Keeping Parents and Carers Informed

Over the last two years we have been exploring different ways to keep you informed about student learning across the school and in classrooms.  The aim is to make you more aware and involved in your child’s learning journey and assist discussions and support of learning at home. Some of the most recent initiatives include:

• Weekly class dojo posts from class teachers, sharing key focuses in Literacy, Numeracy, HASS and Science.
• Mrs Ross Talks Literacy posts on Facebook, Dojo and the newsletter are focussed on whole school literacy approaches. This week Mrs Ross explores word sorts with the ‘maker e’.
• Mr J’s Maths Problem of the Week. These aim to encourage parents to work collaboratively with their child to solve the problems in addition to gaining an understanding of the thinking that students are involved in at school.
• The Burnie Counts Facebook Page was launched last week. It is a joint initiative with Burnie High, Cooee Primary, Burnie Primary and Natone Primary. The page will provide games and activities to do with your child, plus videos and strategies on how to help students at home with Maths.  The Big Ideas in Number will be the key focus.

We hope that you are finding these regular insights useful and are helping you to connect with your child about their learning at home.

Uniform

As the Principal of Somerset Primary, I feel very proud walking around our school seeing students looking smart in our school uniform.  However, during the cooler months we seem to notice a growing number of students wearing hoodies or bright coloured jumpers and bottoms.   

Wearing school uniform is important as it builds a sense of inclusion and belonging – we are all here together as part of a learning community.  It also instils a sense of pride and willingness to demonstrate respect for our values and rules.

We would very much appreciate your support in ensuring that your children are in school uniform.  We have attached our uniform policy to this newsletter for your reference.

If you require assistance with uniforms, please contact our school office to discuss some options.

Grade 6 Newsletter Editors – 5/6 Sports Expo

On the 9th August 2022, the Grade 5/6’s went to a sport of their choice (Football, Netball, Tennis, King of the court (Volleyball) and Basketball. It was very fun and entertaining.

Netball: There were two Somerset teams and they played at the Burnie Netball Court.  Each team played 5 games each. They played Burnie, Penguin, Romaine, Havenview and Yolla teams. They won more than half of their games! They played very well as individuals and as a team.

Football: There was one Somerset team and they played at the Burnie High School Ovals.  They won most of their games and they played Boat Harbour, Table Cape, Cooee, Havenview, Burnie, Yolla and Penguin.  The team worked very hard at running and kicking the ball.

Tennis: There were 3 Somerset Primary teams and they played at the Burnie Tennis Court.  They played Montello, Penguin and Burnie and won most of their games and had heaps of fun.

King of the court (Volleyball): There were 2 Somerset teams and they played at the Upper Burnie Sports Centre.  They played Yolla, Table Cape, Boat Harbour, Penguin, Havenview and Romaine.   They won a few of their games but were very tired afterwards.

Basketball: There were 2 Somerset teams and they played at the Somerset Basketball Centre.  They played 2 Romaine teams, Burnie, 2 Penguin teams, and Cooee and they only lost one game which is amazing!

When they got back, they were very hungry and tired, but they had heaps of fun.  The Grade 5/6’s continued to play gaga ball afterwards.

Reported by Jaxon, Anni, Bailey and Mason

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