3 June 2016

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Our teachers have been busy writing reports recently and we have been celebrating the personal progress seen by all students. An example of this was when a student came to my office this week to share his spelling progress since the beginning of the year. Spelling improvement has been an area of focus for our teaching staff over the past few years. In 4 months he had made 14 months’ progress in one testing format and was able to tell me – “I have been practising and I think that is really helping. I wonder where I will be at the end of the year?” We look forward to finding out!

Getting our students to be more articulate about their learning is a priority for us presently. Teachers are explicitly letting students know what they will be learning before the lesson and what it will look like when they successfully achieve the learning goal. You can support this by talking to your child about what they are learning.

We were so pleased to be named as one of the schools to receive a funding commitment of $2.5m for a new Gymnasium. We will be involved with several consultation phases first and look forward to work starting in 2018.

A reminder to families that students are not to be left unsupervised in the playground after school finishes at 2:50pm. We offer a wonderful after school hours care service if families need to call on the day for their child to attend.

Bonnie Jeffrey
Principal

Kath’s Spot

One of the boys recently brought home some homework where they needed to ask me about who did the chores in my house when I was little, and it made me resurface some funny stories surrounding chores in our household.

I came from a household with 6 children, of which I was the youngest child. Each child had a job that they were in charge of completing as part of being a family. My sister, who is 14 years my senior, was responsible for washing and drying the dishes for us all. Later as us younger children grew we too had bigger tasks such as this.

One night my sister was procrastinating about doing the dishes, and my mum kindly asked her to hop up from the couch and do the dishes, her response was "in a moment". This happened another 2 times, then my mother walked calmly into the kitchen, got a large tin of beetroot and proceeded to get every dish out of every cupboard and pour beetroot juice over it all. Then she calmly said to my sister "next time you will act the first time that I ask you". Imagine that? My Mum definitely was a tough nut, and although her parenting style was firm it was also calm and effective. No longer did my sister side track on the way to doing the dishes.

We all have our own styles, and sometimes I find I need to try something to work out if it works. I might test it out and then think 'that didn't work very well', or maybe 'that worked really well'. Sometimes the idea is effective, but I can see a way that it can also be improved. I guess that's what parenting is all about, trying to be the best person we can be for our children, and trying to have boundaries so they know where they stand, and what is acceptable.

I encourage you all to get creative in your parenting, perhaps not the beetroot method of my wonderful tough Mother, but perhaps design a chores chart, with stickers as a reward. I have even heard of families writing a list of jobs together, then they pump up the music and put the timer on for 15mins and see how much can be achieved working together as a team. Go get 'em, remember life together as a family unit is about working together to make life the best that it can be. Enjoy! I look forward to hearing about some great Wins!

Many blessings,

Kath Dolliver
Chaplain

Assembly Awards

Class in Focus

The Grade 3 Team – Mrs Pullen and Miss Woolley

The Grade 3 team has been looking at Reflection (Flip), Translation (Slide) and Rotation (Turn). Students had to fold a square diagonally and draw a pattern. They then reflected this on the other side. Patterns were printed using acrylic paint and blocks.

Rotation - The object has been turned once each time. Indigo

Transformation - The object has been slid along. Keavy

Students in Grade 3 have also been looking at Maths Designs.

We folded a piece of paper diagonally in half to create a line of symmetry and drew a design on it. We put the paper up to the window and traced over the design. When we opened the paper we had two exact symmetrical patterns. Jasmine

We placed the piece of paper over the block of printing polystyrene. We traced over the symmetrical pattern pushing hard with a pencil. Teo

We rolled the paint onto our design. Charlie

We pushed the painted side onto paper and pushed it down. We were left with the print on the paper. Lily

Crazy Hair Day for Sondip

The SRC are having a crazy hair day on Wednesday 8th June to raise money for our sponsor child, Sondip Das. Bring some loose change for crazy hair and the change will be put into a line of money for your grade. The grade with the longest line of loose change will win a Movie Afternoon!

Grade 2 Play – Jack and the Beanstalk

Interschool Cross Country

On Wednesday the 25th May, 46 students represented Snug Primary at the HCSSA Cross Country. It was held at Huonville Primary and was a very chilly morning. Despite the cold all students remained positive, cheerful and determined to do their best. The Snug tent was positioned well and we could cheer for students twice as they ran past. All students participated extremely well with many place getters and Grade 3 and 4 girls taking out the team pennant! Thank you to all of the wonderful parents and members of the community that came down to support and cheer. Thank you to Mrs Lorna Barratt for being our official for the day. Mrs Parker.

Riley and Edward

Election Day Cake Stall & Bunnings BBQ – Lots of Helpers Needed Please?

Election Day Cake Stall – Saturday 2nd July, 9.00am – 12.00pm

Please contact The Admin Team in the office if you can bake cakes and/or help on the stall.

Bunnings BBQ – Sunday 3rd July, 9.00am – 4.00pm

Please contact The Admin Team in the office if you can spare half an hour or so to help

Registration to Work with Vulnerable People

If you volunteer at Snug Primary School, you will be required to register for “Registration to Work with Vulnerable People”. This will be mandatory by 1 September 2016. Please see attached for further information and instructions on how to apply.

