For the first two weeks of this term we were very busy because it was our turn to present the assembly. We learnt a fun song called The Animal Boogie. There were lots of words to remember and actions too. Its a song about jungle animals so we made monkeys to decorate the

stage. At the assembly we were all dressed up in our animal costumes. Here are some of the pictures we drew and the stories we wrote about the assembly. Today it was our assembly. We sang. Some people did announcements. We dressed up as jungle animals. The song was called The Animal Boogie. We did boogying. At the back of the stage there were monkeys hanging on a vine. Saree

It was a fun assembly. A fun song was called The Animal Boogie and I was a bird and my boogie is my best. - Aisha

At the assembly we sang The Animal Boogie. I was at the back. I got to sit on the seat. I got to stand on the stage. Zaine

At the assembly everybody sang The Animal Boogie. We got up and down and did the actions and I said Family and friends of Room 35 are invited to our class for morning tea. Sophie

Today it was a cool assembly. It was awesome and there was a vine and there was monkeys too and we are monkeys and leopards too. - Beau

From the Children of Room 35

Yakamia Primary School

Newsletter

Volume 13

7 August 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

By Eamonn

By Isabelle

By Aiden

Assembly

Well done to the Year 1 students of Room 35 on

a fantastic assembly last week. What talented

performers you all are!!

The next assembly will be hosted by Room 12

on Friday 14 August at 9am. The school looks

forward to all family and friends attending.

Student Behaviour

During this term Ive been able to observe the

very positive behaviour of students at Yakamia.

Mutual Respect, Attentive Listening and

Personal Responsibility are very obvious

throughout the school. I continually see staff and

students demonstrating these types of behaviours

which all work to building a very positive culture

at school. Well done to all!

Morning Arrival of Students

Parents and caregivers of students are reminded

that children should not arrive at school

before 8.30am. The exception to this is students

who attend the Before School Reading program or

use school buses.

Teachers have been asked to be available in

classrooms 20 minutes before the start of the

school day (8.30am). Most of our teachers arrive

long before this time but they use the time to

prepare and finalise teaching and learning for the

day.

As well as the early birds, we do have a number of

students who arrive close to or after the school

bell at 8:50am. This is not providing sufficient

time for children to prepare for the day's

activities. In addition, arriving after the bell can

be embarrassing for the child entering the

classroom, and is disruptive to the teacher and

other class members who have already started

the school day.

Parent cooperation in these two matters will be

very much appreciated by teachers.

School Voluntary Contributions

Have you payed your Schools Voluntary

Contributions? They play an important part in

funding various resources and programs around

the school to support classes with educational

projects.

Yakamia Primary School Facebook

You can find us on Facebook! There are regular

posts of upcoming events, the newsletter and

other happenings around the school.

Find us on Facebook.com Yakamia Primary

School

Staff Car Park

Could parents please refrain from using the staff

car parks. There are two that are located at each

end of the school. There have been several hit

and miss incidents with cars whizzing in and out.

These parks are for staff only and not for drop offs

and pick ups. Thank you.

Julie BlytheJulie BlytheJulie BlytheJulie Blythe

From the Principals Desk

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SCHOOL BANKING EVERY: SCHOOL BANKING EVERY: SCHOOL BANKING EVERY: SCHOOL BANKING EVERY:

TUESDAY IN THE HALL TUESDAY IN THE HALL TUESDAY IN THE HALL TUESDAY IN THE HALL

8.30 9.00am

The 2015 Voluntary Contributions are: Money payable to office or by Direct Debit

Kindergarten $50 per child Direct Debit Details:

Pre-Primary to Yr 6 $60 per child BSB 016-510

Account no: 3408 23089

Please note childs name in full if different from parent

Book Week Character Dress Up Day

Yakamia PS will hold a Book Week Character

Dress Up Day on Friday 28 August as part of

celebrating Bookweek 2015.

Students will attend a parade of costumes

and participate in activities in the hall.

PP-Yr 1 will parade after the assembly,

approximately 10.00am, Years 2-3 after

recess and then Years 4, 5 & 6 at 11.30am.

