We have changed the date of the School Concert. The new date is Thursday November 7th. There will be a matinee performance and an evening performance. The date change was necessary as we have been informed by AusNet that there will be a power outage from on the original date.
Congratulations to the students who competed in the Division Athletics last Friday. Everyone put in their best and represented Yackandandah Primary School with pride. Fourteen students have qualified for the Regional Athletics this Friday (weather permitting). Well done all.
I would like to remind families that you can register your child’s absence via COMPASS. If you are unsure how to use Compass or have misplaced your password, please let us know and we can help you out.
Michael Edwards
Principal
A big thank you to Amber for sitting in my seat for the last 2 terms. I had a wonderful time visiting my daughter in Katherine, exploring the WA coast line and also visiting my son in Cairns.
Parent Payments
If you haven’t yet paid the 2024 Voluntary Contributions a summary of the suggested contributions is below. Thank you to all the families who have already paid.
Yackandandah Primary School rely on these financial contributions to assist us with the purchasing of art, music and physical education equipment and resources, which in turn, supports us in offering specialist French, Music and Art classes. These contributions also enable us to enrich learning as well as provide camps and excursions for students.
Due to Department guidelines, we are unable to show the Curriculum contributions on the family statements until after they are paid.
A summary of the voluntary contributions is below. The swimming program $45 and the school athletic $10 costs are included in the below amounts. If you have paid them separately, please deduct the amounts.
When paying please ensure you put your name and 2024 contributions in the reference.
Sandra
Ryver Scannell for smooth reading and using self-correction efficiently. Great reading efforts, Ryver.
Isla Wallace for demonstrating resilience and ready to go and persist, to see tasks through.
Taj Dean for effort, effort, effort and focus dedicated to his learning tasks. Your results speak for themselves. Keep it up.
Ed Hogan for your self-determination and huge effort to achieve your reading fluency goal by working hard at school and reading at home.
Mia Bebbington solid application and commitment to complete tasks thoroughly
Evie Burston creating accurate representations of fractions
Archer Colefax for perseverance and flexible thinking to solve maths challenges
Rory McIntyre For making a fantastic start to the term by consistently putting his best effort into his classwork
Frankie Colefax For making a fantastic start to the term by consistently putting her best effort into her classwork
Charlotte Wilson for showing a developing 'voice' in her creative writing. which is both engaging and original.
Bonnie McLeod For developing a clear, confident voice which engages readers in her creative writing.
Peter Kellaway for always infusing class discussions with knowledge, wisdom, and insight.
Sierra Allan for applying her best effort to all that she does, especially in English and Maths.
Lily Shultz For showing excellent understanding of all things angles on our recent assessment and being able to explain their thinking clearly.
Chase Grech for showing excellent understanding of all things angles on our recent assessment and being able to explain their thinking clearly.
LAST CALL FOR TERM 4 HOT LUNCH ORDERS!
Orders have closed for this week's Hot Lunch, Bacon & Egg/Halloumi Rolls.
Please place any orders for the remainder of the term by this Friday, October 18th, using the link below:
T4 Hot Lunch Order Form -
https://forms.gle/cnE7ifRy5gPYA8JC7
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far! The full volunteer roster for Term 4 will be included in next week's newsletter.
Please remember to give a copy of your Working with Children Check to the office prior to your volunteer shift, and keep an eye on your email and messenger accounts for any reminders.
We still need one more volunteer this Friday, please reach out if you are able to help.
Thanks! Looking forward to a fun term :)
Hannah Glanville-Jones
YPS Hot Lunch Coordinator
REGIONAL ATHLETICS
Congratulations to the 39 students who competed at Division Athletics in Albury last Friday 11th October. It was a fantastic day with lots of great individual results achieved.
Congratulations to all students who made it through to the Regionals Athletics event this Friday.
Regional Athletics is on this Friday 18th October at the Albury, Les O’Brien Athletics Precinct. Students who have qualified for Regionals, were given the information at Division Athletics last Friday.
There will be no canteen on the day, so like Division, students are to take a packed lunch, snacks, a broad brimmed hat, water bottles and sunscreen. Students are expected to wear school uniform.
Please see the timetable for Regionals.
Good luck to all students!
FREE after School All Girls Cricket Program for Yackandandah Primary School
Cricket Victoria is offering a 4-week FREE Girls Only Cricket Program (Yrs3-6) with Cricket Victoria Staff delivering the Program. It will be on Tuesdays, 22nd & 29th October and 12th & 19th November 2024 (skipping Melbourne Cup Holiday). This is an After School Program, 3:30pm-4:30pm and it will be run on the Yackandandah Primary School Oval, with access to school toilets. Please see the flyer for more information and to register for this event.
Below is the LINK to the Registration Page for the FREE Four (4) Week Program.
The QR Code on the Flyer takes you to the YPS Registration Page on PlayHQ.
This term, in each week’s newsletter, we are going to share with the school community some mental health and wellbeing supports that are available to families. These supports are not compulsory in any way, but rather a list of resources you can add to your toolkit when supporting your family’s mental health and wellbeing, as well as your own! Some supports are community based, some regional based and there will even be some resources that can be broadly accessed by parents and carers world-wide.
This week’s mental health and wellbeing support option is Junction Support Services in Wodonga. Their ‘Early Help Program’ aims to support families early on in their needs for support by upskilling parents and carers and assisting to work towards co-created goals. See the poster below for more information and contact details.Calling all you Times Table Rockstars!
The Grades 3-6 students have been enrolled in the Oz Rocks Times table competition! Yackandandah PS will battle against other schools across Australia for an online battle of multiplication mastery!
? When is it?
Start Date: 07:30 AEDT November 6th
End Date: 19:30 AEDT November 8th
? Are there prizes?
Yes! The top three classes in the competition (based on average score) will win Amazon gift cards to the amount of:
? $200 AUD ? $150 AUD ? $100 AUD
Plus a trophy for the winning school.
14 October Chase Grech
15 October Will Hutchings
16 October Isla Wallace
19 October Kaidence Corben
20 October Billie Mcinerney
21 October Thomas Killen
Hot Shots – Community Play
If you are continuing OR if you wish to try hotshots for the first time, please contact Louise directly on 0425 707 346. Hotshots 24/25 season has a *NEW* format.
Pre-school & primary school aged welcome, no matter their skill level!
Louise Thornton is your Hotshots Community Play Coordinator. There will be a roster of parents each week to support each ‘station’ of activities. The equipment will be available, and part of the session will have the kids set up the station according to the activity sheet. There will be 10 minutes per station with time at each end to set up, warm up and warm down.
TERM 4 2024 DATES – WEDNESDAYS
23 October, 30 October, 6 November & 13 November (plus back-up dates where required).
TERM 1 2025 DATES to be confirmed in the new year.
TIME: 3.45-4.30pm
WHERE: Yackandandah Tennis Club courts
Cost: $40 This is a one-off payment for the 2024/25 season (total 8 sessions). This cost includes a Yackandandah Tennis Club Membership and insurance. THIS IS NOT COACHING and PARENTS NEED TO STAY please to support your child/ren.
Please use fb messenger https://www.facebook.com/louise.thornton.984
This is essential for ease of communication, links for registration (hotshots), membership (Yack tennis club), participation and support.
Thanks, Louise