Friday 21^st March – MTB – Falls Creek

Thursday 27^th March – School Cross Country 

Friday 28^th March – School Cross Country (Back up day)

Friday 4^th April – Last day of Term 1

Monday 7^th to 16^th April – OSHC Holiday Program

Monday 21^st April – Easter Monday Public Holiday

Tuesday 22^nd April – First day of Term 2

Friday 25^th April – Anzac Day Public Holiday

Wednesday 7^th May – School Photos

Tuesday 20^th May – District Cross Country

Friday 30^th May – Division Cross Country

Friday 13^th June – Regional Cross Country, Benalla

Thanks everyone who has volunteered some time for the Folk Festival – including those who have been busy preparing food over the last couple of weeks. The folk festival is only a week away. If you think you may have some free time to help, please consider accessing the help sheet and registering some time.

Please remember that the school grounds are not supervised before 8:40 each morning. Parents are responsible for their children (and their children’s actions) before that time. Before School Care is available if required.

Michael Edwards

Principal

This week’s helpers are Charlotte Wilson and Will Black

Next week’s helpers are Max Murphy and Artemis Ashcroft

Congratulations to all our award recipients.

WE ARE FAIR

Dash Lockett  always contributing to our shared classroom responsibilities with a kind and helpful attitude. We can rely on you to get the job done and we are lucky to have you in 1/2AH.

Zoe Glanville for demonstrating the value of Fairness by: your efforts to be a fair and kind peer and friend. You continue to work as both a team player and enthusiastic independent learner.

Ted Attwood For helping out others in the classroom, being a friendly face, having a go at all our challenges and activities. And of course, doing the mic/pencil drop for his amazing rap! 

WE ARE LEARNERS

Zoe Wall for taking on feedback to improve your handwriting and trying hard to do your own writing by sounding out and taking your time.

Jasper Bulman  For demonstrating the value of learning by calmly focusing to complete activities and answering questions thoughtfully during lessons. You are a superstar learner!

Frankie Cole  for outstanding participation and engagement across all his learning tasks. Your focus and effort is helping you to grow in your learning. Keep it up!

Beau Ridgeway formulating a strategic plan to solve a complex maths scenario

Kaia Allan  paying exceptional attention to detail when documenting her thinking and learning.

Judd Maybury for demonstrating the value of Learning by: working enthusiastically and co-operatively with others when formulating plans and gathering information to solve our complicated Maths scenario this week.

Penny McNicol  for working solidly to evaluate and make assumptions to solve a mathematical problem in context.

Sebastian Davison  For demonstrating the Value of Learning by paying close attention to instructions and applying his knowledge in new and challenging situations.

Miles Thorton For reading, ordering and plotting numbers into the decimal thousandths with skill and conducting a fair experiment.

WE SHOW RESPECT

George Booth for taking care of our class materials by always packing up correctly and helping others do the same.  

Lily Scobie  For demonstrating the value of respect by always working collaboratively with others and supporting your classmates positively and patiently.

Ned Westbrook working cooperatively to formulate a plan to solve a mathematical problem in context.

Nora Glanville For demonstrating the Value of Respect through her willingness to explain concepts and listen actively in group learning situations. Nora, you consistently show a deep respect for the learning journey of those around you.

Ella Joy For always being a model student: working hard, showing kindness and respect to all and never giving up when things get tricky. Ella, you are an inspiration!

Kaitlyn McGlead For always being prepared at the start of each day and ready to go for your specialist classes. For putting your hand up and being involved in class discussions. Keep it up! 

Over the coming weeks in SEL, students will be learning about online safety. Staff will be delivering lessons that guide students through 4C’s that promote positive digital citizenship skills, they are Conduct, Consent, Contact, Compulsion.

Educating children and developing their skills within the online world works in a protective way to, hopefully, limit unsafe practices and online interactions in the future. As well as this, it also increases students’ confidence in help seeking when things aren’t going so well.

At Yackandandah Primary School, we have an Acceptable Use Agreement for Digital Learning. If you’re keen, you can read this document by following the link below to our school’s policies page.

https://www.yackaps.vic.edu.au/page/188/Policies-and-Documents

Having a shared responsibility approach to online safety will see more positive outcomes for all.

One week until Folky- yippee!
Stacey Hogan
Mental Health & Wellbeing Leader

Today's Hot Lunch was Sausage/Veggie Rolls. 

