On Wednesday this week eight students from Yackandandah Primary School will compete in the Victorian State Athletics championships. Congratulations to all of them for the amazing achievement in reaching such a high level of competition. I hope you enjoy the experience of being a part of competition at the highest level. School Sports Victoria run a live stream of the event via the link below.

https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/Pages/2023SSVTrackandField.aspx

Today we welcome Robyn McClennan to our teaching staff. Robyn is replacing Emily Hurley in 1/2H who has begun her family leave. Welcome aboard, Robyn and best of luck Emily!

Our second Kindergarten to Foundation transition day is this Wednesday. We look forward to getting to know our 2024 Foundation students a little better and helping them get used to ‘big school.’

The school concert is on Thursday 9^th November at 12noon and 6pm.  The 12 o’clock performance is a dress rehearsal but families are welcome to attend this performance instead of the later one.  This will help keep numbers down a bit in the evening.

I would like to remind everyone that we still have COVID tests available at school. There are a number of cases of covid in our community so be on the lookout for symptoms. The tests can be collected from our office.

Please remember that next Monday 6th November is a pupil free day.

Michael Edwards
Principal

Dates to Remember
The calendar on the school website has now been updated and will continue to be updated with any new events.  A quick and easy way to access all school events is via the Event Quick View widget at the bottom of the newsletter page.  If you click on ‘more dates’ you will see the full list of events that is happening at school with the times.  I will continue to put in the Dates to Remember in the actual newsletter for the next couple of weeks and then that will cease.  The calendar is also accessible by logging into the school website.

Student Absences
Students who have had unexplained absences have today taken home a Student Absentee Letter.  Could parents please write the reason for the absence, sign the form and return it to school.  My apologies if you did notify the school and it has been missed.

Enjoy your week.
Sandra

Aliya McCormack & Ed Boddenberg

Sebastien Quaglio for demonstrating a keen interest in counting money and adding small collections.
Grace Scobie for successfully adding collections of money within five dollars.
Audrey Wyatt for spectacular skipping this week and showing huge improvement over the past three weeks of our skipping lessons.
Sloane McInerney for being a supportive classmate to your peers.
Mia Lockett for creating a sensational illustration of our excursion visiting the Yack CFA.
Percy Gosling for taking his time to edit and level up his information poster on the Southern Cassowary.
Patrick Kellaway for challenging himself and persevering during our arrays fluency task.
Max Boschetti for your neat, well-presented and informative poster about the Southern Cassowary.
Georgia Dowsley for writing clear and detailed sentences to help your readers learn about the Southern Cassowary.
Nate Millward for making and drawing neat arrays to accurately represent a multitude of multiplication problems.
Miles Thornton for displaying a keen interest in reading and writing poetry and setting a positive example to others.
Hugo Dickeson for experimenting with word choice and structure to create poems with a distinct “mood”.
Grace Pritchard for applying positive efforts to expand her knowledge of shape properties.

This week's Hot Lunch is Sausage/Veggie Rolls. 

Just a few gaps left on the volunteer roster, please let me know if you can help - no experience necessary! 

Many thanks to last week's student volunteers, Aiden and Gabrielle. We were a volunteer short on a busy morning and these two seamlessly slotted in and covered the gap, and also found some misplaced pizza cutters. Star helpers for the term! 

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

During SEL in the last couple of weeks, we have been exploring identity. We’ve learned that everyone has an identity, and all identities are different. We can be identified in many ways, like fingerprints, genetics, what we like and dislike, and how we think and behave. After discussions were had, the children agreed that it’s important to respect other identities, even if it doesn’t match up with yours.

Our focus last week was around the idea that anyone can be strong, anyone can be gentle. Students discovered that we can be strong and gentle not just in our bodies, but also in our minds and hearts. Classes put these two things to the test when they participated in tug-o-war and egg and spoon races.

Stace

SSV State Athletics – Let’s Get Behind Our Athletes This Wednesday 1^st November!

We are extremely proud to be sending the following athletes to represent our school at the State Athletics this Wednesday in Melbourne! It’s a huge achievement to reach this level of competition and we wish our athletes all the best on the day! The livestream of this event is excellent, complete with commentary! Please see the document below to find out the times of our athletes’ events, then click on the links and cheer Team YPS on as loud as you can! Send in any photos of you enjoying the livestream and we’ll share with the community! GO TEAM YPS!!!!!

Year 6 - 7 Transition Day at Catholic College Thursday, 2nd November, 9.10am
Students attending Catholic College next year have been invited to attend a Transition Day this Thursday. Arrival is 9.10am at the lawn area to the right of Gate 1, Bowman Court. Parents are not expected to stay but are to walk students onsite as a duty of care. Students are to bring snacks, lunch, a water bottle and sunscreen. Students may wear casual clothes (not uniform) and they will need a wide brimmed hat. The departure time will be 2.25pm from the lawn area at Gate 1.

28^th October – Eleanor Glanville

31^st October – Summer Johnstone

2^nd November – Renn Thompson