Miandetta Primary School, Tasmania in Devonport, Tasmania | Primary School

Miandetta Primary School, Tasmania

Locality: Devonport, Tasmania

Phone: +61 3 6424 4428

Address: 86 Berrigan Road 7310 Devonport, TAS, Australia

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25.01.2022 In 2020 a number of students have participated in Gifted Online programs for the whole year. Over the last 2 weeks we have recognised the hard work that these students have done to complete these programs.

24.01.2022 Update: Owner Found Yesterday we had a set of keys passed into the school office. They were found in the carpark area. If you know who the owner may be, please contact the school office on 6424 4428.

24.01.2022 50 Years of Miandetta Primary School: "Remember when....." these were our school merit certificates? Were you ever lucky enough to receive one? Pictured below is the old merit certificate and the one we use today.

24.01.2022 This term, 1W have been doing an inquiry about the insects and small creatures that can be found in our playground. We explored the playground and recorded what we found on a giant map. We did some research about why insects are important and helpful, and we thought about ways we could attract more insects into our playground. We designed and made a ‘Creepy Crawly Campsite’ and a ‘Caterpillar Café’ and we were very excited when some insects chose to move in!

24.01.2022 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Today is our Athletics Carnival! A reminder that 1 adult per family can attend at any time. We ask all spectators to enter via the covid sign in desk on the top oval. Remember to bring a chair or blanket to sit on and socially distance 1.5m. We are all looking forward to a great day!

24.01.2022 A little wind wasn't going to stop our fun today. Our Staff vs Grade 6 Student basketball game was enjoyed by all!

23.01.2022 On Remembrance Day, we take a moment to reflect and pay respects to our servicemen and women. In 5/6AM, we wrote a free verse poem and did some artwork to help commemorate the day.

23.01.2022 Did you know that your child will still have access to their Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress accounts in the school holidays? This also includes access to a digital library of over 2500 ebooks and is a really fun way to keep your child reading over the break.

23.01.2022 Last week we celebrated the following Term 4 Values Champions. Well done on your achievements!

22.01.2022 The Student Assistance Scheme (otherwise known as STAS) is changing in 2021. If you are a current concession card holder (Centrelink Health Care Card, Low Inco...me Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession card, or a Department of Veterans Affairs Pensioner Concession Card) you can apply using the form below: https://stasonlinesubmission.education.tas.gov.au/ You will receive a letter confirming the outcome of your application approximately 14 days after it is submitted. If you need access to a hard copy form, please contact your school, email: [email protected] or phone 1800 827 055. Please note: if you are already receiving assistance, you don’t need to apply again.

21.01.2022 For those with children in year 7 next year.

21.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the men who love and support our children

21.01.2022 Every Monday afternoon, a select group of students get to harness their creativity and extended thinking, within the Gifted Online program. This group contains 3 separate coding related lessons, Smartbot Jr, Smartbots and CodeXX.

20.01.2022 Students in 1/2W and 1W are enjoying their big day out today at Hagley Farm School. Students are inquiring into the concept of change over time through experiences such as butter making, wool spinning, candle making and milking wheat.

19.01.2022 Good Evening Launching into Learning families, Just a friendly suggestion to dress your children in older clothes tomorrow as we may get a tad dirty and messy! We will be spraying our fabric (the hand printed one from last week) with dye, finger painting and washing our farm animals after the children dip them in mud- so maybe not your childs best outfits for tomorrows session . Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow, ... Cheers Nat and Lisa.

19.01.2022 Zara from Prep Underwood brought in some tadpoles from her Nan and Pops farm. The Preps have had a very exciting time watching the tadpoles growing into frogs. Here are some of their thoughts.

19.01.2022 All Grade 5/6 classes have been exploring the question: How does our spending impact the world? The inquiry has encouraged us to think about the use of palm oil, excess packaging on products and the items that are created in sweatshops. We also looked at influencers, particularly on YouTube, and how they can encourage us to spend money on things that are not suitable or healthy for their audience. Marli, Taleeta and Lily discovered that some influencers promote energy drinks and they wanted to share their findings with other students to help them become informed and critical viewers.

18.01.2022 1/2 DE have been inquiring into the use of plastic in our world. Logan, Blake and Tallen have made a video to help share their message about recycling.

18.01.2022 Hope you enjoy watching our recent Kinder Freshney trip to Hagley Farm.

17.01.2022 1/2 DAVEY EVANS WASHBASKET CHALLENGE: In 1/2DE we have had a bit of fun playing in Miss Evans wash basket. We were learning about some of the forces and we decided that pulling was a lot easier than pushing but sometimes pushing can be easier than pulling , it depends on the weight. We also have some questions to answer: Why does weight change pull or push being easier? Is pulling easier when standing or sitting?

