Filter Content
- Principals Report
- Important Dates
- Kookaburra Reading Awards Recipients
- Above and Beyond
- News from Grade 2/3
- Halloween Poem
- Sports News
- Thankyou!!
- Reminder
- Parent Group News
- School Association track announcement
- Keeping your family safe online.
- Working together
- EMUsicians Auditions
- Out of Area Enrolment Survey
- HPS Parents Group
- Launching into Learning
- Every school day counts.
- Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) 2023
- Community News
Wonderful to see some nice weather, it has been a nice change and has certainly helped our Prep-2 students enjoy their Water Awareness Program this week. A huge thank you to the School Association for their funding of this program and also to all staff whose flexibility has enabled our students to enjoy this fantastic learning opportunity.
In the last few weeks staff have been working with students to complete PAT testing. PAT means Progressive Achievement Tests, these are multiple-choice tests designed to help teachers determine achievement levels of students in Mathematics and Reading Comprehension. PAT testing is also important because it identifies the progress a student is making from year to year and enable our school to measure the impact we are having on student learning. I look forward to sharing some of the PAT data as it become available.
Our focus Value for Term 4 is Courage, Havenview Primary is impressive with the courage shown by our students and staff. Courage means accepting opportunities and embracing challenges and this fits with the fantastic work our staff are doing around success criteria. Our teachers have been working on ‘bump it up walls’ which students can refer to when completing their work. I encourage all students to embrace the challenge of looking to how they can ‘bump up’ their work at every opportunity. A reminder our Values Poster Competition is now open please encourage your children to get the template from their class teacher and get creative around what courage means to them. The competition will close for judging at the end of week 5.
Our focus expectation for week 3 and 4 has been ‘We are respectful and caring’, an expectation that is fitting with the current industrial action. I would like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful school community for being so respectful and caring of our staff during the trying times that industrial action brings. Just as our school is a part of a much bigger system in the Department for Education, Children and Young People many of our staff are members of a bigger organisation in their Union. The decision to take industrial action causes stress for our staff as their Union requires them to strike and they are very aware this causes disruptions for our students and parents/carers. I am pleased to say our staff have felt supported by our school community and are working hard to minimise the impact on opportunities and student learning.
Once again please remember if you have any concerns, thoughts or suggestions I am willing to listen so please make contact.
Regards
Duncan Murfet
Principal
|
Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 November |
Prep- 2 Swimming Awareness Program |
|
Wednesday 16 November |
Grade 6 Parklands Transition Day |
| Thursday 17 November |
3/4 Sports Expo |
| Monday 21 November |
Explore Sea Country @ Sisters Beach |
| Monday 28 November |
EMUsician Concert @ Burnie Arts and Function Centre |
| Thursday 1 December |
Parklands Orientation Day |
| Tuesday 6 December |
Parents Group whole school christmas lunch |
|
Tuesday 13 December |
End of Year Assembly 1:30pm |
|
Monday 19 December |
Grade 6 Celebration Assembly 1:30pm Grade 6 Celebration Dinner time to be confirmed |
|
Wednesday 21 December |
Last day of Term 4 |
321- Go kids race
Congratulations to all students that participated in the Hardcourts 321 Go for kids in Burnie on October 30.
Congratulations to the 3-4 girls Division 1 team who came runners up in the Basketball Tasmanias 2022 North west Regional Primary Championships.
A big thankyou to Bunnings Warehouse for their kind donation of garden tools for Havenveiw Primary Schools Aussi shed.
These tools enable our staff and students to enhance and maintain our gardens, all while learning in and about our great outdoors.
Your contribution is very much appreciated.
Reminder to all Parent/Carers Term 4
All students are to wear a Havenview P.S bucket hat while outside.
Cyber Security Awareness
Being online allows your family to learn, socialise and have fun. But it can be challenging to ensure you are all safe.
This Cyber Security Awareness Month (October), learn how to improve your digital awareness, identify scams and protect your family when online.
The Cybermarvel website is full of useful resources for parents and carers, including:
- free webinars on digital technologies and mental health
- videos on how to keep your child safe online
- podcast episodes on talking with your child about online safety
- device management tips
- plus plenty more!
This week, students from Grades 1 – 6 participated in the Think You Know Program with Senior Constable Kellie Little were she discussed all aspects of online safety.
Parents and carers play an important role in supporting their child’s online safety by understanding these risks and learning important tips and tricks to help reduce them.
Each Newsletter until the end of Term we will share a frequently asked question fact sheet.
Working Together - Free education and care in 2023
Would you like your child to have the opportunity to make friends, play, learn and build confidence?
