End of Year Celebration Assembly Darren is Back! Mr Darren Percival has confirmed and honoured

his promise from last year to return to our Year 6 Celebration Ceremony as our 2014 Guest Speaker at our ‘Year 6 End of Year Celebration Assembly’.

Darren Percival has achieved an outstanding reputation in Australia as an accomplished entertainer, recording artist and musician. Those of you who attended the assembly last year will know what great performance and speech he gave our students.

I spoke to Lyndon Davis on Tuesday who said he would be happy to perform the ‘Welcome to Country’ at our End of Year Assembly again. Lyndon has children and family at this school and we always appreciate his support and time from his busy schedule. Lyndon is an inspiration to all children in our school.

Prep Enrolments Our numbers are looking strong for Prep in 2015 and a large number of parents and future students have been attending our Pre Start Sessions on Wednesday mornings at 9:15am. Next week’s session is titled “Getting Ready For School’ and is being run by Mrs Thomson. A parent work shop on our ICT’s will also be offered. All staff involved are doing a great job in organising these sessions for our community. Please contact the office for Prep enrolment forms for 2015 or if you want more information.

Lion King Some very lucky students attended a performance of the Lion King yesterday. I have spoken to a number of very excited students today who enjoyed the experience saying it was ‘awesome’. Thank you to Mrs Emerson and Mrs Guest for organising and accompanying the students. Even the trip home was exciting as they followed a large storm cell. A special mention to Karyn who ensured parents were kept in the loop about their children. Well done to all involved.

Have a great week Rob

from the Principal’s Desk….Rob Jennings

School Road, Yandina Q 4561

Ph: 5472 9333

Fax: 5472 9300

Absence Line: 5472 9366 Tuckshop: 5472 9314

O.S.H.C: 0418 785 604

Email: admin@yandinass.eq.edu.au

Website: www.yandinass.eq.edu.au

Yandina State School

Newsletter

Thursday 20th November 2014 Term 4, Week 7

Dates to Remember

Tuckshop Open Tuesday to Friday

Staff Meeting every Wednesday 3pm

Student Banking every Thursday

Second Hand Uniform Shop every Friday from 8am to 9am

Parade 9am every Friday

NOVEMBER

Parade Performance by Prep/1

Fri 21 Nov

Free Dress Day see page 2

Thu 27 Nov

Parade Performance by 2/3S

Fri 28 Nov

DECEMBER

Life Education Prep to Year 6

Mon 1 Dec to

Wed 3 Dec

Learn to Swim Prep to Year 5

Mon 1 Dec to

Fri 5 Dec

Inflatable Fun Day Prep to Year 6

Wed 10 Dec

Fun Run Age Champions 9 Years

Max – 54 laps Latisha and Jaiva – 45 laps

10 Years Ryan – 67 laps Zoe – 43 laps

11 Years Alex – 34 laps

Caylum – 40 laps

12 Years Aeisha and Mackenzie – 46 laps

Tirrike – 37 laps

Total Laps – 4376

Senior most laps – 4K – 792 Prep - 346

Prep/1 – 353 1/2 – 247

2/3H – 483 2/3S – 411 5CJ – 489

4/5/6 – 543 6MR - 712

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS AND CARERS

The Second Hand Uniform shop is currently seeking donations for any good quality uniform items. As our children grow this is a fantastic service to assist any families who may need a quick upgrade or emergency uniform. We rely on your kind donation to keep this service running.

Shop is open every Friday morning

from 8am to 9am in the room under the Office.

Student Council News

Sports Player Fundraiser When: Thursday 27th November, 2014

Cost: Gold Coin Donation Raising money for: basketball hoops

Come along as your favourite sports player but remember your costume must be sun safe.

