On Monday, 29 April we had students attend the Young Authors’ Program launch at Mount Clear Secondary College. The program has been created to inspire our talented writers and to mix with other like-minded students from other schools.

There are six schools that have had teachers involved in creating this program over the last few years. Those schools are: Buninyong Primary School, Delacombe Primary School, Canadian Lead Primary School, Pleasant St Primary School, Sebastopol Primary School and Woady Yaloak Primary School.

Congratulations to Rachel B, Michaela B, Elliot B, Taylor G, Tilly B, Zac D, Rory J, Luke C, Annie T, Jasmine P, JP White, Alana B, Jayden C, Maia D and Keisha B with being selected.

Thank you JP for conducting a wonderful speech in front of the one hundred plus audience at the launch; you did a great job!

On Wednesday 1st May the grade 5/6 students enjoyed participating in a golf clinic with Tony. We could have some up and coming future stars!

This opportunity was provided as part of the Sporting Schools Program. Students who have registered are participating in golf lessons on 2/5, 9/5 and 16/5 at Smythesdale.

Today we had our senior student STEM Fair. The day was a huge success with students creating and presenting their personal projects in the morning, participating in STEM related rotations in the afternoon and finally creating their own news clips about STEM in schools.

The student projects were of a very high standard, ranging from robotics to global warming and presented in a wide array of formats. The rotations included students putting their engineering capabilities to the test whilst building towers, utilising Virtual Reality headsets and engaging in the science of optical illusions.

As a school, we are extremely proud of the standard that the projects demonstrated and the way that students were able to successfully convey their knowledge to others. The engagement in the various topics was clearly evident and it was exciting to witness the input and collaboration that families had with student projects.

Well done to all WYPS senior students on your successful Term 1 homework projects and to the teachers for the overall organizing and running of such a tremendous day of learning!

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