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Issue 30

07/10/2019 Yackandandah Primary School 39 High Street

Yackandandah 3749

Ph: 02 6027 1431

Email: yackandandah.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.yackaps.vic.edu.au

We Show Respect We are Fair We are Learners

DATES TO REMEMBER Tue 8th Oct -Kinder Meeting 5.30pm

Wed 9th Oct -Power Outage

Fri 11th Oct -Upper Hume Division Athletic Sports

-Hot Lunch

Wed 16th Oct -2020 Foundation Transition Day 9-11am

Sat 19th Oct-Sun 20th Oct – Barrowthon

Mon 28th Oct -Finance Meeting 6pm

-School Council 7pm

Wed 30th Oct -2020 Foundation Transition Day 9-11am

Sun 10th Nov -Billy Cart Race

Wed 13th Nov -2020 Foundation Transition Day 9-11am

Wed 20th Nov -CCW Wodonga day 8.45-10.30am

Mon 25th Nov-Thu 28th Nov – School Swimming Program

Wed 27th Nov -2020 Foundation Transition Day 9-11am

Tue 10th Dec -2020 Foundation Transition Day 9-1.45pm

Hot Lunch Friday 11th October

Chicken Burger or Halloumi Burger

(If not specified chicken burger will be

ordered)

Cost is $3.50 and orders need to be received at school

by 3.30pm Wednesday, at the latest.

Helpers for this week

Clare Kellaway

3 helpers are required for this week - If you can assist

please let Clare know on 0409 110 476.

The roster/menu will be sent home later this week.

Hot lunches can be paid in advance for the whole term.

If you are paying for the term please let Sandra know.

Artwork of the Week Self Portrait by Mietta Nocentini 34C

Welcome back to school for Term Four. I hope everyone

found some quality time together over the holidays. Term

Four can become busy with various events and activities. We

will be working with the students, however, to keep focusing

on the day to day learning that happens in the classroom as

this is our core reason for being and what makes the most

difference with children’s learning over the long term. I am

very confident with our wonderful children that they will

meet the challenge admirably.

This Wednesday we have been informed that the power will

be out for the day. School will continue as normal and the

phone will be diverted to a mobile (still using the same

number). Please be patient if there are some delays in

communication on the day.

October is Walk to School Month. Along with every other

school in the state we encourage children to walk or ride to

school where practical to do so. The weather in October is

usually the best it will be for getting outdoors and active.

Remember that wearing broad brimmed hats is compulsory.

UV ratings are high and getting higher. Students who do not

have a hat will be reminded to stay in the courtyard, under

shade during breaks. I encourage you to ensure hats are

clearly labelled with your child’s name.

Principal’s News

Assembly Helpers

Mali Finn & Dawson Grogan

This term we are introducing a loose parts play area in the

playground. The idea behind loose parts play is to give children

the opportunity to engage in create and constructive play with

simple, mobile objects. Over this term we will be allocating the

loose parts play space to a class each week to give children the

opportunity to explore how the play space can be used. As this

is a new initiative we will adapt how it works over time based on

feedback from students, staff and on observation of how the

students are using the space.

This Friday a number of students will be competing in the

Division athletics in Albury. The students will be travelling by bus

with Brendan. Good luck to those competing.

We have three new families joining us this term. We welcome

Jack (Foundation), Lily (Yr.2) and Aslan (Yr.2, starting next week).

I encourage everyone to help make our new students and their

families feel welcome in our school and local community.

Michael Edwards

Principal

Principal News cont…

21st September – Raven Hodgkin

23rd September – Willow Anderson

23rd September – Cameron McIntosh

24th September – Owen Overall

25th September – Zoe Blair

29th September – Imogen Rolfe

2nd October – Zac Davis

5th October – Patrick Murray

Thank you to Kate and her team for running a fun filled Vacation Care program which was enjoyed by all the children who attended.

Upper Hume Division Athletic Sports

This Friday 31 students will be competing in the Upper Hume

Division Athletic sports at the Les O’Brien Athletics Precinct in

Albury. Students will be travelling by bus and leaving school at

9.30am and returning by 3.30pm.

Cost is $10 per student. Permission forms have been sent home

tonight and need to be returned to school with payment by

Wednesday.

National Water Week Poster Competition

Congratulations to the following students who were successful

in the National Water Week Poster Competition.

Foundation:

1st: Billie McInerney

2nd: Raff Gargiulo

Year 3/4

1st: Amy Schilling

2nd: Ava Walker

3rd: Jack Summons

The first paced students win a $50 voucher, second placed

students win a $30 voucher and the third placed student win a

$25 voucher.

Each poster winning first place in the regional competition was

entered into the state competition hosted by VicWater.

We are very excited to announce that Billie McInerney won the

Foundation Category and will receive $500 as her prize and the

school will also receive $300.

