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Welcome to this week’s newsletter. Recently, Mr Peter Katsambanis visited our school and we were able to discuss issues relating to our school grounds and the traffic congestion on Elfreda Avenue. Mr Katsambanis is connecting us with a local councillor to work on alleviating and problem solve the parking issues and Kiss and Drive situation.

Harmony Day We will be taking part in Harmony Day celebrations on Wednesday 21st March. We would like students to dress in orange and bright colours to celebrate Australia’s cultural diversity – wigs, tutus…….the lot! The day will commence with an assembly which will be hosted by students telling us about Harmony Day. Year 2/3 will be presenting a poem and we will have a community song. All parents are welcome to attend. Please join us for a community lunch at 12.30pm. Kindy and PP students are welcome to stay in their area and siblings can join them with their parents on the lawn for a picnic. The remainder of the school are asked to find a spot on the oval or on the edge of the oval under shade to picnic with their family. Students who do not have their parents with them may join their friends.

New eNewsletter The school is very excited to be launching our new eNewsletter with Schoolzine. The move to this new format will enable us to communicate with the school community across multiple channels. It will promote and enhance our engagement with parents, students and the wider community. We believe you’ll find the eNewsletter highly engaging, as it will provide us with a more efficient and effective means of connecting with you. The new format will allow the inclusion of video, photo galleries, online bookings, mobile app, feedback forms, calendars and so much more.

Sorrento Primary School

SORRENTO SEAGULL

Thur 15 March 2018 ISSUE 04

An Independent Public School

Principal’s Message Whole School Information P&C News

Canteen

Canteen open each Tues & Thurs Orders placed online at https://quickcliq.com.au/

School Banking Wednesdays 8.15am – 8.40am - Canteen

Uniform Shop Wed 2.30pm – 3.00pm Fri 8.30am – 9.00am (The shop will close at 8.45am on Assembly days).

P&C Sorrento PS School Community Business Directory

Ctl+Click to follow link

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School Watch encourages the school community to report any suspicious activity in and around school grounds, after hours and on weekends, as well as during the school holidays. Telephone 1800 177 777 (free call) or 13 14 44 (WA Police)

School Dental Therapy Centre - Marmion

Ph: 9447 1275

School Information

14 Elfreda Avenue Sorrento WA 6020

Phone (08) 9447 7488 Email: [email protected]

School Start time – 8.40am Recess 10.40-11.00am Lunch 12.40-1.20pm School Finish Time – 2.50pm

Term Dates (For Students) 2018 Term 1 Wed 31 Jan – Fri 13 Apr Term 2 Mon 30 Apr – Fri 29 Jun Term 3 Tue 17 July – Fri 21 Sept Term 4 Tue 9 Oct – Thur 13 Dec

School Development Days 2018 (Students do not attend) 2.0 Days Mon 29 Jan & Tue 30 Jan 1.0 day Fri 1 June 1.0 day Mon 16 July 1.0 day Mon 8 Oct 1.0 day Fri 14 Dec

What’s In This Issue

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Principal’s Message ……..

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The newsletter also has a sponsorship section which provides a great opportunity for local businesses to engage with our parent community. If you would like to be a part of this, please contact Schoolzine.

Phone Jude 07 5414 2363 [email protected]

Interschool Swim Training It is impressive to see the number of dedicated students from Year 4 to 6 training three times a week at Carine SHS for the interschool carnival which will be held at HBF Stadium in Mt Claremont on Tuesday 27th March. Trials are held this week so good luck to everyone. Thank you to Mr Nathan Chandler for his time and commitment to our students and to all of the parents who are helping out with supervision at the pool.

P&C Meeting Our next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 19th March at 7pm in the staffroom. Please come along to meet our committee for 2018. We have some wonderful ideas for Sorrento Primary School. It would be fabulous to see as many of you there as possible. This enables you to find out what is happening in the school and contribute where possible. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Board Meeting Our first Board meeting will be held on Wednesday 21st March at 7pm in the School Conference Room.

School Board Members 2018 Board Chair: Jarvis Croome Staff Representatives: Anne Alford – Principal Christine Byrne – Deputy Principal Amanda Murphy – Teacher Parent Representatives: Greg Mortimer Peter Kershaw Carrie Dunbar Katrina Strampel

I look forward to working with the School Board to meet our long term goals and improve outcomes for our children at Sorrento.

