COMO PRIMARY SCHOOL Principal: Mr A. Malcolm Telephone 9450 3112 Email: [email protected] http://comoprimaryschool.wa.edu.au/ Newsletter No. 38 – 15th December 2016

Dear Parents Awards for Endeavour 2016 Room 1 Awande K Lachlan B I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a happy and safe Christmas and New Year Room 2 Caris B Lachlan M holiday period. Room 3 Lila O Alec J We have had a busy finish to the school Centenary Room 4 Regan G Kaelan H year with Semester 2 reports, Speech Night, class Room 5 Laura B Amia H O organisation for 2017, Lapathon, K & PP Orientation, Room 6 Eve P Alvaro R Fathers` Camp Out, end of year excursions, Parent Room 7 Baran S Kyan G Thank You Morning Tea and Year 5/ 6 Dinner Dance. All of these events require an enormous amount of Room 8 Jadyn-Jo S Kai O organisation, planning and attention to detail. Thank Room 9 Sophie P Lucy L you to all of those staff members and parent helpers Room 10 Karis B Elena S who worked hard to ensure that all events were Room 11 Morgan P Koby H expertly organised and carried out professionally. A very big thank you for all your support for our Awards for Academic Excellence school. Como Primary School has an enviable Room 1 Kayden A Rhys K-M reputation for strong academic achievement and a Room 2 Yong C Penny A healthy inclusive community spirit. In closing I would like to publicly acknowledge the Room 3 Jayden B Vesna G dedication of our staff. The Como Primary School staff Room 4 Ethan C Shalika S is committed and hardworking and always places the Room 5 Yiran G Alex P needs of the children first. There are high Room 6 Oceana O Isabella L expectations of the staff at our school and they Room 7 Amber C Tara J regularly exceed these expectations. Merry Christmas and have a very safe holiday period. Room 8 Hannah H Sarah C Room 9 Jordaan F Matthew B Room 10 Hannah S Jacob T Room 11 Elliott H Lucas O

Our new Prefects for 2017 were selected by the student body from our current Year 5 class. Congratulations to the four students. We know you will do an outstanding job. Minxuan L Mako C Speech Night Awards Maddison P Cameron M Citizenship Bianca V & Lachlan W Service to the School Katie R Annual House Shield Only Our Best Visa C Congratulations to Forrest who won the Annual Sport Aidan B Shield. The final points were: Visual Arts Rachel S Forrest 1695 Stirling 1645 The Virtues Maeve M Challenger 1640 Maths Jayden B Canning 1638 English Vesna G Annual Sport Shield Humanities Shalika S Congratulations to the winning house, Challenger. Science Nicholas B The final points were: French Mike B Challenger 587 Music Bianca V Stirling 577 Exemplary Behaviour Zain N Forrest 541 Canning 520

