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Yakam
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 11
3 July 2015

From Room 11
This term we have been working very hard. We have been learning about Australian animals,
mammals and endangered animals. (That means there are not many left.) We have had some Year
6s to help us read. They were very helpful to us. We really appreciate the Year 6s helping us with
Guided Reading. We like doing sport. We do fun games and they are Hula Hoops, Snakes and
Seaweed, Octopus and Seaweed and Bean Bags. We have been doing lots of art. Why were we doing
lots of art was that we had to get ready for assembly. How we got ready for assembly is that we made
Flying Purple People Eaters and a monster for a play. We made awesome monster wings that were
colourful.
Last Friday it was our assembly because it was our turn. We did the Flying Purple People Eater for
the song and The Judge for the play. It was good and hard work to practice. Before we sang the
song, Lucca and Lili, did a little joke and it was funny. In the play Robbie was the judge and Ruth,
Tsean, Ethan, Archie and Liam were prisoners. They liked their part of the play. We were good at the
assembly.
Compiled by the children of Room 11

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Yakamia Primary School

From the Principals Desk

Term 2 Closure
Term 2 is drawing rapidly to a close and this will
be the last newsletter for the term.

next term.
If you would like to learn more about the
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data for
School Students with Disability you can visit the
website. https://education.gov.au/nationallyconsistent-collection-data-school-studentsdisability

All students are to be congratulated on their

efforts and achievements this term. Thank you
for the support that parents and caregivers give
to children and to the school. I would like to
sincerely thank the teachers and support staff for
their outstanding efforts and commitment in
School Council
providing a stimulating and engaging teaching
The Yakamia School Council met on Monday
and learning program.
afternoon. I would like to take this opportunity to
Assembly
introduce to you the Council members:
Well done to Room 11 for a fantastic assembly
last week. What fabulous performers you all are!
The first assembly for next term is on Friday, 31
July at 9am and will be hosted by Room 35
students. All family and friends are invited to
attend.
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data for
School Students with Disability
Our school is part of a national project about
students with a disability and/or learning
difficulties. We have been asked to provide data
about the number and learning needs of children
at our school. The name of the school and the
name of the students will not be reported.
Information about the different types of needs,
the programs and resources the school uses to
overcome barriers and support children with
special educational needs will be collected.

From the school parent community we have

Catherine Bramley, Belinda Stonehouse, Sean

Maguire, Deanna Terranova, Emma Myers and
Natalie Gardiner.
The Yakamia Primary School staff

representatives are Julie Blythe, Helen

Walmsley, Sue Donaldson and Denise Beard.
2015 Interschool Cross Country
Congratulations to all students who participated
in this years Interschool Cross Country. Many
students achieved personal goals they had set
prior to the race and it was pleasing to see the
number of runners who gave their personal best
efforts.
Safe Holidays
Have a safe, relaxing and happy holiday. School
resumes for students on Tuesday, 21 July 2015.

We believe it is important to contribute to this

because it will help Governments and the
Department develop better policies that
acknowledge the level of resources needed in
schools to meet the needs of all students in
Western Australia.
If you do not want your child/children to be
included please make contact with the school
office to ensure we are aware that your child is
not to be included.
The survey is to be conducted on 1 August, early

Julie Blythe
SCHOOL BANKING EVERY:
TUESDAY IN THE HALL
8.30 9.00am

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Yakamia Primary School

Interschool Cross Country 2015

The Interschool Cross Country was held in

Denmark last week on the 25 June. Our Yakamia
team worked well leading up to the event with
several lunchtime training sessions. The Year 3
and 4s ran a distance of 1.5km and the Year 5
and 6s ran 2.0km. The course this year ran
through a beautiful trail of Karri trees and
around McLean Park.
Each member of the team contributed to the
teams overall score and result, so it was a real
team event and all team members are to be
congratulated on the way they conducted
themselves. We had a team that strived for their
personal best and showed excellent
sportsmanship. Eight schools participated,
Yakamias team came in overall 5th place in the
Championship Shield. The Handicap Shield for
the most improved school went to Mt Barker.

Congratulations to Ksharna
Coyne and Lachlan Pietrala,
medallion winners!

Each race had a field of 40 runners competing.

Some individual highlights for the Yakamia team
were:
Yr 3 Girls
Liliana Wilkes
7th
Yr 3 Boys
Bailey Belfield
12th
Yr 4 Girls
Sophie Moore
8th
Yr 4 Boys
Lachlan Pietrala
3rd
Mitchell Manera
6th
Kohen Horton
10th
Matthew Rowley
13th
Yr 5 Girls
Emily Wiggins
14th
Shanica Perrin
12th
Yr 5 Boys
Locklan Ross
12th
Yr 6 Girls
Ksharna Coyne
1st
Thanks to Mrs Cook, Mrs Belfield and Mrs Childs
for assisting with the team on the day and thanks
to the other parents who attended.

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Yakamia Primary School

NAIDOC Week
What a fabulous week of NAIDOC activities it has been!
The week started with a student hosted assembly, followed by damper making across the school
through out the week!!
Lunch time activities happened Monday Thursday with badge making, loom banding and colouring
being extremely popular in the Hall.
A big thank you to all our volunteers through out the week. Also to the senior students that helped
out and of course to Louann Miniter for all her hard work and organisation.

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School News
Earn & Learn
Yakamia Primary School will once again be
participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn
program. This program enables schools to earn
educational resources when anyone from the
school community shops at Woolworths. It
commences on Wednesday 15 July and continues
until 8 September. The stickers are collected and
placed on the cards provided at the store. When
completed they can be brought into the school or
placed in the appropriate box at either
Woolworths Brookes Gardens or Woolworths Dog
Rock. Last year it enabled us to obtain many new
resources for the school.

Applications for Enrolment 2016

Applications for enrolment of children entering
Kindergarten in 2016 should be made before the
end of July. If your child is currently attending
Kindergarten in 2015 you need only to apply for
Pre-Primary if you reside outside of our school
boundaries. If you are unsure please ask at the
office. Please remember to keep your address
details up to-date on the enrolment cards and to
let us know of any phone changes etc.
If you know that your child(ren) will not be
attending Yakamia PS in 2016, , please let the
office know as soon as possible.

Honour Certificate Recipients26 June 2015

Room

Name

Room

Name

11

Tsean Winmar

24

Thomas Groth

Lucca Cramer
12

Fraser Stewart Morgan

Corbin Keen-Ferguson
25

Darnell Smith
13

Matilda Kuyer

Jackson Bertola
26

Reece Thomas
14

Marc Hicks

Bianca Fazio

33

Shaun Taylor

34

Trent Holland

35

Katrina Lambie

43

Asia Pitt
Dylan Maguire

Xanthe Gardiner
Oscar Jones

44

Harmony Woods
23

Lincoln Bartley
Sophie Keen

Levi York
22

Oliver Davis
Jye Weedon

Latraigh Eades
21

Georgia Whitelaw
Noah Welch

Ella Belfield
16

Anabel Lilleyman
Henry Ayres

Gabriella Whittle
15

Kate Hallett

Jai Drummond
Isabella Goss

45

Lalushka Burger
Lachlan Collins

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School News

Second Uniform Sale

The first day of Term 2, 21 July, the P&C Uniform Coordinator will be holding a
second uniform sale on the front verandah of Block 3, 8.15 to 9.00am.
Bargains galore!

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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.

Twilight Dreams
14 Argyll St, Gledhow
Term 3 starts Tues 21
July
Classes Monday to Friday
Jazz Ballet
Ballet/Contemporary
Salsa
Tango
anyes@twilightdreams.com.au