Edition 4 Term 2 2025

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

As Term 2 draws to a close, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on the many achievements, events, and positive developments that have taken place across our school community.

One of the standout experiences this term was the Year 10 Camp at Blue Lagoon. Students embraced the challenges and opportunities the camp provided, with strong participation, positive attitudes, and plenty of memorable moments that will stay with them as they finish their final year at Cosgrove.

Another Term 2 highlight was the Annual School Cross Country Carnival, which saw outstanding levels of participation across all year levels. This year, we introduced a revamped format, making the day more engaging and accessible for all students. The energy, effort, and sportsmanship on display were fantastic.

Year 10 students also took part in College Taster Days, with many engaging particularly well at Claremont College, exploring future study options and getting a taste of life after Cosgrove. This was an important step for students as they begin to consider their post-Year 10 pathways.

In the sporting arena, our students enjoyed being part of the Schools Badminton Roster, with our Cosgrove team performing strongly and earning a place in the end-of-season finals. Congratulations to all students who represented the school with pride.

Our Year 7 students continue to participate in the Children’s University program, with an inspiring visit to the Sustainability Learning Centre at Mt Nelson. This hands-on learning experience deepened their understanding of sustainability and environmental responsibility.

A new initiative this term has been the introduction of school-wide clubs, giving students additional opportunities to connect, engage and build positive relationships during break times. Clubs now running include Yoga, Calisthenics, UNO, Chess, Drama, Basketball, and Art. These activities are already having a positive impact on student wellbeing and sense of belonging.

We are ending the term on a high note with a whole-school Friday Fun Day, featuring a Capture the Flag tournament for all grades. This will be a fantastic way to finish the term with teamwork, fun, and school spirit.

As we approach the middle of winter, we’ve been really pleased with the way students have embraced wearing the correct school uniform. This focus on uniform helps build a strong sense of pride and belonging, and we thank families for their support in this area.

Attendance continues to be a priority for us at Cosgrove. Regular attendance at school is one of the most important factors in ensuring academic success, and we are working with students and families to support strong attendance patterns for all.

Recently, we received our NAPLAN results for 2025. These results affirm the hard work our students and teachers have been doing, particularly in Reading, which continues to be a school and system priority. We are seeing strong signs that our collective efforts are making a positive difference.

Looking ahead to Term 3 we have exciting career opportunities and Expos on offer for our Year 10 students as they consolidate their enrolments in Year 11. The Reclink Netball tournaments are set to resume and with the significant student interest we will be holding trials early in the Term. Our ongoing engagement with the sustainability centre will continue and we will round out the Term with a return of another House Challenge Day which we guarantee students will find fun and engaging.

Thank you to all students, families, and staff for a successful and productive Term 2. We wish everyone a safe, restful, and well-deserved holiday break, and we look forward to seeing everyone back refreshed for Term 3.

Anthony Coe
Principal

Redevelopment

As we come to the end of Term 2, I would like to provide an update on the redevelopment of our school.

You may have noticed our new facilities really starting to take shape, and I’m excited to share with you that we are now on the home stretch for our project, with major works completion expected by the end of this year.

We’ll shortly be moving from external structural works to internal, and importantly, this phase also includes the permanent relocation of our carpark and pick-up and drop-off area.

The new carpark access will be immediately on the left as you drive into Felicity Lane from Main Road. The new pick up and drop off area remains on Felicity Lane (left side) adjacent to the new carpark area.

The existing carpark and pick up/drop off at the northern end of Felicity Lane will become a construction zone, and ultimately, an attractive landscaped area of our site.

When we begin Term 3, signage will be in place to direct visitors to these new areas, and I’m happy to report that the relocation of our car park will result in no net loss of car spaces for our school.

I’m sure like me you are excited to see the changes the redevelopment is bringing, and I look forward to sharing further updates with you as the works near completion.

Prefect Report

We’ve had a lot of things happen this half of the term, and many opportunities which have helped increase engagement with school. 

At the start of the term various clubs were introduced. These happen daily at lunch times, where activities are run for students to participate in. There are a mix of different types of clubs, Art, Drama, Chess, Calisthenics and Yoga. As a team, the Prefects have been attending many of these. Yoga is a particularly popular club!  

Every Thursday at lunch, many students attend the yoga club, ran by the school nurse, Jesse. It is held in the breakfast club room where students do a range of yoga poses whilst listening to different music each week of their choice. The club is to help improve physical and mental health, connect with others and to have fun. We have had different types of sessions and have even had music selected to accompany the movement; the Metallica soundtrack was everyone’s favourite!

Each week on Monday, Thursday and Friday the Art club is held in the art room by Ms Muller and Mr Kramer. In the club, you can start or continue with an art project of your choosing, whether it be an individual or class project. The point of the club is to have a quiet, creative place for students to go during their lunches. 

