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Ph 62342018

Mount Stuart Primary School

Department of Education

Wednesday 12 September 2018 Issue No 28Hello everyone,

It was a fantastic start to the week, with Create '18 being an amazing celebration

of our school community's creativity and artistic skills. The hard work of all the

staff to get the GP Hall looking like an art gallery was well above and beyond the

normal expectations, with interactive, unique and individual pieces from every

student from Kinder to Grade 6 creating a wonderful event that many people

attended from local schools, old scholars and the local extended families. Thank

you to everyone who attended and shared their feedback.

Many of you will receive your child's NAPLAN results this week if they are in

Grades 3 or 5. These reports are issued by ACARA who administer the NAPLAN

tests. If you have any questions or queries about the report you receive please

feel free to contact the school office.

From Friday I will be on leave with my family until the start of Term 4. Lisa

Nichols has been appointed principal while I am on leave and I know that she will

ensure that we finish the term in the positive and productive way that we have

worked all year.

When we resume in Term 4 we will start our process of enrolling new

Kindergarten students so please ensure all the relevant enrolments are in, while

we will also look at the class structures and groupings for next year. This is an

approach that is based on the best outcomes for all students and once we have

confirmed all of these aspects and resolved our staffing we will share the

information with our community.

A Collaborative Community of Passionate Learners

All the best

Charles White

Principal

Fri 14 Sept Book Club due

Tue 18 Sept Gr 1 King/Bantoft & Sayers Escursion to

Knocklofty Reserve

Wed 19 Sept Dance Event

Fri 21 Sept Swimming Carnival Clarence Pool G. 3 - 6

Tue –Wed 25 – 26 Sept School Photos

Thur 27 Sept Excursion 3/4 E & 4/5 A Tas Museum &

Cambridge Valley Vinyard

Fri 28 Sept Last Day of Term

Mon 22 Oct School Association Meeting 7pm

Fri 30 Nov DEC Concert 7pm

Tue 4 Dec ‘A Year Together’ Community Celebration

Tue 4 Dec MILO - In2 Cricket Event Gr. 3/4 - Domain

Calendar 2018

I hope that you all have a safe and restful break from school and I look forward

to seeing you all in Term 4

Attachment to Newsletter - Naplan Summary

Book Club Issue 4 closes

14 Sept 2018

Mount Stuart have moved all

ordering to the Book Club Loop

for Parents.

Mathletics Certificates

Excursions

All Grade 1 Classes Date: Tuesday 18 September

Place: Knocklofty Reserve

Time: 9.45.am Returnto School: 2.50pm The excursion is part of the Science and HASS unit.

If there are any parents who have a Working with Vulnerable People card

that would like to come along, please let us know. We will be leaving school

at 11.30, will have lunch on the walk, and plan to be back at school by

2:00pm.

We ask that all students wear

- School sports uniform

- A school polar fleece jumper

- A rain jacket

- The most comfortable walking shoes you have

- Hat

Students will be carrying their own bags. Please pack

- A rubbish free lunch and fruit break

- Water bottle

Blanche Sayers, Julie Bantoft, Lisa King

GOLD

Silver

All Gr 5/6 classes Date: Thursday 27 September

Place: kunanyi / Mount Wellington

Time: 10.am Returnto School: 2.50pm The excursion is part of the Health and Well Being Program.

Gr 3/4 Evenhuis / Gr 4/5 Anning Date: Thursday 27 September

Place: TMAG/Cambridge Valley Vinyard

Time: 9.45.am Returnto School: 2.50pm The excursion is part of the Health Program.

School Association

There are some outstanding IOU’s for

the Father’s Day Stall

You can drop off payment at the office.

Thank you

OUR UNIFORM SHOP WILL BE OPEN ON TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER if you need a summer uniform.

Students away when School Photos are taken.

A Studio set up will be available on

Wednesday the 3rd of October between 9am-12pm.

If parents that are interested in bringing their children

to have their photo taken to register their interest to

us on 62315880.

The Health and Physical Education Cupboard

Dance Event 19th September

Students in Prep- Grade 4/5 have learnt a variety of dances in prepartion for

the 2018 Dance Event. The Dance event is held every second year. We are

all very excited to be apart of this amazing event this year. It is going to be

held on the 19 of September at the Kingborough sports center.

