What's Happening In Primary

Inter Primary Cross Country Student Reflections

37 students from Year 3 to Year 6 represented DCS at the NWPSSA Cross Country in Ulverstone on Tuesday. The weather was stunning and all students participated with joy and enthusiasm. Well done to all students with the following students coming in the top 10 for their age:

Hezekiah Scott 

Student reflections: 

I loved leaving the oval and running through the park - Alison

I loved racing - Esther

I had fun in my run and seeing people I knew from other schools - Zara

I loved running through the puddles through the park - Jet

It was my first time here and I loved running and sprinting at the end - Hudson

I enjoyed running and seeing people I knew from other schools - River

If our runners could describe today in one word it would be: 

• Fun

• Intense

• Nervous 

• Awesome 

• Cheerful

• Amazing

• Noisy

National Simultaneous Story Time

Last week Primary gathered in Jiloa to listen to the National Simultaneous Storytime  reading of The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel. The reading had been pre-recorded and presented by children's laureate Sally Rippin (author of well know series Billy B Brown and School of Monsters). Before Sally read she shared the following: 

"All kids can be readers... They need to find the best way to share stories for them. They may like to read books on their own, or they might like somebody to read aloud to, or maybe they might like comics or graphic novels, or maybe you might like audio books, and these are all really important ways to share stories."

This was a wonderful reminder for everyone, an encouragement of what reading involves and the joy that it can bring.

Listening to the story was a great way to end our day after the fun and excitement of Cross Country.

"Some cats are house cats.

Some are apartment cats.

But Tinka is a truck cat.

Tinka lives everywhere."

Information about National Simultaneous Storytime

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. It is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Kinder to Year 6.

ICAS Competition

We are delighted to inform you that Devonport Christian School will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS Assessments again this year. 

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