2016 Lapathon BYOD Purchase Offer through JB HiFi Once again the school community has given To assist with our 2017 BYOD program, Como Primary generously to this year`s Lapathon held on December School has collaborated with JB HiFi to offer parents 1st. On behalf of our hard working Parents and products at discounted prices. Parents can order Citizens Association (P & C) I would like to thank iPads through the online JB HiFi Education Solutions everyone who supported their children in gathering portal and have their order delivered to a local store. sponsors and then collecting monies. This year the You can access insurance options, payment options Lapathon raised $11,019.60 for the P & C to spend on and even purchase a sturdy case or simple keyboard. your children. Lucy L in Room 9 individually raised "On this portal you will find a range of education $563.75 a fantastic effort thus earning 25 House specific products at education pricing. They have Points for Challenger. Room 6 raised the most been specifically chosen not only because of the monies as a class by collecting $1343.00 which is a stronger design and build (providing additional tremendous effort. Thank you again to all who protection), but also to provide extra onsite (at contributed. schools) warranties and accidental repair options. All orders will be delivered to a JB HiFi store Composite Classrooms nominated by you for collection. Once your order has At the beginning of 2017 school year your child might been processed, it will be delivered to a JB HiFi store be in a composite class. If your child is younger you that you chose for collection. You will receive an may query - will my child be able to keep up? If they email and text message notifying you that your order are older - will my child be held up? By “composite is available for collection." classes,” we mean putting two consecutive year- So for those parents looking to purchase a new iPad groups together in one class. Some of the overseas in the lead up to Christmas or for the new school year literature refers to multiple ages in the one class, please go to the JB HiFi portal at: such as you would associate with small country www.jbeducation.com.au/byod and use the School`s schools where you may find a bigger range of ages in unique code Como2017. the same class. Over the years composite classes have been a source of some controversy, with parents Health Apps for the Holidays! sometimes believing that their offspring will be Common Sense Media App disadvantaged in some way if they are placed in a If you don’t already have this free app, get it! It will composite class. The key to understanding help you choose age appropriate movies, apps, composites is realising that growth is determined in electronic games, TV shows, books and websites for stages and not magically by ages. Composite classes your children. doesn't mean your child is an under or an over SunSmart App achiever. It doesn’t mean that they will get classwork This app lets you know when sun protection is that is either too hard or not hard enough. In any needed. classroom children will be chronologically older or Melanoma Education younger - their maturity, social needs, academic Rooms 3 and 4 have been learning a little about their needs and behaviour are uniquely their own. Some risk of Melanoma. It has been quite eye opening to need stimulating, some need greater opportunity to discover that Melanoma is the most common cancer mature. Some have needs in certain areas, but not in in 15 – 39 year olds! Melanoma kills more young others. An obvious example is that although all 7 year Australians aged 20 – 39 than any other cancer. It is olds may be the same age, it is unrealistic to expect NOT an older person’s cancer. Paediatric Melanoma that they are all at the same level of ability in reading has been found in children younger than two years of or in PE, etc. even if they are all placed together in age! Please have a look at the Cancer Council’s most one ‘straight’ class. There is no hard and fast rule recent campaign: Wes Bonny’s Story that says a ‘straight’ class will meet a child’s needs http://www.myuv.com.au/campaign/ any better than a composite class. Children all get Wes died from Melanoma at 26 years of age. The My there, the path may be different but the destination is UV link above has some very valuable videos to watch the same. Please have positive discussions over the and then consider sitting down and showing your holidays with your child/ren about their class children (10 yrs and over) with supervision. Some of placements for 2017. the footage is quite confronting but as Melanoma is our National Cancer maybe we need to be shocked! Class Organisation 2017 Please be Sun Smart this Summer! SLIP SLOP SLAP Class lists for the 2017 school year will be available for SLIDE AND SEEK! Mary Casey viewing in the breezeway from 1.00pm on 25th January 2017. Students’ Reports Reports were issued to students on Wednesday. End date for Term 4 & Start date for Term 1 Please ensure that you have located your child’s The current school year will finish today, Thursday report in their bag. Reports not collected by this 15th December 2016. Students will return to school on afternoon will be filed until requested next year. Wednesday 1st February 2017.

Destination of our 2016 Year Six students SAVE THE DATE Modern 2 Kennedy Baptist College 2 CROC ROCK 2017 9 FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY Como Secondary College Emits & Music Program 1

Como Secondary College Music Program 1 Como Secondary College Emits Program 1 Wesley College 1

Penrhos College 1 Aquinas College 2 John Curtin – Drama Program 1 John Curtin – Media Art Program 1 Saint George’s College 1

Shenton College - Gifted and Talented Program 1 Community Notices Saint Norbet College 1 Willetton Senior High School – Basketball 1 Program Rossmoyne Senior High School – Gifted and 1 Talented Program Rossmoyne Senior High School 2 Applecross Senior High School – Tennis Program 1

Parent Classroom Representative News On behalf of the parents and school staff I would like to thank Rachel P, Ines G, Kelly S, Danelle A, Tanya H, Mathew L, Paige S, Steph S, Emma-Rose P, Angela P, Kaylene U, Lara M, Aimee T, Tracey W, Anita J, Chantelle R and Michelle O for their work as parent classroom representatives this year. Thank you for your patience, hard work and support in implementing the parent classroom representative system. We wish you and your families a safe holiday. Marwa E

Uniform Shop News The uniform shop will be open on Tuesday 31st January between 11.00am – 3.00pm to purchase uniforms ready for the commencement of Term 1, 2017. Our Uniform Shop price list can be found on our website.

Como Primary thanks the proud sponsors of the Como Centenary