At Sheffield School we have the privilege to witness most of our students start and complete their educational journey.  We nurture and support the development of their foundation literacy and numeracy skills, and provide diverse experiences to foster a love for learning throughout their schooling.  We aim to promote school belonging, while also developing their confidence, leadership, and mentoring skills.  This is a photo taken this week of our Year 9-10 students reading to our Kindergarten students.  Thank you, Bridie, Filly, Kelsey, Imogen, Tayla, Mia, Lily, and Hollie, for being such wonderful role models.

Book Week

Book Week is one of the highlights of our school year.  It brings our whole school community together to celebrate the joy that reading and storytelling adds to our lives, while also highlighting the importance of developing strong reading skills.  We extend our gratitude to our teachers and teacher assistants for their dedication to improving reading outcomes for our students, and we congratulate our students for their hard work and ongoing progress in reading.  Our assembly was a fantastic celebration, and you can find some photos of the costumes in this newsletter.  Thank you to all the parents for helping their children come to school dressed as their favourite characters, and well done to our students for your enthusiasm and creativity!

Sport

Our dedicated Health and Physical Education team continue to encourage students to participate in a variety of sports. Success is reflected not only in our students' active participation but also in their ability to connect with others, feel included, and build teamwork and self-esteem.  Our students' willingness to attend training sessions, organise teams, umpire, and score during events enriches their experience.  We are proud of our teams' achievements, including victories in the girls' football gala day and badminton gala days, as well as the accomplishments of students participating in club sports.

State Representative

Good luck to Hudson who will represent Tasmania in the National Cross Country this weekend at Symmons Plains.  Hudson is a highly dedicated and determined young man and I am certain he will give his best effort in this event. 

Attendance

During the winter months we often notice a decline in student attendance.  This can be due to sickness and we understand this cannot be avoided.  Teachers closely monitor attendance and endeavour to encourage participation and regular attendance. 

Attending school every day gives your child every chance to develop the knowledge and social skills they need to create a positive future.  Good habits begin with routine, regular attendance to school where students can learn, have a diverse range of experiences, connect with peers and school staff to form positive relationships.  When your child attends school every day, it helps them to:

• Keep up with the learning program, and not fall behind
• Access every opportunity provided and find interests
• Make friends and maintain friendships
• Feel a sense of accomplishment
• Have a brighter future

If you’re struggling to get your child to school, help is available.  Please talk to us about your situation. We’ll support you, in whatever way we can.

To find out more, visit the Anything can happen website.

Open Classrooms - Tuesday 24 September (last week of term)

As a celebration of learning in term 3 we will be opening our classrooms to parents to come along to see what your child has been learning at school.  Our whole school, Sheffield and Railton campuses, Kinder to year 12 will be open from 3pm-5:30pm for you to visit classrooms.  Specialist subject areas such as Music, Art, Cooking, MDT where student work will be on display.  Evidence of Learning (EoLs) will be provided to families who attend and for those who are unable to make it, the EoLs will be sent home with students the following day. 

Year 7 2025 Parent Information - Tuesday 24 September (last week of term)

As part of our Open Classrooms afternoon, we will be offering an information sharing session for parents and students who are moving into year 7 2025.  Please meet at the main student entrance on Henry Street at 5pm.  Mr Bakes will meet parents and students and take you for a tour of the high school facilities and share some information about year 7 2025.

Staffing update

Congratulations to Olivia Stolp who was recently appointed as a permanent member of our teaching team at Sheffield School.  We would like to congratulate Cooper Gardam on his appointment as our School Farm Trainee.  Cooper completed his Certificate II in Agriculture with us and will now complete his Certificate III as part of his traineeship.  We are delighted to be able to offer this opportunity to a past student to continue his education and training at our School Farm.

External School Review

Next week Sheffield School will be undergoing a 4-day External School Review, Monday 2nd to Thursday 5th September.  This is a process all schools go through, on a four yearly basis, that provides feedback on our current direction and recommendations for future work.  A team of experienced school Principals will visit our site to conduct interviews with teaching staff, non-teaching staff, students and parents, as well as visiting classrooms.  An external school review is part of the Department for Education Children and Young People’s commitment to improve the quality of our schools and the learning outcomes of our students.

Jamie Skirving
Acting Principal

Values shape our behaviour.  They influence how we act, what we say and do, how we treat others, how we approach learning, and how we develop our sense of identity and self-esteem. 

At Sheffield School, our core values—respect for learning, respect for others, and respect for ourselves—continue to guide everything we do.  We regularly discuss these values with our students and recognise those who display these values.   

Principal's Morning Tea

Badminton

Sheffield School students have experienced great success recently whilst competing in the annual North West High Schools badminton challenge.  The challenge was conducted at the Upper Burnie Sports Centre and saw all the major high schools along the coast competing.

Year 9/10 students competed first and both boys and girls teams did not drop a match on their way to clinching victory in their respective divisions.

Jack and Jed led the way for the boys, competing at number 1 and 2 all day and proving to be tough nuts to crack from the outset.  Filly and Amanda proved competitive from the outset and set the standard for the team for the whole day.  Well done girls.

