Term 3

Friday 1^st August – Winter Sports Carnival (Back up day)

Monday 4^th August – Lions Club – Public Speaking 6pm

Wednesday 6^th August – Choir Eisteddfod (Leave 9am)

Thursday 7^th August – Book Club Closes

Friday 8^th August – Regional Winter Sports Carnival

Tuesday 12^th August- School Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 13^th August – School Athletics Carnival (Back up day )

Friday 15^th August – 5/6 Cross Country Skiing (Permission Forms on Compass)

Wednesday 20^th August – Book Week Character Dress Up Day

Friday 22^nd August – 5/6 Down Hill Skiing (Permission Forms on Compass)

Thursday 28^th August - Ghana Beat my Drum (cultural performance)

Friday 29^th August – 5/6 Down Hill Skiing (Permission Forms on Compass)

Friday 5^th September – 5/6 Down Hill Skiing (Permission Forms on Compass)

Monday 8^th September – First swimming week.

Monday 15^th September- Second swimming week.

Friday 19^th September- Last Day of Term 3

Term 4

Friday 10^th October- Upper Hume Division Athletics

Wednesday 15^th October to Friday 17^th October - 3/4 Camp Homans Gap.

Friday 17^th October – Regional Athletics

20^th October – Upper Hume Athletics (Back Up Day)

29^th October – Regional Hot Shots – Tennis Wangaratta

Monday 3^rd November – Pupil Free day

Tuesday 4^th November – Melbourne Cup (Public Holiday)

Congratulations to Spencer Dowsley, Zach Dickeson, Ari Smith-Deans and Ned Westbrook on their efforts at the State Cross Country championship. What an amazing effort to reach a state final!

In Term Two Yr 5/6 students were learning about civics, citizenship and government. Many students submitted entries to the 2025 Victorian Parliament Prize. This involved recording themselves speaking about an important issue as if they were a new MP speaking in parliament. It was announced recently that Yackandandah Primary School won the Alicia Katz award for a range of quality submissions from a single school. What a great recognition for some terrific learning and thoughtful work by our students! Follow the link for more information about the Victorian Parliamentary Prize.

https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/general-news/pp25/

Our School Review begins on Wednesday next week. With the help of Department of Education representatives, we will analyse our progress over the last few years and set a direction for the future. In the week after next, the review team will chat with students, staff and parents to gain further feedback. More information will be in next week’s newsletter.

Michael Edwards

Principal

Permission Forms.

House Athletics
A friendly reminder to families that permission forms and payment for House Athletics Day are due by Wednesday, 7th August, cost: $10.

Cross Country Skiing
Just a reminder that permission forms and payment are due today, Friday 1st August. Paper forms have been sent home with students who haven’t yet provided consent.
If you’re returning a paper form, please make the payment via Direct Debit—please don’t include card details on the form. We kindly ask that all forms are returned by Monday 4th August, or you can jump onto Compass to consent and pay online.

Ghana Beat my Drum
The payment for this cultural performance is now active on compass if you wish to pay online or please use direct debit into the school account – Cost is $6 Per child.

Regional Winter Sports
Children heading to Benalla for the Regional Footy (winter sports) on Friday 8^th August. Permission forms will be active on compass today for parents to consent and pay, cost $10 by Wednesday 6^th August.  

Excursion Consent & Payment Reminders
Getting permission forms and payment in on time helps us finalise numbers and make sure we have the right number of staff for each excursion.
We're encouraging all families to use Compass for providing consent to help reduce paper use. If you're having trouble using Compass, please reach out.
Also, if you'd like to use your School Saving Bonus, CSEF, or any available credit for upcoming events, please let the office know.

Enjoy your weekend

Sandra and Kerryn

This week’s helpers are  Billie McInerney and Raff Gargiulo

Next week helpers are   Pippa Graham and Florian Whitley

Congratulations to all our award recipients.

WE ARE FAIR

George Booth for being fair to others by listening and raising your hand when you wanted to ask a question during our tour of Yackandandah.

Harper Shegog-Dunn for participating in whole class discussions with enthusiasm and confidence. We value your ideas and respectful listening!

Richie Burston for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by: ensuring your peers had work group for our science lab, inviting others to join your group and doing so in a warm and friendly way. 

Alfie Bayne  By showing excellent leadership qualities and maintaining strong focus throughout our athletics sessions.

Hunter Wall  for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by: being a supportive team-mate, displaying kind actions and considering the needs and feelings of others.

WE ARE LEARNERS

Hallie Dowdle By being a focused learner and showing improved fundamental movement skills during our athletics training sessions.

