l o o h c S y r a im r P ia Yakam Newsletter

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

Volume 5 4 April2014

Hello from the People in Pre-Primary, Room 43

This term has just flown by. We have enjoyed a warm learning environment and the children have developed friendships and have been quick to settle into their routines. We are learning key word signing as a second language in our class. It is a non-verbal form of communicating and is also a great tool to assist with behaviour and classroom management. We are using the Jolly Phonics sound program. In Jolly Phonics the 42 main sounds of English are taught, not just the alphabet sounds. For each sound there is an action which helps the children remember the sound the letters make. The sounds are not introduced in alphabetical order. Our first six sounds were, s a t p i n and while learning these sounds we each created a growing sound picture. We glued sand on the page for s, we created ants on the page with finger painting for a. We painted a tree trunk and went on an environmental walk to collect leaves to glue on our tree. While walking we learnt the importance of only taking things that had falling on the ground rather than damaging our plants and gardens. For p we used paint, we drew insects for i and made nests and glued them on for n. We have now started our next six sound pictures which we are looking forward to developing. It has been great to see such a healthy variety of fruit and veg coming in to be shared at fruit time. We advocate healthy eating and discourage items such as lollies, chocolates and roll-ups in lunch boxes. We enjoy learning and developing through play and look forward to another great term.

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From the Principals Desk

Room 14 will host the ANZAC assembly next week on Friday 11 April. Children are encouraged to bring flowers for the wreaths on this day. The ANZAC assembly will start at 1.20pm and will be in the Hall. We look I have been impressed with the quality forward to seeing you there. teaching and learning programs that teaching and support staff provide for our Uniforms students. I have had the opportunity to see Appreciation is extended to all families for examples of fine student work and have ensuring that our children are dressed enjoyed discussing the tasks with students. correctly in our school uniform. The neat presentation of our students in the I also have been witness to the continuing playground and on excursions demonstrates a professional approach taken by staff at this Dont forget it is also school to improve outcomes for students sense of pride. important that your child also has a school through Professional Learning Communities and the consolidation of whole school hat. These are available from the Uniform Shop. processes. Term 1 Wow, who can believe that Term 1 is almost over! It has been such a busy and productive term. It has also been terrific to see the high level Term Dates of involvement of parents and community members in many of the programs run at the Parents are reminded that school for Term 1 concludes on Friday, 11 April. school. Yakamia PS is a true credit to the students, staff and parent community. I thank everyone for their wonderful efforts over the term and look forward to being part of the journey that students will be taken on next term. Assembly A big well done to Mrs Watson and her Year 2 class for hosting the last assembly. What a terrific job you all did! ANZAC Service
The 2014 Voluntary Contributions are: Kindergarten $50 PP to Yr 7 Children $60

Term 2 commences for students on Tuesday, 29 April. As this will be the last newsletter for the term, I hope you all have a safe, happy and enjoyable holiday.

Julie Blythe
Principal

Money payable to office or by Direct Debit Direct Debit Details: BSB 016-510 Account no: 3408 23089 Please note childs name in full if different from parent LAST CHANCE

PAY BEFORE THE END OF TERM GO IN THE DRAW TO WIN FEES BACK

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Interschool Swimming Carnival

Yesterday, the Interschool Swimming Squad competed at the Leisure Centre against Albany, Denmark, Flinders Park, Little Grove, Spencer Park, Mt Barker and Mt Lockyer Primary Schools. Well done to all students who participated and to the parent volunteers who helped on the day. Championship Shield results were: 1st Albany PS 493.5 2nd Denmark PS 331.5 3rd Little Grove PS 295 4th Flinders Park PS 218 5th Mt Lockyer PS 204 6th Yakamia PS 186 7th Spencer Park PS 177 8th Mt Barker CC 129 Champions from Yakamia: Yr 5 R/Up Champion Girl Jorja Ercegovich Yr 6 Third Place Girl Jenaya Colbung Yr 7 Champion Girl Teleya Beattie