We had a volunteer shortage this week. Many thanks to Bron, Mel, Tash and Selby for coming in between other commitments to get the lunch prepared and served up. Also to student helpers Finn and Sierra, who did a fabulous job! 

Please remember that next week's lunch will be on THURSDAY instead of Friday. 

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

House Cross-Country
The House Cross-Country event is taking place on Thursday 27^th March, at the Yackandandah Sports Park. The event will begin at 9am and we ask that students be dropped off at the sports park directly, after 8.40am, rather than going to school. The school bus will drop kids off at the sports park, and a teacher will walk with students from Before School Care, at 8.40am.
Permission forms are being sent out today, these will be due back by Friday 21^st March.

A draft timetable is below.

Students will be competing in their houses and are encouraged to wear their house colours for the day. Students should also wear appropriate footwear and bring their bag with snacks and water. Ribbons will be handed out for students who come 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd in their age group and gender.

In the senior age groups (9/10, 11, 12/13) up to 10 runners from each classification can qualify for the District event, however, students will need to demonstrate that they can run the course in a competitive time to qualify. The District event will be held in Beechworth on Tuesday, 20^th May.

Drink bottles and sunscreen

Just a reminder for all students to please bring a drink bottle to school, particularly on days they have sport. With regards to sunscreen, students who require ‘alternative’ sunscreen to what we have at school (various 50+ SPF brands) need to have this sunscreen available in their school bags ready to apply for our PE sessions. Some students apply their preferred sunscreen at home before school commences, however it only lasts around 4 hours and needs to be re-applied at school.

Robyn

Wearable artworks in progress by Grace S and Macey in 3/4 A.

BLUES Folk Festival Street Parade, Friday 21st March @ 6pm

5:45pm All parade participants please proceed to the marshalling area. 

Parents, staff, students and community groups marching in the street parade, please assemble in your designated area on the High St. This will be clearly marked out in chalk paint on the High St, near the marquee on the Yackandandah Primary School oval and close to the Kars St intersection. 

6:00pm Parade Commences
Led by the High Street Shufflers, the Folk Festival Street Parade will march down High St, turn around at the bottom of High St, and finish at the Street Stage.

MC (Julia Brinsdon-Farr) Street Stage Official Opening

The MC will declare the Folk Festival officially open, introduce the Bucket Band and the Acknowledgement of Country song. The MC will direct parents and students to meeting areas to be reunited with their little-people after the parade, and invite all to join the Old Jig Jog Dance Band for the open-air bush dance at the Street Stage.

Face Painting

Once again this year, free face painting for kids marching in the parade will be available in the Rotunda at the Memorial Gardens, from 3:30pm onwards.

Street Closures

This time next weekend, High Street will look very different, as we gear up for the 2025 Yackandandah Folk Festival and BLUES Street Parade celebrations!

Please find important information below about the staggered road closures over the festival weekend!

Friday 21st March

3:00pm – 4:30pm: High St closed from Wellsford St – William St
4:30pm – 9:00pm: High St closed from Kars St – William St

Friday 21st March – Sunday 23rd March

9:00pm – 6:00pm: High St closed from Kars St – William St

Sunday 23rd March

6:00am – 6:00pm: Wellsford St closed from Hammond St – Windham St

Folk Festival Volunteers

We have a google form for our Volunteer list for the Folk Festival. We have updated some days so please check back in.  Please find link below.

https://forms.gle/ZRzizTjn4Qj6jQrH7

The Volunteer roster has been emailed out to families, the spaces where we still need help have been highlighted.

Wodonga Middle Years College is opening its doors for their ‘On Show’ event held on Thursday March 20th.

This is your opportunity to tour our Huon and Felltimber campuses, explore our classrooms and specialist facilities to support your Middle Years education from 3.30pm.

Then at 7pm, you can join our college Leaders online for our information session and live Q&A where we’ll be answering your questions.

For further details, please visit: https://www.wmyc.vic.edu.au/on-show-2025/

21^st March             Jim Kelley

Yackandandah Soccer Club

Expressions of Interest for miniroos Saturday competition 2025.

With the soccer season (4 - 12 year olds) just around the corner we are calling out for expressions of interests for miniroos!

The season starts on Friday May 2, with Friday night trainings from 4.30pm, not including public or school holidays and the miniroos competition is on Saturday's in Wodonga.

Please check our Facebook page for more information and details - Yackandandah FC (not Yackandandah Netball Football Club) or email us at yack_fc@outlook.com

We are looking forward to another wonderful year.

AUSKICK - Yackandandah