Boat Harbour Primary School
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17386 Bass Highway
Boat Harbour TAS 7321
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Email: boat.harbour.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au
Phone: (03) 6445 1187 - 0497 172 188

From the Acting Principal

Welcome back to Term 2! Students have settled quickly back into class routines and are looking forward to the busy term we have planned. Today, our Parents and Friends held a stall for Mother's Day. Students had the opportunity to buy some lovely items. Thank you to those parents who helped coordinate and run the stall. Next week, students K-6 will be taking part in the TasNetworks Bright Sparks Program. This program teaches our students how to be safe with electricity.

Our Capital Works project is drawing to a close with the final touches being added to all upgrades and renovations. Our students and staff are very grateful and are making the most of our new facilities.

We have exciting news! Our canteen will officially open on Wednesday, 15th May. The canteen looks amazing and we wish Mrs Susan Bowers all the best on her first week using this space. We are sure she will cook up a storm!

This term, Mrs Eiszele will be taking long service leave from Monday, 20th May. Mrs Donaghue will be teaching in 1-2 Bilbies for the remainder of the term. Mr Brown will be returning to us in a couple of weeks. He is recovering well and would like to wish everyone a great start to the term.

SRC
SRC_Term_Reps_T2.jpgThis week our SRC Term 2 Representatives were announced. Congratulations to Ayla Ogden, Mani Sushames, Teegan Hyland, Alexander Saltmarsh, Gram Taylor and Oszkar Sulyok. We would like to wish these students all the best in their new leadership roles. This term, in Mrs Eiszele’s absence, Mrs Baker will be co-ordinating the SRC.

NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy will take begin next week, with all Grade 3 and Grade 5 students completing a series of tests. This year NAPLAN will be online. It is important that our students attend school for the next two weeks. A doctor’s certificate is required for absences. If you have any questions please contact the school.

National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy

NAPLAN commenced in Australian schools in 2008. Each year, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9
participate in common national tests which assess:

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
  • Numeracy

The benefits of participating in NAPLAN testing:

  • NAPLAN tests the skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life such as reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy.
  • NAPLAN results provide valuable information on how your child is progressing against national minimum standards of literacy and numeracy skills expected for each year level.
  • The NAPLAN tests provide you as parents with an individual report that shows your child’s
    results and a comparison of your child’s performance against all other Australian students in their year level.
  • Teachers use the NAPLAN results to determine your child’s areas of strength and where future focus is required and how best to provide support or extensions activities.
  • School teachers use the online NAPLAN Toolkit to analyse your child's results. The Toolkit
    provides detailed information right down to the individual question with links to teaching
    strategies.
  • Principals, senior staff and others use NAPLAN results to inform school planning and to allocated resources and support including informing decisions around targeted programs and initiatives for individuals and groups.

Georgette Moore
Acting Prinicpal