Welcome To Term 4 2012

How wonderful it is to be back for Term 4 2012! Due to roll growth we welcome Mrs Sharon Spragg as our Room 1 New Entrants Teacher. It is great to be a growing school and to be able to offer a fantastic start for our new entrants.

We have a very busy term ahead including athletics, camps and Pet Day. Of course we will also be providing top quality literacy and numeracy programme across the school along with a caring learning culture.

We are are Sun Smart School so please remember that we all ned to be wearing our sun hats for this term!

Winter Fun Day an Icy and Snowy Success!

Whether our students were at Alpine Skating Centre or Mt Hutt Ski Resort they had a fabulous time yesterday. The weather and conditions on Mt Hutt were close to perfect and many of our students had progressed by lunchtime to riding the Quad Chairlift. Others had a great day learning the basics on the Magic Carpet Beginners Slope.

Likewise our students had great fun at the Alpine Ice Skating Rink. For many of our students it was their first time on skates and they did very well.

Today the school is buzzing with stories of fast skating and super skiing. It is always great to have a change of learning environment.

Thank you to all parents/caregivers for your wonderful support.

We Are Going To Mt Hutt

It is early in the morning as I write this. It is Winter Fun Day at YMS. Mt Hutt is open so please be at school by 7.00 as the bus leaves at 7.15. There is new snow. A great day coming up!

Winter Fun Day Wednesday 22 August

In the middle of a long, sometimes wet and cold term, it is fun to participate in our Winter Fun Day activities. Our students have the opportunity to go to either ice skating at the Alpine Skating Rink or skiing/snowboarding at Mt Hutt. The Mt Hutt deal is a great opportunity to be introduced to skiing/snowboarding.

Now we wait to see if the weather is in our favour. Warm clothes, plenty of healthy food and a drink bottle. We are looking forward to a great day.

YMS Olympics Day Friday 27 July 2012

The YMS Olympics were a great success. The Olympic flag, the Olympic flame and the Olympic procession were lavish affairs. Unfortunately we did not have James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II but we did have over 120 children competing in a range of Olympic style events. The atmosphere was great and the competition was fierce.

Now we look forward to following the other Olympics to see if they can meet our high standards.

Term 3 is Go!

Student Learning Conferences, Weedons/Yaldhurst Cup Challenges, Olympic Football Tournament plus Reading, Writing and Maths all in the first couple of weeks. No resting on our laurels.

The cold mornings are making us buzz at the start of the day. It is great to see everyone back happy and healthy ready to learn and contribute to our school community. As always the support of our school families is greatly appreciated. Term 3 2012 will be the greatest term yet!

Wigram Air Force Museum Visit

Thank you to everyone for pulling in behind our visit to Wigram Air Force Museum today and yesterday. A great time was had by everyone attending.

Thank you to Chris and Charlotte at the museum for being giving us all and informative and fun-filled time. We have all learned a great deal about flight. It is great to have the Wigram Air Force Museum open to the public.