Newsletter -6 June 2024

Principal

Dear Fairview community,

We have passed the half-way mark of term and have had some fantastic learning experiences over the past few weeks.

Tomorrow during our Student Free Moderation Day our teaching staff will be at Molesworth Primary School working with teachers across the Derwent Valley to discuss work samples of students and ensure that standards are similar across the board. Our teacher assistants will be also having professional development at school. Please be aware our office will not be open on Friday 7th June.

One of the things that always fills me with pride is when our school comes together in events such as our Cross Country Carnival. The participation and demonstration of our values in supporting each other was evident on this day. Yesterday our students represented Fairview at the interschool cross country carnival and we had some great results but more importantly the feedback from all that were there was that these students represented our school in a great light.

Today we conclude our Fire Education lessons and it has been great to see the learning that has occurred around safe practices and things we can do to ensure we are looking after ourselves and families. It has been 30 years of Fire Education at Fairview Primary and I wish to sincerely thank Firefighter Drew and his colleagues for the work they have done in the school over time.

Finally, it has been great to see our older students in their leavers and leaders shirts over the last few weeks.

I am looking forward to a nice long weekend and an enjoyable remainder of the term.

David Webster

Upcoming Events

10th May - 20th Sept Winter Sports (fortnightly)

7th June Statewide Moderation Day (student free day)

10th June- Kings Birthday Public Holiday

17th June School Photos

19th June School Association Meeting

5th July NAIDOC Week Event

5th July Last day term 2

22nd July First day of term 3

Growing Up Program Back in August

School Photos

School Photos will be held on Monday 17th June.

This is the only day allocated, if your child is absent you can contact MSP photography via 6231 5880 or email msp.tasmania@msp.com.au to organise another photo day at their studio.

Student Attendance

Please use the Schoolzine app or phone the school office prior to 9am daily to report student absences (illness, appointments, holidays etc). Please contact the office to inform us if the student is going to be arriving late, or needing to leave early for an appointment. When students leave early or arrive late they must sign in via the kiosk at the office.

It is an expectation that students attend for the whole school day 8:50am - 2:45pm.

Schoolzine

The Schoolzine app is our main communication platform. The majority or our communication will be sent out via email through Schoolzine and the SZapp.

If you have not already subscribed, please join us by subscribing at

https://fairviewps.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe

You can also download the SZapp on the Google Play Store for Android or the Apple Store for iPhone’s and subscribe. 

To access your SZapp, you will be required to enter the following four-digit passcode: 3765

If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to call into the office. 

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Health and Sickness

Please let the office know if there are any changes to your child's health.

Students who are away for 5 days or more require a doctor's certificate.

If your child has been diagnosed with Asthma or Anaphylaxis, please see your doctor for an up-to-date Management plan for 2024 and provide a copy to the office.

Asthma and Anaphylaxis can be life threatening. Providing this valuable information can assist us in helping your child.

Uniforms

We have lovely warm school beanies for sale at the office: $20 each.

Orders can be put throught the QKR App or purchased directly from the school office.

Please label ALL your students' School Uniform.

Uniform with names can be passed back to the student.

If not named, uniforms are put in lost property (in the office foyer) until the end of term, then are donated to the local op shop.

Canteen Menu Term 2

Launch Into Learning (LiL)

Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser

As a school we are fundraising for our Grade 6 Leavers Activities Day.

At the office we have boxes of Cadbury Fundraising Chocolates available for families or businesses to purchase and sell.

Each box is $60 to purchase and contains 60 chocolate bars. You need to purchase the box upfront then sell them for $1 each.

Please pop into the office to purchase a box.

Book Club Issue 4

Issue 4 of Book Club is now out.

Book Club catalogues have been sent home with students.

Remember you can order by filling in the paper copy or by ordering online scholastic.com.au/loop.

Every order placed earns our school rewards points to assist us in buying new books for our beautiful library.

Orders are due back by Thursday 19th of June.

Cross Country

SPSSA Champions Carnival

On Thursday, a group of students went to Bayview Secondary College to compete in the SPSSA Interschool Cross Country. 32 runners from grades 3-6 competed on the course which ranged from 2km to 2.6k.

All the runners from Fairview showed great resilience and determination. It was a longer course than our school cross country, so well done to everyone who took part. Each student represented the school excellently and our school values were on display throughout the day.

Prep 1 Judges

Prep/1 Judges enjoyed participating in the National Simultaneous Storytime last month. One of the activities we did in response to the text "Bowerbird Blues", involved students choosing their favourite colour and make their own collection. 

3/4 Karsznia

A warm hello to everyone from 3/4K,

Last week we had an awesome opportunity to experience first-hand how life cycles as well as food chains and adaptations work in nature during our excursion to waterworks reserve.

A big thanks to our amazing guides Emily and Kate for teaching us so many cool things.

Thanks,

Mr Karsznia 

5/6 Fitz

Students from 5/6F did amazing portraits of someone they look up to.

Art

Grades 3-6 have been looking at abstract art.

Abstracts depict the feelings, colours and textures of the scene without becoming realistic.

The students produced these abstracts based on Australian landscapes.

Many of these wonderful artworks are on display in our front office.

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School Association

Our School Association Committee is a small but hard-working group who give up their own time to fundraise for the school and attend meetings to have a say and learn about important decisions made by the school. 

2023-2024 funds were raised to purchase new grandstand seating.

This year our focus is on purchasing more permanent outdoor activities for students and improving the outer look of the school. The School Association have wonderful ideas which takes a lot of planning and time. If you think you would like to help in any way, please contact the school. The only way these events can go ahead is with the extra help of parents and carers. We understand not all parents and carers can offer their time so this is where you can help by supporting the fundraising activity and encouraging others to do the same.

Upcoming events we hope to be running are: Hotdog Day, Crazy Hair day, Father’s day stall, Footy Colours day, Colour run, Halloween Disco, Christmas Raffle

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday June 19th at 3:15pm. All are welcome to attend.

New Grandstand Seating

2024 Term Dates

Term 1
Thursday 8 February - Friday 12 April
Term 2
Monday 29 April - Friday 5 July
Term 3 
Monday 22 July - Friday 27 September
Term 4
Monday 14 October - Thursday 19 December

GKR Karate

The Pantry