10 April 2025

From the Principal

End of term! We hope you’re looking forward to the holidays. We’re a day late in getting this out this week to be able to give more clarity on our Redevelopment progress.

Redevelopment Update

The building work is in the final stages of completion! With the fall of Easter and Anzac holidays, there may be some finishing trades around during the first week of Term 2. We are hopeful that we will receive occupancy sometime in Week 2, or earlier! However, as often is the case, this is a movable timeline.

What a momentous occasion. Wow – nearly 20 years of work from a variety of people and groups coming to a wrap! Our school will have 9 new or refurbished classrooms, with the other 10 being in very new condition. Our library is also going to look amazing with new glass and furniture. To showcase it all, we will have an Open Day and invite a number of old staff and key people to the site either in late Term 2 or Term 3. Stay tuned for a walk around if you’re keen.

When we receive occupancy, we will slowly enter our re-furbished rooms, moving our things and students over time (ie, one to two classrooms a week). While we moved well at the end of last year, it was also tiring and fast. We will be looking to avoid these impacts where possible. The goal will be to have the moving completed in Term 2. Things might move into Term 3, it all just depends on when we can really start moving in! We will share with families via email when your class is moving, however, you’ll hear it from your children pretty quickly I imagine. First to move will be 1-2C and 1-2B.

As previously noted, the landscaping will take some time to grow in. There will be continued barriers around the grassed areas of school until Term 4, to allow the newly grassed areas to grow and settle. Please respect the barriers and help us to keep all people out of the fenced areas. For the first 12 months, the builders and landscapers are responsible for the upkeep of the landscaped areas. I agree with you, we wish they would take a bit more pride in mowing, weeding and general upkeep. We’ve brought it up with them for future work and we will soon have role oversight for this. I want to bring it up as we don’t want folks thinking Lawrence isn’t doing his job! Lawrence will have it looking great soon.

How exciting! By the next Newsletter in week 2 – we should have some photos for you of the refurbished rooms with our new furniture slowly arriving.

Reading

With the holidays coming up, it’s timely for us to continue our conversation about reading. Can you please spend some time with your child to learn about their reading habits, what they like, when they like to read and what you might be able to shift in your time together to have them reading more? The more information we can have between us all, the better. We really would love for all of our children who can read independently to be reading every holiday. The more you read the better you get at it!

I’ve got children in primary school and you’ve got children in primary school – that’s why you’re reading this Newsletter, so please believe me when I tell you that I have, and am continuing to, inquire deeply about what makes the best reading behaviours from an early age. Reading to and with your child is paramount.

While some of you may think that your oldest child is now reading on their own, please know that every student at our school is still very much learning about reading to be able to read better in the future. Where you can, please read with your children over the break and talk about books together. Parents consistently ask us “what can I do to help at home?” – Well, it’s this: Read to and with your child. You’ll build both background knowledge and vocabulary in your child and that will be very, very beneficial for them both now and in the future.

A final thought: Children do what they see… do they see their family reading? Everyone?

Everyone is busy, lives are busy, and yet if children see their parents reading, they are more likely to read. And on your phone doesn’t count really, they just see you “on your phone” – there’s a Newsletter article for another day.

All the best with reading, enjoy a good holiday read.

See you soon – Courtney

Term 2 Parent Teacher Meetings 19 – 23 May

Parent Teacher Meetings will be held in week 4 of Term 2. Once again, we are using the Schoolzine Session Keeper booking system for parents/carers to book a meeting with a teacher and below is the link to make your booking. If your child has two teachers, please only make one booking.

Gr2/3A will have more appointments added in the next week or so.

You will be able to access the booking system from 4pm Friday 11 April, until 11pm on Sunday 11 May. If you need to change your appointment after bookings have been closed off, please contact your child’s teacher.

Here is a link to a booking guide for parents.

If you have any problems, please don’t hesitate to contact Tina Mason on 6248 5168 or at tina.mason@decyp.tas.gov.au , or talk to one of the class teachers.

ANZAC DAY- CAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL

Friday 25 April 2025 - Service at 10:00 am

A community memorial service will be held on ANZAC Day, Friday 25 April, at 10:00am, at the Cambridge War Memorial (situated on Cambridge Road between the Cambridge Primary School and the Cambridge Memorial Oval).

Please join us as we solemnly remember and give thanks to all those Australians and our allies who have served in the defence of our country.

All are welcome to attend. The service will conclude at approximately 10:30am.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

LEST WE FORGET

This memorial service is a community initiative of the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade. For more information, or if you wish to lay a wreath, please contact the Brigade via email: cambridge.volunteers@fire.tas.gov.au

Volunteers Needed

Do you like Democracy Sausages?

If you do, can you spare some time on Election Day, Saturday 3 May? We are looking for volunteers to help with a BBQ. Our local Fire Brigade will be helping out, and if you can do a shift, a bit of time or whatever you can, it would be appreciated!

If you can help – please contact our school office and drop your name.

Gr3/4 Kite Making

The 3/4 cohort has been ‘flying high’ in their STEAM projects with their kite-making skills.

Lost Property

There is a lot of Lost Property in the Office – a lot of it is un-named. Please come and have a look and see if you recognise any of it!

Japanese Poster Competition

The JATNET statewide Japanese Poster Competition has been held for 2025.

This year’s theme was The Year of the Snake.  Participants were to design a poster including the word HEBI written in either hiragana script, へび,  or kanji script 巳.

The posters were again of a high standard making selecting the three to enter into the statewide competition very difficult.

Congratulations to Fahzeen, Lucy, Jasmin and Aaliah whose posters were entered into the competition.

ウエッド先生
Wedd Sensei

Southern Regional Schools Basketball Tournament

The Grade 3/4 Southern Regional Primary Schools Basketball Tournament, held over the weekend of 5/6 April, was an exciting event for the Cambridge Primary girls’ team. Over the two days, the girls played four games, with a couple of players being newcomers to basketball. The tournament saw some exciting moments, including every player scoring at least one goal, which was a great achievement. One of the standout moments was a nail-biting game that ended in a close one-point victory. The team finished the weekend with two wins out of the four games, showcasing their hard work and teamwork. Well done girls. Thanks to Connor for coaching and Sophie for umpiring our games.

Let’s Celebrate!

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