We are now accepting Kindergarten enrolments for next year.  To be eligible for Kindergarten in 2025, children need to be 4 on or before the 1st January 2025.  When enrolling in a Tasmanian Government school for the first time, evidence must be provided in relation to student identity, the parent/guardian identity, student residential address and student immunisation. 

Evidence is required in relation to student identity which may include one of the following:

• Australian Birth Certificate
• Current Australian or foreign passport and visa

Evidence is required in relation to parent or legal guardian identity which may include one of the following:

• Birth Certificate
• Current Australian Drivers Licence
• Current Australian passport or foreign passport and visa 

Evidence is required in relation to residential address which may include one of the following:

• Bank or financial statement
• Utility bill (phone, electricity, gas)
• Lease or rental agreement

Evidence is required in relation to immunisation which may include one of the following:

• The child's Health Record Book (Blue Book)
• A printout from the Medicare - Australian Immunisation Register

Kindergarten at Mowbray Heights Primary School is a three full day program. Please phone the office or drop in to register your child’s name and begin the enrolment process. 

If you have completed an enrolment form for Launching into Learning your intention to enrol your child, if in our intake area, is already known and underway.

Please note: We are not able to accept Expressions of Interest for an Out of Area Enrolment as we are at capacity.

Sharon

Last Wednesday the Choir joined six other shools from Northern Tasmania in a choral celebration.

Scarlett Uffelmann joined a student from West Launceston to MC the event. Scarlett spoke clearly and with confidence to a packed auditorium. Congratulations Scarlett!

The night began with a performance by all the schools singing together as a combined choir. They sang:

• The Greatest Show - from the Greatest Showman
• The Lighthouse by Rachel Kelly
• Bhombela - a traditional Zulu piece arranged by Will Scafe  

Then each school choir performed their individual song. Our choir sang:

• Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira

To conclude the evening the schools combined once again to sing:

• Dare to Dream by Begaud Cornish and Tester
• Humpty Dumpty by Dave and Jean Perry
• Unbreakable by Birds of Tokyo
• A Beatles Medley

Congratulations to our choir who sang beautifully. It was a performance full of joy! 

We received wonderful feedback from members in the audience and our families.  Comments were made about their voices, their movements, the consistent uniform, and the talent of Mrs Partridge.

Many, many thanks to Mrs Partridge for your passion for singing and leadership of our choir.  They were an absolute credit to you!

It was such a special night for our choir, their families and our school. I can't wait until next year!

Sharon

The Obstac-a-thon is a great fundraiser for our school and a way the students can have fun and be involved too by walking laps of an obstacle course that is set up around the school.

The Obstac-a-thon is on Friday 18 October. It is held at school at the following times:

• Year 3 - 6 students 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Prep - Year 2 students 11:25 am - 12:25 pm 

Prep - Year 6 students are encouraged to find relatives and friends to sponsor them per lap, or to give a donation. Sponsorship Forms are coming home today. The Sponsorship Form and money collected are to be returned to school after the event, and by Friday 8 November.

Families are welcome to attend.

P&C Executive

PS Safety considerations prevent our Kindergarten students from participating in this event.

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at our last assembly.

Year 5-6 students have been designing and decorating scales as part of an Arts project which will culminate in a Flying Dragon of Dreams.

Mowbray students from any year are invited to take part in scale decorating workshops to be held during the school holidays at the Northern Suburbs Community Centre on:

Everyone is invited to come along and see the completed Flying Dragon of Dreams on Sunday 20 October from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Let’s Fly Together - Community Kite Flying Day on the Football Oval at the UTAS Campus, Newnham.

Our Kindergarten classes will be going on an excursion to Hagley Farm School on the following dates:

We will be leaving school at 9:10 am and returning to school by 2:45 pm.

Children will need to wear full school uniform, comfortable shoes and bring a warm jacket. They will also need a packed recess and lunch, and a drink. There will be no lunch orders available.

We are looking forward to a great day.

Natasha Gibbons and Danielle Evans

In this movie, every emoji in Textopolis displays just one emotion – except Gene.  He is determined to get rid of his multiple expressions and become ‘normal’.

On Friday 27 September, students in Years 3-6 will be celebrating the end of Term 3 by viewing the movie, Stuart Little.

The enchanting tale of the mouse who is small in size but enormous in spirit.  E.B. White's classic novel on the big screen, about one little mouse on a very big adventure!

Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George and Snowball the cat. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's an adventurous and heroic little mouse. His daring escapades include racing a toy boat in a Central Park pond, retrieving his mother's ring from a drain, and crawling inside a piano to fix the keys for his brother.

When his best friend, a beautiful little bird called Margalo disappears from her nest, Stuart is determined to track her down. He ventures away from home for the very first time in his life and finds himself embroiled in one exciting adventure after another, making new friends and meeting old ones along the way.