Principal's Message

Dear Families,

We have made it to the end of Term 3! This term has been an incredibly busy and productive one, with so much to celebrate. Term 3 is always a big term in the classroom across all grades, embedding the learning from earlier in the year. 2025 has proven to be no different with our students demonstrating full engagement in the classroom, and our dedicated staff continuing to work tirelessly toward our school and student goals.

Outside of the classroom, this term has been particularly memorable with a wide range of highlights and achievements.

Undoubtedly the biggest achievement was seeing the hard work and dedication of our students and staff come to life with our fantastic production of Matilda. It was a true celebration of talent and teamwork. This will certainly be an event that we will celebrate and look back on fondly for some time. Another key highlight was our annual Swimming Carnival, also a huge success, with students showcasing great camaraderie, fair play, participation and skill in the pool and our Student Leaders stepping up into that key leadership role. Our youngest learners in Kinder and Prep embraced the great outdoors through continued Bush Adventures sessions, fostering a love for nature and hands-on discovery. It is always a highlight to see their smiling faces when they discover something new.

We are also incredibly proud of our continued success in reading. Our focused efforts on word recognition and reading fluency are yielding great results and it's wonderful to see so many of our students becoming confident, independent readers. This is a testament to the talented, dedicated and hardworking teachers and staff that we are lucky enough to have at Kingston Primary School. With our school being early adopters ready to embrace growth and change, the teaching and learning programs for our students are fully embedded ahead of Departmental timelines.

Our popular School Lunch Program has continued to be a huge sensation and we are excited to be expanding the program to four days a week beginning in Term 4. This expansion is a testament to the program's success, led by Wendy, and we will provide even more nutritious meals for our students.

Finally we have some new families who have joined us at Kingston Primary. We are delighted to welcome you to our School Community.

Key dates for Term 4

We know how important it is to communicate to our families well in advance. Please make sure you have the dates below saved well ahead of time.

• 16 October – SASS Parent Information Session @ 2pm
• 30 October – Whole School Assembly @ 2pm
• 30 October – School Association Meeting @ 6pm
• 26 November - Kingston High Orientation Day
• 27 November – Whole School Assembly @ 2pm
• 28 November - Schools Triathlon Challenge
• 1 December - HCSSA Swimming Carnival
• 2 December – Volunteers Morning Tea
• 8 December – Student Celebration Assembly @ 2pm
• 10 December – Whole School Open Classroom @ 2pm
• 11 December – School Association Meeting @ 6pm
• 12 December - Reports go home
• 17 December – Year 6 Leavers Assembly
• 18 December – Year 6 Big Day Out
• 18 December – Last Day of Term 4

Kingston Primary School Welcomes Pre-Kinder Students!

We are excited to invite families to our Pre-Kindergarten Sessions throughout Term 4. While these sessions are for enrolled students only, we still have a handful of spaces remaining in our Kinder 2026 cohort. If you would like to join but are not yet enrolled, and have a child turning four on or before 1 January 2026, please contact the School office as soon as possible to secure your place.

Our Pre-Kinder sessions are a wonderful opportunity for your child to explore our Kindergarten classrooms, meet their new teachers and peers and get comfortable in their new school environment.

Our Pre-Kinder sessions will run every Friday from 1:30pm to 2:30pm, starting Friday 17 October. You can find the full schedule in the table below.

This is a great chance to connect with our School Community, including our Leadership Team, School Nurse and other key staff members.

Pre-Kinder Session Schedule:

• Week 1 (17 October): Mrs Suffolk's Classroom
• Week 2 (24 October): No Pre-Kinder - Student Free Day
• Week 3 (31 October): Mrs Suffolk's Classroom
• Week 4 (7 November): Ms Stacey's Classroom
• Week 5 (14 November): Mrs Suffolk's Classroom
• Week 6 (21 November): Ms Stacey's Classroom
• Week 7-9 (28 November - 12 December): Children will spend time with their allocated 2026 Kinder teacher and peers.

We can't wait to welcome your children and help them get ready for a great start to school!

2026 Class Requests

Kingston Primary School will start planning for the next year class models, staffing and student allocations into classes early in Term 4. Teachers will be inputting vitally important academic and social data to ensure we have the best placement for your child in 2026. This will also include student friendship requests. Although we do not accept parent requests for specific teachers, if there is an educational and wellbeing defined reason for requesting a particular class, please email me at angela.crane@decyp.tas.gov.au before Wednesday 22 October. While requests are not guaranteed, we try to accommodate these wherever possible.

With Term 4 just around the corner, we have many exciting events to look forward to, including the highly anticipated opening of the Outdoor Kitchen Garden facility. I know next term will be just as exciting and full of learning opportunities! Please stay connected through our fortnightly newsletter, Social Media posts, Schoolzine, Seesaw or drop in and have a chat with one of our fabulous team.

Wishing our entire Kingston Primary School community a wonderful and well-deserved term break.

Until next time,

Ange Crane
Principal