East Devonport Primary School in East Devonport | Primary School

East Devonport Primary School

Locality: East Devonport

Phone: +61 3 6427 8932

Address: 19 Thomas Street 7310 East Devonport, TAS, Australia

Website: http://eastdevonportprimary.education.tas.edu.au

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24.01.2022 45Thow working on their Christmas panel for the Devonport Mall.

22.01.2022 Dear School, Due to recent severe weather warnings, Merseylink have been discussing the best way of communicating with schools if our bus services are affected by this weather, or other unforeseen circumstances. Obviously, we would need to do this as early as possible, and this is likely to be after school hours, most likely early of a morning, or possibly after the school has closed. Merseylink believe that the most efficient way of doing this is to post on our Facebook page.... We would post and notify of any changes to normal services, as soon as we have information, meaning that affected schools would all be notified at the same time and as early as possible. For this to work, the school would need to follow Merseylink on Facebook, and have someone monitor this, during, as well as after school hours. At different times during the year, Merseylink often have important information that we need to share with the schools that we service, like the changes to ticketing and fare charging that has occurred this year. Having your school follow us on Facebook, would provide an efficient means of communicating in a direct fashion, and provide the school with a direct means of contacting us electronically if needed. We are assuming that all schools are active on Facebook, and this would be a fairly simple process for the school to initiate. If for some reason this does not work for your school, we would also be happy for you to provide an after hours contact that we could use if we need to provide important or urgent bus operation updates. The below is a link to the Merseylink website, and at the bottom of the Home Page, you can simply click the Facebook icon at the bottom of the page to be taken directly to our Facebook page. Otherwise, we would appreciate if you could provide an appropriate after hours contact via reply to this email. www.merseylink.com.au Merseylink would also like to thank you for your ongoing support of our bus network, which is an important part of getting students to school on a daily basis across the north of the state. If you have any questions, or would like further information, please contact our friendly staff on 03 6427 7626, or on email at [email protected] Kind regards, Simon Lunnon Operations Manager See more

22.01.2022 Our last session for term 1. Please join us for fun this afternoon

21.01.2022 4/5 Thow learning how to count money.

21.01.2022 Sumara Thow, EDPS Aboriginal TA, shared a story today with 4/5 Thow. The title was welcome to country by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy.

20.01.2022 45Thow at the bottom of Mt Montgomery ready for the big walk up today.

20.01.2022 Students had great fun decorating their hair for Crazy Hair Day.

20.01.2022 Book Club Issue 8 of Book Club has now be given out. This is the last one for the year and there are some GREAT bargains to be had! Orders and money are due in by November 26th and late orders cannot be accepted. Thanks for your support this year and we look forward to your continuing support next year. Tash and Belinda (Book Club Organisers)

20.01.2022 We look forward to welcoming back all our students who have been working from home tomorrow at school. It will be great to see you all back safe and sound, and ready for learning. https://vimeo.com/422041338

20.01.2022 Art from 4/5 Thow. Looking how animals adapt to their environment.

19.01.2022 4/5T and 5/6W are making models of root systems.

19.01.2022 Big raffle draw prize winners. (Unfortunately we were unable to get a photo of Mrs. Portlock for the staff raffle's second prize as she was a ninja.)

19.01.2022 Bubble Blowers for Science Week.

18.01.2022 4/5 Thow sharing their learning with each other including our online students.

17.01.2022 Last week our Kinder to Grade 3 students got to participate in the Ditto Keep Safe Program and learn how to keep themselves safe. Our students learnt a lot about body ownership and how to keep safe. If you would like further information so you can talk to your child and reinforce the key messages from the program, go to https://bravehearts.org.au//education-and-tra/for-parents/

16.01.2022 4/5 Thow looked at size and proportions through art.

16.01.2022 Learn to Swim Learn to Swim will be taking place from Monday August 3rd until Friday August 14th this term for students in grades 1 to 6. Forms will go home with children today and must be returned by Wednesday July 29th. Any further questions please contact the school office during school hours.

