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Dear Families,
Congratulations to our newly inducted Student Leaders and Student Councillors for 2021 who gathered with staff, students and families to formally receive their badges last week. The underpinning principle of a student leadership induction ceremony is for the school community to formally acknowledge the positive influence our young leaders play in the success of our school. Through positive role modelling of school values and expectations, each of the students receiving a badge not only have already demonstrated the potential for leadership but have additional leadership responsibilities throughout this year. In so doing they contribute to the strength of our whole school community. Certainly, there are people who may be considered natural leaders because of their inherent characteristics. Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Eddie Koiki Mabo, Greta Thunberg. We all have our heroes that we look up to due to their renowned achievements. It is my belief people choose to be leaders, starting with self-leadership. How people lead their lives, their choices, the contributions they make, and the development of their character are at the heart of self-leadership. The same applies to the definition of student leaders and how they are created. As adults we help our students develop their leadership qualities by providing opportunities for them to do so. By providing these opportunities, we are helping students discover the leadership potential within themselves.
At Yeronga State School we teach and model leadership skills such as empathic listening, problem-solving, working in teams, resolving conflicts, and appreciating people’s differences. We help our students take more ownership for learning and behaviour choices by setting and helping tracking their own goals. We give them specific responsibilities to make a difference in the classroom, at home and community. We encourage them to think in terms of leadership roles that allow them to help others, make a contribution, and feel a sense of purpose -aligning with our school strategic principle of community minded citizenship. Our school motto is service before self. My message to our Student Leaders last week encouraged them to lean in to their developing leadership journey, to find the thing that matters most to them and start with that. All students can make a positive difference to others and the world through that one thing that matters to them and subsequently, be a leader.
We are currently, readjusting our routines to respond to a return to welcoming families and community back on to the school site following the distancing required throughout 2021. Whilst we are delighted we can welcome families back on site, we are asking you assist us with some of the constraints we have in place to protect our students and staff as well as abide by our legal obligations to YOSHSC licensed areas and organisations who hire our school facilities.
Please note the following school expectations;
Start of school day
- Students arriving prior to 8.30am must be seated in the designated areas
- Limited play activities and supervision is in place from 8.30am to 8.50am
- Parents/visitors who are on the school site after the 8.50am bell must signed-in at the school office and be on site for a legitimate purpose
End of the school day
- Unaccompanied students who have not departed for YOSHC, After School Activities or home by 3.15pm must report to the school office where they may wait until 3.30pm to be collected.
- After 3.30pm parents of students who have not been collected will be contacted by the school administration
- Please refrain from using the school facilities for social play after school
We understand the importance of community connections and for families to play together in an informal way. We are fortunate at Yeronga State School to have an expansive area adjacent to our school of wonderful play areas and parklands. As our play areas are under the licence agreement with YOSHSC and After School Activities from 3.00pm each day the school is unable to allow anyone not enrolled in these activities to be in these areas as a requirement of student protection procedures. Please consider the use of our beautiful Yeronga Memorial Park for this purpose. I thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Eunice Webb
Principal
Deputy Principals
As we mark the half way point of Term One, it is timely to reflect on the positive start to the school year here at Yeronga State School. Staff have been focussed on building connections with students in order to maximise achievement through creating comfortable and safe learning environments, which are conducive to meeting students' developmental, emotional and academic needs. As parents, you play an essential role in the education of your child and we hope that you have been able to meet and begin building a strong partnership with your child’s teacher. Research proves that strong parent home partnerships have a positive impact on both the academic and social emotional wellbeing of children.
School Induction Ceremony
It was our great pleasure to acknowledge the students who will be representing our school this year as Senior Leaders and/ or in various formal leadership positions, during our two Leadership Induction ceremonies held last week. These students were selected by their peers and school staff to be the leaders of our student body for this school year. We were joined at the ceremonies by a number of parents in order to celebrate and recognise the student leaders for 2021. Our 2020 school captains, Libby and Ben made a return to their primary school to “pass the baton” to our new captains.
