Newsletter - Devonport Primary School

Newsletter
Date: 22nd May, 2014
From the Principal …………………..
MISS WARREN QUALIFIES FOR THE 2014 IRONMAN
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HAWAII
Miss Warren competed in the Port Macquarie Toyota Ironman Australia
Triathlon on Saturday, 3rd May. Her overall time was 10 hours, 8
minutes and 3 seconds placing her as winner of the female 30 to 34 age
group and achieving a time which qualifies her for the 2014 Ironman
World Championships to be held in Hawaii in October this year.
Interview with Miss Warren
Interview conducted by Pleadar Thaow.
Reported by Yanek Van De Wolfshaar and Shanae Gale.
Question: What was your overall time for the Port Macquarie Triathlon?
Answer: 10 hours, 8 minutes and 3 seconds.
Question: Where did this place you in your age group?
Answer: I was first Female in the 30 to 34 Age category.
Question: How do you qualify for the 2014 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii?
Answer: You have to win your age group in your gender.
Do you feel that you have achieved a personal goal?
Answer: Absolutely. I wrote this goal down a while ago. I kept myself accountable to it and
constantly went back to it. I am really proud to have achieved this goal and I thank everyone here
for their support especially putting up with my sneezing!
Question: Are there any other goals you have set for yourself now?
Answer: Yes but I want to keep them to myself for now.
Department of Education
Back-to-School for Parents!
When the back-to-school bell starts ringing, parents often hear and read school-related terms that
are unfamiliar to them. Below are three terms and descriptions related to reading instruction that
may help give you a better understanding of what's happening in your child's classroom and what it
all means for your young learner.
Screening
Benjamin Franklin famously said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." In the
classroom, this quote translates to the use of reading screening for all kids. Screenings usually take
place within the first few weeks of school. Rather than waiting for kids to fail at school, screenings
give teachers a chance to identify kids who are at risk of having difficulty. Scores on screenings
help teachers identify kids who may need extra help through small group or one-on-one
instruction. For example, most kindergarten screenings include measures of alphabet and lettersound knowledge.
Differentiated reading instruction
A teacher who provides differentiated reading instruction is one who meets the instructional needs
of all the students in the class by planning different instruction based on the results of an
assessment she's given. For example, while all the students in the class may be working to develop
their fluency skills, kids may be working with different books, and some may still be working on
their sight words. Some students may be working in pairs, others working one-on-one with the
teacher.
Leveled text
Many teachers use leveled texts in their classrooms. Most of the books used in elementary
classrooms are leveled, or placed in a certain category, based on certain criteria such as number of
words and sentence length. There are several common leveling systems; some use letters to
indicate levels and others use numbers. The levels correspond to different grade level materials.
For example, if a school is using a Guided Reading leveling system, levels E-I typically refer to
books written at a first-grade level. If your school uses leveled texts, ask your teacher what
leveling system they use.
As a parent, it can be tough to keep up with the language of schools. These three terms are just a
few of the many reading-related words you'll hear this year. We encourage parents to work
closely with teachers and ask lots of questions. You'll be glad you did!
National Simultaneous Storytime
National Simultaneous Storytime is an important annual campaign that aims to encourage more
young Australians to read and enjoy books. Now in its 14th successful year it is a colourful,
vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy using an Australian
children's book that explores age appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the
National Curriculum for Grades Foundation to 6 and the pre-school Early Learning Years
Framework.
Yesterday students from the Prep/1Haywood, Prep/1 Gannon, Prep Lyons,
Kindergarten Meldrum and Reid, 2/3 Douglas, 3/4 Coates and 1 Will/Mitchell all enjoyed reading
Too Many Elephants at the Devonport LINC or in our school library, with guest reader, Mrs
Lucinda Stokes.
Calendar of Events 2014
Friday 23rd May
Monday 26th – Thursday 29th May
Tuesday 27th May
Friday 30th May
Monday 2nd – Thursday 5th June
Friday 6th June
Tuesday 24th June
Wednesday 25th June
SRC Cake Raffle – 50c per ticket
Early Childhood Assembly hosted by Prep Lyons
2:20 p.m.
Speech Intensive continues
NWPSSA Cross Country at Ulverstone Football
Ground 10:40 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Primary Assembly hosted by 4/5 Viney 2:20 p.m.
Speech Intensive continues
SRC Cake Raffle at recess. Tickets 50c
Early Childhood Assembly hosted by Kinder
Meldrum 2:20 p.m.
