7 September 2023

Principal Report

Dear Families,

There is much to report on this fortnight. Firstly congratulations go to Connor A whose portrait of Mrs. Ashlin was a category winner at the state level at the Young Archies Awards judging on the weekend! Congratulations also go to Heidi L in Kinder whose portrait of her twin sister Annika was Highly Commended in the Kinder category.

Growth and Development program – This week and next week our School Nurse, Joss, has been teaching grade 1 and 2 children about consent, respect and that they are in control of their own bodies. This also supports them to understand how to respect other people’s space and personal boundaries. The messaging for children is “From my head to my toes, I say what goes”.

School intentions for 2024 - please email the office on illawarra.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au if your child will not be attending Illawarra Primary next year. This enables us to have accurate numbers when organising classes for 2024.

Class placements for 2024 – at the beginning of Term 4 staff will begin working on class groupings for next year. At this stage the intention is to have straight grade classes across the school other than a 4/5 class. If there are educational reasons that warrant particular consideration being given to the class placement of your child, please email Michael Hayen (AP) at michael.hayen@decyp.tas.gov.au no later than the end of this term, Friday 29th of September.

IPSA members have been busy lately running a very successful Quiz night at which the teacher table maintained their current winning streak for school Quiz nights! Thank you especially to Sarah Ascencio-Lane, Megan Rigby and Lisa Nisbett for their hard work in pulling this together, and to Pete McKenna for being MC. We are grateful to the businesses that provided donations to make this such a successful night of fundraising for our school as well as our enthusiastic parent and community quizzers and volunteers. A more detailed report on the Quiz night is later on in the newsletter.

I would also like to acknowledge Bunnings Warehouse in providing us with a generous discount to replace our old BBQs with two new ones. Thanks to Jarrod Coad for organising this. These will be put to good use at our IPSA organised Dinner, Drinks and Disco fest in November.

A couple of reminders…

Please do not allow children to stay after school unsupervised to play in the playground. Children who are unsupervised or not picked up until later are playing with children who are enrolled in the after-school care program. This puts pressure on Adventure Patch carers to manage extra children in their area for whom they should not have responsibility.

Lastly, it would be appreciated if parents completed the online survey about our school. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school-planning and decision-making. The survey is open until Friday 22 September 2023 and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

You can take the online survey by clicking the link or pasting it in your browser: https://ncv.microsoft.com/Cxi7YXJiCY The survey is carried out on a secure website and all responses are anonymous and confidential.

All families in this school received the same survey link and no identifying information is collected. A summary of the survey results will be provided to us. Responses from individuals or small groups will NOT be disclosed to any DECYP staff.

Kind Regards,

Cathryn

Calender Of Events

Canteen Menu - Week 8

ONYAS

Congratulations to all of our ONYA award recipients. These awards will be handed out at the next assembly which will be held on Monday 11 September 2:00pm start. 

Family Members are welcome to attend. 

Oscar B – For displaying the school value of Care. Oscar is trying hard with all his learning tasks, particularly, his addition and subtractions work. He is using his Yes/No board to make choices and find answers to solve problems.  Keep up the fantastic work Oscar!

Lenora F – For displaying the school value of Care. Lenora is such a thoughtful and helpful class member. She can always be seen taking the time to pack up properly and tidy up the classroom, even when she isn’t the one who has made the mess.  We appreciate you Lenora!

Anja K – For displaying the school value of Fair.  Anja is social and considerate of others. She has been working hard on trying her best with all learning tasks, which allows others around her to be the best learners they can be too.  She is a wonderful listener!

Frank Q – For displaying the school value of Safe.  Frank is respectful of others and uses our resources in the classroom in a safe and careful manner.  Due to this, he has become a popular friend to everyone in the class.  Keep up the safe play Frank!

Elsie W - For taking care with the finishing details in her writing and artwork.

Lily S - For excellence in our Science unit about Space.

Ruby C - For always having a positive attitude and challenging herself in her learning.

Evie L -  For improved effort with her writing, accepting feedback to bump it up.

Lara K - For putting a big effort into her writing and being brave at stretching words out.

Ivy S - For showing more confidence in her writing and being able to apply lots of strategies that she has learnt.

Zara M -For writing interesting texts that are always beautifully illustrated.

Sebi P - For settling into his new school so well!  Sebi is a kind and friendly child who tries hard at his tasks and is making great progress.

Indi M - For being a wonderful member of our class who always works hard and tries her best at everything she does.

Lachlan W - For his positive attitude and hard-working nature. Thank you for always trying your best and being a kind classmate. Great work, Lachie!

Levi H - Thank you for making a great effort to be fair and safe when you play. You always make your friends and the teachers smile with your fun sense of humour.