Calisthenics club happens every Thursday and is run by Mr Brown. You do a range of workouts to earn prizes, such as, protein bars and protein shakers. These workouts consist of longest dead hang, longest plank, most push ups and most pullups. Calisthenics is an exercise club that increases people's strength and ability. This club is held at the outside gym – we would love to see more people involved, no matter what level of fitness you are starting out with! 

Other activities that have happened this term have been the Push Up Challenge, Chess Club competitions and Children’s University. The Push Up challenge was completed by some keen members of staff and students; each day there was a target of push ups to be completed, the numbers were related to statistics around mental health. Mr Brown was the leader joined by Samara, Max and Mr Henderson; special mention to Samara for her dedication to meeting the targets!

 We look forward to seeing more students attend these clubs and hearing feedback of how else we can make lunch times more fun and productive!

Written by Jazhara, Liam and Harlen.

Growth Certificates

Prefect Accolade

Year 7

Nihao everyone, how are you? hopefully good. Anyway, time to talk about what has been happening in year 7 for the last part of Term 2 2025

Children’s university

This term students who participate in Children’s University have been lucky enough to go on two excursions to the Sustainability Centre at Mount Nelson. On our visits we were introduced to Fast Fashion.  As part of this we were shown how to weave and create mats to sit on from old rags and t-shirts.  We also investigated wild native food.  This is food found out in the bush.  We came back to school with some yummy, spiced pears!

Clubs

We are on our second round of clubs for this term.  Students have been given the opportunity to try new and existing activities on a Thursday.  We really enjoy this part of the week and look forward to it.

Parent Teacher conferences and reports

Many of the Year 7 students have accompanied their parents to take part in parent teacher conferences with their teachers. This gave us and our parents the opportunity to discuss our learning and progress across the curriculum, get our reports and ask any questions. 

Chess Tournament

Many Year sevens represent Cosgrove high School and participated in the Northern Suburbs Chess Tournament.  We were very competitive and came away with Second place, narrowly missing out on first place.  This means we have secured our place in the State Chess Tournament in November later this year. 

Written by Kenji

Year 8

Year 8 have been analysing the Tim Burton movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). We have been learning about characterisation, film techniques, and how to write an essay. 

The major task was to write a persuasive argument about who deserved to inherit the factory from Willy Wonka the most/least, and why. 

We have had some excellent responses, including that the Oompa Loompas deserve to win the factory the most because they have worked there as slaves for years; that Veruca should win the factory as she has the most experience due to her father; and that Charlie deserves it the most, because he is kind, humble, and will support Wonka's vision of a magical factory for the future. 

Students suggested the characters that least deserved to inherit the factory were Augustus (because he is too greedy and would eat all the chocolate), Violet (because she is only concerned about winning and not the welfare of the workers), and Mike (because he only wants to play video games).

Year 8 has been working incredibly hard to increase their knowledge about different film techniques and why they are used, as well as working on punctuation, being persuasive in their writing, and learning about the full essay structure.

Well done!

To finish off Term 2, Year 8 students participate in Wellbeing Class challenges with points and prizes up for grabs. Students were put into teams where they had to work together or nominate a player to participate on behalf of the team. Some of the challenges included ‘cookie face’ where students had to move a cookie down their face to their mouth only using their facial muscles. ‘Paper toss’ where they had 30 seconds to get as many balls of paper in the bin. ‘Chopstick pickup’ where a player had to move cotton wool balls from one player to another with only a pair of chopsticks. The favourite was a Kahoot where students had to answer a series of questions about the Year 8 teachers. 

Year 9

Grade 9 has been working hard this term completing their evidence of learning work samples and producing work for their mid term assessments.

In English, Grade 9 students have been finalising their poetry assessments for Term 2. They have been demonstrating their skills in poem analysis and experimenting with creating their own poems.

In History, Grade 9 students have been learning about the Black War, which is a confrontation between European settlers and First Nations Tasmanians, and the short term and long-term impacts this has had on Tasmania.

In Science, Grade 9 students have been investigating human body systems and how they work together to support life. They’ve also explored reproduction, including both sexual and asexual processes, to understand how different organisms grow and reproduce.

In Maths, Grade 9 students have been building real world financial skills - working with income, taxes and simple interest. They’ve also just begun exploring ratios, learning how to compare quantities and interpret relationships in everyday contexts.

In Physical Education, Grade 9 students have been exploring how to make sports accessible for everyone. This has involved participating in a range of challenges designed to help them understand how adaptations can create inclusive sporting environments.

In Health, Grade 9 students have been learning to recognise and analyse the messages portrayed in media. They have examined how some media content can promote unhealthy expectations and behaviours.

