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School Calendar

2014

Somersby Snippets

18/3/2014 Term 1 Week 8

840 Wisemans Ferry Road . SOMERSBY, NSW 2250

Phone: 0243 72 1233 Fax 0243 72 1254

Email : Somersby-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School Security

Number

1300 880 021

The community

acknowledges the

traditional custodians of the land on which the

school is located.

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS - Kirsty Squire Well, just when you thought that the P&C’s Splash-a-thon couldn’t get any better, it

did! What a fantastic time we all had on Friday. A huge thanks goes to the following

for their hard work in organising such a great day:

Leanne and Steve Jones for organising the day

Jodi Taylor and her band of helpers for organising and running the BBQ

The Somersby Fire Brigade and their many volunteers who gave up their time to

help run activities, teach our students about fire safety and give everyone a

show bag of goodies

The Hunter family for the fantastic water slide and all who helped to set it up and

pack it away (a huge job)

To the many parents and grandparents who came along on the day to help and

support the school

Donation cards can be returned to school with all students going into a draw for a

prize. The student from each year who has raised the most money will also receive a

gift so make sure the donations keep coming in.

We can’t wait for next year’s Splash-a-thon!

Chickens

We have six new members of the Somersby school community – six lovely chickens! A

big thank you to Mr Ward who built our brand new chicken coop out of recycled

materials, it looks fantastic. Classes will have turns in looking after the chickens and

we look forward to watching them grow.

Thank You

On Friday afternoon Lisa Wriley and the Kariong Eco Garden donated four banana

trees to the school which have been planted near the garden. We would like to thank

Lisa and the Eco garden for their generous donation.

Year 6 Meeting

A reminder to Year 6 parents that there will be a meeting held after school on

Thursday to discuss fundraising and end of year plans. We hope to see you there. If

you are unable to attend, minutes of the meeting will be sent home. Any help you can

give would be greatly appreciated.

March 21 Busways safety talk

March 25 Regional Swimming

SOPAC

March 26 Book

Mobile

April 1 Judy Townsend

Author Visit

April 2 P and C Meeting

April 4 World’s Greatest

Shave

April 7 Scripture assembly

April 11 Assembly

Last Day of Term

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P & C

Contact information

somersbypandc@gmail.com

Nicki Ward 0417 721 435

Uniform Shop

Tuesdays 8am—9am Email:

heycat1@bigpond.com

Canteen

This week Chickens Burgers

High School EOI

Urgent

Book Club due 21

March

Stage 3 Excursion EOI

and deposit

Band Fees now due

Absence Notes

ICAS test payments

Did you know?

Dr Seuss wrote

Green Eggs and ham on a

dare! His publisher bet Dr

Seuss that he couldn’t write

a book that would make

children love to read using

only 50 words.

Quote of the week

You have brains in your

head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any

direction you choose.

Dr Seuss

Office News

Year 5/6 Kariong Mountains High School Meeting

Unfortunately Mrs Vine, the principal of Kariong Mountains High School, was unable

to attend last week’s meeting for a short time, therefore she has scheduled another

meeting for next Tuesday, 25th March at 2:15pm in the library. This is a chance for

students and their parents to meet Mrs Vine and find out about the high school.

Painting

The painting of the girls, boys and staff toilets is now complete and they are looking

nice and bright!

Stage 3 Excursion

Those wishing to attend the Stage 3 excursion to Canberra will need to pay a $50

deposit to guarantee a place. Please ensure deposits are paid ASAP.

Stage 2 Excursion

The Stage 2 excursion this year will be an overnight stay at Taronga Zoo. We will be

travelling with Peats Ridge, Central Mangrove and Spencer Schools leaving on

Thursday, 5th June and returning the following day. An itinerary and deposit note

have been sent home today.

Busways Safety Talk

This Friday Busways are coming to school to talk to the students about safe bus

travel. It serves as a timely reminder to all students that their behaviour on the bus

is important.

ICAS Tests

A note was sent home a while ago regarding the ICAS tests. If you would like your

child to sit these exams please fill in the note and return to school as soon as

possible.

ENVIRONMENT GROUP

2014 has been off to an excellent start with our enthusiastic group of environmental

leaders and assistants. We have lots of great ideas and plans for this year. One plan

we have is to upgrade the can recycling and crushing area. If anyone has any

unwanted bricks or pavers they'd like to get rid of, we are in search for some to

create a solid base for the cans to be crushed on. Please contact Mrs Cranstone if

you can help.

We would also like to welcome the 6 new members of our school. We have some

very cute chickens taking residence in our new chicken coop in the environment

area. We'd like to send a

HUGE thank you to

Mr Ward for working his

magic and making the

chickens’ new home very

comfortable. We look

forward to watching the

chickens grow and change

and collecting their eggs

when they are older. Come for a visit when you get a chance!

