Term 3

Monday 4^th Sept-Friday 8^th Sept - School swimming program 12.15 to 1pm-56B & F1C 1.00 to 1.45-34A & 12E
Tuesday 5^th September-Friday 8^th September - Yr. 3/4 15 Mile Creek Camp (3/4E & 4L)
Tuesday 12^th September-Friday 15^th September - Yr. 3/4 15 Mile Creek Camp (3/4A)
Friday 15^th September - District Athletics Sport back up day
Friday 15^th September - Last Day Term 3 - 2.30pm finish

The swimming program continues this week with half the school having their lessons each day. Congratulations to the students who participated in the swimming lessons last week – the way in which you participated demonstrated our school values.

Congratulations also to the students who participate in the District Athletics last week. Almost all of you will go on to compete in the Division Athletics early next term. Great effort!

Students from 3/4E and 4L will go on the 15 Mile Creek camp this week. Teachers from the camp visited the school today (Monday) to explain what is involved in the camp and get to know the children and staff from our school. The program at the camp is called ‘Challenge and Grow.’ It is designed to build resilience and push students to experience initial challenges that can be overcome. For some, the challenges may be physical, for others they may be emotional and for others the challenge may be to work with people they may not normally work with. All these challenges are important – if we never learn that challenges can be overcome with positive habits and mindsets, we can never develop resilience or the ability to take on new things.

Michael Edwards
Principal

Year F/1/2/3/4 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Excursion
If your child has not yet returned their permission form a new one has been sent home tonight.  Please return the form tomorrow. 

The Division Athletic sports are on the same day.  If you have already paid for the above excursion and your child is competing in the athletic sports the payment will be credited to your family account.

Enjoy your week!
Sandra

Aliya McCormack & Aisha Willis

Grace Scobie for taking on teacher feedback by using adjectives to enhance the content of her writing.
Amber Wallace for showing improved focus and perseverance in getting work completed within set times.
Jaxson Cameron for working co-operatively and enthusiastically in teams during STEM activities.
Macklan James Hillier for carefully writing your spelling words on the mini whiteboards with excellent results.
Harvey Thornton for incredible efforts with your spelling words, achieving 100% accuracy.
Jim MacCalman for using some great descriptive language and exciting dialogue in his story “Why Wombats Do Square Poop.”
Spencer Pretty for showing excellent knowledge of Australian geography during our place name game.
Beau Ridgeway for being a fantastic “tech-spert” when helping others publish their writing on the computer.
Patrick Kellaway for the most incredible, interesting and well though-out origin story I’ve ever read.
Kaia Allan for managing her time so well throughout the week across a multitude of projects.
Summer Innes for learning new school routines quickly. Welcome to 3/4A.
William Black for listening well during group focus sessions.
Maddie Prentice for great cooperation during group work.
Ted Attwood for making important discoveries about fractions using Cuisenaire Rods and pattern blocks.
Charlotte Wilson for conducting careful research for her text about platinum.
Hudson Street for developing and dictating creative stories using his story planner.
Max Murphy for using different materials to explore, represent and explain fractions.

This week's Hot Lunch is a Baked Potato, yum! 

Families that placed and paid for orders for students attending the year 3/4 camps over the next fortnight have been provided a credit for next term's Hot Lunches.

Just two more Hot Lunches to go this term! Time flies when you're serving meals to happy kids in the sunshine :)

Hannah Glanville-Jones
YPS Hot Lunch Coordinator
ypshotlunch@gmail.com

Year 1/2 students with their Bev & Kev birds they made on Book dress up day.

Last week, in SEL, we explored the idea of taking (safe) risks. Taking (safe) risks allows us to explore our limits, try new things, learn from experience and mature and grow. We take risks almost every day, big and small. Current school activities like swimming lessons, athletics days and 3/4 camps are all providing students with opportunities to take safe, calculated risks.

The Juniors talked about safe and unsafe activities and read a book called, The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright. The Seniors looked at many different risk-taking activities and generated discussions around safe risk behaviours in them. Some of the activities were sky diving, 4-wheel driving, riding a bike and gaming online.

It’s important we encourage children to take safe risks, its where real learning happens. You may like to generate a discussion with your child or children around risks they’ve been taking lately and what they’ve learned from those risks.

As Mark Twain once said-
Go out on a limb,
Isn’t that where the fruit is?

Stace

District Athletics
As always, the students represented the school proudly and put their best foot forward at the District Athletics held last Tuesday. We had some terrific individual and team results on the day, with more than 30 students qualifying to represent the school and District at the Upper Hume Division Athletics.

Division Athletics
The Upper Hume Division Athletics will be taking place on Friday, October 6, at the Les O’Brien Athletics Track in Albury. We will be taking a bus to this event. Permission forms (and further information, including a timetable) are being sent home today and need to be returned by this Friday. The bus will be leaving at 8.45am (after bus travellers arrive).  The cost is $10 and needs to be paid prior to the event.

Unfortunately, the Division Athletics does clash with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra excursion. Unless told otherwise by parents and carers, we are assuming that students in Year 3/4 who have qualified for Division, will be attending the athletics and not the MSO excursion.

Places in Vacation Care are filling up fast.  The program will run every day from 8am-6pm except for the public holiday on Friday 29^th September.  Please make bookings through the Xplor App or email yack.ps.oshc@outlook.com

5^th September – Max Murphy
6^th September – Evie Burston
8^th September – Claudia Grech

Yackandandah Tennis Club – Junior Tennis
Spring is in the air and it’s time to dust off your tennis gear! The Kiewa and Talgarno District Tennis Association competition will be starting in early October and Yack Tennis Club are looking for previous and new players to represent them. Our teams need to be sorted by 10/9.

Saturday morning competition tennis is designed for children who have had some coaching or experience of the game and are ready to begin match play. Section 4 involves doubles matches and players should be able to hold a rally. Parents will be asked to assist with the scoring of matches. Section 3 is for more experienced players and involves both singles and doubles.

For the adults, we have Saturday afternoon competition tennis or local social tennis on Tuesday or Thursday nights.

Tennis coaching is on Wednesday afternoons and will begin next term. If you would like professional lessons, contact Paul Sykes on 0447359023. For younger members or those completely new to tennis, Lou Thornton will provide information about Hot Shots community play when dates are finalised.

If you would like to play Saturday competition tennis (junior morning or senior afternoon), please let me know by SUNDAY 10^TH OF SEPTEMBER.

For any further information, please contact:
Bec Stamp on 0437253334 or
Matt Bayne on 0447727002.