4 December 2019

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Somerly Primary School Review report

As previously communicated, Somerly Primary School engaged in a Public School Review process, in which all Western Australian public schools are reviewed every three years. A review gives assurance to the local community, the Minister for Education and Training and the Director General that a school is operating effectively and delivering high quality education to its students. A review of public schools is based on the following 6 domains;

• Relationships and Partnerships
• Learning Environment
• Leadership
• Use of Resources
• Teaching Quality
• Student Achievement and Progress

I am proud to announce that we were rated as an ‘effective’ school. The feedback we received from the reviewers was very positive. In particular, the review highlighted a strong sense of passion, collegiality, alignment, leadership and trust. Whole school programs with a continual focus on student progress was evident throughout. The review team made special mention of the high level of care that occurs for all students of Somerly Primary School.

The Somerly Primary School Review report, can be found below and on our school website.

Class Lists and Transition afternoon

2020 Class lists are currently being drafted and will be published on Monday 16th December from 2pm. Class lists for 2020 will be displayed on the windows of the library.

Students will also engage in a transition afternoon on Wednesday 18th December from 1:45pm. This will provide students with an opportunity to spend the afternoon in their 2020 classroom, building relationships with peers and their new teacher.

Kindergarten 5a and 6a students are also invited to attend. If you would like your child to participate, please meet Miss Bernau and Mrs Gane outside Room 5 and 6 at 1:45pm.

Family Fun Day – Community Event

Our P&C are in the planning phase for hosting a Family Fun Day on Saturday 14th March 2020. This will include rides, stalls and family events.

We would like to open the invite to local families, businesses, community organisations, sporting groups etc. who would be interested in holding a stall at this event. Please contact the Somerly P&C through the Facebook page or Somerly Primary School on 6206 4200 to register your interest in holding a stall.

Principal’s Lunch

On Thursday 21st November, the Administration Team had the pleasure of hosting the 4th Principal’s Lunch for the year. The luncheon recognises the outstanding behaviour of students. All in attendance displayed beautiful manners as they enjoyed a lunch of roast chicken and vegetables, followed by shortbread for dessert. Congratulations to all of the students who were nominated.

Semester 2 Student Reports

Student Reports will be emailed out to families on Monday 16th December 2019. If you have recently changed your email address, can you please inform the front office of your updated contact information to ensure you receive your child/children’s Semester 2 Reports.

Planning

We are continuing to plan for 2020 and need accurate numbers so we can make up classes and ensure we have enough staff for the beginning of the year. If you know that you will be leaving Somerly Primary School and haven’t yet advised the school office, please call in and let us know.

Lost Property

We have a large amount of lost property located in the green buckets outside the medical room. If you have misplaced an item at school, please check the buckets as soon as possible. Items that are not collected by the end of Term will be donated to charity.

Key Events for the Remainder of Term 4

Book Award Assembly – Friday 13th December 2019 at 9.00am
Graduation Ceremony – Wednesday 18th December 2019 at 9:00am
Christmas Concert – Thursday 19th December 2019 at 8.50am
Final day for students - Thursday 19th December 2019

Andrew Britton
Principal

Merit Certificates

Room 1: Bayley-Bree, Abdulhamed and Aluet; Room 2: Benjamin and Seraphina; Room 3: Lily and Abdul; Room 4: Aaliyah and Jedd; Room 7: Nathan; Room 8: Sophie and Temwani; Room 9: Rowan, Samara, Chayce, Diego, Hussna and Dalia; Room 10: Cailib, Daniel, P.J., Tayla and Kaiden; Room 11: Aisha and Shah; Room 13: Oliver, Levi, Mark and Memphis; Room 14: Shaylee, Amber and Kyle; Room 15: Amarni, Chiara and DJ; Room 16: Kevin and Eva; Room 17: Jaylah and Abriana; Room 18: Jordyn, Fletcher and Thiana; Room 23: Natalie; LOTE: Shad, Ashlee and Room 11; Music: Kaylem and Alliyah.

