16 September 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Hi Parents, Families and Community Members

There’s plenty going on at Snug Primary at the moment – so amazing to see so many of our students excelling!

Sports Colours Day

To celebrate the footy grand final, we are going to have a Sports Colours Day next Friday, 23 September. For a gold coin donation, students can wear the strip of their favourite footy team, or any other sports team. The gold coin will mean they also get a sausage and bread at lunchtime. (You should still pack some other lunch if one sausage is not enough!)

No School next Thursday

Due to the announcement of a public holiday to mark the passing of the Queen, there will be no school next Thursday, 22 September.

Chess Club

Snug Primary School students in the chess club did extremely well last week, placing third in their very first tournament. The chess club is proving to be super successful, with a significant number of students signing up to be part of it. Go Snug!

MAST Boat Safety

We had a representative from the community at Snug this week talking to students about boat safety. With water being such a central feature of our community, learning how to be safe on the water is so important for all of us.

Brixhibition

We ran our schools “Brixhibition” Lego competition last week, with entries from students from Prep to 6. A range of creative and exciting designs were created, with winners of each category going in to the running for our overall winner, who will attend the Hobart competition in October. The winner will be announced at assembly on Friday.

Margate/Snug Sports

It was a close contest between Snug and Margate in a 5/6 winter sports competition at Snug this week. Students from both schools were respectful, they all played hard but fairly and, above all, had a lot of fun doing it. In the end it was an even affair. Snug took the honours in the footy and basketball, while Margate came out on top in the indoor soccer and netball. The handball players enjoyed a chat and a fun competition. It was such a success, a visit by Snug to Margate has been locked in for Term 4.

Parent teacher interviews

If you haven’t done so already, please book a time for parent teacher interviews next week. It’s a great opportunity to have a chat with your child’s teacher about their progress, and their “where to next”.

NAPLAN Results

For parents of Year 3 and 5 students, the NAPLAN results arrived yesterday and will be sent home in an envelope this afternoon.

Parent Survey

Every year the Department of Education conducts School Satisfaction Surveys to find out what your child(ren)'s school does well and where it may improve.

We would be grateful if you completed our online survey about Snug Primary School. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school planning and decision-making.

The survey is open until Friday 23 September 2022 and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Take the online survey by clicking this link or pasting it in your browser:

The survey is carried out on a secure website and all responses are anonymous and confidential.

All families in this school received the same survey link and no identifying information is collected. A summary of the survey results will be provided to schools. with Responses from individuals or small groups will NOT be disclosed to any Department of Education staff.

Please contact Snug Primary School if you require any assistance.

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey.

New changes to COVID-19 isolation

Public Health has recently changed the mandatory COVID-19 isolation period from seven days to five days.

This means COVID-19 cases can leave isolation, provided they:

• are no longer displaying symptoms on Day 5 of their isolation period, and
• have had no fever for 24 hours prior to Day 5.

People that leave isolation on or after Day 5 must wear a face mask in all settings for Days 5, 6 and 7 – even if they are not displaying symptoms. People are strongly recommended to wear a face mask indoors on Days 8, 9 and 10.

Students under the age of 12 and all primary school students are not required to wear face masks when leaving isolation.

To read more about this change, please visit the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website.

For any COVID-19 enquiries, please contact the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline  on 1800 671 738, or Department of Education COVID-19 Support Hotline at COVID19support@education.tas.gov.au or on 1800 816 057.

If you need support translating or interpreting this information, contact the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450.

Kind Regards,

Blair Curtis
Principal

Kath’s Spot

I am not sure if you have cottoned on to it yet, but there is a new series on TV called ‘Old People’s Homes for Teenagers’. It’s a lead on series from the very popular “Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds’. It is half way through the season so far, three episodes in, and has successfully seen me cry every week, after being thoroughly engaged by the relationships built between these two groups in society that are often given a bit of a bad wrap, or not much time of day.

