We’ve had a great end to the semester although unfortunately, due to inclement weather, the East Coast Colour Run at The Spring Bay Mill (SBM) in Triabunna has been postponed.  We are already looking forward to dates when all three schools can partipate.  Regardless, I would like to thank, Miss Murray for her miticulous planning of the event and Glamorgan Spring Bay Council for providing a monetary contribution of $200 per school for transport as well as Triabunna Pop Up Book Stall (PUBS) for their support and funds towards the combined SBM BBQ and transport of $3450 because without their support this event wouldn’t even be a possibility.    

You will have been inundated with information regarding Mid – Year Reports that were sent home yesterday.  This Semester, Swansea Primary School students in Year 1 – Year 6 have been assessed against the new 9-point scale in English, Maths and Science and Health and Physical Education has been assessed using the 5-point worded rating by Miss Walch. Prep students in 2022 will only receive an end of year report using this format. Kinder students have recently received their Kindergarten Development Check results via face-to-face interviews with Miss Pearce and Prep to Year 6 interviews will take place in Week 1 of Term 3 from the 26^th-28^th July. For teachers and parents to come together and discover areas of weakness and strengths of a student can help the student immensely towards achieving their aspirational and personal goals. 

Yesterday we held a virtual awards assembly to celebrate the growth and contribution of many of our students and staff this semester.  It was wonderful to have over half of our parents join us but if you missed it - please enjoy the recording below.

I hope you all have a restful and enjoyable break, whether you're planning on staying put on the East Coast or venturing off on a holiday destination.  Keep well, and we will see you all next term.  Students return on Tuesday 26th July. 

Kristy Hay

Principal

RESPECT AWARDS 

Olivia E

Olivia is polite to her classroom teachers and is always keen to stop what she is doing to help a friend in need.  All staff have noticed the extra effort Olivia has been putting into wearing her full school uniform this term.  During pack-up time, Olivia strives to keep our learning environment beautiful and tidy.  Her drawing and writing work also reflect this.  Well done and congratulations, Olivia! 

Joanie B

Joanie upholds this school value in everything she does.  She is polite, patient, a fantastic listener and shows a great deal of respect towards school property.  Well done and congratulations on your first award, Joanie!    

Cooper H 

Cooper is a student who consistently displays respect both in and outside the classroom. He is a wonderful friend to others, including those who he sees may need some encouragement to join in. Cooper is a happy and well-liked peer in our middle primary class. Cooper tries his best within the classroom, showing pride in his schoolwork and respect for himself.

Melody H

Melody is a polite and friendly member of the middle class.  She includes others in games readily, and always has a smile and a kind word for others.  Melody has great respect for her schoolwork, giving her all to ensure that she is displaying her best each and every day.

Alice C

Alice unwaveringly models respect in the way she positively interacts with and supports others.  She is always mindful of diversity and appreciates different perspectives from her own.

Ivy H

Ivy is consistently courteous and considerate of others.  She volunteers to help others and is generous with her time and patience.  Ivy works co-operatively with anyone and she is inclusive of all in the playground.

Principals Award

Carlix S 

Carlix arrives at school each Kinder day with a smile on his face and a bounce in his step. He enjoys the socialisation school provides and ensures he makes polite conversations with his teachers, peers and whole school staff each day. Carlix is to be commended on his positive approach towards school life and the confidence he shows when conversing with adults. Carlix brightens up each kinder day and has shown all four values of courage, aspiration, growth and respect throughout Term 1.  What a wonderful start you have had to school Carlix. Well done!  

COURAGE AWARDS

Bella N 

Bella has been demonstrating increased determination and courage in her approach to learning to read and write.  It has also been wonderful to watch Bella enjoy helping others to find courage, speak up and find help if they need it.  Well done and congratulations, Bella!

Lucas J

Lucas has demonstrated a great deal of courage in his move to Swansea Primary School. Lucas has settled in so well that it is hard to believe he has only been with the Early Years classroom for less than 10 weeks!  His approach to making friends, learning and participating in all aspects of daily school life at SPS has been outstanding and inspiring to watch.  Well done and congratulations, Lucas!

Emmett P

Emmett’s writing has shown wonderful improvements this term.  He has displayed a passion for trying his best at new words, even when it has been a challenge for him.  Emmett has created some wonderful written pieces in Term 2.

