At the half way point of Term One I would like to congratulate our students on the fantastic way they have begun the school year. Our school values of ‘We are Learners’, ‘We show Respect’ and ‘We are fair’ are well understood by our students. We are looking forward to completing the second half of Term One in a similar fashion.

The Hot Lunches have been going for a few weeks now and we are grateful to Jane and the team of volunteers who prepare the lunches. This is something the children and staff look forward to each week (along with parents who don’t need to prepare a lunch box).

Once again, thanks for your support and understanding with COVID safety measures. As the rest of the community is relaxing mask rules we are needing to remind ourselves at school to keep the mask wearing up. Thanks to parents for keeping children who are ill at home. We have Rapid Antigen Tests (RATS) available at school for children to use – you can collect 1 box of 5 tests per student every two weeks. Testing is encouraged twice weekly (but not mandatory).

I have been asked to forward a letter from the department of Health requesting your input via a survey about COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5-11. The letter is below, including a link to the survey.

Michael Edwards
Principal

Dear parents and carers

The Victorian Department of Health is seeking parent and carer views in relation to COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 5 to 11.

The Department of Health recognises that there are many reasons that influence parent or carer decisions regarding vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11.

COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 is voluntary. By completing the survey, you will help the Department of Health to:

• understand the range of perspectives on vaccination
• design useful resources on COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination services for parents and carers.

Who should complete the survey?

The survey is designed for parents or carers of children aged 5 to 11 years old in Victoria. All people whose children aged 5 to 11 have and have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 are encouraged to complete the survey.

What is involved?

The survey will take 5-10 minutes to complete. Please click on the link to complete the online survey. Translated surveys are available. The survey closes at 5pm AEDST Thursday 17 March 2022.

 How will the information I provide be used?

Your response to the survey is confidential and will remain anonymous. No identifiable responses will be shared with your child/ren’s school or any other party.

We will summarise survey results. Victorian Government departments will use this summary to inform COVID-19 vaccination program planning and improvements. We may also use summary level data for presentations and reports / publications.

Further information about how the Department of Health handles your personal information is set out in Department of Health’s Privacy Statement.

What if I need help completing the survey?

Please call 03 8850 7293 if you need help on completing the survey or technical support.

Thank you for your support.

Yours Sincerely
Department of Health

Student Absences
A reminder that if your child is away, please notify the school office either by email, phone or ‘register an absence’ on the school website stating the dates your child will be away and the reason. 

Scholastic Book Club
Each student has today taken home a brochure and order form from Scholastic Book Club.  Orders need to be ordered through the Book Club Loop for Parents by Thursday 24^th March. 

New Bank Account Details
A reminder that when paying money to the school to please use the new bank account. If you have regular payments set up to come out your bank account to the school, you will need to change the destination details to:

Bank: Westpac
BSB:  033-222
Account Number:   018848

Enjoy your week
Sandra

Lucy Matheson-Jones & Isaac Hewson

Georgia Dowsley for enthusiasm for all learning, especially our maths activities this week.
Edward Crispin for taking excellent care with letter formation.
Oscar Bulman for being a keen and enthusiastic member of our class. Keep it up Oscar!
Dara Freeman for displaying a persistent and positive attitude towards her school work. Well done Dara!
Evie Burston for explaining helpful strategies to count large numbers of objects accurately. Fantastic work, Evie!
Beau Ridgeway for making and recording some great connections with the books that he is reading. Well done, Beau!
Patrick McIntyre for always putting a huge effort into all activities.
Mia Bebbington for taking all our new strategies on board to bring your writing to life!
Eleanor Glanville for being a clever and creative writing thief.
Florian Whitley for thinking like an author to edit and improve his writing.
Tarn Charles-Jones for always challenging himself to complete his best work.
Dane Holden for working super dooper hard during Maths Groups and improving his skills when modelling and ordering 3 digit numbers. Keep it up, Dane!
Matilda Ridgeway for showing commitment to her Viewing activity in Reading and producing work that is organised and thorough. You’re marvellous, Matilda!
Oscar Dickeson for showing such a high level of enthusiasm for writing and extending his ideas at home
Miles Thornton for achieving one of his personal learning goals in record time!
Eli Willis for reading like a champ and improving his descriptive writing.
Charlie Killen for always have a positive attitude towards her learning and being a great role model for others.

