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Newsletter
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

Volume 3
6 March 2015

Nature Scape Playground

Work continues on the Nature Play Area.
The most recent addition was the river bed and
water tank and this has recently been enhanced
with native plants, stepping stones, sitting rocks,
mulch and lawn. This is a work in progress and
lawn still needs to be planted to assist in keeping
the 'sand' out of the river bed.

A Sausage Sizzle will be held at Bunnings on

Sunday 8 March - please see rosters on
classrooms if you can assist, or call in on the day
to make your purchase and support our school
and our children!

The next busy bee will be held on Thursday 12

March at 3:30pm in the pre-primary/kindy
area. Please bring a shovel, a rake, and your
gloves. If you have joined the early childhood
area this year, please come along and be involved!
We have been successful in receiving another
grant which will allow South Pole Structures to
commence Stage 4 shortly which will incorporate
a bike track and play shops.
Once these stages have been completed we look
forward to moving into other parts of the school to
provide more nature play areas for the children.
The new nature scape creek that has been created in the Early Childhood Playground

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From the Principals Desk

DRUMBEATDiscovering Relationships
Using MusicBeliefs, Emotions, Attitudes &
Thoughts

Assembly
Well done to Room 21 on a super assembly.
It was truly terrific and what a wonderful
message about how important it is to look
after your teeth!

A selection of students at Yakamia have

commenced participation in the DRUMBEAT
Program, run by Mr Fisher, our School
Chaplain.

Next Friday's assembly will be hosted by

Year 4/5 students of Room 23. The school
looks forward to all family and friends
attending. Dont forget the new start time of
9am.

DRUMBEAT promotes social understanding

and connection through a team drumming
experience. It is fun, safe, creative, engaging
and rewarding. Participants lift their selfWin back your Voluntary Contributions! esteem, learn to work cooperatively and are
exposed to the therapeutic and recreational
Pay your childs school fees before the end of
benefits of music.
Term 1 and you will go into the raffle to win
back the money!
School Choir
Three prizes are up for grabs. One entry is
given to every child who has paid. (i.e. a
family with 3 children attending YPS, will
have 3 chances to win).
P&C
It was fantastic to see all the returning
members and some new faces representing
the Yakamia families at the P&C annual
general meeting last week. The P&C has
achieved so much in the school over many
years and continues to be a driving force
coordinating a wonderful canteen and many
fundraising opportunities. I look forward to a
continued positive working relationship with
the P&C and the new P&C President,
Belinda Stonehouse. A big welcome to all
office bearers for 2015 thank you for your
support.
The 2015 Voluntary Contributions are:

We are very pleased to have the fabulous Mrs

Jeanette Brooks volunteer to run both a
Senior and Junior School Choir this year.
Students have been flocking in to the Mursic
Room on Monday and Wednesday lunch times
to be part of this wonderful initiative. We
look forward to hearing them at an assembly
in the near future.
WANTED School Hats!!!

If any families have second hand, broad

brimmed hats they are no longer using, the
school would appreciate and donations.
These hats can be dropped in to the school
office.

Julie Blythe

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

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Yakamia Primary School

Year 4-6 Faction Swimming Carnival

The Year 4, 5 and 6 Faction Swimming Carnival was held on Tuesday 24 February. This was our first
combined carnival with the absence of the Year 7s. It was a long day and the children were extremely
well behaved. Once again we would like to thank the parent volunteers who helped on the day and all
the parents and grandparents who turned up to show their support on the day.
The Faction Shield was won by Blue Faction on 351.5 points, followed by Red on 298 points, Green on
279 points and Gold on 266 points.
Congratulations to the following individual champions:
Year 4 Girls Champion
Daisy Stewart Morgan
Year 4 Girls R/Up
Brooke Clarke
Year 4 Boys Champion
Mitchell Manera
Year 4 Boys R/Up
Lachlan Pietrala
Year 5 Girls Champion
Maya Anning
Year 5 Girls R/Up
Shanica Perrin
Year 5 Boys Champion
Henry Ayres
Year 5 Boys R/Up
Dillan Gadean
Year 6 Girls Champion
Jaime Sanford
Year 6 Girls R/Up
Tillie Bartley
Year 6 Boys Champion
Liam buss
Year 6 Boys R/Up
Cameron Pettley-Gray
The Interschool Swimming Carnival will be held at ALAC on Tuesday 31 March.

