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2nd June
2020
• Calendar
• Principal’s Message
• Return to School Arrangements
• Library Renaming
• Seesaw Trial
• From the Classrooms
• Somerton PS Playgroup
• P & C News & P & C Pie Drive
• Community Classifieds
• Staffing
• Thank You
• Small School Camps
• Semester 1 Reports
• Noticeboard
W Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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1 June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 7 June
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8 June Public Holiday
9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June
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15 June 16 June 17 June Book Club due
18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June
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22 June Pie Drive money & orders due
23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June
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29 June 30 June ! July 2 July 3 July 3 July 4 July
Term 3
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20 July Staff Development Day
21 July 22 July School Photo Day
23 July 24 July 25 July Reports distributed
26 July
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27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31 July 1 August 2 August
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3 August 4 August Small Schools’ Spelling Bee
5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August
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10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15 August 16 August
Principal’s Message
Last week, we were delighted to welcome students
back to fulltime schooling. After a challenging few
months during the Covid-19 period, it was great that
we have students back at school, connecting with their
peers and teachers.
The staff would like to thank families for their
contribution to your children’s education, through
supporting participation in remote learning activities.
We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively
with our community to create opportunities for our
students.
Return to School Arrangements
In line with the advice of the NSW Department of
Education, the school will continue to implement
physical distancing and good hygiene practices. To
support, we ask that parents:
Pick up and drop off will occur at the front of the
school. We ask that parents limit their interactions with
other adults as per social distancing restrictions.
refrain from entering the school grounds. If you need
to access your children during the day, please contact
the front office beforehand.
If your child is unwell or has flu-like symptoms (cough,
runny nose, fever) we ask that they be kept at home.
School attendance: As of Monday 25th May, students
are expected to return and attend school. Students
who are absent are required to provide an explanation.
The school will keep you updated as these
arrangements are amended. Thank you for your
support during this period.
Library Renaming
Over the past few months, staff have worked
diligently to reconfigure the library into a multipurpose
space. We plan to run a variety of extra curricula
activities such as art, STEM and host community
events such as re-establishing the playgroup for
prospective enrolments and their families.
In recognition, we wish to rename this space using
the language of the local indigenous community, the
Gamilaraay people. This signifies the connection
between our school, with the land and community
which we meet upon. Mrs Markwick and Mr White
have shared some names with students, who will
vote as part of this process.
To coincide with the renaming, students will be
contributing to a community mural, highlighting links
between local wildlife, habits and waterways. We look
forward to sharing future developments.
Seesaw Trial
This term staff will continue to trial the application,
Seesaw. This product allows staff and students to
share learning undertaken during the school day. We
will look to utilise Seesaw as a communication tool, in
addition to our fortnightly newsletter, emails and
Facebook updates.
If you haven’t yet connected to your child’s Seesaw
journal or require support around using this app,
please contact your child’s teacher.
Mr Stephens’
Message
Staffing
This term, we welcome Mr Stephen Lalor to our
teaching staff. Mr Lalor will be in our school on
Thursday and Fridays, working with the wombats and
covering release from face to face across the school.
Ms Chris Hudson finished up at Somerton Public
School at the end of Term 1. She has chosen to
pursue family commitments, and we wish her best of
luck in her future endeavours. Ms Hudson has made a
significant contribution to our school over several
years.
Thank you
Local community member Lynde Bartel has created
and donated a table, decorated with indigenous
artwork. This piece pairs up with a similar work
donated to the school last year. On behalf of the
school community, we would like to thank Lynde for
sharing her talent and contributing to the cultural
presence in our school. Hopefully, we can invite Lynde
and her family into the school later in the year to work
with students and share the cultural importance of
both pieces.
Small School Camps - Stage 2 and 3.
It is looking likely that the Years 3/4 and Years 5/6
camps will be offered later in the year. If you have a
child in either of these year groups, it would be great
if we could have an indication of interest.
Camps dates are:
Years 3 and 4: Great Aussie Bush Camp (25th, 26th
August)
Years 5 and 6: Canberra (Term 4, dates TBC)
For further details, please discuss this with your
child’s teacher.
Reports - Semester 1
Written progress reports for students in Terms 1 and
2 will be provided to families in Week 1, Term 3. As
per the guidance provided by the Department of
Education, these reports will be abbreviated and
provide parents with a snapshot of your child’s
current progress in English and Mathematics. Other
key learning areas and key information will be
provided through a general comment. No A to E
grades will be awarded.
Parent interviews will be conducted during weeks 2
and 3, Term 3. The purpose of these will be to clarify
any questions regarding the formal report and to set
individual learning goals for each student.
Mr Stephens’
Message continued...
