afterschool program please do not hesitate to send me a message on Seesaw or call our School Office. Thank you, Miss Gourlay.