National Families Art Prizes

Congratulations to the following students for

winning prizes in the National Families

Week Competition:

2nd Prize: Angela Lanyon-Cook Yr 3

Highly Commended: Aniqua Gray Yr 3

Well done: Maddy ONeill Yr 2

Zohar Amigo Yr 3

Ella Siwiecki Yr 2

The prizes were presented at last weeks

assembly.

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Honour Certificate Recipients31 July 2015

Room Name Room Name

11 Delanche Burger

Charlie Whitfort

25 Jedd Guetlich

Kaidyn Manley

13 Cody van der Muelen

Liliana Wilkes

26 Lilly Bennell

Taj Coleman

15 Dylan Wood

Ella Ayres

33 Chastity Evans

Laylah Sanderson

16 Trent Herbert

Toby Lemin

34 Callan Madden

Liam Mitchell

21 Tyler Dawson

April Jones-Thorne

35 Eamonn OBrien

Kyleb Penn

22 Bayley Drew

Cameron Pettley Gray

43 Oscar Jones

Kaiden Russell

23 Ryan Brooks

Antony Fazio

44 Emma De Baugy

Kyren Bell

24 Corbin Keen-Ferguson

Kiara Hinks

45 Amelia Purnell

Rykah Adeley

Special

Award

Bradley Johnson-Pinner

PlasticsFreeJuly

On30JulyRoom15hadapackagefreefoodanddrinkdayatschoolaspartofPlasticFree

July.Someofthestudentshavewrittenthefollowing:

Onthe30Julyourclass,Room15hadapackagefreedayforfoodanddrink.Ittookplaceat

YakamiaSchoolwherethepointistomakesurethatwehaveaslittlerubbishaspossible.

AlmostallofRoom15studentsbroughtpackagefreefoodanddrink.ElliHolt

We did preparations the day before. On the day we sat in a circle and took photos of the food

we brought. It was all in reusable containers to save nature. Amy-Lee

People brought stuff like fruit and other stuff. To start with we wrote notes to our parents

about plastic free day. Mason Perrin

We did it because animals get sick when they eat plastic and rubbish. Mikayla Keys

The purpose of plastic free July is to protect the environment reduce animal deaths

and reduce rubbish. I hope that the class can do that again. Ella Smith

We package free lunches such as salad, fruit, eggs and sandwiches. Overall I think

we did really well because everyone contributed by not bringing plastic to school

so the animals didnt get hurt. Jordan Whennen- Guy

I think we should have plastic free day because it saves cleaning up and it saves animals. We

should do it again because it would keep us healthy. Sean Sanderson

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Lunch wrappers from the day before

Nature Playground and P&C Raffle

MANY thanks to everyone who sold and

purchased tickets in our Xmas in July raffle,

drawn 31 July at the Assembly. A huge effort

from parents and staff who helped to help raise

funds for the next Nature Playground

development in the Years 1-6 areas, with 744

tickets sold!

The prizes donated were fabulous with a special

thank you to Helen Marshall for that stunning

painting!

Congratulations to our winners!

1st: Tammy Bemben.

2nd: Tanya Lance.

3rd: Caroline Walmsley.

4th: Bec Jefferis.

5th: Danny Copeland.

6th: Sue Jamieson.

7th: Gavin Wakefield.

8th: Steph Northcott.

9th: C Taylor.

10th: Carol Marwick.

Keep an eye out for our next event.Spring Fest

and Car Boot Sale. 20 September! The Nature

Playground group welcome anyone wishing to join

in and share ideas come along to our next

meeting!

Special Thank You

We would like to thank the

Brooks Garden Chemmart

Pharmacy for allowing

Yakamia PS to be the

recipient of the Fund for the

Month of July.

They have just presented us

with a cheque for $400 which will go towards the

Nature Playground extension.

Canteen Volunteers Needed

Jobs include: making sandwiches and

rolls

Days/Times: 9-10.30am, Monday -

Friday

Pay: a cuppa tea & good chats

Contact: Charmaine 9841 1784

It would be great to have people

to commit to 2-3 spots per term, choose

your day!

P&C News

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Community News

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