This week We have Yr. 5/6 cross-country skiing on Wednesday and downhill skiing on Friday. Thanks to Earle for his detailed planning and organisation of these excursions. As you can imagine there is a considerable amount of preparation required for these kinds of activities. Thank you also to the parents who have volunteered to assist on the ski trips. It’s a big day – but a rewarding one.

This Thursday the choir will perform at the Eisteddfod in Albury. It is a great opportunity for the choir to perform in front of a supportive audience and to watch other choirs perform. The bus for the choir will leave early – about 8:45. The bus will not be able to wait for any latecomers so please ensure your child is at school by that time (preferably a little earlier) if they are in the choir.

Excursions such as those above support the curriculum and are a way to engage students. They can impact on daily routines, but the trade-offs will usually outweigh the negatives.

Book Club Issue 5:

Book club Issue 5 has been sent home with students.

Please have all orders returned by Friday 2^nd August 2024.

How to Pay

1. Credit Card - Visit scholastic.com.au/LOOP or download the LOOP app. Your order will be electronically linked to the rest of your school’s order. You do not need to complete the order form.
2. Cash - Please enclose cash with completed order from to the office by Friday 2^nd August 2024.

Chase Grech & Lizzie Martini

Sloane McInerney For using adjectives and details to make your writing exciting.

Lillian Pretty For demonstrating co-operation and positivity when working in your shop ‘Gum Tree Pies.’

Jasper Bulman For demonstrating co-operation and positivity when working in your shop ‘Gum Tree Pies.’

Lucy Hillier For demonstrating co-operation and positivity when working in your shop ‘Gum Tree Pies.’

Georgia Dowsely For always taking on the challenge options during tasks to push her learning growth.

Eliza Westbrook For putting in a great effort to level up her writing when rereading her text 'how to wash a pandacorn.'

Tom McAlister For working hard to include extra detail in his procedural text, 'How to Clean a Dinosaur'.

James Davis For challenging himself to write in detail and use imperative verbs and adverbs in his procedural text, 'How to Clean a Wolfodragocorn.'

Taidhg James-Hillier For bringing a super attitude to learning this week.

Mim Martini For amazing articulation when explaining and sharing.

Renn Thompson For creating a detailed and interesting “tall ship’ drawing.

Emerson Paull For making excellent progress in his spelling! Well done, Emerson!

Grace O’Dwyer For wonderful improvement in her times tables. Go, Grace!

Sierra Allan For approaching all tasks with her unique brand of creativity and wit.

Huddy Street For his knowledgeable contributions to our Australian History Unit around the Gold Rush and what life was like in the 1850’s.

Billie McInerney For showing great thinking and problem solving when calculating discounts in Maths!

Artemis Ashcroft For writing and presenting an outstanding speech on an influential person (Miriam- her music teacher).

Elena Dean For writing and presenting an outstanding speech on an influential person (Her Mum).

Bonnie McLeod For her strong start to semester 2. Showing much focus, consistency and dedication to her studies.

1^st August Nora Mayhew

1^st August Spencer Pretty

3^rd August Taidhg James Hillier

House Athletics Help Needed

The House Athletics Carnival is taking place on Thursday, August 15 in Albury (the back-up day is August 21). To help make this day a success, we do need the assistance of many parents, carers and other adults. Like last year, helpers will not be following particular groups around, but will be stationed at an event and assisting as different groups move through. Don’t worry, no experience is necessary. Even if you can only assist for a small amount of time, please let us know, as the viability of this event relies on enough adult helpers.

If you can help, please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/zUsocHwGz2moN3uT6

More information, including the event timetable, will be sent home in the coming weeks.

