Term 2 Issue 4 Newsletter 19 June 2025

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Term 2 Issue 4 Newsletter 19 June 2025

EPS Attendance
From the Principal
Certificate Recipients
Prep Lockwood
All Schools State Cross Country
Communicating Learning with Families
Reading on Country Photo Challenge
The 2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge kicked off on Monday!
Exeter Primary School Association Committee
Community News
Term Dates and Public Holidays 2025

The average daily attendance rate; Year-to-Date, derived from student attendance data recorded in EduPoint as at 18/06/2025 is 89%

From the Principal

Cyber Safety Source: Kids Helpline

Cyberbullying is bullying that uses electronic means like the internet or mobile phones to aggressively and intentionally harm someone.
Cyberbullying can include name calling, abusive comments, spreading rumours, threats of physical harm, being ignored or excluded, having opinions slammed, online impersonation, being sent rude or upsetting images, or having personal information or images sent or shared with others.
Cyberbullying is most common in late primary school and early high school and up to half of all young people have experienced it.

As a parent or carer here are some tips which can support you to protect and educated your child beyond the extensive work we do in this space at school.

Take the cyberbullying seriously
Help them identify what cyberbullying is
Find out details about the cyberbullying
Teach them that cyberbullying is never ok
Reassure them that they’re loved
Find out how your child has reacted to it
Work together to figure out ways they can take back power from those bullying
Help them to keep a record of the bullying in case it needs to be reported
Reporting serious cases of cyberbullying to the Police – cyber stalking, which is repeated harassment usually containing threatening messages with the aim to intimidate and create fear, is a crime and should always be reported
Help your child to “call out” the bullying behaviour
Suggest your child ‘block’ or remove people bullying them from their friend list and change their username or mobile number

Involve them in decision making at home to increase their sense of power and control
Role model calmly managing your own emotions
Create opportunities to expand their support friendships
Support them to speak to another trusted adult or counsellor
Advise them to avoid opening emails or responding to the cyberbullying
Respect that they may not want to limit online access as this can seem like a punishment and lead to greater social isolation
Notifying the school of the cyberbullying
Help them file a complaint with the website manager
Help them spend some time away from the computer and mobile phone by increasing their options for doing other fun activities
Follow up after your child tries a solution to see how it went
Check out the eSafetywebsite for more information on cyberbullying and access to their reporting and complaints system

I was recently at a Principal Forum where the conversation was about student support and wellbeing. It got me reflecting on how we support students here at Exeter Primary School. I compiled a list of opportunities we provide our students, which upon reflection, is something to celebrate and be proud of.

Some of these include:

Breakfast Club
Regulation Room – Zones of Regulation
Recess and Lunch Time Activities – Staff and Student Lead
Chess Club
Wellbeing Room
Basketball Tournament
Community Engagement Participation – soccer, football, netball, dance, band, cricket
School Garden Program
Cooking / Art and Craft
Taz Kids Club
Social Skills Groups
Maths Extension

Certificate Recipients

Grade 3/4 Atkinson	Toby, Poppy, Jarrod
Grade 3/4 Duncan	Whole class
Grade 3/4 Zandavar	Evie, Indie
Grade 4/5 DeHaan	Tanner, Lara
Grade 5/6 Petrohilos	Eliza, Justus, Mason
Grade 5/6 Sundra	Lisa, Ariana
Grade 5/6 Wood	Danica, Milli

Merit Certificates

Merit Certificates Thursday 19 June, 2025

P1 Lockwood	Rowdy, Gray
P2 Mahar/Hookway-Dare	Bridget, William
Grade 1/2 Eastley	Sebastian, Georgia, Indigo
Grade 1/2 Hardman	Aubrey, Cor, Oliver
Grade 1/2 Kerrison/Poxon	Olivia, Tobey, Lachlan

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Prep Lockwood

Prep Lockwood read the book The Very Blue Thingamajig and then painted their own creatures inspired by the one in the book. There were lots of interesting ideas and creativity used!

All Schools State Cross Country

On Tuesday the 17th of June, 27 students from Exeter Primary School participated in State All Schools Cross Country event at Symmons Plains. Mr Young was impressed with the determination and sportsmanship displayed by our students. Congratulations to the following students who finished top 100 in their event:

Bonnie, Asha, Lucy, Isabella, Eliza, Autumn, Mason and Hunter.

We would also like to congratulate all other students who represented our school:

Amelia, Ella, Daisy, Lucy, Chloe, Sophie, Ellie, Lisa, Imogen, Nate, Chaz, Thomas, Lachlan, Justus, Floyd, Jack, Emit and Benjamin.

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Communicating Learning with Families

Parent Teacher Conversations

Thank you to parents and carers that have made the time to have a conversation with your child’s teacher about their progress, socially, emotionally and academically. These are a valuable opportunity to build Home-School connections.

If you missed your appointment or did not make an appointment, your child’s teacher will be in contact in the coming days.

Reporting

Prep – Grade 6

Mid Year reports for Prep – Grade 6 students will be sent home to families on Friday 4^th July (week 10). Some of the assessments contributing to overall academic ratings will be shared at Parent Teacher interviews. Effort and Behaviour will also be assessed in each curriculum area.

Included in the report will be an Evidence of Learning for Maths and English (Prep – Grade 6) and PE, Music and Digital Technologies for Prep - Grade 2. Other subject areas and grades will be shared later in the year.

Reading on Country Photo Challenge

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Reading on Country photo challenge. There were many wonderful entries, so a big thank you to the families who supported this challenge. The whole school enjoyed seeing the photos at the assemblies over the past 2 weeks. The Reading Leaders presented the grade winners with a certificate and a Petrarchs Bookshop voucher.

Here are the fabulous winners-

Rowdy in Prep “sunset reading with his trusty dog”

Adeline in Grade 1 “reading in the grasses”

Luke in Grade 2 “reading with his new friends”

Stella in Grade 3 “Tamar River reading”

Abel in Grade 4 “wood chopping reading”

Mason from Grade 5-6 “tractor reading”

The 2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge kicked off on Monday!

Every year, thousands of students across Tasmania participate in the Premier's Reading Challenge. The Challenge encourages personal reading goals over 10 weeks, embracing diverse formats, including recommended books. This year there are an amazing 31,970 students participating from across 152 schools, colleges, and Home Education families!

At Exeter Primary School, each grade is challenged to achieve different goals including- - reading in the library during lunch

- completing the 10 Reading Log page

- reading a range of text types

One of the aims of the PRC is to help students figure out what they love to read so that reading will be easier – so students are encouraged to try reading different things – fiction, non-fiction – blogs, comics, poetry, lyrics, essays, magazines, newspapers… it all counts in the PRC.

This is a challenge for all Tasmanian students. It doesn’t matter what your reading level is, everyone can take part.

Reading is a skill we need for life. All the reading you do in this challenge will help you at school and at home.

The Challenge runs for 10 weeks until 24 August. For more information you can go to- Premier's Reading Challenge - Department for Education, Children and Young People

Exeter Primary School Association Committee

Next meeting Thursday 26th June at 6:30pm.

As well as some of the big ticket items, like basketball hoops and playground upgrades, the SA Committee often gets requests from the school for resources supporting school programs.

Recently we were able to assist in purchasing new readers to support the school literacy program. A little newer and more relevant, these are a great addition for the younger years readers - and hopefully will add some variety to the books that come home!!