RBF Awards – nominate now!

The RBF Awards nominations period has opened and nominations for exceptional staff and volunteers from across the Department are being accepted. Recognising excellence is important, not only in rewarding people for their outstanding work, but also because it provides an opportunity to share information and inspirational insights, ultimately leading to improved learning outcomes for our students.

Kinder 2017

If your child will be ready for Kinder in 2017 (turning 4 in 2016) please pop into the school office and register his/her name, pick up an enrolment package and start the enrolment process. It helps us immensely in our planning for how Kinder will operate in 2017.

Kitchen News

Save the kitchen and garden program

Hey there, do you want to help us in our nice kitchen and garden? It is very good to be a helper because it improves your social skills. We love our school so please come and help so we can keep this fantastic program running. In Australia only 800 schools get to do the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen and Garden Program, and we are one of the lucky ones but without volunteers we can’t go on. Grades 3 and 5 especially need volunteers.

Please help us!
From Hudson – 6B
On Behalf of Snug Primary School.

Schoolzine App

Entertainment Book 2016-2017

20% of every membership sold contributes to fundraising for our school. Help us achieve our goal by sharing this link with your Friends and Family. Thanks for your support!

Do you have flair for our Fair?

We are looking for enthusiastic thinkers and ‘doers’ to join Dwayne Everettsmith on the Fair Committee.

If you have a creative flair, have had experience with organising school events or simply want to help out with the organisation of our major fundraiser, please forward your contact details to our admin team.

We will all need to be ‘Working Together’ later in the year to make this event a success and are looking forward to the ideas that this committee develop.

Lost Property

With the weather changing, there are lots of jackets and jumpers being taken on and off and, in the process, some of them are losing their owners! Please don’t forget to check lost property (located in the foyer of the Office) for missing items of clothing, drink bottles, lunch boxes etc .

Sick Children

Children who have been vomiting and/ or have a temperature over 38 degrees are required to be kept at home for 24-48 hours. We understand this can be a difficult thing to juggle for families at times, however ask that you are respectful to our community in this way.

Little Sprouts

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Coming Events

Community Notice

Cool Kids Anxiety Management Programs

The University Psychology Clinic is running Cool Kids® and Cool Little Kids® group programs for managing anxiety in children in Semester 2 from September – November 2016. Clients are able to self-refer for these programs by registering online below or phoning 6226 2805 Monday – Thursday. Registrations close on 30th June for Cool Kids® Programs 1 and 2, on 18th August for Cool Little Kids® Program 1 and on 8th September for Cool Little Kids® Program 2. Please note there is a small admin fee per family to cover the cost of workbooks.

Giant Taroona Book Sale

This annual event is coming up on Saturday 16th July and Sunday 17th July at the Taroona Shopping Centre from 9am – 1pm . All proceeds going to the Lions Club Community Projects.

School Holiday Netball Clinic

Special Olympics and Netball Tasmania are running a School Holiday Netball Program from Monday 11th July to Friday 15th of July, 11.00am-12.00pm daily.

LEGO® School Holiday Workshops with Bricks 4 Kidz®

Who loves building with LEGO bricks? Bricks 4 Kidz® is holding half day and full day workshops with a variety of themes, including Movie Mania, Olympics Spectacular, Angry Birds and Minecraft! Come and have fun building LEGO® using our own plans with a variety of different activities including using Technic pieces with motors and batteries! These workshops are for both boys and girls and locations include Hobart city, Howrah and Taroona. Visit our website below or phone 0408 454 851 for details.

Judbury Market

The Judbury Market is a not-for-profit community market held in Calvert Park Judbury. It will be held on Sunday 12th June from 10.00am – 2.00pm.

Chess

Snug Primary is hosting the Primary Division of the Kingborough Regional Chess Championships on Tuesday 21st June. This is an externally-run competition so parents need to go to the website to register and pay.

Tasmanian Winter Sports Camps 2016

Australian Sports Camps have run camps for over 30 years in sports such as Football, Netball, Cricket, Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, Rugby Union, Rugby League and Tennis, and are dedicated to providing the best sports coaching for boys and girls of all standards. Specialist coaches or guest professional sports stars attend daily to run specific skills sessions

North Melbourne Football Club – FREE Kanga Footy Clinic

The North Melbourne Football Club is running a FREE footy clinic on Saturday 4th June, 9am – 11am at North Hobart Oval for kids aged 5 to 12 years old. Pre-registrations are a must and can be completed on-line by filling in the registration form below. For more information, please contact Trent Baumeler at trent.baumeler@nmfc.com.au

Tasmanian Association for the Gifted – 2016 Conference

‘Supporting Your Child’ Sessions

• Sensory processing – Tuesday 17th May, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
• Oral language development – Tuesday 31st May, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
• Handwriting – Tuesday 7th June, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
• Understanding Social Cognition – Tuesday 14th June, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
• Building resilience in children – Tuesday 28th June, 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Term Dates for 2016