Welcome to Term 4 2022! I hope all families were able to have an enjoyable, restful break from school.

Term 4 is traditionally an incredibly busy time for schools and Norwood Primary is no exception. Our staff team have and will continue to work hard to ensure all learning experiences and opportunities for our students are as streamlined as possible, with communication both within our school and to the wider school community being a focus for us.

There is so much to look forward to for the remainder of the school year. Some of these incredible opportunities include our upcoming Colour Run on Thursday 17^th November and the Schools Triathlon Challenge on Thursday 24^th November. The Triathlon in particular has generated a lot of interest, with the school looking to take a team of more than 35 students across Years 3-6 to the event. This level of participation in an unfamiliar event really displays the levels of Courage our students have, which has been a focus of the school this year.

Our class structure and placement procedure is well underway for 2023 and we are hoping to be in a position to share this with families as soon as possible. It is vital that families are aware that our class placement process is collaborative, thorough and respectful of all students. Please understand that some of these processes, in particular around providing timely information relating to staffing, are somewhat out of our control. We will endeavour to keep you as informed as we can.

Progressive Achievement Test (PAT)

Throughout weeks 2-4 all students across our school in Prep - Year 6 will be participating in the Progressive Achievement Test (PAT) in the areas of Reading, Mathematics and Vocabulary skills. These assessments provide teachers with another data point to measure student growth in learning and are also valuable for our School Improvement planning process.  

Upcoming Professional Learning Day

Friday 4^th November is a whole day of Professional Learning for all staff across the north of the state. This will mean that this is a student free day. Our staff at Norwood will be participating in learning based on the 3 following areas:

• Reading Comprehension
• Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey – results and forward planning
• Digging deeper into Learning Data

Department for Education, Children and Young People

On 1 October 2022 the Department of Education joined with some functions from the Department of Communities to form a new Department. The new Department is called the Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP).

It is responsible for child and youth centred activities including:

• Tasmanian Government Schools
• Child Safety
• Youth Justice
• Out of Home Care
• Libraries Tasmania
• Child and Family Learning Centres

As we commence Term 4, schools will continue as normal and the priority is service continuity. You likely won’t notice any change. Over time you will notice a new email address and branding appearing on materials sent from school.

Why a new Department for Education, Children and Young People?

As reflected in its name, this is a new Department built entirely for children and young people. They are at the centre of everything this new Department will do. The unique opportunity to combine knowledge, experience, and ways of working is exciting. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that every Tasmanian child and young person is known, safe, well, and learning.

You can keep up-to-date on how this work is progressing by visiting the public website at https://www.education.tas.gov.au/new-department/

Kind regards,

Luke Padgett

A/Principal

Last week 15 Grade 5/6 students attended the F1 In Schools Challenge Day at the Tailrace Centre. We started our day by watching the High School teams race to get a better idea about what goes on. Around 10:00am  the first few teams started scrutineering their cars before their first races. Each team fixed bits of their cars to fit the regulations and not get time penalties. At 11:00am the races started. Each team had 10 races across the day.  There were 4 automatic races, 4 reflex races  and the rest were knockout rounds.

It was a great privilege to be participating in the event and to be able to be around everyone there.   

Our places were:

5^th place - triple S

4^th place - Chaos

3^rd place - Road Snipers

2^nd place - Schnell

State Champions - Ares.

It was a great day. Thankyou to all our sponsors and parents for continuing to support our F1 journey.

By Harry D and Matilda M

Grade 1 Andrew/Bertram, 1 Roberts and 1-2 Walker

We will be travelling to Woolmers Estate at Longford to inquire, observe and compare objects from the past with those from the present.

Date:      Friday 28th October

Time:      Depart school at 9:15am and arrive back by 2:45pm

Recess/Lunch: Students will need to bring a packed fruit break, morning tea, lunch and a big drink of water.

Students are required to wear their school uniform including a hat and to bring a jacket or coat in case of cool weather.

Kate Andrew, Andrew Bertram, Carol Roberts and Tamsin Walker

Classroom Teachers

Prep Green/Gale, Prep Dahl and Prep Paulsen

As part of our Science inquiry unit into living and non-living things, Prep Dahl, Prep Paulsen and Prep Green/Tyers will be visiting Tasmania Zoo.

Date:      Tuesday 1st November

Time:      Depart school at 9:15am and arrive back by 3:00pm

Recess/Lunch: Students will need to bring a packed fruit break, morning tea, lunch and a big drink of water 

Clothing: Students will need to wear their uniform with comfortable walking shoes.

Sarah Green, Lizzie Tyers, Kelly Dahl and Laine Paulsen

Classroom Teachers

Grade 2 Garwood and 2-3 Hayes

As part of our First Tasmanians inquiry, 2 G and 2-3 H will be travelling by bus to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Royal Park to visit the First Tasmanians - Our Story Exhibition.

Date:      Tuesday 8th November

Time:      Depart school at 9:30am and arrive back by 2:40pm

Recess/Lunch: Students will need to bring a packed fruit break, morning tea, lunch and a big drink of water 

Clothing: Students will need to wear their uniform with comfortable walking shoes. Please pack a jumper and windproof jacket.

Nicole Garwood and Allira Hayes

Classroom Teachers

Grade 2-3 Glen

As part of our First Tasmanians inquiry, 2-3G will be travelling by bus to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Royal Park to visit the First Tasmanians - Our Story Exhibition.

Date:      Wednesday 9th November

Time:      Depart school at 9:30am and arrive back by 2:40pm

Recess/Lunch: Students will need to bring a packed fruit break, morning tea, lunch and a big drink of water 

Clothing: Students will need to wear their uniform with comfortable walking shoes. Please pack a jumper and windproof jacket.

If any parents are able to assist with this excursion could they please speak to Ms Glen. It is a requirement for accompanying parents to have a current Working With Vulnerable People card.

Jacqueline Glen

Classroom Teacher

Value Certificate Recipients

It was fantastic to acknowledge students from our Prep classes during the last week of Term 3, 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.

Tip of the Week

Reading books develops your child’s vocab.

It was all about loud shirts and supporting The Shepherd Centre at NPS last Thursday! Thanks so much to our community for your donations, we have raised $528!

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.

Just a reminder to parents and carers that Norwood Primary School is an allergy awareness school. Please do not send any food to school that contains nuts or nut products. Thank you.

COLOUR RUN!

Our very first colour run will be held Thursday 17^th of November.  If you haven’t already, please get registered and start fundraising now!  Please refer to the info kit that was sent home the last week of term 3.  More information leading up to the event will posted on our Facebook page.

Our next School Association meeting will be held Tuesday the 8^th November, 7pm.  We would love to see you there. If you would rather attend online please contact us for a meeting link.

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

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We can be contacted at norwoodpsa@gmail.com