Wednesday 7^th June - ‘Pass the Poetry Please’ Cultural Performance
Thursday 8^th June - Book Club orders close
Monday 12^th June - King’s Birthday Public Holiday
Friday 16^th June - Regional Cross Country
Friday 23^rd June - Last Day Term 2

Term 3
Monday 10^th July - First day Term 3
Thursday 13^th July - State Cross Country
Friday 14^th July - Winter Sports Carnival
Monday 24^th July - Winter Sports Carnival Back up day
Friday 28^th July - Cross Country Skiing
Friday 4^th August - Down Hill Skiing
Friday 11^th August - Down Hill Skiing
Thursday 17^th August - School Athletics Carnival
Friday 18^th August - Skiing Back up day
Thursday 24^th August - School Athletics Carnival Back up day
Friday 1^st September - Skiing Back up day
Monday 4^th September-Thursday 7^th September - Yr. 3/4 15 Mile Creek Camp
Monday 11^th September-Thursday 14^th September - Yr. 3/4 15 Mile Creek Camp
Friday 15^th September - Last Day Term 3

Congratulations to the Yr. 5/6 students on a wonderful Canberra Camp last week. As usual, the conduct of the students was exemplary. Thanks also to Lauren for her organisation, Caz and Brendan for being the responsible staff and to Cameron Blair, Donna Jones and Matt Dickeson for giving their time to help as well.

I would like to encourage children to wear their school uniform jumpers to school rather than casual clothing. We have new uniforms for sale at the office – and often have second hand uniforms available at no cost.

 Michael Edwards
Principal

Rory McIntyre for improved focus and always encouraging your peers.
Lily Scobie for improved confidence in your own ability, especially in Maths.
Lucy Hillier for always ready to go for our Maths Fluency Task this week.
Eleanor Martini for a fine effort writing about your treasure, using finger spacing and great adjectives.
Dylan Hewitt for always displaying a 'can-do' attitude, no matter the task.
Cobie Flower for sharing his deeper understanding of number lines during addition
Kiera Porteous for her enthusiasm and growing confidence during free writing
Richie Burston for his engaging and informative presentation about his family history
Beau Ridgeway for creating a fantastic story during free writing and making the effort to use feedback and edit to improve it even more.
Max Boschetti for making a clear, accurate and bright number line to help him solve maths problems.
Nicholas Shepherd for showing great focus and participation in class.
Lucia-Mary Gosling for a hard working attitude and thorough application to her learning.
Raff Gargiulo for employing exceptional word choice to create mood in his writing.
Freya Vorbach for developing strong mental strategies for solving multiplication and division problems.

At this stage until we find a new Hot Lunch Co-ordinator there will be no hot lunches in Term 3. 

The Hot Lunch Coordinator position is up for grabs!  This is a 5 hours per week paid position,  with all the necessary systems in place to make the transition simple and smooth.

If this is something you would like more info on, then please feel free to chat to me (Jane) or Michael.

Only three weeks left of term, with 150 orders for sausage rolls coming up this Friday!  Big shout out to all the hot lunch helpers, it really does make for a lovely morning, seeing smiling faces and connecting with our school community members.

Jane Murphy
YPS Hot Lunch Coordinator
0416 051 476

Winter Sports Carnival
The Winter Sports Carnival is taking place on Friday, July 14 (the first week of Term 3). This event is for students in Years 3-6. This year, Yackandandah will have teams in netball, football, soccer, t-ball, and volleyball. To help prepare for the carnival, we will be having sports practice on the next three Fridays until the end of term. Football and netball will train at school, while soccer, t-ball, and volleyball players will walk down to the sports park. Because this is a local excursion, students do not need a permission form, but will be down at the sports park from 12.45pm-1.45pm. Students are encouraged to wear appropriate footwear for training.

Permission forms and more information in regards to the Carnival will be sent home next week.

Brendan

Upper Hume Division Cross Country
On Friday the 2^{nd of} June, 22 of our students represented Yackandandah Primary School at the Upper Hume Division Cross Country at Willow Park in Wodonga. It was a beautiful day with the sun streaming down as the runners whizzed around the 2km and 3km courses. Each race had a minimum of 100 runners in it! The track was hilly and the competition tough. There were some incredible sprint finishes and every student from YPS did us proud. It was wonderful to watch them cheer each other on and show such great sportsmanship to their competitors. Lots of families came to cheer the kids on and were a great support. Congratulations to all students, in particular those that have qualified for the Regional Cross Country! Below are the results from Friday’s amazing races, students who placed 1st – 12th are off to the Regional Cross Country in Benalla on Friday 16^th June (more details to follow).