Our student leaders will be expected to exemplify our school expectations of being responsible, being respectful, being safe and always doing their best. We are confident that the students who received their badges will rise to the expectations that we have for them and we will be a stronger, more effective school community with their input. Leaders cannot and do not work alone. Our student leaders will need the support of staff, fellow students and family to accomplish all that they are required to do and overcome any challenges they face. We all have a role to play in supporting and helping our student leaders as they step up to their leadership positions.
Before School Expectations
It is timely for us to share with the school community our expectations around before and after school play. We ask our school community to assist us by adhering to the following guidelines:
- The Prep and Year 1 Nature’s Play area is out of bounds for all children before and after school (this aligns with our procedures for the Senior Natures Play area)
- No student should be in the school grounds before 8:15am unless attending YOSHC or another approved extra-curricular activity
- All students who are not attending YOSHC should aim to arrive after 8:30am
- Children are not allowed to be playing on any playgrounds, both senior or junior, prior to 8:30am (if any children in Yr 1 – Yr 6 arrive between 8:15am - 8:30am they should be seated under C Block).
- Children in Prep and Year 1 only are allowed to be on the Prep and Year 1 play equipment between 8:30am – 8:45am (this does not apply to Nature’s Play – this is out of bounds).
- Prep children should be signed in at the classroom by a parent at 8:50am.
Thank you in anticipation for your support.
Parent Teacher Interviews
Parent teacher interviews are a wonderful opportunity for you to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss their progress and learning goals for the year.
Interviews will be held during weeks 7, 8 and 9 of this term and an e-mail will be sent during the next fortnight, advising you of how to book.
Parent Information nights
It was wonderful to see so many parents in attendance at the parent information evenings held over the last two weeks. We have received positive feedback from a number of parents who were pleased with the format and information provided. We continue to welcome your feedback to help us refine these evenings further to ensure they meet the needs of our school community.
Student Council- Free Dress Day
Our Student Council representatives are holding their first Free Dress Day for the year. Students will be invited to come along in free dress and bring a gold coin donation to support the YSS Fete Committee. It has been scheduled for Friday 26 February (which is next week on Friday). The theme will be to “come dressed in clothing from your choice of a decade within the last 150 years” (in line with our 150th celebration)! All funds raised will go towards the 150th anniversary Fete this year. Please ensure that students are wearing a shirt with sleeves and closed in shoes.
Upcoming Events
We would love to see you at our upcoming events during this term.
They include:
- Senior Cross Country (Wednesday 17th March)
- Harmony Day (Thursday 18th March)
Active School Travel
Yes, it's that time of year again! The time to get your skates on, bikes dusted off , legs skipping or walking to our beautiful school precinct. Active School Travel is starting on Wednesday morning, the 10th of March, and there will be two stations open for our intrepid travellers. For the Upper School it will be under C Block, and for the Junior School, it will be on the green artificial grass in front of the Year One Building. We hope that you will actively travel every Wednesday and come and say a big hello to our new Active School Travel captains – Let’s get active in 2021!
Being Kind
During the junior school assembly last week, we focussed on looking into what it means to be kind and safe on the playground. Over the remainder of the term, your children will inquire into this and come up with behaviours that are safe and kind in the playground. The generation and discussion of ideas will provoke thinking about being kind and the school rules. We look forward to sharing the children’s ideas with the school community in the near future.
Enjoy the next two weeks!
Kate Paynter and Tracy Freeman
Payments & Permissions
This year Yeronga State School has implemented a new payment policy.
During the Parent info nights we were able to send home a paper copy of the new process to all who attended. If you were not able to attend please see the policy attached.
Our preferred payment methods are BPoint and QParents. For student and staff safety we are not able to take cash at our payment desk.
Suspected Case of Chickenpox
Please see below a link informing the community that we may have a suspected case of Chickenpox. For more information please see attached letter. If the case becomes confirmed we will be sending home an email to the school community.
