term 4, week 3 2015 newsletter
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Term 4, Week 3 2015 NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
We are having a great second semester with lots of art, craft, sport,
cooking, dancing and music, as well as maths, reading and writing. Several
parents helped us with some yummy cookery lessons and we learnt a little
about the great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, which resulted in the class
painting `Picasso`s Dog`. Last term we read the classic story of Treasure Island and made model
sailing ships. Then we read Rowan of Rin and, with the help of a parent, we built the mountain that
Rowan climbed. The highlight so far though, has been preparing and then performing our assembly.
The theme was `Countries of the World` and Room 16 students will tell you about it.
Everyone studied a different country and Mrs McIntosh worked with us in ICT to carry out research
and produce a book on our Ipads. Brodie.
We stayed with the theme and had a fun time making our assembly. Angela.
I studied South Africa and found out that the first heart transplant was carried out by Dr Christian
Barnaard, in Capetown in 1967. Latraigh.
I studied the Philippines . We created two dances, the Salsa and Las Corolenas. It was unique. Eliza.
We made flags and masks to represent the countries such as Egypt, Germany, Switzerland and the
Philippines. Ella.
My favourite part was when I was the drummer and Samuel played guitar in the Salsa dance. Quinn.
The most enjoyable part for me was when I was playing the guitar. Samuel.
I really enjoyed speaking about Angola. William.
My favourite part was the Mexican Hat Dance because it was Brodie, Bella and me. Ashleigh.
I loved the Mexican Hat Dance in the Salsa movement. James.
I liked the music with the maracas. I was one of the players and Toby was a great leader. Shaun.
The maracas players made the dance amazing. Emily.
From Room 16
Yakamia Primary School
Newsletter
Volume 18
30 October 2015 Principal: Julie Blythe
Deputy Principals: Yvonne Height, Helen Walmsley and Tristan Mackenzie
Ph: 9841 7533 Fax: 9842 1350
Email: [email protected]
I really liked it when Sam, Quinn, Latraigh and James,
marched out as the military. Bella.
My favourite part was the military march. Trent.
My favourite was the Salsa because I played the trumpet with
Nicole and James. Angela.
The trumpeters in the Salsa ! Tyler.
The Salsa was fun because the band kept rhythm and didn`t
lose it. Lucas.
I enjoyed the `Did You Know ?` section and Las Coronelas
because I really like dancing. Julianna.
I really liked the Salsa dance because I was second on with
Julianna. Bonny.
For me, the best bit was Las Coronelas when we did the turns in and out. Zohar.
So there we have it. We hope you enjoyed our assembly. We want to give a big thank you to the
councillors who always do a great job at assemblies, our terrific parents and caregivers, and Mr
McLean and Mr Fisher for their help with the music.
Room 16 cont...
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Assembly
A big well done to the Year 3/4 students of Room
16 for hosting the last assembly. What talent
you all displayed!!
Next week’s assembly will be hosted by the Year
1 students of Room 34. The school looks forward
to all family and friends attending.
Attendance
Term 4 is a busy term for both the school and for
families. It is important to know that even
though it is a busy time students still need to be
regularly attending school. To highlight the
importance of regular attendance we include the
following information.
Missing school adds up;
if a child misses an average of five days a
term (Years 1 to 10), they miss out on
approximately one year of school
if a child misses one day a week of school
(from Years 1 to 10), they will miss almost
two years of school
if a child misses 1.5 days a week of school
(from Years 1 to 10), they will miss almost
three years of school
if a child misses two days a week of school
(from Years 1 to 10), they will miss almost
four years of school
if a child misses five weeks a term (Years 1 to
10), they miss almost five years of school
Based on these statistics I’m sure that parents
can see the massive effect this degree of
absenteeism would have on student learning.
Faction Athletics Carnival
Congratulations to all students who competed in
the Athletics Carnivals this week. I was most
impressed with your team spirit!!
