22 Lawrence Way SAMSON 6163 Ph: 9314 1921 Fax: 9331 3624 NEWSLETTER No 1 16th February, 2018 Principal: Rhonda Spencer Email: [email protected]______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Our School Our Future Principal’s Message Dear Parents, Welcome back to the 2018 school year. We have four terms, term 1 is 11 weeks, term 2 has 9 weeks and terms 3 & 4 are both 10 weeks. The term planner was sent home last Friday with the known dates for significant school events and is currently on our schools webpage. Please put it on the fridge and refer to it regularly. SCHOOL TIMES FOR 2018 Below are the school times for school. We request that students do not arrive at school before 8.15 am. 8.30 am Classes Open 8.40 am School Day Commences 10.40 am Recess 11.00 am Recess Ends 1.00 pm Lunch 1.40 pm Lunch Ends 2.50 pm School Day Ends IT’S NOT OKAY TO STAY AWAY Research tells us that in order to progress at school students need to attend 90% of the school year. This provides continuity for learning. Children stay home if they are sick. SMS – Absence Messages For the parents who would like to SMS to provide a reason for your child’s absence, the phone number is 0418 948 875. Classes for 2018 Room Year Teachers Kindy Kangaroo Mrs Amanda Craig, Mrs Valeria Revy Kindy Emu Mrs Amanda Craig Mrs Valeria Revy PPA Pre Primary Mrs Allison Jeppesen PPB Pre Primary Mrs Lyn Aylward, Mrs Valeria Revy Rm 1 Yr 1 Mrs Vicki Cunningham Rm 2 Yr 1 Mrs Kylie Barron, Mrs Sylvana Palumbo Rm 3 Yr 2 Mrs Judy Hollier, Mrs Sylvana Palumbo Rm 4 Yr 2 Ms Janeen Crouch Rm 11 Yr 3 Mrs Sandy Gordon Mrs Sue Coleman Rm 12 Yr 3 Mr Peter Brown Mrs Amanda Wilson Rm 6 Yr 4 Mrs Danielle Prince Rm 7 Yr 4 Mrs Ruth Poole Mr Garry Evans Rm 9 Yr 5/6 Mrs Nancy Giglia, Mr Garry Evans Rm 8 Yr 5 Mrs Maria Vuksan-Cusa Rm 10 Yr 6 Mrs Deonne Clark Music Mr Marshall Years 1 - 6 PE / Health Mrs Burt Years PP- 6 LOTE Indonesia Mrs Atkins Years 3 - 6 Art Mrs Coleman Years 1 - 6
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22 Lawrence Way SAMSON 6163 Ph: 9314 1921 Fax: 9331 3624
______________________________________________________ Our School Our Future
Principal’s Message
Dear Parents, Welcome back to the 2018 school year. We have four terms, term 1 is 11 weeks, term 2 has 9 weeks and terms 3 & 4 are both 10 weeks. The term planner was sent home last Friday with the known dates for significant school events and is currently on our schools webpage. Please put it on the fridge and refer to it regularly. SCHOOL TIMES FOR 2018 Below are the school times for school. We request that students do not arrive at school before 8.15 am. 8.30 am Classes Open 8.40 am School Day Commences 10.40 am Recess 11.00 am Recess Ends 1.00 pm Lunch 1.40 pm Lunch Ends 2.50 pm School Day Ends
IT’S NOT OKAY TO STAY AWAY Research tells us that in order to progress at school students need to attend 90% of the school year. This provides continuity for learning. Children stay home if they are sick.
SMS – Absence Messages For the parents who would like to SMS to provide a
Staff Car Park The staff car park is not a place for parents to park. Staff at the school, when arriving and departing, do not expect to have to negotiate students being dropped off and picked up in the staff car park. Please, consider the safety of your children.
SCHOOLS NEWS
ED GYM VAN VISIT 2018
THURSDAY 8TH FEB – THURSDAY 22ND MARCH
VACCINATIONS
Is your child attending Kindergarten for the first time? The National Health & Medical Research Council recommends that children who have turned 4 years of age have the following
booster immunisations:
DTPa-IPV (Vaccine against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough) and Polio)
MMR (vaccine against Measles, Mumps & Rubella)
And all other WA schedule vaccinations recommended, completed.
