22 Lawrence Way SAMSON 6163 Ph: 9314 1924 NEWSLETTER No 15 14 September, 2018 Principal: Rhonda Spencer Email: samson.ps@education.wa.edu.au Principal s Message PARENT NIGHT REMINDER On Wednesday 19 th September from 6.30pm to 7:30pm Samson PS hold their annual open night for parents to come in and have a look at your child s class work. Staff have been busy preparing classrooms for the event. Thank you to our parents for supporting your child/ren s learning on this night. Enjoy seeing what your children have been doing at school END OF TERM Have a wonderful break everyone. There are many parents who have assisted with various programs throughout the school. Without your assistance, we would be unable to run many of our activities. Have a well-deserved, safe and restful holiday break. REMINDER FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 FOR STUDENTS IS TUESDAY, 9 TH October, 2018 Voluntary contributions can be paid in the front office Payments for school contributions are $60 for each student. These funds provide valuable resources to our students. All of the funds are spent on resources for our students to use in the classroom from Kindy to Year 6. Merit Certificates 5 th September, 2018 PPA Mia J Finn P PPB Jake C Noah G Eve D Rm 1 Zac M Kaia S Rm 2 Bo M Ziggy M.G Rm 3 Rosalia F Cleo W Amelia U Emma L Chloe B Nina W Brent C Rm 4 Rosey M Lola R.D Rm 6 Rhys D Harrison W Gabby U Coco P Riley D Rm 7 Isla S Amelia B Drew V Tadgh J Lily T Lana N Rm 8 Toby S Jacob P Sebastian W Chloe P Rm 11 Peggy M Milie J Rm 12 Theo T Ocea M Rm 14 Katie O SMS Absence Messages For the parents who would like to send an SMS in the morning for your child s absence, the phone number is 0418 948 875. Rhonda Spencer Principal Congratulations to all of our students who received honour certificates.
Mathletics GOLD 5 th September 2018 Rm 6 Jasmine W Mackenzie W Rm MULTILIT 5 th September 2018 Theo T Rm 8 JEMM 5 th September 2018 Toby S Mathletics SILVER 5 th September 2018 Rm 1 Charlie V.S Rm 6 Jasmine W Riley D Mackenzie W Asha U Rm 7 Charlie R.R Rm 8 Dylan C Amber D A preview of our sports carnival More photos to come
VIRTUE MEGA DRAW WINNERS FOR THE SAMSON PS VIRTUES PROGRAM A huge thankyou to everyone who came to our Athletics Carnival to help either with setting up, providing food, participating in the races or supporting our students. We were so lucky with the weather which put everyone in good spirits for the day. Our new schedule of events ran smoothly, with students being occupied for a large majority of the time. Congratulations to Dampier students who did a fantastic job throughout the day and were are Barry Hodges Shield Winners. Stirling students also did a great job with their participation and winners in the Cross Country event. Our Virtue for term 4 is Honesty. Students receive 1 point for their faction as well as being in the running to win a prize from Virtue Mega Draw. Next term, in week 6 and 8 the Virtue Mega Draw will be drawn at Assembly. Flinders who were well behaved and showed great sportsmanship throughout the day took out the Behaviour Shield.
1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2018 DAMPIER STIRLING FLINDERS LOCKYER INTERMEDIATE GIRL CHAMPIONS Macey M Year 3 Dakota M Year 3 Amelie B Year 4 Jasmine H Year 4 SENIOR BOY CHAMPIONS Jake W Year 6 Tyler F Year 6 Cooper B Year 5 SENIOR GIRL CHAMPIONS Bianca S Year 6 Malaika B Year 6 Harlie A Year 6 Champion Boy and Girl Medal Winners 2018 JUNIOR BOY CHAMPIONS Aaron F Year 2 Ben O Year 2 Xavier F Year 1 Blake O Year 2 JUNIOR GIRL CHAMPIONS Sophie J Year 2 Phoenix M Year 1 Lily E Year 1 INTERMEDIATE BOY CHAMPIONS Spencer C Year 4 Rowan M Year 4 Corban A Year 4 Congratulations to all of our medal winners. The students on the day were magnificent in their behaviour and everyone had great fun. Thank you to Mrs Burt for organising a great day of activity. Also to the parents and P & C members who helped out all day.
