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Dear Parents and Caregivers,
We are excited to welcome you to a new school year! We have a fantastic year ahead, with a range of new extracurricular activities for our students to enjoy.
It has been wonderful to see students settling into their classrooms and enjoying their first week of school with their new teacher and classmates. There’s a positive buzz throughout the school which is lovely to see. Many students expressed how excited they were to be back.
New and Returning Teaching Staff
We are pleased to introduce and welcome new members of our staff for 2025:
- Kerryn Ellis – Year 3
- Demi Spall – Year 6
- Teagan Armitage – Special Needs Education Assistant
- Sophie Stray - Special Needs Education Assistant
We welcome back Nathan Chandler from parental leave who will be working in Year4 Room 12 on a Monday.
Parent Information Sessions
We invite all parents to attend our beginning of year Parent Information Sessions. This year, sessions will be held during school hours from 8:40am - 9:10am, starting in Week 2.
Meeting Schedule:
Week 2
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- Monday 10 February – Year 3
- Tuesday 11 February – Year 2
- Wednesday 12 February – Year 1
- Thursday 13 February – Year 4
- Friday 14 February – Year 5
Week 3
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- Monday 17 February – Pre-Primary
- Tuesday 18 February – Year 6
- Wednesday 19 February – Kindergarten
We encourage all parents to attend as these sessions provide valuable information about your child’s year ahead.
Parent Interviews – Student Progress and Achievement
Following discussions at a 2024 School Board meeting, we recognise the importance of providing early insights into student progress and achievement. To support this, we will be offering parent-teacher interviews in Week 9, on Wednesday 2 April 2025.
On this day, the school will close at 12pm, allowing teachers to conduct interviews between 12:40 pm and 6pm. This plan has been approved by the Department and the School Board.
More details, including interview scheduling, will be shared soon. Please save the date. If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact the school.
Swimming Carnival
During 2024, the school carried out a survey with the parent community regarding a Faction swimming carnival and the results of the survey were published in Newsletter number 5, 5 June 2024. See below.
Faction Swimming Carnival 2024
I would like to extend my gratitude to all parents who took the time to complete the faction swimming carnival survey. Your valuable input is essential in shaping our school events. We appreciate your feedback and suggestions provided in the survey, and the offers of help prior to and on the day of the carnival. Your support and engagement are important in making our school activities successful and meaningful for all involved.
We received 83 responses, with an overwhelming majority of 71 in favour of proceeding with the faction swimming carnival. I would like to acknowledge our amazing PE teacher who is willing to co-ordinate and organise this event. We will keep you updated in the near future of the plans for 2024.
We are thrilled to announce our first Faction Swimming Carnival for Year 4 to Year 6 students only.
This exciting event will take place on Monday, 10 March at Bold Park Aquatic Centre. Entering your child into an event will be parent nominated. Students will be required to meet specific stage levels for individual events.
Novelty races will also be offered to students. Mr Braimbridge will be providing further information regarding this event in week 2.
While we explored options for aquatic centres closer to the school, many were unavailable due to renovations in Term 1.
We look forward to a fantastic day of competition and fun!
WA State Government Commitment
The WA State Government has announced, as part of an election commitment to transform early childhood education in Western Australia, a $15 million investment for the expansion of before and after school care at WA primary schools if it is re-elected.
Sorrento Primary School has been identified as one of the 18 schools to receive an investment to establish an Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) on site in this election commitment.
Please be mindful that at this stage it is an election commitment, and we will receive further information following the election on 8 March 2025.
Crown Performance - WAGSMS
We are delighted to announce that our school will be performing at the Western Australian Government Schools Music Society (WAGSMS) event at Crown Theatre on Thursday, 26 June 2025. This is an exciting opportunity for our students to showcase their talents in music and the arts. More details regarding this event will be shared later in the term.
We look forward to sharing a fantastic year ahead with you at Sorrento Primary School!
Regards
Anne Alford
Principal
If your child is unable to attend school eg sick, medical appointment, family reason, cultural activity, vacation, late, etc. text a brief message to 0447 926 741 (SMS only). Name/class/reason for absence/date of absence. If reason for absence is not stated, the message will automatically resend.
Sorrento Primary School Canteen is operated by the P&C Association with the assistance of parent volunteers. All profits generated by the canteen are directed back to the school via the P&C to improve educational outcomes and opportunities for our students.
- Available Tuesdays and Thursdays for recess and lunch for students from Pre-Primary to Year 6 (not Kindy).
- Order by 8:30am via spriggyschools.com.au or the Spriggy School App.
- Follow the P&C Facebook page for specials and important information.
- The canteen is run by one Manager and parent participation. The canteen will not open on days when no volunteers are available. Volunteering is a great, fun opportunity to get to know the school community and see your child’s joy at having you at the school. Shifts are only two hours - one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Grandparents, aunties, uncles and community members are also welcome to volunteer.
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