West Ulverstone Primary School

Department of Education

Key Dates for 2015

Friday 27 November

Devonport Show Holiday

Tuesday 1 December

Year 6 UHS Orientation

Wednesday 2 December

Growing Up Program

Grades 3 – 6

Thursday 3 December

Growing Up Program

Grades 3 – 6

Friday 4 December

Growing Up Program Grades 3 – 6 Assembly

Monday 7 December

School Association Meeting

Thursday 10 December

Thankyou Morning Tea

Celebration Assembly

Friday 11 December

Endo of Year Reports home

Issue No. 19: 18 November 2015

From Our Principal . . . . . . Magella Dudley

Well done to our 2 cricket teams that participated in the state final of

the Milo T20 Blast. From all accounts they enjoyed their overnight trip

and a day of playing cricket at Blundstone Arena.

Mid-term is often a time student become a little tired and not as

focused on their learning. This term has been no exception. On

speaking to all students we revisited our values and expectations and it's

great to see how quickly the students have adjust to our requests. This

further supports the positive behaviours and embedded values we have

throughout the school and broader community.

Staffing Unfortunately Mr King, who has been on leave for the majority of the

term will not be returning to work this year. Whilst we are aware of

the impact on students and their learning we have been very fortunate

to be able to minimise this by Mrs Beskin-Clark continuing to teach the

class for the remainder of the year.

In addition to Mr King, Taryna Sims will also be away due to a family

health matter and therefore our normal Art Program will not continue.

One of our School Values: Responsibility means: Being on time,

owning up to mistakes, taking control of our actions and looking after

our school property.

Class News for this week is: Prep/1A Finch Look for their news page further in newsletter!

2016 Planning

Staff have looked at a number of class structure

models working through the positives and negatives

of each.

The following structure has been agreed as the best

model to meet our students’ needs:

Kindergarten

Grade Prep/1

Grade 1/2 x 2 classes

Grade 3/4 x 2 classes

Grade 5/6 x 2 classes

Teachers will be looking at student data and needs

over the coming weeks and will be place students

into their 2016 classes. We will also be providing

opportunities for students to visit their 2016 classes

and begin making connections with their new class

mates and teacher/s

Reporting to Parents

Teachers are currently completing end of year

reports that will be sent home on Friday 11

December.

The reports Prep - Grade 6 will be a summative

report with ratings against the Australian curriculum

learning areas and a general comment. Staff draw on a range of assessment data as well as moderate

students work with colleagues to reach the assigned

rating.

Kindergarten students will receive a portfolio of

work to celebrate their child's kinder year as well as

a report on their development against the

Kindergarten Development Check.

End of year celebrations

Please take the time to read the calendar as it will

provide dates and times for our end of year events.

AST News . . . . . . Stephen Dome

Ulverstone Show

This year we had some craft entries in the

Ulverstone Show. These crafts were created during

the flexible provision time with Mrs Jones. The group

consisting of Reece Connors, Cheyenne Turner,

Savannah Smith, Felicity Burden, Codey Saward and

Arnold House have sewn some awesome owls and

created some craft snails.

Our beautiful show display!

The group also won prizes (and money!) for their

efforts.

Needle work section (Owls)

o 1st Felicity Burden

o 2nd Reece Connors

o 3rd Cheyenne Turner

Crafts (Snail) o 1st Cheyenne Turner

o 2nd Savannah Smith

o 3rd Felicity Burden

Well done to the whole group and to Mrs Jones for

creating such fantastic crafts!

Cricket Trip

At 3:00 pm on Sunday 15 November 17 excited

students:

Brayden DeVries Jackson Purton

Harley Banfield Jacob Jago

Tyson Slatter Sam Walmsley

Codey Everett Tyson Hayward

Nick Wilson Reece Connors

Tharyn Goldsworthy Rhys Orders

Gebriael Davis Tanner Mott

Koby Purton Daniel King Zane Slatter

set out to compete in the state Milo T20 Blast finals.

To compete in this event schools had to compete in

regional events for the eight places in the final and

West Ulverstone qualified two teams which is an

amazing achievement. We decided to travel down

the day before the event and stay at Blue Lagoon

Camp. The students had a great evening at the camp

enjoying the long enclosed slides, trampolines, eight

ball and table tennis tables amongst other things.

We woke to a beautiful day and headed to

Blundstone Arena (this is where Tasmania play Sheffield

Shield games, Australia play test matches and North

Melbourne host AFL games). The competition at this

level was to a very high standard; however, our

students displayed some outstanding skills and their

sportsmanship was of a high standard.

