14 June 2023

Newsletter Articles

Principals Report

Inter-School Cross Country

The 2023 Interschool Cross Country event took place at Bayview High School on Monday June 5th, with 40 students representing Albuera Street Primary.

The whole school was keen to give things a go and the teachers reported that everyone should be proud of the way they represented our school. The weather was mostly sunny and much warmer than previous years!

19 schools attended, with six people allowed to enter each event. This meant that there were nearly 120 students in each race.

We had some fantastic individual efforts, with the following students coming in the top 50 of their race:

Grade 3: Mahli 46th 
Grade 4: Dominic 29th , Charlotte 8th, Lucy 10th, Mia 25th and Ellie 31st
Grade 5: Stacey 24th, Paige 25th and Sophie 33rd

The biggest highlight of the day was the Year 4 girls’ team finishing 2nd overall. They will present the pennant to Mrs Waldon at the next school assembly.

Overall the day’s event was a success. We would like to thank Rui and Andrew for being our parent assistants and also Ms Britton for her work in organising the event.

Thanks!

Kaya and Euan (Year 6 representatives)

Reminder to book for Parent/Teacher conversations.

It is important to make a time to talk to your child’s teacher next week as that will be when you will receive your child’s report and samples of their learning.

Parent / Teacher conversations will be in the week beginning 19th June.

Link below is open to book times until 8pm Fri 16TH June:

Debating

The Y5/6 students have been learning and practicing the skill of debating. Their topic was; ‘Pets should be able to be brought to school.’ Students were placed in either the affirmative team (for the topic) or the negative team (against the topic). In their teams they had to research their ideas, formulate arguments with backing statistics and information. They then practiced their arguments and speaking aloud, thinking about clear voices, pace and engaging the audience. Considering that for many people, public speaking is one of their greatest fears, the students used their strength of Bravery to stand up in fromt of their peers and present their arguments. Students also ned to thinkk quickly to come up with arguments to rebutt the other team’s assertions.

Thes students did a wonderful job with their class debates and we have a group of students who will be representing Albuera at the interschool debates coming up in the next few weeks.

Chinese Language Competition

On Friday June the 9th 26 students from our school walked over to Collegiate and participated in the 2023 Upper primary school’s Chinese speaking competition. We went into the music department of their school and waited for our names to be called. We were there from 10:30am till 12:00pm we waited anxiously while talking to the other school’s whilst in order from grade 3-6 were called into a singular practise room to present the poems we chose. In the small practise rooms, there were two judges that sat behind a table and listened while we spoke and took notes to see how well we did. After we spoke, they offered us some rice crackers. When we had all finished our poem, we walked back to school. It was a great experience to compete speaking Chinese.

Parent Tip – a conversation poster for your child about what healthy friends look like:

Jo Waldon
Principal

Important dates coming up:

All School Cross Country – Tue 27th June – Symmons Plains

New online information hub for families

Some exciting news! The Department for Education, Children and Young People has recently launched a new online information hub for families with school-aged children in Tasmania. Our new website has information to help you navigate your child's education, from birth all the way up to 18 years of age.

Visit our new webpage at Welcome to your child's Tasmanian education - The Department for Education, Children and Young People Tasmania

Some of the things you’ll find include

• tips on how to support your child’s learning at home
• information to help you keep your child safe and well
• a guide to explore courses for the career they want
• school holiday and term dates.

We hope this website will be a valuable tool for you as you help your child navigate their education journey. We would love to know what you think of our new information hub for families. You can tell us by completing a quick survey on the webpage.

Launching into Learning

LiL will be on Thursday afternoon this year at 1.45 pm to 2.45.

School Association Cake Stall

IT'S TIME TO GET BAKING! The Albuera St Primary School cake stall fundraiser is on again, raising valuable funds for the school, supporting your child/children.

The cake stall will be held on Friday 23 June immediately after school (& assembly) between 3:00pm-3:30pm. Cash sales preferred please.

All baked contributions are welcome - cakes, muffins, cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts - whatever takes your fancy, but please NO nuts, cream or items that require refrigeration.

Donations of baked goods to please be delivered to the office on the morning of the 23rd. All items must be labelled with a full ingredients list, label template attached (hard copies will be distributed via students also).

Thank you for supporting this school fundraiser.

COVID-safe behaviours reminder

COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses (like the flu) are still circulating in Tasmania. The official COVID-19 risk level has been raised to ‘Moderate’.

Together, we need to keep practising our COVID-safe behaviours to manage the risk.

Simple things we can do:

• do not come to school if unwell – stay home and test
• stay at home while you have symptoms, regardless of the result of a rapid antigen test (RAT)
• cover coughs and sneezes and wash your hands with soap and water, or alcohol-based sanitiser
• try to stay a reasonable distance away from others when you can
• consider wearing a face mask if you wish to – they are readily available for use at the school.

All students should ensure they have access to a quantity of RATs. If you need RATs, please ask for them at the school office so they are in your home ready for use if symptoms develop.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

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.

Canteen 2023

16 June 2023

23 June 2023

It is also not to early to look at next term. So, again, if you are free any Friday in term 3 please consider helping.

