‘Worthy Daily Living ‘

School Calendar

2014

Somersby Snippets

25/3/2014 Term 1 Week 9

840 Wisemans Ferry Road . SOMERSBY, NSW 2250

Phone: 0243 72 1233 Fax 0243 72 1254

Email : Somersby-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School Security

Number

1300 880 021

The community

acknowledges the

traditional custodians of the land on which the

school is located.

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS - Kirsty Squire

Tree Assessment

Last Wednesday we had Advanced Treescape Consulting here to assess

the safety of the trees in the school grounds. I’m pleased to say that in

his expert opinion we have no trees that are posing an immediate

threat to the safety of students, staff and parents in areas that are

frequently used in the school grounds. When the full report comes in it

will be tabled at the next P&C meeting and relevant parts will be put in

the newsletter.

Harmony Day

Last Friday was Harmony Day and was recognised by our school with a

whole school art activity with students working together to create a

lovely piece of art that will be displayed in the office towards the end of

the week.

Bus Safety Talk

Last Friday we also had Busways come to talk to the

students about safety on the bus and expected

behaviours. It served as a timely reminder to all, even

those who don’t regularly catch the bus, that their behaviour is

monitored and can have a large impact on the safety of all on the bus.

Year 5/6 Kariong Mountains High School Meeting

Mrs Anne Vine, the Principal of KMHS visited the school today to speak

with Year 5/6 students and their parents.

Stage 2 and 3 Excursions

Deposits for both excursions are due in before Wednesday 2nd April.

ENVIRONMENT GROUP

Just a reminder - we're still searching for good

quality second hand bricks or pavers to tidy up

our can recycling area.

Does anyone know someone who could help?

March 26 Book

Mobile

April 1 Judy Townsend

Author Visit

April 2 P and C Meeting

April 4 World’s Greatest

Shave

April 7 Scripture assembly

April 11 Assembly

Last Day of Term

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P & C

Contact information

somersbypandc@gmail.com

Nicki Ward 0417 721 435

Uniform Shop

Tuesdays 8am—9am

Mrs Kirrily Green

Email:

heycat1@bigpond.com

Canteen

This week :Chicken Burgers

Stage 3 Excursion EOI

and deposit. WE

NEED NUMBERS SO

PLEASE INDICATE

WETHER YOUR CHILD

IS GOING TO THE

OFFICE :)

Band Fees now due

Absence Notes

ICAS test

payments

before this

Friday

Did you know?

Some historians believe the

April Fools’ custom began

in France. Possibly stem-

ming from a calendar

change in the 16th Century

when the Gregorian

calendar was adopted. This

change New Years Day

from April 1 to January 1.

People who continued to

celebrate New Years on

April 1 were referred to as

April Fools and others

played tricks on them.

Office News

Cans! Cans! Cans! Please keep sending in your empty cans for

us to add to our recycling collection.

K/1/2C

Year 2 - don't forget to bring in or borrow a book from the library that

you'd like to keep in our classroom and read during our D.E.A.R time.

Jade Cranstone

YEAR 6

Year 6 will be holding a lolly guessing competition commencing later

this week. Money raised will go towards their gift to the school. The

cost will be 20 cents per guess.

We had a productive year 6 parent meeting last Thursday and

preparations are underway. A summary of the meeting was sent home

with students on Friday. Thank you to those who were able to be

present.

Today I attended the Regional Swimming Carnival. The class was taken

by Mr Noud.

HANDBALL COMPETITION

Last week saw the running of a Year3-6 teams handball competition.

Well done to everyone for participating in the right spirit.

Congratulations to the aptly named “Winners” team for taking out the

event. Team members were; Jake, Henna and Ethan.

Many considered the highlight to be the Winners vs teachers match

up. The staff wound back the clock (a lot of winding for some) to take

out the encounter.

Neil Mitchell

LIBRARY

Please find attached information about next week’s visit from Central

Coast author Judy Townsend. We are very excited to have Judy visit

Somersby and teach us how to make an idea become a book. Parents

are invited to join us for these sessions.

