Welcome to our third term of learning for 2024!!

At the end of last term we sadly farewelled Scott Langworthy who has headed off on an adventure exploring the island to our north. Our wonderful Scott has been an institution at Glenorchy Primary for decades. Scott epitomised what we stand for as a school. He kept our grounds to a high standard but most importantly he cared for our children. Any child in need knew where to find Scott for a chat or to get some help. 

Scott, we will all miss you and wish you well.

We have welcomed Luke Elliott to our staff and I know you will all make him welcome to the Glenorchy family.

Our Night School is scheduled for 14 August. Please see the note that your child brought home.  We would love to see you here if you can possibly manage it.  Night School is a great time to celebrate learning, friendships and connection together.  Its also great fun!   My sincere thanks to Mrs Miles, Ali and to all of our hard working teachers for the organisation of this event.

And lastly a couple of friendly reminders to our families.

Please remember that the car park accessed from Kensington St is for staff and deliveries only. We still have a number of parents using this area for drop off and pick up. The area is too small for reversing and turning around. This makes it dangerous for our children. Please use the Hull St turning circle when dropping and collecting your children. Thank you for looking after all our children.

Families are also reminded that children should not be at school before 8:00am. Our breakfast club opens then and children are welcome to be in the hall. Remind your child that they are to stay in the hall. There are no duty teachers before school.

Kind regards

Miss Brunning's class have been crafting colourful polyomino masterpieces. A polyomino is the name given to figures created by groups of squares touching at their edges. If you would like a closer look at these pieces of art they are currently displayed in the office foyer.

Olympic fever has hit Glenorchy Primary!

Many of our classes are celebrating the 2024 Paris Olympics by learning about the history of the Olympics, creating artwork, keeping a medal tally and of course making green and gold decorations for the classroom!

Our Prep classes have adopted 3 stick insects.

Chocolate Biscuit, Escape Arlo and Bubble Gum are a great addition to the classroom! Students are learning what they need to provide their to keep their new friends happy and healthy.

While they do look a little strange, stick insects are not harmful and do not bite or sting. Our students have been brave and let their visitors explore their shoes, desks and even up their arms!

Do you use our school app SZapp? 

Download the Schoolzine App today and keep up to date with the latest information from Glenorchy Primary!

Parents can submit absence notifications and access the School Newsletters from one easy to use App. 

If you have any question please pop into the School Office.

Do you have a little one that will be joining us in Kinder in 2025? Our Pre Kinder session have started every Thursday - 9:30 - 11:00am in our Kinder Blue room. These sessions are facilitated by one of our Kinder teachers, Mrs Robins, and is a great opportunity to begin the transition to school.

If your child was born in 2020 please complete an enrolment form for Kindergarten next year and bring it along to the office with ID documents. Forms are available from LiL sessions or the school office. 

Tuesday 6 August	Pyjama Day - whole school
Wednesday 14 August	LIFT Night School 5:00 - 6:30pm
Thursday 15 Agust	Young Tassie Scientist Incursion 2-3B, 4R and 4-5W Terrapin Puppet Performance in the Gym
Friday 16 August	Winter Sports at Moonah Primary 4 Reid and 4/5 Watson Excursion FOBI
Monday 19 August	Kinder Community Walk excursion
Tuesday 20 August	Winter Sports Carnivals
Wednesday 28 August	Whole School Assembly in gym 2:00pm
Thursday 29 August	Robo Man Incursion 5-6 classes
Friday 27 September	Last day term 3