We are in week 8 and things at Norwood Primary School are certainly not slowing down! The next 2 and a half weeks are jam packed with fantastic opportunities for all students. Assemblies are running from weeks 7-10 as a celebration of learning. These will run in a similar way to our Term 2 Assemblies with awards given to worthy recipients who consistently display our school values. We will also be awarding Respect badges to one student from each class who shows a high level of Respect in their day to day interactions with others.

Our Years 5-6 excursion experience that is running over 3 days kicked off today with groups heading out to Trevallyn Reserve, Riverbend Park, Hollybank Tree Top Adventures and Launceston Lanes for ten pin bowling. Students have shown enormous amounts of Courage in stepping out of their comfort zones and Respect, in their interactions with each other and the wider community through their participation in this. The values that our staff have been working so hard to embed within our school are being reflected by our students within the wider community.

The student buzz around these experiences has been palpable and as a school we will look to build on these experiences throughout each students’ time at Norwood Primary School.

School Fair

Our School Fair will be held this Saturday the 17^th of September. We invite and encourage all members of our school community to come along and support our school at this fabulous event. An enormous level of gratitude to our volunteers and School Association for their organisation of such a large event. If you would still like to volunteer please get in contact with our School Association at norwoodpsa@gmail.com  as we can certainly utilise any available assistance.

Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey

Students in Years 4-6 our have taken part in the annual Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey. The wellbeing of all students at Norwood Primary School is important to us. When young people feel safe, connected and secure, they are more likely to engage in their learning.

This survey forms part of the Department’s Wellbeing for Learning - Child and Student Wellbeing Strategy.  It helps us get a picture of the current wellbeing of our students, and what we can do to improve future wellbeing.

The survey gains information around: 

• social and emotional wellbeing  
• school relationships and engagement and learning in school 
• physical health and wellbeing 
• after school activities

The data from these surveys informs our School Improvement Plan and we are looking forward to working with this data in early Term 4.

School Satisfaction Survey 2022 - Reminder

Every year the Department of Education conducts School Satisfaction Surveys to find out what your child(ren)'s school does well and where it may improve. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school improvement planning and decision-making.

If you have not had the opportunity to complete the survey about Norwood Primary School yet, it is open until Friday 23 September 2022 and should take about 5 minutes of your time.

Each family should nominate one person to fill in this survey for their child(ren).

Take the online survey by clicking this link or pasting it in your browser: https://ncv.microsoft.com/JgsRXGYSEd

The survey is carried out on a secure website and all responses are anonymous and confidential.

All families in this school received the same survey link and no identifying information is collected. A summary of the survey results will be provided to schools. Responses from individuals or small groups will NOT be disclosed to any Department of Education staff.

Please contact the school if you require any assistance.

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey.

Public Holiday Thursday September 22

Just a reminder that next Thursday, September 22 is a Public Holiday and National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty the Queen.

Kind regards, Luke

Value Certificate Recipients

It was fantastic to acknowledge students across the school, during recent end of lunch line ups and our 5/6 Assembly, who were deserving recipients of Values Certificates. These certificates highlighted those students who have displayed exceptional behaviour, an outstanding approach to learning and academic excellence. Congratulations to all recipients.

Respect Badge Recipients

The following students have consistently displayed and modelled the value of Respect throughout our school. Congratulations on being a positive role model to your peers.

Last week, 34 grade 5/6 students competed in the Touch Football School Series event at Prospect Park. This was a great opportunity to participate in a new sport to many and enjoy playing in games with friends. Teams played in a number of matches against teams from competing schools around Launceston. All who attended had a great day and the girls team even came away with medals around their necks!

Tip of the Week

While children are watching TV, a device or movie it is a great opportunity to show interest in what they are watching. You can ask them questions and pause parts to discuss a concept or a word that has come up that they do not know.

By doing this you are helping to develop your child’s Literacy skills and are building upon their vocabulary.

Are you due to clean out your cupboards? If so kinder are happy to take any clean items in good used condition to utilise in their outdoor area. 

We are looking for items such as;

If you could please drop your donations down to the Breezeway in the Kinder building, that would be appreciated. 

Thank you in advance for your help, our Kinders and future kinder children will greatly appreciate your donations! 

The Early Years team 

New changes to COVID-19 isolation

Public Health has recently changed the mandatory COVID-19 isolation period from seven days to five days.

