18 November 2020

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers

A huge thank you and congratulations to the Somerly PS parents for their donations to the Mayor’s Christmas Appeal. The Year 2 Room 23 class were thrilled and amazed by the number of donations we received. These have been collected by the Shire of Wanneroo and will be used to help local families in need. I am so proud of the Room 23 students and Mrs Reyneke for their organisation in collecting and involving the school in this local initiative.

Class Placements for 2021

Our teachers put many hours into developing groups that they believe will be harmonious for both academic and social reasons. When doing this they consider the child's academic strengths, areas for improvement and ensure that each child is with some of their friends and with peers that they believe they will work with harmoniously. It is a complicated process, throughout which our focus is always on providing an environment to achieve the best outcomes we can for all students.

NAIDOC Week 2020 - Always Was, Always Will Be. NAIDOC Week 2020 acknowledges and celebrates that our nation’s story didn’t begin with documented European history but 65 000+ years ago when our country was criss-crossed by generations of indigenous people. The very first footprints on this continent were those belonging to First Nations peoples. Our local community NAIDOC Week event was cancelled last Friday due to weather. It will now be on our oval on Friday 27 November. It is a free community event. Somerly PS classes will attend with their class teacher. Our students will not play on the oval at breaks. The band The Struggling Kings still came last Friday and played for our students. We had a terrific time singing along and listening to terrific music.

Somerly PS are seeking two more parent School Board members. School Board members take part in: establishing and reviewing the school’s objectives, priorities and general policy directions; planning financial arrangements necessary to fund those objectives, priorities and directions; evaluating the school’s performance in achieving those objectives, priorities and directions; and formulating codes of conduct for students at the school. Have a look at the link below for more information and contact me, Felicity Dear, if you are interested. We meet twice a term.

Felicity Dear AM
Principal

Merit Certificates

Room 1: Liam, Sophie and New York; Room 2: Isaac and Lily; Room 3: Jasmine and Zenith; Room 4: Jozef, Nate, Maddy and Amali; Room 8: Levi, Ethan and Moksh; Room 9: Tyrell, Brayden, Kevin and PJ; Room 10: Chase and Dylan; Room 11: Zion and Justus; Room 13: Aisha, Raffaele, Sarah and Amelia; Room 14: Eh The Dah; Room 15: Zac and Hannah; Room 16: Matthew and Korinne; Room 17: Chiara, Ngaia and Meyer; Room 18: DJ and Tony; Room 20: Miah and James; Room 23: James, Poppy, Aizayr and Liam; LOTE: Jordyn and Room 11.

Stars

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 6 is:-

WHOLE SCHOOL

SAFETY

• We wear our hats when outside
• We wear shoes in the playground
• We play undercover when we don’t have a hat

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.

Learning Focus

Mathematics

Australian Mathematics Competition

The Australian Mathematics Competition is a competition run by the Australian Maths Trust for students from year 3 up to year 12 in Australia, and their equivalent grades in other countries. It is one of the world’s largest mathematics competitions and consisted of twenty-five multiple choice questions and five questions requiring a response. I am very excited that Somerly Primary School is able to offer this opportunity to selected students with 24 students participating in two of the divisions: Middle Primary (Years 3-4) and Upper Primary (Years 5-6).

I am very excited to share that the results have arrived and were presented to the participating students at the Assembly on 6 November.

We are celebrating the following achievements:

Certificate of Distinction

Students who achieved in the top 20% of their year and region:

• Chase Edmonds – Year 3
• Sami Alasso – Year 3
• Austin Dunne – Year 3
• Dean Butchart – Year 4
• Tori Dennison – Year 6

Certificate of Credit

Students who achieved in the top 55% of their year and region:

• Leila Bell – Year 3
• Madalyn Abel – Year 4
• Taj Bannister – Year 4
• Timonty Tyncherov – Year 4
• Billy Aitchison – Year 5
• Kevin Tran – Year 5
• Shafayet Islam – Year 5
• Moksh Parikh – Year 5
• Brock Mounsey – Year 5
• Drishya Shrestha – Year 6
• Rowan Dunne – Year 5

Certificate of Proficiency

Students who achieved a score of 32 or greater indicating competence at Mathematics and problem-solving with Mathematics:

• Devon Viandante – Year 3
• Sophie Davis – Year 4
• Shad Zakholy – Year 4
• Riley Gray – Year 5
• Dani Jabado – Year 5
• Kavan Whareaitu – Year 6
• Naman Sohpaul – Year 6
• Lily Pinsent – Year 6

Congratulations to all of the students on their achievements.

Jodie Brown - Competition Organiser & Maths Lead Teacher

P & C