Our Teachers We have some wonderful work happening in our classrooms. Students are being engaged in Talk for Writing activities, STEM activities and our Year 3 and Year 5 teachers are preparing our students for NAPLAN on line. These are exciting times at Sorrento. We are implementing many changes one being the introduction of a new reading assessment which will give teachers much information to level their students and to provide a differentiated curriculum. I would like to thank our teachers for their dedication and ongoing commitment to our students. Have a wonderful week. Regards Anne Alford Principal

Assembly

Hosts: Year 3 Room 3 Date: 9 March 2018

Merit Awards

Year Room Names

PP 1 Danielle R, Giovanni O

PP 2 Asha O, Willow C

1 13 Hayes L, Piper P

14 Lillianah H, Zac N

2 Isaac H

2 1 Skye R, Wren T

2 Ava E

4 Oliver H

3 3 Tiah M, Lucy H

4 Jaxon B

6 Amelia S, Skyla B

4 11 Helene H, Blake E

12 Duke O, Hannah D

5 8 Charles D, Emily H

9 Caelen O

10 Tiana P

6 9 Abbie W, Chloe R

10 Pippa B

You Can Do It Awards

Year Room Names 1 13 Liana N

5 9 Megan L

PP PP2 Amber E

Whole School Information

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ANZAC Assembly

Reminder - Flowers Needed for ANZAC Wreath We would appreciate donations of flowers and “greenery” for the wreath for our ANZAC Assembly on Thursday 12

th April.

If you are able to donate flowers or greenery, please deliver donations to the staffroom on the morning of Thursday 12th April by 9.00am. Many thanks to Belinda Jeanes who has volunteered to make our ANZAC Wreaths this year.

P & C President’s Report As the new President of our P&C Committee I’d like to introduce myself and extend a warm invitation to all in the school community to the NEXT P&C MEETING on 19th March at 7pm. It’s a delight to join such a committed and passionate team after only being at this school a little over a year since relocating from Melbourne. I look forward to meeting as many parents as possible at least once over this year’s calendar of great events and activities organised.

UPCOMING EVENTS Easter Raffle - drawn Thursday 29th March – see article below Movie Matinee - April 8th Mother’s Day Stall – Tuesday 8th, Wed 8th May Scitech evening – Friday 18th May (Proposed; an evening where we have an after hours timeslot at Sci-tech, no crowds just our school community, more details will follow as this is outside of term 1

One of our most loved and celebrated events is SORRENTO UNDER THE STARS a night where the school hosts a night of family fun and the opportunity to camp out under the stars on our oval. This is a major event and we are asking for helpers/volunteers early as the event is later in the year but we rely on helpers to make these fabulous events happen.

Please direct offers of help/queries/questions to [email protected]

Kylie REES P&C President

P & C Easter Raffle Easter is just around the corner and that means it's Easter Raffle time!! Please bring in an Easter Egg Donation on Harmony Day, Wednesday 21st March. A pack of 10 raffle tickets was sent home with the youngest in the family. We would love each family to sell a pack. Please place money collected and raffle ticket stubs in the drop-box outside the Uniform Shop by the 27th March. The highest selling family will also win a Easter Basket. Additional ticket books will be available from Louise Parlongo. Please leave her a message on 0424 532201 and she will organise extra tickets for you. The raffle will be drawn on Thursday 29 March. This year we will be making more hampers, smaller in size, so more families have the chance of winning!! The P & C really appreciates your support for this special event. Thank you everyone!!

Calendar - Term 1 March

Fri 16 Inter Swim Carnival Team Training (Yr4-6) Carine SHS 3.25pm-4.25pm

Mon 19 Inter Swim Carnival Team Training (Yr4-6) Carine SHS 3.25pm-4.25pm

Wed 21 Y5/6’s Exc Parliament House/Electoral Centre Rms9&10 Harmony Day – Free Dress School Board Meeting – 7pm Conference Centre Inter Swim Carnival Team Training (Yr4-6) Carine SHS 3.25pm-4.25pm

Fri 23 7.15am – 8.00am Inter Swim Carnival Team Training Carine SHS Assembly Y4 R12 8.40-9.30am U/Cover Area

