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Yarralumla Primary School ACT Education Directorate

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6142 3250

Address: 24 Loftus Street Yarralumla 2600 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.yarralumlaps.act.edu.au

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25.01.2022 WOW!! 47 students met Maestro Joshi, Maestro Stefano and Maestro Glenn at the Yarralumla Yacht Club this morning for Ride to School Day. It was an amazing turnout!! Thanks to our fabulous teachers for riding with our students, as well as some of our parents who joined in for the ride!

25.01.2022 Happy Friday everyone! Deputy Deb is reading Cloud Conductor by Kellie Byrnes - perfect for a cloudy day

25.01.2022 Book Fair starts tomorrow in the Library!! We are open Tuesday to Friday this week: 8:30-9am in the mornings and 2:30-4pm in the afternoons. Please enter the library via the outside doors near the basketball court! Payment options are eftpos and prepay using the wish list that each student will bring home this week. No cash Happy reading!!

25.01.2022 Happy Thursday gorgeous people. Deb the Deputy has been given permission from Walker Books and the lovely Jill Murphy to read you one of the Large Family books titled Five Minutes’ Peace. We hope you get the chance to have much more than five minutes of peace during the school holidays. Stay safe, stay well and relish the opportunities you have to be together as a family. From our family to yours Happy Holidays.

25.01.2022 Our wonderful teachers are back at school today, busily preparing for Term 3! We are looking forward to seeing the students on Monday - enjoy the sunshine over the weekend!

22.01.2022 Over the last week our IT executive teacher maestra Meyer with the assistance of Janelle has engraved, cleared, cleaned and organised our computers and iPads. Today we saw many happy faces as families came in to sign out equipment to help them support our students through online learning. We feel very lucky to have the expertise of our executive teachers in all things IT and know you’ll all be impressed with the terrific lessons being created by our up skilled teachers. Thank you maestra Meyer for the many hours of work you put in to help our families. You’ve earnt a STAR card

22.01.2022 Happy Tuesday! Today another very exciting thing happened... the lovely and talented Lisa Kalma and Bear With Us productions have given Deb the Deputy permission to read My Llama Drama. Lisa even wrote us a note. Happy listening!

22.01.2022 After a wet and indoor Friday we hope you all get some outdoor time this weekend. Keep an eye out in the coming week for our school satisfaction survey. This survey is sent out at this time every year from all schools in the ACT and is completed by students from years 4-12, staff and parents/carers.

22.01.2022 Our lucky Year 5/6 students had the opportunity to hear about digital technology and robotics in the real world today from some special guests The listened to a presentation about how automation and robots help us to do daily tasks and then had the opportunity to ask a real robot named ‘Delvi’ some questions!

21.01.2022 Hello and Happy Wednesday!!! Deb the Deputy had a visit today from Matt Morrissey who wrote The Social Chef and The Case of the Missing Lemons. Matt gave us his fantastic book and his publishers Forty South Publishing have given their permission for us to read it to you. The illustrations by Raisa Cross are beautiful. Deputy Deb filmed this in her front garden and even though she missed a sentence she didn’t go back because her film crew was being eaten alive by mozzies. Such dedication to his task Enjoy this book and the recipes Matt has shared.

21.01.2022 Deputy Deb has another story for you by Peter H. Reynolds and is sharing it with permission from Pippin Properties. Please enjoy So few of me and perhaps take some time to dream

20.01.2022 Thank you to our amazing teachers who rode and walked to school today with our excited students. What a fabulous way to end our week. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

19.01.2022 Have a perfect weekend. We miss you more than you’ll ever know. Love from your teachers

18.01.2022 Today Deb the Deputy is reading The Wrong Thing by Isobelle Carmody. There are some special helpers today so please enjoy meeting Ted and Norbit as well. They provided extra challenges for the film crew...especially Ted!

17.01.2022 In breaking news....the coffee van is back tomorrow morning at the front of the school!!!

17.01.2022 On this beautiful day we had lots of things happening around the school. The gardeners came and so did the plumbers - we are only going to share what the gardeners did though

13.01.2022 A glorious day for our modified cross country carnival today saw some spectacular times being set. Thank you to maestro Joshi and maestra Abbey for their thorough organisation and to our wonderful Year 6 leaders for helping all of the younger students have a positive experience.

