4 September 2024

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,

Our Book Week was a huge success, what a fun way to celebrate reading. We hope you enjoyed the change in routine for the book character parade, we are keen to hear feedback regarding the book parade, book fair and Grandparent’s afternoon tea. We were so delighted to see so many grandparents attend, thankfully the Djilba weather held back, and we were able to enjoy the gentle breeze as we gathered and shared stories. Thank you for your attendance and spending time at Somerly Primary School with your grandchildren.

It was also encouraging to see so many children reading and enjoying the books and investigation packs that were purchased from the book fair.

This week we are looking forward to participating in our sporting events, Jumps and Throws were scheduled for today, and our school Athletics Carnival will be held Friday 6^th September. Our P&C are supporting this event by hosting a sausage sizzle and Theircare are also lending their support to the P&C. We hope you can attend to cheer on our students as they compete and show their sportsmanship throughout the day.

Today, Wednesday 4^th September we celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day, sharing the diverse ways children, elders and families connect with country, the theme is “Be a proud voice for Country”. Our students will be enjoying stories through books and film, sharing culture and languages. If you would like to watch the film, you can log into the site and register for a free video Indigenous Literacy Day (indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au)

During this week we would like to acknowledge the amazing work of our Education Assistants, they are commended for their outstanding effort, care and time they give to support our children every day. We were able to provide them with a special morning tea, sponsored by Theircare. We value and appreciate everything they do to support our school community. The next time you see one of our Education Assistants, please take a moment to say, “Thank You!”

Save the Dates

• 4^th September – Indigenous Literacy Day
• 5^th September Father’s Day event
• 6^th September Athletics Carnival
• 13^th September Parent Teacher Interviews – HALF DAY CLOSURE finish at 11.45am

Parent Interviews

A reminder that the parent interviews are scheduled for Friday 13^th September. The school will close early at 11.45am. If you require afterschool care, Theircare will be available from 11.45am. The link to book your parent interviews is available via Seesaw. Please use the link below if you have not yet booked your meeting - be quick so you can select your best times. Booking times range from 12pm – 4:45pm.

Our year 6 students will be hosting a bake stall and preloved stall as a fundraiser for their Yr 6 events. We hope you can support by either donating goods or buying goods from their stalls.

New students

I would like to extend a warm welcome to Kassidy, Leighton, Arloh, Kingston, Taio and Jaziah who recently commenced at Somerly Primary School.

Louise Carroll
Principal

Merit Certificates

Room 2: Prisha and Yara Fatima; Room 4: Huxley, Room 8: Benjamin, Taj, Noah and Kyra; Room 12: Kelsey, Benyamin and Tyde, Room 15: Jack and Audrey, Room 16: Alice and Carter, Room 18: Oliver, Gabriel and Aubree, Music: Jaymie, Evelina and Sophie.

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Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 8:

We are learning to: be safe in the playground by keeping our hands, feet and objects to ourselves.

This is because: everyone is entitled to play safely.

What we will see:

• Students playing in a responsible way.
• Rules being followed.
• Students using polite and respectful words when speaking to each other.
• Students seeking adult support when issues can’t be resolved.
• Sports equipment being used correctly.

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.

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Micro:bits - Year 6 Coding

Check out some of our awesome Year 6's who have been working hard on their coding skills, using the Micro:bits. They have developed the code that is sound activated! Amazing! 

Government funded financial support for families Saver Plus

2024 Sports Carnival

Parent Teacher Meetings – Semester 2 2024

The Fathering Project Term 3 Event

Pre-Primary to Year 4 Swimming Lessons

Containers for Change

Our next Containers for Change challenge is

We have some great prizes for our students, parents, and teachers.
Bring in your 30 containers and receive a ticket into the draw for a ROBLOX $50 voucher!
This will be drawn in week 10 at our Monday morning communications meeting!
We have had some great competition from our ECE Block 1 so everyone please get involved!

Let’s Celebrate

We were featured in the Waste Sorted Schools’ newsletter again, here is the link to the article and we are also through to the finals for the Waste Sorted Schools’ Awards so congratulations everyone!

So please help us to Save our Planet Save our Future!
We are the Change!

P & C