What's Happening - Reminders & Updates 23rd May

2024

Term 1 - Wednesday 7th February - Thursday 11th April 

Term 2 - Monday 29th April - Friday 5th July 

Term 3 - Tuesday 23rd July - Friday 27th September 

Term 4 - Tuesday 15th October - Wednesday 18th December 

*Student Free Days Friday 12th April, Monday 22nd July, Monday 14th October.

(Easter Break - Good Friday 29th March, Easter Monday 1st April, Easter Tuesday 2nd April. Return to school Wednesday 3rd April.)

2024 Board Meetings

Ms Pegus was away yesterday, Mr Puccetti taught the Year 6 class. Mrs Jak and Ms Zeleznik will be out of class on Tuesday, Mrs Grey will teach Prep & Mrs Jeffrey will teach Year 2. 

The 2024 St. Patrick’s Cross Country will take place tomorrow Friday 24th May for all students in Prep to Year 6. We would love for all parents to come along and spectate! 

The course will be conducted at St.Patrick’s, with students commencing next to the basketball court and finishing on the school oval.  Each year level will complete a specially designed course of varied lengths for their year level group. Students from Year 3 - Year 6 will be selected from this race to compete at the NWCPS Cross Country Carnival at Stella Maris on Friday 7th June. 

Please be mindful when walking near or through the course that you are not walking in front of a competitor.

Please ensure that on the day your child wears their P.E uniform. A plain house-coloured shirt can be worn in place of the School P.E. Shirt. Students should bring a refillable water bottle and soft shell jacket to keep warm after their race. 

The canteen will operate as normal on Friday. 

Parents are welcome to take their child/children when their race is completed, but we ask that you advise their class teacher.

Kindergarten enrolment applications for 2025 will close on Friday 5th July. Existing families with siblings born in 2020, please ensure you have submitted an enrolment form to the office. Families and new enrolment will be notified of the interview timeline in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to the following students who have received Student of the Week.

Prep

Year 1 

Romii for her efforts in writing and Mathematics.

Keep up the hard work Romii. 

Year 2

Year 3

Lily for her tremendous effort in all subject areas.

Keep up the great work!

Year 4

Nevaeh Goss for consistently applying herself to all learning tasks. 

Year 5

Owen for his positive application to persuasive writing tasks.

Keep up the great work Owen!

Year 6

Congratulations to our House Raffle winners this week:

Dooley - Calin

Martyn - Josie 

Byrne - Eliza

Families of unregistered players will be contacted from next week in regards to their children playing for the remainder of the 2024 season. If your child still intends to play soccer and you have not completed the registration please do this NOW! If you are still having trouble with the registration process on the website you will need to contact the helpdesk number to complete this. 

https://rego.prd.letsplayfootball.au/participant/product-details/1152 

If your child no longer wishes to participate in the 2024 soccer season please let me know so we can remove their name from the team list. 

This year the Devonport Primary School Basketball Tournament will be held from Friday 5th -  Sunday 7th July.  The age groups for this competition are 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6 for girls and boys. Games may be rostered on Friday night (5^th July) through to the finals on Sunday afternoon (7^th July) *Please note this is the beginning of the Term 2 school holidays. Games may be played in Devonport, East Devonport and Ulverstone over this weekend. 

The team registration cost will be covered by the school and if your child is not currently registered with Basketball Tasmania there will be a cost of $10.00 per child. (link for payment to follow on confirmation of teams).  There will be no cost for players or spectators for entry to the tournament. 

Our participation in this tournament will rely on parent commitment as parents will be required to coach, manage, complete bench and canteen duty over the weekend.  Each team will be required to nominate a coach, manager, and referee to register a team.  All coaches and managers will need to hold a Working with Vulnerable People registration.    

A parent roster for bench duty (two volunteers for each game) will be organised for participating teams and you will be rostered on with someone that has had previous experience in completing this duty.  Once coaches and team managers are nominated, trainings for this tournament can be arranged.

If your child is interested in playing and you can support this commitment, please complete the registration form below by Monday, 3^rd June. No late registrations will be accepted.

Devonport Basketball Tournament Registration Form

The school will provide a playing singlet and students are to wear navy sports shorts, sneakers/basketball boots, and a school jacket or rugby top for warmth. 

If you have any questions, contact the school as soon as possible. 

Currently, we have quite a few sports teams who have started training (soccer/basketball/netball) after school. As this is after hours it is a requirement that students are supervised by their parents at these trainings. Families who have children at training sessions and have siblings who are not involved in training are asked to please keep their child/ren off the school playground. After School Care operates from the school hall every day and they are unable to let the ASC children out to play on the playground equipment that is being used by students who are not attending ASC. Thank you for your understanding regarding this matter. 

Mersey Leven Catholic Parish 

Mersey Leven Catholic Parish is a Catholic community made up of many people who seek together to live and share the joy of the Gospel. 

Parish Office: 90 Stewart St Devonport

Wednesday - Friday 9am - 2pm

Phone: 036424 2783 

Email: merseyleven@aohtas.org.au

See the Parish website for more information

https://www.merseylevencatholicparish.com/