School News
A Message from Ruth:
I've really enjoyed my first 2 weeks at Uraidla, getting to know families, students and staff.
Thank you for being so welcoming and including me in your school community.
It's been fun to speak about my role at Uraidla Uniting church as well as meet parents/grandparents at swimming lessons on Tuesday.
During these first few weeks, I plan to get to know students so I can work with the teacher to support them in the best way possible.
My days are Monday/Tuesday each week so please find a time to say hi and introduce yourself to me.
A message box has been set up for students to contact me on other days. This box is near the photocopier, so please encourage your children to use it if they feel the need.
Looking forward to working with you all this year.
Ruth Zweck
Pastoral Care Worker
Emergency procedures test text message
Yesterday (Thursday 5/2) parents and caregivers should have received a test text message in preparation for bushfire or other emergencies. The message read:
This is a test message from Uraidla Primary School in preparation for our emergency procedures. Do not reply to this message (unless to let us know it was sent to you in error). Thank you, Margie
If you did NOT receive this message, please contact the front office to inform us or to update your contact details. In case of bushfire or other emergencies, we will use this service to communicate with families, for example, changes to school pick-up times or school closures. Note that our school is scheduled to close on catastrophic days.
Our school has detailed plans in place to keep your child safe in the event of a bushfire:
We encourage you to read the Department’s Bushfire and your child’s school or preschool brochure for more information on school closures and how we will act if threatened by a bushfire. Search ‘bushfire information’ at www.education.sa.gov.au.
Green Team
Can you help? We need a small team of dedicated parents who are passionate about environmental sustainability to work with staff and students on a Green Team this year. The goals are education and practical skills. You might like to join the committee and come to meetings once or twice a term, help organise a stall for the Sustainability Fair, or just help out with our sustainability programs and gardens at school when you are free. Please let Margie know if you would be willing to volunteer in this role, or if you would like more information: margie.sarre187@schools.sa.edu.au
RAP Team
We are also looking for interested parents to join our Reconciliation Action Plan working group. This group meets twice a term to put into action the yearly deliverable goals of our RAP, and to discuss how we can work together towards Reconciliation. If you are interested in joining this group, please let Margie know at the email address above.
Bulb Fundraiser
Support Uraidla Primary School and beautify your garden at the same time.
Uraidla Primary School is kicking off fundraising for 2026 through the sale of beautiful bulbs. Get your orders in before the end of March by following these three easy steps:
- Go to the Uraidla Fundraising Page
- Select your bulbs and proceed to checkout
- Enter payment details and YOUR postal address for delivery
Anyone is welcome to place an order, but make sure you get in early to avoid your favourites being sold out. Postage is a flat fee of $8.50 and is sent via the Aust Post network. Enjoy planting your bulbs!
Uraidla Primary Facebook Group
If you haven’t already heard about it, there is a Facebook group for UPS families and we welcome everyone to join (parents/grandparents/carers all welcome). Look for “Uraidla Primary School Families” and answer the 3 simple questions on your connection to the school. This group is a friendly way to find the answers for those questions you may have (e.g. when your child tells you at the last minute its casual day tomorrow, and you can’t remember hearing about it from school!), to get reminders on events coming up, find your lost property!, or a way to connect with other families.
It is not run by the school but is supported by the UPS Governing Council, and parent admin (Jodi Braley) will post information regularly. It is designed to be a group with input from all – so contribute in any way you want to. If you do have a question that you don’t want to post yourself, feel free to forward to Jodi (either by facebook message, email jodi.braley@hotmail.com, or in person at school), who is more than happy to help.
Child Protection Curriculum
You may be interested to know that in addition to our assessed areas of the curriculum, we also teach child protection across the school. The Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) is a respectful relationships and child safety curriculum for children and young people from age 3 to year 12. It teaches children to:
- recognise abuse and tell a trusted adult about it
- understand what is appropriate and inappropriate touching
- understand ways of keeping themselves safe.
The KS:CPC is mandated in all public schools and is taught every year by our class teachers who have completed a full day KS:CPC training course. It is a world-class, evidence-based child safety program that is used by a range of other Australian and international schools. If you would like more information about the content of this curriculum please follow this link to the Department for Education website Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum information for parents and carers (education.sa.gov.au),or feel free to contact me or your child's teacher.
Enrolment in Reception
If you have a child turning 5 in the next 12 months, they should have already enrolled to start school. Children either start school at the start of the year or in July, depending on their age.
Our school has now reached capacity, which means that we give priority enrolment to children in our catchment area. Please note that younger siblings of existing students are guaranteed enrolment.
If you are speaking to other families about enrolling in school, they can find their local school through the Find My School website: Find a school zone or preschool catchment area (education.sa.gov.au)
Enrolments for mid-2026 are now overdue, and we hope to have enrolments for 2027 finalised by June. Please contact the front office for a registration of interest form today!
If you are still unsure or interested in booking a school tour, please contact the office on 8390 3209.
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