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DATES TO REMEMBER

Tuesday 20 September	EISTEDDFOD COMPETITION - Vocal Group Entry - Leaving school 8.45am STUDENT LED CONFERENCES
Wednesday 21 September	YEAR 6 TO USC YEAR 6/7 TRANSITION PROGRAM 12.40 - 2.30pm KINDER - OPEN CLASSROOM - 1.30 - 2.50pm
Thursday 22 September	PUBLIC HOLIDAY - DAY OF MOURNING FOR THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN
Friday 23 September	FOOTY COLOURS DRESS UP DAY - Prep to Year 6 PARENT SATISFACTION SURVEYS CLOSE
Wednesday 21 September	GRADES 5 & 6 ATHLETICS TEAM TO NWPSSA ATHLETICS COMPETITION IN PENGUIN
Thursday 29 September	GRADES 1 & 2 EXCURSION TO THE HIVE IN ULVERSTONE GRADES 3 & 4 EXCURSION TO DELORAINE PARK & FOLK MUSEUM KINDERGARTEN FOOTY COLOURS DRESS UP DAY
Friday 30 September	SCHOOLS TRIATHLON CHALLENGE - Entry forms and payment due to office. No late entries accepted.
3 - 14 October	TERM 3 SCHOOL HOLIDAY BREAK
Monday 17 October	TERM 4 COMMENCES
Friday October 28	TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISER (towards Uniform subsidy) - FPS School Association
Tuesday 1 November	GRADES 3 & 4 EXCURSION TO SCIENCE SHOW IN DEVONPORT

FROM THE PRINCIPAL - Danica Holloway

It’s nearly here!

STUDENT LED CONFERENCES

Our inaugural FPS Student Led Conferences are less than a week away. Next Tuesday your children will be showcasing their learning and sharing with you their growth and achievement.

As this is our first time communicating in this way, there are a few little hints and tips to support you, outlined below:

Logistics

· As these conferences are ‘student led’ if you have opted for an after school time, you will need to bring your children with you – as they will be leading the show!

· Outside of the scheduled times, families are invited to visit the Single Subject Areas (PAC Hall/Multi-Purpose Room/Library & Netball Courts) with your children, either before or after the classroom session.

· Please arrive on time and wait to be welcomed into the classroom. The scheduling is very tight and cannot be altered due to the knock-on effect.

· Be aware that students will be rotating around various learning stations within the one timeslot, so there will be more than just you and your child in the room during the conference.

· SLC are not a time for parents to meet with the teacher. Teachers will be in the room to support and guide our students with their sharing.

Supporting Your Children During the Conference

A bit of patience and time as they may feel a little overwhelmed initially
A smile – it will go a long way in making your child confident
Open-mindedness– to accept that he/she may not have done what you expected them to
A positive and encouraging attitude – that will stay with them through challenges and will help them in persevering
Appreciation– for every little thing that they are proud of
Allow them to present their learning journey in the sequence that they have chosen
Ask questions that are relevant to the work that is being discussed
Be prepared to interact with the sharing; some students may wish to ‘teach you’ how to complete some learning tasks

We are very much looking forward to Tuesday when our students take the lead and ‘show off’ all of the great things they have learned and achieved this year.

In partnership,

Danica Holloway

Principal

FINAL STUDENT LED CONFERENCE BOOKINGS SCHEDULE - Bookings Closed.

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FPS UNIFORM

Thank you to those who provided feedback about our proposed uniform tweak.

We had 56 respondents, with 82% of these supporting the move to navy bottoms away from maroon. Please be aware that moving to navy over maroon bottoms is a result of the limited availability of maroon bottoms, resulting in a mismatch of uniform colours between the top and the bottom. We want to reassure parents that this is a tweak and not an overhaul of our current uniform pieces. For those people who have expressed concern about us losing our traditional maroon connection, we certainly are not looking to change our maroon jacket and losing the focus colour of our uniform in maroon.

Along with the feedback about colour, there was also some responses outlining cost being a concern in moving to a soft-shell jacket. The soft-shell jacket will be more expensive than the polar fleece and similar in cost to the other microfibre jacket currently in circulation. As a result of these concerns, the SAC are looking into possible ways to reduce the cost of new school jackets for our families.