The Grade 9 Future Leaders have been busily organising “Friday Fun” lunchtime activities including a Donut Eating Challenge, Obstacle Course and Capture the Flag. Students who participate in these activities receive dojo points to boost their dojo reward tallies. The leaders also organised “Shirts and Shorts Day”, a day for wearing bright coloured shorts and shirts to recognise the importance of looking after our mental health. We used this day to fundraise money for local Mental Health Organisation Stay Chatty, raising almost $120 to assist with the running of their programs across Tasmania.

The Grade 9’s have also had opportunities to participate in our in-house dojo reward program. Over 20 students used their points to join in the movie rewards, and 12 others spending up big for a pizza reward. The students also had access to the Dojo Shop, where they could purchase all kinds of reward items from sporting gear, clothing and Lego to socks, stationery and fidget toys!

Miss Reid

Year 10

Students in Year 10 have been busy this term exploring their future pathways and starting to make decisions about the next step. We have had several excursions which have explored different career pathways which students have attended; we went to learn about TasTafe and the opportunities available through that pathway, learning about different trades, hospitality and listening to some guest speakers from different areas about their roles and responsibilities. We also visited MONA to learn about careers in hospitality and catering, as well as the demands of working in this industry.

As well as this, we had an incursion, where a range of speakers came in to visit students to share information about careers in the disability and childcare industries. This was an informal opportunity for students to learn about the roles, the different ways of entering the industry and to be able to ask questions to gain further insight into the demands of working in this area.

Throughout all of these opportunities, our students showed respect and maturity to those people who had given up their time. Students were able to come back to school and reflect on what they had heard and seen, and this has helped inform their transition plans.

We have had two college taster days; visiting Elizabeth and Claremont Colleges. Two busy days where students were able to try out their possible courses for next year. These days are invaluable as they help students make informed decisions about which campus suits them most and which course they will need and be successful in. Back at school, it was great to hear the positives and the aspects of the days which our students enjoyed. We look forward to the college staff visiting us next term to start the individual enrolment process.

Returning from Year 10 camp at the start of term, has helped students continue to build and explore connections with staff and peers. We have introduced a Wellbeing challenge each week which students have been really engaged in, this has built teamwork and communication skills within the classroom and also brought in a bit of healthy competition between the Wellbeing groups; 10B having won the first two challenges!

As a year group, we have been working hard on some key expectations; phones being off and away in C Block as a priority. Students have been following this expectation well and seeking permission if needing to use their phone during lesson times, otherwise they have been away and not distracting from learning. Our Evidence of Learning folders have been a great way of reflecting on the hard work, dedication and amazing results our students are capable of.

Next term, we will focus on students wearing correct uniform. As explained in the End of Year Celebration Agreement, students in Year 10 need to be attending school regularly, wearing school uniform each day and behaving in a way that upholds the school values. Uniform will be our next focus; if students need support with this, they can speak to their wellbeing teacher or year coordinator.

Our Year 10 assemblies have helped staff and students be on the same page about upcoming events, priorities and celebrate successes we have had as a year group; plus, our uniform raffle prizes have been highly sought after!

We hope students have enjoyed the opportunities given to them this term and we are looking forward to seeing the hard work and dedication continue next term.

Ms Parker

Cosgrove Champions

Dojo Rewards

The Dojo Shop has become a well-loved feature of school life, giving students the chance to turn good habits and positive behaviour into exciting rewards. Over time, it’s helped reinforce the kind of values that make our school environment respectful, productive, and fun.

Students earn points by wearing the correct uniform and arriving to class on time, to completing classwork and showing respect to peers and teachers—each positive action earned students valuable Dojo Points. These points were then converted into Dojo Dollars; a currency students could use to shop for goodies at our very own Dojo Shop!

The shop offers a wide array of items to spark creativity, boost learning, and add a little extra fun to the school week. Some of the most popular choices include Lego sets, fidget toys, arts and crafts supplies, puzzles and board games, books, sporting equipment, beauty products and extra PE lessons.

The shop was not only a source of excitement—it was a celebration of students’ hard work and dedication to being their best selves. Special thanks to everyone who continues to help keep the shop running smoothly.

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Library News

The School Libraries team have visited and offered hands on support under Lifting Literacy and Libraries Tasmania funding. We have been working together to identify books that need replacing because of their condition, and outdated information. We have been recycling those identified books by giving some away to students, putting some into paper recycling and boxing some up for Library Aid International. We have had many students interested in what we are doing, and keen to help with boxing up and moving books. Now the shelves have space to display our new books and get the students excited about reading. 

While our students are on school holidays they can enjoy the Sora app, which is an award-winning digital reading app that empowers K-12 students to discover age-appropriate ebooks, audiobooks and more from their school library, and read for free.

Reading Room

Term 2 has been busy in the literacy intervention space!

The Literacy team have been working hard to build phonics and fluency resources for our tiered intervention approach. Using mid-year DIBELS benchmarking data we have placed students according to their literacy needs and we will continue to progress monitor. Term 3 looks to be an exciting term with CHS English teachers working together to improve our students’ reading fluency.