Tue 27 Interschool Swimming Carnival Yrs4-6 HBF Stadium Mt Claremont

Thur 29 Bi-lingual Puppet Play Y3 & Y4

Fri 30 Public Holiday – Easter Good Friday School closed on this day

April

Mon 2 Public Holiday – Easter Monday School Closed on this day

Tue 3 Public Holiday – Easter Tuesday School closed on this day

Mon 9 Constitution Centre Guest Speaker Y5’s –Rms8&10

Thur 12 School ANZAC Day Service

Fri 13 Last day of Term 1

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Contributions and Charges We look forward to your support in paying these voluntary contributions – Kindergarten $60, Pre-Primary $60 Years 1-6 $60 Voluntary Additional Request $35 (P-6), Voluntary Additional Request $20 (K) These funds will be used to provide additional resources for all students. An outline of possible charges for each year level was provided at the end of last year. Please use this to anticipate educational expenses for the year. Charges will be collected at the time the particular event, such as an excursion, occurs. If you have any queries on contributions and charges, please contact the office.

Waste Wise

News

MARVELLOUS RESULT FOR CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY Last Friday morning the school joined in with the excellent Clean-Up Australia Day project that has been a feature of the national calendar for decades. This event was a part of our “Waste-Wise” school project. Everyone met in the assembly area and after a briefing about the importance of putting litter in the bin, recycling and especially being careful with plastics, each class was allocated an area of the school to clean. We met later and were amazed at how much “micro-rubbish” we collected. There were some bigger items too, including an engine block discovered by Room 11. The amount of plastics picked up was a real concern, making up over 60% of the rubbish. Unfortunately, many plastics end up in the ocean as seen recently in Bali. The clean-up demonstrated to the students why they shouldn’t litter. Let’s hope there is even less to pick up next time we do this. Waste Wise Committee

Nude Food Winners

Term 1

Week 6 Winners: Sienna D Room 4, Thomas E Room 12 Class winner for the fortnight with a 92.5% average was Room 4.

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Room 12 Year 4

World of Maths We attended the ‘World of Maths’ incursion on Thursday 1st

March. We really enjoyed it. Read what some of the

students thought about the experience.

On Thursday the 1st of March 2018, Rooms 12 and 11 went to an incursion at the library. We had to solve different mathematical board games, Rooms 12 and 11 were put into groups of three. I was with Emily Bowden and Summer Warburton, my friends. It was so hard to pick which game to play first because there were so many board games on the ground. We picked a game that was a race. Summer went with red, Emily went with green and I went with blue. Summer’s colour came first, mine came second and Emily came third. Half way through the lesson Mr Krajcar yelled at the top of his voice and said,” EVERYBODY BE QUIET!” Just before we left, Michael made us sit down and he explained that every night he feels upset that he takes money from kids each day, so he will give us $5 each. He had a contract and asked Mitchell to sign it. Michael took two $50 dollar notes out, then Mitchell signed it, but he didn’t read it and it said on the sheet that whoever signed the contract had to give Michael $5 dollars. Some people grabbed the contract and tried to rip it to little particles, but they ripped it up in little parts. We left the library all together in sadness that we didn’t get $5 dollars and then got back to class

blaming Mitchell! By Bella

…..There were lots of maths puzzles. I was in a group with

Summer and Bella. One puzzle my group did was the bridge puzzle. There was a storm coming in 17 minutes and some people

that had to get across the bridge before the storm. There was only

one torch and someone had to hold the torch the whole time. Bella, Summer and I could get across the bridge in 18 minutes

minimum.

The man running the World of Maths was very funny. His name was Michael. He showed us a magic trick where he made a cloth

disappear. He said he would give us five dollars each but we

needed to sign a piece of paper. Someone signed it, but it actually said we had to give him five dollars each! Luckily we didn’t

actually have to give him money. He taught us maths can be

FUN! Some maths puzzles my group played and liked were the ball one

where you had to flick a ball and add up the numbers you went

past. We also liked the one where you had to see which net would fit around the hamster cube. There were lots more fun games!

I had lots of fun at World of Maths. I hope they come again with

even more fun games!

By Emily

….I was in a group with Xander and Heath. When we were in our groups

we went to the library.