This means COVID-19 cases can leave isolation, provided they:

• are no longer displaying symptoms on Day 5 of their isolation period, and
• have had no fever for 24 hours prior to Day 5.

People that leave isolation on or after Day 5 must wear a face mask in all settings for Days 5, 6 and 7 – even if they are not displaying symptoms. People are strongly recommended to wear a face mask indoors on Days 8, 9 and 10.

Students under the age of 12 and all primary school students are not required to wear face masks when leaving isolation.

To read more about this change, please visit the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website.

For any COVID-19 enquiries, please contact the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738, or Department of Education COVID-19 Support Hotline at COVID19support@education.tas.gov.au or on 1800 816 057.

If you need support translating or interpreting this information, contact the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450.

Medication at School

If your child requires ‘over the counter’ medication at school you must sign a parent permission form.

If your child requires prescribed medication (eg. antibiotics) you must have an ‘Administration of Prescribed Medication Authorisation’ completed by a doctor, pharmacist or practice nurse. These forms are available at the school office or from the Department of Education website. Medication - The Department of Education Tasmania  

All medication must be handed into the school office in the original packaging. Students can only have their asthma medication in their bags.

If your child has Asthma and requires Asthma medication (eg. Ventolin) at school we will need an Asthma Action Plan signed by a doctor and parent. These must be updated annually.

Please ask at the School Office if you have any questions.

Starts Monday 19th September - Finishes on Friday 30th September (last two weeks of term). The following times are to be confirmed.

Please ensure your child/ren are suitably prepared for the pool with their bathers, towel, goggles (can be worn at certain stages in the program), warm school clothes as well as an extra plastic bag for wet clothes. Swimming caps are provided by the school for all students.

The SWSP is a crucial part of HPE curriculum and an excellent opportunity for all students to improve their swimming skills, boat safety knowledge as well as overall confidence in aquatic environments. The program is beneficial for all students, no matter their previous experience in the pool.

Every day at the pool with our Swimming teachers makes a difference!

Grade 3's from 2-3A, 2-3B and 5's from 5-6C are permitted to wear their bathers under their school uniform. All other classes must come to school in normal school uniform and will get changed at the pool.

PLEASE NOTE: 5's from 5-6A, 5-6B & invited Gr 6's will be unable to order lunch from the school canteen.

Any questions about the SWSP should be directed to the school office.

Ben Humphrey

SCHOOL FAIR – this Saturday 17^th September

URGENT  - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – We need your help to make this fair a success. Every class has been assigned a stall, class volunteer lists are up now, please note your availability for the day. If you can’t make it into school, please contact your class teacher or the school association.

We are also asking for donations of

• Trash & Treasure – Your unwanted Toys, Games and books only
• Home Baked goods – Please deliver Friday only, plates were sent home last week, extras are available at the office if needed. Please no nuts, cream or items requiring refrigeration.

Please check out our face book page, new information is being updated daily about this event, like and share to spread the word.

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When: Thursday 29th September

Price: $3.00 per child

Times: 

Grades 1 and 2	3:30pm - 4:30pm
Grades 3 and 4	4:45pm - 6:00pm
Grades 5 and 6	6:15pm - 7:30pm

• Cordial, chips and chocolates will be available for purchase at 50c per item.
• STRICTLY NO PHONES
• Students must be picked up by a parent/guardian. Please enter via the large double doors and locate your child’s class group and notify the teacher that you are collecting your child.  Supervising teachers will mark students off when they have been collected. 

Kinders and Preps don’t miss out, they will have their disco during school hours, to be held on the same day. Kinders during their lunch time and preps during the afternoon. There is no cost and students are to wear normal school uniform.

Please like and share our Facebook page to help keep you updated with all our current activities!

https://www.facebook.com/NorwoodPSSA

We can be contacted at norwoodpsa@gmail.com

Fathers Day Stall

We hope all the fathers and special people in your lives had a fabulous Fathers Day. We hope you enjoyed your gifts that the kids bought at our Father's Day Stall this year, they had so much fun buying these for you. This year the stall raised $1,145.00 which will go towards projects which will directly benefit the students.

Special thanks to Maddy Webb for organising this years stall and the volunteers who helped wrap and sell gifts on the stall days.

Midford Launceston store will be closed for stocktake from Tuesday 27^th September until Friday 30^th September and re-opening on Saturday 1^st October at 9am.