The latest Book Club catalogue is included in today’s newsletter. If you would like to
purchase any items from the catalogue please complete the order form on the back page
and return it to the school with the correct amount of cash or cheque by
Wednesday, 17th June
Alternatively orders may be placed online at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP
Book Club benefits Somerton Public School as every Book Club order placed earns us
20% (10% for home deliveries) of the order spend in rewards enabling us to purchase
valuable education resources.
Breakfast Club
Each morning before school, we are very grateful
to have Mrs Markwick prepare a simple breakfast
for all students.
From next week Mrs Markwick would like to
include scrambled eggs 2 or 3 days a week.
If your child, for any reason, cannot eat eggs
please let the school know before next Monday
morning.
From the classrooms….
Wombat Wag This fortnight, the Wombats have enjoyed the return of school and have been busy refamiliarising
themselves with classroom routines and reconnecting with peers. It is a big adjustment after a couple
months away!
During literacy sessions, the Wombats are participating in Daily 5 activities. Daily 5 consists of Read to
Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, Word Work and Work on Writing. These experiences go
together to form a balanced literacy session. Library sessions will continue to be run on Monday
afternoons, where students are encouraged to borrow for home. Please send a borrowing bag in with your
child.
In Mathematics, the Wombats have been looking for a chance and data. This has included answering the
question of the day, creating our own questions and collecting data. Topics have included;
What is the most valuable thing in the world?
What is the largest thing in the world
What is the oldest thing in the world?
Our PE focus has been on exploring
environments at school. The wombats
venture out twice a day to participate
in movement challenges on the
playground equipment and/or a whole
class game. Gross motor sessions will
be run twice a week on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons, supporting the
development of fundamental
movement skills.
The wombats have been learning how
to Seesaw their own learning. Check
the family regularly for further updates.
Mr Stephens - Head Wombat.
From the classrooms…. Kangaroo Kickstart Term 1 and 2 have not turned out at all how we would have
expected. Our almost 8 weeks of home learning gave our
class lots of opportunities to explore out-of-class school work.
We learnt how to "Zoom" and read stories from afar and how
to "Seesaw" with tasks that get us all doing the same thing, but
perhaps at different times.
Back in the classroom we've continued on with the learning we
started at home, focussing on the past and seeing what things
have changed over time. We've discovered about trams and
treehouses, swaggies and drovers. We've spent time working
with students in both the Wombats and the Koalas classes and
we are growing every day.
From the classrooms….
Koalas Koala’s News
After starting this term with our remote
home learning, the Koalas have returned
eager to learn.
Koalas learning have been gearing towards
boys in education and we have had some
successes in their excitement and
enthusiasm with our learning.
In maths we have been working
mathematically to work out problems.
Learning our spelling words have had a make over and the boys need
to order and sort the list of words.
Once we looked and discussed the items, the boys were keen to get writing their stories.
Writing has become exciting with our
Bump Up Wall and Writing Stimulus table.
Our visitors Kobi and Jack loved working on our spelling and writing tasks as well.
Next Term, Somerton Public School is looking to
establish a playgroup.
This will operate weekly and is open to parents and
children of prospective enrolments at our school.
The group will be run by Mrs Jodie Markwick and will be
held in our multipurpose space.
To express interest or for further information please
contact the school.
P & C News
Hi Everyone, Just a quick note from your P&C… I’m not sure how we did it but we have had quite a busy 2nd term already. We have installed our kitchen for the canteen - thank you Wes, Lynde and Kayla…, replenished the vegetable gardens with vegetable plants—thank you Kayla and The Kneipp’s and started our annual Pie Drive. If you need another order form you can get one from the school, the back of this newsletter or our P&C Facebook page. Please make sure you get out there, (whilst social distancing of course) and sell them to any and everyone you know. We are offering a delivery service for reasonable distance of Somerton. They are a great winter warmer just in time for the school holidays. Our uniform pool is also open for new and second hand uniforms. Please contact Emily (VP) if you need anything. We have a few projects in the pipeline for our P&C but if you have any new ideas or simply something you would like to see in the school that the P&C can help with, please let us know. We love fresh ideas and new faces. We will schedule a meeting when restrictions allow us to. Until next time, stay safe, stay warm. Kind regards Leianna Kneipp President
Somerton War Memorial Hall
If you would like to hire this great
facility please contact:
Ph: 0427 697 566
Somerton CWA
The CWA meet on the second Tuesday of
each month.
All interested ladies are welcome.
Please contact:
Carol Bank (President) 6760 6250 or
Judi Swain (Secretary) 6743 1701 for more information.
2020 Somerton P & C
Winter Pie Drive
We will deliver to anyone in the Somerton area.
Order your pies now for early July delivery.
Please contact
Leianna 0427335280 or Karen 0448451639 to arrange home delivery
If you can pay EFT, details are below:
Account name: Somerton P&C Association
BSB: 062-602
Account #: 00940242
Please use your name as the reference
Thank you for supporting our local Somerton Public School