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Principal's Message Smile Squad- Free dental health for students in Victorian government schools, Upwey South Primary School- the most FUN place to learn in the Dandenong Ranges!

Tips from the School Office Banner Photo

Tips from the School Office Keeping Aware of Information Relating to School, Second Hand Uniform Shop, Keep Up to Date, Email, Arriving Late and Student early Collection, Excursions, Incursions & Camps, School Tours, Lunch Orders, Klad Sport - School Uniform Shop, Uniform & Lost Property, BPAY Payments, Staff Carpark, BPAY Payments, Reports, Parent-Teacher Conferences, Scholastic Book Club, Communicating with the School Administration Team

Calendar of Events All events are marked in the Compass Calendar, and we recommend families reference and record relevant dates for their children. , Breakfast Club - come one and all , School-wide Session Times, Upwey South Primary School Calendar:

School Council News Annual Report 2023

Parent Association News Parent Association, Grandparents/Special Persons Day Bake Sale, Halloween Dress Up Disco Day, Breakfast Club, Partnering with the Pancake Parlour Schools Program

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning Banner Photo

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning School Wide Teaching and Learning, Craft Elective- Friday 2:40pm- 3:30pm, Talk Moves - our agreed conversational norms for classroom talk, Extra-Curricular Opportunities Beyond the Traditional Classroom

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Banner Photo

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Communicating with the SWPBL Climate and Culture Team, Respectful Relationships , SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES, Inspire Health and Medical is partnering with our school!

Student Leadership STUDENT LEADERSHIP 2024, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”, Assembly, Grandparents / Special Visitors day, Halloween School Disco, Making Slime with Miss H, USPS School Leaders, SWPBL Leaders, House Leaders , Specialist Leaders

Foundation Communicating with the Foundation Team, ENGLISH, MATHS, GRANDPARENTS AFTERNOON, BUDDIES, FOUNDATION SPECIALIST TIMETABLE

Year One Communicating with the Year One Team, English, Mathematics, Grandparents and Special Visitors Day, Tricky Words, Take Home Readers, Flash Back Friday!

Year Two Communicating with the Year Two Team:, English:, Mathematics:, Grandparent's Afternoon:, Year Two Specialist Timetable:, Take Home Readers

Year Three/ Four Communicating with the Year Three/Four Team, ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIAL PERSON AFTERNOON, CAMP

Year Five/ Six Communicating with the Year Five/Six Team, English Overview, Maths Overview, Reminders

Health & Physical Education Banner Photo

Health & Physical Education Communicating with the Specialist Team, Curriculum Update

Languages- Auslan Communicating with the Specialist Team, Term Four, Our Auslan Day Butterfly collaboration, Years Three and Four, Years Five and Six

Performing Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team

Visual Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team

Science Communicating with the Specialist Team, I can't believe it's Term 4!! This year seems to have flown by, as always. Here is an overview of the learning we have done in Science over the last few weeks. , Level 3/4 Learning, Level 5/6 Learning

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program Banner Photo

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program Pupil free day, Upcoming themes term 4 👀, recap , Opening hours , STAFFING , Enrolment , Feedback and suggestions , Fee Structure & Operating Hours

Uniform Shop Why do we have a school uniform?, Are there any exceptions to the requirement for uniform? , Where can uniforms be purchased? , Klad Sport & School Uniforms, Is there an on-site uniform shop at the school?, Second Hand Uniform Shop

Community News Community Announcements, Upper Ferntree Gully Junior Cricket Club, Sherbrooke Little Athletics, Women's Baseball, FTG & Surrounds Auskick & Super Kick

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Upwey South Primary School

91 Morris Road, Upwey, Victoria, 3158, AU http://www.upweysthps.vic.edu.au/upwey.south.ps@education.vic.gov.au (03) 9757 0200

Principal's Message

itors DayPlease take the time to read each page of our newsletter, as we provide you with information updates across our school.

Smile Squad- Free dental health for students in Victorian government schools

As you might be aware, we have had the School Dental Program - ‘Smile Squad’ – attend our school to give the students information on good dental health, undertake dental examinations and, where required, organise follow-up treatment. While the program is voluntary, many of you consented for your child/children to participate in the Smile Squad program.

To better understand the delivery of the Smile Squad program including benefits and challenges, an independent firm (Abt Global) has been engaged to evaluate the program. This is your opportunity to provide feedback on your experience of the program. If you didn’t consent for your child/children to participate in Smile Squad they are also keen to hear from you. The evaluation team want to understand why you chose not to participate. So, whether you participated or not, this is an opportunity to provide feedback so that improvements can be made to the Smile Squad program.

To participate in the evaluation, you can complete a confidential 5–10-minute survey. The survey does not require you to provide any information to the evaluation team that identifies you, however the survey does ask what school your child/children attend. Here is the link to the survey.

https://abtassoc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bf6YJUMs3NkfHWm

We encourage you to participate in this short survey and provide valuable feedback on Smile Squad. If you would like to provide more detailed feedback to the evaluation team, please contact Eleanor at smilesquad_eval@abtglobal.com

Upwey South Primary School- the most FUN place to learn in the Dandenong Ranges!

The above title is not from any official survey or media article...however, based on the last month of excitement at our school, we are confident that this is a true statement.

From the success of our sporting teams at division and state level, through to the laughing fun of our students floating on hoverboards at JMSS, through to 'raising the roof' at our recent Halloween Disco, through to the cakes and hugs from our Grandparents/ Special Vistors Day... our school is definitely a fun place to learn.

And guess what... we still have more exciting events ahead in Term Four! Don't forget to check our Compass Calendar for details of upcoming events.