Friday,11th August
Principal's Message
School Gospel Value - Love
Love motivated the care provided to the old and the young by Victoire Larmenier.
Let your love for each other be real and from the heart. (1 Peter 1:22)
Unselfish concern for the good of others is shown through patience, kindness, trust, hope, endurance, truth and a strong affection.
We have had a great start to the term and we have many events and special occasions coming up this term.
Insight Program
We had our Insight coach working with us last week on the teaching methods and approaches that reflect the Science of Learning way of teaching and learning. The Science of Learning, being evidence-based, has a number of teaching practices that promote student learning in the most efficient and effective way. Explicit teaching is where the teacher works directly with the students in a very purposeful way to help them to learn knowledge and skills. The classroom environment plays an important part and you might have noticed that some of the classrooms have already adopted the model where the desks are in rows facing the teacher. We have also replaced some of our tv monitors with projectors so that all students can easily see the material that is displayed on the screen. I look forward to being able to share with you more about the teaching practices of the Science of Learning as well as the student achievements we are seeing as a result of the its implementation.
Catholic Education Week
Our year 6 students attended Catholic Education Week Mass this week along with their peers from Catholic schools in the Greater Launceston Region. Our students conducted themselves reverently during Mass and actively joined in with socialising afterwards with the other year 6 students.
Uniform
We are starting to see students wear a number of items that are not part of the school uniform, namely a range of coloured socks, dangly earrings, hair colourings and coloured beanies. Please ensure students are only wearing the appropriate attire to school. It is wonderful to see students wearing the correct uniform, wearing it well and with pride. If there are some uniform items you require, please check in with the office to see if we have some of the items that we can forward on to you, at no cost, as we have lots of items in our 'Love' room and left over from the uniform shop.
Kind regards
Niccola Pearce
Principal
Dates to Remember ...
- 21st August - Book Week dress-up day
- 23-25th August - Grade 6 camp @ Orford 🚌
- 8th September - Gala Day
- 14th-15th September - Grade 3 camp @ Hagley 🏕️
- 21st-22nd September - Grade 4 camp @ Camp Clayton ⛺️
- 22nd September - Kinder Open Day (Orientation Day for 2024)
- 29th September - School disco
2023 TERM DATES
- TERM 1 Monday 3rd February - Thursday 7th April
- TERM 2 Wednesday 26th April - Friday 7th July
- TERM 3 Tuesday 25th July - Friday September 29th
- TERM 4 Tuesday 17th October - Wednesday December 13th
2024 TERM DATES
- TERM 1 - Wednesday 7th February - Thursday 11th April
- TERM 2 - Monday 29th April - Friday 5th July
- TERM 3 - Tuesday 23rd July - Friday 27th September
- TERM 4 - Tuesday 15th October - Tuesday 17th December
GALA DAYS (Grades 5 & 6)
- Term 3 - 8th September
- Term 4 - 17th November
*ALL THESE DATES PLUS MANY MORE ARE ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR
Farm Day Dates
- Prep - 11th August
- Grade 3 - 25th August
- Grade 4 - 1st September (swapped)
- Grade 2 - 8th September (swapped)
- Grade 5 - 15th September
- Grade 1 - 22nd September
What's Happening in Grade 2?
In Grade 2 we have been learning about Space. We have been looking at how the sun moves across the sky during the day. We conducted an experiment to explore how Earth orbits the sun. We went out in the morning and traced our shadows. After some time had passed we went out two more times to see how our shadows position had changed.
We noticed that everytime we went out both the sun and our shadows had moved.
Leavers' Polos
Grade 6 showing off their new polos. Don't they look great!
Animals on School Grounds
Did you know… An extract of relevant Tasmanian legislation (Dog Control Act 2000) states:
(1) A person must not take a dog into –
(a) any grounds of a school, or other place for the reception of children without the permission of a person in charge of the place.
(2) This section does not apply to –
(a) a guide dog that is accompanying a wholly or partially blind person or is in training for that purpose; There are other exceptions besides just ‘2a’ above.
Your duty… If you wish to bring any animals onsite, prior approval needs to be obtained from the Principal, or their nominated rep. The school may give approval, & discuss with you reasonable precautions. The school &/or individuals can be fined.
Confirmation & First Eucharist
SACRAMENTAL CONFIRMATION AND FIRST EUCHARIST CANDIDATES’ FAITH ‘N’ FUN DAY
Friday 25th August 9:30am – 2:15pm 2023
St Ailbes Hall
Candidates from Catholic schools will be bussed/walk to the hall. Please bring your own morning tea and lunch and plenty of water. Please wear casual clothes with sports shoes. Your school will arrange permission with the families.
Foster Carers
Have you thought about becoming a foster carer?
Little Athletics - Come & Try
Rythmic Gymnastics
SZapp
Don't forget you can downlaod the SZapp App to view the newsletter!
Instructions for downloading the app are attached.
When asked for a passcode, it is 5276 (larm).
You can share this with grandparents, other family members etc who do not have access to Compass.
Book Week
Larmenier Online Library
Premier's Reading Challenge
