2023 - April 6

From the Principal

Congratulations to our LSSA Athletics Team who represented Waverley Primary at the Northern Primary Schools Athletics Carnival.  It was wonderful to hear from Mrs Paton that students represented our school with pride and did their best in all events. 

Our School Improvement Plan (SIP) has been developed.  The SIP supports us to:

• plan and focus work for the coming year;
• ensure targeted use of resources in priority areas; and to
• celebrate progress and success.

Priority 1

Waverley Primary School will develop consistent approaches to the teaching of reading to support the growth of student’s achievement as reading becomes more complex.

Priority 2

Waverley Primary School will create a safe, respectful and inclusive learning environment with intellectual rigour.

Move Well Eat Well

We know that diet is an important part of being healthy. Having a healthy diet also supports learning and behaviour at school.  As such, beverages that are commonly referred to as ‘energy drinks’ are not permitted at our school and I encourage students and families to consider the suitability of these drinks for young people.  I sometimes see students consuming these upon entry to school. This does not set students up for success.

Staff Farewell

Mrs Kate Emms has won a promoted position as Assistant Principal at East Launceston Primary.  Mrs Emms has been at Waverley for term 1, 2023.  During this time she has lead our Early Years team, organised the NAPLAN and PAT testing timetables, supervised relief and lead Kindergarten to year 2.  We wish Mrs Emms all the very best for the future.

New Staff

Mr Sam Millwood has won the position of Advanced Skills Teacher (AST).  We look forward to working with Mr Millwood when he joins our team in week 2 term 2. 

Medication

Parents and carers should be aware that there are specific policies and procedures that we must follow in relation to the dispensing of medication.  A reminder to parents and carers to return medication authorisation forms for students that require medication to be administered at school.  In addition, students that require a medical action plan for the treatment of for example, asthma, and anaphylaxis need to return the action plans to the office.  If you need another copy of the form please see Mrs Chugg.

ANZAC Day

Thank you to the students that have indicated they will attend the civic service at the Launceston cenotaph on Tuesday 25^th April.  Our school leaders will lay a wreath on behalf of our school. 

Moderation Day

On Thursday 6^th April our staff participated in moderation.  Moderation ensures that our students are being assessed against the same standards and that students' assessments are comparable across schools. 

Ukulele workshop and performance

Our Year 5-6 students participated in three ukulele workshops across the past week.  Our students were engaged and well mannered.  It was great to hear that our students had a wonderful time developing their ukulele skills.  It was especially good to see the students that were able to attend the performance on Saturday 1^st April in the Brisbane Street Mall as part of the Launceston Ukulele Jamboree. 

Thanks to Cathy and Angie from The Wild Women of Anywhere Beach, Jackie from Launceston Ukulele Jamboree and Mark from Barratts Music for bringing such a wonderful opportunity to Waverley Primary School!

I hope students and staff have a restful Easter break. Term 2 starts on Wednesday April 26 and I look forward to welcoming students and staff back after the holidays.

Mrs Katie Wightman                                                                             

Principal

Merit Certificates and Principal Awards

The following students are congratulated for being presented with Merit Certificates in our last assembly:

• Ebonie W
• Beighley W
• Harper A
• Hunter S
• Bradley F
• Maetell S
• Mateo W
• Alydia A
• Daniel C
• Harry T
• Kayden T
• Hunter T
• Alexis-Rose J
• Seth C
• Bethany W
• Hope C

And congratulations to the students and staff who received a Principal's Award:

• Kiara C
• Axel H
• Mrs Linda Hansson

Brixhibition

Our students recently took part in Tasmanian brick enthusiasts Brixhibition competition. It was wonderful to see our school involved after a large break from entering the competition. 

We had some amazing innovative designs that the students had spent many weeks creating. Congratulations to all students for the effort and thought they put into their pieces. 

Congratulations to Madalyn, Harvey and Maggie who won their grade categories. Maggie was also the overall school winner who now has the opportunity to enter her piece "My dream Lagoon" into the Northern Tasmania Brixhibition Competition taking place on April 16^th and 17^th at The Door of Hope. Good luck Maggie. 

Next year we are hoping the competition will be bigger and better at Waverley. We will update you soon with exciting new Lego information.

Mrs Ky Salter

Teacher

Health and Physical Education (HPE)

This term Years 3-5 students and some Year 6 students participated in learn to swim to develop their swimming life-saving skills. Many students were very comfortable in the water and all students achieved great personal achievements.

Waverley Primary was invited to be part of the Hawthorn Community Connect Program. Current players visited our school and conducted a thought provoking lesson on what it is like to be a great friend. The players spent recess on the oval having a kick of the footy with our students. It was wonderful to see our learners playing footy with the professional players.  

It was wonderful to see the Waverley community join our school to watch the Primary Athletics Carnival. We heard our students positively cheering for one another.  A highlight was hearing the whole school community cheer for the adults in the teachers and parents/carers race.  A record number of students ran the 1500 meters. 

The following students broke records: 

• Kyden 100 shot
• Nash 400, 800
• Tora 100, 400
• Alex 100, 400, 800 and 1500
• Hope 1500
• Jakobi 100
• Bradley 100
• Liam 100, 1500
• Kiara 800, 1500
• Jayda discus shot
• Ella discuss
• Beighley shot

LSSSA Athletics Carnival

Waverley Primary students looked great in our new sports tops. Our LSSSA team strongly represented our school, competing in each event putting in their very best effort and giving it their all. The ribbons that were awarded are a testament to this, these included but were not limited to, shotput, discus, 800, 400m, and 1500.  The tug-of-war was amazing to watch with team spirit very high.

Mrs Carolyne Paton

HPE Teacher

Activities for 4-6 year olds

For our Kinder Families here are some great websites and links to support physical activity for your Kinder child during the school holidays. These websites and links support the Gross Motor Marker group within the Kindergarten Development Check (KDC). The KDC is an important assessment for your child.  There will be two opportunities for our learners to be assessed against the KDC. The KDC recognises the role that physical skills and core strength play in the development of writing skills and literacy. 

Have a wonderful Easter break . 

Mrs Ky Salter

Kindergarten and LIFT Teacher

Smith Family

School Crossing Guards

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