19 October 2022

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers

OUR SCHOOL VISION IS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN BECOMING STRONG, THOUGHTFUL AND INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ASPIRE TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE. OUR ETHOS OFFERS STUDENT CENTERED EDUCATION THAT IS FOCUSSED ON BOTH THE PRESENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

Welcome back to Term 4. We hope you had a wonderful holiday. We have a busy term coming up with a number of events:

Mental Health Week – Week 3
School Disco – Thursday 27th October
Constable Care Incursion – 9th & 10th November
Thank You Morning Tea – 6th December
Book Award Assembly – 9th December
Graduation Excursion – 12th December
Graduation Assembly – 14th December
Christmas Concert – 15th December
Last day for students – 15th December

Staffing

We have some staffing changes for the remainder of the year.

We farewell Miss Elle Walker from Room 10 who has taken a promotional position at Roeburne Primary School - Mr Cameron Robinson will be taking on this position until the end of the year.

I can also confirm that Mrs Jaclyn Mitanoski will not be returning to Somerly Primary School - Mrs Nicolette Kilian will take on this position in Room 17 for the remainder of the year.

Mrs Tamara Sumegi, Room 6 will commence her maternity leave from Week 4 and on behalf of the staff we wish her the best of luck for the arrival of her new family member.

As I will be commencing my maternity leave shortly, I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best of luck for the remainder of the school year and commencement of 2023 and I will return to Somerly Primary School in Term 2.

School Development Day

On our recent school development day, all staff participated in a workshop run by Shaping Minds. Shaping Minds is a company that provides ongoing professional learning, coaching and support for schools and teachers to ensure consistent delivery of evidence-based teaching practice. The workshop covered information on cognitive science, including working memory and long-term memory as well as maintaining student attention, participation and engagement. Staff will now participate in observations of practice at school and at other high performing schools. We will continue our ongoing connections and provide staff with further professional learning throughout next year.

School Board

The next School Board meeting will take place on Tuesday 25th October at 9.15am. Minutes are available upon request from the school office and further parent representatives are needed.

P&C

The next P&C meeting will take place on Tuesday 25th October at 6.30pm in the staff room. All are welcome to attend. A big focus will be planning and final preparation for the school disco. Parent helpers are still required for this event.

Planning 2023 and Student Placement

The complex process of planning for 2023 class structures and assigning staff has begun. It is important that detailed and accurate planning is completed so that we have enough staff for the commencement of the school year. If you are leaving Somerly Primary School and have not yet advised the front office, please do so as soon as possible.

Planning classes for 2023 is no easy task and staff spend considerable time and effort to ensure suitable placements, balancing every individual student’s needs, including academic, social, emotional, and behavioural. I do ask that if you have a specific requirement or consideration that you please put this in writing to myself as soon as possible. Please note that all requests will be considered, but cannot be guaranteed.

Reminders

As the warmer weather approaches, please remember students need a sun smart hat. Black school hats can be purchased from the school office for $5. We would also like to remind students and parents to bring a water bottle and fruit or vegetables for Crunch and Sip.

New students

I would like to extend a warm welcome to Elijah and Jaymie who recently commenced at Somerly Primary School.

Zoe Hadley-Hawley
Principal

Stars

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 2 is:-

RESPONSIBILITY WHOLE SCHOOL

• We place our rubbish in the bin
• We immediately follow all staff instructions inside and outside the classroom

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.

Term 4 Schedule

Mental Health Week

Waste Wise Schools

Gardening Club

This term Gardening Club will be run on Mondays and Wednesdays, as we have lots to do!

During week one we have continued to weed and maintain our current crops and we planted some assorted flower seeds. On Monday, our senior students weeded and watered our Indigenous Garden.

Thank you staff, students and our families for continuing to support our containers for change challenges, raising money for our community and our students. The final weeks of term we had a special Buddy Challenge where two classes joined together! We collected 2911 containers raising $291.10.

The winners of our Buddy Challenge were :

Rooms 4 & 18 collecting together
1460 continers!

Our next challenge is….

Shout out!

We are looking for some small local businesses to support our Containers for Change fundraising so please parents and carers, if you know of any small businesses that could support our fundraising by donating their containers, please let us know.

We also need some helpers to put together a small shed and lay 6 large slabs for the floor of the shed. If you are free any time to help, please call Teresa on 0400512299.

Thank you for helping us to help you!

P & C