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School Calendar

2013

Somersby Snippets

26/11/2013 Term 4 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

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS - Kirsty Squires Kindergarten Orientation Today was the final visit from our 2014 Kindergarten students. They all had a fantastic day and are most certainly ready to start ‘big school’ next year. A big thank you to Mrs Cranstone for organising the three transition visits and the information session for the parents today. I know that all parents went home feeling very confident about their child’s start to school. Another thank you must go to the Year 5 students who will be the Kindergarten’s buddies next year. They have certainly started the journey into becoming a School Leader next year with great enthusiasm.

Year 7 2014 High School Orientation Next Wednesday, 4th December Year 6 students attending public high schools will have their orientation day. Parents will need to organise transport to and from the high school. All students are required to wear full school uniform. We look forward to hearing about their new schools.

Year 6 Dates A reminder to all Year 6 students and their parents that orders and payment for the Year 6 farewell dinner is due in to school by this Friday, 29th November. The dinner is for parents and Year 6 students, not siblings. The annual Year 6 Car Wash is being held on Friday, 6th December starting from 2:50pm. We are asking for parents to help on the afternoon with buckets, sponges and car wash. Students staying to help will need to be collected from school by their parents, with the finish time being approximately 4pm. It is hoped that during this time we will be able to have a short Year 6 meeting to discuss plans for the Farewell. It would be greatly appreciated if all parents were able to attend and offer some assistance. As the saying goes – ‘many hands make light work.’

P&C Dinner At the end of the year the P&C organise a dinner to celebrate the year. This year the dinner will be at Rossini’s in the Lisarow Plaza on Wednesday, 11th December starting at 6:30pm. All are welcome to attend and we’d love to have you come along to help celebrate what has been another fantastic year. Please RSVP through the school office or contacting Nicky Ward.

End of Year Movie Day We are planning a trip to the movies to celebrate the end of the year with the whole school. The cost will be approximately $8 with a permission note and final costing sent home next week. A big thank you to the Environment Group who are subsidising the bus fare with their bus travel voucher they won at last week’s awards.

2014 We already have several dates booked in for 2014. Be sure to keep an eye on the calendar in the newsletter for any further dates and events as we are endeavouring to keep families as up-to-date as possible.

School Security

Number

1300 880 021

November 28 League Tag Day

December

2—13

Swim Scheme

December 2 Xmas Scripture Assembly

December 4 Yr 7 Transition

Public High Schools

December 6 Assembly

December 13 Presentation Day

Carols Night

December 18 Year 6 Farewell

Student’s last day

Avoca Picture

theatre trip

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P & C

Contact information

somersbypandc@gmail.com

Nicki Ward 0417 721 435

Uniform Shop

Open every Friday

from 8:30am—9:15am

0407 039 479

Chontelle Singh

gazchonxav@hotmail.com

Canteen Party Food

Swim scheme by

27th Nov please

Absence notes

Book Club due

02/12/13

Did you know?

Lemons contain more

sugar than strawberries

Quote of the week

The trouble with a kitten is

that eventually it becomes

a cat. Ogden Nash

Swimming Scheme Notes should be in for the following fortnight’s swimming scheme. If there are spare places available it will be offered to Yr1 students. Make sure all clothing is labelled and include a strong plastic bag for carrying wet swimmers, goggles &towel. Regular school footwear should be worn. The bus will leave at 11.45 and return to school 1.45 approx.

League Tag Gala Day Thankyou for all the notes that have been returned on time. A transport note will be sent home either today or tomorrow depending on outstanding permission notes. Students are reminded to bring a school hat and plenty of drinking water.

Year 6 The milkshake fundraiser was a huge success. Well done to all Yr6 students for their contributions. A note with dates and times for hall decoration for the Yr6 ball will be sent home shortly. Please do your best to make yourself available. A lunch order voucher for the K.M.H.S. orientation day went home last week. Please return if you intend to make use of their canteen.