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Faction Swimming Carnival cont...

Yakamia Primary School

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Yakamia Primary School

Reading In Everyday Life

Beginning Readers
Talk about language you and your children come across in everyday experiences
1. Talk It Up ... your childs vocabulary is essential to them understanding what they read. Help
them to build their vocabulary by talking to them about interesting words and encourage them to ask
you about words they dont understand.
2. Signs and Symbols ... Point out signs and symbols you see and what they mean. It will reinforce
the idea that symbols, such as the letters in words, have meaning.
3. Play I Spy ... This is a great way to connect letters and sounds and language with the words they
represent.
4. Words all Around ... Read out words you see when shopping or out and about. When children
become familiar with some words, ask them to read them for you.
5. Read Aloud ... Set aside time every day to read (and re-read) favourite books. Hearing them
helps familiarise children with language.

Honour Certificate Recipients27 February 2015

Room

Name

Room

Name

11

Fay Wiggins

24

Amarlie Weinert

Luca Burr
12

Breanna Ollis

Kelsey Smith
25

Spencer Bee
13

Bailey Belfield

Sophie Moore
26

Jye Shorter
14

Finlay Davis

Evelyn Lamont

33

Nicole Townsend

34

Zerah Bermejo

35

Tillie Bartley

43

Jada Lee
Tanisha Reed

Luella Edwards
Seb Lewis

44

Jayden Pitt
23

Ella Wright
Lincoln Pearce

Jade Walker
22

Liam Mitchell
Teresa Alegria

Bonny Gardiner
21

Alice Stonehouse
Joshua Bryan

Ella Ayres
16

Riley Pearce
Emily Wiggins

Isabelle Maher
15

Gemma Ditchburn

Sam Lilleyman
Riley Udecz

45

Saxon Horton
Georgia Wilson

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Community News

Please note notices appearing below are not necessarily endorsed by the
school. We provide this space for community groups to advertise to the
school community. It is up to parents to scrutinise the activity and
organisers for their child.

2015 Hockey Registrations - All skill levels

Welcome
All interested students are encouraged to register.
All players are found teams to play with. Upper
grades, please note there will be a strong U18
Competition this year so please register your
interest.
Registration for all grades
Hook in 2 Hockey years P/1/2,
Juniors Years 3-12
Players register with the association and are placed
into teams/clubs.
ALL Players must be registered with current details
to be covered by insurance.
Registration 1. Saturday 7 March. 9am - 3pm
Registration 2. Saturday 14 March 9am - 3pm.
The only age group to pay fees on registration day
is Hookin2 Hockey. (Approximately $70)
Kid Sport Vouchers May be used.

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Lets stop the Bully!!
Karate Class -for all ages
Come and train at the HCD Martial Arts
Academy and you will have fun, get fit and
develop some really important life skills.
NEW TERM STARTING NOW
Training Times:
Flinders Park Primary School Mondays at
5pm and 6pm
Little Grove Primary School Tuesday at 5pm
Yakamia Primary School Wednesdays at 5pm
and 6pm, and
Albany Primary School Fridays at 3.30pm
Albany PCYC - Sundays at 4pm
Visit hcdmartialarts.com.au for more Information
about training times and locations. Or you can
call or SMS 0447 514 505. Please note that the
last number was incorrect. We apologise for
the inconvenience.

