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An active start for many in Term 1…
We currently have our children in Grades 3 to 6 participating in a 10-day Swimming and Water Safety Program. Over multiple years, this program supports our students to become competent swimmers and be water safe.
The program has a strong emphasis on:
- water safety, including boat safety
- using personal floatation devices
- survival swimming
- reach to rescue
- entering aquatic environments safely
- efficient stroke development
- building swimming stamina
These skills build the foundation for safe participation in aquatic activities.
Australian Curriculum:
The swimming program supports the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education Strands of:
- Personal, social and community
- Movement and physical activity
In particular, the focus areas of:
- Safety
- Health benefits of physical activity
- Fundamental motor skills
- Lifelong physical activities
NWPSSA 2024 Athletic Carnivals - Penguin Athletic Track
Grade 3/4 Competitors– Wednesday 6th March - 9.45am to 2pm (accompanied by Teacher in Charge, Michael van der Ploeg and Pauline Lee)
Grade 5/6 Competitors – Thursday 7th March - 9.45am to 2pm (accompanied by TIC, Emma Liefhebber & Pauline Lee)
Annually our representative teams compete in these NW all schools’ regional event. (NB Students will not attend 1 day of their SWSP program if they are competing at the NWPSSA Athletics Carnival.)
Our team has been selected from our Term 4 School Athletics Carnival results (along with any new enrolments having an opportunity to ‘run-off’ this year) and will be in the Division B category whilst also competing runners from other schools and other divisions. Families are invited to attend as spectators and an event program and competitor information will be sent home with each team member.
Best wishes to all students from TCPS… striving for ‘Personal Bests’ both in field and track events next week!
2024 Term 1 - Sharing Assemblies
We invite family and school community members to join us 3 times a term for our Sharing Assemblies. For the first three terms of the year this will involve classes from Prep to 6 and our Kinders will join us in Term 4.
Our Sharing Assemblies commence at 1:30pm in our Gymnasium and our format provides an opportunity for classes to have a turn to share ‘snapshots of class learning’. Our classes are arranged into 3 groups to provide the best opportunity for everyone to perform and practice their audience skills. A mystery teacher is selected to award the “Best Class” at Assembly Trophy.
Assemblies have moved to Thursday afternoons in 2024 and we are planning for each to finish by approx. 2:10/15pm. Families are then invited to stay until the end of the school day and enjoy a ‘Cuppa and Catch-Up’ light afternoon tea (where pre-school children can also have a play) in our Large Multi-Purpose Room.
Please join us for some or all of our Term 1 Wednesday Dates in weeks 8, 9 & 10:
- 28 March, 4 April & 11 April
A reminder that, if you are at all unwell, then please do not come into our school, you may need to wait until the next opportunity to join us at an assembly.
We ask that all audience members to be seated in the designated area.
Bushfire Ready Schools Information for Families – School Bush Fire Safety Plan
The Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) maintains site specific bushfire risk rating and response plans, based on assessments conducted by the Tasmanian Fire Service.
Bushfire Response Plans (BRPs) contain contact details and planned assembly and evacuation points and routes for when bushfires are near a site. They are shared with Tasmanian Fire Service and other supporting emergency management agencies.
Following consultation with the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) the overriding principle of the Department’s bushfire response is to keep schools open when bushfires threaten, with students in the care of the school.
Our school has been assessed as Category 1, which means ‘buildings will be safe to shelter in during the passage of the main fire front’. Our plan takes this assessment into consideration, and we adapt our actions using advice received and/or bushfire conditions.
Each individual schools Bushfire Response Plan (BRP) will have information that identifies where students and staff will position themselves. This will vary from school to school, and it is advisable for all parents/guardians/carers to be aware of our individual school’s action plan:
What have schools done to prepare for the fire season
Schools:
- Have updated their emergency management plans and Bushfire Response Plans in consultation with TFS, local emergency services, fire authorities and local government authorities
- Have maintained mitigation strategies for vegetation
Vaping – resources available for families and students
Vaping continues to be a trend amongst children and young people.
Electronic cigarettes, or vapes, are similar to smoking cigarettes, but don’t use tobacco.
Instead, vapes are a battery-operated device which heats a liquid. This liquid turns into an aerosol and is inhaled. Like smoking cigarettes, vaping is highly addictive. Research shows that young people are three times as likely to start smoking if they vape.
While Tasmanian law says that a person under 18 can’t use, possess or buy vapes, we know that some young people are doing it because they believe it’s a safer option than smoking cigarettes.
It’s important to work together to educate them about the health impacts of vaping and the harm it can cause on their short- and long-term physical health.
The Department for Education, Children and Young People has a dedicated webpage with information and resources for teachers, parents/carers and young people. This includes tips for talking to your children about vaping and how you can support them in quitting. The attached fact sheet also has some useful information to help support you in with these conversations.
At a school level, we are approaching vaping as a health issue. We use a range of educational resources to help students make healthy choices and informed decisions.
It’s important that we all work together to nurture the wellbeing of students so they can continue to grow, thrive and succeed.
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