22 August 2018

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Sports Carnival Faction

A reminder to all parents that our Sports Carnival will be held on Friday 31st August.

The P&C will be holding a sausage sizzle with tea, coffee and cool drinks available for purchase throughout the day of the carnival. If you are able to spare an hour to assist with the cooking on the day, please contact the front office 6206 4200. Any help, no matter how big or small, is greatly appreciated.

Students must pre-order their sausage sizzle by placing their order in the P&C box before Wednesday 29th August. The sausage sizzle comes with a fruit box and the cost is $4.00. Notes will be sent home this week.

We look forward to seeing lots of parents coming along to support their child/ren on the day.

Book Week Dress up Day – Find Your Treasure

A reminder that Friday is our Book Week Dress up day. The theme for Book Week is ‘Find Your Treasure’. We will be holding a parade in the undercover area beginning at 2.00pm.

Grandparents Morning Tea

We would like to send a big thank you out to all our wonderful grandparents that attended the morning tea. It was wonderful to see so many of our students engaged in reading with their grandparents.

Telstra Digital Futures Competition

The results are in!

First place: Mindarie Primary School – 698 votes
Second place: Somerly Primary School – 689 votes
Third place: Quinns Beach Primary School – 560 votes

Although we didn’t come first in the competition, we have secured a fantastic prize of 50 x eSmart Digital Licenses and $1,000 towards new tech equipment for our school by taking part.

Thank you to everyone who voted for our school.

Book Fair

Don’t forget to visit our Book Fair located in the school Library this week. Please click on the link below to access the Book Fair catalogue.

Tracey Renton
Principal

Merit Certificates

Room 1: Amarni and Joseph; Room 2: Kalia and Marcus; Room 3: Abbie and Kian; Room 4: Joshua and Anya; Room:7 Alfie and Declan; Room 8: Arhum and Trinh; Room 11: Tyson and Braydan; Room 12: Milla and Michael; Room 14: Rayden and Maaria; Room 15: Jia and Sophie; Room 16: Phoebe and Annalisa; Room 17: Jessica, Lawzayn, Billie and Lisa; Room 18: Sarah and Lewis; Art: Billy and Rayden.

Stars

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 6 is:-

SAFETY;

LIBRARY

• We walk in the library
• We sit nicely on the cushions
• We carry our library bags safely

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.

Kindergarten 2019 - Places Filling Fast!

Our Kindergarten places for 2019 are filling fast. 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.

Planning for 2018

We are continuing to plan for 2019 and need accurate numbers so we can make up classes and ensure we have enough staff for the beginning of next year. If you know that you will be leaving and haven’t yet advised the school office, please call in and let us know.

Inaugural Dads/Father Figures and Child Event

Bunnings DIY

Our inaugural Fathering Project event was held on the evening of Wednesday 15th August. Dads and their children worked together with wood and tools to create a ‘serving tray’ and ‘pen holder’. A huge thank you to the dads and children for making this event so successful.

A further special mention goes to Bunnings Mindarie, who donated the equipment which allowed this event to go ahead. Frank was very engaging and we look forward to working with Bunnings Mindarie in the future.

We will aim to hold another event in Term 4. More details will be provided via our Newsletter.

One Big Voice

"DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT ONE BIG VOICE CAN DO?

On Friday the 17th of August, 32 students from Somerly joined 2000 other students from around Perth to create ONE BIG VOICE at the Perth Arena.

The group has worked so hard since March to learn eleven different songs, some of which are in parts and also had movements! The choir would meet four times a week, before school and during school and showed so much dedication. On the day, we went to the Perth Arena on the bus (where we practised all our songs on) and arrived to do our first rehearsal as ONE BIG VOICE. We had a little time for lunch before the concert started at 2pm! The whole day was incredible and the group had so much fun.

Miss Olsen is super proud of the One Big Voice choir - their singing, enthusiasm and behaviour was perfect on the day. Thank you to Ms Stenhouse and Mrs Johnstone for joining us and helping out.

Thank you also to all the parents who supported their children in the lead up to the event.

Miss Olsen is sad that there are no more practises to fill up her week, but she is already looking forward to the next one!

In-Term Swimming Term 4

Please be aware that this year’s In-Term swimming lessons for Pre-Primary to Year 6 students are in Week 7 and 8 of Term 4.

The dates for this are Monday 19th November to Friday 30th November 2018. Please note that these will be afternoon lessons at 12.10pm, 1pm and 1.50pm.

The cost for the lesson will be approximately $50 per child. Swimming notes will be sent home at the end of the term. Please see me if you have any questions.

Regards

Zoe Stenhouse - Deputy Principal