These vaccines should be given before starting Pre Primary.
If you need more information about these vaccines, please phone of the following organisations. 1. Immunisation Clinic – Hilton Community
Health 9337 2528 City of Melville 9364 0279
2. Central Immunisation clinic in Perth- 9321 1312
3. Australian Immunisation Register – 1800 635 809 or Community Health Nurse – Judy Sullivan
School Development Days 2018
Schools are provided 6 days throughout the year to plan and provide professional development to staff. These are listed below and are days that staff to attend school. Term 1
Term 2
Mon 29th Jan & Tues 30th Jan
Mon 30th April
Term 3 Mon 16th July
Term 4 Mon 8th October
Fri 14th December
Note Anzac Day falls within the school holidays.
Smoke Free School Samson Primary School is a smoke free school, as are all government schools. If you wish to ‘light up’ you must make sure that you are not on school grounds. This includes verge areas, car parks and pathways.
The pathway behind the gardeners shed is still within school grounds.
SWIMMING LESSONS – YR 5 AND YR 6 Beach swimming started, Monday 5th February to Friday 16th February at Coogee Beach. Great start for our students at Coogee Beach with fantastic weather too.
Voluntary Contributions School voluntary contributions are set in consultation with the School Council. It has been agreed that the voluntary contribution, per child, is $60.00 which will go towards the purchase of replacement library books, reading materials, computer consumables and photo copy paper. The more families who pay this voluntary contribution the more resources will be available to our students
On Entry Assessment Students in Pre Primary will conclude their on entry assessment from week 3 to week 7. Staff will be busy testing and entering the data onto the computer and will have the Parent Summary Reports ready to be sent home in week 9. Duplicate copies will be sent home for each family that requires a copy for Mum and Dad. There are suggestions for activities to help your child develop further on the back. Students receive a report for Literacy and Numeracy.
TERM PLANNER The Term 1 Planner was sent home last Friday and can also be found on the school Website.
We’re excited to announce that the Coles Sports
for Schools program is back for 2018 and your
school is invited to join! Our program gives
schools across Australia the opportunity to earn
sports gear just by collecting vouchers from
Coles.
Please bring any vouchers to the front office and
put into the collection box or they can be given to
The table below outlines the current recycling and environmental projects each class and the Green Team are involved in. These projects have been implemented as part of our Waste Wise and Waterwise accreditation and our participation in the Low Carbon Schools Program.
Projects Room/Group Collection
Point
Year Litter Zone
Kindy & PP recess and lunch food
scraps.
Kindy/PPA, & PPB Feeding chooks.
Kindy/Pre Primary
Pre Primary & Kindy.
Jun. Vegetable patch. Room 1 & 2 1 Area between rooms 1 & 2 and U/C Area
Aluminium can ring pulls.
Room 3 2 Grassed area outside room 3 & 4.
Aluminium cans. Room 4 Staffroom
2 Mr Evans
Pathway outside staffroom and grassed area at front of
school.
Paper Cardboard
Beauty product packaging
Room 6
4
Junior Playground Area
Between B\B courts & U/C area
Oral Care Product Waste Recycling.
Room 7 4 Outside room 7 & 8.
Mobile phones. Room 8 5 Oval
Newspaper Room 9 5/6 Area between senior block & fence.
Projects above that are benefits to the school over and above their environmental responsibility like reducing waste going to landfill and reducing our carbon emissions are
aluminium can and newspaper recycling which provide funds to the school that are allocated to the Kitchen Garden program run by Mrs Dwyer
Beauty product and oral care packaging and Nespresso pod recycling that see the school gain points which are redeemable for a $0.01 per point cash payment to the school, organisation of our choice, product bundles, collection materials and charitable gifts.
The projects below are whole school projects initiated by Mrs Dwyer in conjunction with staff to reduce waste and carbon emissions.
