Upcoming Events

Term 3

Term 4

Assembly

Assemblies are held in the GP Hall unless otherwise stated. Parents are welcome to attend. Attendees are asked to sign in and sanitise at the office. Please allow time to complete this.

Term Dates

Professional Learning Days and Public Holidays

I hope all our fathers had a fantastic day last Sunday and enjoyed the gifts students made and purchased ($3) at the stall.  Last Thursday, the Kinder students had Father’s time, which was a lot of fun. Several Dad had shaving cream placed on their chins/beards by their Kinder child.  Also loved the orange paper ties that were decorated with lots of glitter.  Dads left with special gifts and some photos for their social media page.

Congratulations to our Grade 2-4 Choir who won their division last Friday in the Class 129 - 10 years and under Junior Primary School Choir at the Devonport Eisteddfod .  This was so rewarding for the students who participated, and they were surprised and excited with the result.  Thank you to Leonie Watson-Peters (Music Teacher), Dana Sallese and Karen Whish-Wilson.

This week I will be on the Grade 5/6 Camp with Mrs Lisa Welling, Mr Luke Dolbey and Miss Tegan Sharman and Student teacher Luke Rowden (5/6D)

Welcome to Luke Rowden (5/6D), Kayla Simpson (1/2P) and Michael Allison (2/3S) who are practicum teachers and all the best to Lucas Simpson (4/5S) who completed his practicum last week.

Mrs Whishy-Washy

In Kinder, we have been reading the book, Mrs Whishy-Washy by Joy Cowley. We had lots of muddy fun making the animals from the story all muddy and then washing them clean like Mrs Whishy-Washy did.

Father's Day Afternoon

On Thursday afternoon kinder students invited their fathers/parents to a special Father's Day afternoon.

Book Parade

We would like to congratulate the following winners of the Father Day Raffle: Eliza from 4-5S, Bryce from 5-6D, Liam from Kinder K and Axle from 5-6W.

Lachlan brought his guinea pigs Dark Blood and Orange to visit the classroom.

Money & Budgets

2/3 Scott have been learning about money and budgeting. Our challenge was to create something out of paper to ‘sell’ to our peers. We created our own shop fronts and had a market-place day where we could buy some awesome things that our classmates had made!

100 Nights of Reading

Trinity has been working hard to improve her reading skills. She has officially read a whopping 100 nights so far this year!! She is celebrating with a book prize. Congratulations Trinity. 

We have been reading a picture book called Drought as a part of our unit on natural disasters. Our literacy task is to identify rhyming words from the book and in groups come up with "ire" sound rhyming words.

Caleb, Paul and Amelia from 5/6D were experts in creating circuits as part of our science lesson.

Students in 5-6 Dolbey have been learning some hockey skills.

On Friday, our East Devonport Primary School 10 years and under choir was awarded first place in their section of the Devonport Eisteddfod. There were four competitors in this section. This year we were only allowed to have a maximum of 16 voices in the choir and luckily we had 15 enthusiastic volunteers! A huge well done to; Ronan, Hayley, Jonah, Kayli, Lauchlan, Darcy, Zaidn, Lisa, Noah, Bella, Dakota, Declan, Maddison, Indi and Trinity. You all performed beautifully and are a credit to our school. Thank you to Mrs Watson-Peters, Mrs Sallese and Mrs Whish-Wilson for your efforts with this choir. It was a great team effort. Students sang two songs (Puffin and I can Sing). Click on the pdf link below to see the adjudicator's full report.

For the last two terms, 20 of our students from Years 3-6 have been participating in our school Drama Club run by Mrs Whish and Deputy Mayor, Devonport City Council, Ms Alison Jarman held every Monday from 3.00pm to 4.00pm in our GP Hall. Ms Jarman has written a play for our students  titled, “How to get a girl’s attention.”  On Thursday 16 September, these students will be performing this play in the Deloraine Youth Drama Festival competition to be held at the Little Theatre in Deloraine at 6.30 pm. Parents and friends of our school community are invited to watch their dress rehearsal on Wednesday 15 September at 1.45pm in our GP Hall. We congratulate members of our Drama Club for their commitment to this project and also thank Ms Jarman for volunteering her time and imparting her knowledge and experience with us all.

