Dear Families

Welcome to Term 2! We have had a busy and exciting start to the term. It has been wonderful to see students reconnecting with friends and focused on their learning over the past week. 

Students in Year 3-6 went on an excursion to Agfest. Students enjoyed seeing the different displays, animals and farm equipment. Behaviour was excellent on the day and the students should feel proud about how they represented their school. Thank you to our parent volunteers we really appreciated you joining us on the day, to support the excursion.

This term students in Year 3/4 will have the opportunity to work with Megs as part of our school garden program. Students will be learning about the environment through the theme of Fire and Fungi. The program will link to Science, HASS and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures.

On Thursday morning we will be hosting an event for Mother’s Day from 8:15 in the GP room followed by an opportunity to visit your child’s classroom. Please see details  in the newsletter. We look forward to seeing you at school on Thursday.

We will continue to focus on Respect this term. Students will be engaging in some workshops and lessons around respect. We are also offering some different activities for students to do during their break times including, library, board games, basketball, P-2 soccer and sports with Mr Ellis. This will provide opportunities for students to build their friendship network and try some new activities.

Congratulations to students for receiving a Certificate of Merit this week.

Tilly, Rose, Hayden, Andy, Lylah, Patty, Annika, Oscar, Chloe, Malaki, Liam and Rhys.

Prep Class

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Grades 3-6 enjoyed their excursion to Agfest last Thursday.

A huge thank you goes to 'TasFarmers' for funding our transport costs to Agfest!

3D Printing

Grade 3-4 students are finalising their 3D prints, and the grade 5-6 students are about to begin designing their creations on Tinkercad. Students are encouraged to design a unique keyring or small object that is useful or can help them at school or home. We have some new colours that students can use for their printing, including red and green. Seen here are some recent creations by our 3-4 students.

Scratch Jr

Whilst Grade 5-6 students are exploring how to create AI-generated images using Microsoft Copilot, Grade 1-2 students are learning how to use Scratch Jr. We can add characters and give drag-and-drop commands to control what our characters do, including movement, speech bubbles with our own text, rotation, and changing of the background picture to create different scenes. This experience is a pre-cursor for when students start using the main Scratch website in grades 3 and 4. Students have enjoyed the ability to change the design of their characters, including colouring and drawing with the Edit/Design tools.

Did you visit Brixhibition during the holidays?
Congratulations to Theo who represented Longford Primary in the Building all-schools competition.
You can see the other competitor’s LEGO designs at:

https://www.brixhibition.com/schoolschallengelton24.html

Congratulations to Elliott who represented Longford Primary in the Drawing Design all-schools competition.
Seen here is one of the members of the Brick Enthusiasts Tasmania’s creation based on Eliott’s drawing, which we think is quite impressive.
You can see the other competitor’s Drawings and their LEGO counterparts at:

https://www.brixhibition.com/drawingcompetitonlton24.html

Dear Families 
Subway lunch orders will be continuing each fortnight for this Term. Usual school canteen will not be available on these days. Please refer to the dates below. 

Our School library have some great new books added to our shelves. 
For the sport lovers: AFL, Cricket, Netball and Rugby by David Rafferty. Also a new set of 'The Baby-Sitters Club' by Gale Galligan. 

Check them out next time you are in the library.

HAPPY READING !

Our Cross Country Carnival for Grades 3-6 is being held next Thursday 16th May, at the Longford Skate Park from 10:30am-11:45am.
(Our infant students will be having an obstacle fun day later in the Term.)

Please remind students to wear/bring their running shoes, have a drink bottle of water and their asthma puffer if required. A jacket and trackpants are a good idea whilst waiting and a spare pair of socks, as the ground may be a bit wet.

Spectators are welcome to this event.

Students will walk to the park, departing school at 10:05am and return at the conclusion of the carnival.

Events (times are approximate)

Leadership Staff

Support Staff