Term 1

Friday 4^th April – Last day of Term 1 (2:10pm Assembly, 2:30pm finish)  

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

Term 2

Monday 21^st April – Easter Monday Public Holiday

Tuesday 22^nd April – Pupil Free Day – OSHC running (8am-6pm)

Wednesday 23^rd April – 1^st 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, Beechworth

Friday 30^th May – Division Cross Country , Willow Park

Friday 13^th June – Regional Cross Country, Benalla

Tuesday 17^th to Wednesday 25^th – Sommer Camp

Congratulations everyone on a terrific Term One. It can be difficult, especially for children, to see the progress in learning that is made on a day-by-day basis. Over a term, however, there is plenty to celebrate. I encourage you to congratulate your child on a solid term of learning – not linked to reports or scores but linked to personal learning growth.

A special shout out to the Foundation students who have completed their first term of primary school. The foundies have done a great job adapting to big school and we are very proud of their achievements. Well, done!

A reminder that school finishes today at 2:30pm, with assembly taking place in the court yard at 2:10pm. 

PUPIL FREE DAY

Please note that the first day of Term Two, Tuesday April 22^nd is a pupil free day. On that day school staff will be completing first aid training – a full day’s work.

ANZAC Day

On Friday of the first week of Term Two is ANZAC Day. While it is a public holiday, we encourage all our students to attend both the march and the service afterwards. The school choir will be singing during the service. Please wear school uniform for the march & service.

We meet by the bottom pub at about 9:30 in preparation for the parade and march together. 

Michael Edwards
Principal

This week’s helpers are  Phia Smith- Deans and Dane Holden

Week 2, Term 2 helpers are  Ella Joy and Lenny Graham  

Congratulations to all our award recipients.

WE ARE FAIR

Hazel Perry for always being fair during class discussions by listening to the speaker and raising your hand when you have something to say.

Clancy Kellaway For demonstrating the value of fairness by showing responsibility and care with our classroom laptops and helping others to learn new technology skills

Paddy Grogan for showing others new skills on our laptops to help them get online and learning. Your peer-to-peer support with technology is much appreciated!

Milla Stagg for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by waiting for her conference time patiently and completing other tasks while waiting.

Georgia Dowsley for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by including everyone and co-operating in group tasks and displaying initiative to share your ideas and skills to assist others in their learning.

Emily Sheppard  for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by always being a considerate and helpful member of class who shows initiative to help to keep our room  tidy and build a happy class climate

WE ARE LEARNERS

Layla O’Keefe  For demonstrating the value of learning by diligently working to publish her narrative and using her personal dictionary to check heart words

Eliza Westbrook  for carefully reviewing and editing her own writing using heart words and her personal dictionary. You really levelled up well done!

Nate Maybury Demonstrating a solid understanding of the class novel through thoughtful responses to text activities.

Georgia Cleverley For using impressive word choice when describing scenes in her story “Spook”.

Raff Gargiulo  for demonstrating the Value of Learning by making careful word choices and varying his sentence structure to create a vivid description of the setting in his memoir writing piece

Willis Hogg For creating a fantastic, detailed financial plan for owning a pet for a year, clearly showing your mathematical processes and thinking.

Grace O’Dwyer for an incredible memoir about her favourite camping site, full of wonderfully rich description that paints a vivid picture for the reader.

Hudson Street For compiling a comprehensive plan of how much it will cost to care for his rag doll cat for a year! Amazing calculations and problem solving, Huddy!                                                                                     

WE SHOW RESPECT

Ned Burston for respectfully listening to instructions, asking questions if you are unsure of something and attempting all tasks as best as you can!

Isla Wallace For demonstrating the value of respect by always being happy to work with all her classmates. We appreciate your kindness and positive approach

Toby Neumeyer For successfully navigating the publishing process to create the story “Shadow”, with the important message that being yourself is okay.

