Today, our early childhood classes completed their water safety and orientation lessons. It has been wonderful to see the children grow in confidence and skill levels. Learning to be safe in and on the water is such an important skill for all of us. I sincerely thank Miss Abel, Mr Pennicott and Tash for their careful and skilful teaching, and Mrs Miles and Miss Ali for their organisation and support of this program. 

As the end of the year approaches, our grade six students are involved in transition activities so that they feel confident moving into high school.  If your child is in grade six and you have any questions or worries, please get in touch with us, via Class DoJo or ring us to make a time to chat.  The wonderful and caring staff at our high schools are also very keen to help.

You might have heard in the news that our governments are thinking about bans for young people from social media and other unhelpful sites. 

We know that it is tricky to work out what is OK or not on the web.  The experts tell us that there are three important things to do:

  Be interested, open and supportive

Talk to your child about their online activities, play games together, check that they are keeping safe online.

  Set some rules

Talk to your child about what you expect – about what they can and can't do – if they break these rules, they should expect consequences  

  Use safety features and settings

Use parental controls and make sure that children do not spend too much time on screens 

There are some great resources which might help you on the eSafety site. Click here for more information.  Parents | eSafety Commissioner

Please also reach out to us if you would like help.

Kind regards

Glenorchy Primary's AusBike Skills Instructor Robbie Jamieson has been facilitating our Wheelie Workshop program this term. The program introduces fundamental bicycle riding and repair skills while generating positive relationships through fun activities and confidence building through skill practice. Our students have made us proud by developing healthy relationships with their peers while learning new skills and we're looking forward to seeing more in the coming weeks.

It is so exciting to see our new revamped 24 Carrot Garden taking shape.

We celebrated the completion of our garden rebuild recently with a planting day and there was much excitement as our little ones dug the ground, planted the seedlings and watered them in.

It is so great to see this space turning into a productive and welcoming area. We are really looking forward to sharing the bounty in our cooking classes.

Thank you so much 24 Carrot and Tamas.

Our latest LIFT event, our Silent Disco was a huge success. Children (and staff!!) bipped and bopped away to music only they could hear! It wasn't really silent though - there was much cheering and laughter. There were some pretty slick moves from our movers and shakers.

Thank you so much to Miss Ali and Mrs Miles.

We are so lucky at Glenorchy Primary. Many years ago Mr Pennicott introduced a water orientation program for our younger students. It was such a success that our Prep to year 2 students are still participating each year. Mr Pennicott loves it so much he even came back to help this year.

Learning to swim or just being comfortable in the water is such a great skill to be able to give to our children. It is great to watch our little people take on this challenge, some reluctantly, some with great enthusiasm but all with much enjoyment by the end of their week at the pool. 

Thank you Miss Abel and Mr Pennicott - we really had fun!