Filter Content
- Principal's Report
- Important Dates
- Free Dress Day - Thursday 24 November 2022
- School Association Christmas Raffle
- Christmas Carols
- 2023 School Levy Information
- Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) 2023
- 5/6 Slater
- 1/2 Smith
- Kinder Johnston
- Children's University Graduation
- Scholastic Book Club - Issue 8
- Glenorchy Basketball Association 2023
Term 4 is very quickly passing us by! There are many events coming up shortly which allow us to celebrate the fantastic achievements across 2022. Please keep an eye on our socials and newsletter to ensure you are up to date with current information and event details.
Free Clothes Day – Thursday 24 November
A reminder that this Thursday students will be encouraged to wear free clothes and bring along a gold coin donation or non-perishable item to add to the Christmas Hamper for our annual raffle. We really rely on the in-kind donations so our School Association can continue to support our school with funding and resources.
Christmas Carols Event – Thursday 8 December
We are excited to confirm that our annual Carols Event will take place again in 2022! We will have the general class stalls which will sell a variety of craft, games and food items. Mr Curley will again support classes to present carols on the courtyard steps with some special guests throughout the night. If any community members are interested in volunteering or have donations to go towards the raffle, please make contact with our school office.
School Association
I would like to publicly thank our School Association and members who met last week for the final time for 2022! This group has done a power of work in 2022 and supported the school to purchase a range of resources and experiences for our students. Some of the funds that the SA have provided contribute toward the purchase of Reading Eggs, Year 6 Camp, art supplies, new books and much more.
2023 Class Placements
We are very close to finalising class lists and beginning early transition steps for those students who require more support. Some students with a learning plan will receive information about 2023 class teacher shortly and visits will commence over the coming weeks. All other students will receive their class placements alongside final end of year reports on Monday 19 December and meet new class teachers on Wednesday 21 December.
Thursday 8 December 2022 | 3:30pm- 6:00pm | Christmas Carols Event |
Tuesday 13 December 2022 | 9:15am-11:00am |
Awards Ceremony Years Prep-2 |
Tuesday 13 December 2022 | 1:30pm |
Kinder 2022 Celebration |
Tuesday 13 December 2022 | 3:00pm |
Prep 2023 Parent Information Session in the LiL room |
Thursday 15 December 2022 | 9:15am-11:00am | Awards Ceremony Years 3-6 |
Friday 16 December 2022 | 9:00am - 10:00am | 2023 Kinder Orientation Day |
Monday 19 December 2022 |
End of year Reports and Class Placements to go home |
|
Monday 19 December |
Launching into Learning (ELC) Christmas Party |
|
Tuesday 20 December 2022 |
Whole School Picnic |
|
Tuesday 20 December 2022 |
5:00pm Arrival 6:00pm Dinner |
Year 6 Leaver's Dinner |
Wednesday 21 December 2022 | 1:30pm Start |
Year 6 Leaver's Assembly |
Wednesday 21 December 2022 |
Student's Last Day |
Free Dress Day - Thursday 24 November 2022
School Association Christmas Raffle
The School Association Christmas Raffle will be drawn next Thursday 15 December at the Year 3-6 Awards Assembly.
Please return the raffle books either sold or unsold to the school office no later than Tuesday 13 December 2022.
A big thank you to those families that have already sold and returned books. If you are able to sell more tickets please contact the school office.
Prizes to date include:
2 X Christmas Hampers
$80 Woolworths voucher donated by Elise Archer
2 X $50 vouchers for Mezethes Greek Taverna donated by Stas
$50 voucher for Coffee on Wyndham donated by Mark
$50 voucher for Moonah Bar & Cellars donated by Kristie Johnston
$30 voucher for Pop of Sass Nails & Beauty donated by Stacey
Ukele donated by Madeline Ogilvie
Bottle of wine donated by Andrew Wilkie
Bonorong Park - children passes
Ice Cream | Christmas Soap | Christmas Slime |
Lucky Ducks | Mini Basketball Shots | Coin Toss |
Succulents | Calendars & Cookies | Chocolate Toss |
Hot Dogs | Sparking Conversations | Lucky Dip |
BBQ | Desserts | Coffee Van |
Art Exhibition | STEM Interactive Display |
Levies are one of the many ways that families contribute to our school community. Levies support student learning by contributing towards the cost of essential items and services. After consultation with the School Association the following levies have been set for 2023:
Kindergarten $180.00
Prep – Year 6 $245.00
When setting school levies and charges the school:
- Considers inclusive education, community expectations and family financial constraints
- Sets levies at the lowest amount possible
- Consults with the School Association of the school
This levy contributes to the cost of your child’s education program and includes learning materials, stationery, performances and excursions.