We are looking for volunteers to assist us on the day. Unfotunatley we do

not have room on the bus for volunteers, we will need to meet you at the

event. If you are available to assist on the day please leave your name with

our office staff and I will get in touch closer to the date.

Dance Session Times:

Upper Primary- 11am -12pm

Early Childhood- 12.30pm - 1.30pm

Swimming Carnival 21 September

Our annual swimming carnival is fast approaching on Friday the 21st

September. Students will have house meetings this week to discuss the

structure, events and procedures of the day. We are looking for volunteers

to assist us on the day. If you are available to assist please leave your name

with our office staff and I will be in touch.

Location: Clarence Pool

Start time: 9.30am

Finish time: 2.00pm

Program: Is available from the school office and also on our facebook

page(closer to the date)

Miss Jacobs

Health and Physical Education Teacher

Triathlon Schools Challenge

The Triathlon Schools Challenge will be held on the 23rd of November

2018. Students in grade 3-6 are invited to participate in this event. Entry

forms and information sheets will be sent home with interested students

this Thursday the 6th of September. Entry forms must be returned to the

school office no later than Friday 14 September. Please return

your entry form with the correct money to the office.

The aims of the Schools Triathlon Challenge are:

1. To help promote active and healthy lifestyle choices to students.

2. To provide a pathway for students to become engaged in physical

activity.

3. To provide students with an opportunity to undertake an achievable

personal challenge.

Participation is the foundation of this event and students will be

encouraged to be involved regardless of current fitness level, ability,

previous experience or preferred sport.

Students will come to appreciate the sense of achievement that comes

with the challenge of completing a Triathlon.

This is a fantastic event; I look forward to working with students involved.

If you have any questions about the event please contact me or visit the

website for further information: www.schoolstriathlonchallenge.com

Soccer

With only one game left to go for this season, I hope everyone involved has enjoyed

their year. Have fun at your last game (especially the U12s!)

After 5 years of running Mt Stuart Soccer, it is time to hand over the reins. If you

are interested in taking on this role, please email me at

mountstuartsoccer@gmail.com - it doesn't have to be one person, preferably a few

volunteers would make it easier. An instruction manual will be provided.

Rachel Coomber

This Month in PE and Health

We are focusing on:

Upper Primary (Grades 3-6)

Physical Education:

Dance

Volleyball

Football

Health:

Feelings and Emotions

Healthy Relationships

Early Childhood (Kinder-Grade 2)

Physical Education:

Gymnastics

Dance

Football

Health:

Physical and social changes that

occur as children grow older

Health Slogans

Places in our

environment/community that

can be used for physical activity

Upcoming Events

Week 8: Friday 14th: House Meetings at

9.15am for Swimming Carnival

Friday 14th: Triathlon Forms Due

Week 9: Tuesday 18th: Grade 5 Get Active

Excursion to the Hobart Gymnastics

Academy Wednesday 19th: Dance Event (Prep- 4/5

Anning)

Thursday 20th: Football clinics in PE times

Friday 21st: MSPS Swimming Carnival

(Grades 3-6)

Respectful Schools, Respectful Relationships

“Respectful, caring and reciprocal relationships support learning outcomes”

The SRC are continuing with their War on Waste. Our first whole school

challenge was a suggestion from Nellie in Grade 2 – and it was fantastic to

note that most students took the challenge to heart and gave it their best. Congratulations, Nellie!

This fortnight’s challenge is for each class to source a compost bucket for

their classroom. Some classes are already doing this well, but as we have had

issues with ants we need to source buckets with tight sealing lids – so if you have one of these at home that you can spare, please send it in.

We also would like to encourage everyone to use the compost as over 19.5

kgs of our overall 52kg of landfill in our waste audit was uneaten food. Please

note though that we are not encouraging meat in the compost as this attracts

rats. Each class will soon be nominating a VIC – Very Important Composter

to help ensure that the compost gets emptied daily. VIC’s will be publicised

in the newsletter, photos will be displayed and volunteers will be formally

recognised at our next whole school assembly. Another of our keen Grade

2 environmentalists suggested that we need to have a compost available

outside during break times so we are also working on this. Students also

suggested that we encourage parents not to send too much food with their

children so that it is not wasted. Also, it would be great if parents

encouraged their children to bring home uneaten food; we even found two

tins of unopened tuna in our audit!

