July 3rd

It was fantastic to acknowledge students across the school today, who were deserving recipients of a Principal's Award. These certificates are in recognition of a students' consistent focus on learning to meet challenges with determination and perseverance, and dedication to focus on learning in a way that continually stretches learning and contributes to a classroom environment that supports all learners.

Principal Awards

It was fantastic to acknowledge the following students this morning, who were deserving recipients of the Value Badge for Connection. These certificates highlight the students who are consistently displaying and modelling the value Connection throughout our school and being a positive role model to peers. Congratulations to all recipients.

Connection Value Badge

This year we will again be participating in the Australian Mathematics Competition, which will be held on Wednesday 6^th August and is open to students in grades 3-6. There is no cost to you as, the school will again cover the entry fee.  If you would like your child to participate in the competition, please email the school at norwood.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au with your child’s name and grade by Wednesday 30^th July. 

Please note that we will be unable to enter any additional students after this date. Students participating in Mr Walker’s 3/4 and 5/6 Maths Extension groups will automatically be entered into the competition.

1/2C

1/2C have been fortunate to have Miss Pilsbury, from UTAS, working in our class over the past 4 weeks. Throughout her time with us, she has been teaching us all about maps, types and features of maps, how to follow them and directions. At the end of the unit, we created our own class city, consisting of all the buildings we thought were important. We think it looks amazing! Finally, we headed outside for a treasure hunt, following the directions on a map to find the hidden treasure. Thank you, Miss Pilsbury for all of your hard work, we will miss you!

5/6C

During Term 2, in 5/6 Spencer we have been focussing on persuasive advertisements. We have analysed a range of advertisements to determine the purpose and target audience, and to identify the persuasive devices that the author has used. We then each created our own advertisements using Canva, Word and/or Powerpoint to persuade others to purchase our chosen item.

We have really enjoyed this unit, exploring the different persuasive devices used by authors and experimenting to determine how these devices let us persuade when creating our own work.

On Tuesday 24th June, Prep Dahl and Prep Garwood set off on our excursion to Hagley Farm. It was a very wet day, but we had so much fun. We learnt so many things about living things and their features.

Free Access to StoryBox Library for Tasmanian Families!

Tasmanian primary school students now have free access to StoryBox Library - a fun and educational digital library you can enjoy at home!

StoryBox Library is a subscription-based website and app featuring Australian storytellers reading hundreds of much-loved children’s books. It’s a fantastic way to nurture your child’s love of reading and support their literacy development.

With features like Read-Along, Closed Captions, Auslan stories, and engaging audio-visual content, StoryBox Library is designed to be inclusive and accessible for all children.

How to Access:

1. Visit www.storyboxhub.com or search “Story Box Library” on your device’s app store.
2. Click LOG IN at the top right of the homepage.

3. The login details are: 

   Username: taslift548

   Password: lit832

   

Thank you to Ken and the team at Tasmanian Brick Enthusiasts for their kind donation of Lego for our lunch time hall programs.  The students have excitedly been checking out and playing with it in the last week of term.

Congratulations to our NPS students who participated in the Primary Netball Championships at Hoblers Bridge last Friday. It was a great day on and off the court, with all teams showing excellent sportmanship, effort and encouragement.

Thank you to all our volunteers who helped and our family, friends and supportors who came to cheer on our teams!

Terms 1 and 2 have been very busy in the PE and Sport space at NPS. We have had 3x Athletics Carnivals, 3x Cross Country Carnivals, Futsal Tournament, Basketball Tournament, Netball Championships and Swimming and Water Safety! Here is a small collection of images from these events.

Our school hours are from 8:30am through to 3:00pm. It is important that parents do not bring children to school before school hours because there is no supervision of students at that time. Similarly, it is important parents either collect their children at the end of the school day or arrange for them to catch the bus home/make other collection arrangements so that students are not left unsupervised at the end of the school day. Unsupervised students may engage in dangerous play or put themselves in dangerous locations such as car parks being used by buses and cars during school drop off/pick up. Parents are responsible for their child outside school hours unless they have accessed school-based childcare during these times.

We are getting a huge amount of lost property, mostly jumpers and jackets. Please ensure your school clothing is clearly named. If your child has lost any clothing, please see the school office to look through our unnamed lost property. We would love to get these returned to families.