No 19 21st November,

SRC with the new Sport Equipment.

Another busy fortnight has flown by and we have many events on at school. Some of our students represented Yass Public at the Vibe basketball competition at Goulburn last week and Mrs Fin said she was really pleased and proud of the way the Yass Public School students played with sportsman like behaviour. There is a full report later in the newsletter. Last week also saw our out of school sport program finish. Children really seemed to enjoy the experience of being out in Yass Community using the sport facilities that Yass has to offer. This week will be a Swimming week for year 3-6 so that children can be Find us at: www.yass-p.school.nsw.edu.au 6226 1017 yass-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Mrs Michelle Fahey http://twitter.com/#!/yasspublic/

assessed to formulate our classes for Intensive Swimming Scheme. Students will be notified that they will be included in the intensive swimming program. Children will also be given a note to tell their parents that they have been included in the swimming lessons. I was honoured to be asked to adjudicate the Yass Public School Public Speaking Competition along with Mr Cox. It was a fabulous event and all students spoke very well. The speakers were confident and spoke on a variety of topics. Thanks to Mrs Hickey for organising this event. What a great disco last night, we had over 150 children turn up for the evening. The year 6 students did a great job in organising the night. Our big thanks must go to Josh the DJ. It was a very professional job with lights and music. Josh Kemp is a student at Yass High and offered his services and equipment for Free. Thank you Josh! Principal’s Message Mrs Fahey Principal ASSEMBLY TIMES AND ITEMS. FRIDAY Week 7. 22.11.13(This week) 12.00 Item by 3/4H Week 8 29.11.13 11.35 (Swim Lessons) Item by 2/3F Week 9 6.12.13 11.35 (Swim Lessons) Item by 1/2M Week 10 13.12.13 K-2 Presentation Week 11 Pupil Free Day - Staff at Yass High School.

Diary Dates Term Assemblies: 2.10pm Friday

TERM 4 November 25th - December 6th School Swimming. December 4th High School Orientation all Day 13th Infants Presentation. 12noon

16th Presentation Night. 7pm 17th Year 6 Dinner & Social. 5pm 18th Year 6 Graduation. 2pm

Canteen Days: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Uniform Shop: Mondays 8.30 to 9.30am

Pr incip al’s Aw ard

Josh Brown 5/6KB

Really trying hard in all lessons and having great manners and enthusiasm to work hard.

He has social responsibility

Floyd Cummings. 1/2D

Excellent understanding in Maths, nice

manners and commitment to his learning.

Sam Adams Working well in group work. He has taken

control with his behaviour and is working to develop independent work habits. His reading

is showing great improvement.

Pr incip al’s Aw ard

Pr incip al’s Aw ard

Swimming

This week years 3-6 will be doing swimming for sport. We will be looking to see which children will benefit from the Intensive Swimming Program. Intensive Swimming will start on Monday and students will be advised of their inclusion on Friday Afternoon.

Active After School

Active After School Sport will finish this Thursday for 2013. It has been a terrific program and our thanks goes to all the trainers as well as Miss Bush for co-ordinating the program and teachers for supervising.

Out of School Sport.

Last week was our final week of out of school sport. It is wonderful to get out in our community to make use of our towns sporting facilities. Thanks to the Golf Club, Indoor Soccer, Michelle’s Gymnastics, Robbo’s Gym and the Tennis Club.

SCHOOL SPECTACULAR The school spectacular excursion has been finalised and will be departing on 29th November. What time to be at school on Friday. 8.15am depart at 8.30am sharp. What to Wear. Full school uniform including a hat . What food to Bring. Morning Tea, Lunch, a drink and a snack to eat

during intermission. Will I need money? Yes to buy dinner at McDonalds on the way

home. What time will I be Home? We expect to be back in Yass at approx. 9pm. If you have any outstanding balance could you please make a final payment by this Friday.

Miss Limbrick & Miss Carter.

We would like to extend our congratulations to our young teachers this week as they conclude their month long prac with us. They are both very capable young teachers and the students and staff will miss them. Thank you for your ideas and enthusiasm also a big thank you to your mentoring teachers Mr Rae and Mrs Hickey.