When we got to the library we were told about the activities, then we got

to go do them. My favourite was the

puzzle where you had to make a square with the shapes we were

given. We had to finish all the

activities. When everyone finished we had to

sit down and we got to see a magic

trick. Afterwards we had to go back to class. By Daniel

……We had to form a group. In the group was Mark [me], Thomas and Claire. First the World of Maths guy had to tell us the rules, like if something fell on the ground you had to pick it up. After that we had to go and choose an activity. Our first activity was the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Our aim was to make a leaning tower. We got it 14 levels high before it fell. At the end someone had to sign a paper that said everyone gets five dollars, but it was a trick because it only applied on weekend days, so if it were on any of the other days we had to pay him 5 dollars. Then someone ripped it and he said you had to pay double if it got ripped. Then he did another trick. He had a piece of cotton in his hand and he closed his hand and then opened it again and it was gone. After that he explained that he had a fake thumb and he said he bought it from ebay for three dollars. Then we went back to our class. My favourite game was a bee hive game where you had to find a path through a bee hive. But you could only have a one block path, so no other blocks could fall out. I really liked that incursion because we got to play a lot of

games. By Mark.R

….It was all about learning how you can

make maths fun.

Before we left the classroom to go to the library we had to choose a group of

three. I was with Charlie B and Duke.

When we got to the library we sat down while Michael, who was the person

running it, explained the rules. Then we

got to choose a game and start playing it. The first game my group played was one

where we had to put a little wooden

person through all the doors and see which room he ended up in. My

favourite game was the one where you

had to try and get a little ball through a maze. When we had a go the ball got so

stuck Charlie had to use his pencil to

free it! At the end of the World of Maths Michael did a magic trick where he

made a hanky disappear and then

reappear. After that he said he would give us all

five dollars, but Mitchell had to sign a

contract. Mitchell didn’t read it and ended up paying him five dollars! But

then someone, who also had not read the contract, ripped it so we had to pay him

ten dollars.

The World of Maths was very fun and my favourite part was when Michael did

the extremely cool magic trick that I still

didn’t get after he showed us. My least favourite part was when we had to pay

him ten dollars.

By Jack



……The first thing the maths guy told us

was the rules, like if you drop something on

the floor you had to pick it up. The first thing my group did was the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

I think the tallest height was 36 layers.

At the end he said if someone signed the

paper they had to give him 5 dollars. He also

showed us the disappearing tissue trick. The

things you need are 1 fake finger and 1 tissue. First you show everyone the tissue

then you cup your hands and put the tissue in

the fake finger. Lastly you put it on and do everything backwards and take the tissue out.

By Thomas

……In my group were Thomas and Mark. Everybody in the school went on either Wednesday the 28th or Thursday the 1st of March First we went to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The challenge was to build the tallest tower we could. The tallest we could make the tower was only 14 blocks high. Next we went to the challenge were we had to make the blocks level and also spell a word. After the levelling blocks we went to the fishing challenge. The challenge was to sort the fish into two colours, green and blue, and then we could sort the fish from fat and thin, short and tall, then the challenge would decide how much the fish cost. Fourthly we went to the Ski Race Challenge. The challenge was to count how many flashes you could count before your ski person finished. The red skier was the fastest because his track had the least turns. After 2 hours Michael, the guy running World of Maths, called us to sit down in front of him and proceeded to do a magic trick. The trick was that he was going to hide his hanky. It turned out that he had a fake thumb and hid the hanky in that. Next he got Mitchell from our class to sign a contract saying that if you sign you get five dollars, but Michael was the only one who got five dollars. Next he told Will to rip the contract, but he got ten dollars if you rip the contract! By Claire

….It is where a funny man comes in with lots of fun maths activities. I was in a group with Tess and Maddie. First, my group went to an activity where there were lots of shape nets and only one net would cover the mouse. Then we went to an activity where there was a house and a small doll on some string. You had to thread the doll through all the door ways in the house and you could only go through one door once. It was quite hard. Then, we did an activity where there were lots of little fish and you had to slide them down a maze type game board where there was a handle to slide the fish in to sections of skinny or fat and blue or green. After that, we went to an activity where you had to put a small triangle thing with a tiny wheel on the bottom of it. You had to try to add up all the numbers that your triangle went past. It was so much fun. Then we went to this activity where there were lots of shapes and a place to put the shapes in to form an animal or a building. At the end, Michael (the guy who ran the show) did a funny trick with a handkerchief. Then he did a contract thing where someone got up to sign a piece of paper that said we would all get five dollars, but down at the bottom of the paper it said that we had to pay the man five dollars. It was a very good incursion. By Meg

…My partner was Mitchell. When

we were in the library, Michael,

the guy who was running the

maths incursion, introduced

himself.