Thanks

Helping Hands

Vacation Care

Holiday Program We are very excited to announce our Vacation Care Program for the Christmas holidays at Yandina OSHC. We have an awesome Incursion coming directly to OSHC making our very own Snow Globes for gifts for your family. On our second week our incursion is Monster ball Fun which the children can get involved in playing with their friends. We are also going on an excursion to the Noosa Cinemas to watch the latest release movie with popcorn and a drink. Other activities include a special treat as we are off to have a ball at Top Shots Fun Park where we are entitled to a whole two hours of unlimited activities and fun. On the same week our incursion is Snakes Alive which is very educational with an interactive snake workshop. We will also be holding Electronics Day, Waterslide Castle, Bike and Scooter, Fun Games Day, Ready Steady Cook Off and a visit to the Ginger

factory for a live Bee Show, train and overboard boat ride plus lots more activities, prizes and good times. For more information please phone Yandina Helping Hands Network on

0427007783.

Heather Roberts

Coordinator

NAMBOUR STATE HIGH SCHOOL YOUNG PINNACLE

SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2015

The program has been operating for 6 years and is designed to provide enrichment opportunities for bright and highly motivated students in Years 5 and 6 in 2015. Young Pinnacle Scholars will participate in a number of challenging activities with other like-minded students.

The structure of Young Pinnacle Scholars for 2015 has changed slightly from 2014 to cater for a more rigorous program for our students. Successful applicants will participate in four (4) ‘Excellence Days’ throughout the year at Nambour SHS. The four (4) ‘Excellence Days’ will occur once per term. Each of the four days will cover a range of subject areas including Science, Mathematics, English, Study of Society and the Environment (SOSE), Information Technology, Agricultural Science, Sport and the Arts (drama/music/art). Young Pinnacle Scholars have the opportunity to access and sample subjects and facilities in a high school setting.

Please contact Nambour State High School for an application, or alternatively, you can call or email me on the details below.

Closing date for applications is Friday 28

th November 2014.

Many thanks, Allison Wright

Deputy Principal Junior Secondary Ph – 07 5450 4111

Email – awrig6@eq.edu.au

Tuckshop Tuckshop is still looking for volunteers from Tuesday to Friday, if you have a few spare moments to help our wonderful tuckshop ladies out please let them know your available time, your kind offering will be very appreciated.

Uniforms With the end of year approaching fast, it’s not too early to start organising uniforms for next year. Please get your pre orders in to Grace or Kathy in the tuck shop so you don’t miss out on new uniforms in the New Year, we also have a second hand price list in the tuck shop if you were interested in getting some preloved uniforms.

Fundraising The P and C are currently looking at our fundraising schedule for next year. Fundraising is vital for us to be able to provide items for the students like the music shirts and sports shirts etc, and your support is necessary for us to be in a position to provide these. If you have any preferred fundraisers that you would like to see through next year that may increase our support throughout the school please send us an email pandc@yandinass.eq.edu.au or drop in a note to Karyn in the office and we can add it to our list.

Next Meeting We will not be meeting now till early February, a date will be posted in the next newsletter and on our facebook page!

Thank you, we appreciate the time and support we have received by all the families, staff and community throughout the year, and look forward to working with you all again soon.

Thanks Yandina P and C

Congratulations to the following

Super Stars

Prep: Kyra for making great progress with our sight words. Congratulations! Olivia for having great ideas when writing a letter to Sam about his lost dog.

Prep/1: Holli for blowing us away with your fabulous phonics! Great sentence writing and super spelling. What a champion! The whole Prep/1 class for working so well and respectfully with 2 different teachers while Mrs Thomson was absent from the room this week.

1/2: Joshua for your positive working in mathematical number sentences and chance and data. Olivia Hickling for being a responsible leader and improving your levels in reading.

2/3H: Cody for working hard in class to complete tasks. Ben for working hard to do your best in maths.

2/3S: Blake and Josh for always following our 3 expectations inside and outside the classroom. Bailey for super-keen reading this semester!

4K: Isabella for your positive attitude and for always trying to do your best. Ada for staying on task and being a cooperative class member.

4/5/6: Marley for excelling in reading groups and continuing your excellent work in spelling. Tilli for making progress in your reading, working hard and learning your number facts.

5: Charlotte for always being well organised and ready to learn. Mitchell for managing your time well during this assessment period.

6: Troy for your great creativity, perseverance and resilience shown on camp! Jay..Congratulations on always performing to the best of your ability, following the school rules and setting a great example as one of our school leaders.

You are all stars!