Suspected Chickenpox Community Letter - FEB2021
Regards,
Office
New 2021 P&C Executive team
A big THANK YOU to all the members who joined us for the P&C AGM last Tuesday, 16 February. It was wonderful to see so many new and returning families to YSS to share the highlights of the unique year that was 2020, and plan for 2021. With preparations for the Fete and 150th celebrations well and truly underway, this will be a big and exciting year! At last week's AGM the following members were voted into P&C leadership positions for 2021. Sincere thanks and welcome to:
2021 P&C Executive
- Co-Presidents – Kym Mansfield and Hamish Townsend
- Vice-Presidents – Anna Rimpau, Cedryck Vaquette and Russell Neville
- Secretary – Julia Connors
- Treasurer – Amy Smith
- Fete Convenor and Events Coordinator - Juliet Brooks
We welcome Cedryck and Russell to the Exec team (along with our continuing members for whom we are most appreciative) and sincerely thank Darren Cosgrove for his 2 years of service as Vice-President. Darren stepped down at the AGM as this is his final year as a YSS parent.
All 2020 P&C memberships lapsed at the AGM. If you haven’t joined the P&C for 2021 please take a moment to sign up as a P&C member for 2021 via our online membership form:www.surveymonkey.com/r/ysspandc2021membership. Attendance at our monthly meetings is not compulsory. Your membership is simply the best way to ensure you receive our P&C news and communications, have the power to vote at P&C meetings, and help us via a high level membership with grant applications.
Easter Raffle: seeking donations
Our annual Easter raffle is highly anticipated with many happy winners. Throughout term 1 families donate items for Easter hampers and sell raffle tickets to friends, family and colleagues. It is anticipated that more than 100 Easter hampers will be distributed as prizes to excited kids during the last week of term 1 (all the prizes are donated by our school community).
From weeks 5 to 9 of term 1 we ask all families to please bring in donations for the Easter raffle - these are collected by class teachers. All items are greatly appreciated, from chocolate of all description, to Easter craft kits, picture books and other non-chocolate items to be included in the Easter hamper prizes. Gift baskets and boxes will also be terrific (perhaps you have some lying around home you would like to find a new home for).
Each child will soon receive 2 books of tickets to bring home to sell to family, friends, colleagues and neighbours, with extra tickets available from YOSHC, the Uniform Shop, and Tuckshop. Traditionally this is a popular fundraiser for YSS. Your support is sincerely appreciated and brings great joy to our children and community!
Photo: Ideas and inspiration for Easter raffle prize donations - please hand in to teachers during weeks 5 to 9 of term 1.
Flexischools: Update your child's class for Tuckshop and Uniform Shop orders
To ensure children receive their correct Tuckshop and Uniform Shop orders through Flexischools, please ensure you have updated their classes for 2021.
For Prep parents there is an extra step that has caused some issues due to it not being as intuitive as we would ideally like. To help parents of Prep children who may be having issues updating your child/ren's class, below is a screenshot of what it should look like. First you need to select your year level 'Prep/Kindy', then a drop down list will appear to select your specific prep class.
If you need assistance with Flexischools issues please contact P&C Operations Manager, Sarah Cordingley, at operations@yerongasspandc.org.au and Sarah will gladly help you.
Screenshot: Flexischools menu for Prep parents to choose their child's class
Snow Cones @ Senior Cross Country
YSS kids love their $2 snow cones after they finish their cross country. With the Senior Cross Country scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March, the P&C is seeking volunteers to help set up, serve and pack up the Snow Cone stall. Volunteer shifts are available from 8:30-12:00noon (there's a good chance everything will be packed up by 11:30am) to ensure all children are able to enjoy snow cone after their run. Please sign up to help on the Snow Cones stall here: https://signup.com/go/ZiquUeP. Your snow cone prowess will be very much appreciated by our children!
