20^th August 24                       5/6 Bonegilla Excursion

21^st August 24                        Book Character Dress up

23^rd August 24                        Back up Ski Day

26^th August 24                       Swimming Week 1

29^th  August 24                      District Athletics

2^nd September 24                  Swimming Week 2

4^th - 6th September 24          3/4 Camp

11^th - 13^th September 24       5/6 Camp

20^th September 24                 Last Day Term 3 2.30pm Finish

What a wonderful Athletics day we had last Thursday. It was a beautiful day and students participated with great enthusiasm and spirit. Congratulations to Windham House for winning the day in a very close finish. It’s been over 10 years since the last victory! I would like to thank Robyn for her excellent organisation, ensuring the day ran smoothly. Thanks also to all the people who helped on the day to make it work so well.

Just a reminder to families about school uniform. We encourage all children to wear the school uniform, including jumpers. We have noticed that a growing number of children are coming to school in non-uniform jumpers (including those purchased at external sporting events.) Jumpers are available for purchase at school, though we encourage you to check for any spares before purchasing.

As you are aware, this has been a particularly busy term with regard to excursions. This includes the upcoming swimming, 3/4 and 5/6 camps, District Athletics and Bonegilla 5/6 excursion. I realise that this means more form processing than normal and we appreciate your doing this on time as it saves us a mad scramble just before leaving for excursions.

Don’t forget the Book Character Dress up day this Wednesday. We encourage your child to dress up as a favourite book character. We are not expecting you to purchase expensive costumes and appreciate a little creativity with what you have on hand. Weather permitting we will assemble in the courtyard soon after 9am to share view costumes and hear what character and book they are from.

REMINDER:

Upcoming events – Please remember to return permission notes.

Bonegilla Migrant Experience

Tuesday 20^th August 2024 9:00am – 2:00pm

Grades 5/6

The cost of the excursion is $25.00. This covers the $21.00 fee for the guided education leader on site and part of the bus expenses.

Please remember to reference your child’s name and excursion when making a bank transfer into the Yackandandah Primary School account.

Swimming Program (Group 1) F1C, 56B, 34R, 34A

 Description/Educative Purpose:

Students will participate in specialist swimming lessons over 5 days, from Monday 26th August to Friday 30th August. The lessons are provided by specialist swimming teachers at the Wodonga Leisure Centre.

Swimming Program (Group 2) F1K, 56L, 56E, 12H, 12A

Description/Educative Purpose:

Students will participate in specialist swimming lessons over 5 days from Monday 2nd September to Friday 6th September. The lessons are provided by specialist swimming teachers at the Wodonga Leisure Centre

Ruby Hewitt & Lewis James Hillier

Nora Mayhew For demonstrating smooth reading and comprehension to match!

Jasper Bulman For listening well and trying your very best at the Athletics Carnival.

Dustin May For being an excellent participant in both the Arts Festival and Athletics Carnival.

Amaya Whitley For participating enthusiastically across the whole day and cheering on others at the athletics carnival.

Dylan Hewitt For participating enthusiastically across the whole day and cheering on others at the athletics carnival.

Ella Murphy For participating enthusiastically across the whole day and cheering on others at the athletics carnival.

Rory McIntyre For participating enthusiastically across the whole day and cheering on others at the athletics carnival.

Wil McCormack For his contributions in class and his increased resilience when faced with challenges.

Miles Thornton For his consistent great levels of focus in class an excellent work ethic

Lizzie Martini For being a House Captain who led Windham by example (and to victory!)

Phia Smith-Deans For making excellent improvement in Maths, especially her automatic recall of times tables facts.

Hunter Wall For working extremely hard on developing his high level punctuation skills!

Ivy Mahoney For working extremely hard on developing her high level punctuation skills!

22^nd August Jayde Pritchard

23^rd August Archie Korn

23^rd August Lily Schultz

24^th August Alexa Agnew

Post House Athletics & District Athletics Information

Last Friday, we had our House Athletics at the Albury, Les O’Brien Athletics Precinct.

Thank you again to the parents, BSC students and staff who assisted with the set-up, running of events and packing away of equipment at the end of the day. 

The House results were as follows:

1^st place Windham, 524 points

2^nd Kars, 518 points

3^rd Wellsford, 491 points

4^th Hammond, 489 points

Congratulations to all competitors from Windham (yellow) House. After a 10+ year long drought, you’ll now be added to the school House Athletics trophy!

Also, well done to everyone who participated on the day and to those who had a go at all events, even though some were really challenging.

Our District event is in 10 days, on Thursday 29^th August at the Albury, Les O’Brien Athletics Precinct. Students who have qualified can participate in 5 events, plus the relay. I’ll have a meeting with all students tomorrow to confirm events discuss details regarding the event.

The permission forms will be going home today or tomorrow. Students will be travelling by bus and their will be a cost of $10 to cover bus expenses. Their will be no canteen on the day, so like House Athletics, students are to take a packed lunch, snacks, a hat and water bottles.

Congratulations to Hunter Wall (5/6L) who has turned his heat maps green on timetables rockstars this week. This means he consistently answering the 12x tables questions in 4 seconds or less.

A reminder to all Grades 3-6 students and parents at home, it’s recommended a “little and often” approach is adopted; 3 minutes practice a day, 4 or 5 times a week is a good target.

https://ttrockstars.com/

Contact your child’s teacher if you require more information on how you can support your child to turn their heat map green.

This Hot Lunch is always one of our most popular, and we have LOTS of orders to fill on Friday. Please reach out if you can help to fill the last volunteer spot - even an hour of help makes a huge difference!

Hannah Glanville-Jones

YPS Hot Lunch Coordinator

ypshotlunch@gmail.com

Hi Families,

OSHC are chasing any books or unwanted games or toys that family are looking to donate or get rid of. OSHC would love these used items, we are also chasing any unwanted costumes, or clothes that could be used as costumes eg. Jackets, skirts, ties, hats, gloves, handbags, beads, high heels, scarves.

If you are able to donate, please drop off at the OSHC space,

Thank you to the families that have already donated, they will be well loved!!

Thanks

Kerryn

CBCA Book Week 2024 has finally arrived!!

The day we have all been looking forward to; Book Week character dress up day will be on this Wednesday 21 August! Parents and caregivers are most welcome to attend our assembly in the courtyard and see all the creative characters on display!

This year’s theme: 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/