Principal's Message
Upwey South Primary School
Please take the time to read each page of our newsletter, as we provide you with information updates across our school.
SCHOOL EVENTS:
Please be aware that all known upcoming events are viewable within our Compass Calendar. We advise all families to add these events to your schedules, being aware that on rare occasions additional events may appear based upon qualification for Regional events and above.
2027 Classroom Structure
Across Victoria, government schools are currently in the process of considering 2027 classroom structures. As a school, we are now in the position to confirm our 2027 classroom structure.
17 class model
- x3 Foundation classrooms
- x3 Year One classrooms
- x2 Year Two classrooms
- x5 Year Three/Four classrooms
- x4 Year Five/Six classrooms
x5 weekly specialist sessions for each year level
- Auslan (Language Other Than English-LOTE)
- Science
- Visual Arts
- Performing Arts
- Health & Physical Education
Please refer to the map below which details the placement of classrooms for 2027.
2027 Staffing Allocations
Across Victoria, government schools are currently undertaking recruitment processes. At the time of publishing this newsletter, we are unable to make a statement regarding our staffing allocations or leadership structure.
We intend for staffing information to be provided to families in mid-late-November.
Breakfast Club is moving in Term Four, 2026
Please be aware that in preparation for our 2027 classroom structure, our Breakfast Club will now operate on Friday mornings from of our school gymnasium (commencing Term Four 2026).
Get excited for some of our Term Four upcoming school-wide events
There are plenty of exciting events occurring in Term Four across our school, as detailed in Compass.
In particular, we bring your attention to the following three events:
- the change of date for our "School Christmas Concert" (refer to the Performing Arts page)
- our Student Voice Council "Spooktacular Dress-Up Day" (refer to the Student Leadership page)
- our Parent Association "Student Only Disco" (refer to the Parent Association page)
Restricted access to school grounds during the September/October term break
Over the upcoming term break, we continue to undertake improvement works across our school. Please be aware that during the term break, access to the school will be impacted for the entire two week period, as detailed below:
NO ACCESS to Morris Road play area or the Junior playground area
The following works are scheduled to occur:
- Paths of egress – concrete paths will be laid to join the existing junior playground to the new Riley Road basketball court area during the two weeks of school holidays. Gates at Morris and Riley Roads will be locked to restrict access whilst these works are being completed.
- Riley Road play surface and area- asphalt will be laid by 10th October 2026. Unfortunately the ground has been to wet to lay the asphalt, which has led to a delay in our grand opening.
- Staffroom- our staffroom is being expanded and upgraded over the coming six weeks to provide a new 'professional learning' space for our growing staff.
- Internal student toilets – a full refurbishment of the toilets opposite our current Year One classrooms will commence Saturday 19th September 2026. We are excited to share that this project will complete our bathroom renovations across the entire school. We are allowing four weeks to completion of this particular stage.
In addition to the above improvements, we continue to undertake scheduled maintenance works over the term break which involve laying of new carpet within selected classrooms, and painting of selected classrooms.
Fresh-Air Youth Radio; Year 3-6 student elective
As we enter our second round of Year 3-6 student electives, we have recently celebrated the students who took part in our first round of 'sound engineering & radio production.
Click here to listen to the podcast of our students- which went to air on Friday 4th September 2026.
What will you find in this edition of our newsletter?
Once again our newsletter is a celebration of student achievements across our school. There is an almost endless list of exciting photos and reports which cover events such as the VSSS, School Production, National Aerobics, Regional Sporting achievements, Book Week, Fathers Day, Reconciliation events, Science incursions, year level excursions, school camps and more!
Please take the time to read and view the exciting contents of our Term Three newsletter.
Communicating with the Principal
We look forward to partnering with you in 2026, and welcome your input:
Damien Kitch
Principal
m: 0459 864 712