Photo: 2020 Cross Country Snow Cones volunteers, Juliet, Kristy and Tara, prepping to serve young runners
School Banking: Re-starting week 6
The P&C will restart school banking in week 6 of term 1. From next Thursday, 4 March, students will be able to bring in their Dollarmites banking for collection in their classrooms. Banking bags from classrooms are to be delivered to the YOSHC office for counting and banking into the children's accounts. Many thanks to parent volunteer, Allyssa Elliott, for coordinating school banking for our children.
‘Just One Thing’
This is our final call for anyone who would like to nominate their favoured volunteering opportunities for 2021 through the P&C's 'Just One Thing' survey. This is a window into the myriad of ways you can get involved throughout the year, and a super easy way for you to nominate the activity/ies that appeal to you - simply tick the option/s you would like to do, enter your details and submit. A P&C representative will be in touch with you at the appropriate time. Please nominate your 'one thing' here (you're welcome to choose more than one thing too): www.surveymonkey.com/r/yss2021justonething.
Kym Mansfield and Hamish Townsend
Yeronga State School P&C Co-Presidents
ysspandcpresident@gmail.com
150th ANNIVERSARY NEWS
Commemorative Tiles for the 150th Wall:
Order forms have been sent home with students for the commemorative tile wall. This is a great way to have your child or family memorialised on the school’s 150th Anniversary wall with a customised tile adding to a colourful tapestry that is representative of the Yeronga State School community.
Each tile is 15cm x 15cm and costs $39.95 per tile.
You are invited to draw, paint, create or use an image that is reflective of you, your family or your time at the school.
Please share the opportunity with a past Yeronga Student or Staff member, you can purchase online at https://yss150shop.square.site/ and a template with your order details will be emailed to you.
Please note: Cut off date to receive artwork is Friday 5th March and estimated delivery of tiles should be around the middle of May.
Commemorative Badges:
Commemorative badges are also available through the uniform shop or online for anyone wanting to purchase a badge. There is also a retro version of the badge available too.
FETE NEWS:
The fete committee have been busy working away in the background organising suppliers, stall plans, sponsors, and raffle prizes, rides, entertainment and so much more. Currently, we are looking for some help with the following:
Free Dress Day: This Friday the 26th of February
Given it’s the school’s 150th Birthday, the student council have come up with a fun theme around history. Students can dress up as their favourite decade from the last 150 years!! So many fun choices, we can’t wait to see some great outfits. Children are asked to bring a gold coin donation on the day.
Seeking Stall Leaders:
There are still a few stalls in need of some leaders to plan and manage a stall at the fete.
The good news is, there are instructions for each stall and protocols set up from previous fetes including Sign Up forms for volunteers to help, so there is no need to reinvent the wheel (unless you want to, then go for gold!).
Head over to our sign up page and see what stalls are on offer and sign up today!
SIGN UP HERE
FETE DONATIONS:
Raffle prizes:
We are busy putting together the Fete Raffle and would welcome any prizes. If you know of, or have a business that could donate:
- vouchers / free sessions / tickets
- products / memorabilia
- accommodation or tourism activities
We would love to hear from you. Donating a prize can be a great way to show support and introduce your business to our school community. Contact yssfete@gmail.com if you can help.
Fete Levy:
An optional levy of $10 per student will save you the hassle of buying chocolates and drinks and carting them in to the school (without the temptation of consuming them on the way in!). Payments can be made through Flexischools (look for the “Payments” section with fete levy as an item you can add to your cart.
For cash payments, place your money in an envelope marked with "Fete Levy" along with your child's name and class and place the envelope in the P&C payment boxes in the Grade 1 building (L block – upstairs) or Admin building (next to the tennis courts).
Pre-loved items:
We are now accepting donations of pre-loved items for the second hand stalls. The donation bins are located near the tuckshop (carpark side). These will be available to receive donations Mondays to Fridays.
For bigger items, we have some upcoming weekend collections. Drop your goods direct to the container on the main oval:
- Saturday 27th February - 9am - 11am
- Saturday 13th March - 9am - 11am
- Sunday 28th March - 9am - 11am
We welcome donations of good quality and condition:
- Clothing (Men's/Women's/Kid's)
- Shoes / hats / accessories
- Handbags / Bags
- Toys / Board games
- Books / DVDs
- Sporting Equipment
- Coat hangers / Clothes racks.
