No.14. 27th August , 2015

Principals Report An Athlete, a friend, a role model, a thoughtful daughter and inquisitive learner. Always remembered but sadly missed by Staff and Community. Yass Public School students were sadden to hear of the passing of one of our most loved students over the weekend. Emma a Year 5 student at Yass Public School was a beautiful role model for other students. She always had a smile on her face and tried her hardest in everything she did. She was a supportive and happy friend that

Emma Medway

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showed a true maturity to her classmates. We will miss her every day and can’t help but think that our school is missing something without her. We extend our love, support and sympathy to Emma’s parents, brothers and extended family and although we feel our loss as a huge void we cannot imagine the desperate hole in the Medway family at this hard time. Yass P&C has organised a collection box near my office for any financial contributions to support the Medway family. I will also notify the Yass P.S community as to funeral details as they are known,. Please let me know if parents are concerned about their children as there is counselling support available if needed. Kind regards Michelle Fahey Principal

Dates for your Information.

CANTEEN is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays The Uniform shop is now open

Tuesday 8.45 - 9.30am and Friday 2.45 – 3.30pm Active After school Sport. Infants - Mondays

Primary- Thursday. Term 3 September 9th Creative Arts Days 15th-17th Year 5&6 Camp

Blood Bank. If you are a Yass Public parent, staff or member of community and you are interested in helping others join our Red 25 group donations. You can help so many people with a small inconvenience. Join our group to donate. See details later in the newsletter. Medway Donations. P&C have organised a donation box in the foyer of the admin block if Yass families and community members want to support the Medway family as they struggle through this very difficult time. Kinder Orientation. Thank you to all parents who visited our school last Wednesday for the Information Session. It was a lovely morning to meet new parents. Thanks to all Year 5 students who helped to make the morning such a success. Please pass the word around for any new Kinder parents to drop in and get a pack for enrolments. Gate Pick up. Parents are advised that they are required to meet their children at the back gate or front gate so that teachers know a responsible adult is picking them up and escorting them through a very busy car park with buses leaving.

Harry Ziarno

Beautiful manners, a great role model to other students, tries very hard and never gives up with his learning. Beautiful smile that we see often.

Liana Deery Liana is a wonderful new addition to our Yass

Public family. She has beautiful manners and a sunny smile. She is very helpful and works

hard in class.

School Disco On Wednesday 19 August we had a very successful and enjoyable school disco to raise money for our choir girls who are performing in School Spectacular in November. We had a great attendance from our students for both the Infants and Primary sessions and they enjoyed their Meal Deal. Thank you to the girls who organised games, Brianna Vitler for being DJ, the parents who helped in the canteen, the teachers’ supervision and Mrs Curtis for labelling the dinner bags. While costs are not yet finalised, we will have raised over $900, which is a wonderful effort. Ann Waterhouse & Di Hickey

Public Speaking Grand Final On Monday 24 August Zoe Wright spoke in the Grand Final of the A.C.T. Rostrum Public Speaking competition at Radford College. Zoe was one of 8 finalists, in which 80 schools from Canberra and surrounding districts competed. Zoe spoke confidently on ‘The Importance of Pets’, delivering her speech without notes. While she was unplaced, her family and our whole school community are very proud of her amazing effort. Ann Waterhouse

Pyjama and Cupcake Day

On Tuesday the SRC held their Pyjama and Cupcake Day to raise money for a children’s orphanage in Thailand. The day proved to be a huge success with $797.00 being raised. Next Friday we will be having a visit from a lady who works at the orphanage. She will provide us with further information about the orphanage and will also tell us which project the money we raised will go towards. Thank you to those who brought in cupcakes to sell and those who participated in the day by wearing their pyjamas and purchasing a cupcake.

Book Week Parade. Wow what a great turnout of costumes to celebrate book week parade. Thanks to so many parents for coming as well to cheer families on. Many children received prizes for picking the short listed books or getting dressed up. Thanks to Mrs Bradley for her organisation of a great afternoon. The best costumes in my book were Josh “Wild thing” Banfield and Darcy “Grinch” Worthy.

Book Parade.

Tree Planting Day 2015 There was a very exciting build up to Tree Planting Day this year at Yass Public School. We decided to make it an even more memorable experience by combining it with making a lasting memorial for Year 6. After discussion, a mosaic paver was planned as it could be displayed outside in the weather and last for a long time. Year 6 students who wished to be involved in the process met with me to plan the design and almost thirty year 6 students provided input. They decided that they wished it to look like a chalkboard in a simple black and white monochrome palette stating “Year 6 Was Here” and we added some extra bling with mirror for the writing of the year 2015. The students had a lot of fun smashing up the tiles, mixing grout and creating the paver. They did a fantastic job and I am sure we have a lot of mini-mosaic artists in the making! Well done Year Six – the finished result is a very special art piece to commemorate the planting of our Chinese Elm. Ms Marple

Regional Athletics Carnival. On Friday 21st August I travelled to Canberra to Support our District’s up and coming stars. In total, there were approximately 70 students from Gunning. Dalton, Wee Jasper, Bowning, Berinba and of course Yass Public. The day started with the 800m races which proved to be an amazing group of races. Emma Medway starred coming 5th in her 11yr old race, Chrissie Davis also ran a beautiful race coming in 10th in the senior girls. In the 11yr boys we had Will Fahey do us proud in his race as well. The day continued with students producing an outstanding effort and participating in wonderful sportsmanship behaviour. Olivia McHugh had a fantastic day narrowly missing the finals. She ran in a 2nd and 3rd in two of her race heats but missed out on the finals. I was extremely proud of all the students who came on the day. We cheered each other on and produced some great results. Thank you all for attending the day and showing pride in both your school and in your district. I would also like to thank the parents who took the time to take their children and watch them in their events.