Well done to individual and runner-up year level
champions.
A big thank you to all those that helped out along
the way and especially to Mr Mac for all his
efforts.
Julie Blythe
From the Principal’s Desk
Well done to all students from Years 1-6 for their participation in the Faction Athletics Carnival held
over 2 days. The results for the Faction Shields and medallions are listed below.
Champions and Runner-Ups
Year 4 Girls Champion Asia Pitt
Year 4 Girls R/Up Champion Daisy Stewart Morgan
Year 4 Boys Champion Lachlan Pietrala
Year 4 Boys R/Up Champion Kohen Horton
Year 5 Girls Champion Emily Wiggins
Year 5 Girls R/Up Champion =Lilly Bennell
=Shanica Perrin
Year 5 Boys Champion Ryan Lazar
Year 5 Boys R/Up Champion Steven Lawrence
Year 6 Girls Champion Ksharna Coyne
Year 6 Girls R/Up Champion April Jones-Thorne
Year 6 Boys Champion = Lincoln Hird
= Kaleb Weinert
Faction Sports Carnival
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Shield Results—Junior Carnival
Faction Points
1st Green 277
2nd Red 245
3rd Blue 239
4th Gold 200
Shield Results –Senior Carnival
1st Gold 473
2nd Red 386
3rd Blue 378
4th Green 377
Faction Sports Carnival
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2015 Year 4-6 Champions and R/Up Champions
Buy One, Get One Free Yakamia Book Fair Our “Huge Yakamia Book Fair” is on once again but the difference is when you buy one book you get another
book free to the same value.
For example if you buy 1 book for $15 you can choose one or more books up to the value of $15 for free.
This Book fair is a reward for the highly successful Book fair we operated early in the year and, although no actual money is raised for the Library, it is extremely good value for students and parents.
If you are thinking of rewarding your children for their effort at school, or at home, or even thinking ahead for Christmas then this is a wonderful opportunity to purchase high interest literature at greatly reduced prices.
Dates and Times
Viewing: Tuesday 3rd – Friday 6th November
Purchasing: Tuesday 10th – Thursday 12th November.
Location: Music Room (next to the hall)
Times: 8:25 - 8:50 and 12:40 – 1:00 each day and for a short time
at the end of the school day.
(Please remember that the first four days are for viewing only, Purchasing starts on Tuesday the following week
We’re looking forward to seeing ’YOU’ at the Library Book Fair.
“Our Book Fairs connect students to books they want to read.”
Thank you for encouraging your child to read. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at the Book Fair.
Regards
Yakamia Library Parent Book Fair Committee
School News
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Hats in Term 4
Could all students remember to bring their broad
brimmed hats to school and wear them!
School hats can be purchased from the canteen
for only $11.00!
School News
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SCHOOL BANKING EVERY:
TUESDAY IN THE HALL
8.30 – 9.00am
Honour Certificate Recipients—23 October 2015
Room Name Room Name
11 Robbie Johnson
Fay Wiggins
24 Tyler Roberts
Paige Narkle
12 Madison Quick
Jesse Owens
25 Annalise Walker
Montanna Robinson-Crowley
13 Maddeline O’Neill
Tamia Rodd
Matilda Kuyer
26 Chloe Kelly
Steven Lawrence
14 Riley O’Brien
Mia Tindal-Davies
33 Alice Stonehouse
Mitchell Wrightson
15 Scott Hawkins
Exavier Milne
34 Latisha Sewell
Hayley Haworth
16 Brodie Armstrong
William Timms
35 Isaac Purnell
Aisha Coyne
21 Olivia Carbonell
Trent Holland
43 Amber Hume
Jason Wenbourne
22 Ksharna Coyne
Kaleb Weinert
44 Cody Colmer
Zoe Lyon
23 Sienna Ugle
Dylan Hawkins
45 Jeremy Tschabotar
Lashantae Smith
Community News
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