A warm welcome to Term 2… and I hope your first month back at school has been a great one and you are managing the temperature changes, and the much chillier morning starts! 

Key School Communications

I’m wondering how many have noticed that whilst a little later than usual… this is our first e-Newsletter for Term 2! Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding as staff absences have delayed our first fortnightly edition. However, a huge ‘plus’ is that we are excited to see families embracing new ‘School to Home – Home to School’ communications through using Seesaw.

With our launch of Seesaw, it has also presented us with an opportunity to commence a timely review of the most effective ‘communications’ for all members of our school community. Throughout the remainder of this term, we will be seeking feedback from families to assist us in determining ‘what works best’ for families using our 3 key school communications… SchoolZine App?... Seesaw? and our School Facebook page?

SchoolZine App 

Recently, I found out that some families are not accessing the easiest way to connect to SchoolZine (and its many features beyond just a newsletter) as they are still only accessing via the original set-up email link. I would encourage families to update to the SZ App version on their smart device. Using the App version allows for at your ‘fingertips’ quick access tiles to a range of features including:

• Informing of a student absence
• Term Calendar & School Event dates
• Newsletters – latest and archived
• Parent/Carer – Teacher Meeting Appointments
• Access to school documents

Families can download the free SZapp from their phone’s app store and complete the access registration to connect with our school.

Seesaw

The speedy responses from families to connect with their child’s learning and class using our new Seesaw platform has been terrific and I would encourage families not yet connected to contact class teachers for help with this.

As staff build their skills and expertise in using Seesaw, we will continue to post class announcements as well as transition many school announcements from ‘hardcopy notes home’ or newsletter items posted on Seesaw. Later this term we will be sharing our first samples of your child’s learning samples using their student journal in Seesaw. So, if you are not yet connected, then please contact your child’s teacher for help with creating your child’s Seesaw account.

2025 In-School LEGO Competition and Brixhibition

Student Councillors are ready to share posters with classes about this year’s in-school LEGO competition rules and information:

           

Information and Conditions of entry for individual Students

• 4 Age Group Categories for 2025 entries:

1. Kinder and Prep
2. Grades 1 and 2
3. Grades 3 and 4
4. Grades 5 and 6

• Rules and Conditions: FREE – OPTIONAL ENTRY for students only
• Each Lego display to be no larger than 52cm x 52cm x 52cm, or no larger than four 32 x 32 lug Lego baseplates. Duplo is allowed for younger children.
• Each Lego display must be an original design and not made from a Lego kit or instructions.
• Some Adult help to transport the design to school is allowed; however, the LEGO design should be the child’s own design and only built by the child
• LEGO competition build time starts from Friday 23 May and all entries are to be brought to school on Friday 13 June (end of week 7 in Term 2)
• Open design ideas – no specific theme
• Official 2025 entry forms are to accompany each student entry
• ‘TCPS in-School Brixhibition’ display is planned from 16 to 20 June
• Only individual student entries (builds) for this year’s competition
• Only students will vote for each category winners and an overall school winner will be awarded
• Each overall winner of each school or community group, is invited to display their winning Lego creations at the Brixhibition Ulverstone 2025 event, at Ulverstone Sports Centre, Flora Street, Ulverstone on Sat 12 & Sun 13 July 2025

Any other questions – then please ask a Student Leader or your Student Councillor