Reconciliation Week

This week we celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2020 and in doing so I want to acknowledge and pay respect to Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the traditional and original owners of this land and acknowledge Tasmanian Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging.

The theme for National Reconciliation week this year is “We are all in this together” which is very appropriate in these Covid – 19 times.  National Reconciliation Week (NRW) started as the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation in 1993 (the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples).

In 1996, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation launched Australia’s first NRW. In 2000, Reconciliation Australia was established to continue to provide national leadership on reconciliation. In the same year, approximately 300,000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of NRW, to show their support for reconciliation.

Student Wellbeing

Student wellbeing underpins the growth and learning of every student.  Clear communication between home and school is critical to achieving this.  Individuals have been able to process recent changes faced by all across our community in different ways.  It has been fantastic to have students return to school, their genuine excitement to be reconnect with friends and teachers has been refreshing and a welcome back to a piece of normality.  Hygiene and physical distancing has assisted your school in being a safe place to be.  Over the coming weeks as your child gets back into the routine of school, please communicate with teachers anything that would help us best support your child.

Peter Brown
Principal

To celebrate the reconnecting of our class last week, 1-2 BK worked together to create a “Cloth of Dreams”. This was a beautiful lesson of hope and happiness inspired by the work of educators in New Zealand to draw students back to learning. It was a way to help children think about the changed world and imagine how it might become better without asking children to talk directly about their own experiences or feelings. We imagined a young girl who had sadly torn her cloth of dreams, then designed a bright and cheerful new one to replace it. Next, we wrote our own magic thread recipe to mend the torn cloth. The thoughts and words given by our 1-2 students were inspiring, and our cloth of dreams now hangs pride of place in our classroom. 

Book Club order forms are coming home with your child today. If you wish to place an order please do so by Monday 15th June. If your order is a "suprise" please mark it as such, otherwise orders are sent home with your child.

Orders can be completed online at scholastic.com.au/loop

Andrea Beswick & Teresa Regan
Co-ordinators

No bus tickets are required for the Wynyard/York St bus, due to the bus fare amnesty which will be continuing for the remainder of Term 2.

Teachers are on duty in their classrooms at 8.30am.  Reminder to parents that students are not to be dropped off at school before this time.

Students are to be collected by 3.05pm, when supervision ceases.

Please refer to our current Stop, Drop and Go procedures for student arrival and Collect and Go requirements at end of the day. Information for these can be found on Department of Education Website or in our previous newsletter.

Many changes regarding child/ren's end of day arrangements have been advised by parents over the last couple of weeks as students settle back into school.

It is important that the school has up to date information regarding students' bus routines, parent pick up or OSHC arrangements for end of the day. If you haven't already done so for Term 2, could you please contact the school as soon as possible to confirm your child/ren's normal arrangements.

Please remember it is important to send a note to the class teacher or contact the school before 2:30pm on 6445 1187 if you child/ren have a change to their normal arrangements.

Breakfast Club is back on each Tuesday and Thursday (note change of day) mornings, outside Minimbah. Free toast, with a selection of different spreads, is available, with the reintroduction of fruit from next week.

Hot milo may be purchased from the canteen before school on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays only for $0.50c.

Thank you to our parent helpers who have volunteered to keep this program running for our students.

Specials

Find weekly specials on the Qkr! app under Recess and Lunch - click on the Weekly Specials tab.

Week 7    8/6/20 - 12/6/20

Wednesday only:
    Nachos $3.50
    Carrot Cake $1.50

Pasta Thursday:
     Chicken Pasta Bake  $3.50

Soup Friday:
 Potato and Leek Soup with Bread Roll  $3.50

Wednesday - Friday:
     Jelly $1.00
     Muesli Slice $1.00
     Double Choc Muffin $1.00

Week 8   15/6/20 - 19/6/20

Wednesday only:
     Tuna Casserole $3.50
      Apple Strudel  $1.50      

Pasta Thursday:
     Cheesy Fettucine  $3.50

Soup Friday:
Chicken and Vegetable Soup  $3.50
  
Wednesday - Friday:
     Kiss Biscuit $1.00
     Orange Slice $1.00
     Raspberry Muffin $1.00

From time to time, bags of shredded paper are available from the office.  Please let the office know if you are interested in a bag when it is available.

Thank you Wynyard IGA for your generous donations to our Breakfast Club.  Your assistance has helped with the success of the program this term.

SAVE 10% AT YOUNG'S VEGIE SHED

Young's Vegie Shed is delighted to be a part of the Boat Harbour Primary School Breakfast Program and are pleased to offer the Boat Harbour Primary School community this exclusive discount offer. Simply cut out or show this advertisement via your Schoolzine app at Young's Vegie Shed, Bass Highway, Camdale, to receive a 9% discount off your entire purchase. A copy of this advertisement MUST be presented to receive the discount. Offer valid until 18/12/2020.