Issue 4 2024

Message from the Principal

The school has been a little quieter over the past two days with our Year 6 students off site enjoying the challenges of Kerem Camp Adventures. I’ve no doubt some homes may be a little quieter too! Hopefully there has been some sleeping and a lot of fun being had as the students work hard to achieve success in challenges they may have not previously encountered. I enjoyed participating in their Colour Run and Tug- o- War yesterday afternoon and look forward to joining them tomorrow at Outback Splash for their final day of fun. Please see photos eslewhere in the newsletter of the adventures so far. 

This week we are celebrating Harmony Week. Australia is one of the world's most successful multicultural countries and our cultural diversity is at the heart of who we are. Harmony Week is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, from the Traditional Owners of the land to our most recent arrivals, celebrating that no matter where we come from, we're united by the Australian values of freedom, respect, fairness, democracy and equal opportunity. Students from all year levels will be engaged in a variety of learning activities exploring the various cultures that make up, not only our school community, but our country as a whole.

We look forward to seeing you at our Harmony Week Assembly on Friday. Children in years PP-6 are asked to wear Orange on Friday and Kindy children to wear Orange on Wednesday (tomorrow), the colour of harmony, or traditional dress from their country, or their parent’s country of origin.

A very big congratulations to our Year 3 and Year 5 students for the manner in which they have embraced the annual National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) since last Wednesday. The assessments will be finished by the end of this week and to date, all have gone off without a hitch! The data from these assessments will provide valuable local and nationally comparable information about literacy and numeracy achievement and will assist in guiding our teaching and learning programs for the remainder of the year for these cohorts.

Thank you to everyone for your support of our P & C Easter Raffle, with both your donations and your ticket purchases, and also our Carramar Dads Easter Egg Hunt on Tuesday 26th March at 5:30pm. All funds from both events will go towards various projects that the P & C are supporting. Major projects this year include additions to the Year 1 and 2 play area to extend creative play opportunities.

Tickets for the Easter Raffle will be drawn on Thursday 21st March. 

As this is our final newsletter for Term 1, I would like to take this opportunity of thanking our school community for your wonderful support and wish everyone a safe and restful holiday.

Term 2 commences for students on Tuesday 16th April. 

We sincerely thank Ms Tracey Roberts MP for  presenting our school with a new Aboriginal Flag. 

Boordja

Maree James

PRINCIPAL

Merit Award Recipients

Year 1 – Leo, Delilah, Kaylah, Imogen, Sienna, Lona

Year 2 – Clarissa, Archer, Eden, Anahita, Juandre

Year 3 –  Ivee, Joseph, Tyler, Dylan, Honor, Sophie, Harper

Year 4 – Michael, Layden, Lyla, McKensie

Year 5 – Lincoln, Malone, Amaelia, Paige, Jesse

Year 6 – Sam, Lucas, Hayden, Celestina, Layla, Bethany, Zeke, Maya, Emelia

Literacy Cape Recipients

Year 6 Camp so far....

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Leia participated in her first triathlon at the beautiful Karri valley resort, Pemberton. The race consisted out of a 100m swim in Lake Beedelup, 2km cycle and a 500m run to finish it off.  Leia enjoyed every moment, especially the swim! She crossed the line first of the girls. We are very proud of her fantastic effort and courage!

Amelia Thomas-Sweetin, who recently competed in a Little Athletics two day event.

She was in the Under 6's and won the following awards:

3rd (Bronze) in Hurdles

1st (Gold) Shot Put (1kg)

1st (Gold) Discus (350g)

1st (Gold) Vortex 

Lucy came 2nd ,6th and four 3rd places . She loves her dancing and we are very proud of the hard work Lucy puts in. 

Lola came 3rd out of 100 girls in her age group doing the Flag Race for her Living Saving Club. Well done Lola. 

Well done Tanisha on your Netball achievement. 

Year 1 Room 9 and Year 5 Room 12 Buddies

Friendly Friday Buddies 

Year 1 Room 9 and Year 5 Room 12 meet each week for Friendly Friday Buddies as part of our whole school Friendly Schools program. We have been listening to each other read, helping the Year 1s logon to Mathletics and solve problems and now we are working on our Keynote presentations about each other. We are also participating in cooperative learning with our buddies and learning appropriate social skills. 

Carramar Play Group

P&C Chat

We love getting stuck in and creating fun events for the school community. Who remembers our INFAMOUS 2023 Easter Raffle? We gave away, not 30, not 40, not 50..... but 53 prizes. I think we can match that this year! Donations are rolling in. Please consider if you can donate items such as;

• Easter Crafts
• Easter Chocolates
• Easter Decorations
• Baskets 
• Colouring books
• Toys
• Bags
• And more.

The more donations we receive, the more  prizes we can give out.  Please drop your donations to the front office. Prizes drawn 21st March. 

Our Dads and Kids Easter Hunt is on again.

When: Tuesday 26th March 5.30pm

Where: Carramar Primary School

What: Easter Hunt, Raffle, Dinner and a chance to meet other families

A fun filled evening event with dads, grandfathers, father figures etc all welcome along. Children would have brought their notes home with sausage sizzle pre-orders attached. Please fill in and return to school ASAP. 

The WA Student Assistance Payment

Please note: you are required to have your child's student number when applying. You can find this on your child's school report or Naplan report. Please see photo's below. 

Sabine Winton's Easter Colouring Competition

Lollipop's Build a Bear School Holiday Workshop

Saver Plus

SoccaJoeys

John Forrest Sports Specialists Programs