Michael told us the rules. The

rules were don’t spend too much

time at a game and that’s

probably it. The first game

Mitchell and I played was a game

where you had to catch a fake

fish with a magnet on it with a

fishing rod, which also had a

magnet. What you need to do is

catch a fish then put the fish in a

sort of obstacle course. Another

thing we went on is a sort of a

racing game with three metal

balls and three different one

metre courses and the purpose

of the game is to see what metal

ball is going to get to the bottom

first, second and third.

At the end of the incursion

Michael fooled us with a magic

trick with a fake finger, which

fitted him very well, and a

handkerchief. So he had the

handkerchief in his hand and put

it up to his mouth and then he

hid it with his hand, then put it in

the fake finger. He randomly

chose me as a demonstration.

After that we went back to the

class. By Tom B

……. I WORKED WITH HEATH AND DANIEL AND COMPLETED MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE THERE. SOME ACTIVITIES WE DID WAS WHERE WE BUILT BRIDGES OUT OF BLOCKS TO HOLD UP A BIG CUBE. ANOTHER ONE WAS WHERE WE HAD TO FIND THE RIGHT BLOCKS TO MAKE THE SHAPE, WE DIDN’T DO TOO WELL AT THAT. THE NEXT THING WE DID WAS WE HAD THESE THINGs THAT SLIDE DOWN A TRACK, SO WE HAD TO SAY GO, THEN PRESS A BUTTON UNTIL IT GETS TO THE END. THEN WHEN IT GOT TO THE BOTTOM WE STOPPED THE BUTTON AND COUNTED HOW MANY FLASHES IT TAKES TO SEE WHO’S ONE WON THE RACE. AT THE END THE WORLD OF MATHS GUY HAD A BALL GAME WHERE WE ALL HAD TO CATCH A BALL TEN TIMES AND WE WOULD GET FIVE DOLLARS. HE LIED AND GOT SOMEONE TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR THE MONEY, BUT THE PERSON WHO SIGNED IT FORGOT TO READ IT FIRST AND IT SAID WE HAVE TO GIVE HIM FIVE DOLLARS INSTEAD! THEN HE DID A MAGIC TRICK WHERE HE HAD A PIECE OF CLOTH THAT HE MADE DISAPPEAR IN TO A FAKE THUMB. By XANDER



COMMUNICATION VIA CONNECT

Please note that Connect is the school’s preferred choice for whole-school communication. Connect is an integrated online environment developed by the Department of Education WA for staff, students and parents in public schools. Connect is totally free and, because it is provided by the Department of Education, very safe. As well as being able to login to Connect on any internet-enabled device, you may also receive notices from Connect that will be sent to you as either an email or a notification on your phone.

Use the CONNECT NOW app A free app called Connect Now can be downloaded from Google Play or the Apple App Store and will let you receive Connect notices as push notifications straight to your phone. The app will remember your log-in details, meaning you will be able to view photos and attachments without needing to log in on a computer.

WHY YOU NEED CONNECT

SORRENTO SNAPPERS CAMERA CLUB The first meeting of our newly-formed camera club was held last Tuesday 6th March during lunchtime. Around 45 enthusiastic ‘snappers’ came to find out about what awaits them this year! Throughout the year, students who regularly attend Camera Club will be asked to photograph various school events. You will see more of their photos published here. Each week, a theme is given and students have the opportunity to test out their photographic, artistic and technological skills to create an image. This past week students were happy very excited to give ANT’S-EYE VIEW photography a go. Some amazing images were created. Well done Sorrento Snappers! Clare King

Sorrento Snappers Camera Club



Sorrento Primary Parent Community Student formal reports – All student reports are delivered via your Connect login.

You are also able to access previous reports for your children. Notifications about school events – incidental news and notes that relate to whole school or whole-of-year-level

activities are notified via Connect, as well as incidental news and notes that relate to whole school or whole-of-year-level activities.

Classroom Community Class-specific notifications – many of our classes use Connect for whole-class messages and class events relevant to

learning for your children.

How Connect Works Notifications are sent via email to your email address, and there is a Connect app available if you prefer to receive push notifications via your smart phone. More information about the Connect app can be found at our school website: http://sorrentops.wa.edu.au/get-connected/

HOW TO GET CONNECTED Each parent has been or will be given their own secure login to Connect. If you have not yet registered with Connect, please send the school an email at [email protected] and we can issue a registration email to get you started. If you have multiple children you only need one login – even if your children attend different public schools. We hope that you enjoy the Connect experience and see it as an exciting new way for you to stay in touch with school information and events.

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