Please contact the office if you will be attending the dress rehearsal in the GP Hall in order to ensure adequate seating.

On Thursday 26 August one of our students was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the 10 state-wide weekly winners to have taken part in the Premier’s Reading Challenge! This student was chosen as a student who has shown great effort and improvement in his reading and was presented with a prize during a special visit from Hawka the Hawthorn Football Club Mascot and David Cox (Hawthorn - State Manager). Well done Eli of P-1 AS!

Jesse Brennan from Children’s University visited us at recess last Friday. Once again, Jesse provided the students with many resources. A reminder, that students in this program should be finalising the last of their 30 hours so they can be eligible for graduation, as passports will need to be collected on Monday 13 September for validation.

In Term 4 the Tennis Club will run a tennis program after school for students in years 2-6. There are limited places available. If you are interested in participating please leave your name with the office. A gold coin donation is requested, which will be given to the East Devonport Tennis Club.

On the weekend of 18-19 September, our school will be participating in C division of the Primary Schools Basketball Tournament which will be held in Devonport and surrounding stadiums. The team of 10 Year 5/6 boys  have been working on their skills under the direction of basketball legend, Paul Campbell and Year 10 students from Latrobe High School for the last two terms. We can’t wait to see all of their work being demonstrated in their games during the tournament. As yet, we have not yet been notified of the roster for this tournament.

The Devonport Touch Association will be conducting a primary schools roster for years 2-4 and 5-6 students during Term 4. The roster starts on Wednesday 20 October with games starting from 4.00pm or 5.00pm depending on number of teams (games go for approx 45min). There will be 8 games to the season and they are played at Meecroft Park, Devonport. Cost is $50 per player (to be paid online when registering). Registrations close Friday 24 September. Students will need to wear suitable clothing (normally school sports uniform, playing tops need to have a number on the back of them) and preferably football or soccer boots or sneakers.

Covid Safety: Touch football will be played in accordance with the Devonport Touch Association Covid 19 Safety Plan developed by Touch Football Australia under the AIS Level C Framework.

Key points for players are:

• Players and spectators must stay at home if unwell;
• Players need to sanitise hands prior to playing, half time and after playing (sanitiser will be available at the ground);
• Please avoid coughing, spitting or nose clearing;
• Please DON’T share water bottles, or any item of uniform;
• All spectators will be required to sign in (sign in sheets and QR Code Check-in signs will be available at each ground and around the fields);
• DTA will have an onsite Covid-19 Safety Officer.

Ticket to Play: DTA accepts valid Ticket to Play Vouchers.  Upon presentation of ticket to play voucher and a valid health care card via email to devonporttouchfootball@outlook.com, participants will be sent a discount code to use when registering.

Registration: Register on line at www.touchfootball.com.au. Click the register button and then the player button. You will then be prompted to find your place and simply enter Devonport. From there select the appropriate primary school division and team and enter your details. Payment will be done when registering. If you can’t find your team register into the Individual Players team and we will allocate you with your schoolmates.

Want to play but don’t have a school team don’t worry we can join you up with other primary players looking for a team.  Contact the Devonport Touch Association at devonporttouchfootball@outlook.com or call 0417 477 966.  

The Devonport Touch Association is conducting a Primary School Gala Day during school holidays on Wednesday 6 October at Meercroft Park between 10.00am and midday followed by a free sausage sizzle.

Beginners Program

Devonport Touch Footy will also be conducting a Touch Beginners Program for ages 5 to 10. This will be a short introductory skill season over 4 weeks starting from Wednesday 27 October through to Wednesday 17 November. Cost is $20 per student and will run from 4 p.m to 5 p.m. Follow the registration links at www.touchfootball.com.au to become involved.

On Friday 27 August a small group of our 5-6 students travelled to participate in the NWPSSA Devon vs Darwin events as part of the 5-6 Soccer teams. The Devon teams included students from schools between Sheffield and Ulverstone. Well done Elijah, Jack, Reuben, Bella, Immy and Amelia.