12 March 2025

Principals Report

Keeping our students safe:

As we are well into the school year, it’s a good time for families to talk to their children about safety when making their way to and from school.

Parents are encouraged to discuss:

• Children walking with friends if they can.
• Being aware of their surroundings.
• Never going anywhere with a stranger.
• Telling someone about suspicious behaviour – a parent, their school, or police.

If anyone witnesses suspicious behaviour, they can report it to police on 131 444 or Triple Zero (000) in an emergency.

Footsteps Dance –

Once again, the students have been involved in Footsteps. This program has each grade learning dances through-out the week and then the opportunity to perform those dances at the disco held on Thursday evening. This program highlights exercise, co-ordination, following instructions, memory, listening to music and moving in time to the beat as well as the good feeling of achieving mastery of the dances learnt.    

Disco -  

Lots of fun was had at the disco on Thursday evening. The students had the opportunity to showcase the dances that they had learnt over the week as well as free dancing. There were lots of sparkles worn in the K-2 disco and the 3-6s celebrated the great skills of many of the students. It has been lovely hearing from both students and parents how much they enjoyed the disco and appreciated the effort of the staff in providing this opportunity for the students. It is our pleasure to see our students in a different light having other opportunities to shine and enjoy their learning.

NAPLAN –

Students in Y3 and Y5 participated in their first NAPLAN test today – the writing test. This test is a paper and pencil one for Y3 students and online for Y5. This is one of the reasons all students from year 2 onward have access to the online typing program, Typing Tournament, as keyboard skills support students to put their thoughts on paper without having to spend time finding the keys.

Students will undertake the Reading test this week and the Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy tests next week.

While these tests are important and give the school valuable information about individuals, cohorts and the school it must be remembered that it is a point in time assessment and teachers use many other assessments as well as observations in order to know where the students are at and where to take them next in their learning.

Student Leadership –

Last newsletter we celebrated to students who became the Sports House and vice Captains. Since then, all students have applied for and been allocated their leadership roles. These roles are:

Community Connections – a group that works with Mrs Waldon to plan for and run fundraisers, not for our school, but for the wider community including purposes the students consider important. In previous years we have run fundraisers for Ukraine refugees, Hobart City Mission, World Wildlife fund, Pride, the Cancer Council and many more.

IT Gurus – this group use their IT skills to support other students, trouble shoot issues and help out staff as well as run the IT part of our assemblies. Mr Steve Jeffrey coordinates this group.

Media Team – these students are responsible for taking photos and videos of events and sharing them for newsletters and other activities. Mr Jeffrey coordinates this group.

Green Team – this group work closely with Ms Caroline Corrigan and will often be found in the garden as well as overseeing our FOGO collection of food scraps and can run campaigns for awareness on sustainability and being environmentally responsible.

Peer Mediators – this group are responsible for supporting our younger students through playground issues and can run games and activities for the students. Mrs Jess Dilger coordinates this group.

Our student leaders are role models for the rest of the school, and we have high expectations of their behaviour and willingness to do that bit extra for the school. We are very proud of the way our school’s student leaders step up.

Harmony Week –

Next week is Harmony Week and we invite families to make a time to visit their child’s class to talk about your culture so we can celebrate the wonderful diversity of our school.

Harmony Day Breakfast -

This wonderful event is Wednesday 19^th March, next week, from 8-9am.

Please come and bring a plate of food to share connected to your culture. (Please no nuts or food that needs heating up. Include a list of ingredients so those with allergies can know what is safe to eat.)

Parents are encouraged to wander around the school visiting the classrooms and partake in the delicious offerings.

Students are encouraged to wear clothes associated to their culture, the colours of their flag or orange – the colour of Harmony Day.

Please remember that students have a Daily PE session that day, so suitable shoes need to be worn.

Parent Tip – Honest Communication

While all this learning, celebrating and other activities are happening at our school there are many of our families now in Ramadan.

We wish you Ramadan Mubarak.

Jo Waldon
Principal

Mandatory Reporting

Please Note: that this needs to be done annually, please check your certificate for the date of expiry, link below to sign in and redo.  

 DECYP requires all volunteers to do a short online course (short 13 min video) about Mandatory reporting. This is one of the ways we are working to keep all our students safe. Please use the link below.

School Athletics Carnival – Mon 24th March

Domain Athletics Centre 9.30am to 1.30pm. Prep – Grade 6

Parents that are free to help on this day please fill out the form below.     

School Calendar

Student Voice

Prep M

What a fabulous group of little learners we have in prep puggles.  We had an amazing, settled start to the year and I was excited to see how ready our puggles were to start their first year of full-time school.

We have been busy making friends, learning our class routines and most of all having fun.

We are looking forward to the new adventures we will have with our grade 3/4 buddies which we met last week and showing off our dance moves at the disco after a week of practice with Footsteps.