This week is Burger Week!!

Please see the kitchen helper roster below.


Let's get composting!
The kitchen would like to kick start the YPS composting system again... we have a couple of composting bins and they will be set up in a new location in the coming weeks.  This will help us turn our kitchen food scraps into a delicious living compost for the gardens.

Is there anyone out there that has a 10-15L plastic bucket, with a lid that they would be happy to donate to the school kitchen? (before we go out to buy one!)

This will allow us to move the scraps from the kitchen to the compost easily.

Have a great week
Jane Murphy

Regional Swimming Carnival
Last Wednesday, the following students represented the school at the Regional Swimming Carnival in Shepparton: Saoirse Beatty, Flynn Graham, Lola Mahoney, Violet MacCalman, Zoe Riley, Lily van Duinen, Aliya McCormack, Jim Kelley, Tarn Charles-Jones, Angus Glanville, and Will Maybury. Making it to this level is a fantastic achievement and all students should be proud of what they accomplished. Special congratulations go to Will Maybury, who finished 3^rd in his backstroke event. Great stuff, everybody!

Wodonga Middle Years College is opening its doors for their ‘On Show’ event held on Thursday March 24th.

This is your opportunity to tour our Huon and Felltimber campuses, explore our classrooms and specialist facilities to support your Middle Years education from 3.30pm.

Then at 7pm, you can join our College Leaders online for our information session and live Q&A where we’ll be answering your questions.

For further details, please visit: https://www.wmyc.vic.edu.au/on-show-2022/

Money raised will support staff in implementing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs, including the purchasing of associated resources.

In exchange for a generous contribution of $50 to the new STEM Fund, a personalised engraved paver will be placed in the new Dry Creek Bed Play Space between the timber bridge and the pedestrian access gate onto High Street (photo below).  This area was meant to be paved in the original design, however we ran out of time last year!

Each paver can be personalised with up to three lines of text (maximum of 17 characters per line including spaces, all caps lock and centred on the paver).  Buy one for the whole family or one each!

But you’ll have to be quick – with a limited number of pavers available, we will sell out!  Don’t miss this opportunity to leave a long-lasting momento at Yack Primary!

How to order:

1. Complete the google form (one per paver) found here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7D86Iur1PEgOP2gZeuLzbvJ5vrUxeJDM0KCcvZ-AYrqfDsQ/viewform

2. Transfer payment ($50 per paver) to the school bank account (Westpac) including "PAVER: SURNAME" as the reference.

(The *NEW* Westpac bank account details are listed at the bottom of the google form)

3. We will send you a confirmation email once your order has been processed.  

5^th March – Shaynia Clausen

6^th March – Henry Lerch

6^th March – Ruby O’Dwyer

9^th March – Fredi Farley

Worlds’s Greatest Shave
Sally Bayne is going to shave her hair on Friday the 18^th March 2022 on stage in the beer garden at The Star Hotel. Sal has grown her hair long enough to provide 2 wigs for children who are going through Blood Cancer treatment. She is determined to remind people of this nasty disease that many have forgotten during the focus of Covid. Please show your support by donating either by following the link below or putting your donation in the money tin at the front desk in the school office. All those who donate are invited to join Sal in the beer garden on Friday 18^th to watch the big moment. Suzy Ridgeway will be chief hairdresser and whoever is the largest donor will be given the honour of the first chop. We will have a little party to celebrate Sal’s sacrifice and donation made to the Leukaemia Foundation with music and pizzas for kids.

https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?eventid=16316&langpref=en-CA&RegistrationID=847444&Referrer=direct%2fnone