What's Happening In Primary

ICAS 2024

This week we commence ICAS (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) for students in Year 2 through to Year 8. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to further discover areas of passions and for them to assess their skills in a range of curriculum areas. Over the course of the next few weeks we will see 69 students complete 137 assessments in 6 competitions:

• Tuesday 6th August - ICAS Writing
• Wednesday 7th August - ICAS Digital Technologies
• Tuesday 13th August - ICAS English
• Tuesday 20th August - ICAS Science
• Wednesday 21st August - ICAS Spelling
• Tuesday 27th August - ICAS Maths

New Spaces in Term 3

As a community we are excited to see the transformation of the Primary spaces over the past few years. The most recent addition is that of the Year 5/6 classrooms and Visual Art Room. The Year 5/6 students have been excited to use and explore these new spaces and we invite you to come and check them out. Thank you to all of those involved in the vision, planning, implementation and building of these magnificent spaces. We are grateful to God for His incredible provisions for Christian education at DCS. Please read the reflections of students below:

Lucy C: I like my new classrooms because there are lots more spaces. The little outdoor room is helpful if we need a quiet space to work. Having the bag lockers inside the class room is amazing. 

Que S: The new classrooms mean that we are close to the Basketball court. It is great that we can see the sun and have more space.

Ava A: I enjoy my new classroom because of how big it is. I like the big windows so I can see the weather and what's going on outside. The room at the side of our class is a space that I can go and work quietly in. 

Simeon D: There is a lot more open space and it is great to have the natural light stream in. 

Tom U: Being in the new classrooms means that the Lego League table is in the sun. Having the bigger space means that it is a more comfortable space to learn in!

Annabelle J:  When we went into the new building for the first time we were both nervous and excited.

Maybelle R: Some of my thoughts about the new 5/6 building are about how quick the move was. It felt a bit weird but I settled into the new space. I love how our new building has a flex area providing extra workspace for activities. 

Book Fair

Two of the biggest events on the Library calendar are coming up this term:  CBCA Book Week and our annual Book Fair!  CBCA Book Week is from Monday 19th August until Friday 23rd August.  This year the official Book Week theme is ‘Reading is Magic’. 

The Book Fair is a great fundraiser for our library and each year we end up with a huge pile of books for the library that happens because of the generosity and support of our school community. 

Primary students will soon be bringing home an invitation for the Book Fair, which has just a small sample of books that will be on offer.  Wish lists will be completed by students during their library time and brought home. Parents are invited to look at the lists, decide which items, if any,  you would like to purchase (please note there is no obligation to buy), and return completed wish lists to school (with payment) by Friday 30th August. 

Books will be on display next to the school office throughout Book Week, so please feel free to come in and see the books on offer.  The school office is open from 8.00am-3.45pm each school day.

There are 3 ways to pay; online, EFTPOS or cash. If you would like to purchase any items, please return all wish lists to the office by Friday 30th August—all wish lists need to be returned so that we can give each child the correct order. If paying for books online, please ensure you enter the Book Fair site and not the Book Club site.  Books will be ordered once all the wish lists are returned and will be handed out to students so they all receive them at the same time—this usually takes about 3 weeks.

Mrs G, Library Technician.

Book Week Parade

This year the official Book Week theme is ‘Reading is Magic’. The DCS Primary community will be celebrating Book Week commencing Monday 21st August. This is a very exciting week which culminates in our Book Week Parade on Friday 23rd August from 8.30am in the JILOA Centre, where students have the opportunity to dress up as their favourite book character.

Characters should be from a book and not a movie and students are asked to bring along a copy of the book their character is from.

Imagination and fun are what the day is all about so please make the costume for your child that works best for you and your family. Some students like to make their own costumes, some parents like to make them with or without their child’s help, and some like to buy costumes. Any of the above are great—it’s all to promote the love of reading!

Students in Kinder C will have an opportunity to dress up on Thursday 22nd August with our Little Sprouts friends. 

DCS Art Comp

Celebrating Students

Each week at our Friday assembly we love to celebrate our students. We would love to hear from you if your child has achieved something significant over the weekend during sporting events, dancing, baptisms, theatre, music achievements etc. 

Please email one of the following DCS Team Members with the details (we would love a photo too!):

Corina Barnard: reception@dcs.tas.edu.au

Ema-Lee De Haan: dehaane@dcs.tas.edu.au

Tom Evans: evanst@dcs.tas.edu.au  

Upcoming Events:

Term Dates

Term 3:

Thursday 25th July - Thursday 26th September

Term 4:

Tuesday 15th October - Tuesday 10th December