Devonport Primary School eNewsletter

Welcome Back

Welcome back to school for Term 3, I hope a good rest was had by all. The weather certainly has turned wintery of late, with lots of rain and some very frosty mornings! Winter coats are certainly needed to stay warm and dry, a reminder that school uniform items such as beanies, jackets and coats are available to buy from the school office.

Our school oval is quite muddy from all the rain. Playing on the oval at break times will be managed for the term to provide students with as much time on there as possible while ensuring the grass doesn’t get too chopped up and die as a result. We also need to consider our sporting teams training time after school as they also need time on the oval. Where possible, considering PE needs and staffing availability, the gym will be open to provide more space for students to play.

BREAKFAST CLUB VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PLEASE! Our breakfast club is a very important part of our school mornings each day. Breaky club provides food and drink to students to set them up for a successful day of learning. Due to some of our volunteers being away or unwell we require some more adult help in the mornings. Please note – all our volunteers must have a Working with Vulnerable People card. If you can help us at all, please contact the office.

School Driveway Entrance

You may have seen the changes at the driveway entrance to our school that took place over the holiday period as advised in the last newsletter in term 2. These changes will allow us to install a chain across the driveway that will be up during the morning and afternoon to reduce moving cars at peak student movement times (beginning and end of the school day). The chain can drop down when access is provided. This change is being undertaken as a safety measure for our students.

The NED Show

Yesterday the NED show visited our school to wow students with yo-yo tricks whilst sending a message to students that it is important to develop resilience skills. These skills can help us ‘bounce-back’ when we have difficulties in our lives. The yo-yos from the show are available to buy from the front office until the end of next week.

NAPLAN

Individual student NAPLAN results are being sent home to families. NAPLAN testing for grade 3 & 5 students was undertaken in March this year. I was very excited to see the great progress our students have made in literacy and numeracy. Our grade 5 students performed better than like schools in all testing areas and our grade 3 students performing better than like schools in all areas except one. Spelling was a real strength in both grades. Well done to all our students for working so hard and making such great progress we are all very proud of you!

Grade 3 – Mean Scores	Numeracy	Reading	Writing	Spelling	Grammar and Punctuation
Devonport PS	373.0	353.1	379.4	398.0	355.2
Similar Schools	366.9	360.7	367.7	358.6	336.0

Grade 5 – Mean Scores	Numeracy	Reading	Writing	Spelling	Grammar and Punctuation
Devonport PS	469.3	474.0	459.5	478.7	465.6
Similar Schools	437.9	443.1	431.8	444.2	433.3

Ms Nichole Todd
PRINCIPAL

2025 Term 3 Upcoming Events

Monday 16 June - Sunday 24 August	Premier's Reading Challenge
Monday 21 July	Fortnightly School Value Focus
Tuesday 29 July & Friday 1 August	Launching into Learning Sesssion "Pyjamas Week" Birth - 4 year old program 9:00am - 10:30am held in our Kindergarten
Thursday 31 July	PJ & Casual Clothes Day - Kinder only
Friday 1 August	PJ & Casual Clothes Day - Prep - Yr 6
Monday 4 August	Fortnightly School Value Focus
Tuesday 5 & Friday 8 August	Launching into Learning Sesssion "Crazy Hair Week" Birth - 4 year old program 9:00am - 10:30am held in our Kindergarten
Friday 8 August	School Assembly 1:50pm in Gym Hosting - 2/3A (Neubacher) Sharing Classes - P/1A (Maxfield), 3/4B (Cullis) & 5/6A (Metske)
Tuesday 12 & Friday 15 August	Launching into Learning Sesssion "Book Fun" Birth - 4 year old program 9:00am - 10:30am held in our Kindergarten
Wednesday 13 August	5-6 Sports Day Information to come
Monday 18 August	Fortnightly School Value Focus
Monday 18 - Friday 22 August	Book Week The 2025 theme is Book an Adventure! Dress Up Day - TBA
Thursday 28 August - Friday 05 September	OHST Fissure & Sealant Program Students in Kinder & Years Prep, 1, 2 & 6
Friday 29 August	School Assembly 1:50pm in Gym Hosting - 5/6B (Jago) Sharing Classes - P/1B (Clinton/Ackerley), 2/3B (Cameron) & 3/4A (Lamont)
Monday 1 September	Fortnightly School Value Focus
Monday 15 September	Fortnightly School Value Focus
Friday 19 September	School Assembly 1:50pm in Gym Hosting - 5/6C (Perry) Sharing Classes - 1/2A (Marshall), 2/3A (Neubacher) & 5/6B (Jago)
Thursday 25 September	Footy Colours Day - Kinder only
Friday 26 September	Footy Colours Day - Prep - Yr 6

2025 Professional Learning & Public Holidays

Friday 31 October	Professional Learning Day - No Students
Monday 3 November	Recreation Day Public Holiday
Friday 28 November	Devonport Show Day

2025 Term Dates

Term 1	Thursday 06 February - Friday 11 April
Term 2	Monday 28 April - Friday 04 July
Term 3	Monday 21 July - Friday 26 September
Term 4	Monday 13 October - Thursday 18 December

Endeavour cards are awarded to students who have displayed

one or more of our school values.

