4 April 2018

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers

End of Term

I would like to congratulate our staff, students and parents/carers for their outstanding contributions in term 1. Staff have worked tirelessly to provide a challenging and engaging educational programme to meet the needs of all students. Students have worked diligently and are always striving for improvement. It is wonderful to have such supportive parents/carers of our students and the programmes we have in place around the school.

Principals Lunch

Last Tuesday the Administration Team had the pleasure of hosting our first Principal’s lunch for the year. The selected students were served a yummy lunch of pasta bake, salad, garlic bread and an icy-pole.

Congratulations go to the students who were chosen by their teachers for displaying outstanding behaviour throughout the term.

Anzac Day Ceremony

All parents and community members are invited to the school ANZAC ceremony on Friday 13th April, commencing at 9.00am behind the library around the schools commemorative garden.

School Uniform

As the weather is finally starting to cool down and becoming a bit chilly in the mornings a reminder to all parents and students that jackets/jumpers that are not Somerly Primary School uniform are not to be worn. Uniforms can be purchased from Uniform Concepts Nell Gray, 5/7 Delage Street, Joondalup, WA 6027.

Holidays

As this is the last newsletter of the term, I want to wish all our families a safe and relaxing holiday break. We look forward to seeing you all return next term well rested and ready to go!

Well done to all our students who have worked so hard this term.

A reminder that school returns on Monday 30th April

Tracey Renton
Principal

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 10 is:-

RESPONSIBILITY

Classroom

• Be on time
• Have your equipment ready
• Ask for help when you need it
• Be honest
• Practice active listening
• Help others at the appropriate time

A Message from the Manager Corporate Services

Voluntary Contributions

A big thank you to all families that have already paid their Voluntary Contribution for 2018.

If you are yet to pay and would like to be in the running to win a ‘Night at the Joondalup Resort including breakfast’, then please pay your $50 Voluntary Contribution by Friday 13th April.

The draw will take place week 1 of Term 2.

Voluntary Contributions play a significant role in providing resources for students in the classroom. The continuing partnership between the school and parents is vital to ensuring that all students receive a level of education sufficient to carry them forward in today’s society. Voluntary Contributions are utilized to purchase books, resources and equipment for classroom use and to support our school in the delivery of quality educational programmes. To enable the school to continue to deliver our excellent educational programmes, we urge you to consider paying your Voluntary Contribution at your earliest convenience.

Payments can be made by cash, cheque or EFTPOS in the front office any day between 8:30am and 3:30pm or you can pay by direct deposit to Commonwealth Bank – BSB 066 040 - Account No. 19902052. Please type surname and room number in description field as a reference.

Payment Plans

In order to assist you with budgeting for Swimming Lessons (19th – 30th November) and Year 6 School Camp (12th – 14th September), arrangements can be made to make instalment payments. If you would like to organise a payment plan, please contact the front office.

Excursion/Incursion Money Payment Envelopes

When paying for an excursion/incursion using our money payment envelopes, could you please note the following:-

• Permission Slip is to be signed and returned to the classroom teacher, please do not enclose in the money payment envelope.
• Please complete a permission slip for each student.
• Enclose correct money as change will not be given.
• Place envelope in box located on the library wall. The box located in the front office is for P&C business only.

If you have any finance queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Susan Rose
Corporate Services

Kindy Enrolment for 2019

We are now taking Kindergarten applications for 2019, if you have a child that was born between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 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.

Please click on the link below to access the Application for Enrolment for Kindergarten in 2019.

Kapture Photography

Dear Parents

Following our recent school photography by Kapture, you can now view and order any special photos taken on the day. When visiting the link below you will need to enter our school code under the Sports & Event tab to access the gallery; Code N8NKPJ.

Learning Focus

Term 1 in the Music Room

Term 1, 2018 has gone off with a BANG with a very busy term and lots of things happening.

Earlier in the term we had Child Entertainer, Peter Combe visit our school which the students loved! In the lead up to this event, we made NEWSPAPER MUMMA hats, played with RED BALLOONS, pretended to be characters in the ENORMOUS TURNIP, learnt how to play CHOPSTICKS on the Xylophone and illustrated the songs TADPOLE BLUES and the SILLY POSTMAN. To top it off, we sung TING TANG TENG TONG as our community song!

During Term 1 the students have been developing their music skills so they are able to successfully read and play music on various instruments, they have learned various chords on the ukulele in order to play songs, explored song structure by writing their own songs for Harmony Day and have listened and responded to a wide range of Music.

Our Music Room is also very busy during lunchtimes! We have started a board/card game session for students who wish to play games at lunch and an open music room for students to play on and explore the musical instruments and dance.

The Choir is still on at lunch and have already debuted at assembly by leading the school in the Community Song, This Is Me. They are currently preparing for the ANZAC Ceremony on the final day of term. We also have a group of special students from Year 3-6 preparing for the ONE BIG VOICE Concert which will take place in August. This is a massive commitment for these students who need to learn ELEVEN songs for this event! They are very excited and this is an awesome opportunity for Somerly Primary School.

I wish all the students at Somerly a safe and happy break! And hope you come back ready for another amazing term in the Music room!

Miss Olsen – Music Specialist

Block 4

Wow, what a busy term we have had so far! In Year Two we have been focusing on prediction, sequencing, connections to text and creating images in our guided reading sessions. The children chose the theme of ‘dragons’ to help them focus on these skills. It has been thrilling to see the children absorb and run with all the new vocabulary that they have been learning.

From the success of the dragon theme, we then implemented this into our class writing. We have predominantly focused on narratives. The children have had to work on a narrative structure including identifying and describing the main character, the setting and the conflict and resolution in the story.

For the remainder of the term, our writing focus will be on procedures. Once again we linked this to our reading program where the focus text is The Gingerbread Man. The children had a great time baking their gingerbread men and decorating them and then afterwards wrote a procedure about the process of baking the gingerbread men. The success criteria for good procedure writing is being able to follow step by step instructions, therefore forming a sequence.

Before we begin our learning activities, we always start our day with Gymbaroo. This program really helps the children to focus and concentrate on tasks. We are already seeing improvements in balance, posture and longer attention spans.

We would like to thank all our families for their support this term and wish you all a wonderful, safe and restful break over the Easter long weekend.

Mrs Fawcett, Miss Hamand and Ms Mundy

LOTE Assembly

The LOTE assembly for 2018 featured students from Yrs 5/6 performing plays. In rehearsals it was wonderful to see the students cooperating and practising together to achieve the desired outcome. The selected students from each year have worked diligently in the Listening/Speaking strand and to see these efforts come to fruition was Otiimo! As a result of the performance I can see some students who not only can speak in Italian but also showed lots of confidence and charisma. Magnifico ragazzi!

Mrs Rosaria McCulloch – LOTE Specialist

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data for School Students with Disability

All schools in Australia, including Independent and Catholic schools, will participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on School Students with Disability every year.

The Data Collection is an annual count of the number of students with disability receiving educational adjustments to support their participation in education on the same basis as students without disability.

All education agencies are now required under the Australian Education Regulation 2013, to provide information on a students’ level of education, disability and level of adjustment to the Australian Government Department of Education. Data will continue to be de-identified prior to its transfer and no student’s identity will be provided to the Australian Government Department of Education.

The collection of this information from states and territories will inform future policy and program planning in relation to students with disability.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Andrew Britton on 6206 4200 or the Western Australian Department of Education NCCD Helpline on 0477 741 598.

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 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.

P & C

Please note the P & C Wednesday lunches will resume in Week 2 of Term 2.