Austins Ferry Primary School eNewsletter

June 6

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June 6

Dear Families

We have had such a busy term with many fantastic learning experiences happening in the classroom along with lots of opportunities to represent the school in sporting events.

This week teachers are working at Lindisfarne North Primary as part of our annual moderation exercise – this is an opportunity for teachers to work with teachers from other schools to compare student work so we improve how we conduct our assessments. In the next few weeks, you will receive Evidences of Learning focusing on mathematics and English – this is part of our commitment to report on your child’s progress with their learning.

Teachers have been working hard in their year level teams to create engaging learning experiences for the students at the school and it will be wonderful to share the progress they have made so far.

Students have also been involved with lots of exciting sporting events such as cross-country and Winter Sports. I received some wonderful feedback about our students from staff and community members who attended the recent Inter-School Cross Country at Bayview. Congratulations to our students who represented themselves and our school with sportsmanship and respect. We have also seen the basketball courts continue to be a favourite space for our Upper Primary students and of course the bike track has been a really popular area during lunch time play.

We continue to work hard on our Ready, Respectful and Safe approach at Austins Ferry and it is great to see so many students able to explain and demonstrate their understanding through their dealings with staff and students at the school.

Our staff are looking forward to meeting with families directly during Parent-Teacher interviews which will be happening in Week 9.

Liz Graham

Principal

This term the school received new decodable readers! We love our new books and are thoroughly enjoying our individual and group reading time. We are practising our blending, fluency and comprehension skills and working hard to be confident and successful readers.

Across term 1 and 2, students in 3/4E have been continuing their readiness and respectfulness values, by helping to look after our worm farm. The worm farm was introduced as part of our inquiry cycle in science and has continued to be a source of wonder and sustainability in red pod. Students have been actively involved in producing compost for the worms, and we have been using the worm tea to help plants in red pod grow. Montayah’s and Zac’s (pictured) job this term has been to help keep the worms’ habitat clean and damp. Feel free to come and check it out next time you are in red pod!

Inter-School Cross Country Carnival

Congratulations to selected grade 3-6 students who represented Austins Ferry at the Division B SPSSA Inter-school cross country carnival on 4^th June at Bayview Secondary College. All our students displayed fantastic effort, showed great sportsmanship, determination, perseverance and ran to the best of their ability on a difficult course.

There were some standout performances with Maddison Hickey coming first in the grade 3 girls and the grade 4 boys team finishing second.

Tasmanian JackJumpers

On 22^nd May we welcomed the Tasmania JackJumpers to our school who conducted clinics for kinder to grade six students. The day was filled with engaging games, skill building activities and lots of laughter. Adding to the excitement students were thrilled to meet Jack the Jack Jumper, the team mascot. There were plenty of high fives, smiles on students faces and lots of memories from the day.

State Primary School Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to Brady and Addison Bluett who represented the Southern Primary School Sports Association Inc (SPSSA) at the State Primary School Athletics Carnival on 9^th May which was held at St Leonards Athletics Centre, Launceston.

The SPSSA team was selected from the Champions Athletics Carnival held on 11th April. They both should be incredibly proud of themselves.

School Futsal tournament

On the 15^th May a grade 4/5 boys team represented our school in the Futsal Tasmania school competition. We are extremely proud of all our players who represented our school. All players played their hearts out, showed great teamwork, skills, and they showed great improvement with each game.

PE - Term 2

At the begging of the term our focus in PE was on fitness with all students completing the beep test. Following this, students were very busy preparing for our school cross country, including walking and running the course. Students completed the course a few times and it was evident that all students were improving each week with practice and encouraged strong performances in the school cross country.

Currently our focus is learning about golf. Students have been developing a range of skills such as their grip, stance, control, accuracy, swing technique, hand-eye coordination and patience. The students have been having a fantastic time. Our next focus is hockey.

P-6 School Cross Country

Well done to our wonderful prep to year six students who participated in our annual school cross country carnival on the 20^th May. It was fantastic to observe the wonderful efforts of all our students who gave their all, encouraged each other and crossed the finish line with a smile. Many students showed blistering speed to reach the finish line, which made for some very close tussles. The overall winning house for cross country 2025 was Ruby on 97 points followed by Sapphire 96 points and then Emerald 89 points.

A big thank you to all the families who came along to cheer from the sidelines. Your support helps build a strong school community and we loved having you there.

Inter-School Cross Country Carnival

There were some standout performances with Maddison Hickey coming first in the grade 3 girls and the grade 4 boys team finishing second.

JackJumpers Holiday Clincs

If you child is keen to continue being involved in basketball, the JackJumpers are offering school holidays programs at Moonah. The JackJumpers have provided a discount code. Use code “THANKS25” when selecting tickets to receive a 10% discount to their school holiday programs.

Reminders

All Schools Cross Country

Entries for the 2025 All Schools Cross Country event are open for grades 3-6 students. This event is at Symmons Plains and participants don't need to qualify in a local competition to participate. All school participants are welcome!

Please note, the school does not provide transport or supervision. Parents/carers must make their own arrangements for their child.

If you do enter your child, can you please inform Miss Stalker.

Visit the links below for more information and to enter: Primary - 17th of June: https://www.tasathletics.org.au/events/294585

https://www.onlineentry.com.au/XCPrimary_Tas_2025.aspx