Fairview Primary School eNewsletter

From The Principal

Dear Fairview Community,

There are clear signs of spring in the air with some lovely weather in recent weeks. It has been heartening to see such amazing learning happening across the school especially in the focus area of reading. Many of our students have recently been recognised for their engagement with home reading and received certificates for the nights they have read, these students should certainly be proud of this achievement. If you have engaged with our Facebook page you will have noticed lots of examples of fantastic learning happening within our classes and as extra-curricula activities.

Last week a number of our year 2 students contributed to National Tree Planting Day by planting trees on site. Also earlier this week I was fortunate to be able to attend the rehearsals for the combined schools band at the Derwent Entertainment Centre. The growth of our music students in this program, across the course of the year, has been amazing. Especially so through their efforts over the two day rehearsal. I cannot wait to hear what the performance sounds like at the end of the year. On Friday we have the combined school Sassafras Band performing at Fairview for our students which will be a great opportunity for all students to see something they may wish to be part of in future years.

This term our pre-kinder program has started, this is a great program for students beginning kinder next year to help them feel more comfortable about engaging with schooling and getting to know our staff and programs. If you know anybody that is in the Fairview zone and turning five in 2024, please encourage them to engage with this program and let the school know of their intention to enrol.

In week 5 (a week and a half away) we have book week, with the parade on Wednesday 23^rd, parents and carers are invited to attend please see further in this newsletter for more details.

For our grade 4 to 6 students the yearly wellbeing survey will be conducted later this term. This provides a snapshot for the school to see how our students wellbeing is tracking, areas of strength but also areas we may be able to focus on to improve. Specific information for students in those year groups will be provided.

I look forward to a great term ahead.

David

Every School Day Matters.

Are you making every school day count?

It’s Term 3 already – welcome back for another term!

As we move through the school year, sometimes regular school attendance can be challenging.

It’s important your child keeps up good attendance habits though.

Going to school every day means your child has every chance to learn, and be around their friends and teachers. Every day adds up, to benefit your child now and in the future.

If you’re having trouble getting your child to school, please talk to us. We’ll listen to your situation, and help in any way we can.

If you’re looking for tips on how to create better attendance habits, visit the Anything can happen website.

It’s fantastic to see so many students from Fairview taking advantage of the nice weather we are experiencing, and riding their bicycles or scooters to and from school.

Please remind your child to always ride safely and respectfully to school, especially making sure they wear a helmet, being aware of other road users and pedestrians using footpaths as they ride to school.

Students also wear the school uniform and we encourage them to continue representing our school in a positive way, displaying our school values, as they travel to and from school.’

Just a friendly reminder that Bikes & Scooters aren’t to be ridden on school grounds for safety of our other students and parents.

School Lunch Program

As part of the School Lunch Project, children are receiving free cooked lunches on some days each week. To help better understand the benefits and challenges of providing cooked school lunches, researchers from the University of Tasmania are interested in hearing feedback from parents and caregivers in Term 3. You are invited to complete a short survey. Every parent who completes a survey will go in the draw to win a $20 Visa/Mastercard voucher. We are also conducting discussion groups/interviews with parents and caregivers which will be held at the school, you can express your interest in taking part in the discussion group at the link. Every person who takes part will receive a $50 voucher for participation.

If you would like to participate, please follow this link:

https://redcap.utas.edu.au/surveys/?s=F3X9NJWYD44FDFWY

We thank you in advance for your participation!

5/6 Bradshaw

In 5/6 Bradshaw we have been focussing on our building our reading skills through rotation work such as reading summaries, vocabulary building, comprehension skills and re-tell responses.

3/4 Seen-Bromell

Fish tanks

This activity involved making 3D fish tanks or aquariums. The students approached this activity with great enthusiasm.

Naidoc Week Poster

The aim of this activity was for the students to work together to produce a large art piece. Each student completed one or more pieces of work which were then put together. The result was very effective.

