Cooee Primary School Newsletter

8 February 2018

Department of Education

Dear Parents/Guardians

A big WELCOME to all our students and families. We have had a very settled start to the 2018 school

year and I thank all our staff for the organising and preparation that occurred for this to happen. The students

definitely look smart in their school uniforms and returned to school with big smiles. We are very excited about

the year ahead and we will publish a list of events in next week’s newsletter.

UPGRADES

Over the holidays we have upgraded several areas of our school. Many would have

walked in along the new pathway from the back gate through to the playground,

completed by Somercam Buildering Service. It definitely is a smoother, safer walk.

We also have had a team of volunteers from National Job Link

who worked tirelessly under the supervision of Mrs Linda

Smith to complete a playground blitz in our playground and

Prep yard. They cut back plants and shrubs, weeded, created

new gardens and shovelled new bark under the Prep play

equipment on an extremely hot day. We sincerely thank them

for volunteering their time to assist us and help make our

school neat and tidy. Mr Lindsay Stonehouse constructed new raised garden beds in the

Prep and he is presently building a surprise for the children to play in outside. A big

thank you to Mr Boarder and Mrs Knight for their grounds and classroom cleaning and preparation. Everywhere

looks great.

We have also started renewing the carpet in our school hallway with grey carpet tiles. The job will be completed

on Saturday and once all done, we will be placing squares of colour to finish off the project, making our hallway

bright and cheerful.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY BBQ - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15th.

I would like to invite all families along to our WELCOME BACK BBQ to be held in our playground on Thursday

February 15th from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Please join us for an evening of activities and

challenges in our playground. Sausages and cordial will be provided at no cost, however we

would like you to complete the form on the back of this sheet and return it to school by

Tuesday February 13th to assist us with catering. All teachers will be present for you to

meet with informally. Please come along and join in the fun.

Physical Education 2018

Physical Education this year will be held on Tuesday. To enable the children to fully

participate in the wide range of activities, it would be highly beneficial for them to have

shoes that enable them to run safely and either shorts or tracksuit trousers to allow

ease and comfort of movement. In addition, if your child is unable to participate at any

stage, could they bring a brief note reflecting this.

Lorraine Evans, Physical Education Teacher

CLASS MEETINGS

Next week we are offering the opportunity for parents to meet with class teachers to find out about class programs

and to have any queries answered. Each meeting will run for approximately 20 minutes and will be held in the

respective classrooms. It would be great if you could make it, however, if you are unable to, please feel free to chat

with your child’s classroom teacher before or after school at any time. If you would like a longer time to speak with

any of our teachers, please talk with them to make an appointment. Please contact me by phone or pop in to chat

with me if you have any queries.

Mrs Temby will not hold a meeting as the Kindergarten program was discussed at length during the Kindergarten

Orientation Evening held at the end of 2017.

SCHOOL SAFETY

Classroom teachers have spoken with students about safety at school. Next week we will be

running through our Fire Drill and Lock Down procedures to ensure that all children are aware

of what they should do in the case of an emergency.

Kind regards,

Marcelle Norton

Principal

Class Meetings Timetable

Monday February 12th Grade 5/6 King 8.50—9.10am

Monday February 12th Grade 1/2 Dowling 2.20—2.40pm

Tuesday February 13th Grade 5/6 House/Temby 8.50—9.10am

Wednesday February 14th Grade 3/4 Porteus 8.50—9.10am

Thursday February 15th Grade 2/3 Langerak/McLean 8.50—9.10am

Friday February 16th Prep/1 Frearson/Gleeson 8.50—9.10am

Pre-season training for Under 12 boys will start on Wednesday, February

14th at Marist College grounds from 4:45-6pm.

All players welcome to attend.

For further information please go to the 2018 Burnie Dockers Under 12

Facebook page or contact Jamie on 0427735775 or Trent on 0408853686.

Please complete this slip and return to school.

FAMILY BBQ - Thursday 15th February

5.00 to 6.30pm.

We will be attending the Cooee Primary

School Family BBQ

NAME: ________________________________

NUMBER ATTENDING:______ adults and ______ children.

CONTACT DETAILS

Bass Highway, COOEE, TAS 7320

Phone: 03 6431 1151

Email: cooee.primary@education.tas.gov.au

Web: www.education.tas.gov.au