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- Message from the Principal
- Correspondence Sent Home
- Dates to Remember
- Planning for 2025
- Professional Learning Day 25 October 2024
- Bike Parking at School
- Prep B are Making Books
- Threatened Species Fundraiser Day
- Arts Week
- Winter Gala Day - Sports Carnival
- Thank You to Banjos
- 5A Maths Designs
- SOHO on Stage 2024
- Head Lice Information
- School Association Minutes
- Donations Required
- "Garden fair volunteers wanted!
- School Association Profiles
- Presentations
- Combined Primary Band and Choir
- Save the Date
- Camp 2025
- Colour Run
- Community Announcement
Dear Families
As we reach the end of any term I am always amazed at how quickly the year is flying by.
In our whole school assembly on Monday we were able to recognise some of the wonderful opportunities that South Hobart students have undertaken this term; choir, a capella, Young Archies, Brixhibition, Maths Relay, What Matters writing competition, Children’s Mayor, History Challenge and the Winter Sports Gala. During the term students have also participated in the SoHo Olympics, band workshops, interschool chess competitions, Year 3 – 6 swimming carnival, ICAS competitions and Year 2 choir. This is in addition to the learning opportunities provided each day by teachers in classrooms.
Last week families, students and teachers had the opportunity to sit together in three-way conferences so students could share their progress on their learning goals. While attendance was down on last term’s conferences, those who attended reported that they found these very valuable.
I hope our students, families and staff have a restful and relaxing holiday. I am sure we will all come back revitalised for the very busy term four ahead of us.
I look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday 14 October.
Regards
Anne Reeves
Correspondence sent home with students |
Scholastic Book Club Orders - Selected Students |
Correspondence sent home electronically |
Molesworth Environment Centre - Yr 2/3A and 3/4A |
Term | Week | Date | Event | Help Required | Families Invited | FYI |
10 | All Week | Threatened Species Awareness Week | Y | |||
Fri 27 Sept |
Yr 6 Winter Sports @ MNPS |
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Fri 27 Sep | Last Day of Term 3 | Y | ||||
Mon 30 Sept-14 Oct | School Holidays | Y | ||||
4 | 1 | Mon 14 Oct | First Day of Term 4 | Y | ||
Tues 15 Oct | Camp Briefing - 5:30pm. This is a requirement for all families of yr 5 Students attending camp 2025. More information to Follow | Y | Y | |||
Thurs 17 Oct |
Bush Kinder KA & KB @ 11:30 |
Y | ||||
Friday 18 Oct |
6a and 6B Excursion to Parliament House |
Y | ||||
Sun 20 Oct | Garden Market | Y | Y | Y | ||
2 | Mon 21 Oct | 3A and 2/3A Excursion to Molesworth Environment Centre | Y | |||
Thur 24 Oct | Hobart Show Day - Public Holiday | Y | ||||
Fri 25 Oct | Professional Learning Day - Student Free Day | Y | ||||
3 | Mon 28 Oct | 4A and 3/4A Excursion to Molesworth Environment Centre | Y | |||
Wed 30 Oct | K-2 Athletics Carnival | Y | Y | |||
Thurs 31 Oct |
Bush Kinder KA & KB @ 11:30 |
Y | ||||
Thurs 31 Oct |
4/5A, 5A and 5B to The Waterworks |
Y | ||||
Fri 1 Nov |
Camp 2025: Final Day for Documentation to be Returned to School |
y | ||||
4 | Mon 4 Nov | Interschools Swimming Carnival | Y | Y | ||
Sat 9 Nov | SOHO on Stage | Y | Y | |||
5 | Mon 11 Nov | Prep A and B Excursion to Sustainability | Y | Y | ||
Wed 13 Nov | NITA | Y | ||||
Thurs 14 Nov | NITA | Y | ||||
Thurs 14 Nov |
Bush Kinder KA & KB @ 11:30 |
Y | ||||
6 | Tues 19 Nov | ICAS and Australian Maths Trust Competition Certificate Presentation in School Hall @2:20pm | Y | Y | ||
Fri 22 Nov | Combined Band Concert at MyState Arena | Y | ||||
7 | Tues 26 Nov | Champions Swimming Carnival | Y | Y | ||
Thurs 28 Nov |
Prep A and B - Excursion to Kingston Park |
Y | ||||
Thurs 28 Nov |
Bush Kinder KA & KB @ 11:30 |
Y | ||||
Fri 29 Nov | Schools Triathlon | Y | ||||
Fri 29 Nov | Full Camp Payment Required via Qk! | Y | ||||