Zeb B

Zebastian has shown a deep desire to improve his writing this term.  His courageous efforts in having a go at tricky spelling words have allowed Zebastian to create magic in his sentences and paragraphs, which he readily shares with his peers.

Abby L

Abby has grown in her self-belief to the become a brave leader who is organised, fair and inclusive.  Abby is strong in her ability to focus on what matters at school and courageously participates in all activities at school.

Harry H

Harry is courageous in the way he is always willing and prepared for any challenges in the classroom.  His ‘can do’ attitude means that he can step out of his comfort zone and have a go, even when he knows it might be difficult. 

PRINCIPALS AWARD

Millie S

Mille Sparshott is to be commended for her commitment to learning and demonstrating the Department values of Courage, Aspiration, Growth and Respect as a Grade 6 leader. More recently, Millie demonstrated growth and courage in her commitment to our upcoming School Production of Disney's Moana, and I want to congratulate her on this achievement and wish her well for the many rehearsals, yet to come! Well done, Millie! 

SPORTS CAPTAIN AWARDS

Eli W 

Showing growth and participating in all games.

Flora M

Flora always demonstrates the four values during daily PE. She consistently participates

in all activities and encourages her teammates to try their best.  

Holly L

Participating in Daily PE and showing growth and trying her best , while helping others.

Quinn H

Particitpating in everything, listening and not giving up when things are hard.

He is showing respect towards his peers and is always kind.

NAIDOC Week explorations through play and Inquiry

Middle Primary have been working very hard to improve their handwriting this term.  As a class, we have been using individual whiteboards with lines to practise our letter formation, names and daily phonics focus.  We have also worked hard on number formation and direction, as well as skip counting patterns. 

Why is Handwriting important?

The brain engages differently when we write something by hand as opposed to typing it on a keyboard or by touching a screen.  Studies show that writing improves memory; students retain learning better when working with new ideas through handwriting instead of typing.  When children learn to write by hand they not only learn to read more quickly but they are better able to generate ideas and retain information.

Why is Skip Counting Important?

In grade 1, we focus on investigating and describing number patterns formed by skip-counting and patterns with objects.  Students develop confidence with number sequences to and from 100 by ones from any starting point. Skip count by twos, fives and tens starting from zero.

In grade 2, we focus on investigating number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and tens from any starting point, then moving to other sequences.

In grade 3, students learn to describe, continue, and create number patterns resulting from performing addition or subtraction.

Middle Primary are very proud of all the work they have been doing with successful results.

What are you proud of this term?

Alice: I feel proud of my maths work because last term I was not so good at simple maths equations.

Chloe: I feel proud of my narative writing because I don't really think I have ever written like this before! I am very proud of my effort towards writing this term.

Roland: I am very proud of my writing and creating my narative on the computer and I like learning maths.

Tia: I am really proud of my handwriting and spelling.  I am also proud of my daily PE skills like football.  I am proud of my story - I did over 600 words so I'm very proud of that!

Chelea: I feel proud of my work in Health and PE and I try to finish my work well.

Millie: I feel proud of receiving certificates in assembly because I earnt them by working hard.  I got Aussie of the Month, Principals Award and two Cross Country Awards.

Evie: This term I feel proud of typing beause I have typed a lot more than I usualy do. I have improved my writing by adding in speech.

Rex: I feel proud that I got to help the Governor of Tasmania plant a tree.

Joshua: This term I feel proud of my narratives because I have improved my writing skills and know about adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs and descriptive writing.

Sophie: I feel proud of running in the SPSSA cross country and I got picked to Symons Plains. I can 190 out of aproximately 250 grade 4 girls and it took me 11 minues and 17 seconds.

Georgia: I feel proud of getting Aussie of the Month because I didn't think it would be me.  I got it because I was honest, kind, helpful, and including others.  

Alex: This term I feel proud of my progress in 9,12 and 8 times tables and I have improved with all my times tables.

Abby I am proud of my writing and narrative skills because I am able to write a story with descriptive words and make the story interesting for the reader.

Clancy: This term I feel proud of my maths because I have improved my ability with division.

Jaxon: I am proud of maths because I am getting answers correct and writing because I am getting neater.

