Thank you very much for your support….

With our recent Communicating to parents and the School Satisfaction Survey.

Both are important, as they contribute information about your child’s learning and how you feel about our school, across many dimensions including Health and Wellbeing. This information then guides school actions and priorities. The Student Wellbeing Survey has also been completed recently and will contribute to the decisions we make at school. I’m particularly interested in identifying when students feel safe or unsafe at school and what could we do to support them more? I wonder if they have a key person at school they can talk to are they involved in a supportive friendship group? When children feel safe and they feel a sense of belonging, then they can focus on their learning.

Teachers across the school made themselves available last week as a part of the Communicating learning progress with Families. This is like the old reporting process, but hopefully more practical. Teachers have generally used your child’s work to identify what they have learned and the focus of learning moving forward. You may recall the Term 2 process included an A-E report across the Australian Curriculum. Next Term we will have another piece of student work and the final A-E report for the year. If you were unable to join us this term, please feel free to make an appointment with your child’s teacher through the front office. One of the most important things parents can do is take an active interest in their child’s learning.

Lastly, as I reflect on the tired faces I see around school, I know there are a lot of people out there keen for Friday and the two weeks of school holidays – I know I am.

Thank you again for all your support, enjoy the holidays and please send your child back to us in the best condition for the last term of the year!

Nadine Davey

Principal

Community Awards  

Community awards are given to students who are inclusive of others and ensure that everyone feels they belong. Congratulations to Mason, Ronin, Zahra, Tee-Jay, Kaavya, Bella-Rose Richards and Braxton Baker.  

Aussie of the Month 

Congratulations to Harshal and Marama who are our Aussie of the Month recipients. 

Harshal is an outstanding student leader who leads by example. She is kind and caring to all other people and is always dedicated to her work.  

Marama is always inclusive of other people and considers the feelings of others. She is dedicated to learning and has a go at all experiences with a growth mindset. Marama is always optimistic and sees the positive in all situations  

Bike Track 

This week we began scheduled time for students to use the bike track. Some students decided to use their Smiley’s to earn time enjoying this new facility. Her are some photos of the fun.  

PaKT 

Colony 47 have run another wonderful Parents and Kids Together project session this term. Guardians and their children have had great fun completing their challenges alongside planning and creating their projects. The group have their final session on 29 September and are looking forward to celebrating their time together with a special party.  

Children’s University 

What a fabulous year for Children’s University at Springfield Gardens Primary! At this point we have 3 students who have already gained their hours to graduate and we are aiming for 9 students in total. If you are participating in Children’s University, please bring you passports to school and get some extra ideas of how you can achieve your goal of graduating this year! 

Chess Tournament 

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Chess Tournament on Wednesday 20 September. Springfield Gardens Primary School won the tournament and will now have 8 students representing the school at the state tournament in October. The students that represented us were Brodie, Parthiv, Noah, Kobi, Logan, NeeHserKu, Bradley, Josh, Akira, Eli, Zac, Grace-Lee, Sebastian, Fenix, Mali, Lexan, Yousef and Archie.  

A special congratulations to Zach who tied in first place and Logan, Yousef, Zach and Kobi who were our top scorers. Akira won the top scoring female for the second time.  

We will announce our representatives for the state tournament in Launceston in the coming weeks.  

1/2 Piper and 2 Absolom enjoyed an afternoon in the garden together, relaxing, socialising and continuing some great activities that Mrs Wood had introduced such as watering the plants, building shelters and safely sitting in a tree. We chose the perfect day because the weather was lovely and warm! 

Last day of Term 3 is Friday 29 September 2023. 

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 

First day of Term 4 is Monday 16 October 2023. 

Dallas Dickinson has been selected to represent Tasmania in the under 9 division National Hockey Championship. 

He is currently in Queensland playing and we wish him the best of luck. 

On Thursday 7 & Friday 8 of September the SRC ran some Disney Swaps sessions where students were able to swap their cards. A BIG thank you to everyone who came along. We had quite a few students (and staff) able to complete their collections. A special shout out to those students who had already completed their collections and came to give others a hand. 

On Wednesday 13 September the SRC ran a ‘Wear Blue For Autism Day.’ We raised $140 for Autism Tasmania. Thank you to everyone for their support and donations.  

Twenty students represented Springfield Gardens Primary School at the Variety Children’s Sports Day. Students participated in a variety of sports, and everyone got to try something new and different. We joined other schools from Southern Tasmania and all celebrated our individuality. A huge thanks to all our sports leaders who helped to ensure that we all got to have a go.  

October School Holiday Workshops for 5-12 yr olds:

• Monday 2nd October: Lindisfarne 
• Saturday 7th October: Huonville 
• Friday 13th October: Fern Tree 

Circus After School for 5-12 yr olds:

• Mondays 16th October onwards: Bellerive 
• Tuesdays 17th October onwards: Fern Tree 
• Thursdays 19th October onwards: Huonville 

Learn circus skills, have lots of fun & meet new friends! 

Bookings & Info

https://circusstudio.net.au/public-program-outreach/

Enquiries:
outreach@circusstudio.net.au