16.01.2022 On Thursday 5th November, Prep Underwood and Prep Lawes participated in Outdoor Classroom Day. The children participated in Reading Groups outside, water play, sponge target throwing, sketching, finding patterns in our playground, nature art, yoga and sand sculpture making; amongst other activities. It was a fantastic day!

13.01.2022 Hi, in 5/6M we have been doing an inquiry, my group and I decided to do ours on packaging. So we would love as many adults as possible to complete our survey. All you have to do is click on the link below and it will take you to our survey. There are 5 questions to answer. Thank You! https://tinyurl.com/MPSPackagingSurvey From Oliver, Liam and Heath ~ 5/6 McCall

13.01.2022 PERSONAL INTEREST GROUP - MIANDETTA COMMUNITY SERVICE: Students in grades 3 to 6 have been working together to make a difference in our wider community of Devonport. They have selected different organisations to support and have been enhancing their skills of communication through phone calls, emails, group work and advertising, ICT by creating posters, video clips and emails, as well as managing their time to ensure they complete their chosen goal by the end of this term. ... In the recent newsletters you will have seen information from students who are collecting items for the RSPCA (dog toys, dog treats such as Schmackos but please no raw hide treats, old towels etc) as well as plastic lids for Lids for Kids (cleaned lids from milk, fizzy and water bottles). If you are able to support these community minded students, please feel free to place your donated items into the boxes near the front door next to the office. Students are also washing staff cars to raise money to support St. Vincent De Paul. Hope at St. Pauls Kitchen is another organisation students are supporting and they will be letting you how you can assist this week. The group had the pleasure of meeting Paul, who is the founder of Hopes Kitchen, last week. Paul was very impressed and moved by the dedication of the group and couldnt thank them enough. See more

12.01.2022 Dear parents of 5/6L, 5/6R and 5/6M the Subway app ordering glitch has been resolved and all classes are now able to order Subway lunches online. Apologies for this issue. Please provide the office with feedback as to the changed lunch option as it is new and we are on a trial phase.

11.01.2022 50 Years of Miandetta Primary School: "Remember when......" everything was still hard copies rather than nowadays with most things being electronic based? This is how attendance records were done back in 2001.

11.01.2022 SATURDAY MORNING NETBALL CANCELLED - the weather has not been our friend this week, see you all next week

10.01.2022 COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP GROUP: Below is a poster created by students in the community leadership group who are seeking donations to help our furry friends at the RSPCA. All donations, big or small are very much appreciated and can be dropped at the school office. Thanks in advance

09.01.2022 This Wednesday after school we will be holding a giveaway of brown uniform items. All items are free and in brand new condition!

08.01.2022 50 Years of Miandetta Primary School: "Remember when...." In 2010 our first Student Council was created and these legends were the members? Where are they now? Wed love to hear from you!

08.01.2022 Floorworld School Sponsorship Program: Miandetta Primary were the lucky recipients of $1,000 worth of funding from the Floorworld Sponsorship Program which is designed to assist schools with direct funding for sports equipment, special projects and other education initiatives.Thank you so much to Floorworld for assisting us with the upgrade of the Kinder playground.How exciting!

08.01.2022 On Thursday the 30th of July, 1/2 Walsh, alongside 1Wallace, 1/2Davey-Evans & 2/3Smith-Blackwell visited Hagley School Farm. We experienced what is what like to be a student many, many years ago in an old classroom. We also spun wool, made bread, butter and candles. Here are a few memories from our wonderful excursion!

07.01.2022 50 Years of Miandetta Primary School: "Remember when......" in 1999 these legends made up the MPS staff? Pictured below is a "then and now" of our wonderful staff.

06.01.2022 Although we can't have our traditional Grandparents Day this week, we want to celebrate the amazing grandparents in our community. Help us celebrate by posting a special photo with us below or emailing through to us for inclusion in our next newsletter.

06.01.2022 Miandetta Primary Staff were lucky enough to be nominated by some of our lovely parents to win lunch provided by Herbs Pizza. It was a wonderful surprise and very much appreciated by all staff members. Thank you!!! Herbs Pizza Devonport

06.01.2022 A big congratulations to our Values Champions who were presented with their certificates earlier this week!

06.01.2022 50 years of Miandetta Primary School: Happy 50th Birthday to us! To help celebrate 50 years of Miandetta Primary, we will be posting a series of Remember when memories from across our 50 years. To kick us off, Remember when our uniform used to look like this???

06.01.2022 Launching Into Learning

06.01.2022 Today Miandetta Primary School students were involved in our Remembrance Day Service. Thank you to our parent Sarah for playing the Last Post and The La Rouse for us. Congratulations to our School Captains for doing such a wonderful job of leading the service today.

