Dodges Ferry Primary School

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Having loads of fun at play time in Prep today 🙂
07/09/2026

Having loads of fun at play time in Prep today 🙂

04/09/2026

We are really enjoying our swims at the SBSC!

We are excited to share we have received a SmartFood Award for achieving Platinum standards in our School Food Matters h...
03/09/2026

We are excited to share we have received a SmartFood Award for achieving Platinum standards in our School Food Matters hot lunch program. Special thanks to our wonderful Kitchen Supervisor, Mel Woolley and her team of volunteer helpers. We also thank the ongoing support of Nietta, Kate and the team at School Food Matters 🎉

Our guess the Shrek Swamp Lollyjar competition winner will be announced on Monday 7 September 🎉💚✨ There is still time t...
02/09/2026

Our guess the Shrek Swamp Lollyjar competition winner will be announced on Monday 7 September 🎉💚✨ There is still time to have a guess, bring your gold coin donation to the office before or after school and be in it to win it!
Thank you for supporting our 2026 Shrek Jnr production

This week is National Teacher Assistant Appreciation Week. At Dodges Ferry Primary School we are incredibly fortunate t...
02/09/2026

This week is National Teacher Assistant Appreciation Week. At Dodges Ferry Primary School we are incredibly fortunate to have a wonderful team of TA's supporting students and classes every single day. We held a morning tea today to honour their enormous contribution to our school.. If you see Holly, Karen, Annemaree, Bek, Reuben, Vanessa, Jo, Isobelle, Jade, Mae, Jess, Amelia, Gladys, Britt, Claire, Corrine, Digory, Preston, Carla, Alison, Lauren, Amalia, Tam, Erica, Sharyn, Caelan, Hamish or Nat around the school, please let them know how appreciated they are! 😃

Today we celebrate the incredible educators who inspire, nurture and empower young learners every day. We thank each o...
02/09/2026

Today we celebrate the incredible educators who inspire, nurture and empower young learners every day. We thank each of our current and former Early Childhood Educators, who have played an important role in shaping our student's earliest experiences by helping them to feel safe, supported, curious and confident to explore the world around them. We celebrate and thank you for the wonderful work you do everyday.

Our students enjoying all the wonderful activities at the Sorell School Science Fair! 🙂
01/09/2026

Our students enjoying all the wonderful activities at the Sorell School Science Fair! 🙂

Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey – this week.The time of year has arrived when we check in with our students thro...
01/09/2026

Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey – this week.

The time of year has arrived when we check in with our students through the annual wellbeing survey.
At Dodges Ferry Primary School student wellbeing is a top priority, and we value hearing directly from our students about their experiences and perspectives.
Students in Years 4-6 will be participating in the survey from Tuesday, 1 September to Friday, 4 September.
A letter with more details has been sent home with your child/ren.

Thank you.

31/08/2026

Hi everyone

This week marks a major milestone for the redevelopment of our school, with the release of the tender for the building contractor scheduled for this Saturday.
All things going to plan, this will be mean that construction works will commence early in 2027.

As you may have heard, we recently received confirmation from the Minister for Education that a further $1.5 million has been allocated to us from the Government’s $10 million Outside School Hours Care Program to undertake additional works on our site to accommodate OSHC. This was very exciting news and means we will be able to increase the total number of available OSHC places by an additional 15.
This extra scope of works for OSHC has been included in the construction tender being released this week, which will allow the works to be undertaken as part of the broader redevelopment of our school.

With construction kicking off in the new year, 2027 will bring significant changes to our site and we will no doubt need to operate just a little differently during the construction period. A key requirement for the building contractor will be to develop a staging plan for the works to ensure our school can continue to operate. I look forward to sharing more information with you on this as things get a little closer, and your patience and support during a time of transition will be greatly appreciated.

Matt Kenny
Principal

It’s Week 6 and we have another fantastic week ahead! There are lots of exciting learning opportunities and activities p...
31/08/2026

It’s Week 6 and we have another fantastic week ahead!
There are lots of exciting learning opportunities and activities planned for our students. 🙂

Address

538 Old Forcett Road
Dodges Ferry, TAS
7173

Opening Hours

Monday 8:15am - 4pm
Tuesday 8:15am - 4pm
Wednesday 8:15am - 4pm
Thursday 8:15am - 4pm
Friday 8:15am - 4pm

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