Projects Collection Points Aluminium and steel lids from cans of
Milo, Coffee etc for hanging art mobiles to help deter birds from
entering the garden.
Vegetable garden shed. Children can take to class and they will be taken to
shed from there.
Stamps – money raised goes to medical research.
Collection box in the library.
Parents/Care givers please set up containers at home for as many of the above items as you can and send them to school as this will also reduce your waste and carbon emissions. Teachers can you also consider setting up containers for various items so children can see them as this will help them remember items we require. Thankyou, Waste Wise, Waterwise, Climate Clever Schools committees and Green Team.
DATES TO REMEMBER 2018 New items will be in entered in red Term 1
Mon 5 Feb – Fri 16 Feb Thur 8 Feb – Thur 22 Mar Fri 9 Feb Mon 12 Feb
Yr 5&6 Beach Swimming EdGym Yr PP - 3 Newsletter Student Council/Faction Vote P&C AGM
Wed 14 Feb Fri 16 Feb Wed 21 Feb
General Assembly Uniform Shop Open 8:15am Newsletter School Council 7pm
Fri 2 Mar Clean up Australia Day Samson School 9-10 Samson Park 4-7 Newsletter
Mon 5 Mar LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY
Wed 7 Mar Assembly Rm7 Uniform Shop Open 8:15am
Fri 16 Mar Newsletter
Wed 21 Mar Assembly Rm 3&4 Uniform Shop Open 8:15am School Council Meeting 7pm
Fri 23 Mar Harmony Day
Fri 30 Mar GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY
Mon 2 Apr EASTER MONDAY HOLIDAY
Tue 3 Apr PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Fri 6 Apr Tue 10 Apr Wed 11 Apr Fri 13 Apr
Newsletter Anzac School Ceremony 9am Uniform Shop Open 8:15am ANZAC Ceremony 9:45 Cockburn RSL Yr 6 Last Day Term 1
Term 2 Tue 1 May Students first day at school for
Term 2
Sip n Crunch
ALLOWED
Vegetables All fresh vegetables are permitted (e.g. celery, carrot sticks, broccoli bits etc.) brought in a container already cut up.
Fruit All fresh fruit (e.g. whole fruits, chopped melon etc.) brought in a container already cut up. Fruit canned in water, juice or no added sugar (e.g. peach slices). Don't forget a spoon! Dried fruit (e.g. sultanas) is permitted, although fresh fruit or vegetables are the first choice as dried fruit contains high concentration of natural sugar and tends to cling to teeth, increasing risk of tooth decay.
Drinks A clean, clear water bottle filled with plain water. Only plain water is to be consumed in the Classroom.
NOT ALLOWED
All other food and drinks are not permitted including: Any drinks other than plain water including fruit or vegetable juice, fruit juice drink, fruit cordial, mineral waters, carbonated water, water with added vitamins and minerals 'Fruit' products (e.g. fruit leather, fruit roll-ups, fruit bars or similar) Fruit jams, jellies, pies or cakes Fruit canned in syrup or jelly or with artificial sweeteners Dips, including those that are vegetable based Canned or processed vegetables (e.g. olives) Vegetable or potato crisps, hot potato chips Vegetable pastries (pies, pasties, sausage rolls) Vegetable cakes, fritters, quiches, breads or similar Popcorn
DON’T FORGET! Wash all fruit and vegetables before eating Easy-to-eat fruit and veg is best Buying fruit and vegetables in season is cheaper and tastes better Students should wash their hands before eating Wash water bottles daily Don't share water bottles
days from 8.15 am until the last customer. The dates are the same as the
assembly dates throughout the year. Please order using the on-line ordering system and pay by EFTPOS. Your order will be taken to your child’s class when ready.
CANTEEN The canteen is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week from week
2. Menus are available on line or from the front office.
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PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG INTO THE SCHOOL GROUNDS
Dogs are not permitted on school grounds as
some students are scared of dogs and dogs can be unpredictable when
around large groups of children. We have many children who are frightened of dogs and become upset and anxious if dogs are in the school grounds before or after school. We ask that parents leave their dogs at home or in the vehicle.
