6 September 2017

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Faction Sports Carnival

Our 2017 Faction Athletics Carnival was a huge success. Students competed extremely well in both the individual and team events. I would like to thank all staff for the role they played on the day. Furthermore, an extended thank you to Mrs Ochieng for all her hard work leading up to the carnival, making it a smooth and enjoyable experience for our students. Please see below for results and photos.

An Interschool Athletics team has been selected based on students’ individual results; the carnival will be held at Mindarie Primary School this coming Friday 8th September. Families are welcome to attend to support our students.

Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week

To promote the importance of eating more fruit and vegetables we will be celebrating Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week by participating in The Great Aussie Crunch.

Our school is taking part in The Great Aussie Crunch, joining with schools from across Western Australia to simultaneously crunch on fresh vegetables – and have fun doing it!

A guest appearance will be made by Mr Veggie Man as all students attempt to make a loud crunch as they munch like a crocodile on a carrot. The school will provide each student with a carrot for the ‘The Crunch”

Date: Monday 11th September
Time: 9.00am
Location: Undercover area

Swimming Reminder

In-term swimming is a component of our Health and Physical Education program; we strongly encourage all children to participate. Swimming lessons commence on Monday 11th September through to Friday 22nd September. There are still a few students yet to pay and this must be done as soon as possible as we need to confirm student numbers with the bus company and HBF Joondalup Arena. The cost of the lessons is $50 per student.

Money can be paid either by direct deposit into the school bank account (BSB 066040, ACC 19902052) with your child’s surname as a reference, EFTPOS or through your child’s classroom.

S.A.M - Saving Animals Matters

We wish to send a big thank you to S.A.M for rescuing a lovely cat affectionately known as Snowflake, who had decided to make Room 23 her home. Unfortunately though we were unable to care for Snowflake and S.A.M came to the rescue. S.A.M took Snowflake into care and paid for her to be micro chipped and de-sexed. Snowflake is now waiting to be adopted by her forever family.

To show our appreciation to S.A.M we will be holding a ‘Socks for S.A.M Day’ on Friday 22nd September. For a gold coin donation students are encouraged to wear crazy socks to school for the day. All money raised will be donated to S.A.M to assist in the rescue of other pets. For further information on Saving Animals Matters please see the link below.

Grandparents’ Morning Tea

Thank you to everyone who attended our grandparents’ morning tea. The weather was beautiful and our students were excited to be able to share this special time with their grandparents/families.

Book Week Dress Up Day

Our Book Week celebrations were finished off with our Dress Up Day. There were so many amazing costumes based on the Book Week theme of “Around the World”. Congratulations to our dress up winners who all received a voucher to spend at our Scholastic Book Fair.

Cake Raffle Winner

A big thank you goes to Liezl of Little Big Cakes who is one of our school parents, for the kind donation of a cake for the P&C camp fundraiser.

The cake was amazing and our lucky winner was Kaelah from Room 13.

If you would like to see some of the amazing cakes Liezl makes, please click on the link below.

New Students

I would like to extend a warm welcome to Lewis, Angela, Teetut, Esther and David who recently commenced at Somerly Primary School.

Tracey Renton
Principal

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 8 is:-

RESPECT:

ICT

• We use the equipment for the designed purposes;
• We wait for our turn;
• We use headphones when possible or keep the volume to an inside level;
• We are respectful with all equipment, e.g. robots, laptop/ipad keys.

SOMERLY STARS!

Kindy Enrolment for 2018

Kindergarten enrolments for 2018 are due to close shortly. If you have a child that was born between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014 please come into the front office for an application form.

As Kindy is non-compulsory, enrolments will be on a first in basis.

When applying we need a copy of your child’s birth certificate or passport, visa if applicable, current Medicare immunisation details and proof of address.

If you know someone who has a child due to start Kindergarten next year, please let them know that enrolments are open.

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 9407 7142 or sending an SMS to 0437 480 486.

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.