Please NO furniture, kitchenware, bric-a-brac, or linen please, due to space limitations.
For full details on the fete news click here for the Fete Newsletter
Juliet Brooks
150th Anniversary Committee
Yeronga State School – Celebrating 150 years in 2021
Wunya Yuingin! Welcome friends!
‘Wunya yuingin’ means ‘welcome friend’ in Yuggera language. The Yuggera people are the traditional owners of the lands on which YSS is situated and have cared for country for tens of thousands of years. Wunya!
Kalari welcomes all new and returning students, parents, families and staff to YSS– and a special welcome to mob who have chosen YSS!
What is Kalari?
Kalari means ‘message stick’ in Yuggera language and is name of the YSS Indigenous Working Group.
Kalari aims to increase the acknowledgement and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history at YSS, through an inclusion of Indigenous perspectives and in line with the YSS school values.
Kalari is made up of Indigenous and non-Indigenous volunteer parents and teachers and anyone can join! For more information or to get involved about contact Aren Healy at mamaaren101@gmail.com.
What are we up to?
Despite the challenges we all faced in 2020, some great work was done last year to continue to support the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives at YSS. To name but a few initiatives from 2020:
- Audit and update of library books and resources to ensure cultural appropriateness and inclusion so that all YSS students have the benefit of Indigenous perspectives in their education.
- Support for teachers through resources and guidance on including Indigenous perspectives in the classroom – great work teachers!
- Joint NAIDOC celebration with Yeronga State High School where we were fortunate to hear from local Yuggera elder, Uncle Sandy, about the lands on which we live and learn.
In 2021 Kalari will continue to keep you up to date and informed via our regular newsletter contribution – reach out if you’d to know or learn anything in particular about Indigenous history or perspectives or have any questions!
The Green Team have kicked off for 2021! We are keen to get to work and make our school even more sustainable!
With so many teachers and volunteers on board to help this year, we have organised ourselves into 6 task forces so that we can achieve so much more. Each year it just gets bigger and bigger and more students are able to get involved.
Our task forces in 2021 are:
The Waste Warriors – this hard-working group will conduct lunch time litter pickups using our school set of litter pickers and waste collection bags (donated by Nicole Johnston in 2019)!
Recycling Renegades – this committed troupe will maintain our current recycling streams, initiate new streams where they see the need and educate the school community on anything recycling!
Nude Food Dudes – this year we’re going to see more Nude Food Days and lots of ideas on how to reduce your waste!
Carbon Crusaders – these new caped crusaders will be working out how we can reduce our school’s carbon footprint and educating us on how we can do the same at home!
Green Thumbs – these nature loving superstars will be greening up our school and helping us to compost more food waste!
Junior Green Team – this amazing team will be helping the students in the junior school to learn about composting, gardening and all things green!
I can’t wait to see what we achieve in 2021!
Clean up Australia Day 2021
For years, Yeronga SS has participated in Clean up your school day and collected tons of rubbish from around our school. However, now that we have a dedicated Green Team task force to clean up litter, we’re not going to participate as a school!
However, if you’re a keen litter pickerer or you’re simply just sick of seeing rubbish all over our streets, you can still get involved in Clean up Australia Day on Sunday 7th March. Go to cleanup.org.au to join a clean up site or register your own!
Cash 4 Cans recycling bins
Our Cash 4 Cans recycling bins (the big blue and yellow bins around our school) have been earning us quite a bit of cash with students recycling their tuckshop drink containers, school families bringing in their collections from home and members of the community dropping in their containers too! You can also donate to our school at the container exchange centres by quoting our scheme ID: C10004300.
We’ve used the money to purchase paper straws for the tuckshop and a cage for our new beehive (which was kindly donated by the Kandel family) to keep it safe! If you have any ideas on anything you think we could spend the money on that would make our school more sustainable, feel free to email me at nicoledeayton@gmail.com.
