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Dear Families,
I would like to extend a warm welcome back to all our existing and new members of our community (especially our Kindergarten families) as they begin their learning journey here at our fabulous school.
We had an amazing start to 2021 and we are so proud of the way our students settled into school and their classrooms. Before school commenced teachers worked tirelessly to ensure that classroom learning environments were ready to go and looking fantastic. Our fabulous Teacher Assistants and EFA’s were also busy before school started to make sure the school and classrooms looked amazing and welcoming to all. Thank you to all staff for the efforts that you have put into making our start to the year smooth and engaging.
It gives me great pleasure to announce our wonderful team for 2021.
Teaching staff: Mr James Milne Assistant Principal (Teaching and Learning Leader), Mrs Georgina Field (AST and LiL/LIFT Co-coordinator), Mrs Rachel Kitto (AST and Support Teacher), Ms Miri McShane (Kinder ), Mrs Tam Norton (Prep/1), Mrs Sam Balhatchet (1/2), Miss Madeline Rizzolo (1/2), Miss Sian Prior (3/4), Miss Rebecca Meissner (3/4), Mr Jake Vandermey, Miss Stacey Lovell (5/6), Mrs Louise Hedge (Support Teacher), Ms Amberley Jones (Literacy Intervention/Support), Mrs Colleen Anning (Sustainability) and Mr Sebastian Wishart (HPE).
Ancillary staff: Ms Tracy Burn (School Business Manager), Mrs Janina Saville (Admin Clerk), Mrs Sue Riley (Teacher Assistant and Kitchen Specialist), Mrs Linda McKenzie (Teacher Assistant – Library), Mrs Amanda Griffiths (Teacher Assistant - Speech), Mrs Alana Berry (Teacher Assistant), Mrs Tarra Downham (Teacher Assistant), Mrs Jo Percy (Teacher Assistant), Mr Jayden Thornton (Teacher Assistant ), Miss Lily Barwick (Teacher Assistant), Ms Jo Wrigley (Education Support – Prep) Mr Steve Bennett (EFA – Groundsman), Mr Ricky Gavin (Garden Specialist and EFA) Ms Donna Gregson EFA/Cleaner and Mr Carl Jones (EFA/Cleaner).
Support Staff: Ms Jacqui Bostock (Social Worker), Miss Emily Chalmers (School Psychologist) Miss Jess Marriott (Speech Pathologist) Ms Marnie McNichol (Speech Pathologist), Ms Georgina McDonald (School Nurse) and Mr Chris Dand (Home School Liaison Officer).
We also welcome to our school, Miss Sophie Levett. Miss Levett is a student teacher who will be working with us this year and will be undertaking her practice teaching in the Prep/1 class and 1/2 Balhatchet.
We are very excited to announce that we will be able to return to offering programs and events to our school calendar and are all looking forward to hosting our Grade 3-6 Athletics Carnival and an Early Years Easter Carnival later in the term. There will still be protocols in place to ensure we maintain health requirements. Indoor events will continue to require parents to sign in at the office and assemblies will be invitation only so that we can keep the distancing requirements.
On Monday, 22 February and Tuesday 23rd February all classes across the school will participate in the Growing Up program. A letter will be sent home next week regarding the program and a parent session will also take place at the school. Any further questions can be directed to Mrs Kitto via the school office.
The staff and I look forward to working with you this year.
Kind regards
Carolyn Brown, Principal
We would like to warmly welcome our new staff for 2021, it is wonderful to have you all on board at Team Herdy. Pictured from left to right are:
Ms Colleen Anning - our new Kitchen/Garden/Sustainability specialist teacher working with us from Monday to Wednesday.
Ms Jo Wrigley - an Education Support Assistant working in the Prep area all day on Monday and Friday mornings.
Mr Seb Wishart who will be working with us one day a week on a Thursday, taking PE.
Miss Sian Prior - our grade 3/4 teacher, a familiar face at our school.
Finally, Miss Sophie Levett - an intern that will be working half the year in the Prep/1 class followed by 1/2B.
What a wonderful start to the 2021 school year. It was fantastic to see so many happy children in full school uniform, feeling refreshed after their long Christmas holiday break.
We are all looking foward to a very happy year. Here are a few photographs taken on the first day back.
By having good hand hygiene people can keep themselves healthy and prevent the spread of illness and disease. This helps to keep other people healthy too.
HANDWASHING is #1 in the hygiene stakes. Keeping our hands clean with good hand washing is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs (bacteria and viruses) to others.
