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Principal's Message Our best wishes go out to the following families who are leaving Upwey South Primary School to undertake the next stage of their educational journey., School Report access for students finishing their schooling at Upwey South Primary School, Parents' Association 2024, 2024 Continuous Improvement Structure, 2024 Start of Year Information, Celebrating student achievements beyond the school gates, Communicating with the Principal

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Tips from the School Office Keeping Aware of Information Relating to School, Keep Up to Date, Email, Arriving Late and Student early Collection, Excursions, Incursions & Camps, Klad Sport - 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 Breakfast Club, School-wide Session Times, Upwey South Primary School Calendar:, Term One, 2024, 2024 Term Dates

School Council News 2024 Parent Payment Arrangement, 2023 School Council Membership, Do You Want to Get Involved with a Subcommittee?

PTA News PTA Involvement

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Curriculum- Teaching and Learning School Wide Teaching and Learning, What is The Concrete Pictorial Abstract (CPA) Approach And How To Use it in Primary Maths, Talk Moves- our agreed conversational norms for classroom talk, Extra-Curricular Opportunities Beyond the Traditional Classroom, 2023 Specialist Programming

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Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Communicating with the SWPBL Climate and Culture Team, National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, FACT SHEETS , Let'sTALK , SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES, Inspire Health and Medical is partnering with our school!

Foundation Communicating with the Foundation Team, TERM 4 INQUIRY, MYUNA FARM EXCURSION, Thank You and Merry Christmas!

Year One Communicating with the Year One Team, INQUIRY, THANK YOU, Take Home Readers

Year Two Communicating with the Year Two Team

Year Three/ Four Communicating with the Year Three/Four Team

Year Five/ Six Communicating with the Year Five/Six Team, INQUIRY - Term FOUR, EXPO - Reflections and Personal Writing folders, Art Show & Christmas Concert, Big Day Out - End of Year Celebration., Year Six - GRADUATION, THANK YOU

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

Languages- Auslan ir fingerspelling Communicating with the Specialist Team, Year 2, Year 3 & 4, Year 5 & 6, And in Graduation news., I would like to offer the Auslan award to , Ryley D. , In the new year.

Performing Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team

Visual Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team, Art Show 2023, Wrapping Up 2023

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Science, Technology, and Engineering Communicating with the Specialist Team, Level 5/6 Learning, Level 3/4 Learning, CONGRATULATIONS!

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Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program What's Happening at OSHC, Fee Structure & Operating Hours, Holiday Program

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, South Upwey Netball Club, School Crossing Supervisor, Indoor Sports Springvale - School Holiday activities, January Fun Footy Holiday Program, Auskick Registration

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

Year One

Communicating with the Year One Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2023, and welcome your input:

Bec Tilley (Class 1A) Rebecca.Tilley@education.vic.gov.au

Andrew McFarlane (Class 1B) Andrew.McFarlane3@education.vic.gov.au

INQUIRY

Throughout Term Four, students have been learning about how living things have basic needs, including food and water. They explored the structure and external features of living things they may find at home and in the schoolyard and investigate how these things live in different places where their needs are met. Students also studied how living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves.

Some of the essential questions that we researched were;

How do we know if something is alive?

What do living things need in order to grow and change?

What are some different types of mini-beasts that we know of?

What do mini-beasts need in order to stay alive?

How do mini-beasts move?

THANK YOU

Wow! How the time has flown and we have reached the end of another busy year. The students have done a wonderful job over the last four terms. They have displayed our school values, learnt new and exciting things and have made connections with other students that will last a lifetime. Both Bec and Andrew would like to say thank you for all you have done to support your children on this epic journey we have been on together. On to another exciting year ahead!

Here are some of the pictures we have taken over the last term!

Pizza Special Lunch!

Sneaky Elves!

The classroom elves came to visit us in December! They were very sneaky!

Christmas Concert

On Thursday the 7th December we celebrated our Christmas concert. It was so much fun and the weather was perfect!

Take Home Readers

This is a friendly reminder to ensure you have brought back any readers that you might still have at home. Please ensure that they have been brought back by no later than the 15th December.

If you would like to continue reading with your child over the school break, you may continue to use the MultiLit eLibrary.

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