A week later it was the Year 7/8 students to compete against the cream of the North West Coast.  With a three pronged attack comprising of Hayley, Sophie and Indyka, the girls lead the team enthusiastically and finished the preliminary rounds tied with Burnie High school on the top of the ladder.  This forced a play off and after some tense rallies and heart stopping stroke play, Sheffield succumbed to Burnie by one solitary game.  Bad luck girls but well played.

The boys displayed strength across all lines and won all their games in impressive fashion, although Penguin School made us earn our final victory.  Beau and Xavier led from the front, whilst T-J, Toby and Logan picked up the crucial wins in the latter games.

Although the students participated and played with excellent sportsmanship, the leadership they showed in umpiring, scoring and co-ordinating their games displayed them all in a positive light.

Winning Teams!

Some action shots...

North West Football League (NWFL)

Congratulations for winning the North West Football League Grand Final (playing for Latrobe Under 17 girls)

Soccer

The 2024 soccer season has come to an end! We had a fantastic season with 6 teams representing Sheffield School. 

We would like to thank our wonderful volunteer coaches for their effort and commitment to our teams; training and coaching in all weather conditions did not go unnoticed. Maddison, Kylie, Kristen, Joe, Ashlea and Matt we really appreciate you and hope you will continue your coaching journey with our school. 

One of our very generous soccer families organized and donated all 55 personalized player medals, they looked incredible and what a very special surprise for their last game!

Bullying - No Way

This year Sheffield School participated in the Bullying No Way: National week of action, 12 to 16 August 2024.

Bullying No Way Week is a commitment being made by thousands of schools and supporters across the country. It provides an opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to bullying prevention, and gives us an opportunity to connect with students, staff and school communities to implement workable solutions to prevent bullying.

During the week we engaged students in meaningful discussions and activities aimed at promoting empathy, understanding, and respect for diversity. We encourage parents and carers to take this opportunity to have open and honest conversations with their children about the impact of bullying and what they can do if they need support. You can visit the Bullying No Way website for tips around how to have this discussion.

https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/

Food and Fibre

Paddock to Plate - Early Childhood & Railton Campus

Food and Fibre Production classes have been learning about wheat. Students have learnt about how wheat is grown, harvested, and then milled into flour. We had a particular focus on how flour is used to make many different foods that we enjoy.

To compliment this learning, students have used flour to make cheese and vegemite scrolls. This week, students in Year 1 Duggan and Prep Hinrichsen had their turn in the kitchen. Everyone really enjoyed the experience and taste testing their cooking at the end.

Thank you for the support of our parent volunteers.

Guided Inter-Generational Learning Support (GIGLS)

Six primary students and six Tandara  residents have joined forces for our new trial program GIGLS.  Our GIGLS (Guided Inter-Generational Learning Support) team have been enjoying each others' company for over four weeks now! We look forward to sharing all the fun we have had at the conclusion of the program. 

Mrs Sullivan and Ruby Skirving 

Polish Program

As part of our Career and Transition Planning program, Year 10 students participated in the Beacon Foundation’s POLISH program.

Student Representative Council (SRC)

As part of our Book Week celebrations last week, some of our  Year 10 SRC students attended sessions at our library with Kinder Sullivan and 1/2A. The Year 10s spent time helping our younger students choose their library books and read stories to some very captive audiences. We feel very lucky to have the opportunity to make such great connections across our school.

( More Book Week photos in the Gallery)

The Science of Music

After the visit from the Young Tassie Scientist, students from years 5 and 6 had fun exploring and connecting concepts to their instrumental playing in music today! (Thursday 22 August)

Amazing Race Assembly

Click here to watch video:  https://youtu.be/kTtedwjptJs

Canteen

Canteen Menu - Term 3, 2024

Railton's Canteen day is Thursday

QKR

• Railton orders - please use RAILTON ONLY canteen menu.

STAS closes to new applications in the first week of September. New applications for 2024 will not be accepted after this time and further assessments will not be made for this school year.

Parents/guardians who are approved for STAS 2024 will have their files automatically re-assessed for the 2025 school year. Letters will be sent to families confirming STAS approval or otherwise at the end of the 2024 calendar year in preparation for 2025.

STAS applications for children enrolling in kindergarten for 2025 cannot be accepted until the beginning of the new school year.

Parents/guardians of students other than kinder who have not applied for STAS previously can apply online from December at

stasonlinesubmission.education.tas.gov.au

Once approval letters for STAS 2025 have been delivered, if a parent/guardian wishes to add a newly enrolling student to their existing 2025 file they will need to email their details and the student’s full name, date of birth and grade in 2025 to stas@decyp.tas.gov.au. The additional student will be added to their existing file. Additional students cannot be added to an existing STAS file using the online application service.

For queries, please contact stas@decyp.tas.gov.au

SunSmart

Reminder:  Students in P - 6 need to start wearing their bucket hats next week (Monday 2 September).  Hats are available from the school office for $10

Kinder (Mrs Sullivan)

https://youtu.be/fkmL6yaJKE0

Book Week

Early Childhood Science

Railton

Railton students have been busy setting up their worm farm ready for our term 4 garden beds. Each week, classes will collect their green waste scraps for their resident worms to feast on!

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