What an eventful fortnight we have experienced as a community with all the power outages from the very stormy week! But the weather hasn’t dampened our Forest spirits and we have achieved a lot in the fortnight and have a lot more to achieve and celebrate before the end of Term 3! Can you believe we are coming to the end of term!

Term 3 Celebration of Learning

We would like to invite all of our school community to come together for our Term 3 Celebration of Learning Assembly. Please come along and join us on Thursday 26th September at 9am in the multipurpose room, it is a great opportunity to share and celebrate students learning with everyone.

3/4 Sports Expo

The 3/4 Sports Expo will be held this Friday 13^th September. Children will need a change of clothes, plastic bags (for dirty shoes, clothes etc), plenty to drink and eat (snacks and a packed lunch), and any required medication. Students will need to bring appropriate footwear for their sport. All other sporting gear will be provided; however, if your child has equipment they wish to bring along, they are welcome to. Please no lunch orders for our 3/4 students.

Ditto Incursion

Next Tuesday 17^th September our Kindergarten to Grade 2 students will be involved in a program from Ditto – Bravehearts. Bravehearts’ Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure Program is a fun, interactive live incursion that teaches young children essential personal safety skills and knowledge using age-appropriate language, song, and dance, starring Bravehearts’ lovable lion cub ‘Ditto’ and a specially trained Education Facilitator.

Country Gold

Wishing all our Country Gold representatives from Forest Primary all the best next Thursday as they travel to Launceston to compete. We look forward to hearing all about the wonderful experience and know that you will all try your best and represent Circular Head with pride.  I would like to thank Lynne van Norden for coaching our representative Netball team.  Thankyou for your commitment and time to support our students within Circular Head.  Very much appreciated Lynne!

Footy Colours Day

Don’t forget Thursday 26^th is Footy Colours Day! Come to school dressed in your favourite footy colours for a gold coin donation, our Student Representative Council will be running lunchtime activities for you all to enjoy!  

Fathers Day Breakfast

We had a wonderful celebration at Forest Primary School for Father’s Day. Dads, grandpas, and Father figures joined us for a breakfast filled with laughter, love, and memories. It was a wonderful experience to see families come together and celebrate the incredible role fathers play in our lives. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this day special! We appreciate all the amazing fathers in our community

Teacher Assistant Appreciation Week

Last week we celebrated Teacher Assistants Week, we would like to take a moment to express our gratitude to all our amazing Teacher Assistants. Your dedication, hard work, and unwavering support make a tremendous difference in our classrooms and in the lives of our students. From providing one-on-one assistance to fostering a positive learning environment, TA’s are the unsung heroes who ensure that everything runs smoothly. Teacher Assistants are patient and kind, and their creativity inspire both students and teachers alike. Whether it’s helping with managing classroom activities, or offering encouragement to students, their contributions do not go unnoticed. To our fantastic Teacher Assistants at Forest Primary School we appreciate all you do and recognise the impact you have on our school!

Cluster Maths Relay

Forest Primary hosted the Circular Head Cluster Maths Relays on Thursday 5^th September, it was a fantastic day. Big congratulations to Forest 2 who came equal first in the Grade 5/6 relay (Charlie Payne, Fletcher Kingston, William Ettlin and Layla Thorp) and Forest 1 who came third in the Grade 5/6 relay (Laila-Anne Haywood, Sienna Korpershoek, Rubie van Norden and Ruby Medwin). Congratulations to Fletcher Kingston, William Ettlin and Sienna Korpershoek who have been selected into the Circular Head Cluster team which will compete at Burnie High School on Sunday 22^nd September.

Parent Teacher Interviews

This week our school offered parent teacher interviews as part of the Reporting and Communication Requirements. It was great to see families coming along and discuss their children’s learning progress. For anyone who hasn’t been able to make it this week your children’s evidence of learning will be posted to you at the beginning of next week. Please remember the door at Forest Primary is always open and if you would like to discuss your children’s learning please call the school and we will make a suitable time for you.

School Satisfaction Survey

Thank you to those families who have taken the time to complete the families school satisfaction survey. Every year the Department for Education, Children and Young People conducts a School Satisfaction Survey to find out what your child(ren)'s school does well and where it may improve. We would be grateful if you completed our online survey about Forest Primary School. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school-planning and decision-making. The survey is open from Monday 26 August 2024 until Friday 20 September 2024 and should take about 5 minutes to complete. Each family should nominate one person to fill in this survey for their child(ren). Take the online survey by clicking this Link, or pasting it in your browser: https://nam.dcv.ms/wYdpFE87hx The survey is carried out on a secure website and all responses are anonymous and confidential. All families in this school received the same survey link and no identifying information is collected. A summary of the survey results will be provided to schools. Responses from individuals or small groups will NOT be disclosed to any Department for Education, Children and Young People staff. Please contact your school if you require any assistance.