Connection - Courage - Growth - Respect - Responsibility

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26	35	35	22
380	338	359	349

Kyron J	Carson x3	Noah M	Thomas H
Calvin	Noah L	Everest x2	Tyler T
Vincent	Campbell x7	Oliver K	Nate D
Domanik	Mason x2	Eilah x2	Violet
Aria x2	Indy x2	Erik	Pypah x2
Rubi x3	Aria M x2	Lane x6	Maddie
Rory	Noah N	Callum x2	Anna Nicole x3
Jasper	Riley	Jackson	Charlie
Demi	Xander	Elliot x3	Theo
Mav	Grace	Mackenzie	George
Samual x 2	Tobiasz x3	Lewis	Georgie
Jessica	Eliza T x2	Jaxon	Marlo
Charlotte	Ariel	Jasper	Kyran
Macee	Elaina	Grey	Stephanie
Ardyn	Zakareya	Nate x2	Lacy
Archer	Kory-Lee	Slade x2	Kensi
Kyron	Cadhla x2	Ari	Elijah x2
Novah	Caleb	William x2	Tom
Atlas	Blair	Mayah
Molly	Tyler T	Hamish x2
Tilly	Taya	Ada
Ethan

In the last 2 weeks of Term 2 we had 2 teaching prac students join Mr Forward at our Water Safety Program in Ulverstone. Abby and Chelsea kindly wrote the following for our newsletter about their experience ...

Over the past two weeks, we (Abby and Chelsea) have had the pleasure of working alongside the swim teachers in the Swimming and Water Safety Program at Devonport Primary School. As teaching students at the University of Tasmania, we were fortunate to complete part of our placement with your school.

This experience gave us the opportunity to work closely with both students and staff, helping to develop essential swimming and water safety skills. Throughout the program, we collaborated with Mr. Forward and the swim teaching team, observing lessons and gradually taking on more responsibility. This included leading warm-ups, running small group sessions, and delivering water safety talks.

By the end of the two weeks, it was incredibly rewarding to see the progress and confidence the students had gained in the water. We, along with the swimming team, were truly impressed and proud of how far each student has come.

Thank you,

Abby and Chelsea.

We look forward to seeing our LIL (Birth - 4 year old) families next week.
We are having some sleepy fun in pur PJs.
9:00am - 10:30am in our Kindergarten room.

LIL_Calendar_Term_3.pdf

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Get excited.... Get your thinking caps on.. Book Week Dress Up Day is coming up soon - day to be confirmed

Children's Book Week turns 80 in 2025

Children’s Book Week is The CBCA’s key highlight national event of the year. This year’s celebration will run from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August.

The 2025 theme is Book an Adventure!

Our feature artist for the year, Jess McGeachin, has brilliantly captured this adventurous spirit in his artwork, which features a whimsical map filled with imaginary characters. Jess’ illustration invites young readers to embark on fantastical journeys, inspiring them to travel through the worlds that books open up. As an award-winning Australian picture book illustrator, Jess’ work encourages children to imagine, explore, and create their own adventures.

2025 is also a milestone year celebrating 80 years of Children’s Book Week! For 8 decades, CBCA has been dedicated to inspiring young minds to journey through the countless worlds that books offer. Jess’ imaginative artwork reflects this mission perfectly, encouraging children to set off on adventures through time, lands, and imagination. We look forward to continuing this mission for the next 80 years and beyond!

CONNECTION

This fortnight we have the School Value of CONNECTION - Building positive relationships and a sense of belonging. As our focus we discuss in individual class groups and across the school as a whole, both students and staff.

Each fortnight this Term we will let you know what our focus is, you may wish to discuss this with your child/ren at home.

DEVON NETBALL - SPRING ROSTER

The Devon Netball Spring roster is starting soon on 3rd September.

Can all interested students please collect an information and permission form from the office. Permission slips need to be returned to the office by 13 August please.

The roster will be held on a Wednesday afternoons at 4pm:

10 rounds - 2 finals (semi & GF) grand finals and presentations 3rd December 2025

Devon are trialling something new with Netta & Primary teams

They have opened up the Netta roster to now include Year 1 students.

They have opened up the Primary roster to now include Year 4 students.

This now means that Netta will have Year 1, 2, 3 & 4 students.

And Primary has Year 4, 5 & 6 students.

Students who are in Year 4 will now have a choice of which roster they play in.

Registration, fixtures & ladders will be available on the PlayHQ website, or the NetballHQ app

Netta - Register a player

https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/1b6ace

Primary - Register a player

https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/3f0999

Devonport Junior Soccer

Devonport Junior Soccer Roster

Coaches are still needed for:

Boys Darwin soccer
Girls Darwin soccer
Boys Devon football
Girls Darwin football
Boys Darwin football
Darwin netball
Devon hockey
Darwin hockey

If coaches are not appointed then these events unfortunatley cannot go ahead.

We welcome enquiries for enrolment for Kindergarten in 2026 by either phoning the school office on 6424 7788
or by completing the attached form (click on the link below).

KINDERGARTEN 2026

Everyday Matters

Going to school every day gives your child every chance to learn and grow, and connect with their mates and teachers. It’s where bright futures start and where they’ll benefit the most.

There are lots of things you can do to set your child up for success.

Information for Parents

Why turning up matters

Every school day matters. Even just missing one day a fortnight can mean your child misses up to a year and half of their education, between Kindergarten and Year 12.

See what happens when your child misses just…

Please make appointment with your childs teacher or our Principal, Nichole Todd if you would like to discuss your childs attendance.

DECYP & DPS School Values

Our values represent the foundation of our Department’s culture
and must guide us in all that we do.
They have been decided by us, and we are all responsible
for embedding them in our ways of working.

We have recently been made aware that a young person in our school community is highly sensitive to hazelnuts and has had significant adverse health reaction to them

As you would be aware, Nutella is made from hazelnuts. I ask that as a school community we support this young person to feel safe at school by choosing to not include hazelnuts or hazelnut products in student lunch boxes if possible.

Thank you for your support.