06.01.2022 5/6 REEVES NEWS: Athletics Carnival - By: Modesty: On the Athletics Carnival we started off doing the 75m race. After the preps finished, we all prepared to do two laps around the school. After recess we started the 100m race. After we all finished, some people had Subway for lunch. Straight after lunch, we did the egg and spoon race. We finished off the day with the relays. Warateah (green) came first place, Orion (blue) came second and Woniona (red) came third. ... Cooking - By: Lara and Holly: In 5/6 R we have been taking it in turns going cooking with Tilly and Alisha. Some of the recipes we made were coconut truffles, ice-cream, fried rice and more! Most people have cooked twice and some lucky people have been more than twice. We don’t get to cook everyday but when we do it’s always exciting.

05.01.2022 Our Radio stars did a great job this morning. Thanks SeaFM for the opportunity.

05.01.2022 Some excited Grade 6s today with the arrival of our leavers hoodies and polo tops!

05.01.2022 Congratulations to our Term 3 Student Representative Council members who were presented with their badges yesterday.

05.01.2022 Congratulations to our 3/4 team who rocked it at the NWPSSA Cross Country carnival in Ulverstone this morning!

05.01.2022 Hi everyone! Don’t forget tomorrow is a dress-up as an emotion day. If you are struggling to come up with ideas, it is as simple as dress in something that makes you happy (school appropriate), a happy colour etc. Some students may prefer to come in their uniform and that is okay too. Please do not stress over what to wear, don’t worry, be happy (If you are able to make a donation, great! If not, you are still more than welcome to dress up).

04.01.2022 The students in 1W enjoyed a play with the Kinder students last week. We particularly enjoyed the ice inquiry that the Kinder students were investigating. We loved experimenting with the ice and listening to the Kinders explain their ideas about what was happening.

04.01.2022 Crazy times here at MPS today! Thanks families for all your efforts to bring some extra fun to our day students look amazing and there are smiles everywhere. We have also raised $419 to donate to The Kids Cancer Project!

03.01.2022 UPDATE: Owner has been located We have a cute visitor here at Miandetta Primary School. If you know the owner of this Beagle, please contact the school office on 6424 4428.

02.01.2022 Today some of our grade 5/6 students competed in the READERS CUP with 8 other local primary schools. We finished 2nd in the creative component and 3rd in the quiz component which meant we WON overall. We are very proud of the hard work and dedication these students have shown over the past few months preparing for this competition. Well done everyone

02.01.2022 Although holding assemblies is a little tricky at the moment, we still wanted to award our Merit Certificates to worthy recipients in each of our classes. Please join us in celebrating these Term 3 Values Champions.

02.01.2022 Please join us in celebrating these Term 3 Values Champions.

02.01.2022 In 3/4 Chilcott we have been investigating Explorers in the Age of Discovery. We worked collaboratively to research what explorers were looking for, why they went exploring and what they found. We presented our findings with posters which included information reports, pictures and drawings. Some of the explorers we investigated were Abel Tasman, James Cook, Christopher Columbus, Giovanni de Verranzano and Jacques Cartier.

02.01.2022 Zane, Jackson and Wyatt (from 5/6A and 5/6L) would like to share some exciting news. They have been doing an inquiry about how our spending impacts the world. They looked at influencers and found that many of them encourage viewers to buy energy drinks. The boys were concerned about this because energy drinks are not good for children. They contacted Jess from SeaFM and they have been invited to be on the breakfast show tomorrow morning at 8:50am. Tune in and hear our young superstars share what they have learnt.

01.01.2022 By: Addison - 5/6 Reeves: On the 23rd of November we celebrated Miss Reeves 40th birthday. To start the day off everyone brought Miss Reeves a balloon or two. In total we brought her 40 balloons. Tully, Acacia, Lara, and I also made a card that everyone signed. Mrs McCall planned a full day of fun starting with a warmup of an "A to Z all about me" about Miss Reeves. After that, we did a quiz all about Miss Reeves to see who knew Miss Reeves the best. Bryce and Joe won by one question! After recess we then did a maths relay. We were in groups of four and had 16 questions, but Mrs McCall had to take a few out as they were too hard. Noah, Lara, Samuel, and Stephanie won the maths relay. In the last block we drew a border collie for Harvey. We had a great day, and we hope that Miss Reeves did too. Here are some of our drawings.

01.01.2022 Great news! Subway lunch orders now have gluten free options available. Please also see instructions on how to order your childs lunch.

01.01.2022 Mrs Penfold is excited with the arrival of some wonderful new books

01.01.2022 We have been inquiring into the differences between ‘Celebrations and Commemorations’. Last week we researched NAIDOC week and learnt about the symbols related to Remembrance Day. We’ve also learnt facts about the Chinese Moon Festival, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Bastille Day, Diwali, Passover and many more. Pearl - For Diwali, they make rugs to put at the front door of their house. Harper and Zarah - For Passover they have a really, really big feast. Here are some action shots of us on our inquiry journey.