Vacation Care News

School News

Barrowthon 2019 – it’s full steam ahead !

This month, Yack Primary will again take part in

Barrowthon 2019.

Our Team of kids and parents will walk or run while

pushing a wheelbarrow from Beechworth to Mt Buffalo

over 2 days.

We want you & your kids to be part of our team. (You

don’t need to be involved for a whole day, or both days.)

Mini-Barrowthon (for FA & FK) – Sunday 13 October

Main Barrowthon (all ages) – Saturday 19 & Sunday 20

October

If you / your child are interested in participating,

complete and return the relevant Participation form

attached to this Newsletter. Further information is also

on the school’s Facebook page.

Achievement Awards

Lola Mahoney for excellent co-operative skills during group work.

Mia Nedziak for positive attitude to her learning and relationships with others!

Ariella Vilczko for following teacher instructions in class.

Mietta Nocentini for very good work in our length, area and perimeter unit in Maths.

Ava Walker for being a great role model to others, and always encouraging your peers.

Leon Vilczko for settling into your new class and giving everything a go!

Lenny Jones for brainstorming great ideas for our narrative topics.

Aisha Willis for solving multiplication problems using a variety of strategies.

Gabrielle Gargiulo for editing her work in her narrative writing to improve writing content.

Lily Schultz for correct use of full-stops and capital letters in her dictation test.

Lace Nocentini for a good understanding of making arrays in maths this week.

Peter Kellaway for an excellent effort with performing our class story in front of the class.

Lara Bebbington for an excellent effort with your own ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester picture.

Ella Joy for dedication and commitment to reading at home and school.

Billie McInerney for a detailed and creative “Imagine” picture.

Raff Gargiulo for a ‘super’ effort to write 5 sentences about Superman.

Abbie Williamson for making fantastic improvements in reading. Keep it up, Abs!

Holly Lerch for demonstrating excellent comprehension and understanding when reading difficult texts. Spectacular work, Hol!

Edward Boddenberg for making great improvements in his comprehension and fluency.

Owen Overall for identifying differences between the text and movie of ‘James and the Giant Peach’. Nice one, Owey!

Kai Schlup-Carson for paying greater attention to his ‘secretarial’ skills in writing.

Stella Brinsdon for demonstrating a positive attitude to the new challenge of skiing.

EIla Thornton for successfully applying new strategies in her writing.

Molly Wilson for demonstrating positive leadership during Book Character Day activities.

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL'S ROCK STAR DISCO 2019

Thankyou to all students and families who came along to the Junior School Council's Rock Star Disco at the end of term 3! It was fantastic to see the whole community out enjoying the start of the spring weather and dancing into the darkness whilst enjoying the most delicious wood fired pizzas!!! There were so many amazing outfits and dance moves! We hope you all had an amazing time!!

A HUGE thankyou to all of the staff, families and students who helped with the disco! We could not have done it without you! From putting up decorations, moving furniture, making, cooking and serving pizzas - it was a brilliant team effort and and a credit to such a beautiful community we have in Yackandandah! A special shout out to Lorraine Spargo and Tim Stanyer and the Star Hotel for donating the pizza dough to this event! A very generous contribution to our school. We really appreciate the time and effort you all put into such a great night!

Calling anyone keen to try TENNIS!

There will be a ‘come & try’ hit of tennis happening at Yack

Tennis Courts open to anybody no matter their skill level

(encouraging 5-10 yr. olds) for 4 Wednesdays starting

Wednesday 20th November and then another 4 Wednesdays

in Term 1, 2020...I will post again closer to the date but jot

down the dates if hoping to come along. I have run these

sessions in 2018-2019, but this 2019-2020 season we have now

registered as community play and have been supplied with lots

of great equipment and resources so looking forward to

another 8 (total) sessions to come.

The idea is to inspire/expose/nurture kids and tennis to see if

they like it and if so continue offering options for kids to help

develop enough skills to go on and play junior competition etc.

THIS IS NOT COACHING and PARENTS NEED TO STAY, support

their child/ren, even have a hit to their child or another’s. There

is a mandatory cost of $10/child (insurance under Yack Tennis

Club) but that covers them for as many/as few of the sessions

that they might attend.

2019 dates are Wednesday afternoons 3.45-4.45pm at Yack

Tennis Club (Sports Park):

20/11/19

27/11/19

4/12/19

11/12/19

18/12/19 (Back up ONLY)

2020 dates will be:

5/2/20

12/2/20

19/2/20

26/2/20

4/3/20 (Back up ONLY)

I will be attending all sessions so please let me know your

interest or just show up :) my contact is 0425 707 346 if you

have any questions.

I look forward to seeing you on these dates for lots of fun and

something new and exciting.

Louise Thornton

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