Information for the Competitors

• The carnival will be held at the athletics track in Albury – part of the Les O’Brien Sports precinct.
• First events will begin at 9.50am. A more detailed timetable will be sent home in coming weeks.
• There is no canteen available on the day, so please bring plenty of food and drink.
• Be sure to wear your ‘house’ colours and weather-appropriate clothing, such as a hat if it is sunny. If you are not sure of your ‘house’ colour, check with you teacher.
• Children compete at the age they will be by the 31^st of December, 2023. So, if a child is currently 8, but turning 9 by the end of the year, they will compete in the 9/10-year-old age group.
• Although genders may be mixed for some groups, competitors are only competing against children of their own age and gender.
• Ribbons are awarded for 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd for each event, with everyone who participates in an event, earning points for their ‘house’.
• 5-8 year-olds will compete in: sprint running, distance running, long jump, soft shot, vortex throw, jumping sack race, bean bag race, mini-hurdles, and ‘bounce, catch, and run’.
• 9-13 year-olds will compete in: sprint running, distance running (200m), long jump, shot put, discus, high jump, triple jump, hurdles. Students will also have the option of competing in the 800m, but this race will only be for students seeking to qualify for District. All events for 9-13 year-olds act as qualifying for the District Athletics Carnival, due to take place on Tuesday, August 29. As a general rule, students who place first and second for their age group and gender, will qualify for District, but only the first placed competitor will qualify for high jump and 200m. At the District Carnival, competitors can enter 5 individual events and 1 relay. Students can nominate to compete in the 1500m for Division at a later date; there are no 1500m events at House or District levels.

Monarch is a theatre show that mixes vivid characters, comedy, physical theatre and scientific information to tell a story of butterfly survival, intergenerational partnerships and societal change. Students at Yackandandah Primary School will be watching the performance of Monarch, Monday 5 August at 2:30pm.

The Hub

It has been very pleasing to see the success of Tuesday Tunes in fostering connectedness to school and boosting wellbeing and happiness in our students.

Staff have been exploring other ways the school can provide opportunities for children to engage in positive, inclusive play in our yard and from this, we have developed- The Hub. The Hub is located in the fake turfed area next to the F-2 classrooms. The Hub runs on Mondays and Wednesdays at second break. Unlike the hectic and vibrant Tuesday Tunes, The Hub is a play space which is slow and calm in nature.

School Council have kindly funded the purchase of many open-ended toys, as well as stationery supplies for drawing, which we are very thankful for. And as you can see in the photos, children are already experiencing positive play interactions in The Hub.

CBCA Book Week 2024

Book Week dress up day is fast approaching- only 4 weeks away! Save the date: Wednesday 21 August will be our YPS Book Week Dress-up Day!

This year’s theme is: Reading is Magic!  

The CBCA Book Week is taking place from 17-23 August this year. Check out their website for more information about the shortlisted books:

https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2024/

This week's Hot Lunch is Fried Rice.   

 Orders for the term are now closed, and the full volunteer roster is included below. 

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far to help in the kitchen this term! We still have a few gaps to fill (in yellow), including this Friday August 2nd.

Please let me know if you are able to help out - no experience necessary, we love having new helpers in the kitchen :)

Hannah Glanville-Jones

YPS Hot Lunch Coordinator

ypshotlunch@gmail.com

Dear families,

In the lead up to closing recipe submissions off we've had a late flurry of entries which has certainly improved the outlook for our YPS Cookbook - so thank you all who have contributed! We're up around the 80 recipe mark which is just fantastic, but we're still a bit short of where we'd like to be. We'd like to hit 95-100 recipes. So we will be keeping the form open for an extra week.

Now to the business of turning your fantastic recipes into a book. The YPS Cookbook team will be hard at work throughout Term 3 aiming to have the draft ready to publish by the end of the term.

We need your help on the following to finalise the drafting and to really make it something unique:

- BOOK TITLE - we'll be running a best name competition and asking for your ideas. 

- KIDS CONTENT - we really want to include content made by the kids so you'll see some paper coming home with your kids from class asking for them to draw or write anything related to food (even if not related to a recipe, that's fine).

We'll also be contacting submitters to clarify details as we proof recipes. We're keen to make sure the recipe name and attribution to family or author is correct and as you want it to be displayed. 

You can input your recipes here:

 Create Cookbooks Recipe Form (cc.recipes)

 Or alternatively, you can email yackprimarycookbook@gmail.com

 Or directly message the Fundraising Committee - Sophie Dewar, Matt Flower, Janine Lerch, Michael Edwards or Andrew Davison

 The recipes we have so far are listed below:

Your favourite Disney songs in concert

Sunday 25th August

Shows at 11am & 2pm - tickets from $25 each (infants on lap free)

Doors open 1 hour before the show. Face painting (at extra cost) & loads of fun!

All funds raised go towards Country Hope - helping kids with life threatening illness in our local region.

Come and see some of Albury’s most talented singers & dancers - Meet & greet at the end of the show!

Special appearance by Bluey.

BUY TICKETS HERE - https://tickets.alburyentertainmentcentre.com.au/event/1123:277/