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- Secondary Campus PSRs - Big Green Penguins
- Remembrance Day Service
- 3 P Remembrance Day
- Primary Socials
- Ulverstone Show
- Library Hours
- Book Club
- Workplace Learning Program 2019
- Congratulations and Thank you
- Year 8 Material, Design and Technology
- Year 9 Metalwork
- School Calendar
- Penguin SLSC - Maxi from Bondi Rescue
- Kids Helpline Fundraiser
- Summer Camp
- Wynyard Walkathon & Family Fun Day
- Stumped
Penguin District School Calendar
For all upcoming events please see the Penguin District School Calendar
This Monday there will be a special sitting of parliamentarians for a Parliamentary Standing Committee in to Public Works. This is to provide a process with checks and balances to ensure that government planning and funding is directed in a way that will improve outcomes for Tasmanians. In our case, this will be to discuss the current reality of teaching and learning at Penguin District School and how the capital works investment will add value to the future prospects for the young people in our community. The public have been invited to make any submissions prior to the date, but people can also attend the public hearing between 1:30 and 2:30 in the Community Learning Centre at the Primary Campus. Our students will have the opportunity to participate in the hearing, share their insights and take the committee members for a tour through the site.
2020 – Meeting Student Need
I have had some great discussions with parents recently about how the school takes steps to meet the needs of individual students. We tabled this at our School Association meeting last week and we discussed this in relation to the new Adjustments Based Funding Model and class compositions for next year. Tasmanian school leaders have been waiting for a few years for the rollout of a resourcing model that best meets the needs for students with a disability by recognising, planning and resourcing the adjustments that each student may need. Our school will have an increased resource allocation for 2020 under this new model and this will further improve our capacity to support teachers with the adjustments that students may need to achieve success with their learning.
As our student numbers continue to grow, there are more instances of composite classes across the school. As a School Association, we discussed the mantra of teaching the student and meeting their needs, not just the grade they are in and the curriculum for that year level. The curriculum provides an important guide on the concepts, content and benchmarks that teachers should consider within their planning. Our responsibility is to determine where a student is ‘at’ with their learning/development, develop goals, and then implement relevant appropriate teaching. I’m not familiar with any studies that recognise composite classes as having a negative impact on student growth, in-fact, a primary school that Penguin teachers visited in Canberra of 1700 students earlier this year had 1-2 composites for every class in that area! This allowed the teachers to work more closely, share professional knowledge and track student progress more effectively than they felt they had previously. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of our programs, and ask that parents are always proactive in speaking with class teachers with feedback on how their child’s needs are being met.
Open Air Cinema
The weather has been relatively unpredictable this week, with stronger than forecast breezes. We will make a decision Friday morning whether our screening of ‘Dumbo’ will go ahead.
Gnomon Magazine
Our School Magazine ‘The Gnomon’ will again be available for purchase. Congratulations to Emily (Yr 9) and Eliza (Yr 5) who have won the cover competition for this year's magazine. They will receive a prize and a complimentary copy of the magazine for their contributions.
Mat Grining
Principal
Mat Grining
Email: mathew.grining@education.tas.gov.au
Penguin District School values the contribution that students make within the community, please keep us informed of significant student achievements by emailing penguin.district.school@education.tas.gov.au or send a message via the Penguin District School Facebook page.
Secondary Campus PSRs - Big Green Penguins
Congratulations to the following people whose names were drawn out of the Secondary Campus PSR boxes. Students and staff get their names in the PSR boxes for demonstarting the PSR - Personal Best, Safety, Respect.
Year 7 - Campbell - Personal Best
Year 8 - Declan - Respect
Year 9 - Kasey - Personal Best
Year 10 - Millie - Personal Best
Year 11 - Shkirah - Respect
Staff - Ben - Safety
Congratulations and enjoy your movie pass.
Congratulations to all students who put in entries in this year’s Ulverstone Show. All entries were of a high standard and students should be really proud of their efforts, whether they received an award or not. A big thank you to Mrs Radcliff and Mrs Johnstone who co-ordinated the school display, which allowed students across the entire school to exhibit their work. It looked great!
Following are the award recipients:
Ashton |
Ist Creative Craft P-2 |
Montana |
3rd Creative Craft P-2 |
Rayff |
2nd Creative Craft P-2 |
Montana |
1st Sewing a soft toy |
Jayda |
2nd Sewing a soft toy |
Isaac |
1st Creative Craft 7/8 |
Avery |
1st Lego Agricultural Theme |
Collaboration 2P |
1st Celebration Craft |
Zoe |
1st Decorated Cake |
Olivia |
1st Collection of Pressed Flowers |
Romaya |
3rd Halloween Cupcakes |
Zac |
2nd Halloween Cupcakes |
Tahlia |
3rd Art Grade 5/6 |
Romaya |
2nd Creative Writing P/1 |
Book Club – Issue 8
Issue 8 going home this week.
Preferred method to order and pay in 2019 is LOOP (Linked Online Ordering & Payment) closing date for orders is Friday 29th November.
Any orders that are presents (e.g. birthday, Christmas) please tick the GIFT box on LOOP order.
If you have any queries please see Sonya at the Primary Campus Library on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Workplace Learning Program 2019
This year, Penguin District School students have once again benefitted from being involved in the Workplace Learning Program. Students have attended workplaces in many and varied industries and career pathways.
We would like to acknowledge and thank the business and corporations that have so generously given up their time and resources to accommodate our Workplace Learning student/s. Without their assistance and partnership, this invaluable learning experience would not be possible for our students to discover possibilities in career pathways for their futures.
A huge thanks to the following supporters and enablers of our Workplace Learning Program …
Recently, some of our students have been successful in their efforts to enter the world of work - further their education - through an apprenticeship in 2020.
Penguin District School would like to congratulate these students on achieving this success and recognise the effort they’ve made with their learning throughout their schooling. Their hard work has obviously been rewarded with this wonderful outcome.
Our school would also like to thank the companies who have recognised the strengths and potential in each of the students – and in doing, have shown confidence in the educational journey that our school has provided for them. Thank you to each of these businesses. We are proud of our students – and we are confident that you’ll feel the same as they become part of your team.
We’d like to wish these students all the very best as they embark on their future careers. Well done everyone!
Year 8 Material, Design and Technology
Recently, Year 8 students completed their intarsia themed projects. As can be seen,by the work below by Harry, Emily and Alex, they did a wonderful job, designing and creating their projects.
The Year 9 students in the metalwork class have just completed their aluminium and acrylic model planes. Working form plans, they used the milling machine to manufacture the aluminium sections of their models. The following photos display their great results.
School Holidays
13 Apr 2024 - 28 Apr 2024 |
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First Day Term 2
All day |
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Nature Kinder A
All day Recurring event |
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School Netball Begins
All day |
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Year 7 and 10 Immunisations -
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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Nature Kinder A
All day Recurring event |