Students are actively developing decoding skills through targeted, explicit instruction, focusing on phonics patterns and syllable segmentation to enhance word recognition and reading fluency.

Feedback from the Reading Room.

“Kids love reading!”

“I get excited to go to the reading room and I like reading sight words.”

“I enjoy learning new vocabulary words.”

“I like reading as it helps my brain, and it helps me get a better education.”

“Everyone needs to be able to read!”

Ange and Emily.

Student Umpiring

Over the past four weeks, a group of Year 9 and 10 students have been actively involved in umpiring netball and football for Glenorchy Primary School and Springfield Gardens Primary School. These students have demonstrated excellent leadership, responsibility, and commitment throughout their involvement.

Primary School supervising staff have been impressed and shared,

This has been a valuable opportunity for our students to contribute to the wider community while developing their own confidence and leadership skills.

SPEAK UP Stay Chatty

Students were able to participate in a fund raising day for Stay Chatty! We had a great variety of bright clothes on show, with our winning combinations from Hayley, Coby, Tyson and Eli! Congratulations to these students who received a canteen voucher as a reward!

In total our school raised $115.

Well done everyone!

Fresh from the Garden to the Kitchen!

A big congratulations to Mason, Ellie, and Bethany from Year 9 for their amazing efforts in growing a beautiful selection of organic vegetables and herbs in our school garden!

Their hard work has truly paid off. These fresh ingredients are now being harvested and used in our cooking classes.

Well done to those students for showing such care and dedication!

Cultural Masks

Year 7 – 10 EAL Art Group created some stunning Cultural Masks which are on display in A block.

Thank you, Ikra, Chloe, Jack and Mr Krammer.

Team Sports

This week, Miss Wheatley’s team sports classes had the chance to learn wheelchair basketball with Richard from ParaQuad Tasmania!

Students took part in skills, drills, and mini games, learning the importance of inclusive sport and having heaps of fun along the way.

Thanks to Richard for an awesome experience!

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VOS Work Placement

In Term One, we (Isaac and Harlen) participated in PCYC youthworks which allowed us to obtain our white cards, this is a key need for any job in construction. This term, VOS construction agreed to put two students on the school construction site for five days each, one day a week, on a Friday.  

During my five days of work experience, I worked with the plumbers on site. We did lagging, welding and building. With these jobs, I also learnt how to use many tools, and what their purpose was. It was a fun experience on the work site; I made new work friends that helped me with parts. 

The main difference to school was that I had to get up at 6:15, ready to start work at 7am. The early mornings were a bit of a struggle! Once I started, the days went fast and I have learned a lot about the expectations and demands of working on a busy site.  

Isaac

For my five days of work experience, I did a handful of things and worked with quite a few different people. I worked with labourers, plasterers and carpenters. I got plenty of chances to use different tools, some of those tools were, rattlers, hammer drills, shooters, and levelling lasers. What I enjoyed the most was working in an adult environment. Every person I worked with was relatable and understanding.  

It has been a great opportunity for us both and helped us confirm our future pathways. We are grateful to VOS and for the chance to be part of the new build, and we are hoping that other students get to have this opportunity next term. 

Harlen

9/10 Sculptures

Today’s menu: 100% handmade paper hamburgers!

Year 9 and 10 students have just finished their realism challenge.

Now, they take on their final food sculpture challenge—what will they create next?

Netball

Over the past five weeks, students from Years 7 and 8 have participated in an after-school netball competition at the Hobart Netball and Sports Centre on Tuesday afternoons. Competing against a range of local schools, the students have displayed excellent sportsmanship and continue to develop and refine their skills each week.

The team trains every Thursday in preparation for upcoming events. Their dedication and improvement will put them in a strong position for the interschool netball competition, which will take place in Week 5 next term.

Badminton

The Cosgrove badminton Year 9 and 10 teams have been competing on Friday afternoons throughout term 2. The Year 10s have made the Grand Final to be played on the 4^th of July. They have gone through the roster undefeated but will have a close game in the final.

Brodie and Thomas were also successful in the individual championships making the Semi Finals of the Year 10 boys doubles.

Calisthenics

Calisthenics is a form of exercise that uses body weight as resistance. Students meet at the top playground on Tuesdays at lunchtime to complete various challenges including planking, dead-hang, push-ups, and pull-ups. Max holds the record for 3:01 dead-hang, Jiehan holds the record for 38 consecutive push-ups and 18 consecutive pull-ups. Well done to all participants!

Year 7 2026 information evening

It was fantastic to welcome so many new families into our Cosgrove High School community.  The evening was a tremendous success with new and continuing families engaging in information of what our school has to offer, questions and answers and a school tour hosted by our prefects.  We are excited for year seven 2026!

Design

Art

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