Parent Teacher Meetings

Parent teacher meetings are an effective way for you to be informed about your child’s learning, the progress they are making, and the things they are working on. It is an opportunity to ask questions, discuss your child’s academic growth, their application to learning and social development.  You will talk about some samples of your child’s work and their focus for greater understanding and learning.  Please follow this link Boat Harbour Primary School (schoolzineplus.com) to book your parent teacher meeting for next week with your child’s teacher.  If these times do not suit you, please contact the school and we will arrange an alternative time or have a phone conversation with you.

NW Cross Country

Congratulations to the entire team of Boat Harbour Primary School students that represented our school at the North West Cross Country.  Your sportsmanship, determination to do your best, and courage to try something unfamiliar was outstanding.  A highlight was the manner that students encouraged and supported each other. A special congratulations to Ellie Gatenby who came 3^rd in the Grade 4 girls event, and River Hopper who came 4^th in the Grade 6 boys.  Well done to the entire team, we are very proud of you!

Sand & New Basketball Systems 

Thank you to these dads, Luke and Josh for being kind enough to organise and deliver new sand for our very popular sandpits.  Thank you!! Also, a big thanks to Leigh for helping unload our new basketball systems with the telehandler. We can't wait for these to be installed over the school holidays! 

Outdoor setting

A massive thank you to Adele Parker's Family for donating this very fancy outdoor setting to our school, our students already love it!  We are so fortunate to be surrounded by such a generous community.

Assembly

Don’t forget that we have a whole school assembly next Friday at 11:15 In the school hall.  We hope to see you there.

In Science this term, 5/6EW have been learning about the States of Matter (solids, liquids and gases). We have conducted some experiments to learn how different materials can affect the speed of ice melting (this included making ice cream), and combined different ingredients to determine whether a suspension or solution was made. Next, we are looking at reversible and irreversible changes.

In Science, 5/6W have been looking at Chemical Sciences. We have been learning about the states of matter. We did an experiment to investigate out how a change in temperature can cause matter to move differently. We had 3 jars of water, one cold, one room temperature and one boiling. We dropped food colouring into each jar and observed how it moved. We discovered that in boiling water, the food dye moved and spread much more quickly than it did in the cold water. This is because the atoms in boiling water more closely resemble a gas and therefore the dye can move more freely than it can in freezing cold water. In cold water, the atoms are much closer together, therefore more closely resembling a solid.

5/6s have been inspired by elementary art teacher and blogger Cassie Stephens to create their own abstract word art, injecting some of their own personality into the classroom. 

Using a permanent marker, students had to create a rough border around the edge of their paper as well as use organic lines to make 3 or more sections. In those sections, students were asked to include their name as well as their interests or hobbies. Washable markers and watercolour pencils were used to achieve the bright, tie-dye like effect.

Tasmanian Premiers Reading Challenge.

The Premiers Reading Challenge is a personal reading challenge and commences on Monday 26th June until Friday 1st of September.

How many books will your child read in 10 weeks?

Reading logs are sent home with your child to be completed and returned at the end of the challenge. Students are able to submit book reviews online and go into a draw to win book vouchers.

Further information is available at www.premiersreadingchallenge.tas.gov.au 

With the Winter weather set in we are running extremely low on spare clothes in our Spare Clothes cupboards.

If you have any at home that your child may have worn home, can you please return them.

If you have any that you are happy to donate, we will welcome all donations of good condition clothing at the office.

Sizes from 4 to 14.

Thank you.

Some exciting news!

The Department for Education, Children and Young People has recently launched a new online information hub for families with school-aged children in Tasmania. Our new website has information to help you navigate your child's education, from birth all the way up to 18 years of age.

Visit our new webpage at Welcome to your child's Tasmanian education - The Department for Education, Children and Young People Tasmania (decyp.tas.gov.au) (https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/information-for-families-and-students)

Some of the things you’ll find include

• tips on how to support your child’s learning at home
• information to help you keep your child safe and well
• a guide to explore courses for the career they want
• school holiday and term dates.

We hope this website will be a valuable tool for you as you help your child navigate their education journey. We would love to know what you think of our new information hub for families. You can tell us by completing a quick survey on the webpage.