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Hello from Room 21!

YakamiaPrimarySchool

Newsletter

Volume 8

30.5. 2014

Principal: Julie Blythe

Deputy Principals: Yvonne Height, Helen Walmsley and Paul Murray

Ph: 9841 7533 Fax: 9842 1350

Email: [email protected]

On Friday, 24 May, we hosted the school assembly. We performed two songs by the Tooth Defenders

called My Teeth and Placulus Song. We dressed up as Tooth Defenders, Annalise Walker and

Tanisha Reed wore tooth costumes, Bryke Cook-Vigus played the African drums, and Jordan Hill

acted the part of Placulus!

In Health this term we have been learning about oral hygiene and wanted to share the Tooth

Defenders key messages with everyone:

Bright Smiles Key Messages

Brush with fluoride toothpaste twice a day,

especially after eating breakfast and before bed.

Floss daily.

Limit the number of times you eat sweet and

sticky snacks.

Have a regular dental check-up.

Oral health is an important part of overall health.

We have drawn and painted posters to show what a bright smile means to us. We are entering our

art in the Colgate calendar competition.

We did an experiment with live bacteria and learnt that plaque is always in our mouths, when we

feed it sugar it causes an acid attack on our teeth that lasts 20 minutes, so we need to limit sweet

snacks.

Remember: replace your toothbrush every 3 months or when it gets shaggy!

In Reading we have been learning about illustrators, the processes artists use to create their work,

how the pictures help tell the story, and we noticed that lots of kids books have dogs!

In Maths we have been using a new program called Stepping Stones, we are using number lines to

do three digit subtraction.

In Writing we have been creating stories on Storybird. We choose an artist and write a story using

their pictures. You can read our published narratives by searching for Yakamia21 at

www.storybird.com.

In society and environment we are learning about natural systems on the Great Barrier Reef with

Mrs Link, and researching Canadian animals with Mr Milhomme, when we swap rooms once a week.

Finally we are proud of two speedy students who were presented ribbons for placing in the Cross

Country last week. Congratulations to both our Kates!

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From the Principals Desk

Page 2 Yakamia Primary School

Assembly

Well done to Mrs Link and her Year 3 class on afantastic assembly last Friday. I loved the

message about brushing your teeth!.

Next Fridays assembly will be hosted by the

students of Room 34. The school looks forward to

all family and friends attending.

Uniform

A reminder that our school uniform is green on

the bottom. Black is not a school colour. We

appreciate your support with this matter.

School Voluntary Contributions

Have you paid your contributions for 2015?

Schools Voluntary Contributions play an

importance part in funding various resources and

programs around the school to support classes

with educational projects.

Wed love your support in paying ASAP!

Raising a Confident Reader

Watching your child become a confident readerand sharing the journey with them is a wonderful

experience. A large part of our everyday life

depends on reading.

Helping your child to read will open their minds

to a whole range of topics.

There are many ways you can help your child

build their confidence and develop strong reading

skills every day. One of the easiest and most

valuable things you can do at home is to read to

your child and show them how much fun you can

have when you read.

Discover simple ways to encourage your childs

reading. For more information on how you can

help your child with reading view the resources

on the Schools & You website:

www.det.wa.edu.au/schoolsandyou

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Why is it important to ensure that my child attends school regularly?

Apart from the legal requirement to attend, it is vital that children attend every day for the sake of their future

successes, academically and emotionally as well as in regards to employment choices.

It is very important that parents help children to develop a good attendance career from the very beginning by

ensuring that they attend kindergarten or school whenever possible.

Current research points to a strong link between regular and consistent attendance patterns established in the early

years of schooling and those patterns continuing throughout a students career.

The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research report, Student Attendance and Educational Outcomes; Every Day

Counts on Western Australian students clearly shows that every day counts in terms of a students achievement and

that those students who miss any school have reduced academic outcomes compared with those who attend regularly.

The impact of absence on achievement is greatest for students who are already at educational disadvantage.

Unauthorised absences have a greater negative impact on student achievement than authorised absences.

Being half an hour late to school each day from Year 1 to Year 10 is approximately equivalent to missing one

year of schooling.

A student who is absent 1 day a fortnight will, by Year 9, have missed 1 year of schooling.

The negative effect of absence on achievement is cumulative over the course of a students attendance career.

Attendance

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The Interschool Cross Country is being hosted by Flinders Park Primary and will be held at the

Percy Spencer Racecourse on 26 June. Only Years 4-7 compete at the Interschool. The above first

five placegetters in each year level, for boys and girls, will be competing for Yakamia. Well done to

all students who participated at the Faction Cross Country.