Freya N - For respecting our classroom agreements and making choices that keep everyone safe and happy. Thank you for being a thoughtful and considerate class member!

James V - For continuing to excel and strive to do his best during maths tasks.

Jacob F - For showing persistence and determination with your learning.

Lilah P - For showing resilience and determination in spelling and reading groups. Keep up the fantastic work Lilah.

Ethan P - For displaying the school value of Care. Ethan now is focused on his learning and always supports his classmates. Keep up the amazing work Ethan!

PE News

VOLLEYBALL

Last Tuesday 5 teams worth of Grade 6’s competed at the annual Huon & Channel Spikezone Volleyball Tournament at the Sports Centre.  We took on a number of schools from the Huon & Channel region in short games demonstrating the great skills and teamwork we had been learning in our PE Volleyball unit.

It was a great day and our teams did an amazing job. Illawarra 5, consisting of Nick, Campbell, Harry, Meg and Symi, were the winners on their final court whilst the other 4 teams placed either 2^nd or 3^rd on their courts.  We also had Ellis & Annabelle nominated for Sportsmanship certificates.  A big thanks to Volleyball Tasmania for helping out. Any students who want more information on Volleyball pathways can check out Home - Volleyball Tasmania

Huon and Channel Football Carnival

On the 22^nd of August 3 Illawarra students Tom P, Noah W and Xavier S competed in a Huon and Channel football team at the Southern Primary Schools football carnival. They went out to Claremont Cadbury Oval and played 3 games of football. The team came 3^rd overall winning 2 out of 3 games. Congratulations to all the students who competed in the carnival!   

Written by Tom P

Huon & Channel Soccer 

On Tuesday 22^nd August 10 students from Illawarra who were selected in the Huon Channel Soccer team made their way to Wentworth Park for the SPSSA Winter Sports Carnival.  We had two boys and two girls teams who had a great day with some close games, some great goals and outstanding sportsmanship on what was a chilly day on the Eastern Shore. Well done to Thomas, Fletch, Finn, Alex, Harry, Sam, James, Dylan, Symi & Lilly.  Thanks to the Kingborough Lions for providing training, coaches and playing tops for the day

Schools Triathlon 2023

The Schools Triathlon Event for Primary Schools  will be held on Friday 1st of December.   This seems like a long way away, however,  the Schools Triathlon is a massive event which requires weeks of organisation once entries are received.  So we need to get our School entries completed by the end of this term.  It’s a great event and a great way to be active as an individual and also as part of a team.  To enter students can either get a form from Mr Iles here at school starting from next week or you can download and print your own at home.  Entry-Form-2023.pdf (schoolstriathlonchallenge.com) 

However, there is also a school permission form which you must get from Mr Iles.  Both of these forms then need to be returned along with payment ($25), which can be done electronically at the office if required.  All students receive a Triathlon drawstring bag, swim cap, number bibs, finishers cap as well as fruit and water at the finish line.  Students doing the team event must have this sorted on the entry form and all entrants can choose to do both individual and team events or just the individual or just one leg of a team race.  There is no extra coast if you choose to do individual AND the teams event. 

More information will be on the school permission form and there is heaps to look at on the STC website Event Info – Schools Triathlon Challenge in terms of event information, fund raising, nutrition advice and even bike maintenance

Interschool Chess Competition

Our after school chess club has been running very successfully on Wednesday afternoons, with 25 students participating this term.

On Monday, 4 September, eight of our Grade 3-6 chess club students competed in a Huon and Kingborough interschool chess competition.  

This was the first time we have sent a team to an interschool competition and Thion, Leo, Will, Ethan, Liam, Heidi, Natalie and Lincoln had a great day, playing seven matches against some difficult opponents.  At the end of the competition we placed a very creditable fourth out of nine teams.

If your child is interested in joining our chess club, please keep an eye out for the flyer that we will be posted on seesaw later this term.

Australian Maths Competition

We have just received our results for the Australian Maths Competition that was held in early August. Overall, forty eight of our students received a Credit award or higher, our best ever result.

Special congratulations to Leo X, Seren L and Daniel C who all achieved High Distinction results.  Leo also received the award for the best result in our school.

Sixteen Distinctions were achieved by: 

Charlie D, Nathan F, Jack G, Mia J, Noah D, Liam L, Ivy P, Jordan V, Ben M, Jacob S, Daniel S, Wen Y, Oliver G, Dylan I, Cariad L & Fletcher P.