8 | Thurs 5 Dec |
Bush Kinder KA & KB @ 11:30 |
Y | |||
9 | Thurs 12 Dec | Year 6 Assembly @ 11:30 | Y | Y | ||
10 | Wed 18 Dec | Big Day Out | Y | |||
Thurs 19 Dec | Last Day for Students | Y | ||||
Final Assembly @ 2pm | Y | Y | ||||
Thurs 19 Dec | Last Day of Term | |||||
2025 | ||||||
1 | 1 | Thurs 6 Feb | First day of Term 1, 2025 | |||
2 | Tues 11 Feb | Final Day for All Medication, with forms A&B, for Camp 2025 to be brought to school by an adult. | Y | |||
Tues 18 - Fri 21 | Yr 6 School Camp at Hagley Farm | Y | ||||
1 | 10 | Fri 11 April | Last Day of Term 1 | Y |
Click here for the 2024 Term Dates
2025 Planning
Planning for 2025 is well underway. Class structures are still being determined and will be shared as soon as this is finalised. In the meantime, if you have any information about your child and their class placement that will assist in the development of 2025 classes please email me directly (anne.reeves@decyp.tas.gov.au) with 2025 Class Placement in the subject line. Requests for specific teachers will not be considered as staffing is not yet finalised. Please provide information by Friday 27 September.
Professional Learning Day 25 October 2024
Next term, Friday 25 October is a student free day. This is a professional learning day for staff who will be engaged in a variety of learning activities and planning tasks.
Unfortunately, due to staffing challenges we will be unable to provide supervision on this day.
Julieann, our school business manager, and I have been working with two parents, Ben and PJ, to gain some ideas for improving our bike parking at school. With their input we have purchased some new bike hoops which we are aiming to instal during the holidays. Many thanks to Ben and PJ for their input and support.
A reminder that there is bike parking in front of the windows of the main building, adjacent to the path towards the kindergarten playground. Students and parents are welcome to park their bikes here.
It is very important that bikes are secured with a sturdy lock. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago a bike was stolen during school hours.
In Prep B we have been busy book making!
We have enjoyed the freedom to create any kind of book we’d like. Some of us have written information books about things we know lots about, other have written stories from our imagination.
The inspiration for these lessons came from a PL that Elsie and Riki attended on bookmaking with Lisa Burman.
Threatened Species Fundraiser Day
Arts Week – Week 4, Term 4
During Arts Week students will present either a musical item or a drama performance, they will also have visual art pieces on display. A timetable for performances will be out early in term four.
In News and Notices last week I asked if any parents were artists or had family member who were artists who would be willing to come into the school and speak with a couple of classes about their work. I have so far had four parents respond and would love to have more! Students would benefit from hearing more about how the arts feature in and add to people’s lives. If you have an arts connection and would have a couple of hours to spare speaking with classes please email me; anne.reeves@decyp.tas.gov.au
Winter Gala Day - Sports Carnival
Last month a number of Year 5 and 6 students were selected to attend the trials for a variety of sport as part of the Winter Gala Day. They attended various trial sessions across Hobart to gain selection to the teams which were made up of students from a number of schools.
Congratulations to all the students who tried out and to those who were selected for teams. The following students attended the trials; Oliver H., George T., Logan, Hudson, Jack W., Hugo S., Eleanor, Zac, Oliver E., Forest, Josh, Florence, Izzy, Xanthe, Sophie, Mavi, Frankie, Willo, Kian, Lilah, Bryn, Julian, Hamish, Teddy, Finn, Jasper, Hugo, Reuben, Maiten, Jade and Indigo, with most being selected. Below are some thoughts and reflections from some of the participants.
