Primary School
Assembly
Next week we will be holding a Wells Assembly in The Farrall Centre for students in Kindergarten to Year 2. We welcome families to attend the assembly, which will commence at 2.15pm on Monday. Please remember that due to privacy concerns and to respect the photo permission choices of other families we ask you to refrain from taking photos and videos during assemblies.
Grandparents and Older Friends’ Day
Wednesday 23 October - Bookings Now Open
Grandparents and Older Friends’ Day will be held on Wednesday 23 October. The day will include outside learning displays, music performances and a light morning tea.
This year the event will be ticketed and will take place in the school grounds over separate sessions:
- Kindergarten family and friends will gather in the Kindergarten grounds from 9.00-9.45am.
- Prep - Year 2 family and friends will gather behind the Wells classrooms from 9.00-9.45am.
- Years 3 - 6 family and friends will meet outside the Walpole area between 9.45-10.45am.
- Morning tea for all visitors will be outside The Farrall Centre from 9.30-10.30am.
We will be offering a shuttle bus service from North Hobart, Bell Street. Please make sure to book a separate ticket for this if you would like to book this service.
Reserve your booking here.
Mobile Phone Muster
Do you have an old phone left-over from an upgrade? Do you have a drawer full of old phones and chargers and not know what to do with them?
Tutor group U5 in the Senior School is organising a mobile phone muster to recycle old phones and reuse the precious materials in them. There will be collection boxes in the office on every campus for students and parents to drop them in to. The boxes will be there for the last two weeks of term - Monday 16 September through to Friday 27 September. Please help us to look after the environment by recycling these old devices rather than just digging up new resources.
For more information please contact Jeremy Rackham
Term 3 Vacation Care Bookings
Bookings close 6.00pm Monday 23 September
A reminder that we are offering a Vacation Care program during the Term 3 holiday period for Kindergarten to Year 6 students. Please find our upcoming Vacation Care Program running from Monday 30 September to Friday 11 October here.
Bookings for our Vacation Care Program will be processed via Xap Manage. If you are new to our service and would like to request bookings for your child/ren, please click on the link here. Existing Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) families click here to request bookings for your child/ren.
Bookings close at 6.00pm, Monday 23 September 2024. If you have any queries, please contact our Admin team via feladmin@friends.tas.edu.au or call 6210 2276 for assistance.
Year 5 Outdoor Education - kunanyi/ Mt Wellington Bushwalk
Monday 23 September
Year 5C and the balance of the Year 5M class will undertake their Outdoor Education walk on kunanyi/ Mt Wellington on Monday 23 September. Students will depart at 9am and will return to school by 3pm. All other requirements as previously advised.
IB PYP Year 6 Exhibition Opening
Tuesday 24 September in The Farrall Centre
The PYP Exhibition is a significant event in an IB school. As a culminating experience for primary students, it is an opportunity for each student to independently and collaboratively exhibit the attributes of the learner profile and to identify, inquire into and share messages about issues and opportunities of personal significance. Students demonstrate the essential elements of the IB Primary Years Programme: knowledge, concepts, skills, action and agency.
The big idea for 2024 is “Power, Youth, Influence, Change.” Each student has inquired into an area of interest and responded to their learning through a year-level inquiry into 'How we express ourselves.' Within the exhibition, each student will share their knowledge, and express their conceptual understanding of their new learning. They have each created a work of art that is designed to provoke conversation. Visitors are invited to view the work and use it as a stimulus for deep and rich conversations with the students.
Families and other community members are invited to attend the exhibition on Tuesday, 24 September, from 5.30-7pm in The Farrall Centre. School groups will visit throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.
Year 2 Farm and Zoo Excursion
Wednesday 25 September
As part of our inquiry into how living things adapt to survive, Year 2 will go on an excursion to visit a farm and Zoodoo on Wednesday, 25 September. We will depart school by bus at 9.00am and travel first to a farm in Campania to spot native wildlife, feed the sheep, and learn about their life cycle and adaptations. We will also examine wool from shearing and compare it to a selection of finished products.
Year 2 will then visit Zoodoo for a guided learning experience to consolidate the learning around creature features and how they assist animals in adapting to their environment. As part of the tour, students will also experience feeding some of the animals. Parent volunteers are very welcome to meet us at Zoodoo at approximately 11am. There is a charge of $25 per parent at the zoo reception desk. Our volunteers will require a current Working With Vulnerable People card. You will also need to fill in a volunteer form at this link. Please email your class teacher if you are able to assist.
Students need to come dressed in their sports uniform, including a warm jacket, beanie, and waterproof raincoat. Gumboots are recommended if students own a pair, but are not essential. Students need to bring a big lunch and lots of snacks, a full water bottle and any required personal medications (labelled) for the day. No canteen orders are available for Year 2 on this day. We will return to school by 2.45pm. Please update student Operoo profiles before the excursion.
Prep Outdoor Education Excursion
Wednesday 25 September
Prep students will be participating in an Outdoor Education Day at Wellington Park and completing a walk to the Octopus Tree. Class teachers, learning assistants and Emily Ardas, our Outdoor Education teacher, will accompany the students on the excursion. We will be departing school at 9.45am and returning by 1pm. The aim of the day is to explore the local bushlands while developing relationships with peers. Students are required to wear their Physical Education uniform and sturdy shoes to walk in. They are also to bring a backpack with morning tea and lunch, rain jacket, water bottle, a warm jumper, beanie, sun hat and any required personal medication. Please update student Operoo profiles before the excursion.
Year 6 Excursion to Legacy Park
Thursday 26 September
Year 6 students will walk to and from Legacy Park, Queen’s Domain, on Thursday 26 September to celebrate the completion of the PYP Exhibition. We will pack up the Exhibition during the morning, BBQ Lunch will be provided for the students and we will walk to Legacy Park after the students’ first break. Students will participate in movement and reflection activities and walk back to school for the end of the school day. Students are to wear their sports uniform and bring a warm layer, rain coat, drink bottle and snack (no lunch orders please).
Parents, please let classroom teachers know if you would like to support this excursion. Our volunteers will require a current Working With Vulnerable People card. You will also need to fill in a volunteer form at this link. Please email your class teacher if you are able to assist.
Absentees
If your child will be absent from school for the day please advise the Primary School Office (phone: 6210 2228, or email: primaryschooloffice@friends.tas.edu.au ) and the classroom teacher before 9.00am. We appreciate your support in this process.
Important Dates
Term 3 | Tuesday 23 July to Friday 27 September
Term 4 | Monday 14 October to Thursday 12 December
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