New Lifting Literacy Videos

Four new videos are now available for families about learning to read in Tasmanian schools. These four videos are available to share via the Lifting Literacy YouTube playlist or downloadable file:

1. Reading in Tasmanian Schools
2. Structured Literacy and the Big Six
3. Phonics
4. Decodables

Video 1 explains how reading is taught in Tasmanian schools is changing.

Video 2 unpacks structured literacy and the Big Six. These are suitable for all families K-12.

Videos 3 & 4 provide information on phonics and advice on how families can read decodables at home with their child. These are suitable for P-2 families. Additional fact sheets will be provided to support these videos, keep an eye out for these via email communication. 

School Crossing

Our school crossing is controlled by volunteer primary school staff every afternoon as a service to ensure the safety of students. We are not funded by State Growth as they don’t see Glen Ard Mohr Road as in need of a dedicated Crossing Guard.

I am asking all members of the school community who need to cross the road, respect that fact that we are providing this service and use the designated area accordingly. Every afternoon we have 15 buses transporting students, every afternoon I witness adults walking students across the road away from the zoned crossing area.

To help protect everyone, we’re sharing some Dos and Don’t around our school crossing area:

Thank you for helping to keep our school community safe.

Let’s all do our part by respecting our crossing guard and the road rules. Together, we can create a safer journey to and from school!

Supporting online learning at home

To help families learn online at home, every family with children in kindergarten to year 10 are receiving a copy of Supporting online learning: a guide for families.

This guide provides families with information and advice about:

• school communication apps, such as Canvas Parent
• managing online privacy
• social media readiness
• effective online searching, and
• spending time online as a family.

Families are the most important influence and support for children and young people. Learning online at home builds life skills to succeed in today’s digital world.

Guides will be sent home 21/11/2024.

For more digital skills and support, please email digitalskillsforfamilies@libraries.tas.gov.au

Colour Fun Run

Thank you to the School Association for their planning of our fundraiser, Colour Fun Run. The profits from the event will go directly to upgrading our play spaces and sports equipment, freeing up school funds to support student learning outcomes. Thank you to all familes for your support of the event, it promises to be a fun night.

Friday, November 22, 4.30pm – 5.30pm

Plain White T-Shirts, variety of sizes still available $5.00.

Purchase additional colour bags $5.00.

Contact the school office.

Limited merchandise may still be available at the event!

Food Vans Onsite (from 3.30pm)

Amore (Mexican food + milkshakes)

Big Bickies

Papas Pantry (burgers and chips)

Bubbles Soft Serve