Shield Results were:

1st Blue 582pts

2nd Green 500pts

3rd Red 499pts

4th Gold 459pts

Faction Cross Country Results


Place Year Girls Boys

Champion

Runner-Up

3rd

4th

5th

4 Emily Wiggins

Maya Anning

Kelsey Smith

Chloe Whitfort

Ella Forbes

Billy Young

Ryan Lazar

Dylan Hawkins

Beck Wrightson

Stephen Coyne

Champion

Runner-Up

3rd

4th

5th

5 Chloe Pietrala

April Jones-Thorne

Tillie Bartley

Sienna Pearce

Olivia Steel

Cooper Childs

Bayley Drew

Connor Pettley-Gray

Lincoln Hird

Dylan Cook

ChampionRunner-Up

3rd

4th

5th

6 Taylor WilliamsTyler Rowley

Chloe DAddario

Rebecca van der Meulen

Elli Stewart Morgan

Nelson SimReuben Choong

Harrison Hordacre

Connor Lazar

Kynan Smith

Champion

Runner-Up

3rd

4th5th

7 Georgia Crosby

Danica Wiggins

Dimitti Jones-Thorne

Taylah BurtSally Thornton

Henrick Alforque

Alex Pearce

Henry Alforque

Jaia DuffConnor Burge

Champion

Runner-Up

3rd

4th

5th

3 Daisy Stewart Morgan

Sophie Moore

Kate Hunter

Asia Pitt

Kate Hallett

Lachlan Pietrala

Kohen Horton

Mitchell Manera

Jedd Guetlich

Dylan Maguire

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A huge thank you to Yakamia students, parents, family members and staff for your

wonderful support at this years Book Fair.

A total of $4500.00 was spent on mainly book purchases resulting in a cash bonus

commission of approximately $800.00 into our library budget.

These extra funds will help with purchases of new early novels for younger readers, student

choices (see form below), science and our animal book collection.

We do welcome your support and hope that whenever you are in the school you will feel freeto visit our fantastic Library Resource Centre.

A huge appreciation for our Book Fair committee and our student helpers, without whose

help and time we would find it difficult to reach such a successful outcome for our Book Fair.

Book Fair Committee: Liz Childs, Sarah Lilleyman and Tanya Sandilands.

Student helpers: Nelson Sim, Kali Haese, Mia Shepherd, Mitchell Killeen, Connor Lazar,

Issac Dodimead-Peake, Sally Thornton, Blake Childs, Chloe Pietrala, Levi York, April Jones-

Thorne and of course the one and only Clifford The Red Dog.

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Yakamia Library Book Title Request Form

Please hand into the library if you have a request

1. Title of book:

__________________________________________________

Series title:

___________________________________________________

Author if known

___________________________________________________

2. Title of book:

__________________________________________________

Series title:

___________________________________________________

Author if known___________________________________________________

Yakamia Book Fair


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Superhero Day - Friday, 6 June

PMH Fundraiser Gold coin donation

Come to school dressed as your favourite super hero and support a good cause.

The Big Science Showoff

On Tuesday 17 June, we will be hosting a science incursion. Children will be attending a

45min performance that shows students how science is involved in our daily lives. This

performance is freefor all students.

Table Tennis Tournament

Our Student Councillors organised and ran a Table Tennis Tournament for Years 5-7 last week.Congratulations to all who participated and also to the councillors who displayed some great

organisational skills. The winners of the tournaments were:

Year 5 Kaleb Weinert

Year 6/7 Alex Pearce

School News


Honour Certificate Recipients23 May 2014

Room Name Room Name

11 Tayla Dennis

Lydia Turnbull

24 Lilly Bennell

Ella Forbes

12 Emma Ilvess

Nelson Sim

25 Daisy Stewart Morgan

Montanna Robinson-Crowley

13 Georgia Crosby

Sally Thornton

26 Sienna Pearce

Beck Wrightson

14 Chloe DAddario 32 Leila Nixie Rose

Angela Lanyon-Cook

15 Liam Gardiner 33 Lucas Frank

Brodie Childs

16 Carson Bristow Jasmine Haydock

Ebony Lily Ray

34 Ethan Gardiner

Georgia Franey

21 William Smith

Pippa Short

35 Amy-Lee McKeaig

Sam Dwyer

22 Nicole Townsend

Ryan Brooks

41 Keira Pearce

Evan Short

23 Riley Pearce

Phoenix Woods

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TERM 2 DISCOFLURO THEME!