Halle Smith-Deans for demonstrating the value learning by giving attention to the details and producing a masterpiece 'Wombat Stew' procedural text. You carefully drafted and edited your writing and crafted eye catching illustrations. Well done!

Macklan James-Hillier for fantastic progress in number and shape feature recognition.

Neve Allan for demonstrating the Value of Learning by: impressive, accurate drawings of 3D shapes using isometric paper. Your efforts and willingness to challenge yourself is a delight!

Ewan McInerney for demonstrating the Value of Learning by: impressive, accurate drawings of 3D shapes using isometric paper. Your efforts and willingness to challenge yourself is a delight!

Marley Makin  for the value of learning for drawing, with great success and perseverance, 7 block shapes in all of their possible rotations and flips.

Judd Maybury  By remaining an enthusiastic and supportive team member during our sport sessions. You have demonstrated impressive coaching skills, patience, and resilience—and your masterful commentary keeps the energy high! Keep it up, Judd!

Mia Lockett for the value of learning for drawing, with great success and perseverance, 7 block shapes in all of their possible rotations and flips.

Will Black for making excellent connections and contributions during our novel study of “Black Cockatoo”.

Felix Anderson for demonstrating the value of learning by showing exceptional focus, persistence, and commitment to every task.

Raff Garguilo  for demonstrating the Value of Learning by: applying a more strategic approach to his spelling.

WE SHOW RESPECT

Ollie Reyes for listening respectfully to Trevor our tour guide and showing great interest in the historic information, he shared.

Max Bebbington  for demonstrating the value of respect by contributing to a calm learning environment and working diligently to complete learning tasks. Your effort and consideration of others is much appreciated. Well done, Max!

Kaidence Corben for respecting herself as a capable and focussed learner. Your effort and quality of learning has levelled up and you should be very proud well!

Olive MacCalman for always following the 56B way by being calm, focussed, and inclusive of others.

Ella Joy for demonstrating the value of respect by showing kindness, inclusivity, and responsibility in all that you do.

Last term, students in 5/6 took part in ‘The Parliament Prize’, a competition facilitated by the Parliament of Victoria which invited students to present a 90 second ‘member’s statement’ on an issue of their choice.

Earlier this week, Yackandandah Primary School was announced as the winner of the Alicia Katz award, an award named after the first woman to run for the Parliament of Victoria. The $1000 prize recognises an inspiring contribution to the Parliament Prize through our strong commitment to a diverse range of issues. This is an outstanding achievement considering more than 240 schools, including high schools, across the state participated.

On top of this, Four of our students, Peter Kellaway, Lara Bebbington, Will Black and Evie Burston received ‘highly commended’ certificates for their individual submissions, placing them amongst the top 6% of entrants state-wide. Outstanding. The overall quality of all the submissions from Yackandandah PS was impressive.

Students will be receiving a visit from local member, Bill Tilley, sometime in the near future to accept their prize.

ook Week Character Dress Up Day   –  Wednesday 20th August 2025!

Book Week 2025 will take place from August 16th – August 23rd across Australia. We will celebrate Book Week at Yackandandah Primary School with a Book Character dress up day on Wednesday 20th August! Parents and caregivers, please help your young people to think about their favourite book character and to design a costume for our annual Book Week Character parade! The theme for this year is: Book an Adventure!

The CBCA Book Week is taking place from 16-23 August this year. Check out their website for more information about the shortlisted books:

https://cbca.org.au/

In the art room we have been thinking about book week and creating amazing birthday cakes because Book week is eighty this year!

We used black fine liners and acrylic paints with a squeegee to form the cakes.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone dressed up on Wednesday 20th August.

Come and check out our whole school NAIDOC Week Artwork! The classes have made some amazing bogong moths. On display now in the main building!

Last call for Term 3 Hot Lunch orders!

A $5 'Hot Lunch' option is offered to students on Fridays during the school term. Orders for Term 3 close at the end of today, Friday August 1st. 

Please note that you will receive an email to confirm that each order has been placed successfully. If you do not receive one, please place the order again or reach out for assistance.

T3 Hot Lunch Order Form - 

https://forms.gle/o6M99QP6MozuqorT8

Thanks to Vanessa, Arien and Bron for volunteering to prepare today's lunch: Egg and Bacon/Halloumi Rolls. Always a big favourite around the school! The full volunteer roster for Term 3 will be included in next week's newsletter. 

Have a great weekend!

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

House Athletics Help Needed

The House Athletics Carnival is taking place on Tuesday, August 12 in Albury (the back-up day is August 13). To help make this day a success, we do need the assistance of many parents, carers and other adults. Like last year, helpers will not be following particular groups around but will be stationed at an event and assisting as different groups move through. Don’t worry, no experience is necessary. Even if you can only assist for a small amount of time, please let us know, as the viability of this event relies on enough adult helpers.