We’ve noticed that more food and rubbish than usual is ending up in these bins which not only makes emptying them an unpleasant job for Mr Sutherland, but it also means we get less money for our school. Please discuss with your children what goes in the big blue and yellow bins, 10c refund containers only, (NO coffee cups, food containers, slushie cups or food waste).
Yours for the environment,
The Green Team
Thankyou for the wonderful response to Chappy Pancakes, as over $600 was raised towards my welfare program to help Yeronga SS families. I’ve never seen the queue like it! I’m so sorry if you missed out on a pancake. The Chaplaincy Committee will be discussing and working out a way forward for next time.
Envelopes have been sent home this week for term 1 Sub and Drink Meal Deal. This year the lunch has moved to a Monday, as tuckshop is open now on a Tuesday. If you missed out on an envelope, you can write your order on an envelope, or print the attached form. Please return your order to the green collection bins in the library (not the office) by Thursday 9am. It is a tight turnaround.
Harmony Day is a wonderful celebration that our school embraces. This year we will celebrate it on the 18th March with two assemblies including the emotional flag procession in each, recognising all the countries that our school families represent. Letters went home this week with students selected to carry a flag. In the lead up to Harmony Day (in just 3 weeks), I am trying to make 1000 origami paper cranes with students. If you have any spare origami paper that you would like to donate, it would be much appreciated!
Each week, I have a “Question of the Week” for the community, and it opens up lots of great discussions between students and staff, including me. Last week’s question was “What are you planning to do better this year?”. It is now two months into the new year, and if you had any resolutions, they would be either broken and forgotten, or cemented into new habits and routines for your life. Even if you haven't been able to quite manage the changes you were hoping for, it's never too late to refresh your expectations, set some new goals, make a plan, ask for help, and work to do better for yourself. Go for it!
Coming up this term
8/3 “Sub and Drink Deal” Lunch
18/3 Harmony Day Assembly (Jnr 9:30am & Snr 1:55pm)
Week 10 Chappy Week fun
Blessings,
Chappy Jenny
Facebook and Instagram – Community Chaplain
Running Club
Running club has commenced this term on Tuesdays, from 3:15 to 3:45 and Thursdays from 7:45 to 8:15. Mr Sutherland will hold his sessions on Fridays from 7:45 to 8:15. Remember that all of these sessions will occur on the main, or years 3-6, oval.
School Swimming
School swimming lessons have commenced for Year 1 to Year 6, at Yeronga Park Pool. A big thank you to Yeronga Park Pool for their cooperation in organising and teaching lessons to our Year One to Four students and for the use of the complex for our carnivals, free of charge, and our behaviour celebrations at a very friendly price.
District Swimming Trialists
Congratulations again to the following students who have now also qualified for the Met West Regional Trial on the 24th of February. The students are; Angus W, Toby A, Oliver C, Liam M, Oliver W, Georgie B, Eadie B, Samantha C & Saskia A.
Senior Cross Country Day 17 March (Reserve Day: 22 March)
As we have a chance of hot, humid weather continuing we have decided to maintain extra safeguards for the impacts of heat.
As well as having drinking water on course we have scheduled a reserve day. This date is noted above. If we deem the heat predicted on the set date to make it unsafe for our students to run then we will move the cross country to our reserve day. Unfortunately we will not be able to make a decision until we are very close to the set date due to the fickleness of the weather. If our reserve day proves to be unsuitable then we will look at a selection trial involving only those wishing to attend the District Cross Country with our School Cross being delayed until the weather becomes more Autumnal.
All children will be expected, unless medically unable, to participate in the Cross Country. The children who are 8 years old will run a smaller course inside the school grounds. The children who age from 9 to 12 years will be given the option of running a long course (outside the school grounds) or a short course (within the school grounds). Those who opt for the short course will be identified by a fluorescent vest they must wear. The difference between the course options is that the long course option allows children to qualify for the Yeronga State School team for the Eastern Taipans District Cross Country, to compete to be Age Champion and to more greatly help their sporting house’s total.