Burnie Eisteddfod
State Cross Country at Symonds Plains
SAVER OF THE WEEK
15th May
Ashlee Lovell
Prep Lyons
Please collect your prize from the office.
Cross Country
Gotcha Grams
Totals
Don
960
33
1,289
Angus Vrantsis x 2
Hayley Gillam
Angel Jones
Tia Brown x 2
Estella Rigby x 2
Chloe Gillam x 3
Grade Edwards
Jake Luff
Ryan Wilson
Ryan Jones x 3
Brielle Jones x 2
Brittney Streets x 2
Tait O’Neill x 3
Lilly O’Neill x 3
Ruby Wallace
Henry Wallace
Chelsea Fellows
Shaye Barker
Allira Lynd- Williams
X2
Gotcha Gram Recipients
Forth
Leven
1,204
1,124
26
26
1,514
1,404
Kerrica Collins
Mitchell Visser
Lachlan Glover
Levi Barwick x 4
Samuel Hill
Imogen Quilliam x 2
Dylan Eade x 2
Ella Hingston
Jaime McGregor x 2 Luke Downward x 2
Meg Maxwell
Tammin Gale
Georgie Cole
Tayla Frost
Erwin Donaghy x 2 Emma Jordan
Tanner Mapley
Lachlan Gale x 4
Ella-Beth Watson x 2 Georgia Ryan
Isabelle Wells
Jack Freshney x 3
Tazmyn Bissett x 3 Jaiden Armstrong
Bonnie Bower x 2
Alex Sutcliffe
Ruelyn King
Erika Thatcher
Kristie-Lee Wright Maddison Furley
Chloe Wright
Emmy Ryan
Lauren Page
Stella Hill
Alekk Courto-Garner
Mersey
688
32
956
Brianna Burr
Seth Russell
Luke Rootes
Tomas Emmett x 3
Kayley Baker x 2
Chelsea Fittkau x 3
Chelsea Rutherford x 3
Meg Roles
Ella Gale x 4
Pleija Thaow x 2
Breanna Clark
Capri Adams
Ethan Yang x 3
Eliza Cousens x 2
Beau Pratt
Holly Emmett
Chloe McQueen
Victoria Simms
We had a magnificent day for our cross-country on Tuesday afternoon, with a wonderful turn out
of spectators and sunshine. The children put in a stellar effort to run the whole distance in their
respective grade level races. The regular running that we have been doing at school three times a
week definitely paid off with many children putting in that little bit of extra effort. We would like
to thank all those parents who helped out on the day. Next week we will take a team to compete
in the NWPSSA Cross Country event in Ulverstone.
Grade 3 Boys
1 Jack Freshney
5 Ryan Wilson
2 Lachlan Gale
6 Ethan Yang
3 Erwin Donaghy
7 Ryan Jones
4 Beau Pratt
8
Grade 3 Girls
1 Isabelle Wells
5 Lucy Swaine
2 Jade Eley
6 Pleija Thaow
3 Georgie Cole
7 Georgia Ryan
4 Stella Hill
8 Chloe
McQueen
Grade 4 Boys
1 Tomas Emmett 2 Levi Barwick
3 Jay Harding
5 Oliver Mason
7 Seth Russell
4 Luke
Downward
8 Lachlan
Glover
6 Jack Poad
Grade 4 Girls
1 Ella Hingston
2 Tammin Gale
5 Chelsea Fittkau 6 Emma Jordan
3 Meg Maxwell
7 Imogen Quilliam
4 Estella Rigby
8 Meg Roles
Grade 5 Boys
1 Will Jordan
2 Angus Vrantsis
4 Dylan Eade
5 Tristan Wells
6 Bryce Archer
3 Bailey
Al-Samarrie
7 Sam Webb
1 Jaime
McGregor
5 Hayley Gillam
2 Chloe Gillam
3 Tia Brown
4 Olivia Thomas
6 Callie Spencer
7 Kerrica Collins
8 Alice
Charlwood
1 Josh Hurd
2 Nathan Smith
4 Logan Swaine
5 Jack Pease
6 Blair Ryan
3 Lachlan
Rutherford
7 Harry Pease
1 Abbie Walker
5 Emma
Downward
2 Tali Brown
6 Ashley Bell
3 Shannon White
7 Casey Frost
4 Tess Maxwell
8 Shanae Gale
Grade 5 Girls
Grade 6 Boys
Grade 6 Girls
8 Samuel Hill
8 Enrique Yang
Feature Work from 1 Mitchell Will
Serenity F—Lakes Entrance because it has a spa pool.
