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

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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Please note notices appearing below are not necessarily endorsed by the

school. We provide this space for community groups to advertise to the

school community. It is up to parents to scrutinise the activity and

organisers for their child.