Term 2

Friday 26^th June- Last Day of Term 2:  2:30pm finish

Term 3

Friday 17^th July – Winter Sports Carnival

Wednesday 12^th August – House athletics, Albury

Thursday 13^th August – House Athletics(Back Up Day)

Monday 24^th August – District Athletics, Albury

Wednesday 26^th August – District Athletics (Back Up Day)

Monday 31^st August to Friday 4^th September - Week 1 Swimming Program

Monday 7^th to Friday 11^th September -  Week 2 Swimming Program

Friday 7^th August – X Country Skiing

Friday 14^th August – Down Hill Skiing

Friday 21^st August – Down Hill Skiing

Wednesday 9^th September to Friday 11^th September – ¾ camp Urban Camp

Thursday 17^th September – Division Athletics  

Friday 18^th September- Book Character Day

Friday 18^th September – Last Day of Term 3: 2:30pm finish

It’s great to see so many grandparents and special friends at school today. The children are keen to share their classrooms and school experiences. Thanks to all the extended family and friends who visited.

Please keep in mind the drainage works at the north side of the Hammond/Wellsford St intersection during the busy pick up and drop off time. A little extra care will be needed.

The usual round of winter coughs and colds has struck. If your child is ill, please keep them home until they are well again. We can’t avoid the colds, but hopefully we can keep the spread to a minimum.

Enjoy your long weekend!

This week: Savannah Lockett and Felix Anderson

Congratulations to all our award recipients.

WE ARE FAIR

Hush McLennon - by always demonstrating a positive and friendly approach to learning and putting in her best efforts.

Molly Maslen -  helping to set up and pack up tasks and through participating in partner activities with fairness and fun.

Grace Gadd - always displaying the school values especially fairness, when participating in partner activities. Keep it up Grace!

Phoebe Moore - for always being such a thoughtful member of our classroom and school community and treating everybody with kindness.

WE ARE LEARNERS

Max Bebbington - by planning, drafting, editing and publishing a persuasive piece on why Spring is the best season.

Harper Shegog - Dunn - by planning, drafting, editing and publishing a persuasive piece on why Winter is the best season. 

Clyde Lucas - by continuing to work hard to build fluency and word attack skills in his reading and for making strong gains in his reading rate.

Mim Martini -for showing great understanding of multi-digit multiplication and short division. Keep it up, Mim!

Jack McAlister - for demonstrating the value of learning by nailing his multi digit addition and subtraction with regrouping! Solving these problems with skill and accuracy.

Kaia Allan - for demonstrating the value of learning by using powerful persuasive language in her writing; Kaia skilfully showcased techniques like anecdotal persuasion, modality, cause and effect language and emotive language!

Paddy Grogan - For demonstrating fantastic commitment to his learning, especially his spelling and times tables.

Eleanor Martini - For sustained effort and motivation at writing. Eleanor has developed a strong idea and plan for a narrative.

Leo Collimore - for thinking carefully about your writing and segmenting the sounds you hear in words to help you spell them.

WE SHOW RESPECT

Jake Blair -for attentively listening to others, including the teacher, and being a respectful classmate through his actions and behaviours.

This week's Hot Lunch was Beef/Veggie Burritos. 

A delicious hot lunch to close out a very cold week!

The volunteer roster is now full, thank you everybody!

Bonjour!

On Monday 1^st June the whole school attended a French incursion with Melbourne Djembe, at the Public Hall, across three workshops throughout the day. The students learnt some interesting facts about French speaking countries in Africa, traditional language, and West African drumming and dance. It was wonderful to see all the students fully engaged with Mitzi, Simon and Boubacar during their 1-hour workshops. It was particularly exciting for each student to have their own Djembe drum to use during the workshops- there were enough for everyone!

A special thank you goes to the Greenwood/Grogan family for very generously offering their B&B for our guests to stay in on Monday night. Merci beaucoup!

Art Excursion Adventure to MAMA!

Armed with umbrellas, gumboots and plenty of enthusiasm, students from F/1K, F/1ER, 1/2T, 2/3R, 3/4A and 3/4E embraced the winter weather and set off on a creative adventure to the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA).

The day was bursting with inspiration, beginning with a hands-on art workshop in the museum studio, followed by a guided exploration of the exhibition spaces. Students were captivated by local Aboriginal artist Ruth Davys’ thought-provoking Yamandhu wudhagarbinya? installation, the intricate miniature works and unique oil paintings on red box and white box gum leaves by Alfred W. Eustace, who lived and painted in Chiltern over 150 years ago, and the contemporary artworks of Wooragee artist Catherine Stewart.

When the rain eased, our Year 2/3 and Year 3/4 students seized the opportunity to venture out on an Urban Art Walking Tour through Albury. They were thrilled to discover two artists, Kristina Greenwood and Tyrone Savanah, in action as they transformed walls into vibrant large-scale murals. Students asked thoughtful questions, gained insight into the creative process, and enjoyed connecting with artists working in the real world.

The artistic journey concluded with a visit to the Albury Library Museum exhibition, ‘How to Draw a Dinosaur’, where imagination and creativity roared to life!

A huge thank you to our YPS staff and wonderful parent helpers for making this memorable experience possible. Opportunities like these allow students to step beyond the classroom, immerse themselves in a variety of artistic environments, and engage with practising artists, sparking creativity, curiosity and a deeper appreciation for the arts.

Thank you,
Caz & Mandy

It's only fitting that we share some of the works created in the studio at MAMA this week! This hands-on art activity in the studio space at MAMA explored mark making. The students made textured rubbings using oil pastels with gum leaves placed under tracing paper. These works look stunning when held up against the light! 

Caz & Mandy

Division Cross Country Wrap-Up

Congratulations to all 23 students who represented our school at the Division Cross Country event on Friday, 29th May at Willow Park, Wodonga! Despite the cold, foggy, and damp conditions, you all approached the day with a positive attitude and gave your best effort.

Your enthusiasm, determination, and the way you encouraged and supported one another truly reflected our school values and made us incredibly proud.

A special congratulations to the 10 students who placed in the top 12 of their events and have qualified for the Regional Cross Country Championships in Benalla on Friday, 12th June. Information regarding this event was distributed to qualifying students last Friday.

We wish all of our runners the very best. We understand that some students will be unable to attend due to the Grade 5/6 camp taking place at the same time. Reaching this stage is a fantastic achievement, and you should all be proud of your efforts.

To those competing at Regionals, keep up the training, give it your best, and remember to double-knot those shoelaces!

All the best,
Robyn

It's school holidays time again!

We would like to let you know that the upcoming school holiday program will be held at Beechworth Primary School. All future holiday programs will continue to operate at Yackandandah. Our staff will be working alongside the Beechworth team.

There are also vacation care programs running in Wodonga and other locations that you can use. The link for finding the different services is here: https://theircare.com.au/holiday-programs/#findservice

Please find the Beechworth holiday program attached. To make a booking, simply scan the QR code provided. If you are already registered with TheirCare, you will be directed to log in and make bookings as usual. If you are new to TheirCare, you will need to create an account first.

If you have difficulties or questions, please feel free to contact me at briana.wingard@theircare.edu.au, or call TheirCare directly on 1300 072 410

Please note that bookings do need to be made early, as this is a larger service with many families attending and places can fill quickly.

We look forward to seeing your children there for a fun and exciting holiday program!

8^th June                  Kiera

9^th  June                 Milla