Miri

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Grade 3/4W

The Springs to Waterworks Bushwalk and BBQ

On Wednesday 26 February, the 3 Grade 3/4 classes (3/4W, 3/4B and 3/4SW) went on a bushwalk from The Springs via Fern Tree and McDermott’s Saddle, to the Waterworks Reserve. We followed a route downhill along the Pipeline track for approximately 7 kilometres. Thanks to a number of parent volunteers, we ended with a BBQ for lunch at the Waterworks Reserve.

It was a fine, warm day and the students coped very well with the walk. Some of them may have even enjoyed it! The students were very well-behaved and it was a great way for us all to get to know each other and share a common goal.

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Canteen

14^th March

Recess:   Sweet Specials:               Apple Cake with custard
                Savoury Special:             Pizza
                Fruit Muffin:                    Raspberry

Lunch:    Spanakopita (vegetarian but contains eggs and cheese)

 21^st March

Recess:  Sweet Specials:                Apple Crumble with custard
               Savoury Special:              Savoury Muffin
               Fruit Muffin:                    Strawberry

Lunch:   Chilli Con carne with rice

HELP REQUIRED

I need help in the canteen. Please if you can help on Friday between 9 am and 2 pm let me know. Caron on 0417 559 920 or the office.  Shorter periods can be arranged. Without help the canteen can not nor will not operate.

I need:
14^th March           1 volunteer
21^st March            2 volunteers
28^th March            2 volunteers
4^th April                 2 Volunteers
11^th April               2 Volunteers

Caron Summers  Canteen Manager

Canteen Helper

Please remember to choose the correct order date on the Qkr! App.

Nut Allergy – Reminder

We have a number of students in our school who are allergic to nuts and nut products. Exposure to nuts can trigger an allergic reaction and be life-threatening for these students, so please avoid sending nuts or nut based products to school. We aim to keep our school as nut-free as possible to keep our students safe.

Launching into Learning 2025

IMPORTANT

Albuera Street Primary Launching into Learning (LiL) uses email, Schoolzine (the school newsletter) and Facebook to communicate with our families. Families are responsible for ensuring the school has your current email address. Stay up to date with LiL through the school Facebook page and the newsletter. If you have any questions, please email mandy.newton@decyp.tas.gov.au

Uniform Times

This year as we are setting times available for the purchase of uniforms.

Tuesdays:  2.30pm to 3.00pm
Thursdays: 8.30 am to 9.15am

Orders can be made and paid for over the phone and be ready to pick up at an arranged time if the above times do not suit you.

LEVIES REMINDER

Thank you to parents who have paid levies and to those who are making regular payments. Levies are now overdue, if you are experiencing difficulties with making payments, please contact Annette and discuss a payment plan.  Payments can be made weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

Payment Options

• BPay, Service Tasmania, Eftpos
• Credit Card over the phone (6223 2268)
• Cheque payable to Albuera Street Primary School
• Levy Instalment Plan (Please contact reggett@decyp.tas.gov.au or 6223 2268)

Student Medications

It is a Department of Education requirement that all medications to be taken by students during the school day are to be passed into the office or teacher in charge of an excursion or camp. The medications require a signed doctor/pharmacist as well as parent permission form (these forms are available in the Forms and Documents panel in the newsletter or at the office). The medication is also to be in the original packaging so that staff know what they are administering. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Medical Action Plans

Every child at Albuera Street Primary with a medical condition needs to supply an updated medical plan to the school each year, especially those with Anaphylaxis and Asthma. Staff from Albuera have been trained in Anaphylaxis using EpiPens and also in Ventolin administration for Asthma. If you are new to the school and your child has a medical condition please come into the office and collect an appropriate action plan form, or if you just have questions please don’t hesitate to phone the school.

WWVP Card & Mandatory Reporting

The Department requirement is that you must present your RWVP card EVERY time you sign in.

Information for those who need to apply for WWVP card

To volunteer at this school, you will be required to hold a “Registration to Work with Vulnerable People”. It is extremely important that parent helpers and volunteers are registered and Albuera Street Primary School is recorded in your application.

How to apply for a WWVP Card

Complete the online application form. 

Chose Department of Education from the organisation drop-down box and also select Albuera Street Primary School from the location drop-down box. Please remember each time to volunteer at the school you need to bring your card each time.

Mandatory Reporting

Our Department now requires all volunteers to do a short online course (short 13 min video) about Mandatory reporting. This is one of the ways we are working to keep all our students safe. Please use the link below or see the flyer.

Sickness

Parents/carers are reminded to advise the school office if their child is unable to attend school due to illness or any other reason.

• By phone (62232268) leave a message anytime on the answering machine.
• Email street.primary@education.tas.gov.au
• Schoolzine – click on the absentee tab

A medical certificate is required if a child is absent due to illness for 5 days or more

GASTROENTERITIS –
If due to norovirus, or the cause is unknown, exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion or vomiting for at least 48hrs.

After School Care & Before School Care

ASC & BSC is provided on site by Lady Gowrie Child Care Services (Ph: 6230 6806).
BSC is available from 7 am to 8.30 am.
ASC is available from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm each school day and 1.00pm – 3.00pm Wednesday for Kinder.

Term Dates for 2025

Student Free days 2025

Community Notices