Megan Hills

Principal

Our Adventure with Possum Magic

Our kindergarten students have embarked on an enchanting reading adventure, beginning during Book Week with the beloved story ‘Possum Magic’ by Mem Fox. This tale of Hush the possum and her magical journey across Australia has captured the imaginations of our little learners, and we've been revisiting the story each week, creating our own magical journey alongside Hush. As we follow Hush's travels around Australia, we stop at each location she visits, find it on the map, and explore the foods she tries in her quest to become visible again. From Anzac biscuits in Adelaide to mornay and minties in Melbourne, our students have been excited to cook, taste, and learn about these iconic Australian treats. Along the way, we are not only enjoying the magic of reading but also deepening our understanding of retelling stories, making personal connections, and discovering the geography of our beautiful country. Each week, our students are role playing, flying in an aeroplane to our next destination, learning more about different parts of Australia and gaining a greater appreciation of where we live. This journey with Hush has been a wonderful way to ignite a love for reading and learning in our classroom, and we look forward to many more magical moments in the weeks to come. I wonder where we will go next, and what foods might we sample?

STOP 1: ANZAC BISCUITS IN ADELAIDE

STOP 2: MORNAY & MINTIES IN MELBOURNE

STOP 3: STEAK & SALAD IN SYDNEY

STOP 4: PUMPKIN SCONES IN BRISBANE

This term, Grades 5 and 6 students have been focusing on Japanese writing.  Understanding Japanese writing helps them to pronounce Japanese characters correctly.  Grade 5 and 6 students can now speak Japanese with good pronunciation.  These skills will assist students to communicate well when they have another online exchange lesson with a Japanese School later on this year.  Students have learnt how to say different objects in the classroom and how to give and receive the objects in Japanese.  This week, we did role play to show their understanding.  All students did excellent work this week!  Oops! I forgot to take pictures, so this is the alternative picture to get your attention.  We made these decorations when I read the book called “Mr. Schmoe came to Hiroshima” to the class.  The paper cranes represent our wishes for peace.

Grades 3 and 4 students are also focusing on Japanese writing.  They are making a personalised bookmark with the condition that they draw some Japanese traditional patterns on their bookmark.  Actually, students see Japanese traditional patterns in their everyday life, but they never realised this until they have learnt this unit.  Each pattern has meaning, and it was interesting to guess what the meaning of the pattern was.  This is Josie’s work, she put a great effort in to drawing these patterns.   Well done!

Prep, Grades 1 and 2 have been learning the names of colours in Japanese.  Students’ favourite colours in Japanese are Ao (blue), Pinku (pink) and Orenji (orange).  The students also played Lotto colours.  Prep, Grades 1 and 2 also learnt how to write their name in Japanese.  This picture is Leo’s work and he wrote his name in Japanese.  It wasn’t easy to write, but all students tried to write their name in Japanese and did nice work!

Our Prep/1 class has been enthusiastically diving into the world of addition and subtraction! We’ve been exploring the symbols and discussing what we already know about them.

To solve problems, we’ve started unpacking various strategies such as using manipulatives, drawing pictures, and for our Year 1 students, counting on and back, and using number lines. As we continue to build these strategies, we’ll also look at how our knowledge of doubles and bonds to 10 can help us solve addition and subtraction problems more effectively.

Using a structured maths inquiry approach, we’ve been tackling different open-ended problems. This includes balancing collections to make them equal and adding up animal legs on Noah’s Ark, which has been both fun and educational. The Preps enjoyed joining with all the Year 1s to collaborate on our inquiries and work together to come up with solutions to our Noah’s Ark problem.

We’ve also been enjoying some exciting games with UNO cards and dice, such as “1 More or Less Snap,” “Flip and Add,” and “Roll and Add.” We have also been exploring some interactive online addition tools, using dice dots and tens frames to practice our skills. These activities not only make learning fun but also reinforce our math skills in an engaging way.

We’re excited to continue our addition and subtraction learning journey and can’t wait to see what problems we will solve next!

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