Term 2
Monday 9th June – King’s Birthday Public Holiday
Friday 13th June – Regional Cross Country, Benalla
Tuesday 17th to Wednesday 25th June – Somers Camp
Wednesday 18th June – Book Club Closes
Friday 4th July - Last Day of Term 2
Monday 7th to Friday 18th July - Vacation Care Program 

Term 3
Friday 25th July – Winter Sports Carnival
Friday 1st August – Winter Sports Carnival (Back up day)
Friday 8th August – Regional Winter Sports Carnival
Tuesday 12th August- School Athletics Carnival
Wednesday 13th August – School Athletics Carnival (Back up day )
Friday 15th August – 5/6 Cross Country Skiing
Friday 22nd August – 5/6 Down Hill Skiing
Friday 29th August – 5/6 Down Hill Skiing
Friday 5th September – 5/6 Skiing Back Up Day.

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I would like to congratulate students in our school for their ability to focus on their learning, even when their teacher is away unwell. It is a credit to them and the routines that they and their teachers have set in place. Well done all on your willingness to focus on your learning!

Don’t forget that this coming Monday is the King’s Birthday public holiday and school will be closed. I hope you enjoy the extra day off!

Michael Edwards
Principal

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This Weeks helpers are Peter Kellaway and Eleanor Glanville


Next week’s helpers are Lucia- Mary Gosling and Hunter Wall

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WE ARE FAIR
Nate Visentin for demonstrating kindness and fairness at all times and having exemplary manners!
Sunday Makin  For demonstrating the value of fairness by working together with a classmate and supporting them to participate during maths fluency games. Great work Sunday!
Ewan McInerney for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by: showing initiative to co-operatively work with and support your peers.
Freya Vorbach For demonstrating the Value of Fairness by consistently bringing a positive energy to the classroom and showing a strong commitment to her learning.

WE ARE LEARNERS
George Booth for developing a ‘Can Do’ attitude to class activities by attempting to take on bigger and harder learning challenges!
Lily Scobie For demonstrating the value of learning by taking on feedback during grammar sessions to construct sentences that use correct punctation and make sense to the reader. Fantastic work Lily!
Frankie Cole showing perseverance and focus when levelling up your sentence structure during writing time. Outstanding growth, keep it up!
Toby Neumeyer for taking care and pride in the creation of his Lions Club Speech cards.
Kinu Edwardes for demonstrating the Value of Learning by: working conscientiously to consistently put your best effort into all learning and encouraging and supporting others to do the same.
Beau Ridgeway for going further than required when editing and revising, refining his speech to a polished and entertaining performance.
Cooper Wall for consistently working with focus, attention to detail and diligence when writing his speech. You have shown excellent leadership in this area of learning.
Billie May For your determination to get the ball and make the most of every opportunity in our netball games.
Eleanor Glanville For showing great enthusiasm and a positive attitude while learning lawn bowls. You gave it a go, applied new strategies, and showed growing confidence during both sessions – well done!
Jake Blair For demonstrating the value of learning by paying close attention to class resources and using them to write a fantastic persuasive piece.
Grace Pritchard For demonstrating the value of learning by taking on teacher feedback to edit and uplevel her persuasive writing, making it a superb piece!
Lenny Graham For demonstrating the Value of Learning by extending his mathematical thinking, taking on additional challenges, and explaining his ideas with clarity.
Kaitlyn McGlead for generating excellent ideas for her writing, especially the Parliament Prize and your persuasive writing.


WE SHOW RESPECT
Audrey Costenaro For always speaking with impeccable manners and showing respectful listening no matter what task or time of day!
Penny McNicol for always being a delightful, diligent and caring classmate in 34A. You are endlessly helpful to your peers, and teacher!
Ted Attwood for always appreciating his classroom teachers through his words and dedication to his learning.

