Term 4
Monday 2^nd October - First day Term 4
Friday 6^th October - Division Athletics
Monday 9^th October - Division Athletics Back up day
Friday 13^th October - Regional Athletics
Monday 16^th October - Regional Athletics Back up day
Wednesday 1^st November - State Athletics
Tuesday 7^th November - Melbourne Cup Public Holiday
Wednesday 20^th December - Last Day Term 4

This week a number of students from Yackandandah Primary School are taking part in the Australian MTB (Mountain Bike) inter-schools event. There are 1400 students participating in the event – no doubt making it an exciting experience. The students’ participation is only possible due to the commitment of families supporting their involvement. Thanks to families who make the commitment and good luck to the riders!

During assembly on Friday weekly awards were handed out for outstanding learning. A common theme among the awards were persistence and positive learning habits. These skills cannot be underestimated. In particular we need to help children understand that facing a difficult learning challenge is not only ok – it is a normal part of learning (and life). We need children to be able to encounter something difficult and not feel daunted. In fact, that is where the learning happens best. This is how resilience is built.

Last Monday and Tuesday we had Christopher Hudson from Melbourne University visit our school to observe and ask questions. Christopher is researching successful rural schools and will be back for more visits. He is keen to interview students and parents as part of his research. Please read the message from Christopher (below) and consider participating.

My name is Christopher Hudson and I am a teacher and a research student studying a Doctor of Education at the University of Melbourne. My research project is focused on investigating a successful government primary school in rural Victoria, Australia, with Yackandandah Primary School chosen as the successful school for the project. I am very excited to learn more about the wonderful Yackandandah Primary School community!

As part of this research project, I will be conducting two separate group interviews of five year 5/6 students in each group, and two separate group interviews of five parents in each group (parents of students in any year level). These interviews will most likely occur during Term 2 and will take no longer than one hour each.

For the student group, these discussions will be conducted within the school day at a time that causes the least disruption to the students’ learning. For the parent group, these discussions can occur at any time that suits the group. The parent group interview can also occur via Zoom rather than coming into the school if that is more suitable.

In the group interviews I will be asking parents and students to share their thoughts on Yackandandah Primary School and the leadership of the school. The aim is to gather parent and student perspectives on what makes the school successful and how it has come to be a successful school. All interviews will remain confidential to the participants and researcher and all information provided will be de-identified through the use of pseudonyms.

If you would like to be a part of one of the parent group interviews and believe you could offer some valuable insight into what makes Yackandandah Primary School successful then I would love to hear from you!

If you are a parent of a grade 5/6 student and you think your child could offer valuable insight in one of the student groups it would be great to speak further about this together.

For those interested, I will send you some more information about the project and we can work together to find a suitable time for your or your child's participation. I can be contacted via the below information.

Michael Edwards
Principal

School Uniform Order
As the weather is starting to cool down and I can only hold limited stock at school I will be putting in an order for school jumpers and softshell jackets Wednesday next week, so we hopefully have them in by the start of Term 2.  If you would like to order a jumper or jacket please send me an email.  There are samples in the office to try on and I do have a few in stock.  Prices are as follows:

Softshell Jacket                    $73

Full Zip Polar Fleece            $39

Short Zip Polar Fleece        $37

Scholastic Book Club
Each student has taken home a Scholastic Book Club Brochure and order form today.  Orders need to be submitted through the Book Club Loop by Wednesday 22^nd March.

Yackandandah FoodWorks Community Points
Thank you to all the families and community members who donate their Community points to the school.  We received a payment of $576.83 in February.

Enjoy your week!
Sandra

Gabrielle Gargiulo & Aidan Wall

Jaxson Cameron for your enthusiasm and attention to detail when counting collections.
Peter Mullins for displaying qualities of a calm and focused learner.
Aemon Hakanovic-Kelty for being such a focused learner this week. I’m proud of your efforts, Aemon. Well done and keep it up!
Sebastien Quaglio for successfully counting and recording numbers within 25 using a range of materials. Good on you Seb!
Cooper Wall for A huge effort in breaking ‘qu’ words into their separate sounds. Well done!
Milla Stagg for working hard and showing lots of growth in her maths fluency task this week.
Sully Lucas for using a growth mindset in maths and challenging himself during place value tasks.
Ezzie Haslett for always including others and offering her support to classmates in need. We are lucky to have you in our class!
Keira Nehra for working hard to complete this week’s fluency task and making big improvements with reading numbers.
Savannah Lockett for having an enthusiastic and ‘Can Do’ attitude to all learning tasks.
Sierra Allan for including magnificent examples of WOW words in this week’s Big Write.
Henry Lerch for generating strong ideas in writing and engaging with such a high level of enthusiasm.
Zack Dickeson for giving clear and specific peer feedback during writing reflection.
Emily Shepherd for showing persistence and focus during maths lessons.
Grace O’Dwyer for an active approach and positive mindset during maths.
Violet MacCalman for demonstrating excellent leadership in the classroom and wider school.
Alex Beatty for demonstrating excellent craft and description in his writing.

Artwork of the Week
Students in the F/1/2 classes were further inspired by designer Oria Kiely to create colourful artworks with repeating patterns.  The art works were printed with sponges and acrylic paint.

F/1C


F/1R


1/2E


1/2H

The hot lunch option for week 6 is ... Fried Rice!  A popular dish, made from scratch, served in an individual bowl, with a spoon.

Payment reminder... please transfer any money owing for hot lunch orders, directly into the school bank account. Emails were sent home to families last Friday.   Many thanks.

Here is the hot lunch helper roster.

