22 August 2024

Principal Report

Book Week 2024

What a fantastic morning we’ve had celebrating Australian Book Week with our 2024 Parade! It was wonderful to see so many of you there, along with our students and staff dressed as their favourite book characters. Book Week is always a special time in our school year because it's when we celebrate the stories, authors, and illustrators who bring so much joy into our lives through books.

A special thank you to Sietske and Sarah in the Library for creating such a welcoming space for our students this week and to our amazing teachers, parents, and grandparents who have gone the extra mile this week to help foster a love of reading in our students.

Kinder 2025

Kinder enrolments are now open and will close on 30^th August. If you know a child born in 2020, living in our catchment, please encourage their family to visit the office to collect and complete an enrolment application. For those with other children currently attending IPS, please remember that your Kinder 2025 enrolment is not confirmed until you have submitted the necessary forms. Thank you in advance for helping us to secure staffing and classes in preparation for 2025.

I’m excited to announce that we will be trialling two three-day Kinder classes in 2025, rather than the traditional five-day fortnight. The feedback I’ve received has been overwhelmingly positive. 

Microsoft Form

As I plan for 2025, I’d like to invite you to participate in a feedback survey, which should only take a minute or two to complete. Your feedback is highly valued, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please note that all responses are anonymous and more than one family member can complete the survey.

https://forms.office.com/r/VdW0gFRSL8

Kristy Hay | Principal | Illawarra Primary School

Calendar of Events

Grade 6 - Save the Date

Value Awards

Congratulations to the following students. Value awards will be given out at the next Prep to Grade 2 assembly which will be held on Monday 26 August. 

Parents are welcome to attend.

MJ D - For showing the value of Growth for working hard on his maths tasks, asking for help, and not giving up. Well done, MJ!

Chloe F - For showing the value of Respect for always acting in a kind and thoughtful manner. Chloe’s caring approach to relationships at school make her a pleasure to be around. Thank you, Chloe!

Fraser W - For showing the value of Connection for being inclusive and supporting other students when they are finding things challenging. We appreciate your helpful and kind attitude, Fraser!

Heidi L - For the value of Growth, Heidi has demonstrated determination and a willingness to put 100 percent into her learning.  She is always trying her best and this is reflected in her work and attitude.

Islay H- For the value of Growth. Islay is making enormous strides in his learning.  His reading reflects hard work and a positive attitude.  Congratulations Islay on how far you have come.

Riley F - For showing the value of Courage.  Through accepting challenges, embracing all learning opportunities and working hard Riley has thrived in our Prep classroom. Well done, Riley.  

Willow W - Value of Growth - Willow has demonstrated commendable openness to receiving support for social interactions, showing a willingness to follow guidance and work collaboratively. Well done, Willow!

Isla K - Value of Growth - Isla is making consistent progress with her developing literacy skills. She can segment and blend cvc words with more fluency and is putting effort into expressing her written ideas. Isla takes pride in her illustrations to enhance her work. Great work, Isla!

Lilah P - Lilah has shown the value of Growth through her effort and concentration in our Phonics lessons. Lilah is developing an excellent understanding of the spelling patterns and is using this knowledge to work out new words and apply them in her reading and writing. Well done, Lilah!

Cameron W - Cameron has shown the value of Connection through his outstanding contribution to our HASS unit learning about the geography of our world. Cameron – you are so curious to learn about the world and keen to extend your thinking and understanding. Your positive example is an inspiration to others. Well done, Cameron.

Marlie W - Marlie has shown the value of Growth through her excellence in Literacy groups. Marlie is always organised and gives her very best to all activities.  She is always positive and thinks very carefully about what she is reading. Marlie – we are very proud of how much your reading skills have improved this year.

Oliver J -  For showing the value of Growth. Oliver has been trying hard to listen and follow instructions so he can complete learning tasks. Well done on a wonderful start to Term 3 Oliver.

Chloe R - For showing the value of Connection by being such a friendly member of our class. Thank you Chloe for your warmth and enthusiasm, and for making our new classmate feel so welcome.

Mila C - For showing the value of Growth by putting extra effort into her learning this term, particularly in Maths, and for working hard to be a good friend. Well done, Mila.

Isabella S - For showing the value of Courage in her first week in Grade 1R. Isabella has made lots of friends already and has been an enthusiastic contributor to our class. We warmly welcome you to Illawarra Primary, Isabella.

Jasper K - For showing the values of Respect and Responsibility. Jasper has made a big effort to become a more respectful listener in class, and takes  pride in completing his class jobs to a high standard. Thank you, Jasper!

Ivy S - For showing the values of Growth and Courage. Ivy has made a huge effort to improve the quality of her work through listening carefully to instructions and having the courage to ask questions to check her understanding of all tasks. Well done, Ivy!

Book Week Parade 2024

Huon & Channel Netball

Spring Netball Roster

Registrations are open for the Spring Netball roster at Kingborough.  We have two teams continuing from last roster but if there are new interested players for this roster then please let Mr Iles know at school and we can see if there is enough interest and parent help for a third team.  warren.iles@decyp.tas.gov.au 

There is also NET SET GO for younger students as an introduction to Netball however there are only limited spaces in this program and it may already be full. However, you can check out any remaining spaces at

https://www.facebook.com/NetballKNA

PE News

Thanks to Max Johnstone from Hockey Tasmania who has been in at school for the last two weeks running some Hockey sessions with our students.  Students received information to get involved further in Junior Hockey and also a  free pass to go to the Hockey One games in Hobart.

WINTER CARNIVAL

Illawarra had a number of students selected in the Annual SPSSA Winter Carnival.  Congratulations to the following students:

AFL

Louis P, Alby P & Selby R

SOCCER

The Huon Channel Lions had a great day sending 4 teams to the Carnival.  Each team had 5 games throughout the day and all teams performed really well against some strong opposition.  A big thanks to the Kingborough Lions who ran all of our selection trials and trainings as well as providing coaches on the day.  Thanks Tim, Hannah & Tilly.

The soccer participants were: Daniel W, Koa D, Ollie B, Oliver C, Charlie G, Jacob S, Victor M, Maggie C, Maggie R, Summer R, Leuca W & Kiana B.

Surf Life Saving Tasmania

In this edition of the IPS newsletter we would like to congratulate one of our staff members Mrs Philippa Lohrey.

Surf Life Saving Tasmanian has over 3100 members who are committed to saving lives and making a positive impact in their local community.  The Awards of Excellence, held on 17^th August in Devonport, are an important opportunity to recognise the hard work, selflessness and enthusiasm of our affiliates and members across a range of categories including lifesaving services, community education, marine rescue, training, surf sport competition, coaching and officiating. This year Philippa was nominated for the “Assessor of the Year award” – an endorsed Assessor is someone passionate about building the skills of others, consistently delivering a positive and supportive assessment experience, and who encourages other members to engage in training or assessment within the Surf Life Saving community. In simple terms – Illawarra’s Mrs Lohrey is hugely instrumental and responsible for training and assessing the Surf Life Savers you see over summer on Kingston and Blackmans Bay Beaches, with her SLS hat on she also supports and helps run our Kids’ Matter Beach Day , volunteers hundreds of hours on patrol on top of her assessing duties mentioned above.

All this, on top of being a valued Support Teacher helping our students with additional needs and the TA’s who support them  - Well done, Philippa!

Pictures above – Philippa receiving her award, and pictured alongside her past pupil at IPS Ewan Mcilwraith, u15 Athlete of the Year.

Kinder 2025

Sports Day Essential Fundraiser

Kingston High School Parent Info Night

Community Notices