In August some Year 5 and 6 students participated in the Winder Gala Day trials. Only a few were selected. There were students from other schools. At the trials we did some drills then did a game. After the game the coaches chose the people who were the best in the game and they were going to be in the team. We found out on the day, we didn’t have to wait. The carnival was on the 20 August. Football at the oval at Cadburys. We won, so it is exciting afterwards. George
We went to the hockey centre, there were a lot of people there. There were people from the Tasmanian or Australian team who had just come back from Canberra. We took shots on goals, had to do running to see how much stamina we had, then we played a game – there four teams. Hockey was at the Hockey Centre. I felt a bit nervous but it was fun. Florence
For AFLW – the trials were on the other side of the river. We split into groups and did a bit of training. We were put into teams and played games. We were assessed on how well we played. Then we got told if we got in, the people who were in went on the day to the carnival. We played six games, we played every other team, some played each other twice. Out team came first. The team was called the Tigers. Eleanor
Soccer girls trials were at Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, there were three or four different schools trying out. We did some drills and played some games. A couple of days later we found out if we got in. All the girls got in, same with the boys. On the day we played at Wentworth Park. We played different regions from around Hobart. Our team won all five games that we played. Issy
We went to the netball centre at Creek Road for the trials. We went in and did some stretching then we got put into teams. We did loads of rounds of games, at the end they told us who go in, most of us got in. On game day we went to the same place, we had our coloured shirts, we were the Blue Wrens. We basically had rounds against all the teams, we won a few. We were alright, but we didn’t win. Jade
We (boys soccer) had trials at the same time and at the same place as the girls. There was a rep from Hobart City to scout for players for this carnival. I tried out as a goalkeeper, me and Jasper were the only goalkeepers. I went well at the first trial, they made two teams, an A team and a B team. Most of SH were in the B team. I ended up on the A team. On the day we played five games and won every single one. Finn
For tennis there weren’t any trials or training, you arrive at the Domain Tennis Centre to the club house. Then we went outside to do some warmups, you got a partner to sit with the whole day, mine was Ollie E. Then we did games, basically three rounds, one team had a bye each time. The first round there were five games. Our school got put together with another school. That was our team for the day. The school won all our games in the first round, but I don’t know about the other school. You could take your lunch or pay for it there. We played, maybe fourteen games in the day. At the end of the day we came third. Zac
Thank you again to Banjo’s Hobart for supplying bread for breakfast club every Monday morning this term. The school community enjoys this start to the school week with a piece of hot toast.
Thankyou!
Roll up Roll up!
SoHo on Stage is coming to the SHPS gym on the 9th November.
Doors open at 4.30pm, dinner at 5pm and the main event starting at 6pm.
If you would like to volunteer to help out on the day follow this link:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/60B0D48ADA92AA6F85-51618668-soho/60516145
See you all on the night for a truly amazing show!
Headlice
Dear Parents,
Head lice treatment takes two weeks.
Please see following sources for further information about treatment:
- Raising Children’s Network
- Newsletter dated
- Yak Gets Headlice Video: West Tamar's YAC versus head lice ... (youtube.com)
- School Nurse Laura
Regards,
School Nurse Laura
(Please ensure donated jars have been properly sterilised and sealed – any questions, please email Meegan: meshasted@gmail.com).
To volunteer an hour or two to help at the BBQ or with another task please visit:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A48A8AB2AA1FF2-south#/.
"Garden fair volunteers wanted!
Sign up genius for Garden Fair volunteers is now available. There are lots of different roles and short shifts for the Garden Fair on Sunday 20th October. Go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A48A8AB2AA1FF2-south
or see paper sign up sheets in classes and at reception.
We are also seeking:
- donations of raffle prizes
- old animal feed type bags for filling with compost to sell
- Dishes and decorated pots for making fairy gardens
- And of course donations of plants to sell at the garden fair so get planting!
Please contact Lelia on
+61 439 370 916 if you can help with these.
AMT & ICAS Competition Presentation
We would like to invite parents/carers of students who sat any of the Australian Maths Trust and/or ICAS Assessments to a certificate presentation on Tuesday, 19th November at 2:30pm in our school Hall. Please enter via the administration foyer.
Combined Primary Band and Choir
COMBINED PRIMARY SCHOOLS ANNUAL CONCERT
Tickets for the Combined Primary Schools Annual Concert, to be
held at MyState Bank Arena on Friday the 22nd of November 2024,
will be on sale from 9.00am on the 20th of September.
The concert performance will start at 7.00pm sharp, and students
are requested to be at the venue by 6.30pm. Student performers
do not require a ticket.
Please note, due to copyright and privacy, recording and
photography are not permitted during the performance.
Tickets on sale from Friday the 20th of September 2024
(credit card processing and transaction fees apply):
• Online at
• Phone Ticketek on 13 28 49 for Credit Card
Bookings or
• on site at the Arena from 9.00am to 4.00pm
Adults $30.00
Concession $20.00
Children $20.00
Family (2 adults, 2 children) $70.0
Camp 2025
We look forward to meeting parents at the Camp Briefing on Tuesday, 15th October (week 1, next term) at 5:30 pm.
Could you please return the three forms that require your input and signature, as soon as possible? Your child can put them in their class tub.
A reminder that payment for the camp is via Qkr!
Thank you.