Prep-One Pademelons have shown a keen interest in the remarkable life of bees as part of our pollination science inquiry for Term 1. We started our Bee Detective journey by inviting local beekeepers Lori Lakos and Alyce Hensby from Derwent Valley Beekeepers Association into our classroom to help find some answers.

Lori helped us to understand the role and equipment beekeepers need to keep themselves and bees safe and healthy. We closely observed the inside of a hive and discovered the Queen Bee can lay up to 1500 eggs a day! This was followed by a mouth-watering raw honey taste testing.

Today each class in Digital Technologies were visited by Ms Standaloft from Tasmania Legal Aid. Ms Standaloft is a lawyer and a Community Legal Education Officer and she shared some insightful information regarding how we can keep safe when using digital technologies and when we are online using the internet.

If you would like more information regarding how to keep you and your family safe online please visit the eSafety Australia website: https://www.esafety.gov.au/ There is also a specific tab with information for parents: https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents

February 2025

Dear Parents & Carers Molesworth Primary School,

MOLESWORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE – CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS

Molesworth Primary School Association Committee has three (3) parent member vacancies commencing at the end of the 2024/2025 School Association Year (31 March 2025).  These positions are for a period of two (2) years. 

All parents are members of the Molesworth Primary School Association.  To nominate a person for the School Association Committee, you are required to be a member of the Molesworth Primary School  Association.

Further information and nomination forms are available at the School Office.

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Nominations close on THURSDAY 6 MARCH 2025 @ 3:00 PM.  If there are more nominations than vacancies, an election will be held.

For information about the role of a School Association Committee Member, please talk to one of our current members who are:

• Jess Burns
• Kara Cowley
• Kylie Farrell
• Liz Priestley
• Bernadette Lawrence

Please consider nominating for this position as this is a vital part of our school.

Completed forms can be posted, scanned, emailed (molesworth.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au) or passed in at the School Office. Please check all details carefully as incomplete forms will not be able to be accepted.

All nomination forms are to be returned to the Returning Officer by THURSDAY 6 MARCH 2025  @ 3:00 PM

Regards,
Mrs Telisa Baker
Returning Officer

Students will be sitting NAPLAN between 12 and 24 March 2025. 

The National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students are already learning at school. On its own, NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for, and students are not expected to do so. 

NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process – it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance; however, students and parents may use individual results to discuss progress with teachers. 

NAPLAN has been held in March since 2023, having previously taken place in May. This change was made so school systems would have access to results earlier in the school year. These results can then be used to inform teaching and learning plans for the remainder of the year. 

Why NAPLAN is conducted online 

NAPLAN online provides a better assessment and more precise results. 

One of the main benefits of NAPLAN online is that it uses tailored (or adaptive) testing. This means that students receive questions better suited to their abilities, so they can show what they know and can do. 

Online testing also allows us to provide a wide range of accessibility options to support students with disability to access NAPLAN. Feedback from students is that they find the online test more engaging. Please note that students in Year 3 complete the Writing Test on paper. 

Please contact the school if you have any further queries. 

What a busy two weeks our Year 3 to 5 students have had. Our Swimming and Water Safety Program has come to an end for another year. Congratulations to each and every one of our Year 3 to 5 students who participated in the program. There was a lot of progress made in just two weeks! All of our swim teachers were very impressed.

To continue our theme of Water Safety, last Monday 24^th February students were visited by Mr Dobson from Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST).

Each class developed their skills and knowledge of many important boating skills; what you need to think about before and during any boating activity, how to use inflatable jackets, how to check life jackets to make sure they work, what is required to take with you when boating and what these look like and how to use them, how to check fire extinguishers, how to use flares, the different between each flare and how an Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) works and some of our classes took home a book!

At lunch time, during Mr Dobson’s visit, we let off a red hand held flare and an orange smoke flare. Mr Dobson had to call the relevant authorities to let them know that he was going to do a demonstration for our school. It was amazing for our students to see what a flare looks like in action!

We would like to pass on our many thanks to MAST for sharing this important knowledge with us! If you are interested in further information, check out the MAST website, they have some great resources: https://www.mast.tas.gov.au/