Last week Yrs. 1/2 and 3/4 had their swimming lessons. Well done to all the children on their behaviour and effort with swimming. The weather is giving us some hints that warmer times are near so the swimming lessons are timely! This week it is Yrs. 5/6 and F/1 going swimming.

Wednesday this week is the District Athletics. We are sending close to 40 students to the athletics. They will travel by bus and be accompanied by two teachers from school. Good luck, competitors!

NAPLAN results are now available for Yrs. 3 & 5 students. Parents receive a brief report of their child’s performance in the NAPLAN tests. It is important to remember that NAPLAN measures how well children do tests in some areas of the curriculum on a particular day. It can be useful for schools to determine strengths and areas for focus in general teaching. For individual students, it is the day to day effort and learning that is the most important factor in achievement. Once again Yackandandah Primary School students achieved results well above state averages in almost all areas tested. Well done!

Next week is book week. We have been encouraging students to consider what costumes they may like to wear on the dress up day (Wednesday 14^th Sept). We encourage children to wear book character costumes from their favourite book or favourite book character.

Michael Edwards
Principal

Hot Lunch Payments
Emails were sent home on Friday to families who have not paid for this term’s hot lunch.  If you think you have paid and received an email please let me know and I will recheck.  If you haven’t paid could you please do so.

Enjoy your week, Sandra

Aidan Dent & Ruby O’Dwyer

Neve Allan for great reading improvement and always being a responsible member of your reading group.
Keira Nehra for being an encouraging and supportive member of our class.
Mia Lockett for persevering even when things are tricky! Keep trying, Mia!
Dylan Hewitt for developing confidence with solving subtraction problems.
Oscar Bulman for showing great progress with his handwriting this week.
Mia Bebbington for working hard to write a journal entry every single day of your holiday to Queensland.
Patrick Kellaway for creating some great ideas for your recent Cold Write with a very unique problem.
Maeve Van Duinen for continuing to work on class activities even when you were at home and feeling unwell.
Ned Westbrook for a fantastic understanding of what’s been read so far in our new class novel.
Spencer Pretty for applying his learning about the “lazy” vowel sound to improve his spelling. Well done!
Beau Ridgeway for his enthusiasm and effort during our swimming lessons, as well as being exceptionally organised to get ready quickly.
Ben Hardisty for being a terrific team player at the school aths carnival.
Sierra Allan  for always displaying creative and original thinking in writing tasks.
Miles Thornton  for reflecting critically on his learning to make improvements in maths.

 ‘Young at heART’ Exhibition

The variety of pieces and the talent evident across our area is outstanding! This exhibition by Wodonga and District Government Schools showcases the extraordinary talent of the youth of our region. This visual arts display has been brought together by the Wodonga District Arts Festival Committee. Art works created by students from Foundation to Year 12 will be on display at GIGS (Gateway Island Gallery and Studios) representing 17 Schools and 500+ students! A selection of our students will represent our school with works exhibited. The exhibition is open from 30th August to 24th September. We would love to see our families, friends and wider community members embrace this opportunity to celebrate the talents of our local youth.

It's Sausage Roll week!

Hand made and rolled, delicious sausage rolls! If your kiddo's enjoy, let me know and I can share the recipe on our hot lunch Facebook Page.

The final weeks kitchen helpers are...and a BIG THANKS to all that have filled in at the last minute over the last couple of weeks!


Year 3/4SP students enjoying their soup on Friday.

Jane Murphy
YPS Hot Lunch Coordinator
ypshotlunch@gmail.com
0416 051 473

Wednesday 14 September is our Book Week Dress-up Day! How are your costumes coming along? The costume parade will be in the courtyard from 9am-9.30am on the day, if you’d like to have a look at the characters the students have re-created this year.

If your child is having trouble deciding on a character, ask them to think back over the past 12 months about books they’ve enjoyed with interesting characters. Or can they come dressed as non-fiction character this year? We have so many fantastic new non-fiction books in the library that might inspire!

We’ve got a week of exciting activities planned for the students, including LEGO STEM/Literacy sessions, art activities, a Book Week Kahoot! and a Second-hand book sale.