Thursday 26THJune, in the School HallJuniors (PP-Yr3), Time: 4.30am-6.00pm,

Cost $4.00Seniors (Yr4-Yr7), Time: 6.30-8.00pm,

Cost $4.00

To ensure that all children are accounted for and safe please remember:

BE ON TIME to collect your child at the end of their session COME IN TO COLLECT your child from the Hall (they cant meet you in the car park) EXIT BY THE GATE near the dentist (you have to walk through the hall to the outside) ONLY YPS Students to attend. Other children wanting to come will need to register their

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Excitement is brewing in the Kindy/Pre-

Primary area of the school, where a group ofparents and teachers are

combining forces to enhance

the existing play area, creating

a more natural and sensory

based playground.

Research suggests that

children who play in natural

settings tend to be more

physically active, are sick less often and play

in more diverse, creative and imaginativeways. With this in mind, our group is

proposing some of the following:

Trees and vegetation to create a more

calming, natural environment and some

shade

A stone riverbed, to be used both dry

and wet. Ideal for catching the

rainwater runoff from the roof covering

the play equipment!

Wooden log play equipment and

stepping stones

A musical garden incorporating a

hanging xylophone, drums, bamboo etc

A re-vamp of the existing boat with

pulleys, talking tubes and a jetty to help

initiate more creative play.

This just names a few and although we are

still in the early planning stage, we alreadyhave a number of great ideas emerging.

The next step is to ensure the safety of the

children and that all regulations are met. Todo this we have enlisted the

services of a professional in

this area. We consulted with

James McLean from South

Pole Structures on Wednesday

28thMay to discuss our plans.

James will now draw these up,

provide a quote and divide the

work into manageable stages.

We are appealing to the whole school

community to get behind this project as

ultimately it can only enhance what is

already a great school. Therefore, in the near

future, we will be asking for offers of physical

help and donations of items that can be used

in this area, to help keep the costs down.

For now, a big thank you, thank you, thank

you must go out to the P & C who havealready shown their support of this project.

They have given us a great kick start and the

money will be wisely spent!

Keep your ears and eyes open for our

progress. Updates will follow and of course

we will be madly fundraising so there will be

lots of opportunities to help out!


Nature-Based Play Area

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Did you save your cash bonus for education costs?

Saver Plus provides free financial education, budgeting and savings

tips to assist you in making your money go further! Saver Plus will

even match your savings dollar for dollar, up to $500 towards

education costs. Theres no catch.

To be eligible you need to have:

a Health Care or a Pensioner Concession Card a child at school, starting next year or study

yourself

some regular household income, e.g. you or a partner may have casual, part-time, full-time or

seasonal work.Contact Maureen Adams at Anglicare WA on 9845 6617 or

[email protected]

Saver Plus was developed by ANZ and the Brotherhood of St Laurence and is funded by

ANZ and the Australian Government.

Would $500 assist you with education costs?

You could receive up to $500 to help pay for educational costs including: school uniforms, text books,

excursions, laptops, sports equipment, uniforms and lessons, music tuition and instrument hire,

TAFE, traineeship and apprenticeship costs!

Anglicare WA delivers Saver Plus in your local area and is looking for new participants.

To be eligible you must: have a Centrelink Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card, are at least

18 years old, have some regular income from work (you or your partner), and have a child at school,

or study yourself.

To find out more contact Maureen Adams, Saver Plus Worker at Anglicare WA 9845 6617

or [email protected]

Saver Plus is a matched savings and financial education program, developed by Brotherhood of St Laurence and ANZ and delivered in

partnership with Berry Street, The Benevolent Society and The Smith Family and other local community agencies. The program is funded by

ANZ and the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, with ANZ providing

matched savings for participants

Community News


Please note notices appearing below are not necessarily endorsed by the

school. We provide this space for community groups to advertise to the

school community. It is up to parents to scrutinise the activity and

organisers for their child.

Proudies Foundation Presents: July School Holidays Football Clinic

Tuesday 15 July and Wednesday 16 July

TigersClaremont Football Club

Year 5-7 Year 8-10

Tuesday 15 July Wednesday 16 July

Centennial Oval Centennial Oval

9.00am3.00pm 9.00am-3.00pm

$100 per participant $100 per participant (Forms in school office)

Limited numbers, enrolments close Tuesday 3 July. Contact Tom Moir of the Great Southern

Regional Football Development Council on 0428 428 440 or 9892 0159 or email Tom at

[email protected]

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