Moana Production Crew 

The tarp is down and the paint is rolling, set design is in full swing along with costumes busily being designed and created!

The Book Fair is coming to Swansea Primary School!

It will be arriving on Tuesday 16th August and will be here until 25th August.

Students will have the opportunity to complete a wish list during the first week of the fair.

Every purchase you make earns learning and literacy resources for our school.

Come by and support our school whilst getting your hands on the best new children’s books!

Design a bookmark and go into the draw to have your artwork professionally printed!

Celebrate the 2022 Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week by designing a bookmark that explores this year's theme, "Dreaming with eyes open..."

The competition is open to all school age young people in Tasmania.  Pick up an entry form at your local library or download a copy Libraries Tasmania Bookmark Competition

Entries open Monday 25 July and close Friday 26 August 2022.

Scholastic Book Fair in the Library from August 16th - 25th 

Can you believe the generosity of our community?  The response to our Silent Auction fundraiser to raise money for our community bike and scooter track has by far, exceeded all of our expectations and we thank you all!  From sharing and liking our social media posts, to getting involved and of course the very much needed donations and they keep rolling in!  Keep an eye out for our extra special addition tonight and keep bidding.  The approximate costs for the whole project is around $58,000 but we are well on the way to reaching our goal and hope to hear news from our FRRR grant application before the end of August. 

Next week the girls will be trialling a fitting range for the new addition to our school uniform that was passed through the School Association meeting on Monday night.  Three items will be added to the uniform list and include:

• a school bag with logo ($65.00),
• school home folder (the School Association have committed to purchasing every student with one which will be sent home at the end of the year with the book packs booklist – any replacements will be $18.00) and,
• full length school leggings for the girls with a logo (available midway through Term 4 at a cost of $52.00 a pair).

Next week, all girls will be fitted to determine approximate numbers of each size required for purchase.  Please note, the girls are not trying to buy or even being encouraged to purchase the leggings, they are simply helping us with our audit and projection of sizes as they move through the school.  There is a minimum purchase of 50 units.  If you would like your daughter’s size, we will be happily to provide this to you for pre-ordering, should you wish to purchase them.

Thank you for your ongoing support of our school.

Have a lovely weekend.

Kristy Hay

Principal 

School Lunch on Wednesday

Every Wednesday a cooking group will work with Beth to prepare and serve lunch to the whole school.  All students and staff will sit down to share lunch together. 

There will be no charge for food.

Please let us know if there are any special dietary requirements for your child and we will accommodate this in our planning and preparation.

This week we made

Chicken & vegetable stir-fry

500g chicken thigh fillets diced

1 diced onion 

1 diced carrot

and vegetables of your choice,

we used corn, capsicum, snowpeas, beans and broccoli.

soy sauce (to taste)

1 packet stir fry noodles (Vermicelli rice noodles, egg noodles)

Cook chicken and onion in pan until brown, add vegetables & sauce and mix well.  

When vegetables are cooked add noodles and serve.

Numeracy Skills in Kinder/Prep

Every day in the Kinder/Prep class we become more aware of the numeracy skills we use to solve problems.  These skills are like a toolbox that we can draw from when ever we need.  When we practise using these skills they continue to grow. 

Here are some examples of the mathematical based learning experiences we have enjoyed this week!

 Georgina

“I’m sorting the shapes by colours.”

Flora

“I’m putting the numbers in the right order.”

Ella

“I’m cutting up 20 biscuits to share out.”

Melody

Melody is making ‘12’ using one ten and two ones.

Riley

“I’m making a giant Swan/Oyster pattern!”

Lincoln

“I made a snake using triangles.”

 Felix

Felix investigating the question ‘can numbers be halved...and how can we show this?’

Baily

Baily practising his counting skills!

Zeb

Zeb’s hands are green because he has just finished measuring various ingredients to make the class a new batch of playdough! 

Emmett

Emmett brought some coins to class.  This sparked a morning investigation into different types of Australian coins, their names/values and what makes them unique!

Poppie

Poppie’s playdough forest!

The Lollipop Song

12 lollipops in the candy shop,

Round and fat with sprinkles on top.

Along came a boy with a penny one day,

Bought a lollipop and took it away!’

Science Week 15th - 23rd August

In the 3/4/5/6 class we are busily preparing for Science Week.

We will be having a science week expo which will be recorded and shared with all families.  More information available soon.