Handball Competition Yr6 is organising a lunch time handball competition for Yr’s3-6. Students have been put into teams of three.

Art Workshop Last Thursday we drove the Kariong High School to draw pictures for the transition story. We all drew art for our own chapter. Some students from other mountain schools also participated in drawing pictures for their chapter in the book. We’re not going to tell you about the story because we don’t want to spoil it. We all drew great pictures, the art teachers were stunned. By John, Elia and Kyle

Year 2/3

Homework this week is slightly different, everyone has a mixture of different Maths questions. The aim of this homework is to encourage students to read the question before answering. This is our last week of our spelling program, during week 9 and 10 we will be doing revision activities using the words we struggled on. Keep up the good work 2/3.

Laura Knight

Year K/1

Yesterday, Lucy, Jamie and I travelled down to Erina Fair to decorate a Christmas tree with the pine cone decorations all of our students made. The tree looks AMAZING! The tree decorating competition is run by the Cancer Council and gives schools the opportunity to win book packs and other prizes for their schools. The public are asked to vote for their favourite tree and the school with the most votes wins the wonderful prizes. To place a vote, a gold coin donation is placed in a voting envelope with our schools name written on the front. The voting area is located near the trees at the Kmart end of Erina Fair. Please let all of your friends and family know about our tree and hopefully we can win some prizes.

Kindergarten 2014 Our gorgeous new kinders had their final visit today. They performed a very cute song at our mini assembly and received their orientation certificates. We are looking forward to seeing them every day next year. Thank you to the par-ents who also attended the parent information session.

Office News

The community

acknowledges the

traditional custodians of the land on which the

school is located.

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TERM DATES

2014

TERM 1

Wednesday January 28 To

Friday April 11

Respect

Responsibility

Excellence

We hope you took something valuable away.

Relay for Life A HUGE thank you to every one for their support again this year. With your sup-port, generosity and some hard work, Team Somersby raised over $20,000!! What an amazing achievement! I feel privileged to be involved with such a wonderful team.

Who knows what 2014 will bring?

Jade Cranstone

Make a Payment

The icon is now located on our School’s website. Thankyou to those parents who have made payments already. From all feedback the system is very friendly to use. Any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. Julie Broome

Library News It is that time of year again! This week, will be the last opportunity students will have to borrow for the year. In week 9, notices will be sent home to students who still have outstanding loans from our school library. Students will still be reading books for the last two weeks from their class library.

Greenhouse Program Photo Permission As part of the awards ceremony last week, a photo was captured of the students on stage. The Gosford City Council would like to publish this photograph in their newsletter. If you have any objections to this please let the office or myself know. Phone calls will be made during the week for verbal permission as a form must be faxed to Gosford City Council this week.

Daniela Suazo

Canteen News PLEASE NOTE We are clearing out the fridges so THIS Week (9) the

29th November will be PARTY FOOD.

P&C News P&C dinner Wednesday, December 11. The P&C will hold its end of year dinner at Rossini’s at Lisarow Plaza at 6.30pm on Wednesday, December 11. People can order straight from the menu, or have a 2-course menu for $45 or 3 courses for $55. Join us for a lovely meal, even if you haven’t been a regular attendee at P&C meetings! Book by emailing somersbypandc@gmail.com or by phoning Nicki Ward on 0417 721 435.

Carols by Candlelight Friday, December 13 Our Carols night will have a big band feel! Twenty members of Mr Paul’s band will accompany the carols, along with items from our band and other musical students. The evening will be a community event, and all Somersby residents are invited to bring a picnic and relax on the oval from 6.30pm.

January 28 2014

Staff Return

January 29 2014

Students Return

February 12 2014

Swimming Carnival

February 18 2014

School Photos

February 25 2014

Small Schools’

Swimming Carnival

March 13 Selective School’s

exam

May 21 Grip Leadership

June 23/24 Healthy Harold

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