Honour Certificate Recipients28 March 2014

Room 11 Name Isabelle Ryan Denver Brown 12 Brody Cronin Issac Dodimead-Peake 13 Alex Pearce Nikita Oxnam 14 Kohen White Kynon Coleman 15 Cooper Childs Kellie Linn 16 Liam Buss Kaila Bellotti 21 Jackson Bertola Kate Hallett 22 Abigale Kidman Kohen Hortin 23 Maya Anning Sam Bryan 41 35 34 33 32 26 25 Room 24 Name Emily Wiggins Amber Wilkinson Dylan Maguire Madilyn Ercegovich Alivia Knight Ben Warburton Gabby Allen Aniqua Gray Ashleigh Sykes-Holliday Gabby Whittle Lucca Cramer Robbie Johnston Mia Tindal-Davies Liam Cash Cody van der Meulen Ethan Jones

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Community News

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.

Back to the Italian Club - Charity Ball A Charity Ball will be held at the Albany Italian Club, Albany Highway Albany on May 3 from 6.30pm to 1am. All proceeds from this event will go: Albany Community Hospice Solariscare Great Southern WA Institute of the Deaf (Albany) Tables of ten available. Tickets $100 per person. Tickets available from Civic Video, Chester Pass Lunch bar, Jetset Travel or Tonys Hair and Skin Care. Champagne on arrival a 5 course meal and live entertainment (Perth band). Auction hosted by Harry Carroll. Door Prize. YMCA Albany Early Learning Centre is a not -for-profit early learning centre located on 35 Beaufort Road (opposite Yakamia School). We are a highly accredited centre with staff that is enthusiastic, dedicated and highly educated. As a team we have developed a program that reflects the interests of the children, based on the Centres philosophy and the belief and commitment to the YMCAs Approach to Learning. The program encourages spontaneity and reflects the childrens curiosity. By taking the learning journey with the child, we hope to facilitate their learning. We believe the learning process that the children go through is important to the childs holistic development. We also believe in a close relationship with all families attending our centre.

The centre provides nutritious home-cooked meals in a comfortable home environment. We are open Monday to Friday between 7.30am to 6pm. There are vacancies available in all age groups most days. For more information please come and visit us or call Anneli on 9842 5580. School Holiday Surf Program Is your child keen to surf better these school holidays? Learn the basics of turns, generating speed, duckdives, reading the waves. this is taking surfing beyond the basic lessons. all participants must be able to pop-up and surf a wave, before attending these lessons. 3 day course; Tues 15th April - Thurs 17th 8 am 10am $150 suitable for school aged children. take your own board and wetsuit. boards & wetsuits provided if required, please notify on booking. location is weather, wind , swell dependant - we will be looking for the best waves on the day. get the best lessons with your local coaches, Adrian Shepherd + Roz Dekker bookings essential. Contact Roz Dekker 0427413627

Yakamia P&C News POSITION AVAILABLE: CASUAL CANTEEN ASSISTANT, YAKAMIA PS CANTEEN Yakamia P & C are seeking interested persons to apply for the position of Casual Canteen Assistant, to commence at the start of Term 2, 2014. Duties include (but not limited to) Assisting in the smooth running of the canteen. Assisting in the maintenance of a hygienically safe environment for the preparation of food. Serving at the counter. Preparation of food for the lunches and recess & collating lunch orders. The person will be employed as a Casual Canteen worker for no less than 2 hours per shift on an 'as required' basis. Typically the person would work 1 morning per week for approximately 3 hours (days depend on off-site catering arrangements and possibly filling in for absent staff) Please contact Nyree Mackenzie 0488716257 or tristannyree@bigpond.com IT IS NOT TOO LATE to win back a school fee. Pay your families school fees before the end of term one and go into the raffle to win it back. 3 prizes up for grabs.