Term 3

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)

Student Successes

Yackandandah Primary School students have achieved fantastic things recently. Last week the Yr. 5/6 students collectively won the Alicia Katz Victorian Parliamentary Prize for outstanding entries on topics of their choice. Today the YPS football team will compete in the Division playoff after winning the ‘A’ division at the Winter Sports Carnival. This week the choir enjoyed success at the Albury Eisteddfod, placing third in their division. Also, this week Yackandandah Primary students participated in the Lions Club Public Speaking Competition, winning both the Yr. 3/4 and Yr. 5/6 categories. These are wonderful efforts and a great reward for the hard work and practice put in.

Of equal or even greater importance are the small wins that every student achieves in their day-to-day learning. While we don’t have trophies or similar for mastering a difficult maths skill or learning a new comprehension skill or even mastering the difference between a ‘b’ and a ‘d’, it is no less impressive to struggle with something difficult like this and achieve success. In some ways it is even more impressive. It is easier to work hard at something that you really enjoy. Working hard and achieving success with a difficult task that you probably would not choose to do if you could help it is worthy of celebration. We should continue to celebrate these wins for what they are: a result of consistent effort and a positive work ethic. Congratulations to everyone for the ‘small wins’ that mean so much.

School Review

We have begun our school review. The review is a formal process of evaluating the school’s performance over the last four years and setting improvement goals for the next four. Part of the school review is speaking with parents and getting your thoughts about the next direction for the school. I would like to invite any interested parents to give their feedback to the school reviewers next Monday at 3pm at school. We value your feedback and perspective. If you have any questions about the School Review have a chat with Michael or our School Council President Matt Flower.

Michael Edwards
Principal

This week’s helpers are  Pippa Graham and Florian Whitley

Next week helpers are   Lara Bebbington and Wil McCormack

Congratulations to all our award recipients.

WE ARE FAIR

James Rodriguez for always striving to keep your desk tidy and well organised. Keep it up, James!

Harry Doyne for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by: consistent effort in all your learning, your approach is appreciated and is to be celebrated. 

Lucas Stagg for always exhibiting the 5/6B way being inclusive of others and doing his best work the first time and every time.

WE ARE LEARNERS

Sunday Makin for demonstrating the value of learning by finding your way to success with the jump strategy for addition and subtraction by using materials, taking on advice and following steps carefully. Your effort paid off, well done Sunday!

Rory McIntyre for demonstrating the value of learning by consistently modelling diligent work habits to your classmates, including staying focused to complete tasks and working towards your learning goals. Amazing work Rory!

Ed Hogan for demonstrating the value of learning by seeking help to check his understanding and using this to apply new learning when he was in the maths learning pit. Great growth mindset Ed!

Dash Lockett  for your calm quiet focus during our morning handwriting. Your focus and effort is clear in your work. Keep it up.

Grace Scobie for showing excellent attention to detail and accuracy when drawing 2D and 3D representations of Yackandandah buildings.

Macey Hogg for showing excellent attention to detail and accuracy when drawing 2D and 3D representations of Yackandandah buildings.

Cobie Flower for his creativity and explorative use of isometric paper when developing a tessellating tile design in maths

Tom Murphy for his commitment to using a grid to support his drawing of a complex building facade in Maths

Claudia Grech for demonstrating the value of learning by approaching every task with a positive attitude, a vibrant energy, and a happy heart. Her hard work, creativity, and willingness to give her best in all areas of learning is admirable!

Thomas Killen for demonstrating the value of learning by contributing to class discussions. Thomas consistently demonstrates deep thinking, insightful problem solving, and a clear ability to pay close attention to detail.

Yuki Makin-Ginn for showing great determination and persistence in perfecting her technique

Nico Shepherd  for working efficiently when dividing with decimal numbers and demonstrating how useful this can be in many real-life scenarios.

Yuki Makin-Ginn for showing incredible persistence and never giving up when faced with learning challenges.

Henry Wyatt for making great contributions and connections to our science lessons on extreme weather.

WE SHOW RESPECT

Max Wickham for taking feedback onboard in a respectful way and uplevelling your work. Great job, Max!

Kyle Vandehoef for demonstrating the Value of Respect by: going the extra mile to challenge your thinking and problem solving, particularly with 2D and 3D representation and approaching tasks with attention to detail. 

Lily Scobie for consistently giving 100% effort and approaching every sports session with enthusiasm, determination, and a big smile.

Our school choir placed 3rd at the Albury Wodonga Eisteddfod on Wednesday! They sang beautifully, delivering a wonderful performance that was a joy to watch. We are so proud of their hard work, talent, and fantastic achievement.

Book 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/

With Book Week just around the corner, students in Year 3/4 have been looking at the Wobbly Bike, written by Darren McCallum and superbly illustrated by Craig Smith. We had some bicycles in the art room to observe as a 'still life' arrangement. Here are some quick sketches using sticks and ink by Cobie, Felix, Kaia and Tom in 3/4R. The blind drawing is created by not looking at your paper while sketching.  

This week's Hot Lunch is Sausage/Veggie Rolls. 

Yummo! This lunch is one of the most popular for the term, and a great meal to enjoy on a cold Friday morning! Thanks to Jane D and Stew for stepping in to cover the volunteer shortage this week, your efforts are very much appreciated by lots of hungry kiddos :)

The volunteer roster for this term is provided below. There are several Hot Lunch spots to fill up over the coming weeks, please reach out if you are able to help. 

No experience needed, we love to have new faces in the kitchen!

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

House Athletics Help Needed

The House Athletics Carnival will be held on Tuesday, August 12 in Albury, with August 13 as the designated backup day.

A big thank you to everyone who completed the ‘Help Survey.’ We are pleased to confirm that we now have enough volunteers, including nine Beechworth Secondary students, to assist with running the events.

Consent and the $10 payment for participation can be submitted via the Compass portal.

Below is the timetable for the event:

Please note that these times are a guide only, and they will change according to the progress of each event and age group.

EVENT TIMETABLE – ATHLETICS SPORTS 2025

9.45 All competitors sit in their age groups and listen to “welcome” ready to move to first events

SENIOR TIMETABLE (9-13 YEAR OLDS)

JUNIOR TIMETABLE (5-8 YEAR OLDS)

Please note: when running events are scheduled at the same time, sprints will take place ahead of distance.  Distance races may be 10-20 minutes later than the scheduled starting time.

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.

Regional 9v9 Football event

Today, the Division A football team is heading to Benalla to compete in the 9v9 Football Competition. After three dedicated training sessions, the team is eager to put their skills and strategies into action. We wish them the very best for the event and look forward to sharing an update at assembly upon our return.

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.

11^th August – Audrey

12^th August – Willis 

14^th August – Grace