18 March 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Hi Parents, Families and Community,

It’s hard to believe we are already six weeks through term 1! Things certainly feel like they are moving through at a great rate.

Teaching and Learning

Our teachers have already started to dig into our professional learning focus for this year – in particular, formative assessment, and how our teachers use student data to inform their teaching to cater for the range of needs in their classes.

Meet the Teachers

Just a reminder, that all of our classroom teachers will have contacted you re online Meet the Teacher sessions online next week. If you are interested in participating, but haven’t yet done so, contact the classroom teacher, and they can add you. Its an opportunity to chat about the class, and the programs that will be running for your child this year. If you would like a more personal discussion about your child, please contact the teacher and make a time.

Primary Progress Reports

Primary Progress Reports will be sent home next week. This tick-a-box report related to student capabilities will give you a snapshot about how your child is settling in to the classroom in 2022. Subject specific grades, with a new, nine-point scale, will go home at the end of term 2.

Changes to reporting in 2022

This year, you will notice some changes to reporting in Tasmanian Government Schools.

Firstly, you won’t see A-E reporting any more for Prep to Year 10 students.

Most families in Tasmanian Government Schools have told us that A-E reporting isn’t meaningful enough for them. So, the Department is introducing a new 9-point visual scale.

Along with the visual scale a worded description will be included to help you understand how your child is going against the expected standard for their year level. The 9-point scale will show more specifically where your child is at with their learning. This change won’t apply to students in Years 11 and 12.

The second main change you’ll see is that teachers will be communicating with you more regularly throughout the year, instead of providing written comments on reports.

This more regular communication might be through online communication, telephone calls, or face-to-face conversations.

By having more regular information about your child’s learning progress you’ll get a better understanding of how your child is going across the entire school year (not just twice a year).

What you should expect across the school year:

Families will be supported to understand the new reporting requirements and the changes to mid and end of year report as they are implemented.

Watch the video introducing the changes: Changes to reporting in 2022

If you’d like to know more about why these changes are occurring, visit Review into Reporting to Families - The Department of Education Tasmania

Kind Regards,
Blair Curtis
Principal

Kath’s Spot

When you come up against challenges I wonder what your instant “go to is?”. Is it to divert, or maybe procrastinate hoping that time will tick over or the task might somehow go away. Or do you get in straight away and do it straight away? Or does it depend on the task I wonder?

I think for me sometimes I really have to encourage myself under my breath “okay Kath, you’ve got this, let’s just get in and get in over and done with straight away, otherwise it might take even longer”. Does this sound familiar?

Here at Snug Primary we have been talking with our students about the fact that we know that challenging work helps your brain grow. Did you know that? It literally helps new pathways to develop, and in turn grows your brain! And don’t we all want that to happen? Do even though sometimes our children and students may feel like challenging work can be a struggle, it is a struggle worth pushing through, because they will learn and grow from the experience. And when that happens everyone is happy!!!! So lets all encourage each other to have a go, and to push through, even just one more step further than what we have tried before. Because we only fail, if we fail to try!

Many Blessings

Kath Dolliver
Chaplain

Class in Focus – Year 6B

Staff Student Basketball

On Wednesday the 9th of March the stage was set and as the bell rang for lunchtime the basketball court was flooded with enthusiasm as the crowds surrounded the court to watch the Year 6 students take on a team of staff members in a game of Basketball. During the term so far, students have been learning skills in Physical Education about basketball and how to control the ball and knowing the rules of the game.

While everyone surrounded the court and supported with cheers and applause, the staff worked hard to steal the ball off the Year 6 students and push it down their end of the court. There was even a few 3-pointer shots put in the hoop, before the Year 6’s got stuck in and stole the ball back and took off down their end to take some more shots at their hoop. Unfortunately the end score showed that on this particular day the staff were too strong for the students, however the determination and persistence by all the Year 6 students on the day was wonderful to see, Here’s to many more challenging future games!

By Kath Dolliver.

School Photos

Due to the high number of absent student and staff due to Covid, our school photo days had to be postponed. They will now be held on Tuesday 2nd August for all students (excluding Kinder B) and Friday 5th August (for Kinder B students only).

Little Sprouts and Little Movers

Little Sprouts Timetable – Term 1

Little Movers Timetable – Term 1

Play2Learn

Play2Learn is an early learning program that helps parents prepare their kids for school. It’s fun and free! Check it out!

Snug Primary School Website

Please check out our school website if you haven’t recently. It’s been updated with all the current COVID data provided to us by the Department of Education, as well as our usual school calendar, enrolment forms, health information, OSHC documents, Little Sprouts updates, links to contact us and so on. The address is snugps.schoolzine.com

Book Club

Book Club orders are submitted and paid for online via the Book Clubs Loop. It’s a very straightforward process to sign up and then super quick and easy to place orders. The Loop for the current book issue will be closed off on 18 March (today!) so ensure you have your orders in by then. Books will arrive to school and be distributed to students a few weeks later.

Outside School Hours Care

2022 Information and Enrolment (Including Re-Enrolment)

2022 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!

Kids Matter eNewsletter

Kingston Library - What’s On

Coming Events

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Community Notices

2022 TERM DATES