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- Penguin District School Calendar
- Principal's Report
- Secondary Students - Return Tuesday 9 June
- Mobile Phone Policy
- World's Greatest Shave - She did it!
- PDS Brixhibition
- Photography Competition - Connections
- Canteen returns Tuesday 2 June
- Library Update
- Gold Cards - Term 2
- Primary Campus - Lost Property
- Book Club
- Mathematical Madness
- CCC July 2020 Vacation Care
- School Calendar
Penguin District School Calendar
For all upcoming events please see the Penguin District School Calendar
Pick up and drop off
Thank you for the care and consideration that parents and students are demonstrating for each other with the current arrangements.
We understand that whilst it is a busy time of the school day around the outside of the school, many families have found that it has been a great opportunity to extend independence and responsibility for their child to meet parents in an agreed area.
Kerger’s Coaches have indicated that the bus bay at the primary campus can be used by parents of a morning with care, as buses generally won’t use this area until 8:35am. This may help ease some congestion on Ironcliffe Road. If parents need to assist children with getting out of the car, we suggest using the car park outside Kinder or driving up the internal laneway towards the Community Learning Centre.
Where possible, we ask that vehicles when leaving the primary campus turn left, back up Ironcliffe Road to keep traffic flowing smoothly. We have contacted State Growth and asked them to come out to the school to review the current traffic flow and provide any possible recommendations/signage.
Tasmania Roadmap to Recovery
The early easing of Stage 2 restrictions from Friday at 3pm won’t provide many changes for us as a school at this point in time. We are unable to undertake large class excursions into the community or have volunteers in the school and the current arrangements for parents waiting outside of the school still stands. Interstate excursions ie Canberra, won’t be part of Tasmanian school planning for 2020, however, we will begin exploring opportunities within our state later in the year. We will continue to provide updates to our community as these conditions are eased – we have one eye very closely on the further easing of restrictions and the implications for our school production.
Reporting Progress to Parents
Tasmanian schools will provide a progress update to parents for the middle of the year that reflects the changes to schooling since March that we have all been experiencing and embracing.
Please note, that the format will look different to previous years as there will be no A to E assessment. Kinder reporting will occur early in term 3 and we are considering term 3 for possible parent/teacher/student conferences for all grades. The progress updates will go out to families on the last day of term, Friday 3 July.
Students from Prep to Year 6 will have
- Indicator of progress for English & Mathematics where the teacher/student has sufficient evidence
- Indicator of work habits in these areas
- Dot points for future focus in these areas
- Brief comment from the class teacher in relation to our school values of personal best, safe, and being respectful
- Prep parents will also receive the BASE assessment results (previously known as PIPS)
Students from Year 7 to 10 will have
- Indicator of progress for English & Mathematics, Science, Humanities & Social Science, where the teacher/student has sufficient evidence
- Indicator of work habits in English & Mathematics, Science, Humanities & Social Science, Health, Physical Education
- Indicator of work habits for Full Year and Half Year Applied Learnings - taking into account the optional nature of these during learning@home
Uniform Policy
Having our students back at school, feeling well and engaging in their learning is always our priority. On return to school, the consistency of uniform items like jackets, socks and shoes hasn’t been at the level that it was prior to the holidays. Our uniform and school identity is something that we are very proud of, and forms part of our school uniform policy and dress code as developed by our School Association. We have attached a link below to our uniform policy so parents can re-familiarise themselves. If you have any suggestions around our school uniform, please don’t hesitate to contact the school and this can be tabled at our Association meetings. Many of the positive changes to uniform have been a result of parent and student feedback.
https://penguindistrict.education.tas.edu.au/forms-documents/uniform
Mat Grining - Principal
Email: mathew.grining@education.tas.gov.au
Secondary Students - Return Tuesday 9 June
Well done on learning @ home secondary families, we look forward to seeing you at school on Tuesday 9 June 2020.
- Don't forget your learning @ home packs and all work completed
- If you borrowed a device these need to be returned to the school office
- The timetable will return to normal
- Off and Away All Day - Updated mobile phone policy applies from Term 2
- Full school uniform is required and remember the school PSR's
- If you are not returning due to medical or other reasons please contact the school office and we can put an appropriate learning plan in place.
Geoff Davis - Assistant Principal
Email: geoffrey.davis@education.tas.gov.au
World's Greatest Shave - She did it!
Well done Mrs Sherriff on supporting such a worthy cause and sharing your greatest shave experience with our school community. To make a secure donation to the Lukaemia Foundation click this link
https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/fundraisingpage.aspx?RegistrationID=791250
Entries for the LEGO model competition need to be brought to the LiL Area (through the library)before school on Monday 15th June between 8:20- 8:40am or after school between 3:00-3:15pm. (If possible, please bring your model in a cardboard box so that your child can independently carry it into school.)
All models will need to be collected and taken home on the afternoon of Thursday 18th June. Mrs Paterson will be available in the LiL Area between 12:40-1pm and between 3:00- 3:30pm to help students to collect their models.
Moira Paterson
Email: moira.paterson@education.tas.gov.au
Photography Competition - Connections
Does spending more time at home have you looking at the ‘little’ things differently?
Have you seen your neighbourhood/community in a way that you wouldn’t have had before?
Are your family connections stronger?
If so, we want to hear from you!
We are holding a photography competition with the theme of ‘Connections’, with a prize for the winner of each category.
Categories include:
• Birth to Grade 2
• Grade 3-6
• Grade 7-12
• Adult
Entries close 26/6/20
We encourage portrait and landscape photography.
All photos can be emailed to:
wendy.radcliff@education.tas.gov.au or
jessie.eberhardt@education.tas.gov.au
Winners will be announced on the 1/7/2020.
By submitting photos you will be acknowledging that:
• You have permission to photograph the people in the photos (for those photos that have people)
• The photos have been taken by you or the person in the category submitted
• Your work may be shared with a wider audience on our school newsletter, Facebook page and beyond.
Jessie Eberhardt and Wendy Radcliff
Email: jessie.eberhardt@education.tas.gov.au; wendy.radcliff@education.tas.gov.au
Primary Campus - Lost Property
All orders must be made by Tuesday 16th June.
The preferred method to order and pay is LOOP (Linked Online Ordering & Payment) see LOOP - How to Order attachment.
Any orders that are presents (e.g. Birthday, Christmas) please tick ‘GIFT’ on LOOP order (see Gift Function attachment).
If you have any queries please see Sonya in the Primary Campus Library Tuesdays and Fridays.
Good Friday
All day |
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Easter Sunday
All day |
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Easter Monday
All day |
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Easter Tuesday
All day |
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Nature Kinder A
All day Recurring event |
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Launching into Learning Playgym
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Recurring event |
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Launching into Learning Playgroup
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Recurring event |
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Year 1 Inquiry Excursion
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
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Year 1 Inquiry Excursion - Back up day
9:00 AM - 2:50 PM |
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Launching into Learning Music
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Recurring event |
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School Photos Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 April
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
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School Association AGM
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
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Launching into Learning Playgym
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Recurring event |
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Primary Assembly Featuring - 5B French/Brown, 3-4C Rattray and 2B Taylor
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM |
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Last Day Term 1
All day |
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Launching into Learning Playgroup
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Recurring event |
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Prep - Year 10 Progress Reports sent home
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
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School Holidays
13 Apr 2024 - 28 Apr 2024 |
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ANZAC Day
All day |