Joni Mayhew for demonstrating the Value of Respect by always demonstrating active and respectful listening, interactions and feedback.

Audrey Wyatt for demonstrating the Value of Respect by fostering collaboration and empowering others around you to create a positive and productive learning environment.
Kaitlyn McGlead For always showing kindness and initiative by asking if there are any jobs to help with in the classroom, making our learning space a better place for everyone.

And just like that, we’re at the end of Term 1. Time flies when you’re having fun!

I wanted to sign off for the term with a celebration of some special work that has been happening in the 1/2 space over the last two months.

I harp on all the time about the importance of children having a sense of belonging and feelings of connectedness to school and community. It’s not something I’ve just concocted either, Maslow’s Hierarchy is a framework that suggests human motivation stems from 5 fundamental categories, and one of those is ‘Love & Belonging’.

Hanna and Ainsley created a unit of work all around community. The unit looked at what community’s need in order to make them function well. And yes, bakeries, supermarkets, education centres, councils, parks and sporting groups are all very important things to have when shaping a strong community; but there is something so much greater and far more powerful in fostering a community where people feel included and safe. That is, how we interact with one another, how we look out for each other and maintain respectful, healthy relationships.

In their unit this term, the 1/2 students not only learned about the amazing things communities have and indeed need, but they also got to work in teams and practise their positive social and emotional skills.

If you’d like to view their wonderful work, it can be found at the top of the stairs just up from the office.

Till next term…

Stace Hogan
Mental Health & Wellbeing Leader

District Cross-Country

Next Term, in week 5, on Tuesday 20^th May we have the District Cross Country event which will be held in Beechworth. Next Term, closer to the date, I will arrange a meeting with the successful participants to discuss the District Carnival arrangements and to send home permission forms. Since we have many participants, some students will need to travel by car with a parent/s to the event since we can’t all fit on the bus. If parents are taking their own child to this event, please let me know, so you don’t get charged a bus fee.

Finally, I encourage all participants to keep up their running training over the school holidays to maintain your level of fitness and stamina for the upcoming District event. Good luck everyone!

Robyn

  YPS CHOIR PERFORMANCES

ANZAC DAY   Friday 25^th April 2025

Our YPS choir will be representing the school at two performances on ANZAC day. The choir will sing the National Anthem, the Acknowledgement of Country song and the Spirit of the ANZACS

11 am service at Memorial Park Service

                Arrive at 10:45 am in school uniform

2 pm at Yackandandah Public Hall ANZAC Day sing-along

                Arrive at 1:45 pm in school uniform

This is a ticket event. YPS parents can purchase discounted tickets for $10 on the TRY website

Permission forms for the Year 5/6 Canberra camp have been sent home Please return the forms by 28^th April.

Cost for the camp is $520.  The cost has been subisidised by the school.  Payment is required by camp.

If you would like to put the School Savings Bonus towards it please let Sandra know.  You must log into the School Savings Bonus Portal and allocate the funds to school activities to be able to use it.  If you have lost your code or are unsure what to do please call into the office as we can assist you.

The SSB is not student specific – if you would like use part of a siblings SSB towards the camp just let the office know.

6^th April                  Felix Neumeyer

8^th April                  Layla O’Keefe

10^th April                Hudson Street

11^th April                Sara Davison

11^th April                Spencer Dowsley

13^th April               Cobie Flower

15^th April               Connor Crispin

15^th April               Zoe Glanville

15^th April               Hughie Vorbach

19^th April               Finn Summons

23^rd April               Artemis Ashcroft

2025 Golden Horseshoes Festival

With this year’s theme, ‘Cultures Through Time,’ the festival promises to be an exciting celebration of history, diversity, and community. It will take place over the Easter long weekend, from 18-21 April 2025.

Festival Program:
https://www.beechworthgoldenhorseshoes.com.au/program2025

Follow the festival on social media for updates and exciting news:
Instagram & Facebook: @goldenhorseshoesfestival