Thanks

Caron Summers
Canteen Manager

Canteen Helper

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

Student Voice

Prep/1J

Prep 1 Wombats have been exploring all the words of winter to create a winter poem. We hope you like them!

Grade 4/5W

45W

We are thrilled to share the exciting progress our students in 4/5 Williams have made in their learning journey this term. Throughout their studies, the focus has been on information texts, and the students have been actively exploring and experimenting with text cohesion, structure, and language use.

In their first project, the students embarked on an awe-inspiring adventure delving into the wonders of Australia. They eagerly immersed themselves in researching various aspects of this diverse country, using resources such as books, videos, and the vast wealth of knowledge available on the internet. The result? A collection of captivating and informative posters that bring Australia's wildlife, landmarks, food, government, and more to life!

The students' posters not only demonstrate their creativity but also their ability to effectively communicate important information. Through their eye-catching designs and carefully crafted content, they have successfully engaged their peers and showcased their understanding of Australia's rich cultural and geographical heritage.

Building on their achievements, our ambitious learners will continue honing their informative text-writing skills in the coming weeks. Their next challenge is to create informative texts about different countries from around the world. By diving into research and exploration once again, the students will broaden their horizons and gain valuable insights into diverse cultures, geography, and global perspectives.

Please explore their posters.

Audrey Woehler (prac teacher) in 45W

Library

The Premier’s Reading Challenge begins on Monday 26th June until 1st September. The aim of the challenge is to develop a love of reading. How many books can you read in the 10 weeks of the Challenge? Please encourage your child to try reading different genres and different types of texts, including: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, magazines and newspapers. Maybe, you can read with your child, talk to them about what they are reading and provide lots of encouragement.

Masks update

Public Health has advised that from Monday 27 June 2022, face masks are no longer mandatory in schools and Child and Family Learning Centres. This is because of reduced COVID-19 cases in our community.

It’s important to continue to:

• stay at home if unwell, and get tested
• practise COVID-safe behaviours such as frequent handwashing and sanitising
• be up to date with your COVID-19 vaccinations

Students, staff and visitors are supported to continue to wear face masks if they choose to. Face masks are still available at our school if you need them.

When face masks are required

If you’re a close contact , you are still required to wear a face mask indoors as per current Public Health advice.

From time-to-time our school might identify activities or situations where masks are required to be worn. We ask for your support when this happens and know that it is in the best interests of our students, staff and our school.

Our staff will continue to wear masks when working closely with students who are vulnerable to COVID-19.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us directly to discuss.

For more information about COVID-19, please visit the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website or 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.

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 Annette.reggett@education.tas.gov.au or 6223 2268)

Tasmanian All Schools Cross Country

The 2023 Tasmanian Primary All Schools and Tasmanian Secondary All Schools cross country events are almost here! Get your entries in now!

Primary All Schools XC: Tuesday 27 June 2023 – entries close at noon, Wednesday 22 June

The Primary All Schools registration portal is open. Registration, event information and regular updates can be found here:

The event information pages include links to registration portals for individuals and schools teams, a printable waiver form and provisional timetables.

Athletics Tasmania looks forward to seeing at Symmons Plains.

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.

Vulnerable People Card Reminder

Sign In Requirements and Checks

New requirements for record keeping have been in effect from August 2018 which specifies that all sites are required to keep visitor sign in registers. All volunteers, external providers, contractors and visitors (where appropriate) must sign in using the visitor register.

A DoE site must request the RWVP card and perform a status check via the DoJ website each time someone presents at or attends a site in their respective capacity. The status check will return current information and indicate any conditions applying to a registration.

If a search fails to return information, this indicates a change in registration has occurred. DoE staff at the worksite must sign off on the visitor register to confirm that RWVP verification has occurred.

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. This is available from the website at the link below:

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.

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 albuera.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

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.

After School Care

ASC is provided on site by Lady Gowrie Child Care Services (Ph: 6230 6806).

ASC is available from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm each school day and 1.00pm – 3.00pm Thursday for Kinder.

Merit Certificates

Prep/1J

Yeshey for making great progress in her reading.

Maia for caring for her friends and our class.

Hugo for showing leadership in mathematics.

Grade 1/2P

Luka for approaching maths in a systematic way to solve problems.

Claude for amazing progress with reading!

Flynn for Always doing his personal best and for being a respectful class member.

Grade 2

Felix for great work in Maths.

Audrey for her strengths of leadership, zest and kindness.

Asha-for Making a positive contribution to our school.

Grade 3/4B

Miya R for working hard at a consistently high level.

Seamus for an enthusiastic approach to learning and a willingness to improve in all areas.

Vuthypor for always using his strength of kindness

Grade 3/4W

Toby for his excellent attitude and boundless curiosity.

JayJ for always working quickly, efficiently and accurately.

Grade 4/5W

Louie for working on task efficiently and thinking deeply about constructive feedback prior to editing his work.

Emilia for competently working on all tasks and always wanting to learn and improve.

James O for Deep thinking and considering all factors.

Grade 5/6DJ

Clementine for her ‘can-do’ attitude when taking on extra responsibilities during or debate unit.

Jessica for her quietly confident approach to successfully completing all tasks.

Oliver for his determination and diligence in always trying to achieve his best.

Term Dates for 2023

Community Notices