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TERM DATES

Term 2 2014

Monday April 28 to

Friday June 27

K/1/2

I just wanted to congratulate everyone on their hard work so far this term. It is great to see

home readers coming in everyday (we’ve already given out lots of 25 nights dojo points) and

homework coming in weekly. Keep up the great work, everyone!

Jade Cranstone

YEAR 6 There will be a meeting for Year 6 parents at 3:00pm on Thursday to discuss end of year

celebrations and fundraising for the git to the school. We hope to see you there.

Thank you for providing cakes for the cake stall. We raised $87.40.

Year 6 is running a handball competition. Names of students from Years 3-6 have been

drawn to form teams of three. The competition will run during the next couple of lunch

times.

Neil Mitchell

P&C News

Splash-a-thon

What a great afternoon we had on Friday! We would like to thank everyone who came along

and supported the kids. Also many thanks to all the parent helpers. Whether you helped

with events, lent buckets and hoses, helped with the BBQ, set up or packed up, your

contribution was greatly appreciated. Without you, we couldn’t have run this fundraising

event.

There are a number of individuals and organisations we would also like to recognise and

thank:

Somersby Rural Fire Service: Rob Willcox and Peter Oliver volunteered their time to

teach the children about fire safety. The children especially liked the fire

extinguisher display!

Gosford Rural Fire Service headquarters: Frank Overton provided the fire extinguishers

for our use, while Roy Owens provided fire safety awareness information and

giveaways.

Good Guys Tuggerah: Jed Rumbel and Graeme Doust donated prizes.

Active Sandblasting: Glenn Hunter provided the slide and helped set it up and pack it

away.

Jodie Taylor and Dani Scarr coordinated the BBQ.

New banner and shelter

We would like to thank Craig Squires for facilitating the donation of a new sun

shelter and banner to the school. As the benefactor prefers to do community good

anonymously, we can’t name them. But we are very grateful for their support.

Next meeting—Wednesday, 2 April

The P&C will meet at 7pm in the school library on Wednesday, April 2.

World’s Greatest Shave—Friday ,4 April Somersby School is once again registered for the World’s Greatest Shave. This year a very brave Shane Britten (father of Tallen) will be sacrificing his locks for this wonderful cause. To find out more or to register your donation visit; my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/SomersbySnippers our password is Somersby. Or visit Shane’s page; myleukaemiafoundation.org.au/ShaneBritten

April 28

2014

SDD

April 29 Students first day

May 16

2014

Small Schools

X-Country

May 19

2014

X-Country Backup

May 21

2014

GRIP

Leadership

June 5&6 Stage 2

Zoo and Snooze

Excursion

June 9

2014

Queens Birthday

June 12

2014

Regional

X-Country

June 23

To

June 24

2014

Life Education

Cody

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Congratulations to last week’s Happy

and Friendly Playground winner:

Sierrah

Somersby Public School

Lanyards with 8Gig USB

For sale In the office $15

Local teenager to be showcased in

Professional Music Concert

on the Mountain The Central Coast Community is invited to a professional

concert presented by the Eisteddfod on the Mountain

with the generous sponsorship of the Gosford City Council

through their Community Development Grant and the

Gosford Art Flux Forum.

Date- Saturday 29th March

Time- 7.30pm

Venue- Peats Ridge Hall, 1231 Peats Ridge Rd, Peats

Ridge

The concert will feature two local artists- the Overall

Outstanding Performer from the Eisteddfod on the

Mountain 2013, Laura Kostalas on keyboard and Michelle

Urquhart will perform with her Sydney based ensemble

Carinya Strings.

On the program will be pieces such as the well loved

Pachelbel's Canon. A wide range of styles from traditional

classical to light classical pieces will be performed by

Carinya Strings. Vivaldi through to Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Families are encouraged to bring children to experience

music in a close and professional setting. Performing is an

art that takes years of practice to master. As local

musicians the Eisteddfod organisers Michelle Urquhart

and Julia Kostalas are really encouraging our youngsters

to come along.

The concert will break new ground in bringing this level of

musicianship to the heart of our community.

Everyone on the night will have a chance to win a lucky

door prize .

Tickets are $5 for adults and children are free. Michelle

Urquhart Eisteddfod on the Mountain mobile:

0405357849

Free Cyber Safety

Information Session In our ever more digitally connected world the use of

smartphones, iPads and apps has transformed the way

that we connect and communicate. It can feel like the

technology and culture is evolving so fast that it is hard

to keep up and understand the things that you, or your

children or grandchildren might be accessing or exposed

to online.

If you would like to educate yourself further regarding

cyber safety and keeping yourself and your family safe

and secure in a digital world we invite you to attend the

free Cyber Safety Information Session being hosted by

The Salvation Army and The Mingara Club on the 2nd of

April at 6:30pm.

The session will be presented by James Cameron, Team

Leader for The Salvation Army Oasis Youth Centre in

Newcastle, a Cyber communication specialist and

Chairman for Cyber Speak Australia.

Please confirm your attendance at this event by calling

the Welcome Desk at Mingara on 02 4349 7765.