Andre—Timbuktu because no one knows where it is but it is close to Devonport
and is a jungle.
Byron – going in the camper van with nan and pop who cook me good food like
chicken nuggets.
Aaron—the park with its rollercoaster.
Harley—funpark because it has an amazing slide.
Michael—dinosaur museum because I love dinosaurs.
Ella—Lego world because it has a waterslide.
Mikayla—Dog World because it is in my imagination and has lots of loud barking
dogs with a big lake and lots of grass and mud.
Keanu— Lorax world because of the pretty truffalo trees.
Lucas—zoo because it has lots of animals.
Brayden—Minecraft because I like building houses and am not afraid of spiders
and creepers.
Alex C— golf course because I beat my sister.
Alex N—Funfair because it is in Melbourne and I have lots of fun in Melbourne.
Hollie-May—Fairy World because it has lots of fairies and castles in it.
Holly— Fairy World because I can eat fairy floss every day.
Serenity T—the jungle near South America because it has green leaves and vines.
Brock– Character land which is underground in Queensland and there are some of
my favourite characters in this land.
Maya— Disney World in America because I love Mickey Mouse and he has a club
house.
Jacob—school because it has buildings and I like to learn.
Emmy— the pool in Devonport because it has a big water slide.
Alex R—Zoo because it has tigers.
Basketball:Friday 23rd May
3:45 p.m.
4:25 p.m.
5:05 p.m.
6:25 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
BYE : Dribblers
SPORT NEWS
Court 1
Court 2
Youth Centre
Devils v Panthers
Demons v Nets
Daisies v Sapphires
Dunkers v Saints
Stars v Wildcats
Novas v Astroids
Soccer: There will be no scheduled soccer
games this Saturday 24th May due
to the 6-A-Side Soccer
Tournament. Games will resume
Saturday 31st May. Good luck to
the Under 11 and Under 12 Teams
Netball:Saturday 24th May
10:00 a.m. Pulse v Magic
Court 10
10:00 a.m. Mystics v Vixen
Court 11
Hockey:Thursday 22nd May
4:00 p.m.
Team A v Team C Ground 1
Team D v Team B Ground 2
Thursday 29th May
4:00 p.m.
Team A v Team B Ground 1
Team C v Team D Ground 2
Training 5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Ground 1
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
FOR SALE:
1 x Cream Baby Bassinet with hood, mattress and linens. $50 o.n.o.
Phone: 0400 641 763
Devonport’s Mini Magpies U10’s football team is looking for new players. You don’t have
to support Collingwood to play in our team. Our players support a wide range of AFL teams. We
are just a group of young kids learning to play good footy and have fun. Training is on Wednesday
night at Byard Park from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. with an experienced footy coach. Matches are on
Sunday mornings alternating between 9:00 a.m. – midday. Every player gets a game. Beginners
welcome. If you are interested please come along to our next training session on Wednesday
21st May 2014 at Byard Park from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. or contact Match Manager Sally Pugsley on
0419 579 317 or coach Andy Doran on 0408 143 989.
Keiko Child Care Centre
Keiko Child Care Centre currently
has vacancies available. Sessions
include full and half day sessions with
very competitive rates, a hot
nutritional lunch and healthy morning
and afternoon teas.
A brand new feature at Keiko Child
Care Centre is our ‘PRE SCHOOL
PROGRAM”. This operates 5
mornings a week and is run a by a fully
qualified early childhood teacher. For
more information please contact Jodie
6427 8136
Fundraiser for Jesse Nelson – Join
Jesse in raising money for the World
Challenge to Costa Rica and Nicaragua
where he will be assisting those less
fortunate in a community project and
broadening his opportunities while
learning new skills. Go along to CMax
Cinemas to see The Transformers Age
of Extinction $16.00 per ticket,
Thursday 26th June at 6:30 p.m. Order
your ticket at the office.
DISCLAIMER: Parents should note that advertisements for educational services, companies,
activities or similar events are published as a ‘community service’. Devonport 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.
Devonport Primary School
Stewart Street, Devonport 7310
Telephone: (03) 6424 7788
Fax: (03) 6424 1659
Email: devonport.primary@education.tas.gov.au