Working Together:
- Is free
- Offers 2 – 3 days of early learning per week for children
- Is available to children in their year before Kindergarten
- Provides support to families to participate in the program
- Is delivered through Tasmanian Early Childhood Education and Care services (sometimes known as childcare centres) in the following locations:
- North West – Burnie, Ulverstone and Devonport
- North – Launceston
- South - Brighton, Southern Midlands (Bagdad), Glenorchy and Kingborough
How can I take part?
Registrations are now open for 2023, with limited places available.
Learn more about Working Together and the eligibility criteria for children’s access at https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/working-together/ or contact us on:
- Email: wt@decyp.tas.gov.au
- North West: 0436 922 145
- North: 0436 930 963
- South: 0436 922 146
Auditions for 2023 EMUs
Any children in grades 3,4,5 or 6 in 2023 are eligible.
Where: Cooee Memorial Hall
Date: Monday 12 December
Time: 8:15am - 12:00pm
Audition will include:
- A demonstration of an instrument by the student auditioning ( if possible ) Please bring along your instrument and music to the audition. Drums and piano will be provided at the audition
- Demonstrate reading of music ( if possible )
- Ear test ( pitch - singing, rhythm- clapping )
Please note: guitarists and drummers need to have some experience to be considered for the program.
EMUsicians
Email janet.matic@education.tas.gov.au
Ph: 0418 127 873
Survey for Families: Out-of-Area Enrolments
The Department for Education, Children and Young People is reviewing the procedure for out-of-area enrolments at Tasmanian Government schools. We are interested to learn more about your perspectives on the benefits of attending your local government school, and the reasons families seek enrolment at a school outside their local intake area. You are invited to have your say using an online survey at https://forms.office.com/r/CX6hgsUvcX.
HPS Parents Group would like to invite you to join them for a coffee and chat, with meetings every Tuesday morning 9:00am - 10:30am in the Kookaburra Cafe, all Parents/Carers are welcome.
Come in and grab a cuppa, meet other Parents/Carers and learn a little about what we do to help support the school.
Making every school day count
Welcome back to the last term of the school year! We’re excited for what’s in store, including Fire Education, EMUsicians concert, Explore Sea Country excursion, 3/4 Sports Expo, K-2 Water Awareness, Transition Days, End of Year Assemblies and much more.
This final stretch of the school year can sometimes be challenging to get your kids to school. But being at school is the best place for our kids, and it’s important we make every school day count.
If you’re struggling to get your child to school, help is available. Please talk to us at school about your situation. We’ll support you, in whatever way we can.
Here are some tips to help:
- Create a routine.
- Give yourself enough time in the morning.
- Be on time, every day. Monday to Friday.
- Schedule appointments and trips outside of school hours.
- Get a good night’s sleep.
- Set some technology boundaries.
If your child is well enough to attend school, they should be at school. Every day, Monday to Friday.
Data tells us that the better a child’s attendance rate, the better off they’ll be. Their future will be filled with more opportunities…. which is what every parent and carer wants for their child.
School is where they learn and grow alongside their friends, and where they benefit the most. Going to school not only promotes academic success, but also helps build important social skills, relationships and confidence.
Again, please talk to us about your situation if you’re having trouble getting your child to school every day.
Student Assistance Scheme 2023 forms are now available, for eligible families that have not previously applied.
The eligibility criteria means that if a parent holds a current Centrelink Health Care Card, Pension Concession Card or Department of Veterans' Affairs Concession Card they are eligible to apply for STAS.
Families can apply online on the Department's web page at www.decyp.tas.gov.au. Please note: parents/carers cannot apply again online if they have received STAS in 2022. If a parent/carer is wanting to add a newly enrolling students to their STAS file( i.e.,a kinder student) they simply need to email their name and the student's full name, date of birth, grade and the school they'll be attending in 2023 to stas@decyp.tas.gov.au.
If preferred hard copies are available at the school office.
Completed hard copy applications forms can be returned to the Department by post or scanned and emailed to stas@decyp.tas.gov.au. Office staff can assist with this method if need be. Please ensure that forms are signed and dated before submitting.
The Smith Family’s ‘Learning for Life’ Program
Dear Parent/ Carer,
The Smith Family’s “Learning for Life” Educational support program is continuing to work in partnership with schools in Burnie Community for 2022.
We are reaching out to local families with students attending our partner schools in Burnie:- Romaine Park, Havenview, Montello, Burnie Primary and Parklands High, from Kindy to year 8 who have aspiration for growth in their education pathway.
Each student receives a modest financial support ($450. per child/per year) to assist with school uniforms, shoes, bags, lunch boxes etc. and extracurricular activities right through to year 12 and beyond, plus educational programs throughout the year.
To be eligible for the scholarship, you must hold a concession card or be a low income family, and your child/children attending school fulltime.
Please contact me either via phone or email to avail of this educational opportunity.
Phone or Text- Karina Anderson 0466 850 989
Email- karina.anderson@thesmithfamily.com.au
