17 September 2021

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Hi Parents, Families and Community,

End of term

Its hard to believe that yet another term is coming to an end. Please enjoy your break and stay safe during the holidays. Holidays start on Monday September 27, and we are back to school on October 11.

Crossing

As our number one priority is to keep all students safe, can all parents and caregivers please hold the hands of toddlers/young ones when crossing the Channel Highway, including at the crossing. We have had a couple of instances recently where young children have run from families and in front of cars.

Learn to Swim

We have enjoyed our first week of Learn to Swim for our Year three to five students. It’s so important that we spend this time getting our students water confident, so they can enjoy all of the water opportunities we are blessed with in Tasmania! Next week is the final week.

Classes for 2022

You will have been sent a note home outlining the process for any class requests for 2022. Please submit any requests asap, so we can consider them as we start to map out classes for next year.

Kind Regards,

Blair Curtis
Principal

Kath’s Spot

This week I have been working alongside a lot of the Year 6 students as they prepare for their upcoming play, which will occur early next term. It has been such a delight to see how much they have grown and changed since they were in Kinder and Prep.

I seen some students learning to take initiative to clean up and make next steps forward. I seen negotiations happening, those helping others to make decisions, and discussions helping to outline the purpose and scenario to help with the decision making process.

Wow- how far these students have come from the little ones that may have put up their hand or thought ‘me first’.

At Snug Primary we continue to strive to put our students in positions were they are encouraged to learn from others, to be challenged by change, adversity and difference. Don’t we all learn from this?

Let’s continue to look for those moments when those around us have grown and succeeded, and give them praise for doing this. We want to encourage growth and the opportunities that come with those moments along our journey.

Many Blessings

Kath Dolliver
Chaplain

Message from the Kean Family

Susie, Brian, Jim and Calvin would like to pass on their gratitude and say a huge thank you to everyone that has donated, helped out or supported us in any way over the last few weeks. We really couldn’t have got through without our amazing family, friends and community. We have been overwhelmed with the generosity of people. You are all amazing. Even your kind thoughts and hugs have made our loss easier to cope with.

Cheers
Susie

Class In Focus – Year 1B

It’s been an exciting year so far for the intrepid learners from Class 1B. It’s a class where we ask the big questions, like: what’s the strongest shape? What’s 88 plus 88? What happens if I push this?

We are so very lucky to have our program supported by some amazing staff in the garden, drama room, STEM, music, library and PE departments.

Our class has also been visited this year by some caring and amazing people that have shared their passions with us – a special shout out here to Pete who came in to speak to us about the Hobart Rivulet Platypus.

Lately we have been trialling a Tuesday afternoon Guided Reading session where some parents have been coming in to read with a group of students and then complete some activities to work on their understanding, comprehension and fluency while reading.

We are thrilled to share some photos with our school community of some of the exciting things we’ve done.

1B Photos

Kinder C

Kitchen News

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is a proud Community Partner of Coles and we are working together to celebrate pleasurable food education both inside and outside the school gates.

From 8th to 23rd September Coles Kingston is fundraising for our Snug Primary School Kitchen Garden Program and will be encouraging a $2.00 donation at the checkout (via a donation token).

Please spread the word and encourage people to show at Coles Kingston to support them and to contribute to raising funds for our Kitchen Garden program.

Drama News

The Year 6 Drama Production “Short Play Festival” has been postphoned to Wednesday 3rd November. Tickets will be available to purchase up until the Tuesday 2nd November.

PE News

Our Snug Athletics Day will be Tuesday 26th October, however the 800m and 1500m events will the week before. Please see below for more details:

Athletics Carnival Calendar – parents are invited to all events

Year 3-6 Schools Triathlon Challenge

This event is back on this year, Friday 10th December.

Entry forms can be collected at the school office or printed directly off the STC website

The cost is a flat rate of $25.00 to register as an individual or in a team or for both. Entry fees (cash only) must be given to the school office with the completed form – please note, NO FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT FULL CASH PAYMENT. Entries close Friday 15th October (Term 4, Week 1)

For more information, jump on the STC website or see Mr Wishart.

Outside School Hours Care

2021 Information and Enrolment (Including Re-Enrolment)

2021 Enrolment and Re-Enrolment information is now available from the office and OSHC. There is new and important information that families need in these packs, so please be sure to collect one ASAP. Thanks!

Levies are now overdue

Levies are now overdue please make contact with the school office if the below payment options do not suit we can initiate a payment plan.

Payment options are:

• BPay (contact your bank or financial institution)
• BPoint ( www.bpoint.com.au/payments/deptofedu , Biller Name: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – Invoice)
• Service Tasmania (1300 13 55 13 or www.service.tas.gov.au , Product Code 242)
• School office (to pay by cash or card)

Entertainment Membership

Help our school raise funds and enjoy a year’s worth of discounts and savings for you and your family. Click here to sign up today:

School Banking

Tuesday is school banking day. Please remember to write your student number on the deposit slips. Replacement Dollarmite wallets are available from the office.

School Banking Handbook

New Bankers are very welcome – for every new banker, the school receives a $5.00 commission and then 5% of every deposit made thereafter. Just head to any Commonwealth Bank with some ID for yourself and your child (a drivers licence and birth certificate, for example) and ask to open a Youthsaver Account for School Banking. You’ll be given a deposit book and Dollarmites wallet on the spot and will be able to begin banking the next business day - it’s that easy!

Rewards Program: For every deposit your child makes, they will receive a silver Dollarmite token. Once they have received 10 tokens then will then receive a gold Dollarmite token which they can redeem for an exclusive Dollarmite reward item.

Kids Matter eNewsletter

Kingston Library - What’s On

Coming Events

For more information please see our school calendar by clicking the link below:

Community Notices

Marine Discovery Centre

2021 TERM DATES