15.01.2022 Some more great book week pics.

14.01.2022 Great to see our students enjoying Slipstream circus this week and learning new skills.

14.01.2022 Physical Distancing in Schools During COVID-19 Public Health advice is clear it is safe for schools to be open. This is because we have a low rate of Coronavirus (COVID-19) community spread in Tasmania and there has been increased and expanded testing. To reduce the risk even further, schools have hygiene and physical distancing measures in place. While it is safe to send your child/ren to school, we still need adults to maintain a distance from other adults, whilst on sit...e. To help us with adult physical distancing, we are asking all parents/carers to: Use the Stop, Drop and Go and Collect and Go advice provided by the DoE for all drop offs and pickups. At East Devonport Primary School we have established drop off and collect Zones for parents/cares and students coming to and from school to enable physical distancing by adults. They are -: - the sealed area below the ECE Deck for all classes in the ECE area (P/1M, 2/3M, P/1C). The access gate from the CFC Carpark is not to be used. - the Blue Gate on the Thomas Street side of the Kinder Play area is the drop off and collect zone for Kinder and Prep 1 Portlock. - At the entrance next to Miss Wellings Room and the entry point to the Canteen / Under Cover Area near the GP Hall for all primary classes (5/6W, 4/5T, 5/6D, 3/4S, 2/3H). Please note that we have chosen these areas to give adequate room for parent / carers to wait whilst physically distancing. We will have extra staff on duty for the week of 25th of May to assist if necessary with taking children from the drop off point to their classrooms. If you believe that your child will need to have extra support for these changes to contact Mr. Youd, Mrs Youd or Mrs Whish-Wilson. If you need to talk to your childs teacher, please call the school office on (03) 64278932 We thank you for your support in this. We want to make school as safe as possible for everyone. Feel free to ask questions if you require any further information. These things wont be forever, but we all have a shared responsibility to act in a way that supports everyone being safe. More information is available on the Department of Education website: www.education.tas.gov.au See more

14.01.2022 Learning at Home Packs Just confirming that we have delivered all our Learning at Home packs to our students. A big thank you to those staff who delivered these. It was a mammoth task with so many families and homes. Please return your packs to school when they have been completed and they will be marked by your childs teacher. Teachers have made videos to explain how to use the packs, so if you need assistance, please dont hesitate to watch them. They are available on our Vimeo channel at http://vimeo.com/channels/1579700 Should you need any further assistance please dont hesitate to contact your childs teacher.

14.01.2022 5/6 Welling Learning at Home Skype Sessions for the 19th to the 22nd of May Literacy 10.30 Tuesday and Friday Maths Daily Maths Review and Maths Group... Red Group Tuesday 12pm Grey Group Wednesday 12pm Yellow Group Thursday 12pm See more

14.01.2022 School Photos Just a reminder that school photos will take place this Thursday July 23rd from 9.00 a.m. Classes will have their photos at the times below, although please be aware these times may change if photos take longer than anticipated. Kinder Killick 9.00 am... 23Howard 9.20 am Prep1Morice 9.40 am Prep1Crowther 10.00 am 23Piper 10.20 am Prep1 Portlock 10.40 am 34Simmonds 11.30 am 45Thow 11.50 am 56Dolbey 12.10 pm 56Welling 12.30 pm Family photos will occur at various times during the day depending on time. Please ensure that all students are in school uniform on the day. Should you have any further queries, please dont hesitate to contact the office during school hours.

13.01.2022 Following up from their learning about adaptation, 56welling and 45thow are investigating how roots work. One was in windy conditions, one was in rain and one was demonstrating tidal conditions.

12.01.2022 45Thow and 56Welling models showing adaptations in science.

12.01.2022 Congratulations to the class winners of our Easter raffle! (Stay tuned for the big prize draw)

11.01.2022 Early Learning East Devonport Click on the link below and join Mrs. Whish-Wilson from Early Learning East Devonport as she reads The Magic Hat by Mem Fox. Enjoy! https://vimeo.com/420158964

11.01.2022 Wellbeing Webinars Over the next few weeks the Peer Support Network are providing a series of free webinars on resilience and wellbeing for parents with adolescent psychologist Andrew Fuller. To enrol click on https://peersupport.edu.au/our-programs/external-events/

11.01.2022 Our early childhood teachers have a special message for all our kindergarten, Prep and Grade 1 students. Click on the following link to look and listen http://vimeo.com/417433237

11.01.2022 4/5 Thow first session with slipstream circus.

11.01.2022 4/5 T and 5/6W working together learning about plant adaptations.