Not to let the cat out of the bag, but we have seen teenagers, who would usually spend all day in a room by themselves, thoroughly engaged in conversation, and now laughing and even public speaking, and older people who would usually be alone in their home with no interaction with anyone be hugged by a teenager and told “we missed you”.

For you, I wonder, what engages you in relationships? What keeps you wanting to leave the home in order to spend time with someone else? Is it, when you feel seen by someone else? When someone acknowledges how you are feeling, or gives you permission to feel that way? Or when someone accepts you just as you are?

As I sit and watch this series, being a fly on the wall if you will, I notice how every interaction, every effort that is made to engage someone else can make a difference in their world. Every hello, goodbye, every smile, every laugh, can change the way that someone else perceives their life to be. Never under estimate the difference you can make to someone else’s world! You are amazing and your impact is incredible on the lives around you, keep up the good work!

Many Blessings

Kath Dolliver
Chaplain

Class in Focus – 3B

In 3B we have been working to try and describe movements in our writing. We would like to share with you our favourite sentences from our current narratives:

There right in front of him there was the most beautiful tree full of juicy and crunchy green leaves - Eve

Tess felt the rough brown bark on her soft grey fur, slowly stretching ourt her harms to reach for her soft grey furball of a baby - Lottie

Cobra lifted his chest and stretched his mouth wide - Mason

A white paw emerged from the thick green grass - Abby

Bob drifted slowly on his back and his black and white legs were drenched in water - Ollie

Lottie puts on a twirling show for her axolotl comrades; they clap and cheer and Lottie whispers to herself “How did I predict that today will be fantastic?” - Felix

My Dad held his hand around his mouth and called “Here boy! Here Tank!” - Bentley

Belle, a week old Samoyd puppy was snuggled asleep with her small head resting on her soft, furry puppy paws—Millie

Snowy liked her silky white black fluff—Layla

He felt a little hungry so he pinched a curved, lush green leaf - Griffin

...feeling the rushing wind through her tiny fingers and the rough brown tree bark through her small toes—Eleanor

Fluffball got to her feet and gently crouched on her soft, furry paws, slowly opening her mouth and yawning—Clayton

Declan stretched his neck, trying to get the last bit of the green grass—Hamish W

The snake slithered from side to side and stared at the sunset—Jasper

Russell stretches his neck from the nest and waddles down the branch—Matilda

The Snow Leopard pushed its’ paw on the snowy ground and peered around—Hamish G

Chris gently laid his paw on the paper like bamboo—Van

Pixie stared fearlessly into the bright blue sky—Esther

The panther blinked and opened its mouth—Isabella

Even though Christopher felt squished, he pulled his head back and then forwards to tap the eggshell with his mouth—Summer

Chris slowly lifted his head and yawned as he stretches his wide open mouth - Toby

We hope you enjoyed them!

Schools Triathlon

The Years 3-6 Primary Schools Triathlon is fast approaching. This year, it is on Friday 2nd December at Bellerive Beach. You can register as an individual, in a team or both! Mr Wishart will host a meeting in week 7 & 9 for anyone interested in participating. Entry forms can be collected at the office and completed forms returned to the office with full payment of $25.00 (cash or card) by Wednesday 19th October (Week 1, Term 4). For more information, please visit the link below.

Little Sprouts and Little Movers

Little Sprouts Timetable – Term 3

Little Movers Timetable – Term 3

Outside School Hours Care

2022 Information and Enrolment (Including Re-Enrolment)

Kids Matter eNewsletter

Coming Events

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Community Notices

Showtime Soccer

Showtime Soccer is an organisation run by professional soccer player Nick Taylor who has played both overseas and locally. He and his team will help the students to learn about the 4 basic skills used in soccer, and they will use drills and games across the day to practice these skills. The day is fully catered for, and all the players always have lots of fun together enjoying being a soccer star for the day!!

Story and Rhyme Training

Kingborough Community Hub

2022 TERM DATES