Chess Club. The Yass chess Teams A & B competed in a competition at Goulburn Public School. The students played using skills and strategies refined during weekly chess rounds. All 8 students played fairly and were well matched to their opponents. We lost by 2 and a half points only but we felt like winners. The games were exciting and Mrs Barton was biting her nails. Congratulations to Team A Team B Selena W Caleb S Ruby M Mark B James G Malakai V Jasper P Leo K Cameron B

Newsletter Our fortnightly newsletter is available on our Website at www.yass-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and is emailed to all our students and families who have requested an electronic copy. NOTE: Copies of all notes are under the notes section on the web site. Please check so that you are up to date on what has gone home.

Students, staff, parents and community members past and present are invited to join us to celebrate 150 years of Education at Crookwell Public School on 3rd & 4th October 2015.

Saturday 3rd October, 2015: Formal Dinner ~ $80pp Sunday 4th October, 2015: Open Day (10am – 3pm Brunch, tours, displays & opening of the paver

wall)

If you would like to attend please RSVP by the 4 Sept, 2015.

For more information please contact the school on (02) 48321213 or crookwell-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

43 Denison Street Crookwell NSW

2583 (02) 4832 1213

TAEKWONDO IN YASS

Join over 70 000 other Australians Learn the exciting Martial Art of Taekwond

Sipjin Taekwondo Self Defence

Self Confidence Self Discipline

Competition – Local, State, National and International (N.B. Competition is done purely on a voluntary basis)

Internationally Accredited Gradings

Yass High School Hall Grampian Street Yass

Monday Junior Classes (Ages 5 to 12) 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Senior Classes 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Junior Classes (Ages 5 to 12) 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Competition Training 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Senior Classes 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Head Instructor Master Craig Barrett, 6th Dan Black Belt Registered with the World Taekwondo Federation, Korea

International Gold Medallist Represented Australia at the World Poomsae Championships in Turkey,

Egypt and Uzbekistan Coached at the World Poomsae Championships in Russia

Judged at the World Poomsae Championships in Indonesia and Mexico Head Poomsae Coach at the Oceania Championships New Caledonia

Bachelor of Social Science (Recreation and Human Movement) Diploma of Education

All ages 5 and up welcome For more information please phone Craig on 0407640361

or visit our website at www.sipjintaekwondo.com.au

1 in 3 Australians will need blood in their life time. Lets join Red Cross in the misson to achieve 25% of Australia’s blood donations through Red 25 group donations.

On World Red Cross Day 2015 ‘Billy Blood Drop’ visited YPS to tell about the Red Cross Blood Service, so our children already know that this donation is more

powerful than money. Group donation is a contribution we can all be proud of and embodies our School Values of

Respect Responsibility Participation. Parents, friends, staff, come join our Red 25 group Red Blood Blue Blood on line at www.donateblood.com.au/whocangiveblood/donateasagroup/joinared25group. All you need is an individual donor mumber, if you don’t already have one get on line or call Red Cross 131495 now to get one and learn more about Red 25.

The Red Cross Mobile Blood Service Van will be in Yass on: Monday 7th December 2015

At Atherfield Medical Centre in Lead Street. We can donate as a group or individully at any Red Cross Blood Service centre. Please direct enquiries to Red Blood Blue Blood coordinator Karen Williams at flyakite9@gmail.com or 048 897 78 33.

Let’s unite to save lives through Respect Responsibility Participation.

YASS JUNIOR CRICKET REGISTRATION DAY Season 2015/16

Saturday 12 September 2015

9.30am to 12pm @ Victoria Park, Yass

(Registrations also taken online)

3 FORMS OF CRICKET AVAILABLE

1) Milo In2 CRICKET - 4/5year olds to 9/10 year olds All participants receive: An exciting giveaway pack exclusive to the program which includes a MILO In2 Cricket bat, cricket ball, carry bag, T-shirt, bucket hat and more! 2) T20 BLAST To fill the gap between Milo In2 cricket and Weston Shield, a new form of cricket based on T20. Participants also receive an exciting giveaway pack. 3) WESTON SHEILD - Competition for 9/10 year olds to 14 y/o Further information : For more information on all 3 forms of cricket please visit the website.

www.yassjca.nsw.cricket.com.au

Email: yassjuniorcricket@hotmail.com

Info www.yassfc.com.au

YASS FOOTBALL CLUB INC

Kindergarten to Year 12

WEDNESDAY 16th September 2015 4–6 pm

@ WALKER PARK

In the Change Rooms

1ST & 2ND player (same family) $50.00 per player Additional family members $25.00 per player Seniors Comp $30.00 per player

Enquiries Jodie Gallagher 0400 260 172 Drew Gallagher 0408 633 143

Narrangullen

Bronze summer sponsor

Gold summer sponsor

Registration forms available from www.yassfc.com.au

2015 Seniors Summer Comp