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Tacoma Public School
Hillcrest Ave, Tacoma
Hillcrest Avenue, Tacoma
Ph: 02 4353 1154
Dear Tacoma Families,
Can you believe it? The end of one of the most unique, ‘unprecedented’ semesters we have EVER had in schools and education. Floods, Fires, Disease. A HUGE thank you to all of you for your support of our staff, the school, and most importantly our students.
FAREWELL MRS STURT
Mrs Sturt departed Tacoma Public School last week to take up a new position in another school. We will miss her terribly – her absolute love of our students, support for our staff and her knowledge of our families. We have been so lucky to have had her skills and passion for the past 15 years. It is time to share her expertise and fun sense of humour with another group of students who will thrive under her care. Farewell and thank you, Sturtie!
PERMANENT ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Congratulations to Mrs Toni Fletcher who was successful at interview for our permanent Assistant Principal position. So well-deserved and we are so grateful to have your leadership and knowledge of our school. Many thanks to the panel: Mrs Stuckey (staff representative), Mrs Fraser (AECG representative), Mr Gray (Gosford Public School – director’s representative) and Mrs Edwards (P&C representative).
COVID SCHOOL UPDATE
At the time of this newsletter release, Department of Education advice has remained unchanged. Main things for our school from Term 3:
15 minute whole school assemblies allowed.
NDIS providers are allowed in the school. HOWEVER, there is a new policy and ALL NDIS providers must contact me prior to making appointments with the class teacher. I urge all parents who use specialists through NDIS to call the school with contact details so I can speak with them. Thank you.
Parents/Carers remain off site – drop off/pick up procedures to stay the same.
Parents/carers attending specific programs which have the approval of the principal (such as Happy Spirits Play Group) have permission to come into the school. These people will need to fill in a form on arrival.
Community Use of Hall to resume (following Covid protocols)
Most in-school sporting events to return to normal.
I thank you all for your continued patience during this time.
29 June 2020
Term Dates
Term 2 2020 28 Apr-3 Jul
Term 3 2020 21 July-25 Sept
Term 4 2020 12 Oct-16 Dec
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
What a fantastic day! Many thanks to Mr Mac for his organisation as well as all our staff for the many jobs done to run the carnival. Congratulations to all our students who participated and competed with enthusiasm and pride. It was such an incredible day. We missed our families, but it was so wonderful to see our students cheering each other on.
REPORTS
A modified report will come home on Thursday.
ABORIGINAL ACTION TEAM
This year we have launched an Aboriginal Action Team to work together to improve our Aboriginal students’ outcomes, develop the staff and whole school’s knowledge of Aboriginal culture, people, language and histories. Our team is co-led by Mrs Fraser and Mrs Fletcher. We were very excited to experience a fantastic PL session for our staff – a wonderful movie called ‘In My Blood It Runs.’ I would encourage all our parents to watch this thought provoking documentary film – Sunday, July 5, 9.30pm on ABC and ABC iview. The team is also busily preparing activities for NAIDOC week – lots of learning and fun later in the year. Did you know we are so lucky in that we have 4 teachers who are Aboriginal? Mrs Fraser, Mrs Pearson (SLSO), Mrs Simpson and Mr Tedd. Tacoma are fortunate to have a wealth of knowledge and experiences right inside our school gates!
NAIDOC WEEK
Date change to 8th-15th November due to Covid-19
SEEN IN THE OFFICE
Clever kids from Gundang who coded a Micro:bit to play ‘Scissors, Paper, Rock’ with themselves!
Zak, Thomas, Isabella, Matthew, Cameron, Coopa and Oshini. Liam for his incredible story
collection. Lila, Harvey and Harrison with clever mathematics work.
Have a wonderful holiday, Tacoma. Take care of each other and keep healthy and safe.
Nicole Heazlewood
No cash payments
Just a reminder that the office is still not accepting cash payments. If you need to make a payment for text books etc. please
use the ‘Make Payment’ section on our website.
School Holidays!
Students last day will be this Friday 3/07/2020 and will be returning on Tuesday 21/07/2020 for Term 3!
Kiyah, Jarod, Ellie, Renata, Tianna, Lucas,
Khiannah, Benjamin, Koda, Zachery, Isabella,
Patrick, Mason, Riley & Zak.
Waagir—Tianna, Sophia
Murgu—Liam, Luciana, Fadel
Gundang—Thomas, Lana
Garawa—Noah, Eliza
Badhu—Sierra, Edward
Balba—Chase, Tess
Principal Awards
Bamayi & Liam
Merit Awards
Gulang—Mason, Jacob
Banal—Nate, Samantha
Bamayi—Reagan, Chase
Excited to be back at school full-time!
2020 Athletics Carnival!