Twenty nine Credits were achieved by: 

Cecile D, Imogen F, Blair G, Quinn H, Josephine H, Bailey R, Michael S, Ryan S, Shinji V, Willow B, Gabriel C, Felix C, Evelyn F, Cooper H, Pippa H, Seoras N, Molly S, Leuca W, Maggie C, Marni G, Benny R, Daniel W, Yifei X, Ellis B, Thomas D, Matilda H, William L, Sebastian R & Fenella V.

All students who entered will receive their certificates at the primary assembly on Monday, 25 September at 2:00pm.

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Young Archies Awards and People's Choice Update

The 2023 Young Archies Award recipients were announced at the presentation ceremony in Hobart on Saturday 2 September. It is with great pleasure to announce that Connor was awarded a Winner Prize for the Yr 1-2 Category and Heidi a Highly Commended for the Kinder/Prep Category. Congratulations to both Connor and Heidi for their marvellous portraits of Ms Ashlin and sister. 

Congratulations again to Ayla, Matthew, Tilly and Ayla (Yr 5-6), Priya, Violet, Selby and Nathan (Yr3-4), Connor, Spencer, Niamh and Layla (Yr 1-2), Ava, Heidi, Athena and Madeline (K-P) on their works being selected to represent Illawarra at the State-wide Young Archies Competition.

Please also note that all competition entries will be on virtual display in an online gallery early September: Young Archie Awards/Tasmanian Education Dept website.

The Young Archie exhibition is open to the public at the various venues listed below.

Hobart Exhibition

• Where: UTAS School of Creative Arts & Media, Hunter Street
• When: Sunday 3 – Sunday 17 September 2023
• Opening times: 12.00pm-5.00pm weekdays, 11.00am-4.00pm weekends
• Exhibition of all artworks

Launceston Exhibition

• Where: Launceston Library, Level 1 Learn Floor, Civic Square
• When: Tuesday 19 – Saturday 30 September 2023
• Opening times: please refer to the Libraries Tasmania website for hours
• Exhibition of 2023 Young Archies Award recipients

Devonport Exhibition

• Where: Devonport Library, paranaple centre, 137 Rooke St, Devonport
• When: Tuesday 2 October – Saturday 14 October
• Opening times: please refer to the Libraries Tasmania website for hours
• Exhibition of 2023 Young Archies Award recipients

Can’t make it in person?

If you can’t make it into the Hobart Exhibition, no worries! The Young Archies Online Gallery is now live. All entries received in the 2023 competition have been uploaded. Check them out!

Don’t forget to Vote!

Voting in the People’s Choice Award is now open and will close on Sunday 17 September. One vote per person.

• 2023 Young Archies Awards – People’s Choice Voting Form

The winner will be announced on Monday 18 September and the winning artwork will join the 2023 Young Archies Award Winners Exhibition travelling to Launceston and Devonport.

IPS VIPS SCHOOL WIDE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDEES

Congratulations also to the following students who received an Illawarra Encouragement Award from the judges- Natalie, Fenella, Cariad, Lincoln, Fin, Marni, Tom and Luca (5-6), Seren, Niesha, Lily, Helen, Leuca, Isla and Gus (3-4), Ethan, Aria, Felicity, Andre, Anja and Elsie (1-2), Amane, Olive, Florence, Connor, Charlotte and Chloe(P-K).

These wonderful portraits are on display in the Illawarra Primary School Office.

Mrs Petersen

Art Teacher

Story Dogs Fundraiser

Book Club Update

Apologies for the delayed arrival of the last Scholastic Book Club orders - there was a courier issue that has held up some orders.  These last remaining orders should be arriving next week for distribution to students.

The newest catalogue has also arrived - orders can be placed until the 12th of September through the online LOOP ordering system or by returning an order form with cash to the Illawarra School Office.  

Student purchases of books from the Scholastic Book Club earn rewards and have resulted in over $500 worth of new books being added to the school library for eager readers this year alone!

Attendance Notifications

Please contact the Office with all attendance notifications no later than 9.30am to avoid receiving a phone call from our office staff. You can call on 6229 6295 or email Illawarra.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au

Please don’t email or SeeSaw the class teacher directly as they don’t always have time to check these before classes start, and then we end up calling you unnecessarily.

Parents/Carers being on school grounds

A reminder for all parents/carers, if you are coming onto the school grounds for any reason during the day, you must come through the office first. It is a legal and safety requirement that the school knows who is on the premises during the day. If you are picking your child up early or dropping them off late, they must be signed in/out at the Kiosk at the front desk. If you are coming in for classroom help, you must first sign in and have your WWVP card verified by the office. The office are required to check these cards every time you are on the premises for an extended length of time, or if you are going out on excursion with a class.

Thank you for your understanding and help in keeping all of our students safe.

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