Hi everyone!

On Friday 9 May, the amazing students of Room

32 performed at our school assembly. We were

honouring and thanking our beautiful Mums and

Carers who do so much for us on a daily basis. We

did some fantastic drawings to decorate the stage.

We recited a poem called Our Precious Mums.

We sang Mamma Mia, but we changed the words

to suit our Mums. We all wore terrific costumes,

organised by our Mums/Nans. It is forty ears

since Abba sang their first song together, so it

was special that we performed an Abba song this

year.

In our classroom we have had lots of fun. At the

end of last term, we had an Aussie party, to

celebrate Australia. We have been learning about

Australia and all the special flags, states, colours,

places etc which make our country the special

place it is. This term we are learning about

Australian animals and their environment.

We celebrate a person in our classroom each week

and they are the Personality of the Week! This

week it is Leila Nixie Rose.

We continue with wonderful learning in Reading

and Maths. Lots of our clever people have done

really well in the Reading Recovery Programme

with the amazing Mrs Castle and Mrs Brooks.

Well done to those students!!

Come and visit our classroom any time to find out

what we are doing. We would love it!

Room 32 Children and Mrs Donaldson

Some stories from our class:

On the weekend I got two cows, a baby cow and a

mamma, and the mamma cow is having a baby.

On Friday I had an assembly. We sang a song

called Mamma Mia and we said a poem called

Our Precious Mums. At the assembly I talked on

the microphone and I said We will begin with the

National Anthem, School Song and School Creed.

After assembly we had an afternoon tea. My

favourite part was when we sang Mamma Mia.

Angela Lanyon-Cook

I loved the assembly because we sang a song called

Mamma Mia and I could not stop smiling. I was

so proud. I love assemblies! We also did a poem

and it was Our Precious Mums and after

assembly we had an afternoon tea. My Mum came

and I gave her a hug.

Ella Smith

Room 32Year 2

Yakamia Primary School

Newsletter

Volume 7

16 May 2014

Principal: Julie Blythe

Deputy Principals: Yvonne Height, Helen Walmsley and Paul Murray

Ph: 9841 7533 Fax: 9842 1350

Email: Yakamia.PS@education.wa.edu.au

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Fotoworks- Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 May

Pre-paid envelopes have gone home with all students in Years 1-7. The K-PP students will be having

their photos on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September. Any families wanting a Siblings portrait will

need to collect an envelope from the front office of the school. You will also need to add your family

details to the siblings register and then make sure you present the students to the photographers

between 8.30 and 8.50am in the school hall. Sibling photos will be the responsibility of the carer or

the eldest sibling.

For all other photos:

Select the photos required.

Return the envelope to the school on photo day with payment included.

Please ensure the correct money is placed in the envelopes. The photographers, the school office

or canteen cannot give change.

For queries please contact the Fotoworks Office directly on 9244 8211.

School Photos

Disabled Parking Bay

Please respect the use of the disabled car parking bays in the School car parks. These

bays are needed by two families at the school. It is very difficult for them if they have to

find alternate parking.

We appreciate your support in this matter.

Assembly

Well done to Mrs Donaldson and her Year 2 class

on a fantastic assembly last Friday. Im sure

there would have been some very happy mothers.

Room 34 have swapped their assembly scheduled

for Friday 23 May for Friday 6 June. Room 21 will

now host the next assembly. The school looks

forward to all family and friends attending

Applications for Enrolment 2015

Applications for enrolment of children entering

Kindergarten, Pre-primary and Year 7 & 8, and

for children changing schools for the 2015 school

year should be made no later than Friday, 1

August 2014. However, we would encourage all

parents/guardians to complete the forms by the

end of Term 2.

WA Day Public Holiday

Monday 2 June is the WA Day public holiday and

school will be closed. WA Day recognises the

founding of Western Australia by English settlers

on 1 June 1829.

Faction Cross Country

The 2014 Faction Cross Country will take

place during the fourth week of this term,

weather permitting. Notes with full times for

each individual year levels have gone home

with each student. The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday 21 MayYear 5, 6 & 7

1.303pm.

Thursday 22 MayYear 3 & 4 1.30-3pm

If the race is postponed due to bad weather, it

will be moved to Week 5 at the same day of

the week and the same time. Parents are

very welcome to come along and watch.

Julie Blythe

From the Principals Desk

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Honour Certificate Recipients9 May 2014

Room Name Room Name

11 Clayton Horton

Damon Cameron

24 Hayden Joss

Jada Lee

12 Hannah Seaman

Abbie Byram

25 Ella Bee

Marley Idle

13 Rochel Freeman-Ferguson

Harley Russell

26 Ethan Corlett

Stephen Coyne

14 Jayde Timms

Callum Offer

32 Ella Smith

Isabelle Maher

15 James Penson

Harison White

33 Riley Munro

Lily Rogers

16 Connor Pettley-Grey

Tasharn Jackson

34 Jesse Owens

Charlotte Maguire

21 Sienna Burr

Kate Hunter

35 Lili Ditchburn

Sean Sanderson

22 Kiara Hinks

Brodie Armstong

41 Spencer Bee

Kaysha Ripohau

23 Jess Ralston

Retha Lachmann

Transition to High School a message from NASHS

During Week 6 of this term, Mr Harrison (Student Services Coordinator), Ben Wyatt

and Jennie Small (NASHS Chaplains) and/or Mrs Bolt, (Deputy Principal), will be

visiting your school and the Year 6 and 7 students. The students will be provided

with information on subjects, teachers and events to look forward to in the future.

They will also be provided with an enrolment package containing lots of information

about Year 7 and 8 in 2015. Contained in the package will be an Application to Enrol / Enrolment

form. It would be appreciated if you could complete and return all of these forms, to your childs

teacher by Friday, 27 June 2014.

On Tuesday, 10 June we will be holding a Parent Information Night for Year 6 to 7 from 5.30pm to

7.30pm and on Thursday, 12 June we will be holding a Parent Information Night for Year 7 to 8

from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Please refer to the flyer inside the enrolment package. We look forward to

seeing parents of Year 6 and 7 students.

If you have any further queries regarding the Year 6 to 7 and Year 7 to 8 transition program, please

feel free to contact Terry Bolt (Lower School Deputy Principal) on 9892 0611.

A Message from NASHS

Clifford Visits Yakamia Primary School

Clifford visited Yakamia Primary School for the Bookfair.

Clifford went to the Kindergarten, Pre-Primary, Year 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7

classrooms. He went there to visit all the kids and tell them that there is a book-

fair next week. It starts on the Monday 19 May, in the morning at 8.20am, and

finishes Wednesday 21 May.

Clifford had three body guards named Nelson Sim, Issac Dodimead-Peake and

Mitchell Killeen who looked after him.

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Dear Yakamia Primary School Families Re: Book fair 2014

The Read More in May Book Fair has arrived at our school.

All children are visiting the Book Fair and creating a Wish List of book titles and posters. They will be talking to their Mums and Dads about their Wish List.

By supporting this event you are helping your child to browse, to make choices, and to select books to read and of course purchase.

For each purchase our school LIBRARY receives a commission this year the money raised is to be spent on new picture books and early reader nov-els.

We look forward to seeing you at the Yakamia Book Fair

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AfternoonAfternoonAfternoonAfternoon: 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm in the Library.

We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at the Book Fair.

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