Book Sale 2022!
As mentioned above, I will again be running a second-hand book stall on Tuesday 13 September as part of our week-long Book Week celebrations, to raise money for the library. Please consider donating to the school, any children’s books you might be finished with, instead of taking them to the op shop. Books on sale will be 20c, 50c, $1 or $2…and FREE!

Have a wonderful week of reading!
Sarah McAlister

Circular Rhythm

Next Monday all students will be participating in a Cultural Performance by Lucas Proudfoot at 10am at school.

Circular Rhythm presents Indigenous Australian culture in a dynamic, fun and informative show.  Students learn about different aspects of Australian Indigenous culture through contemporary and interactive musical performance.

There is no cost for this performance as it is part  of the Curriculum Contributions that parents have been invited to pay.

District Athletics
The District event is being held in Albury (same venue as the House aths) this Wednesday.  The back-up day is Wednesday September 14th.

The bus will be leaving school at 9am and returning at 3pm. Cost per student is $10.  Permission forms were sent home last Thursday to the students who have qualified for this event. The forms need to be returned to school tomorrow.

The timetable for the day is as follows:

Brendan

This week students in F/1C, F/1R, 5/6B & 5/6L will be participating in the School Swimming Program at the Wodonga Leisure Centre.

Times are as follows:

12:15 – 1:00        : F/1R & 5/6B

1:00 – 1:45          : F/1C & 5/6L

Buses will depart from school 45 minutes before the lesson time.  Please ensure your child brings their bathers, towel and goggles if needed each day they are swimming.

Students have been enjoying sessions with the new LEGO STEM sets that we now have at YPS.  On Friday, 34SP had their very first introduction session and to say they enjoyed it was an understatement! Words like ‘awesome’ were bantered about many times throughout the 2-hour session.

After ironing out a few technical issues with laptops, the students stepped through five tutorials- Motor, Light, Gyro Sensor, Colour Sensor, and Word blocks (coding). Once they’d mastered these, they could then move on to building with LEGO using some of the skills they’d learnt. Some managed to build in movement, while others had movement and light and sound. Very impressive!

It was wonderful to see the students so enthralled in their work- totally engaged, learning new skills and encouraging each other with their creations. Some were challenged with working out the coding, or when things weren’t working, but persevered!  It’s quickly becoming one of my favourite subjects to teach!

Students in all year levels will enjoy using the Lego on a regular basis.

Year 3/4SP students

Year 1/2 Students

Vacation Care

We are still facing staff shortages in our Out of School Hours Care service. The staff we have are giving their all, but there are just not enough to run a Vacation Care program over the next holidays. For any families that may rely on vacation care I suggest seeking a place in a different program sooner rather than later. Here is a link to some services that are operating vacation care over the next holidays – there may be more options in different locations. https://www.careforkids.com.au/vacation-care/wodonga/3690

We will be running Vacation Care again when we have sufficient staff. If you know of anyone who may be interested in working in our OSHC service please let Michael or Sandra know.

If you have a child starting at school next year Enrolment packs can be collected from the school office. 

If you would like to book a school tour or have any questions, please contact Michael or Sandra at school.

5^th September – Max Murphy

6^th November – Evie Burston

8^th November – Claudia Grech

Yackandandah Primary School is seeking  an enthusiastic OSHC Co-ordinator to manage our OSHC program. 

Applicants must have completed or be completing a Diploma in Child Services or Bachelor of Education or equivalent and have a sound knowledge of National Quality Standards or be willing to learn the standards. Applicants require current First Aid, Anaphylaxis and Asthma Management training – or willingness to undertake training. A current  employment Working With Children Check or VIT registration is also required. Hours are negotiable, likely to be over 20hrs/week.

We are also seeking casual OSHC educators to join our team.  Applicants must have completed or be studying either a Certificate 3 in Children’s Services, Diploma in Children’s Services or a Bachelor of Education or equivalent.

University students enrolled in a Bachelor of Education are encouraged to apply – it is a great opportunity to gain experience working with children in a supportive workplace and educational environment whilst studying.