Please remember that the team for the Eastern Taipans District Cross Country will not be settled for a week or more after the Yeronga State School Cross Country as we may have a number of children absent on the day and our policy is to allow those either absent due to illness or higher representative honours the opportunity to be considered for a place in teams at a later date.
ORDER OF EVENTS FROM 9.00 am
- Boys Born 2009
- Girls Born 2009
- Boys Born 2010
- Girls Born 2010
- Boys Born 2011
- Girls Born 2011
- Boys Born 2012
- Girls Born 2012
- Boys Born 2013
- Girls Born 2013
Absence From Cross Country
If you know that you will be absent from the Cross Country day and are keen to have a time recorded please see Mr Bateman so that this may be done before the 10th of March. If you are ill on the day you will need to collect a form from Mr Bateman to have a time recorded after the event to be considered for District Selection. We will be using the times of the top 8 in the 10, 11 and 12 year events for comparisons.
Cross Country Day Helpers
If you would like to volunteer time to help either as a check point attendant or a finish line official your help would be most appreciated. It is always great to have extra pairs of eyes and ears available. We have been blessed, for many years, with wonderful volunteers like Ruth Bennett. Thank you Ruth for so many great years of selfless service.
Representative Sport Dates Release (Important)
The trial dates for term one of 2021 are listed below.
Yeronga State School (YSS) District Trial Selection Policy Special Consideration (Years 3 to 6)
The representative pathway for school sport is for children from 10 to 12 years of age. Yeronga is part of a very strong district which consists of 28 schools from Yeronga State School to the Calamvale area. In contact and skill team sports those aged 11 and 12 need to possess the advantages of size and speed, as well as skill on most occasions. Selectors will choose those with the skill and the resilience to compete at a higher level. Remember that selectors give up their time for these trials meaning that it is important for us to send only those ready to compete at a higher level. Very seldom is it appropriate to send students for experience. An indicator of readiness for participation at a higher level would be being among the best 3 or 4 players in most games for your club under 12 teams.
In order to be selected to attend a District Trial children should make themselves known to me (Mr Bateman) for either a selection trial with the appropriate teacher or so that they may be given the appropriate forms. Remember that children must give at least two weeks notice that they wish to attend a district trial to allow for a school selection trial to be held in the event of a great deal of interest being shown in a particular sport.
Rebel Sport Community Givebacks
Just a quick note to publicise our involvement with this scheme and how it works. For some time now Yeronga State School has been part of the above mentioned scheme. The scheme gives the school credit for purchases of equipment at Rebel as anyone who purchases equipment nominates Yeronga State School as the recipient of Community Kickbacks. I have purchased cricket equipment, Footballs and Netballs with this credit. It is an easy way to contribute resources to our school especially if you enjoy spending time and money in sports stores like myself. Thanks to all of those who purchased at Rebel over the break. We have a very useful amount for equipment.
Important Draft Sporting Dates Term 1, 2021
01/03/2021 – District AFL Trial (Boys)
03/03/2021 – District AFL Trial (Girls)
03/03/2021 – District Girls Basketball Trial
11/03/2021 – District Netball Trial
12/03/2021 – District Hockey
12/03/2021 – Gala Day 1 (10 – 12 years)
17/03/2021 – Yeronga State School Senior Cross Country
22/03/2021 – District Rugby League ( Boys)
31/03/2021 – District Cross Country
Cameron Bateman
Sports Teacher
Overdue library books -amnesty
We have a significant number of overdue books from last year. We would like to clear the slate, so that children can borrow books again. Please look around your home for any school library books and return them as soon as possible. We do know that books fall down the side of chairs or behind the seats of cars. If you know you have lost a book, please contact us as soon as possible. We either ask to replace the book like-for-like or make a $20 donation so that we can buy replacement books.
Happy Reading,
Mrs Cowie and Mrs Hage
NOTICEBOARD