If you can help, please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/37B2c1CDrJj5WeAA8

*At this stage, we still need six parent helpers for the following events:

• Senior Discus
• Junior Long Jump
• Junior Vortex Throw
• Junior Bounce, Catch & Run
• Junior Bean Bag Race
• Junior hurdles

We’re also looking for one more parent volunteer to help set up for events between 8:00am and 9:30am.

Consent and the $10 payment for the event can be made through the Compass portal.

The event timetable will be in the newsletter next week.

Information for the Competitors

• The carnival will be held at the athletics track in Albury – part of the Les O’Brien Sports precinct.
• First events will begin at 9.50am. A more detailed timetable will be sent home in coming weeks.
• There is no canteen available on the day, so please bring plenty of food and drink.
• Be sure to wear your ‘house’ colours and weather-appropriate clothing, such as a hat if it is sunny. If you are not sure of your ‘house’ colour, check with you teacher.
• Children compete at the age they will be by the 31^st of December 2025. So, if a child is currently 8, but turning 9 by the end of the year, they will compete in the 9/10-year-old age group.
• Although genders may be mixed for some groups, competitors are only competing against children of their own age and gender.
• Ribbons are awarded for 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd for each event, with everyone who participates in an event, earning points for their ‘house’.
• 5–8-year-olds will compete in: sprint running, distance running, long jump, soft shot, vortex throw, jumping sack race, bean bag race, mini-hurdles, and ‘bounce, catch, and run’.
• 9–13-year-olds will compete in: sprint running (100m), distance running (200m), long jump, shot put, discus, high jump, triple jump, hurdles. Students will also have the option of competing in the 800m, but this race will only be for students seeking to qualify for District. All events for 9–13-year-olds act as qualifying for the District Athletics Carnival, due to take place on Tuesday, August 26. Generally, students who place first and second for their age group and gender, will qualify for District, but only the first placed competitor will qualify for high jump and 200m. At the District Carnival, competitors can enter 5 individual events and 1 relay. Students can nominate to compete in the 1500m for Division later; there are no 1500m events at House or District levels.

Winter Sport Wrap-Up

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Winter Sport event last Friday, 25^th July. We are proud of all students’ achievements in the events and would like to thank attending families for their encouragement and support throughout the day. Thank you to the teachers who helped coach and support their teams.

A special congratulations goes to our Division A football team. They faced some tough matches and showed great teamwork to secure a memorable victory against St Monicas.

According to the trophy, this marks the first time, since 1999, that the Division A Football team have won the event. What an incredible milestone! The entire team have signed the new football, which is now proudly displayed in the trophy cabinet (a stand for the football will be added later this year).

Looking ahead, the Division A team will compete in the Regional Sport Carnival on Friday 8th August. Training is now in full swing as the team prepares for the newly introduced 9v9 format. We wish them all the best in their upcoming games!

Special thanks go to Jamie Dowsley, who generously volunteered time and expertise to help coach both football teams. Jamie will also accompany the Division A team to the regional event—thank you for your continued support!

Important Update: Term 3 Vacation Care

We want to inform our OSHC families that, unfortunately, we will not be running our Term 3 Holiday Program, originally scheduled from 22nd September to 3rd October.

This difficult decision comes as a result of ongoing and significant staff shortages, which mean we are unable to safely and effectively operate the program during this period. We know how much families rely on quality care during the school holidays, and we’re truly sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.

We’re sharing this information as early as possible to give you the time needed to explore alternative care options for your children. Please know that every effort was made to find a solution that would allow the program to proceed.

We thank you sincerely for your continued support and understanding. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to contact Kerryn.

1^st August – Nora

1^st August – Spencer

3^rd August – Taidhg

4^th August – Hazel

6^th August – Harper

THE ANNUAL YACK WINTER DISCO BALL IS BACK FOR OUR THIRD YEAR!
This Way North is inviting you to spend an evening with them keeping warm at the Yack Winter Disco Ball on Friday the 1st of August 5:30-11pm!

We have a designated kids time of 5:30-8pm and then from 8pm to 11pm it's time for the adults to get their boogie on!

There will be dance competitions with prizes, kids activities, food and drinks to purchase (a licensed bar) and of course the very best music to bust a move to!

Featuring DJ's such as DJ Jane Doe and many more!

Tickets are:
$25 for adults
$10 for kids

Ticket Link: https://www.trybooking.com/DCWLE\

LETS BOOGIE!