There is a new draft policy on our school website. The policy relates to parent lead excursions – taking your child to Regional or State athletics is an example of this. It is called the Draft Parent Facilitated Excursion policy and is located here: https://www.yackaps.vic.edu.au/page/188/Policies-and-Documents You are invited to read the draft policy and if you have any feedback or suggestions you can give them to Michael or any school councillor.

We are at the time of year when hats are no longer mandatory outside at school. Students are still welcome to wear hats if they wish but can go hatless if they choose.

From Wednesday afternoon this week Sandra (business manager) is taking a well-deserved break until near the end of May. The office will be staffed most of the time in Sandra’s absence and should operate as normal – but please be patient if things take a little longer.

Finally, I would like to send out a big congratulations to the students who have settled back into the learning routine very well after returning from the Term One holidays. Well done everyone!

Michael Edwards
Principal

Permission forms
I sent home permission forms with students today who have not yet returned them for the Year F/1/2 excursion to Are We There Yet and the District Cross Country.  Could these forms please be returned tomorrow.  Thanks.

Enjoy your week,
Sandra

Marliah Barnes & Cameron McIntosh

Amber Wallace for excellent recall of 2D and some 3D shapes this week. Well done!

Aemon Hakanovic-Kelty for starting the term in a very calm and focused manner. Well done, Aemon.

Paddy Grogan for working hard to write lots of information about your favourite Pokémon during free writing activities.

Cody Ellingham for impressive independent work when exploring 3D objects, playing ‘Pick that Box’ this week.

Ned Westbrook for making some great comparisons between what life is like now and in the 1950s.

Mim Martini for being an excellent role model for our shared classroom responsibilities.

Cobie Flower for always contributing meaningful ideas and questions during whole class discussions.

Will Hutchings for an outstanding start to Term 2 by showing great focus and dedication to his learning. Well done Will, keep it up!

Grace Pritchard for employing a range of mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Hugo Dickeson for always being an active listener and being a respectful member of class.

Lucas Stagg for sharing his passion for drawing with the class.

Molly Schultz for always demonstrating excellent listening and organisational skills.

Hunter Wall for creating a strong example of using ‘voice’ in writing.

Hughie Vorbach for striving to improve your reading.

Oscar Bulman for striving to improve your reading.

Students in 4/5/6L and 5/6B are drawing a self-portrait in Art using charcoal. Last week, we focused on some tips and tricks around how to draw the face in proportion, so you might notice the guidelines used in some of the artworks. A superb effort!!

Violet


Eleanor


Ryder


Emerson


Jaala


Jayde


Peter


Aliya


Bonnie

This week we kick off the hot lunch menu with Egg and Bacon Rolls or a Halloumi Roll.

LAST CALL FOR TERM 2 HOT LUNCH ORDERS..

The order form will be closed off for this week, today at 5pm (no exceptions).  The order form will remain open until Fri 5th May for last chance orders. 

Hot Lunch order form link below or access through our yackandandah Hot Lunch Facebook page.

T2 Hot Lunch Order Form - 

https://forms.gle/B4THGXMvmC9MeLacA  

DRAFT - Hot Lunch helper roster.  Please let me know if I need to make any changes.

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

During SEL last week, students began exploring the Blue Zone, in the Zones of Regulation. The Zones of Regulation platform allows children to learn about their emotions in a safe and supportive way and teaches them tools (or strategies) to assist them with regulation. The Blue Zone includes emotions like sad, sick, bored and sleepy; they’re our low and slow emotions. We all feel them from time to time. The children talked about how our bodies feel and look when we’re experiencing these emotions and learned some tools for their ‘Zones Toolbox’. Some tools were: talking to someone, hugs or wrapping up in a blanket, rest, special food when sick, and laughter.

Stace

District Cross Country
Yackandandah Primary School organises and hosts the District Cross-Country event and we are looking for some adult helpers. We need about 6 helpers, especially at the finish line, to make the day run smoothly. The event will run from 10.15am until 1pm. If you are able to help out on the day, please let Brendan or the office know.

If you haven’t yet returned the permission form please do so tomorrow. 

Thanks, Brendan.

Members of the senior choir sang 'True Blue' by John Williamson as part of the ANZAC Day service in the Yackandandah memorial gardens last Tuesday morning. A small remnant of the choir also sang two items as part of the Yackandandah Community Singalong in the afternoon. Congratulations to all involved! Students wishing to join the choir may attend again this Friday afternoon at 2:30PM to try it out.

This week, grade 4/5/6L will perform 'Sirius' by the Alan Parsons project at assembly. We congratulate Vivian O'Brien, Lily Schultz, Eleanor Glanville and Fela Gilbert, who presented piano items at last week's assembly. I would love to hear from any students who learn an instrument who would like to perform a solo at assembly sometime.

David Pietsch

School Photo Day is Wednesday 10^th May.  Last week students took home an envelope for the photos.  Order online at www.msp.com.au or by placing cash inside the envelope.  Please enclose the correct amount as no change will be given on the day.  Order forms for School Captains etc have been sent home with those students.

Tomato Sauce Fundraiser - Limited Product Run - Be Quick

The school had a quantity of tomatoes left over from the Folk Festival dinner.  These tomatoes were fantastic table quality, and to avoid wastage have been turned into a limited production of gourmet tomato sauce.  The school is selling large bottles for $20, and small bottles for $12.  This sauce is the perfect accompaniment for local pies, and other savoury goodies. 

A big thank you to Paul & Trish Anderson for making the sauce.

School Holiday Program!!!

School Holidays went off with a HOOT!!

We were lucky enough to have amazing weather apart from our only excursion day, which rained all day.

Here are some snaps over our two Weeks.

Thank you so much to our wonderful staff who were available over the holidays and helped make every day amazing!

29^th April – Sebastien Quaglio

29^th April - Joni Mayhew

3^rd May - Nicholas Shepherd

4^th May - Aiden Hillier