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

We Show Respect

At Yackandandah Primary School, we show respect to others, to our property, and to ourselves. This week in SEL, we explored all the ways we show the value of respect in and around our school. Some things the children came up with were being a kind friend, taking care of your classroom equipment, speaking in a nice voice and helping people when they need it. If we all do these things, we have a school where students, staff and parents feel welcomed and safe.  

Stace

Tennis Coaching
Last week was the final week of the school’s tennis coaching run by Louise Thornton. This coaching was made possible with funding through a State Government Active Schools grant. It was wonderful to see the students engage with the activities and pick up some new skills. The lessons have sparked a renewed interest in tennis with many racquets being borrowed from the sports shed during break times and children practicing some of the activities that they learnt during coaching. With local clubs in town and at Allans Flat, it would be easy for our students to pursue a new-found interest in tennis if keen. A big thank you to Louise for getting the ball rolling for this last year and for her enthusiasm for leading in session.

Regional Swimming
Congratulations to the students who represented the school at the Regional Swimming Carnival in Shepparton on Wednesday: Fredi Farley, Ed Boddenberg, Violet MacCalman, Tarn Charles-Jones, Ben Hardisty, Angus Glanville, Lily Schultz, Spencer Dowsley, Will Maybury, Jim Kelley, Will Boddenberg, and Nate Maybury. This is an outstanding achievement!

Students in the Senior Choir have been busily preparing for two performances on ANZAC Day, April 25th. These are the ANZAC Day service at 11AM in the Yackandandah memorial park and the Yackandandah Community Singalong at 2PM in the Yackandandah Public Hall. Families are reminded to please return the forms that were sent home with students indicating your child’s availability.

Students in 5/6B and 4-6L will be participating in a short drumming performance at the conclusion of the opening parade of the Yackandandah Folk Festival on Friday 24 March. The parade commences at 6PM and concludes at approximately 6:20, when students will assemble in front of the library for their performance. Further information will be sent to families in these classes.

Please contact me for further details about these events.

David Pietsch
David.Pietsch@education.vic.gov.au

The Yackandandah Folk Festival is happening again this year after missing 3 years due to COVID.  A lot of the new families to school won’t realise that the school plays a big part in the Folk Festival.  The Folk Festival is the school’s major fundraiser for the year.

• Caz and Mandy help organise the Friday night street parade.
• The school organises food on the Saturday night – stay tuned for more information on this next week.
• The school organises the Sunday market where we have about 150 market stalls.

At this stage we are asking for parents assistance with the market.  This involves putting signs on cars and trees in regard to the streets being closed off, someone to help Michael mark out the stall sites on Saturday and people to help direct with the setup of the market at 6am Sunday morning.

Please click on the link below to access the help sheet.

https://forms.gle/oXWAx494nKHW6PMs6

Thanks Sandra

Yackandandah Folk Festival GO WILD Opening Parade! 
On Friday, 24 March 2023, the Yackandandah Folk Festival Opening Parade will take place at 6pm! Over the next few weeks, students will be creating and making their GO WILD costumes in the art room, and our senior students will be practising a drumming performance in music. Below is a running timeline of how the opening parade festivities will proceed on the night. 

Friday 24 March 

• 4:30pm High Street will be closed to all traffic. 
• 4:30pm face painters will be set up on High Street (Location TBC) Think lots of flowers, autumn leaves, vine leaves…to go with the GO WILD theme.  
• 5:45pm students in full costume are to look for their class teacher, Mandy, Caz OR school/parent representative on High Street, in front of Yackandandah Primary School, before the opening parade starts.

Please see below for the order of each group in the parade. 

• 6:00pm Pete Denahy and the High Street Shufflers will lead the parade down High Street to finish at the Street Stage, in front of the Yackandandah Motel and Post Office. 
• 6:25pm The parade will conclude with a drumming finale by Yackandandah Primary School’s 4/5/6L and 5/6B students, led by our music teacher, David.  
• 6:30pm - Official Opening at the Street Stage

The order of the parade will start behind Pete Denahy and the High Street Shufflers:

1. Pete Denahy – gather in front of Yackandandah Primary School and the Town Hall on High Street 
2. The High Street Shufflers  
3. Yackandandah Kindergarten 
4. Middle Indigo Primary School 
5. Wooragee Primary School 
6. Yackandandah Primary School
7. Osbornes Flat Primary School 

Parents, please collect your GO WILD little people after the official opening ceremony has concluded. If you are unable to find your WILD THING after the parade, please look for them first in the following locations on High Street:

Yackandandah Kindergarten in front of the Post Office
Osbornes Flat, Middle Indigo and Wooragee Primary School in front of 7^th Pocket
Yackandandah Primary School in front of the CFA building

Please note that teachers and parent helpers are not responsible for the supervision of students once the parade and opening ceremony officially concludes. Any Yackandandah Primary School parents and friends who can stay back after the official opening ceremony to support the return of chairs and buckets to the Art/Music room would be most appreciated. 

Caz & Mandy

Vacation Care Program

Bookings are NOW open for the Vacation Care Program.

YES!! We are running our Holiday Program over the April school holidays. YAY!!

The program dates are Tuesday 11^th – 21^st April.

Please note that the Monday 10^th is a PUBLIC HOLIDAY and Vacation Care will be closed.

The program will be in the newsletter in the next few weeks.

OSHC Corner

I know you are all thinking ‘What have OSHC been up too?’  We have been so busy having SOOOO much fun that we haven’t even had time to put something in the Newsletter!! So, I have finally put aside some time to show everyone a photo montage of what our days have been filling up with. – Kerryn

Cooking Club is running on Wednesdays in ASC – Something different every week!

Gardening Club is running Tuesdays BSC & Thursdays ASC.

Breakfast Club is running every Morning for BSC, Yummy toast, cereal and fruit.




Kerryn

6^th March – Henry Lerch

9^th March – Fredi Farley