Nude Food Day – Monday 8^th November

This Monday is Nude Food Day! Bring a nude lunchbox to school to keep our environment clean.  There are class and individual prizes for nude lunches.  For more information, please see the information for parents, and 'how to' guide. 

World Teacher Day

Last week we celebrated World Teacher's Day. We all have a favourite teacher we can think of throughout our lives. A teacher who encouraged us, supported us, made us laugh, and taught us valuable lessons and have contributed to who we are today. We are very thankful to the many wonderful teachers here at YSS, who inspire and nurture our students every day. Thank you to our wonderful school community for the delicious morning tea. What a treat!

We are halfway through the last term of the 2021 school year.  This term is flying by and we are in the middle stages of planning for events such as the Prep and Year 1/2 Christmas Concerts, the Academic and Effort Awards, Sports Awards, welcoming new families in the Prep Orientation and farewelling our Year 6 students and families at Graduation. We are also working to create transition times for children transitioning to the next year level – our inclusion teachers are a very important part in this process and we thank them for all the energy, effort and care they put into this space.

AFTER SCHOOL ON SCHOOL GROUNDS

Just a gentle reminder to follow school rules before and after school.  We love having children in the school grounds after school and understand that it is a lovely time to connect with families in the community.  However, there has been some little children climbing the outside stair banister of the Year 1 building and we are asking parents to ensure that their children do not do this as we want to ensure all children are safe.  We thank you in advance for this.

SWIMMING

Just a reminder that swimming will recommence for Week 6 and Week 7 of the school term.  Please ensure your child arrives at school with their swimmers, towel and goggles.   We are very proud of our children and how they have been demonstrating respectful, responsible and safe behaviour during their swimming lessons.

AWARD CEREMONIES

Our academic and effort award ceremonies will be held in the last two weeks of the school year.  Please see the criteria for the Awards below.  To acknowledge all the wonderful work our children, do in the space of Spanish, Physical Education and Music there will now be a year level award to recognise and value student achievement in these specialised subject areas.

Effort Awards

Citizenship Award – Walker Award

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL NETWORK

Yesterday YSS hosted the deputy principal network for the region.  We had visitors from many schools across the region.  During the day, we asked the visitors to reconnect with their moral purpose around why they do what they do, we shared the Yeronga way and our strategic direction – linking in with inquiry based teaching and learning and assessment for learning practices.  Deputy principals then heard from guest speakers ‘Dr Cam Brooks’, ‘Laurelle Woollet’ and our very own ‘Clare Triggell’. The highlight of the day was visitors attending classrooms to see the teaching team engaged in the ten pedagogical practices of an inquiry teacher which includes listening to student voice.  The following feedback was shared with teachers and students:

• Engaged learners
• Students working constructively in teams
• Curious teachers
• The confidence of the students was outstanding
• Great buzz of learning occurring
• Expectations very clear
• Learner assets displayed and referred to by both teachers and students
• School priorities coming together
• Student input
• Students demonstrating their thinking in various ways
• Students having the confidence to ask open ended questions

It really needs to be said ‘We are just so incredibly proud of our teaching team and our students (they are literate, numerate, curious and agentic)’.

Stef Kirk and Tracy Freeman

Deputy Principals