Planning is underway for the Year 5/6 Skiing program for this year.   The skiing dates are:

Friday 28^th July - Cross Country skiing

Friday 4^th August - Downhill skiing

Friday 11^th August - Downhill skiing

Friday 18^th August  - Backup day

Friday 1^st September - Backup day

To finalise the costing we need to know if your child will be skiing and on what days.  The cost should be approximately $66 for  Cross Country  and $120 per day for Downhill.  We will also be needing parent helpers each day (there is no cost for the parents).

Please click on the link below to complete the Expression of Interest form and also indicate if you are able to assist on any day.  This form needs to be completed by this Friday.

 https://forms.gle/Cxs1Y7wGvCTjpdeK8

Any questions please see Sandra or Earle.

On Monday, June 29^th, bright and early, the Year 5/6’s jumped on the bus bound for Canberra! This year’s camp was a non-stop, jam-packed adventure with a wonderful mix of educational and fun experiences! The places visited were: The National Botanical Gardens, National Capital Authority, Australian Institute of Sport, Parliament House, Old Parliament House, Government House, The Royal Australian Mint, War Memorial, Indoor Rock Climbing, Greenhills Centre Vertical Challenge, Greenhills Centre Orienteering and Questacon! On the last night, students enjoyed creating a DIY campfire complete with marshmallows and plenty of laughs. Our students were an absolute delight on the camp and represented our school beautifully. Some highlights were meeting the Governor General and his wife, who both spoke to our group and having a wonderful chat with MP Helen Haines! The students were also lucky enough to observe the referendum on the Indigenous Voice in Parliament being debated in the House of Representatives! I would like to personally thank Caz for stepping in for me at the last minute due to illness and to Brendan for taking the lead and ensuring the camp ran smoothly and everyone had a great time! I would also like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful parent helpers who went on this camp – it is a huge time commitment, and we are very grateful for your help as we can’t make camps happen without your support! Three cheers for Donna Jones, Matt Dickeson and Cameron Blair! Finally, we cannot forget our awesome bus driver for getting us everywhere safely and on time – you rock Josh Bartel!

Yackandandah Primary School will be entering a team this year!!

Location: Mount Buller

Disciplines include:

• X Country (Sunday 6 August, 2023)

o   Individual

o   Relay

• Downhill (Monday 21^st-Friday 25^th August)

o   Alpine

• Alpine Giant Slalom
• Ski Cross
• Moguls
• Ski slopestyle

o   Snowboard 

• Snowboard Giant Slalom
• Snowboard X
• Snowboard slopestyle

 For more information check out the following links:

The official website:
https://www.interschools.com.au/home-victoria/

Event schedule:
https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/site/gnyvg7g4tesxalff.pdf

Event entry and lift access pricing:
https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/site/ohnwo4bjdqh4fbws.pdf

For those that are keen to get in shape for the season check out the 8 “SnowReady” ski and snowboard fitness program videos developed by Snow Australia and hosted by 3 x Olympian Sami Kennedy-Sim aimed at people of all ages and abilities:

https://www.snow.org.au/snowready/

If your child is interested to participate please get in touch with Cathy Derham (School Coordinator for Victorian Interschools for Yackandandah Primary in 2023) via email at cathyderham@hotmail.com or on 0406 607 621.

We are looking for a new Hot Lunch coordinator to commence at the start of Term 3.  Do you have a spare 5 hours each week and are looking to earn some money?  You will need a Working with Children’s Check and be prepared to complete an online Food Handling Course. This is a part time position for the remainder of the year with the view to carry over to next year. The current pay rate is $27.15 per hour.

Duties include:

• Being the lead person in the kitchen each Friday morning
• Organising the menu and parent helpers for the term
• Ordering of food each week
• Collating orders
• Cross checking student orders against payments

Jane has it set up with the necessary systems in place to make the transition simple and smooth.

Please contact Michael if you are interested in this position.