13.01.2022 Whilst you’ve been gone we have been watching Geoff from graffikart create this beautiful mural on our pavilion. Come for a walk and have a look with me...

12.01.2022 Kindergarten had an awesome time exploring the National Botanic Gardens today. They learnt about the habitats of lots of different animals. Along the way they also spotted different animals such as bees, birds, water dragons, tadpoles, worms and even a brown snake! Thanks to our fabulous Kinder teachers for organising a fun excursion!

11.01.2022 Book week Parade Day!!! Thank you so much to our amazing community for the excitement created with costumes. Our parade was testament to the creativity of families and students with some truly spectacular characters. We would love to show you all of the students but sadly in this platform we are not comfortable - so please enjoy Miss Honey, The Trunchbull and Matilda from the book of the same name.

11.01.2022 The ACT Minister for Education has announced that from Tuesday 24th of March, all ACT public schools will be pupil-free until the school holidays. More information has been emailed to all families and is available on the ACT Education website: https://www.education.act.gov.au//act-public-schools-pupil

11.01.2022 Hello families In case you need a little something to acknowledge ANZAC Day we have found a (hopefully) simple craft activity. We are looking forward to virtually seeing you next week.

10.01.2022 Each day we are hoping to share a video of our favourite books being read aloud by Deputy Deb Tune in today for ‘The Dot’ by Peter H. Reynolds

10.01.2022 Over 50 parents and carers have already completed the 2020 School Satisfaction and Climate Survey but for the results to reflect the opinions of our whole school community, we need as many of you as possible to complete the survey before 31 August. Your unique survey link was sent in an email on Monday 10 August. Thank you to all our families who have already completed the survey; your feedback is appreciated.

10.01.2022 Reminder: our book week dress up day is tomorrow!!!! Please help your excited student(s) dress up as a character from a book. They are welcome to bring the book to share with their class. There will be a parade at 9:20am in the COLA. If you would like to attend, you will need to follow social distancing requirements of 1 adult per 2m unless you are a family group and then each group needs to remain apart. Teachers will also be joining in the fun and dressing in themes as teaching/leadership teams. See you socially distanced tomorrow.

09.01.2022 Happy first day of August everyone! This means that we are back to wearing broad brimmed hats to school. A bucket hat, a legionnaires hat, a broad brimmed hat (available in the uniform shop). Please no caps as they don’t provide appropriate protection.

09.01.2022 Our amazing staff have worked as one to ensure they are upskilled to bring exciting learning to you in an online way. To celebrate our success we are all in onesies today

08.01.2022 School photos this Wednesday 4th November. We have photographers arriving early to begin this busy day. Please help us by ensuring full summer uniform is being worn by your children.

08.01.2022 Our Information Webinar for Kinder to Year 2 parents is on today at 4pm - tune in to find out about Google Classroom, how students submit their work and student Google Meetings. We will also have time for Q&A’s at the end on the Webinar

08.01.2022 Inside our little city beats a big heart. As we face a challenge like no other, Canberra is stronger together. Share how your community is keeping you and your family safe by leaving a comment below. #cbrtogether

08.01.2022 Community service announcement.

07.01.2022 We were thrilled to welcome the Questacon science circus to school this week after a couple of blips last term. The audience young and not so young LOVED it!

07.01.2022 The Year 5 band visited Mawson Primary School last week to participate in a combined band rehearsal. This was their first combined rehearsal and opportunity to play their instruments as a part of a large wood wind band. Thanks maestra Kirsty for organising these wonderful musical opportunities for our students

07.01.2022 It is ‘Ride to School’ week once again!! On Friday 30th of October our teachers will be leading another bike ride to school from the Yarralumla Yacht Club - if your child would like to join them please meet the teachers in the carpark at 8:20am for an 8:30am departure. Scooters are welcome and helmets are essential! If walking is more your style, Senora Sayers will also be leading a walk from the Yarralumla Shops on this day - please meet her at 8:30am for an 8:40am departure. Please email any questions to Mr.J - [email protected] Hope to see you there!!

