Dear Longford Primary School Community

NAPLAN Update

A huge congratulations to our Year 3 and Year 5 students for completing NAPLAN with great effort and enthusiasm! We are so proud of the hard work and dedication they have shown. The data will be available later in the year, and we will be sending it out to families once it is received. A special thank you to Mrs Copeland for her organisation in ensuring the testing process ran smoothly.

First Assembly for 2025

We held our first assembly last week, and it was a wonderful event. Thank you to all the families who attended! During the assembly, we had the privilege of formally recognising our new student leaders, house captains and daily fitness leaders. Leadership is a key part of our school culture, and we believe these students will inspire their peers through their actions. We look forward to seeing how our student leaders contribute to making our school an even better place to learn and grow.

Kinder Playground Updates

We are excited to share some fantastic news with our community! We recently received a grant to help us update our Kinder playground, and work has already begun. We have installed a new shade area to provide more comfort and protection for the children. Further improvements will begin later this year, and we can't wait to see the playground transform into a vibrant, engaging space for our youngest learners. 

Thank you for your continued support of our school community. Stay tuned for more updates and events in the coming weeks!

In partnership
Candice Burnett

As a parent/guardian you are automatically a member of the School Association and are welcome to attend meetings. The Association has a Committee of parents and staff that meet twice a Term. The School Association AGM is on Thursday 3rd April. 

Our next after school ice cream sales is on Thursday 3rd April.

Congratulations to students presented with a Principal's Award and Aussie of the Month Award at last weeks assembly.

Rosalee, Mia and Tobias

Congratulations to students for receiving a
Connection Certificate of Merit

Max, Darcy, Evelyn, Wesley, Levi, Tilly, Andy, Jade and Zara

Congratulations to our Student Leaders and House Captains who have courageously accepted the responsibility of serving our school community, supporting their fellow students and strengthening our school’s connections with the broader Longford community.

In Week 4, they represented our school and learned about the significance of investing in your local community, as new Legends were inducted into the Longford Legends Walk. They were encouraged by journalist and presenter, Neil Kearney, who attended Longford Primary School in days gone by, to dream big and consider what contribution they might have to offer the community as they heard of others who have gone before them and set an example to follow.

In Week 6, Student Leaders and House Captains, along with Student Leaders from across the north of Tasmania, attended the GRIP Leadership Conference, reflecting on the responsibilities of a leader and how to help school be a positive place for others.  Students will now apply these learnings to their work within our school.

In addition, the House Captains ably supported their peers in the Athletics Carnival – encouraging participation from all students from Prep to Grade 6 and celebrating their efforts.

We look forward to their contribution to our school in the year ahead, as they work together to support our school.

Leaders at the Longford Legends event

The Student Leadership Team would like to let you know that on Friday 4th April (Kinder - Thursday 3rd April) we will be having a Free Dress Day. If you would like to wear free dress, then please bring an Easter chocolate – whether it be an egg or a rabbit or something similar.

These chocolates will then be gathered in classes ready for an Easter raffle. The winners will be drawn from each class on the last day of Term, Friday 11th April (Kinder - Thursday 10th April).

Raffle tickets will be sent home for $1 each. If you do not wish to purchase/sell your tickets, please return them to the school office.

We look forward to seeing you in free dress with your chocolate on Friday 4th April.

Kind regards

Ashley, Bibi, Charlotte, Phoebe, Toby, Kobey, Ella and River.
Student Leadership Team

School photo day is this Thursday. All ordering will be online, no cash. Ordering will stay open until Thursday 3rd April.

All students will have an individual photo taken on photo day regardless if they are ordering or not.

If you have collected the family photo info from the office please ensure children are at the GP room between 8:30-9:00, along with the shoot key you have used for ordering.

Check out these latest books from our school library:

- The Book With No Pictures by B J Novak

- Longford The Legend of a Little Town With a Big Motor by Neil Kearney. The author of this book, Neil Kearney, was a pupil at Longford Primary from 1961-1966.

- Discover the Seven Wonders of the World

- Glow by Noelia Gonzalez

 

Slime

As part of their Chemical Science learning this term, Gr5/6s are exploring observable properties of solids, liquids and gases. In STEM last week, they had the opportunity to create slime, an example of combining certain solids and liquids to change the matter's state. Once the slime is formed, the particles are more tightly packed together than in the ingredient's liquid state.

Leadership Staff

Support Staff