22 Lawrence Way SAMSON 6163 Ph: 9314 1924 NEWSLETTER No 17 26 th October, 2018 Principal: Rhonda Spencer Email: samson.ps@education.wa.edu.au Principal s Message Week three has been and gone. I m sure that we will begin the countdown to Christmas very soon. A big congratulations to all of our Interschool students who competed last week. Well done on representing our school in such a positive way. We gained second place overall and were two points off winning the team events shield. Reports Semester 2 Reminder Reports are being emailed to parents. Please ensure that the school has your up to date email address send to Samson Primary School Samson.PS@education.wa.edu.au Rhonda Spencer Principal Honour Certificate Recipients 22 nd October 2018 PPA Sophie K Ella P Jett R Silus Z PPB Cheyenne H Finn K Lucy C Sadie B Rm 1 Justin S Madison P Rm 2 Eden D Chayce R Rm 3 Axel E Rosalia F Noah L Rm 4 Luka P Balthazar M.A Rm 7 Ariel D Ammon A Leila C Jez Rm 10 Riley A Rm 14 Katie O MULTILIT Week 4, 8 th August 2018 Rm Luke A Please note photos were unable to be taken after assembly. If any parents took photos after assembly of honour certificates please send to happy to send to Samson.PS@education.wa.edu.au Thank you Ms Hargreaves
Mathletics GOLD Rm 4 Klara T Finley T Sebastian W Mathletics SILVER PPA Lucy C Rm 1 Justin S Finn K Rm 2 Chayce R Rm 3 Rosalia F Axel E Rm 4 Jacob B Rm 10 Riley A SWIMMING PP- 4 UPDATE Swimming money is due no later than Wednesday, 31 st October 2018. Swimming forms are required at the swimming pool by Thursday morning. Don t forget all students need to wear their bathers with school uniform over the top to school for all lessons, but remember to pack undergarments. Please note money or forms will NOT be accepted after Wednesday 31st October 2018. INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL We had a fantastic group of athletes participate in the Interschool Athletics Carnival on Wednesday 17 th and Friday 19 th October. JEMM JUNIOR ELEMENTARY MATH MASTERY Week 2, 17 th October 2018 Rm Rhys D Alani S Rm 8 Chris D Alisha Buis Staying Safe from Swooping Magpies Wear a broad-brimmed hat and sunglasses or take shelter under an umbrella to protect your face from swooping magpies (painting or sticking large eyes on the back of your hat can also deter magpies. Our school was well represented in all events with many athletes gaining positions. Overall we placed 2 nd from 6 schools. We were 2 points off winning the Team Games Shield. Our Captains Jake and Bianca excelled on the day, not only as Captains of our school team but also both being Runners Up for the Champion Boy and Girl.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR ATHLETES THAT REPRESENTED SAMSON PRIMARY WITH SUCH FIERCE DETERMINTATION AND GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP. Marion Burt LIBRARY NEWS A big thank you to everyone who purchased items from our Book Fair in September making it very successful. Your support of this event provided over $1600.00 of valuable resources for our Library. The new books we selected will be available to borrow soon. Congratulations to those students who won a colouring in or raffle prize. Thankyou Mrs Bennett & Mrs De Buelle 2019 Kindergarten Orientation Parents of students enrolled in Kindergarten for 2019 have received a letter regarding the details of our parent meeting and student orientation to be held in the school on Wednesday, 5 th December 2018. There are two sessions: 10:00-10:30am 11:00-11:30am Kangaroo group Emu group. Both sessions will be held in the library. Please bring your child as they will be working in the class while parents meet in the library. 2019 Pre Primary Parent Meeting Parents of students enrolled in Pre Primary for 2019 have received a letter with the details of a parent meeting on Thursday, 6th December 2018 at 1.30-2:30pm in the music room. Students currently in Kindy, will visit the Pre Primary classes and spend time working with both of the teachers. Contributions It s not too late We have only collected about 60% of our contributions for 2018. Payment of $60 for the year provides valuable resources to our students. CLASS REQUESTS Where parents have an educational request for a class placement for 2019, please write a note and drop it off in the office. The reason must be educational. Describe your child s need so this can be taken into consideration. We do not take requests naming a teacher or a list of student names you wish to be with in a class. If your child has been in a split class we try to ensure that they are in a straight class, where possible the following year. OUR PRE PRIMARY STUDENTS FROM PPA & PPB ARE EATING AND PLAYING IN THE JUNIOR PLAY AREA OF THE BIG SCHOOL EACH WEEK AS A PART OF THEIR TRANSITION PROGRAMME. The transition programme into the classes will begin after swimming lessons are completed in week 7. Little Impressions Art Exhibition Our year 4 students recently participated in the Little Impressions Art Exhibition for the Awesome Children's Festival. They were required to make prints about the question - What do you think more people should be talking about? Over the recent school holidays, the prints were displayed in the courtyard of the state theatre and on the big screen in the Perth Cultural Centre.
Congratulations to our year 4's for doing such a great job of participating in this exhibition. These photos show a couple of our prints on the big screen. Suzanne Coleman - Visual Arts Teacher SPOOKY DISCO Thursday 1 st November Kindy/PP 4-5pm Yr 1-3 5:15-6:15pm Yr 4-6 6:30-8pm Notes will go home by Monday 15 th October and need to be returned to P and C drop box in office no later than 3pm Friday 26 th October. Wristbands will be distrusted to class on the day of the disco except for the kindy emu group which will be given out on the Wednesday 31 st. Please note paying for entry at the door is a higher cost of $6. Earth Science WA Incursions at Samson This week we welcomed Cecily Arkell from Earth Science WA to run Science incursions with students in years 1,3,4 and 6. Cecily is a wonderful presenter with a wealth of knowledge relating to Geology and we had a lot of fun participating in the workshops - Year 1 Sandpit Mining, Year 3 - Fossils, Year 4 - Soils and Year 6 Chemistry Rocks. Suzanne Coleman - Science Coordinator P & C MEETING Our next P & C meeting is in the staffroom on 26 th November 2018 We will not be selling plastic water bottles so encourage children to bring their own. We require volunteers from each year group to be able to run each disco so please email samsonpandc@gmail.com if you can help! DATES TO REMEMBER 2018 TERM 4 Wed 31 Oct Assembly Rms 8 & 9 Mon 5 Nov Swimming Lessons Begin Mon 12 Nov Remembrance Day Fri 16 Nov Swimming Lessons Conclude Fri 23 Nov Newsletter Mon 26 Nov P & C Meeting Wed 28 Nov Music Assembly Thu 29 Nov Parent Thank You Morning Tea Tue 4 Dec Parent Christmas Lunch Wed 5 Dec Kindy 2019 Orientation Thu 6 Dec P P Orientation Mon 10 Dec Year 6 Graduation Dinner Mon 10 Dec Booklist Pick Up 2:30 3:30pm Tue 11 Dec Booklist Pick Up 8:15 9:30am Wed 12 Dec Graduation Ceremony Thu 13 Dec Graduation Assembly Thu 13 Dec Last Day Students 2019 Mon 4 Feb First Day for Students
Please note change of dates to 1 st November and 8 th November.