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This week's Hot Lunch is Chicken/Tofu Wraps.
Somehow, we are already more than halfway through term 2! It's been a busy term, and we have really appreciated the year 6 student helpers who keep us on track when there are lots of meals to prepare.

We still have several Hot Lunch spots to fill up over the coming weeks. Please reach out if you are able to help, even for just our busiest hour from 10-11 am. Many thanks in advance!



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

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Some more incredible acrylic landscape paintings, created in the style of Indigenous artist Ginger Riley.
Raff 5/6E, Will Black 5/6B, Peter K 5/6B, Essie 3/4A, Georgia 3/4A and Kaia 3/4R

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Division Cross Country Wrap-Up
Congratulations to all 24 students who took part in the Division Cross Country event on Friday, 30th May at Willow Park, Wodonga!
Your enthusiasm, dedication, and embodiment of our school values — especially the way you encouraged and supported one another — made us incredibly proud. It was wonderful to hear members of the public commenting positively on how well our school community supported each other. What fantastic feedback!

A special congratulations to the 8 students who placed in the top 12 of their events and have qualified for the Regional Cross Country. This next stage will take place in Benalla on Friday, 13th June. Information about this event was distributed to those students last Friday.
Best of luck to all our runners — keep up the training and remember to double knot those shoelaces.

Lawn Bowls Reflection – Grade 5/6
Over two 45-minute sessions, our Grade 5/6 students had the opportunity to participate in lawn bowls with the wonderful volunteers from the Yackandandah Bowling Club. The aim of these sessions was to introduce students to the basic skills of lawn bowls, key techniques, and the rules of the game.
Students learned how to curve the ball and “hit the kitty,” while also developing tactics and strategies as they competed against one another. It was fantastic to see students stepping out of their comfort zones, building confidence, and working cooperatively in teams.
A huge thank you to the volunteers from the Yackandandah Bowling Club for generously offering your time and expertise to support our students in trying something new. Your guidance and encouragement made the experience both fun and educational.
Here are some reflections from our students:
• “I really like how you can verse other people and try to get lots of points. Thank you for giving up your time to teach us.”
• “Thank you for letting us have the opportunity to learn new skills and try something new.”
• “I really enjoyed learning the rules of the game and learning how to curve the ball.”
One student even mentioned he’s now looking forward to “acing” his parents at lawn bowls!
Thank you also to our Grade 5/6 students for showing enthusiasm, respect, and a strong display of our school values throughout the sessions. You represented Yackandandah Primary School with pride.









Winter Sport Carnival
Our Winter Sport Carnival is happening on Friday 25th July – the first Friday back of Term 3.
All Grade 3–6 students have now been placed into their Winter Sport teams. If your child/ren will be absent on July 25th, please let me know via email as soon as possible so I can update the teams accordingly.

Thank you for your support!

Robyn

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Lost Fairy
Kleo has lost her felt fairy in ASC last week and is in desperate need of finding her.



OSHC July Holiday Program
Bookings for our July School holidays are now open, please note some days have capped numbers, so make sure to book in early!

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6th June – Wil McCormack

8th June- Kiera Porteous

9th June - Milla Stagg

12th June - Cody Ellingham

12th June – Ned Westbrook

12th June – Cooper Wall

12th June - Emily Sheppard

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Hello everyone,
My name is Briana—many of you around town would know me as Bri.
A little bit about me: I'm in my third year at La Trobe University, studying to become a primary school teacher. I'm currently working at Yackandandah Primary School doing some OSHC work, and I’m absolutely loving it!
Children’s education is very important to me, and I believe every child should have access to it, no matter their situation at home. That’s why I’ve signed up for the Dream Run, a fundraiser organised by The Smith Family's Learning for Life program.
My job this month is to run 50km. Your job is much easier—just scan the QR code to visit my page and donate to support these beautiful children.
We already reached our target in just 4 days!! Which means we have already provided 10 book packs to children and 7 primary school packs! So, we have upped the target

Thank you, Yack! Bri

  

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