11.01.2022 Grade 5/6Welling enjoying Slipstream Circus.

10.01.2022 Just a reminder that term 4 begins tomorrow for all our students. We look forward to seeing them all back and ready to learn after their holiday break. Reminder also that in accordance with the Doe and EDPS sunsafe policies, wide brim hats will need to be worn by all students when outside the classroom.

10.01.2022 Walkathon Just a reminder to all our students that we are holding our walkathon on Wednesday September 16th after lunch. It will be an afternoon of walking, dancing and fun and you can even dress up. East Devonport Primary School would also like to say a big thank you to the following businesses for sponsoring our 2020 Walkathon. We really appreciate and value their support. IGA X-press East Devonportt East Devonport Football Club... Devonport Bookshop Mersey Pharmacy East Devonport News & Lotto Forth Football Club IGA X-press East Devonport See more

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09.01.2022 P/1M Skype online times Friday 15 May 11:30-11:45am Literacy focus: Writing Adding verbs to dress up a sentence ... Monday 18 May 10:00am 10:30am Literacy: Where is the Green Sheep? Comprehension what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story Role play task with puppets Wednesday 20 May 12:30pm 12:50pm Maths focus Numbers in our world Friday 22 May 11:30 11:45am Check-in session to finalise learning at home What to bring back to class and expectations

08.01.2022 Book Club Were really excited to have BOOK CLUB running again this Term, but it will look a little different for this issue! It will be a virtual catalogue rather than the printed catalogues youre used to receiving and is available for online ordering only. Please note that all orders will be home delivery - at a small cost to you. To place your order just use LOOP as per normal. Orders need to be in by Monday 18th May. Follow this link to your virtual catalgoue: https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/virtual-catalogue-1/

07.01.2022 23Piper have painted in the style on the Yolngu people of East Arnhem Land.

06.01.2022 Yesterday we held our book week parade to celebrate book week. It was great to see so many students dressing up. A big thank you to Wendy Stevens, Karen Whish=Wilson and our SRC for organising and running the event.

06.01.2022 Some bunny has paid a visit to the staffroom. Yum! The team at EDPS would like to wish our community a wonderful and relaxing term break

04.01.2022 A big thank you to all our parents, carers and students for supporting our Day for Daniel fund raising. We raised $120 today.

04.01.2022 4/5 Thow learning about probability in Mathematics.

04.01.2022 Our Easter Raffle was kindly drawn by Jeff Sharman from the Rotary Club of Devonport South East. Congratulations to our winners!

03.01.2022 3/4Simmonds learning at Home Skype Sessions 11th of May till 15th of May Literacy Monday to Friday 9.30 am Mathematics 12.00 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

03.01.2022 45Thow on the trail.

03.01.2022 Today while on your holidays we want to share with our community a budding author. We hope you enjoy her work.

03.01.2022 A little video that explains why schools are safe places for children to be by the Department of Education Tasmania.

02.01.2022 We thank everyone for their ongoing support during this challenging time. Keeping children at home, where possible, for their learning has helped to limit the spread of COVID-19, but we must now look to return students to classrooms. From Monday 25 May 2020 Kindergarten to Year 6 students will return to school-based learning Health and hygiene is still critical so we will continue to ensure extra safety measures are in place. And as always, please dont send your child to sc...hool if they are sick, or if they have a health condition and you would like to speak with your doctor first. For more information please visit our website: https://www.education.tas.gov.au//novel-coronavirus-covid/

02.01.2022 4/5 Thow have been focussing on procedural texts. This activity required the students to read and follow the steps. The end goal was to make a rocket and to use your breath to launch the rocket.

01.01.2022 Due to the exceptional circumstances surrounding COVID-19, East Devonport Primary School has had to cancel/postpone? our Cross Country Carnival. So that we dont miss out entirely, our school has signed up to the Great Australian Cross Country Challenge! Its a virtual run meaning that you run OR walk when and where you want (making sure youre adhering to social distancing rules) and its completely FREE!! The GACCC runs from 15th of May to 31st of August and you can run as ...many times as you would like. You will simply log your stats into the results hub provided when you register your details. Theres also some great prizes to be won including ASICS gear!! This is an individual event and is up to families if they want to be involved. All you will need is access to a smart phone or smart watch to log your runs. There will be an information sheet available at the office, or please see Miss Sharman for more information. See more

01.01.2022 5/6 W 4/5T and 3/4S sharing their learning about oceans and continents.