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017

Dear Parents

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.

From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September or while stock lasts, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local Woolworths.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit the link below. A link to the sticker sheet can be accessed below if you require this.

Father’s Day in Kindergarten

The Kindergarten students treated their Dad's to a wonderful Father's Day afternoon of shaving their face, making a tie, making a footy biscuit, playing lego, painting, reading stories and kicking some balls outside in the sun. All the students had so much fun with their Dad's! Thank you Dad's for taking the time to come in and celebrate Father's Day at school.

Somerly Primary School is taking part in the Vegtember challenge where from the 4th to the 22nd of September students will eat vegetables for crunch and sip each day. A tally will be recorded for how many students eat vegetables each day and the class who has eaten the most vegetables by the end of the term will get to make and drink smoothies on a day next term!

During this time could you please send vegetables for your child to eat at crunch and sip time. This can include sugar snap peas, a whole carrot, cut up capsicum, broccoli florets or celery sticks – there are so many colourful vegetables to choose from!

For more information please visit the link below:

Learning Focus

Music with Miss Olsen

It has been yet another busy and exciting term in the Music Room.

In class, students have been exploring different instruments through The Instrument of the Week and continuing to learn how to read and play class songs on xylophone and keyboard such as the Addams Family Theme Song, The Imperial March from Star Wars and 7 Years Old. As well as this, the students from Years 1-6 have been participating in a Ukulele Program which will be in full swing in Term 4 with the arrival of 15 new ukuleles for the Music Room.

Outside of the Music Room, the Somerly Primary School Rock Band has been meeting every Monday and Thursday before school, and already have a bank of songs to play! Miss Olsen is incredibly proud of each of the band members and is very much looking forward to their first performance to show the school what they can do.

In Week 6, the Australian Girls’ Choir came to visit Somerly Primary School and ran a workshop and audition which was available to all girls at Somerly Primary School from Pre Primary to Year 6. There was an incredible response with over fifty students in the Music Room. The Australian Girls’ Choir also provide holiday programs available for anyone interested and enthusiastic singers!

In Music this fortnight, the school were focusing on creating and practising chants for their athletics day carnival, using beat, rhythm and rhyme.

Kim Olsen
Somerly Primary School Music Specialist

Thank You Bunnings - Clarkson

A big thank you goes to Bunnings, Clarkson for their generous donation of plants and paints to our school.

Our plants will be nestling into their new home in our garden where students can appreciate the different look and feel of their foliage. Students will also be learning about how native flowers provide welcome food for birds and bees. The paint will be used for painting designs on a community wall.

Year 5 students pictured here are particularly interested in environmental issues. They are looking forward to caring for the garden and learning more about native plants and animals.

Rhiannon Bartley - Art Specialist

Mater Dei College Year 7, 2018 Orientation Day

For students attending Mater Dei College for Year 7 in 2018, the Year 7, 2018 Orientation Day will take place on 25th October 2017 from 8.30am to 2.30pm. Students should arrive from 8.15am.

P & C

We're Fundraising with The Entertainment Book

Order forms can be collected from the school office.

Alternatively, you can order your book or your Digital Membership securely online by visiting the link below:

Books are available immediately and can be collected from the school office.

20% from every membership sold contributes to supporting our fundraising.

Community Notices

Kurlangas Aboriginal Playgroup

This term we will be looking at the numbers 1-5 and the colours red, yellow, blue and green.

We will have coloured playdough, make collages and cellophane windows, do paintings and pasta gluing.

A lot of our work will be based around the “Very Hungry Caterpillar” book.

Please note our new time of 12.30pm-2.30pm. Playgroup is FREE, and held every Wednesday at Somerly Primary School during term times, for Aboriginal children up to 5yrs of age and their carers.

An afternoon tea of fresh fruit is provided for the children, and tea, coffee and biscuits for the adults. You do not need to have a child attending this school to attend.

Hope to see you there!

Aboriginal Early Years Team