Yarra Road Primary School in Croydon North, Victoria, Australia | State school

Yarra Road Primary School

Locality: Croydon North, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9723 4182

Address: 222-228 Yarra Road 3136 Croydon North, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.yarrardps.vic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Today we kick off our Colour Explosion Fundraising event! It's always a huge hit with everyone involved and helps raise much needed funds for our amazing school! Watch the attached video, then click on the following link to create an online profile at - www.myprofilepage.com.au If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Tonna.

23.01.2022 Our assembly today was live-streamed to our school community! We are still fine-tuning how to get the sound right in a live-stream, but you can click the link below to watch the recording that includes sound! Link: https://drive.google.com//1ulMaztlpLysYZ3lqIMbxOy11B/view The school captains introduced 2 videos, one from Mrs Fairus, the teacher from Malaysia who visited last year showing us how they are learning from home. Then the captains introduced a video they made that had interviews with students talking about the remote learning experience. Mr Quick showed also showed us the new house challenge, make sure you check it out to see how it’s going to work!

22.01.2022 Farewell to our graduating Year 6 students!

22.01.2022 Mr. Quicks Family Trivia Night is back this Friday Night 4th September at 6pm! Which family will take the Crown this week?! Check Compass for more details

21.01.2022 Congratulations to 16 of our students who have created an online profile for our School Colour Explosion! So far we have raised $750 towards our $10,000 goal. To create an online profile go to: www.myprofilepage.com.au and start fundraising today.

21.01.2022 Spring has sprung at Yarra Road and we are delighted to have our students return to school tomorrow! Please see Compass for further information about the return to school.

21.01.2022 It's not too late to start raising money for our School Colour Explosion. We have raised $1,415 so far!!!... Go to www.myprofilepage.com.au to create an online profile. The proposed date for our Colour Explosion is Friday the 30th of October, if we are all back at school. If we are not we will look into rescheduling at a later date in the year.

20.01.2022 Our junior students were very excited to play the new instrument in the Music Room. Say hello to the cello! It was wonderful to see them experimenting with different bow techniques, and the concentration on their faces was priceless. Having the confidence to ‘have a go’ at playing a new instrument and experimenting with different ways to make sounds is just one way we help our students realise that they are all musicians. It was also wonderful to see them all supporting each other and giving positive feedback about the music they were making. Who knows, we may have some professional cellists in the making?!

20.01.2022 We are so excited to announce that ‘Spoonville’ has landed at Yarra Road! We know that this news might stir up some excitement, we hope you have a spoonful of fun! So find yourself a spoon, decorate it, get creative and add it to our school village. Please take a photo of all your creations and send them in. If you don’t live within walking distance of school or within the 5km zone, please add your spoon figure to your own garden and send us a photo. ... We are looking forward to seeing all your spoon creations!

20.01.2022 Our Spoonville is growing! Remember if you live outside of the local area you can place your spoon in your garden and send us a photo! We would love to see them!

18.01.2022 Anyone have any stick insects at home to feed? Just a couple of freshly cut branches available! Lots and lots around the oval! Please feel free to come and collect them!!

17.01.2022 Dear Parents, we may not have power tomorrow but either way we are back. Kids to wear warm clothes to stay warm as there is no heating! No phones will be available if there is no power so emergencies only will need to call the school mobile 0459 815 259. There will be no computer learning however all Chromebooks and book boxes are to be returned to school with your child. No parents allowed on-site so if kids are having problems carrying their things, talk to staff on the gates. There will be a drive through drop off as usual tomorrow and pick up times are: A-K 3.30 pm and L-Z us 3:40 according to your child's surname. Stay safe everyone and see you tomorrow!

16.01.2022 Preparation well under way for Graduation night! let's hope this beautiful weather holds

15.01.2022 Book fair arrived yesterday, students made their wishlists today, and then tomorrow may come to buy. If you would like to purchase a book without your child knowing, send the order through to your child's classroom teacher and Mrs V will get back to you regarding prices. Here is the link to the photos of this year's book fair. Each shelf is numbered. https://photos.app.goo.gl/7y6gNwWDiCnRR8WD6

15.01.2022 Sporting Spotlights will give you a look at how our students are training for their chosen sports while in isolation! Check out our first episode here and keep a look out for more to come!

15.01.2022 Wonderful to see Yarra Road students keeping busy in the holidays and raising money for local animal charities. Well done Mitch!

14.01.2022 Yesterday our Year 3/4 students had a fun day at ‘Sanctuary Hill’. We ‘panned’ for ‘gold’, played games such as quoits and skittles and built huts!