Harry: I feel proud of getting a Courage certificate because I've been good at being brave and trying new things.

Ivy: I am proud of the way I have made my narative story more sophisticated by working on the story line and including descriptions. 

Hattie: I am proud of my Health project beacuse I like the design of it.

Jorja: This trem I am proud of learning times tables.

Well done to all students that participated in the SPSSA Cross Country Carnival in Hobart and the Primary All Schools State Cross Country Championship held at Symmons Plains. All students should be commended on their exceptional efforts! On the day each student demonstrated Resilience, Courage and determination. They all should be proud of their achievements as they represented Swansea Primary School with pride!  

SPSSA team:

Riley C

Occy J

Will M

Lachlan J - Lachlan J 4^th place in the Grade 3 Boys event

Ben B

Fred W

Zephyr J

Cooper H

Ryder R

Sophie H

Hattie T

Evie L

Chelea A

Georgia W

Roland A- Roland A 3^rd place in the Grade 4 Boys event

Henry H

Xavier H

Harry H

Ivy H

Chloe W

Tia N

Clancy H - Clancy H 4^th place in the Grade 5 Boys event

Jaxon W

Millie S- Millie S 3^rd place in the Grade 6 Girls event

Abi Lyne - Abby Lyne 4^th place in the Grade 6 Girls event

Alex M- Alex M 2^nd place in the Grade 6 Boys event

Josh B

Congratulations to the following team placings:

Grade 3 Boys came 2^nd in the team event

Occy, Will, Lachlan, Ben, Fred and Zephyr.

Grade 4 Girls came 3rd in the team event

Sophie, Hattie, Evie, Chelea and Georgia

Grade 4 Boys came 4th in the team event

Roland, Henry, Xavier, Harry, and a special mention to Cooper and Ryder who were also a part of this team and stepped up and demonstrated courage when participating in the grade 4 for event. 

Grade 6 Girls came 4^th in the team event

Millie and Abby

Swansea placed 4^th overall which is an amazing achievement!

Congratulations to all students that were a part of the SPSSA team!

Symmons Plains

On Tuesday the 22^nd of June more than 2000 students from around the state participated All Schools State Cross Country Championship at Symmons Plains. All students should be congratulated on their efforts at this carnival. A special thank you to Mrs Sparshott and the parents who accompanied their child on the day and made it possible for them to have the opportunity to compete in this carnival.

All Schools State Cross Country Championship:

Grade 3 Boys

Occy J

Ben B

Lachlan J

Grade 4 Girls

Sophie H

Grade 4 Boys

Roland A

Grade 5 Girls

Ivy H

Grade 5 Boys

Clancy H

Grade 6 Girls

Millie S

Abigail L

Grade 6 Boys

Alex M

SWAN V'S OYSTER HOUSE POINT TALLY

END OF TERM 2 

OYSTER = 949 POINTS

SWAN = 1001 POINTS 

This year is the first year that the All Schools State Cross Country Championships has had official photographers on the race course.

We photographed every race from 9 year olds through to U20. We can’t be certain, but we believe we captured a photograph of every student who raced. With over 5,700 images across the two days, there’s every chance that every student from your school could have a picture on our website.

As most parents would be unaware of our efforts, could you please include a notice in the school newsletter?

Access to the site is via this link:

www.photographtasmania.com.au/events

Families can then select either the Primary or Secondary school's event, then select the race that the student competed in.

Digital images start at $4 and prints start at $4.50.

Wow, what a fantastic event the Bingo & Curry Fundraiser ended up being! We had a great turnout from the local community on the night, with over 70 guests coming along to try their luck against Fay Read and her brilliant bingo calling bonanza. It was a hugely fun and entertaining evening and by the end of the night we had raised over $4,000 for the school and its new Community Nature Play Space. We couldn’t have done it without the incredible support of our families and the wider community so a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came along on the night, to Tracey & Claire for the delicious curries, Mayfield Estate, Spring Vale & Splendid for the bar, the school staff for their tireless work to get us event ready and, of course, all the wonderful local businesses who so generously donated the raffle and bingo prizes, making the event a sure-fire fundraising success story. 

This local business will soon be partnering with Claire Symons, Tassie So Brave Ambassador 2022.

Regards 

Ellie,Meg,Evie,Bella & Georgia