Whilst we didn’t come away the overall winners we

won some games and it was a fantastic experience

for our young cricketers.

During one of our games we were visited by former

test Cricketers Tim Paine and Ben Hifenhaus (also

former West Ulverstone Primary student) and Tasmanian

Shield member Jordan Silk.

It was fantastic to have so many parents assist and

support our students on the day. Thank you to:

Jamie Hayward Katie Davis

Annette and Darren Connors Kathryn Wilson Jess Cook

Jessica Glover David Orders

Also thank you to our School Chaplain Chris

Beaumont who also assisted on the trip.

Caught You Being Good

This year we will be using the criteria of our school

values; Friendship, Responsibility, Respect, Safety and

Learning to award our Caught You Being Good

cards. Cards will be given to students who are

caught practicing our school values both within the

classroom and in the playground. These cards will be

collected by class teachers who will draw a winner

from their class once a fortnight. The student will

then select a prize (pencil, pen rubber etc) and also

have their name in the school newsletter.

Our prize winners are;

Clevelan Haugland (Kinder Larcombe) Learning

Jayla Vernon (Prep/1A Finch) Responsibility

Rory Grey (Prep/1B Green) Respect

Jhett Cullen (1/2 Redman) Responsibility and Learning

Koby Purton (2/3 Millar) Responsibility and Learning

Callie Enright (3/4A Perry) Respect and Relationships

Tyler Smith (3/4B Beskin-Clark) Respect and Learning

Regina Hall-Riley (5/6B Mudford) Learning

Daniel Walker (5/6A Steele) Learning

Book Club Orders Book Club orders are due back to the school office

by Wednesday 25 November. Orders are to be

placed in a sealed envelope with correct money.

If you would like to purchase books as gifts and

would like us to hold onto your order when it

arrives please add a note to your order and you will

be notified when it arrives.

Sharon Guard, Book Club Organiser

Community Service

Cricket Milo T20 Blast

For children age 8 - 12 years, to be played at the

Ulverstone Cricket Club, River Road on Wednesday

nights (4 sessions before Christmas and 5 sessions after)

commencing on 18 November at 6:00 pm. Cost will

be $99.00 per child which includes the nine sessions

and a give-away pack.

Registration and payment needs to be completed

online at www.playcricket.com.au. Enquiries please

phone Jason Pearce on 0407 371 996.

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Junior Softball/T/ball

Children, aged between 5 -12 years, if you would like

to play Softball or T/ball it's not too late!!! We still

have 6 games left before the Christmas break.

Whether you are new to the sport or have played

before everyone is welcome. Junior Softball/Tball 5 -

12 year olds is held at Ulverstone Show Ground

10:00 am on Saturdays. For more information please

call Kelly 0400 068 000.

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Christmas Market

The Fairy Godmothers are holding their Christmas

market on Sunday 22 November at Burnie High

School gym from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. It is gold coin

donation to enter. We will be having Santa photos,

hot food and refreshments, craft, fashion, beauty,

party plan, children and family entertainment, lucky

door and prizes.

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Surf Groms

What: Surf Coach – Thomas Mansfield

Venue: Ulverstone

Commences: 19 January 2016

Contact: 0458 106 315

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National Youth Circus Day

Slipstream Circus is having a free aerials display as a

circus show on Saturday 28 November from 5:00 -

6:00 pm at the Sport and Leisure Centre, Ulverstone

(Slipstream hall).

This is to celebrate National Youth Circus Day!

Come and have a look at what our students can

show you up in the air!

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MOPS Market

What: Christmas Mummy Made It Market

When: Friday 27 November 2015

Where: Leighland School Hall, Ulverstone

Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm

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International Day of People with Disability

Presented by: Mission Australia North West

Date: 3 December

Venue: Devonport Recreation Centre

Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

What: BBQ, face painting, photo booth,

Harley Trike rides, Henna tattoo,

music and much more

Contact: 6420 6800

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Run For a Good Claus - The 2015 Santa Run

Where: Devonport

Date: Sunday 13 December

Information: www.santarun.com.au

www.worldsantachallenge.com

www.facebook.com/Santa Run Tasmania

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Contact Details:

34 Maud Street (P O Box 271), Ulverstone Tas 7315

Phone: 03 6425 2195 Fax: 03 6425 5651

Email: west.ulverstone.primary@education.tas.gov.au

Web: www.education.tas.gov.au