29 November 2023

Principal’s Report

Our vision is to foster every individual’s academic and social development driven by high expectations for success and aspirations for them to become resilient, respectful individuals.

Kaya Families,  

We are now getting close to the end of the year, and it is important that we maintain our usual school routines to ensure that everyone enjoys the rest of the term. 

Thank you for your support during the extreme weather. We spent time teaching students about the importance of looking after themselves in extreme hot weather, including ways to keep cool and precautions to take to stay healthy. We are encouraging students to have a water bottle at school every day, always wear their hat when outside and to apply sunscreen. If your child needs to use a particular type of sunscreen, please ensure they keep it in their bags and teach them how to apply it. Fortunately, the weather forecast has returned to usual Spring / Kambarang weather for the following fortnight.  

There has been a tremendous amount of lost property collected over this semester. Our deputy Mrs Shylie Elliot has kindly washed most of the lost property. We have sorted the items with names and will return those to the students. The remainder of clothes that are not identifiable as school uniforms will be placed in the Community Pantry. These clothes are now available to families to take if they need, I encourage you to check these items to ensure if an item belongs to you before it is collected.  

If any of our families have good condition uniforms that you would like to donate to the school, we are happy to accept these for students in need.

Somerly PS School Board

On Thursday 30^th November at 8:45am the Somerly PS School Board will hold their open meeting. All school community members are welcome to attend this meeting. There will be light morning tea served as we meet and discuss the functions of the school board. There will also be an opportunity for parents and community members to nominate to be a part of the school board. Please let the school office staff know if you can attend so that we can organise catering. 

Surveys 

You are invited to complete our school survey which will give you an opportunity to feedback your opinions on the effectiveness of Somerly Primary School. 

Please take your time to reflect on the last six months, this will ensure that the information is current and will assist us with our ongoing planning. This survey is expected to take 5-10 minutes to complete. This is a Department of Education National survey, that is administered in all public schools. We value your opinions and feedback, thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. 

Please click on the link below: 

2023 Somerly Primary School – School Opinion Survey 

Students in Years 5 & 6 will also be completing a survey to obtain their feedback on various aspects of our school. These surveys will be completed in the last few weeks of this term.

Term 4 Events  

Please ensure you have access to Seesaw to keep up to date with all the events occurring this term .

Save the dates;

29 November: Kindy Orientation
30 November: Open School Board Meeting- all welcome to attend, please RSVP at the front office. 
1 December: BOOK AWARD ASSEMBLY - parents/carers of award winners are welcome to stay after the assembly for light refreshments and time with their child to celebrate their achievement.  
4 December: Last day for Breakfast Club for the year
8 December: Year 6 Graduation Ceremony, please ensure you have sent an RSVP. 
12th December: Year 6 Excursion to Outback Splash 
13 December: Whole School Transition Day commences at 1.45pm
13 December: Student reports emailed out to families. 
14 December: Christmas Concert – 9am (LAST DAY OF TERM)

2024

As we begin our planning for next year, please inform the school if your child/ren are not attending Somerly next year. You can inform the school via email, Somerly.PS@education.wa.edu.au  or phone 6206 4200.

Class structures have now been created and staff will review these to ensure the optimum class learning environment is created. Parents will be informed of these class structures on Wednesday 13th December.  

Teachers and students will participate in a transition day on Wednesday 13th December in the afternoon. This will provide an opportunity for staff and students to meet and get to know each other in preparation for next year. New students to Somerly Primary School have also been invited to attend this session. Students who work with our Special Needs Educational Assistants will have opportunities during week 10 to get to know one another and the class environments they will be working in for 2024. 

If your child is currently in Year 6, please can you confirm their destination school for Year 7 (2024).

Welcome to our new students:

Welcome to Zoe , Ethan and Noor Ahmad who joined the Somerly PS community in November.

Louise Carroll
A/Principal

Term 4 Calendar

Aussie of the Month

Congratulations to the students who received our Aussie of the Month Awards for November. The focus was on recycling and sustainability, these students model these values leading to a cleaner environment for everyone.  Well done to Annalise, Sophie, Mason and Zack for setting a great example.

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Merit Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received Merit Awards at the last assembly.

Room 1: Noor Ahmad, Dominic
Room 2: TJ
Room 3 : Emmanuel , Jye
Room 4: Hashim
Room 5: Haneet
Room 7: Noah, Jai , Tina
Room 8: Ryder
Room 9:
Room 10:
Room 11: Artia, Kiara, Louis
Room 12: Liam, Sophie
Room 13: Bree
Room 14:
Room 15: Jordyn, Deyana, Susan
Room 16: Chayse, Gillian
Room 17: Dalal, Jodie, Milah
Room 18: Eveline, Xavier
Room 20: Brent, Nathan

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 4 is:-

Waste Wise Schools

Gardening Club

These last few weeks we have continued to run gardening club before school to enjoy the cooler weather. At present we have some potatoes, mixed lettuce, cherry tomatoes, egg plant, pumpkin and capsicum growing and are close to being ready for harvesting. At Somerly Primary School we all work as a team and our students have also been helping mulch our general gardening areas! Well done team!

Students Late to School

If your child arrives late to school, they are missing critical morning routines and learning activities. The school day begins at 8:40am and students will be considered late if they do not arrive by this time. If your child arrives after 9:00am you are required to enter through the front office and provide us with a reason for the lateness. A late slip will be printed for you to give to the class teacher.

Not Feeling Well?

If your child is not feeling well before school, please keep them home and notify the office by phoning 6206 4200, sending an SMS to 0437 480 486 or emailing somerly.ps@education.wa.edu.au.

Late Collection of Students

Somerly Primary School has a student finish time of 2.45pm each day. If your child has not been picked up before 3pm, you will be required to come to the front office to sign them out.

VacSwim 2023

Wanneroo Christmas Day Lunch 2023

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