October 16th

Welcome back to the final term of 2019. As always, this will be a very busy term so please ensure that you keep in touch with what's happening via our fortnightly newsletter, text messages, Facebook and various notes that are sent home. If in doubt about events etc., please feel free to contact the school office or your child's class teacher.

2020 Classes

I am now accepting any educationally based requests for next year's class placements. Any request must....

• be in written form
• have a solid educational purpose or appropriate social/emotional reason

Please be aware that requests for individual teachers will not be taken into account.  

Requests can be made by email (norwood.primary@education.tas.gov.au) Please add "2020 class placement request" within the subject heading.

Term 4 Assessments

Assessments are an important part of ensuring that we are attending to the learning needs of all students. Assessment can be both formal and informal. Teachers use a variety of both, including, but not exclusive to, scored tests and work samples. 

During the next few weeks we will be collecting a range of assessments that will help inform our whole school planning for 2020, assist with class structures for next year and also give part of the information teachers will use for end of year reporting. 

Assessment results can show personal growth, reward effort and often be a concrete source of celebration for teachers and students.

Some of these assessements will include; 

• Kinder: Second Kindergarten Development Checklist
• Prep: Round 2 of the PIPs Statewide assessement which is completed individually with the class teacher
• 1-6: PAT (Progress Achievement Test for Reading Comprehension and Mathematics). This compares children to National Standards and their previous proformance. It also provides diagnostic information for teachers.
• Civics & Citizen: National Curriculum request. A random number of students from selected schools across Australia.
• Reading Records: 'just right' texts that determine where students are with their reading and what needs to be worked on. 

If you would like to know anymore about any of these, please ask class teachers. 

We look forward to a productive and celebratory term 4. 

Farewell...

At the end of last term we farewelled Jane Stewart (School Psychologist) after 14 years at Norwood PS. Jane has taken up a position at Invermay PS. We thank Jane for her years of dedication to the Norwood School Community and wish her well for all her future endeavours. 

This week we welcomed Richard McMinn who has taken up the role of School Psychologist with us. Richard's Norwood PS work days are all day Tuesdays and Wednesday afternoons. 

Karen

6D, 6R & 5-6B Excursion

Who: 6D, 6R and 5-6B

Where: Duck Reach Power Station and Trevallyn Dam - as part of our Science Inquiry Unit Investigating Energy

When: TOMORROW, Thursday 17th October - Depart school at 9:00am return by 3:00pm

Students should wear their PE uniform with comfortable secure walking shoes, they will also need to bring fruit break,  morning tea and lunch and a large bottle of water. 

Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

4-5 S, 5M and 5PW Excursion 

Who: 4 - 5 S, 5M and 5PW 

Where: Zoo Doo and Richmond - as part of our History Unit

When: Thursday 24th October - Depart school at 7:00 am return by 6:30 pm

Students should wear their PE uniform and bring their hat, jumper and a coat. They will also need to pack fruit break, morning tea, lunch afternoon tea and a large bottle of water. 

Major Excurion Forms need to be returned to school no later than 27th September 2019.

Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

1-2 Y and 2 P Excursion

Who: 1-2 Y and 2 P

Where: YMCA 

When: Tuesday 29th October - Depart school 1:15pm return at 2:45pm

Students should wear their PE uniform. They will also need to bring a large drink of water.

Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

1 B and 1 M Excursion

Who: 1 B and 1 M

Where: YMCA 

When: Wednesday 30th October - Depart school 1:15pm return at 2:45pm

Students should wear their PE uniform. They will also need to bring a large drink of water.

Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

As the weather warmed up for Spring, the Kinders noticed a lot of bird activity in and around our classroom. We wondered whether the birds might be nesting in our roof. The children were asked how we might find out for sure. After lots of discussion it was decided that we would ask our groundsman to bring down his big ladder to have a look. We wrote him a letter and he visited us the next day.

This stimulated lots of discussion about why and how birds make nests. We also wanted to know if people can make nests.

The following day the Kinders went to the forest area in search of suitable materials to build their own nest.

We then experimented with leaves and mud to create a nest.

Melinda Williams

On Thursday October 24^th we are having some visitors from Regis for an hour in the afternoon. We would love a couple of parents to come in and support our activities with the residents.

On Thursday October 31^st at 9:30am weather permitting we will be walking to draw a house around the corner from school. 

On Tuesday December 3^rd we are walking to Regis Tasmania for a Christmas visit. We will be leaving at 10am and returning at 11:30am.