Some illnesses and diseases that can be spread by poor hand hygiene are colds and flu, gastro (to name a few).
We need to wash our hands:
- after going to the toilet
- after coughing, sneezing and blowing your nose
- after patting and playing with animals
- before eating, preparing or touching food
- after touching food such as raw chicken, meat and fish
It takes soap and water to wash our hands properly (or hand sanitiser if soap and water is not available) and we need to wash our hands for at least 15 – 20 seconds (sing the Alphabet song) to get rid of the germs adequately.
School Banking is a great way to practice regular savings.
Remember, Monday is School Banking day and students can bring in
their weekly deposit.
Saving regularly is an important habit to get into, whether
you're saving a little or a lot. Remember, there is no minimum
deposit with School Banking, you can send as little as 5c per week in,
saving regularly is what is important.
For every deposit made at school, students will get a point towards
receiving a school banking reward item. Once students have banked
10 times they will automatically receive a prize.
School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school
receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits
processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is
based on the number of students who made at least one School
Banking deposit in the prior year. For more information about
contribution payments, visit www.commbank.com.au/sbinfo.
If your child has lost their book, please contact your School Banking
Co-ordinator for a replacement or visit any Commonwealth Bank
branch.
Thank you for supporting the School Banking program at Herdsmans
Cove Primary School.
If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for
a 2021 School Banking program information pack from the school
office or visit www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking .
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Hamburger with the Lot (cheese, lettuce, tomato, carrot & cucumber) |
$4.00 |
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Chicken or Vegie Burger with the Lot (cheese, lettuce, tomato, carrot & cucumber) Plain Chicken Burger or Vegie Burger (Cheese/Mayo) |
$4.00 $3.50 |
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Chicken Nuggets (3) or Fish Fingers (3) Chicken Strips—$1.50 each |
$2.00 $1.50 |
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Ham/Chicken/No Meat Salad Roll (Lettuce, cheese, tomato, carrot & cucumber) (can add Mayo) - Egg can be added for 50c No Meat Salad Roll |
$4.00
$3.50 |
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Cheesy Garlic Bread |
$2.00 |
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Ham/Chicken/No Meat Salad Wrap (Chicken tender, lettuce, cheese, tomato, cucumber, carrot & mayo in a wrap) No Meat Wrap = $3.50 |
$4.00 |
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Garden Salad (with egg and your choice of either diced chicken, ham, chicken strip, vegie burger or beef burger) (can add mayo or tomato sauce) |
$4.00 |
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Ham & Cheese / Chicken & Cheese Sandwich (Can be toasted) |
$2.50 |
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Ham/Cheese/Tomato or Pineapple Sandwich (Can be toasted) |
$3.00 |
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McCain Pizza Single—Ham/Cheese/Pineapple |
$3.50 |
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Lite n Up Beef Pie |
$4.00 |
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Lite n Up Potato Top Beef Pie |
$4.00 |
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Party Pie |
$1.20 |
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Corn Jack |
$1.50 |
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Cheese or Vegemite & Cheese Sandwich (Can be toasted) |
$2.00 |
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Wedges with Greek Yoghurt & Sweet Chilli Sauce / Plain Wedges—$3.50 |
$4.00 |
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Lasagne |
$4.00 |
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Sauce |
40c |
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Milkshakes (Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate & Caramel) |
$2.00 |
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Glee Sparkling Juice (250 ml) - Raspberry or Tropical flavour |
$3.00 |
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Milo/Hot Chocolate |
$1.50 |
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Popcorn |
20C |
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Fresh Fruit (in season) / Fresh Fruit Kebab |
4 for $1 or 30c ea |
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Homemade Pikelets |
4 for $1 or 30c ea |
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Raspberry Muffins |
80C |
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Icy Poles (Quelch) |
80c |
Please complete all orders on a brown paper bag and pay with correct change.
Orders to be placed in Canteen basket, located in the classroom.
Canteen Open Thursday and Friday only.
NO OVER THE COUNTER SALES, ORDERS TO BE DELIVERED TO CLASSROOMS.
Oral Health Services Tasmania will be once again holding their Fissure Sealant and Fluoride Varnish Program for all students in Kindergarten, Prep, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 6. They will be visiting our school in early March.
Forms will be sent home today to children in the above grades. Please complete the form as soon as possible and return to the school office by Wednesday 17 February. Please advise if you DO NOT want your child to participate in this free program.