Alongside this, we have made the decision to order and sell uniforms through the school office and not through Maveric Clothing in Ulverstone. Feedback about the convenience of having uniforms on site and the ability to select the uniform brands from our preferred suppliers has led us to this decision. We would like to extend a sincere thank you to Murray and his team at Mavericc for their support over several years.

Information about purchasing and ordering will be shared in the next little while, so please watch out for this.

CLASS VALUES AWARDS RECIPIENTS

Please find below the recipients of our Values champions Awards for consistently displaying our School Values at school.

These students from each class group were awarded certificates at our assembly this week.

WELL DONE EVERYONE!

NAME	CLASS	AWARD
THOMAS LANE	PREP	GROWTH
LUKE MCCULLAGH	PREP	RESPECT
DAISY JONES	PREP	RESPECT
MIA ROBERTSON	PREP/1	GROWTH & COURAGE
CHARLIE MACQUEEN	PREP/1	RESPECT
STELLA LINDSAY	PREP/1	RESPECT
FREDDY GREEN	1/2A	ASPIRATION & GROWTH
RUBY SMITH	1/2A	GROWTH & RESPECT
LENCI TOMPOS	1/2A	RESPECT & ASPIRATION
SETH BAPTIST	1/2B	ASPIRATION
HEIDI ELSLEY	1/2B	ASPIRATION & RESPECT
DENZIL HARDING	1/2B	RESPECT & GROWTH
LUCA CORNELL-MCGLEENAN	3/4A	ASPIRATION & COURAGE
CASH STEERS	3/4A	GROWTH & ASPIRATION
MONIQUE PROSS	3/4A	RESPECT & ASPIRATION
DUKE HUTCHINS	3/4B	COURAGE
IMOGEN PROSS	3/4B	GROWTH
BRYLEE FEE	3/4B	RESPECT
TARKIN MAXWELL	5/6A	ASPIRATION
DYLAN FELL	5/6A	GROWTH & COURAGE
FLORENCE BURBURY	5/6A	ASPIRATION
REAGAN BELL	5/6B	COURAGE & GROWTH
LUCY SMITH	5/6B	ASPIRATION
KOBE PORTER	5/6B	GROWTH
ISABELLA WALKER, SABINE CONNELLY, ASTA MOENNIG, ZADA BROWN, JAK DELANEY, FREYA HOUGH, BRIDGETTE BENNETT	THE ARTS	GROWTH & RESPECT

CLASS VALUES AWARD RECIPIENTS

EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS

NWPSSA ATHLETICS

The 5/6 Forth Athletics team for the NWPSSA Athletics Carnival will be notified by the end of this week. This event will be held on Wednesday September 21st. Students have completed selection trials during PE time and specific information for team members will be shared with the team when announced.

As a result of the Day of Mourning Public Holiday for Queen Elizabeth 11, the NWPSSA has changed the day of the 3/4 event to Tuesday September 20. Unfortunately, this change coincides with our Eisteddfod commitments and our scheduled Student Led Conferences, and as a result we will be unable to send a 3/4 Team this year. While this is very disappointing, our Student Led Conferences form a major part of our reporting to parents schedule and must be prioritised.

Craig Holloway - HPE Teacher

WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!

Every year the Department of Education conducts School Satisfaction Surveys to find out what your child(ren)'s school does well and where it may improve.

We would be grateful if you completed our online survey about Forth Primary School. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school planning and decision-making.

The survey is now open and will remain open until Friday 23 September 2022 and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Take the online survey by clicking this link Family School Satisfaction Survey 2022 (microsoft.com) or pasting it in your browser: https://ncv.microsoft.com/7J4xTUyA0F

The survey is carried out on a secure website and all responses are anonymous and confidential.

All families in this school received the same survey link and no identifying information is collected. A summary of the survey results will be provided to schools, and responses from individuals or small groups will NOT be disclosed to any Department of Education staff.

Please contact your school if you require any assistance.

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey.

MUSICA VIVA PERFORMANCE

Students enjoyed a talented team of musicians with interactive learning with Musica Viva this week.

FANTASTIC @ FORTH CARDS

We have presented 'Fantastic @ Forth' acknowledgement cards and stickers to students for displaying one of our values of: ASPIRATION, COURAGE, GROWTH or RESPECT.

