Congratulations to the students who competed in the Regional Athletics last Friday. Conditions were appalling with the heavy rain, but the students all gave their best and competed with great spirit. There are a group of Yackandandah Primary School students who have now qualified for the State Athletics. Amazing effort! Well done all.

Be sure to check out ‘A Little Tast of Yack’ the cookbook produced by School Council with input from children and families. It will make a fantastic Christmas present. There is a limited print run so get your orders in early. Details are included in this newsletter. The cookbook is a fundraiser organised by School Council so we hope you support us!

Michael Edwards
Principal

Family Statements
Family Statements will be sent home this week.  Please pay any outstanding amounts.  My apologies if you have sent me an email in regards to your account and I haven’t replied.  Could you please resend the email if that is the case as I am only at work part time at the moment.

Enjoy your week
Sandra

Wesley Paull for sensational reading efforts and improvement. You are making great gains and your enthusiasm is outstanding!

Gus Dean for sensational reading efforts and improvement. You are making great gains and your enthusiasm is outstanding!

Paddy Grogan for his effort to achieve his maths learning goal of being able to show is thinking by organising his problem solving solutions on his page.

Penelope McNicol for consistently demonstrating the value of respect to her teachers, peers and the school community. You are a role model for all of 1/2AH and we are lucky to have you.

Sully Lucas for returning to school with enthusiasm and strong effort.

Frey Holden for making strong contributions during group work activities.

Jono Shepherd for asking good questions to clarify and extend his learning.

Angus Glanville for his hard work with his friend Ben in becoming finalists in the Uni of Melbourne's Mathematics & Statistics Research Competition. 

Sharni Barnes for showing growth in both her maths skills and abilities to explain her reasonings.

Ben Hardisty for his hard work with his friend Angus in becoming finalists in the Uni of Melbourne's Mathematics & Statistics Research Competition. 

Will Black or bringing the enthusiasm , look and skills to the 5/6L 'dance off' in PE this week.

Nicholas Shepherd for always being a voracious reader inside and outside the classroom.

Zoe Blair for always being a respectful, attentive, and hard-working leader and learner.

This week's Hot Lunch is Cheesy Quesadillas.

Orders have now closed for Term 4. 

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help prepare or wash up after meals. The full volunteer roster for Term 4 is provided below. 

There are still a few gaps to fill, particularly on Nov 15. Please reach out by email or messenger if you are able to help.  

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

The team behind 'A Little Taste of Yack' have been busily compiling and editing our fundraising cookbook and we are about to send it to the printers! So now it's time to place your orders. The books will be available around 2 December (Week 9 of term) for pickup from the school office. They will cost $40 each and payment should be made to the office using the usual processes (i.e. making a deposit quoting your name and "cookbook" in the transaction detail). Orders can be placed through the following link or in person to Michael. We are limiting the ordering exclusively to the YPS community so this is your chance to secure your copies of the book. Any extra copies after these orders have been filled will be made available to purchase to the broader community. This will include your ordered copies if you've ordered and haven't paid by 29 November. See the pictures below for a sneak preview.

Ordering link:

https://forms.gle/mZjFFHkGhgZcEqZeA

YPS Cookbook Team

Artwork from Term 3 on display in the Art room and foyer by students in Year 5/6 and Year 3/4.

This week’s mental health & wellbeing support resource is the Raising Children Network website. This website is supported by the Australian Government’s Department for Social Services

and other organisations like The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. It has a plethora of information around parenting and childhood development, from newborn all the way through to teens and adults.

https://raisingchildren.net.au/

Enjoy your week, everyone.
Stace

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.⁠

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, 22^nd & 29^th October and 12^th & 19^th 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.

 Register | PlayHQ

The QR Code on the Flyer takes you to the YPS Registration Page on PlayHQ.

21 October            Thomas Killen

24 October            Nate Maybury

28 October            Eleanor Glanville  

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