Levy invoices will be mailed to parents/carers in early February 2023. There is an expectation that levy payments will be finalised by the end of Term 1 – Wednesday 5 April 2023.
Payment of levies and charges can be made by:
- Cash, cheque or credit card at the school office during office opening hours
- Bpay using the Biller Code and Reference on your invoice
- Service Tasmania by cash, cheque or credit card
- By mail - forward your cheque, money order or credit card details to the school, with the payment slip from your invoice attached
- Qkr!
- Using Centrepay – a service provided by Centrelink
Parents/carers are encouraged to discuss payment of levies and charges as early as possible if there is difficulty in affording any element of the levy or charge. Please make a time to speak with the School Business Manager, Rhonda Turner, by phone 6275 7222 or email: rhonda.turner@decyp.tas.gov.au. A levy instalment plan including Centrepay is made available to parents/carers who are unable to make a full payment at the beginning of the new school year.
Instalment plans offer flexible, sensitively negotiated payment options to assist parents/carers to budget for this cost. Payments can be made weekly, fortnightly, monthly or at other agreed times after payment of an affordable deposit. Please see the School Business Manager for assistance with this process.
Students will not be prevented from participating in any learning activities that are part of the curriculum if their levies have not been paid.
If your family has not paid their levies by the due date and has not organised to pay in instalments, the school will be in contact to remind you that payment is due and will check to see if your family requires support. If your levies remain unpaid and the school has sent two follow-up letters the matter will be forwarded to Finance and Budget Services within the Department for Education, Children and Young People to be followed up. Under no circumstances will the status of payment of levies or charges be discussed directly with students.
You are a valued member of our school community and we welcome your feedback on levies and charges at our school.
You can contact School Business Manager, Rhonda Turner, if you have any questions or would like to talk about levies at our school. Personal information relating to levies will always be treated with total confidentiality.
The levies and charges we receive from families supports our school to deliver learning opportunities for all students. Thank you for your contribution.
Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) 2023
Families who were approved and received STAS in 2022 have been sent correspondence regarding STAS 2023 directly from the Department and do not need to complete another STAS application.
If you are a new enrolment or believe that your family circumstances have changed and feel that you may meet the eligibility criteria you are able to apply for STAS 2023. The eligibility criteria means that if a parent holds a current Centrelink Health Care Card, Pension Concession Card or Department of Veteran's Affairs Concession Card they are eligible to apply for STAS.
Families can apply online on the Department's web page at: www.decyp.tas.gov.au
Hard copy application forms are available from the school office.
If you wish to add a newly enrolling family member to your STAS file (a Kindergarten student) please email your name, the student's full name, date of birth, year level and the school they will be attending to stas@decyp.tas.gov.au
Term 4 has been busy for 5/6 Slater from the start! Year 6 Camp was an awesome success with great behaviour, resilience and helpfulness from our class members.
In Literacy, we are learning how to write an explanation text. Currently, we are writing one as a class about how earthquakes occur. Students will then pick their own topic.
Numeracy activities have been very busy with students continuing work on fractions, decimals, order of operations and problem solving.
HASS lessons are on migration to Australia as well as improving our Asia geography knowledge. Students have also been completing mini assignments on various Asian countries.
Last week we went to the Goods Shed for our Mona excursion. Some of our students preformed for the large crowd. They also participated in painting and some dancing.
In 1/2 Smith we have been very busy learning lots of new things! Our standout class favourite activity so far has been making our Array City – we combined our Maths topic of arrays and our HASS unit of community. We all brainstormed together what a community is and needs and put our array buildings together to make our city and presented in assembly. We have also been having fun learning about writing our own procedures and are looking forward to our up-coming excursion to Cornelian Bay Park!
In Kinder Johnston, we have been very busy with boxes. We designed something that we would like to build and followed our drawings and made our creations. We think they look great!
We also had a lovely excursion with our other Kinder friends to the Bellerive Beach Park for a ‘Pet’ day. We ran and bounced and balanced and played with our pets. What a great day!
Children's University Graduation
On Tuesday 22 November, 17 excited and nervous students attended the Children’s University Graduation at the University of Tasmania with Mrs Sayers and Mrs Clifford.
We congratulate our graduates for demonstrating aspiration and growth by earning the required additional hours of learning to qualify for graduation this year. They all looked very smart in their gowns, stoles and mortar boards (caps).
We were extremely proud of the courage and respect our graduates displayed as they greeted the vice-chancellor of the university to receive their awards, and their outstanding representation of our school during the ceremony.
Congratulations!
Scholastic Book Club - Issue 8
Orders for Scholastic Book Club Issue 8 are due at the school office no later than Thursday 1 December 2022.