Junior Grades for 2015

Hookin2Hockey School Years PP, 1 and 2
Junior Grades
School Years :
Grade 3-4 (Half Field)
Grade 5-6 (Full field)
Grade 7-8
Grade 9-10
Grade 11-12
Players wishing to play above their age group will
have to be assessed and accepted by coaches.
COACHES - Please register your interest in
Coaching. A registration form will be available. We
do need registration details for all coaches.
Especially junior grades so we know how many
coaches we have available.
Juniors - After registration players are allocated into
teams, Coaches are allocated and Coaches contact
parents directly.
ALL Players - Please ensure the EMAIL address the
association has for you is correct as EMAIL is the
PRIMARY means of communication with all players.
All registration enquiries to Cassandra 0427552125
- out of office hours.
Or email cstipanicev@gmail.com
Kind Regards
Tania Hathaway

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Community News

Please note notices appearing below are not necessarily endorsed by the
school. We provide this space for community groups to advertise to the
school community. It is up to parents to scrutinise the activity and
organisers for their child.

School Health Services 2015

Welcome to the 2015 school year for all students
and their families.
The school nurses roles within schools are
To provide assessments of hearing, vision,
weight/height/BMI and development, with parent
consent, for all children at school entry (kindy, preprimary or year ones) and from year 2 to Year 7 on
parent/teacher request.

Health information, assistance with school

health care plans

Please contact Great Southern Population Health

on 98427500 or alternatively contact the Community
School nurse on 98427564 for more information.
Do you have a child starting school this year?

Starting school is a big event for children and a

change for the whole family. For useful information
and tips to help your child have a good start to
school, go to the KidsMatter website to watch the
new videos made especially for Australian parents https://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/families/startingschool.
Growth and Development

Training of school staff in health management

(e.g. asthma friendly schools program, anaphylaxis Uncomfortable broaching the subject? A useful
guide for parents developed by the WA Health
first aid)
Department is Talk Soon Talk Often. Order your
General health promotion information and activities copy from public.health.wa.gov.au/2/1276/2/
(e.g. Growth and development year 7, newsletter
parentgiver.pm
articles).
Healthy lunch box ideas
If you would like to discuss any of the above or
Your childs lunch box can contain food from all of
access a service please see reception staff for a
referral form (to be completed by the parent) or ring the five food groups. The food groups are; breads
and cereals, fruit, vegetables, meat/meat
the number below.
alternatives and dairy/dairy alternatives. Some
Karen Johnston - School Nurse
examples can be found at
Monday and Tuesday on 98427564
www.nutritionaustralia.org.

Try these in the lunchbox;

BEDWETTING (ENURESIS) PROGRAM

Do you have a child who wets the bed and would

like to be dry? Bedwetting is a common childhood
problem and it can be resolved. Children will not
necessarily grow out of it and left untreated,
bedwetting can continue into adulthood.
In the past 30 years, 1000s of WA children have
become dry through the Princess Margaret
Hospitals (PMH) enuresis program. This program is
available locally through the Great Southern
Population Health (Community Health) and provided
by school health nurses.
The enuresis program is available for your child if:

They are aged 6 years to 13years but not older

than 13 and 9 months
Have 2 or more night occurrences of a wet bed
in a week

Child wants to become dry

Lean ham and salad wrap.

Banana and handful of grapes.
Sliced vegetables (carrots, cucumber, tomatoes).
Handful of reduced fat cheese cubes.
Bottle of water.

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Community News

Yakamia Primary School

Please note notices appearing below are not necessarily endorsed by the
school. We provide this space for community groups to advertise to the
school community. It is up to parents to scrutinise the activity and
organisers for their child.

YAKAMIA JUNIOR SOCCER

Registrations are still open for students aged 5 to
Year 6.
Yakamia School hall:
Friday March 6 3pm 3.30pm
Wednesday March 11 8.20am 9am
North Road Soccer club rooms:
Saturday March 14 9am 12pm
Fees:
PP-Yr1 $85
Yr2-Yr5 $90
Yr6 $105
Lisa Manera 0439601295