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.