Year 4-6 Photography Challenge This year's photography challenge was extremely successful, with 71 entries being submitted. Students were invited to take photographs depicting Shadows and Reflections. It was great to see students committing their own time to develop their skills for using photography as an art form and many wonderful photos were taken. All entries will be printed, mounted and displayed in the Art Room for Open Night. Congratulations to Aleisha, Zoe and Ginger who received awards for the Photography Challenge at the last assembly. Mrs Coleman Visual Arts Teacher Year 4-6 science quiz winners - Mitchell, Kayla, Adelle, Hayden, Hamish and Max. Mrs Coleman Science Coordinator Science Week Quiz At our last assembly winners of the National Science Week Quizzes were presented with their awards. Congratulations to the following students. Year 1-3 class quiz winners - Ziggy, Coen, Mai, Finian, Barry, Kayla, Vincent and Lucinda. Samson s Got Talent Concert Dates Monday 17 September Yrs 1-3 at 1:00-1:50 Tuesday 18 September Yrs 4-6 at 1:00-1:50 Parents are welcome to come along and join in the fun at the concert. Certificates of participation and prizes will be awarded to all of our students who participate. The purpose of this event is to encourage the children to have fun and work with their friends to put together a skit, sing a song, create a dance routine, play an instrument etc.
Book Fair 2018 Is Here!! Our Book Fair is a wonderful reading celebration giving your family the perfect opportunity to select books together. Plus, your support of this fundraiser provides valuable learning resources for our Library. There is a colouring competition and a raffle draw. For every $10.00 purchase the child will receive a raffle ticket to go into the draw to win a prize. Entries for the colouring competition will close on Wednesday 19 th September. I hope you can join us at our Book Fair to help celebrate reading with our students and the school community. We will be open before and after school to purchase books, also open on parent night Wednesday 19 th September. Jo De Buelle and Bev Bennett Little Impressions Print Exhibition As part of the Awesome Arts Festival for Children, students in WA have been invited to prepare artworks for the Little Impressions Print Exhibition. Students were asked to consider the question - What do you wish more people were talking about? Our year 4 students have made prints for this exhibition. Along with work from other schools, our prints will be on display on the big screen in the Perth Cultural Centre. The exhibition runs over the school holidays, from Sunday 30th September - Sunday 7th October, 10am - 3pm. Mrs Coleman Visual Arts Teacher DATES TO REMEMBER 2018 TERM 3 12 20 Sep Book Fair Fri 14 Sep Newsletter NAIDOC DAY Celebration Mon 17 Sep Yrs 1-3 Samson s Got Talent Concert 1PM Tue 18 Sep Yr 4-6 Samson s Got Talent Concert 1pm Wed 19 Sep Parent Open Night 6:30pm Fri 21 Sep Last day for students TERM 4 Tue 9 Oct Students Return Fri 12 Oct Newsletter Mon 15 Oct School Photos Kindy Kangaroos Kindy/Pre-Primary Pre-Primary A Tue 16 Oct School Photos Kindy Emu Pre-Primary B Room 1 to Room14 Wed 17 Oct General Assembly Interschool Field Events Div A
Thu 18 Oct Interschool Field Events Div B Fri 19 Oct Interschool Track Events Mon 5 Nov Swimming Lessons Begin Fri 16 Nov Swimming Lessons Conclude This event usually raises around $2000 for our school and the students love it so we really hope that this wonderful tradition of continues. The next P & C meeting is Term 4 Monday 26th November 7pm in the staffroom. Thanks to those who came along to the P and C meeting on Monday night, it was great to see some new members and thank some outgoing members. We thank Nikki Rooke (outgoing President) and Dee Henderson (outgoing treasurer) for their work for the P and C this year and in previous years. We also thank Claire Smith for taking on the President role and Amie Di Tulio for stepping in as Vice President. We welcome Alina Bailey as our new treasurer and Kate Barfield as assistant treasurer. P & C Facebook Page To stay updated with the happening of the P & C parents can find the Facebook page by searching the following: samson primary school p&c Fundraising The cake and book stall at Sports Day raised $665. Thank you to everyone who supported the P and C making or buying cakes, books, lemonade and lunches. Spooky Disco 2018 Sadly, the current fundraising committee members are unable to organise the Spooky disco this year, this is usually held at the end of October. We ask that anyone who is interested in organising this event please contact the P and C via samsonpandc@gmail.com Detailed written guidelines and suggested procedures can be provided to assist in anyone keen to run the disco. P and C members are also available to give guidance. All items for display on for the school s notice boards need to be handed to the office, and staff will place them on the board. Note the board is cleared every month.