Hopefully you all had a relaxing long weekend. There are still occasional cases of covid 19 popping up among our families. Thanks again for supporting the school and other families by alerting us as soon as possible and keeping children with symptoms home. We have plenty of RATs at school, please feel free to collect as many as you need.

As a principal I regularly visit classrooms and will act as fill in teacher on occasion. I have been encouraged by the positive attitudes our students are displaying during their day to day learning. Positive learning habits are the greatest asset a child can have with their learning. The ability to face a challenge, understand that not everything is meant to be easy, and keep working hard is a huge benefit – and it is heartening to see these attributes on a daily basis.

We are still struggling to find OSHC staff. We are doing our best to avoid cutting back OSHC services, but this is a real possibility due to staffing pressures. If you know anyone who has, or is studying a Diploma of Early Childhood and Care or a CERT 3 in childcare (or equivalent) please point them in our direction.

 Michael Edwards
Principal

CWA Agreement – OSHC users.
To ensure our records are up to date and that we are compliant, all families who use OSHC need to have signed the CWA agreement. Even if you are a very casual user it still needs to be signed.  I will be sending emails out asking you to log into Xplor and sign the agreement if you have not yet done so.  This needs to be done before the end of financial year.  If you have any queries please contact me.

3/4 Melbourne Camp and 5/6 Sovereign Hill Camp
Preparations are well under way for both camps.   Once the programs and costings are finalised permission forms will be sent home. 
If your child won’t be attending the camp, please let Sandra and the classroom teacher know.

Paver Fundraiser
Thank you to all the families and community members who purchased a Paver.  Orders have now closed, and pavers are being ordered.

Enjoy your week,
Sandra

Vanessa Williams & Oliver Paull

Neve Allan  for incredible focus to complete your work to a high standard in all learning areas.
Tom Murphy for displaying a ‘can-do’ attitude and always encouraging others.
Banjo Odewahn for fabulous focus and being a motivated writer during our Writer’s Workshop activities this week.
James Davis for his keen enthusiasm with writing and great attempts at spelling tricky words.
Dylan Hewitt  for great progress with his reading skills and sounding out unknown words.
Grace Pritchard for showing excellent understanding and reasoning skills when exploring 2D shapes and describing their features in great detail.
Ewan McInerney for his amazing cold write about why achievement awards are the best reward at school. Well done!
Evie Burston for a highly imaginative and well-written narrative about a special object. It kept her readers on the edge of their seats!
Jake Blair for working hard to improve his reading and being a great help tidying the classroom library.
Jono Shepherd for writing an exciting and descriptive story about a special object. Well done!
Hunter Wall for working hard during Maths and demonstrating strong growth in his understanding of addition. Huge effort, Hunter!
Lily Schultz for applying what she has learned in Writing and including effective persuasive techniques like emotive language. Love your work, Lil!
Florian Whitley  demonstrating excellent co-operative skills when working in teams.
Max Murphy  100% effort – every day of the week!
Ella Joy for being an engaged learner who seeks feedback to improve her work.
Spencer Dowsley  for always putting 100% into ALL learning activities.
Owen Overall  for achieving outstanding growth in his spelling challenge post-test.

We will be making warm Chicken Wraps this week.  Marinated chicken strips cooked on the BBQ, wrapped in a delicious flatbread with salad, carrot, cheese and natural yogurt, YUM! 

We couldn't do it without all the helpers, so  THANK YOU!

If you would like to follow our Page on Facebook, look for Yackandandah Hot Lunches, it is a private group for the families of YPS , where we can share recipes, give updates, swap shifts and send reminders.

Jane Murphy – Hot lunch Co-Ordinator
ypshotlunch@gmail.com
0416 051 473

Christmas is coming early this year for the Junior and Senior Choir! We have been honoured to be asked to present an item or two at the upcoming ‘Christmas in July Singalong’ at the Yackandandah Town Hall on the afternoon of Sunday, 31^st July. This follows the very popular ANZAC Day Singalong in April. Further details of the event for parents will be given closer to the date. We have already started rehearsing some fun Christmas songs and are very excited to be part of the program alongside other musicians from Yackandandah and surrounds.

The organisers have offered a discount to parents of students who wish to be part of the audience and will offer tickets at a reduced re of $10 to accompanying parents and free entry for children in their care.

Jenny Cope-WIlliams

Vacation Care
We are unable to offer Vacation Care for the upcoming school holidays due to staffing uncertainty and urge families who rely on this service to look for alternatives.  We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Staffing
We are still looking for staff to work in OSHC. If you know anyone who has, or is studying a Diploma of Early Childhood and Care or a CERT 3 in childcare (or equivalent) please put them in touch with Michael Edwards.

Thanks, OSHC Team

11^th June – Flynn Graham

12^th June – Cooper Wall

12^th June – Ned Westbrook

12^th June – Emily Sheppard

13^th June – Miles Thornton

16^th June – Ezzie Haslett