We trialled the Yellow Bin on the netball court at lunch on Friday and before

the monitors even got there, one of the bins was already contaminated with

a toasted sandwich. We really need to work together to train our students

how to separate landfill from recycling so that we can ensure that we don’t

contaminate our recycling.

On the 18th September our whole staff and the SRC will be watching an

episode on The War on Waste after school. We will look at what else we

can do to make a difference. It is a pleasure to work with such a motivated

and passionate group of teachers and students and I look forward to sharing

more of our successes.

Denise Otten

For more information about the Move Well Eat Well Program click on the link https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/mwew MSPS is currently in the process of renewing our Move Well Eat Well Policy.

The Move Well Eat Well Award Program is a comprehensive,

straightforward guide to creating a healthier environment for children.

The Award is made up of six healthy messages:

Tap into Water Every Day

Plant Fruit & Veg in Your Lunchbox

Limit 'Occasional' Foods

Move, Play and Go

Turn Off Switch to Play

Stride and Ride.

The seventh Health Promoting School criteria ties the Move Well Eat Well

messages together to promote lasting change and link with families. For

more information – go to

http://www.education.tas.gov.au/movewelleatwell

Thank you

Denise Otten

AST

Congratulations to the amazing

students of Grade 1KB who read 278

books and raised a phenomenal

$2138.48 in this year’s MS Readathon.

What a fantastic achievement! You have

all made a wonderful difference to the

lives of people with MS. We are very

proud of you! Thank you to all the

parents and sponsors for their support.

Mrs. King and Mrs. Bantoft

Combined Primary Schools Band Program (CPSBP)

Gr. 6 ‘Central Band’ 2018

Students in the 3/4 choir are learning songs for the 2018 Combined Primary Schools Concert.

The 2018 Combined Primary Schools Concert will be at the Derwent Entertainment Centre on Friday 30th November at 7pm. (arrive no later than 6:30pm).

After school rehearsals are:

Tuesday 18th September, Lenah Valley Primary School, 4:00-5:30pm.

Tuesday 13th November, Lenah Valley Primary School, 4:00-

5:30pm.

Tuesday 27th November, Lenah Valley Primary School, 4:00-5:30pm.

Friday 30th November, Derwent Entertainment Centre, full day.

Performance Friday 30th November at 7 p.m. (arrive no later than 6:30pm.)

Rehearsal on Friday 30th November. The school will provide a bus to take

students to the D.E.C. and bring them back to school by 2:30pm.

Gr. 5 ‘Central Band’ 2018

UNIFORM SHOP

Opening times of the shop will be every Tuesday in Term 3 8.45am – 9.15am

The Vacation Care

October 2018 by After

School Care.

If you would like a copy of the

program please come to the

office or Uniting Scots Early

Learning can also give you a

copy.

Term 3 Term 4

September 5

September 19

October 24

November 7, 21

Other :

Band Workshops Annual Concert

Wednesday 22 & Thursday 23 Aug Friday November 30

Create ‘18

#7

Date

Tue 30 October

Hosts

Paris

Henry

Will S.

Louis

Oliver B.

Items

Musical Item

3/4 Major

3/4 Evenhuis 5/6Boucher/Johnson

Value Awards

CONTACT DETAIL

Mount Stuart Primary School

106 Gillon Crescent

Mount Stuart 7000 Hobart Tasmania

Ph: 03 62341705

Email: mount.stuart.primary@education.tas.gov.au

Web: https://mountstuartprimary.education.tas.edu.au/

A Collaborative Community of Passionate Learners

Take a look at our Advertising Page attached

to the Newsletter:

You might find something for the children to

do in the holidays:

Lego Child Health Family Fun Day

Yoga New Town Cricket Club

Cavaliers Basketball 3 on 3

Hobart Futsal Hockey Term 4

Coder School Holiday

Primary Schoo Netball

Uniting - School Holiday Program