What's Happening In Primary

STEM Semester One Highlights - Miss Shurley

It has been an exciting first half of the year in STEM! Year 5/6 have been researching the importance of bees and are now working hard to design and create Bee Hotels to support the bee population. Year 1/2 and 3/4 have been exploring the many processes involved in the growth and production of food and fibre, with Year 3/4 students even imagining new farming technology to solve agricultural problems. Meanwhile, Kinder have been using their design skills to solve problems presented in fairy tales and Preps are exploring the inputs and outputs of technology.

Visual Art Semester One Highlights - Mrs Clark

Everyone has been busy in Visual Arts this semester making and creating some great pieces of art. Last term we had a focus on line and explored the work of a few Pop Artists. Using some of the artist’s ideas, Year 1/2’s created zebras, Year 3/4’s explored tessellations and Year 5/6’s pyramids. All year levels enjoyed learning about bower birds as we prepared for National Simultaneous Storytime, reading 'Bowerbird Blues'. Some drew about their favourite colours or things they like to collect, others painted beautiful bowerbirds in their blue setting. This term has been all about form and making 3D artworks, there are so many amazing plasticine, modelling dough and clay creations. Some samples of the students’ artwork can be seen near the front office or pop down to the Creative Arts room to take a look.

Assembly: Friday 14th June

As a school we are excited to welcome all families to our Primary Assemblies each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

We wish to advise that there will be a change of venue for our Primary Assembly on Friday 14th June.

Our Primary Assembly will be held on the new undercover basketball courts, or, if the weather is inclement, in the Secondary classrooms.

Premier's Reading Challenge

This year students again have the opportunity to participate in the Tasmanian Premier’s Reading Challenge.

The challenge begins on Monday 17th June and ends on Friday 23rd August.

How many books will you read in 10 weeks? Set your personal reading goal for the Challenge and see how you go!

It doesn’t matter what you read, as long as you are reading.  You are free to choose books you want to read for the Challenge.  You can read books in a variety of formats including print, digital, audiobooks and graphic novels. For younger children, a book that is read to them counts toward their total.  Larger chapter books can be counted as more than one book.

The Tasmanian Premier's Reading Challenge is open to all students from Kinder to Year 6. 

Students will need to complete a log book as part of the challenge, and all students who return a completed log book to the school office will receive a signed certificate from The Honourable Jeremy Rockliff MP Premier of Tasmania. 

Log books will be sent home with students prior to the commencement of the challenge, and extras are available from the school office,  or they can be downloaded by clicking on the following link:

Primary Log Book

All completed log books are due to the school office by Friday 30th August.

Next Gen GLS

Founder's Day

Are you a past student, staff member, Founder or Legacy partner of DCS? We are forever grateful for all the people who have helped to build DCS over the years into the growing, thriving school it is today, and we want to honour and celebrate you!

Our Founder’s Day is a time to reminisce, share memories and celebrate, not only our Founders, but all of the past students and families who have called DCS ‘home’ over the last 32 years, and the current Legacy partners who are working with us as we progress our vision into the Secondary years.

If you have been involved at DCS as a Founder, past parent, staff member or student, are a current DCS family or are involved as a Legacy partner, we would love for you to join us for our Founder’s Day, Thursday 20th June.

Please rsvp to admin@dcs.tas.edu.au

High School Musical Jr

Devonport Christian School would like to introduce you to their Secondary school production for 2024, High School Musical Jr.

This production will be performed in our JILOA Centre at Devonport Christian School. These performances will be events to remember for our students and staff, and we look forward to seeing you there.

Evening Shows:

Wednesday 3rd July - 7:00pm

Thursday 4th July - 7:00pm

Tickets are now on sale using our online booking system.

 Click HERE to order tickets. 

All tickets have been discounted to the concession price of $22 per seat. Please indicate on the order form which show you wish to purchase tickets for. This form will be the only way tickets can be purchased, but does not guarantee ticket availability. Payments will be processed from Monday 3rd June and you will receive an email confirming your ticket order once payment has been processed. 

At this stage we are allowing families to purchase up to 4 tickets. Should there be additional tickets still available, we will inform DCS families on Monday 17th June.

Numbered seats will be allocated and tickets must be collected from the school office, if parents are unable to collect the tickets personally, please indicate on the form to allow for tickets to be sent home with students.

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  

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