We've had a wonderful fortnight with a hive of activity from educational opportunities including a 1-6 excursion to the Royal Botanical Gardens and Cascade's Female Factory in South Hobart to a Cyber Safety Workshop and the hatching of twenty five, New Hampsire Chicks in the 456, to participating in the SPSSA Cross Country Carnival at Bayview High School on Wednesday.

I am proud to say that SPS participate with enthusiasm and performed above all expectations receiving an overall fourth place in C Division Carnvial, competeing against the twenty other southern schools including Bothwell, Brighton B, Campania, Clarendon Vale, Collinsvale, Dunalley, Gagebrook, Glenora, Goodwood, Herdsman’s Cove, Kempton, New Norfolk, Orford, Risdon Vale, Springfield Gdns, South Arm, Triabunna, Warrane & Westerway. Congratulations Team!

The following students placed in the top 10 for their age group and are off to Symmons Plains to particpate in the Primary All Schools Cross Country State Championships:

Lachlan, Ben, Occy, Chelea, Sophie, Roland, Ivy, Clancy, Millie, Abby, Alex. Congratulations to all participants - we will celebrate in Assembly on Friday 1st July at 9:30am.  

For those of you who dont know, I am a huge fan of The Royal Family and I am extremely excited to share with you all that we have a very, very special guest - Her Excellency, The Honorable Barbara Baker AC - The Governor of Tasmania visiting Swansea Primary School on her tour of the East Coast on Tuesday 14th June as part The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year. The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II as the Queen of Australia. As the sovereign predominantly lives outside Tasmania, the governor's primary task is to perform the sovereign's constitutional duties on their behalf.

Her Excellency, will be planting a tree in our new Nature Playground.  We are anxiously awaiting her arrival!

Have a wonderful fortnight,

Kristy Hay

Principal

Reminder to families all medication that is needing to be administered at school or on an excursion, must have the above form filled in by the doctor or pharmacist along with all medication having a pharmacy label stating the childs name and instructions on dose and frequency of medication.

This also applies to all medication that hasn't been prescribed from the doctor, for example travel sick tablets, panadol, anthisitmaines.

We are excited to share that we have successfully hatched 25 happy and healthy New Hampshire chicks! As part of the fun of our Biological Sciences unit on lifecycles.

The chickens have been very busy at Swansea Primary School and the classroom has come alive with 25 chirping chickens!

The chicks have been enjoying visiting our homes for a sleepover and they have been very spoilt and well cared for.

Thank you for supporting this memorable experience!

Kristy Hay Principal - Mother Hen!

Courage Video

Chaplaincy Week at Swansea Primary School was held betweent he 23rd and 27th of May.

Mrs Wells our School Chaplain created a lovely Courage video with the students, along with creating placemats representing Courage for the Swansea RSL Bistro.  

On Friday the 3rd of June, the grade 1-6's had a wonderful excursion in Hobart.  We visited the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens first, followed by a trip to the Cascades Female Factory.

We learnt a great deal about the Arthur Wall and growing our own food.  We also went on our own adventure through the gardens, discovering the beautiful Huon Pines, the duck pond and waterfalls.

The Female Factory gave us a deep insight into what life was like for the female convicts in Hobart.  We spent time on a tour of the grounds and also participated in activities from the convict era, including spinning, wool carding and clothes washing.

We hope you enjoy our photos from this wonderful excursion.

Well done to all students that participated in the SPSSA Cross Country Carnival in Hobart on Wednesday! All students should be commended on their exceptional efforts!

Congratulations to the following students on their individual placings:

Lachlan    4^th place in the Grade 3 Boys event

Roland     3^rd place in the Grade 4 Boys event

Millie        3^rd place in the Grade 6 Girls event

Abby        4^th place in the Grade 6 Girls event

Clancy      4^th place in the Grade 5 Boys event

Alex         2^nd place in the Grade 6 Boys event

Congratulations to the following team placings:

Grade 3 Boys came 2^nd in the team event

Grade 4 Girls came 3rd in the team event

Grade 4 Boys came 4th in the team event

Grade 6 Girls came 4^th in the team event

Swansea placed 4^th overall!

In Art this week, Lower Primary learned about four flags of Australia - the national, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, and the Tasmanian flag. We talked about how flags celebrate belonging to a community. We also talked about how people with Aboriginal history  have been in Australia for a very long time - longer than anyone else. We learned about the Aboriginal flag  - where the colours are and what they represent. Then we made handprint flags and a windcatcher using red, yellow and black. We took our windcatchers outside to catch the breeze in front of the flag poles. The flags are really flying in the wind this week!

How does Middle Primary measure up?

Middle Primary have had some fun with measurement this week.  In pairs, we measured many different sections of our body and recorded our findings.  We have been working hard to be accurate in our measuring and write the unit of measurement in our work.  Middle primary really enjoyed this activity and are looking forward to using their information to create graphs, compare measurements and extend our learning in maths.

Individual Learning Journeys

Students fromt he upper primary class have selcted samples that demonstrate progress along their individual learning journey in a subject of their choice. 

Learning Journey's are very different for each student in our class and growth is celebrated when personal growth is acheived!

Students have reflected on why they chose a particular sample to share with you from a range of learning areas such as; Music, Maths, English, HASS, Personal and Social Capability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.

Swansea Primary School Association will be meeting on the 15th of June at 5pm at the school all welcome to attend onsite or please follow the link below:

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