Both of our walks are weather dependent. We would love some parents to walk with us. You will need a Working with Vulnerable People card for any of these experiences.  Look forward to hearing from some available and interested parents.

Thank you, Lynette House

25 year 6 students have been randomly selected to partake in an on-line assessment. This is to inform department and curriculum officers. Approximately 12,000 year 6 and 10 students will participate. NPS will participate next Wednesday 23rd October. 

Gary Jones

The Student Parliament annual fundraiser is on again. Tuesday 12th November is hopefully a day of mild weather where students can aim to complete 6 laps of the deisgnated course.

In 2018 we raised enough money to replace the playground's worn out spider web.

Kinder Williams will walk on Thursday 14th November.

This year 90 students will participate in a skipping challenge during this time as an alternative fitness activity.

Walkathon forms will be sent home next week.

Gary Jones

The audience hopes so!!

Student Parliament judges will conduct heats to identify some finalists to perform to a large, supportive audience in the week beginning 25th November. Heats will be held early in the upcoming weeks for different grades.

Grade 2 & 3 - week beginning 28th October

Grade 4 - week beginning 4th November

Grade 5 - week beginning 11th November

Grade 6 - week beginning 18th November

Practice your act, to give yourself an opportunity to perform in the final.

Gary Jones

Grade 3-4 Tournament 19th & 20th October

Grade 5-6 Tournament 26th & 27th October

This weekend our three teams participating in the 3-4 section of the tournament will participate at both Elphin Sports Centre and St Patrick’s College.

Teams will play games on Saturday with Sunday games determined by Saturday results. All children have received a copy of the roster.     

Thanks to the coaches Scott Driessen, Phillip Payne and Jeremy Youd, and to the parents for their support.

The 5-6 tournament is played on the following weekend: October 26th and 27th. Coaches for the four teams are Caleb Nason, Corinne Leale, Jordan Stubbs and Ebony Reed. 

Best wishes to all involved for a weekend full of dribbling, passing and supporting one another - sounds like fun!

Gary Jones

Hello, my name is Allie Mountney and as part of my ExCEL challenge 'War On Waste', I have come up with an idea called The P.O.P Challenge.

The P.O.P Challenge is really quite easy to do but it can have a great impact on the world. So now you're probably wondering "What does P.O.P stand for?"  Well it stands for Piece of Plastic, and this is where it comes together.

All you need to do is swap a single use plastic such as a snap lock bag or something wrapped in plastic in your lunch box and change it to something reusable, like paper bags or containers for as long as you can, we're aiming for a year!

There is approximately 500 students at Norwood which means if everyone at NPS did this, in just one day we could reduce the single use plastics by 500 pieces of plastic that would otherwise end up in landfill or even worse our oceans.

Here are some calculations.

1 day = 500+ pieces of plastic

1 school week (5 days) = 2,500+ pieces of plastic

1 school term (10 weeks)  = 25,000+ pieces of plastic

1 school year (40 weeks) = 100,000+ pieces of plastic

Thank you for reading, and I hope you participate.        

Allie M (5PW)

Now let's get P.O.P-ing!

On Thursday October 31^st at 9:30am weather permitting we will be walking to draw a house around the corner from school. 

On Tuesday December 3^rd we are walking to Regis Tasmania for a Christmas visit. We will be leaving at 10am and returning at 11:30am.

Both of our walks are weather dependent. We would love some parents to walk with us. You will need a Working with Vulnerable People card for any of these experiences.  Look forward to hearing from some available and interested parents.

Thank you, Lynette House

Friday afternoons 3.15pm - 4.15pm

Starting this Friday 18^th Oct – until 6^th December on the school oval.

Ben Humphrey (PE teacher) will be taking over as coordinator this year.

Any queries please contact him – ben.humphrey@education.tas.gov.au

$85 for 8 weeks and includes your participant pack delivered to your house!

Please register via playcricket.com.au and search ‘Norwood, 7250’

A massive “Thank You” to everyone who helped out at the School Disco, without volunteers this event would not be possible. The excitement and joy on the kids faces as they danced and played games with their friends, made volunteering worthwhile.

We hope that everyone had a great night!

School Association Meeting:

When:       Monday 11^th November

Time:         7pm

Where:      Staff Room

Please note the change in Day and Time of the next School Association meeting! It will be the last one for the year, please join us for some nibbles after the meeting.

Some of the topics covered will be: progress of our fundraising target for the year, new polo tops and the 2020 School Fair.

Please send all additional agenda items to norwoodpsa@gmail.com

Everyone is welcome to attend!