Last week, from Wednesday to Friday, the

Grade 4s, 5s, and 6s from Yandina State

School travelled by bus to Thunderbird Park on

Mt Tambourine as our school camp destination.

It was a 3 hour trip but about 20 minutes after

we left the school one of our tyres blew out

and we had to turn around and go back to the

depot at Woombye and get it fixed. After that

we were back on the road and within what felt

like no time at all we were unloading the bus

and dragging our bags up the hill to our

bunkhouses.

When we arrived and had our cabins set up, we

met in our “hangout room” or the Sapphire

Room and we were told our activity groups.

Our group was meant to go to Archery first,

but because we were late we went straight to

Thunder Egg Fossicking in the world’s oldest

thunder egg mine. Then we had afternoon tea

and had a swim in the pool. It was freezing and

disgustingly green and filthy!! After our dinner

of lasagne, salad and garlic bread we played

Battle Star. There were 4 planets: Mars,

Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune plus Earth and Death

Star. All the planets’ oxygen was being stolen

by Darth Vader and taken back to Death Star.

The only planet that had oxygen was Earth.

Earth was one of our helpers and Darth Vader

was another one of our facilitators dressed in

black so he could hide easily. We had to sneak

past him and take some oxygen back to our

planets. It was a great game and everyone had

fun.

The next day, straight after breakfast, our

group did the Survivor Mud course. It wasn’t

that great and I got bored after the first couple

of laps. After that we went down to the creek

and washed ourselves off. Then we got

changed and went to lunch. Our next activity

was Bush Survival. We had to build and light a

fire, create a shelter and treat a fake snake

bite. Then we had free time for a while before

dinner. Afterwards we went to the Sapphire

Room for our Movie Night. Before the movie

started all of the Years 6s did their skits. Some

were not so funny, some were funny and

others were hilarious. Then we watched the

movie Wreck-It Ralph. When that ended we got

ready for bed. The girls next door were being

so loud that we couldn’t fall asleep. Eventually

we did and we had a good night’s sleep.

On the last day of camp, all the girls in my

cabin started packing as soon as we got up.

Our room was spotless by the time we went

down to breakfast. Because our activity group

didn’t get to do Archery on the first day we did

it before we left. Mrs Mac was the best at it but

in the shoot-off she didn’t have her lucky bow

so she completely missed the target. After we

finished Archery we went down and met the

rest of the groups and we went to the

Predators & Prey Reptile Show. When that

finished we had our last lunch at the camp.

Then we had to drag our bags back down the

hill and load them onto the bus. Then we

boarded the bus, caught our last glimpses of

Mt Tambourine and began the long trip home.

After a boring ride, as we rounded the bend

into School Road everyone let out a huge cheer

and started getting excited. Some were excited

to see their families, some because it was

Halloween and others for many different

reasons.

Overall it was a great camp and one of the best

I’ve been on. I think everyone thoroughly

enjoyed themselves and had a lot of fun. The

combination of comfortable sleeping spaces,

enjoyable activities and tasty food makes

Thunderbird Park a great camping destination

for all the family.

by

Alexandra

Angus

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Host Families needed for Japanese Students

Visit dates – 27/12/2014 – 5/01/2015

AIIU (Australian Institute for International Understanding) has once again organised a cultural visit for 15 Japanese students to the Yandina area. Students are boys and girls aged 10-15 years. All activities will be conducted in Yandina and $30 per night will be paid to help with expenses. If you are able to share your home and Australian way of life with a student please contact

Lyn Bartel Home: 5446 7141 Mob: 0488114016

email: lyn.bartel@bigpond.com

Attention students aged 12 years and under Would you like to participate in a fun water polo program outside of school hours. A program will be running at Kawana Water Polo Club at the Kawana Aquatic Centre.

Starts: Saturday 8th November

and run every Saturday for six weeks

till the 13th December.

All enquiries to Kawana Aquatic Centre Ph: 5493 7788

or Email: swim@kawanaaquatics.com.au

Any students who would be interested in putting together a school team in the current competition please contact

Margaret Webb

Email: yandinanetball@yahoo.com.au YANDINA & DISTRICT NETBALL CLUB

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