12.01.2022 We are looking forward to the Grade 6s and 5s performing their ‘scaled version’ of the production at the end of November. We are so fortunate to have the costume design and creation skills of Erica to make the individualised costumes for the kids. She is so talented, and we love seeing the kids eyes light up when they see a costume piece made especially for them. The journey on the road to performance is just as rewarding as the performance itself. The production this year will be recorded at school and a DVD will be created that can be shown to families and the students.

11.01.2022 One of our grade 6 parents Denh from @denhlayphotography is running a Grade 6 Graduation Family Portrait Fundraiser. Last available sessions this week and we’d love to raise a little more money for a graduation party like no other! This is perfect for you if you'd love a quick and easy, no fuss family photo in time to send around for Christmas $40 per family, $20 goes towards graduation.... 15min mini session per family. Photos taken in Sanctuary. Parents + kids (not grandparents or pets given only mini session). Includes photography + 1 digital file of your fav photo. Packages available for those who want more, 10% sales to graduation. Book directly online www.denhlay.com under Book A Portrait Session or email me any questions [email protected]

09.01.2022 Today's Wellbeing Wednesday theme is 'Friendship'. We'll be thinking about the qualities of a good friend, what makes us a good friend, the ingredients we'd add to Friendship Soup, and the activities we like to do with our friends. So what do you think makes a good friend?

09.01.2022 That was fun! Thanks for playing everyone! Well done to our top 3 teams from tonight’s trivia round. New Champions tonight! See you all again in 2 weeks!

09.01.2022 Have you seen our new house points system on the student portal? We are pretty excited! Students are able to earn points by completing different fitness challenges, which they can then enter via a Google Form, found by clicking on their house logo. At the top of each Google Form, a link can be found which will take students to a grid outlining what exercises students can do and how many points each exercise earns for the student. Students and their families are encouraged to earn points for their houses, and enter points regularly. The points will be updated throughout each day to keep track of total points. We will be expanding the ability to earn points for school work, and other physical activities as we go, but feel free to get involved as much as you can! The challenge is on! Let's see which house comes out on top!

08.01.2022 We love seeing pictures of our hard working students learning remotely! Great effort!

08.01.2022 It was Cast A’s turn today, and weren’t they incredible! The commitment these kids have shown over the year has been remarkable - from auditioning at the start of the year, to memorising their lines and rehearsing via Google Meets in lockdown, to a crazy busy few weeks of rehearsals back at school this term. They deserved their production this year and all credit to them for pulling it all together and making a great show. They were funny, dramatic, great at improvising and ...worked so well as a team. Congratulations to all of the students in Grades 5 and 6. We hope it was a memorable and fun experience for you. Special thanks to Erica Boxall for all of the costumes she made, Mr Quick for the sound system and working the microphones, and Mr Hanley who video recorded all the performances to make them available to go home with the students to share with their families. We have taken photos of all students that performed, including individual and group shots, and we will get them printed and sent home before the end of term.

07.01.2022 We’re famous! Check out Channel 9 news at 6pm tonight featuring YRPS! A couple of our students and Mrs James were interviewed about our lack of power at school today!

07.01.2022 Are you still without power at home? We are offering a pop up breakfast club in the gym tomorrow 8.15-8.40 for any families that would like to come have breakfast and a cuppa, enjoy the warmth and charge their devices . Adults must wear a mask at school (when not eating.) Please pass the word on to any families that are without power!

07.01.2022 Our Year 3-6 students had great fun with Science experiments in their Google Meet with specialist teachers yesterday! All you need for this experiment is detergent, food dye, milk and a skewer! Type ‘food dye and milk experiment’ into Google to find out more!

06.01.2022 Well done to all of the students that submitted their designs for the new guitar picks for our music room. We had over 50 submissions from Grades 1-6, all of which were so detailed and colourful. We asked every student in those grade levels to cast a silent vote, and all designs were kept anonymous so as not to influence decision-making. All students could cast three votes, one for each of their favourites from Grade 1&2, 3&4, and 5&6. After tallying the votes, these three designs were the clear winners. Congratulations to the designers!! We look forward to sending your designs off to be printed onto our new guitar picks

06.01.2022 YRPS was on Channel 9 news! Well done to Mrs Shalders, Charlotte and Solly! (It is towards the end of this segment) https://fb.watch/62Z4ETgLWc/

05.01.2022 How cute is our little goat family at school!? We love saying hi to them during the day.

02.01.2022 Round 3 is here! 6pm tonight! Come along to Mr. Quicks Family Kahoot Trivia Challenge tonight. Will you be our new champion? ... See Compass for details.