School Association
The School Association held the AGM on Tuesday, it was fantastic to see some new faces representing the school community. Throughout the meeting, a number of items were discussed including the Rocky Cape bus stop, school literacy and numeracy programs, Breakfast Club and the amazing efforts of the Fundraising group. We welcome new School Association members Sara, Alex and Manny. If you would like to attend any School Association meetings as an observer, you are more than welcome. The Association will next meet on the 2^nd of August at 6.30pm.

Cross Country
Congratulations to the Grade 3-6 students who represented Boat Harbour Primary School in the North West Cross Country yesterday. We are very proud of the effort students put into the race with every child determined to do their best. Well done!

Assembly
Due to the changes in Covid-19 restrictions, we are now able to host our first assembly of the year. This is an excellent way to showcase our students’ achievements and we hope to see you there! There are still some spacing requirements so there will be two assemblies on Thursday, 7th July.
Kinder - Grade 2 – 11:15am
Grade 3–6 (including 2-3W) – 1:30pm

Covid-19
Thank you to the school community for your vigilance and cooperation with Covid regulations this term. With the Winter months upon us, it’s a timely reminder to be on the lookout for symptoms and for your child to stay home if they are unwell and get tested. If you require more RATs, please contact the front office.

Cold Weather
As the cold weather seems to have settled in for the Winter period, we are encouraging students to wear their jumpers and warm school uniform to help them stay healthy. It is a good idea to pack a spare pair of socks in case children’s feet get wet. No hats are required during Term 2 and 3, however, students are certainly welcome to wear them if they wish. They may also wear a beanie outside at recess and lunch.

Peter Brown
Principal

Unfortunately, we have now run out of school beanies. Originally, this was planned to be a once-off order, being first in best dressed but if we have enough interest we are going to do a second order. If you are interested in purchasing a beanie for your child please contact the office to register your interest prior to COB Friday, 17th June.

The Prep-1 classes have been learning to recognise how authors develop narratives. We have read lots of narratives and discussed the different parts they need as well as the author’s purpose. In Prep-1S we read The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axle Scheffler and drew the characters, setting, beginning, middle and end. In Prep-1C we read The Three Billy Goats Gruff and acted out the story using our own character puppets and bridge setting. Together, we read a fun story on Pirate Day called Captain Crabclaw’s Crew and then completed a life-size story map to identify the parts of the story. 

We have also started our new spelling program this term, learning new ways to look at spelling words and understand their meaning. On Pirate Day both Prep-1 classes went outside and wrote our words in chalk on the basketball court and with paintbrushes and water on the boats in the playground.

In Maths we have been investigating measurement and the methods we can use to measure and compare lengths of different objects. We have been discussing the Mathematical language of measurement such as short, long and tall and have used informal units such as blocks and our hands and feet to measure objects in the classroom. Last week Prep-1S estimated the lengths of images and then used picture rulers to measure them and record our answers. Prep-1C have explored many hands-on measuring tools when comparing and ordering objects, but our favourite activity by far was when Mrs Gilleece asked us to estimate which animal we thought we were as tall (or as short) as. We are proud to say that many of us are as tall as a lion!

Leah Skellington, Michelle Coward and Kearah Baker
Prep-1 Teachers

28 students from grades 3,4,5,6 went to the Ulverstone Football ground to compete in the Northwest School cross country.
In freezing conditions, the grade 3-4’s had to run 1500 meters around the football ground and through the dinosaur park.
All runners then had to leave the ground and it was time for the grade 5-6’s to run. The day warmed up a little bit, but it was still very cold. The 5-6’s had to run 2.5km.
Well done to everybody who participated. Everyone tried their best and represented Boat Harbour well. A special mention to Harry Gatenby who came 2^nd in his age group.

By Ayla Ogden