Term 4

Wednesday 8^th  October- 6^th November – Smile Squad

Friday 17^th October 3/4 Camp Howmans Gap Return

Friday 17^th October – Regional Athletics

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

Thursday 23^rd October – Book Club Closes

Wednesday 29^th October – 2^nd Transition Day

Wednesday 29^th October – Regional Hot Shots – Tennis Wangaratta

Monday 3^rd November – Pupil Free day (No OSHC running)

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

Thursday 6^th November – 2^nd BSC half day transition day

Thursday 6^th November – F/ 1 /2 Albury Botanic Gardens Excursion

Wednesday 12^th November – 3^rd Transition Day

Wednesday 26^th November – 4^th Transition Day

Thursday 27^th November – School Concert

Monday 8^th December to Wednesday 10^th December Start up transition program Yr 7 2026.

Tuesday 9^th December -  Statewide Transition Day

Monday 15^th December – Kanga Cricket

Tuesday 16^th December- 3/4  Pool Party

Wednesday 17^th December – F-2 Pool Party

Wednesday 17^th December – Year 6 Graduation

Thursday 18^th December – 5/6 Pool Party

Thursday 18^th December – Last day of Term 4

Friday 19^th December - Pupil Free Day

This week’s helpers are  Miles Thornton and Charlotte Wilson

Congratulations to all our award recipients.

WE ARE FAIR
Aiden Hillier,  for demonstrating the Value of Fairness by: Working collaboratively with his dance group, offering suggestions, and openly receiving feedback to support and enhance the overall group performance. Great work, Aiden!

Ivy Mahoney, for being a kind, supportive, and friendly class member to all, and always embracing the day with a smile.

WE ARE LEARNERS
Hazel Arnott, for demonstrating the Value of Learning by: Performing her dance solo with confidence and creative flair. Hazel, you truly shine when the music plays - keep dancing and sharing your passion!

Indi Stagg, for demonstrating the value of learning by persisting with challenge and using your hundreds chart to create number patterns from rules. Excellent mathematical thinking Indi!

Grace Dowling, for using her sounds-write phonic knowledge of the /ee/ and /ai/ sounds when carefully editing her spelling choices in her information report – excellent application of learning Grace!

Ted Attwood, for making thoughtful and positive contributions to class discussions.

Max Murphy, for showing the value of learning by showing excellent reasoning and understanding when representing probability.

Lenny Graham,  for demonstrating the Value of Learning by thoughtfully engaging with challenging concepts and clearly articulating his mathematical understanding.

Maddie Prentice, for demonstrating the Value of Learning by using colour and tables to great effect when exploring the theoretical probability of different chance events.

WE SHOW RESPECT
Gus Dean, for demonstrating the value of respect by listening and responding thoughtfully to questions about the text in reading groups. Fantastic work Gus!

Eliza Westbrook, for taking initiative during independent reading to use reading tracks so she could stay engaged with her text and level up her understanding. Your self motivation to challenge and grow is inspiring!

Sharni Barnes, for showing the value of respect by welcoming our student teacher to the school and offering support to other students.

Last call for Term 4 Hot Lunch orders!

Orders for Term 4 close at the end of today, Friday October 17th. 
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.
T4 Hot Lunch Order Form - 

https://forms.gle/oHMq1D2HdYx8S4jB6

Thanks to everyone who has already offered to volunteer this term. We still have lots of gaps to fill, so please reach out if you can help. 

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

This week, the Art room was busy with an intensive focus on printmaking. Linocut prints and geli plate prints are in production!
Students in 5/6 have been working on a lino cut design that repeats a pattern. They have just started the process of ink up their linocut plate and printing using a blend of two colours.
Students in 3/4 started experimenting with 'geli plates' this week to create monoprints, one off editions that are totally unique. Stunning prints, worthy of framing, and this is just the beginning!!
--yellow/white on blue print - Alfie B, yellow/white on hot pink - Billie, yellow/white on black - Aedan,  geli plates by 3/4s, red/black on hot pink - Miles, yellow/white on orange - Henry L 

REGIONAL ATHLETICS
Congratulations to the 41 students who competed at Division Athletics in Albury last Friday 10^th October. It was a fantastic day with lots of great individual results achieved.

Congratulations to Ari, Ned, Zack, Miles, Jim, Spencer and Alfie who made it through to the Regionals Athletics event today at the Albury, Les O’Brien Athletics Precinct.

There will be NO canteen available on the day, however Jess Dixon will be attending with her coffee van. Jess also sells drinks, pies, dim sims and hot dogs. A Boost Juice van will also be in attendance. Students can purchase food and drinks (if time permits between events) from the vans or will need to bring their own lunches which will need to be eaten between events. There is no official lunch break. Students will need to carry their bags with them to hold their lunches, drinks, sunscreen, sun smart hats, track suits and a plastic bag for wet weather etc.

For this event, it is the responsibility of the family to get their child to and from the event.
Good luck to all the competitors today!

Dance
We’ve kicked off Term 4 by combining the Physical Education – Movement and Physical Activity strand with the Arts curriculum focus on Dance.

Dance is an inclusive and expressive art form that encourages students of all abilities to explore their creativity. Through dance, students are developing not only their movement skills, but also their confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities. They are working in pairs or small groups to choreograph routines — and some students have even chosen to perform solo, which is a fantastic reflection of their growing confidence!

Right now, students are enjoying the process of creating and experimenting with dance alongside their peers. In a few weeks, they’ll have the opportunity to showcase their routines in a fun ‘dance-off’ (dance battle-style) event. While participation in the performance is encouraged, it’s completely optional. Students who prefer not to perform will instead take on the important role of audience members, scoring the routines based on selected criteria on the day.

Below, I have included the final dance performance dates.

Students can come to school dressed in their dance clothes, ready for their dance lesson, however they must still wear a broad brimmed hat throughout the day. Students may wear a baseball cap only for the hour of sport - sunscreen will be provided and we will be in the shade.

Costume and accessory ideas include:

• Sweatbands or wristbands
• Singlet (over a t-shirt)
• Dresses or skirts/tutus (over a t-shirt)
• Baggy pants, cargo pants, shorts or skorts
• Jackets, scarves
• Sneakers or similar footwear
• Fun hairstyles or hair accessories
• Wigs
• Ties or bow ties
• Fishnet gloves, leg warmers
• Sunglasses, caps
• Costume jewellery (non-precious)
• Pom poms

Thanks so much for your continued support,
Robyn

17^th October         Isla

19^th October         Kaidence

20^th October         Billie

21^st October         Thomas