Stars

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 8 is:-

RESPECT;

PLAY AREAS

• We listen to others and talk calmly if someone gets hurt.

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.

City of Wanneroo Libraries Summer Reading Club

Who needs a passport these holidays? Go on a story adventure at your library, your very own roomful of stories. Collect some fabulous giveaways and try out a different activity each week in January.

• Week One – Chapter One – Help build your own reading city with boxes and recycled materials
• Week Two – Chapter Two – Go on a bear hunt through the library and join in a special story time
• Week Three - Chapter Three – Get inspired at the discovery table
• Week Four – Chapter Four – Boost your reading hours by watching stories on Storybox on the big screen
• VR Appendix - check out a different setting at one of our Virtual Reality experiences

This summer the whole family is invited to join the club. Pick up a reading record and activity book and make your life better by getting involved in a Roomful of Stories.

Register by December 13 to go in the draw for a $100.00 Dymocks Voucher.

Year 6 Clarkson Community High School Transition Day

On Tuesday 26th November, 11 Year 6 students from Somerly Primary School attended transition at Clarkson Community High School. They participated in some really fantastic activities, including seeing the performance arts area and doing a ‘listening’ trivia quiz, science experiments, cooking ham and cheese toasties and sport. It was great for students to get a taste of high school life and meet the students from other schools.

Learning Focus

Pre-Primary

This term in Maths, the Pre-primary classes have been learning a lot of new concepts. The children have been having fun learning to use arrays to represent equal groups as rows of objects. They have been identifying, making and drawing 2D shapes. We have also been extending our knowledge of quantities up to 20 and representing these numbers in a variety of ways.

Miss Avins, Miss Hobson and Miss Rosielle

Term 4 - Year 2

We can hardly believe it is nearly the end of the year! What a year it’s been in Year 2. The children have blown us away with all of the progress they have made this year and we are very proud of them!

English

This term in English we have focused on Report Writing and have tied this in with ICT as well. Students thoroughly enjoyed researching under the sea animals and writing reports about them. They learnt to use the skills of researching and note taking from both videos and books. They were also able to practice their typing skills, writing their reports into a Word document. This term we also learnt to use PowerPoint, and they created their own presentation about a sea animal and then they presented it to the class. Towards the end of this term children have learnt to write Acrostic Poems.

Maths

For the last half of the term in Maths we have looked at money and ways to make different amounts of money, solving money problems and calculating change. We also looked at 2D shapes and 3D objects. Students enjoyed making and drawing 3D objects. They have also looked at numbers to 1000 and identifying, writing and locating them on a number line.

Science

In Year Two this term we had Mealworms. As part of our Science program we observed the lifecycle of a Mealworm and how they changed over time. We discussed what they need to survive and how to care for them. All students were very excited to see the change in them over the term and they have now become darkling beetles.

Technology

This term as well as learning how to create a PowerPoint, we have also created a Digital Story Map in Word and have made our own Scratch Projects.

We wish all families a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all of your support this year. We hope all families have a safe and relaxing holiday.

Miss Hamand, Mrs Reyneke, Mrs Louise-DeCarvalho and Mrs Gane

Year 1 – Maths

In Maths in Year One, we have been very busy across the term learning many new concepts.

When completing our Stepping Stones work, we have had lots of fun learning about fractions. We have been working out if the question wants us to split pictures or objects between halves (2) or quarters (4). We have then worked with a partner to share the whole amount out equally. We are very good at explaining if the fractions are equal and fair.

We have also been learning to tell the time. We are very good at telling the time to the hour on an analogue and a digital clock. We have been working on telling time to the half hour. As we have been practicing this, we can now wear our own watches and independently read them!

We have learnt so much in Maths this year. All of the students in Year One are excited and looking forward to building upon their knowledge and skills in Year Two!

P & C