PUBLIC SPEAKING. Today we held our School Public Speaking competition. We had 18 entries. Mr Cox and Mrs Fahey did the Adjudicating and were very pleased with the confidence of the speakers. Students prepared and delivered some very entertaining and informative speeches. Year 3 runner up Maddison Langfield, Winner: Ariella Molchanoff Year 4 runner up Zoe Wright Winner: Selena Wiesel Year 5 runner up Georgia Greig and

Tess McLaughlin Winner: Becky Wright Year 6 runner up Faith Hancock Winner: Ryan Greig

SRC

Last week in assembly the SRC members presented the school students with the sport equipment that was purchased from the Crazy Hair Day in Term 2. The new equipment will be available to borrow from the sports shed at lunchtimes.

VIBE 3on3 Basketball As always the VIBE 3on3 students set off from school in the early hours of the morning to attend the much anticipated annual event. After a very sleepy and subdued bus trip we arrived at the Goulburn Basketball Stadium ready to take on the world. The students participated in a range of activities including; dancing, rapping, drumming, art, quizzes and of course basketball. After all the games and activities we were treated to a terrific BBQ lunch and got to watch the dance off competition. After this the medals and prizes were presented. Our students were successful across a range of activities and were presented with several prizes. One of our senior boy teams won their basketball division on points and as we later found out several of our other teams placed 2nd, 3rd or 4th, narrowly missing out on first place in the point counts. They performed so well in the general knowledge quizzes about health and staying safe they were awarded the school prize which was a KOBO e-book reader. Hopefully we can return next year and win some more of these readers for our school! A new school prize will also be presented next year due to our students playing fairly and ignoring other school students who were less than sportsmanlike in their behaviour on the courts. Overall we had a wonderful day out at the stadium and we’re all looking forward to the new venue next year.

Junior girl team at drumming! All over the quiz questions…

Junior boy team in action? Thanks Mr Medway!

Our super senior boy team! The BBQ sandwiches were bigger than the players.

The senior girls meant business! What seems to be the problem officer?

Containers.

We have a number of containers left from the Grandparents day with no names on them. If you sent food to school in a container could you please call at the office to collect it or phone and describe it and we will send it home with your children.

Disco

Breakfast provides brain food Eating breakfast each morning improves children’s learning, concentration, behaviour, overall nutrient intake, and establishes healthy eating patterns for life. Some quick breakfast options include: wholegrain cereals and reduced-fat milk baked beans on wholegrain toast and a glass of reduced-fat milk fruit smoothie and toast toast topped with cheese and sliced tomatoes egg on toast with a glass of reduced-fat milk wholemeal or wholegrain toast or fresh bread, with margarine spread plus a

topping, such as tomato, reduced-fat cheese or baked beans reduced-fat yoghurt, fruit and raisin bread fruit salad and yoghurt.

Serve breakfast with a glass of water or milk to get children hydrated.

No time for breakfast? Try some of these quick breakfasts children can enjoy “on the go”. reduced-fat yoghurt, or a yoghurt drink. reduced-fat milkshake healthy cereal in small plastic bag (a small carton of milk can add a calcium boost) slice of banana loaf or other low fat fruit loaf.

Quick and easy breakfast ideas: Make sure your child starts every school day with a nutritious breakfast that includes foods from at least two of the five food groups. For example wholegrain cereal with reduced-

fat milk fruit smoothie boiled eggs and toast slices of fruit with yoghurt raisin toast with sliced banana muesli, chopped fruit and yoghurt

wholemeal crumpets with sliced banana

grilled cheese and tomato on toast tinned baked beans and toast porridge, sultanas with reduced-fat

milk tinned fruit and yoghurt rice or noodles with lean meat or

vegetables

After School Care

The program operates from end of school day to 6pm,

Monday to Thursday.

To Enrol Contact Julia 02 6236 8305

www.ccel.com.au

Yass Public School Playgroup

Playgroup sessions will be held

on Thursdays 9.30 am – 11am.

Craft, painting, games. A small fee of $3 to help cover

cost of morning tea.

Tell your friends Have a morning of fun.