07.01.2022 Happy Friday everyone!!! We have almost made it through our first week of term 2 and hasn’t it been a change from what term 2 would normally look like! We have got most of our amazing students working from home along with their teachers but we also have nearly 50 students at Red Hill Primary School, 1 at Charles Weston School and 1 at Amaroo School. This week we have also had students doing their programs here whilst they waited for their spots at a safe supportive school site. It has been a steep learning curve for all and we thank everyone for their patience, resilience and kindness. I thought you might want to come for a walk with me this morning....

07.01.2022 Let’s all get behind our preschool mango fundraiser!!! Details were sent home in an email this week but here is a snapshot... Orders due Thursday 12th November. Pay on quickweb or via EFT at front office. Not only will we be helping the preschool but we will also be providing support to the farmers who raise these delicious signals of a summer to come.

06.01.2022 In the last fortnight our Year 3-6 students visited Birrigai for a ‘day-camp’ All of the students had a great time in the bush learning about our local indigenous culture, the gold rush, bushfires and Australian wildlife. Thanks to the senior teachers who attended and supported our students!

06.01.2022 As it is interview fortnight, just a reminder that all interviews will now be via google meet. Your teacher will send an email giving you the link just prior to your chosen time. Thank you for your ongoing support

05.01.2022 Book Club orders for this term will close on Monday 10th of August at midday - please complete all orders online by this time to make sure you don’t miss out!

05.01.2022 Remember your hats everyone! We are still wearing broad brimmed or bucket hats until the end of May. Today was OK though because we were just getting used to being back.

05.01.2022 Day 2 of Reading with Deputy Deb - today’s book is titled ‘ish’ by Peter H. Reynolds and is brought to you with permission from Pippin Properties. We will also post some links that have been provided by the author later today. We also invite our community to visit the Facebook page of Peter H. Reynolds for lesson ideas

05.01.2022 Mt Stromlo Observatory are presenting a series of online #astronomy talks for kids during the holidays. Perfect for learning at home. Talks will be streamed via Facebook live, and will be available afterwards. See www.facebook.com/MtStromlo/events for details. 12-1pm, Tues 14 April: The Sun, The Earth and Moon 11am-12pm, Weds 15 April: Where do moons, planets and stars come from? 12-1pm, Weds 22 April: Fantastic planets and how to find them.... 1-2pm, Fri 24 April: When the universe was a baby. See more

04.01.2022 We were going to post something about today’s date and say something clever like May the 4th be with you but instead we thought we would give you some outdoor ideas. Have a fantastic day everyone.

03.01.2022 Happy Friday wonderful community! Today is World Teacher’s Day and also Ride and Walk to school day. Please take a moment to thank our caring, dedicated teachers and co-educators for the superb job they are doing.

02.01.2022 Has your child lost their jumper, hat or lunch box? There is a giant pile of lost property at our front office waiting to be found that was sorted by some of our Year 6 community leaders.

02.01.2022 Beautiful to have all of our preschool, Montessori and K-2 students back. No one is happier than our bird life who always get some extra treats in the form of dropped crumbs. We have the quote of the day for you from a gorgeous conversation they are making a potion for annoying people. Well that is ok because no one here is annoying.( teacher) You know, it’s probably me because I talk and talk and talk. How lovely that we can talk again! Have a wonderful Monday. I know we are

01.01.2022 COFFEE!!!! As part of the preschool settings Father’s Day stay and play event next Tuesday 1st September, there will be a coffee van. From 8:15am until we stop buying. Essentially for the preschool Dads but really...coffee. So let’s help make this wonderful van driving human some money by getting behind this lovely visit.

01.01.2022 Today our school acknowledged National Health and Physical Education Day with our students participating in some Indigenous Australian games in the beautiful sunshine! Thanks to Mr. J and the Year 6 leaders for organising the day and running the games for all students! #HPEDay