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Principal's Message Parents Association 2024- a huge success!!, Fresh Air Youth Radio- 97.1FM, Facilities Upgrade Grant awarded to our school, 2025 Continuous Improvement Structure, Notification of 2025 curriculum (school closure) days, Notification of 2025 Victorian School Terms, Exciting News for our Math Curriculum

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 - School Uniform Shop, Uniform & Lost Property, BPAY Payments, Staff Carpark, 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, Breakfast Club, Parents Association 2024- a huge success!!, Upcoming Events

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, No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. – Madonna, USPS School Leaders, SWPBL Leaders, House Leaders , Specialist Leaders

Foundation Communicating with the Foundation Team, WILD ACTIONS AUSTRALIAN AMINALS INCURSION, Thank You!, FOUNDATION SPECIALIST TIMETABLE

Year One Communicating with the Year One Team, Christmas Concert, End of Year Celebration, THANK YOU, Take Home Readers

Year Two A Year in Review:, Take Home Readers

Year Three/ Four Communicating with the Year Three/Four Team, Christmas Concert , Science Expo, Christmas Activities

Year Five/ Six Communicating with the Year Five/Six Team, Christmas Concert, Big Day Out, Year 6 Graduation

Health & Physical Education Banner Photo

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

Languages- Auslan Communicating with the Specialist Team, Term Four, Foundation - Year Two, 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, Level 3/4 Learning, Level 5/6 Learning, Special Thanks, GIANT BUBBLE WANDS, Materials, Method, BERRY STREET

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program Banner Photo

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program ☀️🤠 , Upcoming themes for Term One! 👀, 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, School Holiday Program - Indoor Sports, Springvale

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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

Parent Association News

A focus upon driving continuous school improvement

Parent Association

Joining the PA is a great way to get involved and make a difference in our school. We have many exciting fundraising opportunities on the horizon and would love to have you on board. Whether you have a lot of time to give or just a little, every bit helps and is greatly appreciated. No experience is needed - just a current Working with Children's Check and a willingness to contribute to our community.

As always, thank you for supporting the Parents Association. If you have any questions or feedback regarding any past or future events, please feel free contact Jess via email: upweysouthpta@gmail.com

Breakfast Club

We run Breakfast Club to ensure our students can have a healthy and happy start to their school day. All students and families are invited to enjoy some toast, cereal and fruit from 8:30am each Friday morning.

Volunteers wanted! If you are available 8 - 9am Fridays and have a WWCC, we'd love your help. No ongoing commitment expected.

Tasks include:

Setting up breakfast area
Prepare and serve breakfast
Clean up

You can join the group chat via this link https://chat.whatsapp.com/LiTX8f9SknTAhwODFGgug4.

Parents Association 2024- a huge success!!

We are such a lucky school, throughout 2024 our PA have been extremely active and successful in achieving their major goals of:

working to create engaging and fun school-wide events for students of all ages
providing a welcoming environment in which parents/carers can form connections and become involved with the school
supporting annual school-wide events
raising funds to support student learning and engagement.

In 2024, PA funds have contributed toward the following projects across our school community:

installation of a new netball ring within the Morris Road play area
installation of tiered outdoor seating within our community performance space/stage area
upgrading of board games for students to access during wet day timetables
support for second-hand uniforms and learning materials for families.

The overall revenue of the PA in 2024 was a whopping $25,141.90 with a net profit of $5,169.25 to further support projects occurring in 2025.

In 2024, our PA supported the following events which were a huge success:

second-hand uniform shop
termly special lunches for all classrooms
Mother's and Father's Day Stalls and events
Grandparents/Special Persons Day event and Bake Sale
Halloween Disco
Parent/Carers Disco Bingo Evening
Christmas Raffle and icy-pole stall
Weekly Breakfast Club

Beyond funds raised for our immediate school community, our PA have proudly extended their engagement beyond the school gates.

We proudly donated $1089 to Upwey CFA from funds raised at the Grandparents/Special Person Day Bake Sale.

Let’s not forget the $20, 000 raised for Foodbank from the Colour Run in Term One.

Thank you to all the generous volunteers for your time, baking, face painting skills and much more!

In 2025, the PA will be working alongside School Council to focus upon further improvements to our community performance space/stage area, support improvements to expanded play spaces, and support the refurbishment of the breezeway toilet facilities.