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“Worthy Daily Living” 1
School
Calendar
Somersby Snippets
1 8 / 1 2 / 1 2 T E R M 4 W E E K 1 1
840 Wisemans Ferry Road . SOMERSBY, NSW 2250
Phone: 0243 72 1233 Fax 0243 72 1254
Email : [email protected]
School Security
Number In the event of anything
suspicious you may see on
passing please phone
1300 880 021
The community acknowledges the
traditional custodians of the land on which the school is located.
December 19 Year 6 Farewell
Movies @ Avoca
Class Parities
December 20 Staff Development
day No Students
PRINCIPAL NEWS Kirsty Squires
Presentation Day Yesterday’s Presentation Day was a wonderful way to celebrate our students’ achievements this year. Thank you to the many families and friends who came along to show their support and congratulations to all students for their awards. Well done to Year 6 for running the day so efficiently. I’m sure you’ll all agree that they did a fantastic job! The day also included the ‘S Factor’ grand finale which was a wonderful opportunity for our students to showcase their many talents. A special mention to our winners; Sebastien playing his cello came in 3
rd, Hannah and
Aaliyah singing who came 2nd
, and our winner was Mackenzie R who wowed the crowd with his version of ‘Gangnam style’. We also had a fantastic BBQ lunch provided by a great team of parent helpers, a lunch dance performance from the Junior Dance Group who were accompanied by Sierrah singing, and a visit from Santa – what a day! Movie/Class Party Day Tomorrow is the last day for students, and to celebrate we are off to the movies to see Madagascar 3. When we return, at approximately 1:30pm, we will be having our class parties in the COLA. Students are asked to bring along a plate or drink to share with their class mates. Year 6 Farewell Disco Tomorrow night Year 6 will be having their farewell disco. The night will begin at 5:30pm for Year 6 with dinner, then at 7pm all students are asked to come along to the school hall for a disco. There is a $2 entry fee and students will be given a piece of cake, a drink and chips. The night will finish at 9pm. Please come along and support our Year 6
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P & C Contact information
somersby-
Nicki Ward 0417 721 435
Uniform Shop Open every Tuesday
from 8:30am—9:15am
0407 039 479
Chantelle Singh
CANTEEN: Canteen will resume on Friday
08//02/2013
.
Wishing all our families
a Merry Christmas and
a safe and happy
holiday.
Julie, Robyn, Kate &
Richelle
Quote of the Week
The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of the school year.
Alice Cooper Did you Know? Between 34-36 million trees are produced every year to keep up with demands of Christ-mas!
Office News
students and help to farewell them in a fitting manner. 2013 I understand that there has been some uncertainty in the school community about classes for 2013. Uncertainty around staffing occurs at many schools on an annual basis. At this stage I can inform you that we will start the year with four classes and that staffing for 2013 will be determined by the Department based on the number of students enrolled on a specific date in mid February. On, or soon after this date, I will be able to provide information to the school community about staffing and classes for the year. Please be assured that we will do the best we can to support our students during this process and that we will communicate information to families as it becomes available to us. Thank you for your understanding and please see me if you require further clarification.
Staff Development Day Thursday and Friday are designated Staff Development Days (SDD), however as we have previously had a SDD on a Saturday staff are only required to attend Thursday. During the day we will be working on the Literacy and Numeracy continuums and this will be presented by Jo Hextall, our Best Start Leader. We will be joined for that session by staff from Peats Ridge PS and Central Mangrove PS. The afternoon session will be ‘iPads, the curriculum and continuums’ and will be presented by Mrs Still who is a teacher at Peats Ridge PS. Merry Christmas I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families
a very Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year. Your
support and help this year has been greatly appreciated. I
hope your holidays are restful (and injury free) and we look
forward to seeing you in 2013!
Kirsty Squires
Happy Birthday Ashleigh
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TERM DATES
2013
January 29 SDD
no students
January 30 Students
return
February 21 School
photos
March 11 Zone swim
carnival
April 12 Last day
Term 1
April 29 SDD no
students
April 30 SDD no
students
May 31 Zone Cross
Country
June28 Last day
Term 2
July 15 SDD no
students
July 16 Students
return
August 23 Zone
Athletics
September
2-4
Years 5/6
camp
proposed
September
11-12 Yr 4 camp
October 8 All return
December 18
End of
Term 4 for
students
K/1C News What a wonderful year we’ve had! Thank you to all K/1 students and families for all of your hard work and support this year. I have loved every second. I wish you all a very happy and safe Christmas. I look forward to seeing you all next year.
Jade Cranstone 2/3K News
Thank you to all my wonderful students for a fantastic year of learning. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and fun filled holiday. I can’t wait to hear all about your holidays next year!
Laura Knight
5/6M News I wish all Year 5/6 students and parents a safe and happy Christmas. All the best to Year 6 students as they progress to high school. It has been a pleasure to have you in our classroom this year.
Neil Mitchell Goodbye I would like to take this opportunity to thank the school and the community for the time I have to spent at this beautiful school. I have had many laughs and wonderful times working with Elliot and the 5/6 class. I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday and good luck to Year 6 for 2013.
Richelle Bennett P&C News Presentation day DVD DVDs of yesterday’s presentation day will be available to purchase in the New Year. Orders can be placed at the school office. Seasons greetings The P&C would like to wish all members of the school community a happy festive season and holiday period. We look forward to seeing everyone in Term 1 2013. Meet & greet in 2013 The first meeting of the P&C will be held in early February. It will be a ‘meet and greet’ evening for all school families. Canteen Thank you to all our wonderful parents who volunteered for canteen this year, both on regular days and on our special lunch days. Without your help we would not have been able to provide the students and staff with the great lunches and treats they all love.
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How many words can you make out of Christmas tree?
C H R I S T M A S T R E E ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
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___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
___________ ___________
Did you find?
Something you wear.
Something you drink.
Something you drive.
Something you breathe.
Something to put on the tree.
A number.
A planet.
A subject in school.
A month of the year.
What a teacher does.
Someone who paints.
A place where you sit.
A place where you drive.
A place where you go up.
Another word for clever.
The opposite of stand.
Mix milk in your coffee.
Three of your senses.
A small river.
A group of athletes.
Bonus: Can you find four verbs with both past and
present tenses?
Christmas Riddles
Something you give that rhymes with lift. Something you send that rhymes with hard. A little helper that rhymes with shelf. Something striped that rhymes with rain. A famous reindeer that rhymes with golf. Something you sing that rhymes with barrel. Something you decorate that rhymes with bee. Something you hang that rhymes with rocking. This covers the window and rhymes with lost. What Santa drives that rhymes with hay. Something you ring that rhymes with well. Green leaves that rhyme with golly. Where Santa lives that rhymes with hole. What you put on your roof that rhymes with fights. This holds Santa’s presents and rhymes with back.
