PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
FROM OUR PRINCIPAL MRS LEANNE SMITH
Dear Families,
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and found time to do what you love to do.
Yet another busy 2 weeks at Molesworth Primary. Last Friday we saw our Grade 3 to Grade 6 students participate in our athletics trials and carnival. It was wonderful to see the number of participants in every race, even those that were optional. From this we have a team of 53 students participating in the interschool athletics carnival this Friday 13th March. Good luck to all and I know they will yet again do Molesworth proud. A very big thank you to Mr Andy McLean, Mrs Adrienne White and Mr Peter Jelkic for spending the afternoon at the recording and ribbon table, to Ms Jodie Goggins for taking photos, to the 3 sports leaders from New Norfolk High and to all the family members who came to support their children and cheer them on. Days like this do not just happen and a very big thank you to Miss Gourlay for the organisation prior to the day and her leadership on the day. Thank you also to School Association for organising and cooking the BBQ and purchasing the new gazebos and flags that will proudly display our school at many interschool events including this Friday.
Today and tomorrow each class have or will participate in the Bright Sparks program, presented by Tas Networks, where students learn about safety around electricity.
SRC 2020:
Well done to the 11 Grade 6 students who put their hand up to try out for SRC this year. Last Thursday afternoon they all gave well prepared and practised speeches to the Grade 3 to Grade 6 students about how they could contribute to the continual improvement of Molesworth. Following the speeches all students voted for their preferred SRC members. At morning assembly on Tuesday the SRC was announced – congratulations to Leif, Ewan, Matilda, Zeke and Brilee. I am looking forward to working with our student representatives for another year.
Assemblies for 2020:
At School Association on Tuesday the question of school assemblies was raised. As I am sure you are all aware there has been a change in classroom placements this year and the hall currently houses both the Grade 5/6 and the Grade 4/5 classes. This has allowed the teachers of the two classes to support one another, plan together and for the classes to work together allowing for more choices for the students’ learning. On Wednesday afternoons there is such a buzz in the rooms as different groups are working on Robotics, learning dance routines or how robots play soccer while others are developing their programming skills using Grok learning. With 2 classes now using this space it is too difficult to pack up both rooms for assemblies. We know that assemblies are a wonderful way to share all the fantastic things happening in classrooms and we are currently looking at alternatives. Our next newsletter will have a confirmed date and location for our Term 1 assembly.
Open classroom morning for Term 1:
Last year we held two open mornings where parents visited their child’s classrooms and shared in their learning. One morning focused on literacy and reading and the second on maths. Both these mornings were very well supported by our families and lots of very excited students working with their families. This year we are planning an open morning session each term. This term our session is on Wednesday 25th March and the classrooms will be open from 8:30 am until 10:00 am. We would love to welcome you to visit and share in your child’s learning during this time. We will again have the library open throughout the morning where you are more than welcome to come in and share a story or 2 with your child. Que Sera Sera coffee van will be availalbe for hot drinks and snacks from 8:00 am - 11:00 am.
Author Visit:
Next Thursday we have a visiting author Zanni Louise who will work with our grade 1 to grade 6 classes. She will share the love of reading and how they can improve their writing skills as an author. Zanni is the author of many children’s books including:
You can check her out at