These students have received a card and sticker recently:

ASPIRATION	Arjan Arney-Plant, Jemima Caie, Travis Lindsay, Brook Allen, Tyson Steers, Kezz Jackson, Hunter Knowles, Dylan Fell, Tyler Howard
COURAGE	Travis Lindsay, Brook Allen, Archer Medhurst, Nate Lintner, Mia Robertson, Mariah Scarfe, Elsie Harris, Tyson Steers
GROWTH	Brook Allen, Heath Hambleton, Ryan Crosswell, Hunter Knowles, Tyler Howard, Imogen O'Donnell, Lenci Tompos, Teddy Hough, Remi Nesham, Jobe Smith, Tyler Howard
RESPECT	Brook Allen, Tyson Steers, Charlie Macqueen, Liam Marshall, Seth Baptist, Zac Bennett, Amelia Hatto, Christian Paech, Daisy Jones, Oxley Smith, Ayla Harris, Reuben Langmaid, Mia Davidson

DEVONPORT EISTEDDFOD - Recorder entries

Our recorder students competed in their sections today and had a great time performing to the audience.

Congratulations to Zoey Smith and Lucy Smith who both received 1st place for their individual solo entries. Our group item also received 1st prize with 90 points.

Our Vocal Group will compete next week.

Well done to everyone for being brave, practising hard and performing to the very best of your ability.

Mrs Michelle Smith - Arts Teacher

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER - FOOTY COLOUR DAY - PREP TO GRADE 6

Next Friday 23 September our Student Leaders will run a Footy Colours day for Prep to Grade 6.

Students may dress up in any footy or other sports teams uniforms or colours for a casual clothes day.

There will be more information sent out next week.

KINDERGARTEN - Will now hold their Footy Colours Day on Thursday 29 September.

TRIVIA FUNDRAISING NIGHT POSTPONED TO FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER

Given the short notice of the public holiday day next week, the School Association Committee felt it best to postpone the Trivia Night to a date that would better suit our school community.

START GETTING A TEAM TOGETHER AND PURCHASING TICKETS NOW!

Please save the date of FRIDAY OCTOBER 28 and start gathering your team for a fun community night and also raising funds for our school.

RESCHEDULED TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE SCHOOL

TRIVIA NIGHT - LINK FOR TICKETS AND DONATIONS

https://events.humanitix.com/forth-primary-school-association-trivia-night

Link attached for tickets and any extra donations is attached.

SUBS FOR YOU - Wednesdays - ORDERING SITE

Our Subway Meal Deals are delivered each WEDNESDAY.

Please make sure you have your child in the correct class for 2022.

To order go to: app.canteenhub.com.au

If you have any issues with your Subway orders please email: contact@subsforyou.com and they should get back to you within the hour.

SPORT & COMMUNITY NEWS

CRICKET INFORMATION - RECOMMENCING SOON

SCHOOLS TRIATHLON CHALLENGE ENTRY FORM AND INFORMATION - ATTACHED

Each year students are offered the opportunity to participate in the School Triathlon Challenge.

Attached is an entry form, map and timetables. Please note that fundraising is not compulsory but is an option if you wish (funds raised go to Diabetes Tasmania).

It is the parent/carer responsibility to get their child to and from the triathlon with their equipment if required and to supervise them while there. The school will send along a teacher as a school contact on the day.

Entry fee of $25 must be paid to the school and a completed entry form must accompany the payment.

Forms are attached and also available at the school office.

PLEASE HAVE ALL ENTRIES IN BY LAST DAY OF TERM 3 - FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER. No late entries accepted.

Please contact Mr Craig Holloway for enquiries.

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ARE YOU RAISING A RELATIVE'S CHILD OR CHILDREN?

GOLF SCHOLARSHIPS

Entertainment Membership Link

https://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/2422r36

Our Entertainment Membership fundraiser is running all year. Your membership starts when you join up and finishes a year later, unlike past years when it started on one date every year and finished a year later.

A great idea for gifts as they can be given at any time of the year.

Proceeds from this fundraiser go towards our Bi-Annual Year 5&6 camp.

Enter the link here to join up to the Entertainment Membership to support Forth Primary School or enter this link in your browser: www.entbook.com.au/2422r36

DISCLAIMER!

Parents/Carers should note that advertisements for educational services, companies, activities or similar events are published as a 'community service'.

Forth Primary School is in no way liable for the quality, supervision or integrity of the provider and strongly suggest that parents make their own enquiries before engaging with the advertised event or activity.

Forth Primary School

15 September 2022 - Newsletter No. 14