3/4 O'Brien

We have been learning about writing and following procedures. 3/4 OB were given instructions to make a pirate hat (one group was given pictures, another group just the written instructions) We had to follow the procedure as closely as we could, making sure we didn't miss any steps, or else our hats would end up looking a bit funny! Everyone had a blast comparing their hats to each other and learning to follow a procedure by ourselves.

Music- Band

On Monday the 7^th and Tuesday the 8^th Band students from Fairview Primary School joined their peers at Mystate Bank Arena to learn songs that they will be playing in a concert later on in the year.

It was two big days focusing on music with many smiles and beautiful sounds made by all.

Art Landscapes Prep-1

Preps and Grade 1's enjoyed making some landscapes based upon the samples currently displayed around the room for the upper grades. Amazing observational skills Prep Ones.

Art Watercolour Paints Prep - 1

PGH, P1J and 1BT had fun using getting creative by using watercolours to create these amazing artworks.

Grades 3-6 have been working on elements of landscapes. They practiced painting trees without using brushes. These were done using cling wrap for the leaves and wooden knives for the trunks.

Everyone celebrated Cracker Night with explosions of colour in the dark. Grades 3-6 used oil pastels and included horizons and reflections. Grade 2 used wooden knives to print their starbursts while Prep and Grade 1 stamped their explosions using pipe cleaners

Classes have decorated leaves with patterns or message symbols to display for NAIDOC week.

Book Week

Book Week is 21-25 August.

Here at Fairview we love celebrating our love of reading.

This year the theme is READ GROW INSPIRE.

Our Book Week Parade will be held on Wednesday 23rd August.

Students can come to school on Wednesday dressed up as their favourite book character. Please ensure students wear appropriate shoes and do not bring weapons to school.

School Association Fundraising

The Father's Day Stall will be held on Wednesday 30th August for Kindys. Thursday 31st August for Prep-6 students and Friday 1st September is a catch up day for students who missed out or wish to purchase a second gift.

The Fundaraising Committee have a lot of wonderful gifts ready for students to purchase. Prices will range from $1 to $10.

Meals On Wheels

Dental Health Week

New Norfolk Redcaps

The New Norfolk Cricket Club are looking for players for the 2023/24 season! We are hoping to have an U13’s and U15’s girls team, an U14’s and U16’s boys team and a Stage Two team (for children aged 7-10 or inexperienced). We are also hoping to run Master Blaster sessions for children not quite ready for “real cricket”.

We would like invite past and future players to the following dates:

Free Meet and Greet BBQ - Sunday the 3rd of September (Fathers Day) at 11.00am @ Tynwald Park. Future and Current players welcome!

Tuesday the 26th of September at 4.00 - Come and Try Day for boys @ Tynwald Park.

Wednesday the 27th of September at 4.45 - Come and Try Day for girls @ Tynwald Park.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask the following people:

Boys and Stage One/Two: Mark Dance (Junior Development Officer- 0428 614 800. Mark is also available (and prefers) an email - mark@rocketeercouriers.com

Girls: Kelly Read (Girls Coordinator) - 0408073237

Master Blaster or any other junior cricket questions: Please message outgoing JDO Josh Walsh on Facebook.

We also have a New Norfolk Cricket Club Page and New Norfolk Junior Cricket Club Group that will have more posts closer to the season so please keep an eye on those.

Regional Sports Coordinators

LOOKING FOR A NEW SPORTING ACTIVITY TO TRY?

Visit the Regional Sport Coordinator website to find out about the latest school and junior opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity.

The website features opportunities in the following categories:

Opportunities available in school hours
Opportunities available after school or on weekends
Grants for schools, teams or individual students
Professional learning for students, school staff and parents/carers
A calendar of activities being held across the state

We promote sport and physical activity opportunities for students of all ages and abilities.

Visit our website to learn more – https://sport.education.tas.gov.au

Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter to get the latest opportunities direct to your inbox - http://bit.ly/RSCnewsletter

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Newsletter - 10 August 2023