Dance

Thank you for returning your

audition permission notes.

Recording will take place at

school next week. Our dance is

coming along nicely. It's very

different to anything we have

done before so we have everything crossed that the committee enjoys

our piece.

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TERM DATES

Term 2 2014

Monday April 28 to

Friday June 27

Quote of the week

It is only the farmer who

faithfully plants seeds in

the Spring, who reaps a

harvest in the Autumn.

BC Forbes

Debating

A big well done to all of 5/6 on your hard work in debating this term. You

have really grasped the concepts and have put together some great ideas

and arguments. It's such a shame I can only put in two teams.

Laura Knight

Office News

As the term will be coming to an end in a couple of weeks, I have sent out

absence notes still outstanding for this term. If you could return them with

an explanation so that these absences are not recorded on your child’s

record cards as “unjustified.”

Notes and things

All permission notes, absence notes and monies are to go to the teachers in

the first instance and then these will be given to the office to process.

School website

The website is updated regularly with calendar events, notes and

information. If anyone has any ideas on how to improve the website or our

newsletter please do not hesitate to send a note in or call the office and let

us know your thoughts. We are always striving to get better.

Parent On Line Payments

It’s great to see a few parents paying online. If you haven’t tried it then

please don’t hesitate to ask how or go to the website and you’ll find the

“How To” instructions.

New Finance and Administration Package

I went to a conference in Sydney yesterday to hear all the updated

information on the new LMBR system being rolled out to schools. In the long

run I am sure the new system will be of great advantage to schools and

parent’s as there will be a “Parent Portal” for parents to access information .

But in saying this the change will be lengthy and fraught with the nightmares

of ‘change’. So please bear with us in the long haul of change!

Julie Broome

April 28

2014

SDD

April 29 Students first day

May 16

2014

Small Schools

X-Country

May 19

2014

X-Country Backup

May 21

2014

GRIP

Leadership

June 5&6 Stage 2

Zoo and Snooze

June 9

2014

Queens Birthday

June 12

2014

Regional

X-Country

June 23

To

June 24

2014

Life Education

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Congratulations to last week’s Happy

and Friendly Playground winner:

Peter

P&C News

Easter raffle - Easter is just around the corner, and to celebrate, we’ll be holding an Easter raffle. If you

would like to donate a basket, eggs or other Easter chocolate, please leave your donation in the school

office.

Splash-a-thon

We’re looking forward to finalising the Splash-a-thon sponsorship and seeing how much the students

raised for the school. If your child hasn’t yet returned their card and Splash-a-thon money, can they

please do so this week. Thanks.

Uniform orders

The uniform shop is now open on Tuesday mornings between 8am and 9am. An updated uniform order

form is available from the shop or on the school website. If you’re unable to visit the uniform shop on

Tuesdays, please drop your completed order form and payment into the school office. Payment should

be made to the Somersby P&C Association by cash or cheque. If you need help with uniform orders,

please contact Kirrily Green on email, heycat1@bigpond.com.

Next meeting

The P&C will meet at 7pm in the school library on Wednesday, April 2.

Each year 1,800 public school children in need come to Stewart House from many parts of NSW and the ACT.

During their stay, children are provided with optometric, dental and medical treatment as well as emotional support.

This is balanced with health and educational programs and out of school activities to boost their self-esteem and to promote a healthier lifestyle.

Children in the care of Stewart House attend a specific purpose school onsite for 8 days of their 12-day stay.

The NSW Department of Education and Communities provides infrastructure and staff-ing support for this school.

All others costs associated with the childrens' stay are met from charitable donations.

Please return your envelope

with a donation by the end of

this week to go into the

‘holiday’ draw.

Jumbo Car Boot Market Saturday 5th April

Kariong Community Baptist Church Grounds Cnr Woy Woy and Milye4rra Roads Kariong

For further info—Please call Jenny Ward 0415 6123 538