School News

Innes makes the news!

Year 6 student Innes Staniford starred on ABC breakfast radio this week, playing the piano signed by Paul McCartney! We always enjoy hearing Innes perform, and it's wonderful that so many others have been able to enjoy his talent too,

School Disco

It's on again!! The Uraidla Primary School disco will be held on Thursday, 5 June from 6-7:30pm, in the gym. The next day is a pupil free day!

Run by the Parents and Friends this is a great chance for kids to dance and have some fun with their school mates.

Tickets can be purchased from the flexi school app for just $7.

On the night, parents drop their children at the gym entrance at 6pm and sign them in, then collect them again at 7:30pm. For any children who find the discos a little much during the event a quiet space will be provided.

Children should bring a drink bottle. A small bag of chips is provided as a snack (gluten free) for each child. Children can dress up or just come in comfortable clothing - whatever suits them!

All children are supervised by parent volunteers with support from Margie.

If you would like to be a volunteer supervisor, please email uraidlapandf@gmail.com

A message from Cheryl

Respect Matters Seminar

I am excited to let you know Uraidla Primary School are having a presentation from the Schools Ministry Group, Life Matters Team, called Respect Matters, for Year 3 to Year 6 students. The seminar is sponsored by SMG and is free of charge for students.

The presentation will be on Monday 23/6/25 at 1.40pm .

SMG have described the seminar as below:

Through story, discussion, videos, and activities, we aim to assist your students to build resilience, understand the impacts of bullying and to grasp the Golden Rule of treating others how we would like to be treated. We explore how to support others experiencing bullying and how kindness and respect are the key values in creating a safe space for all students in a school community.

Topics will include: Bullying / Bystanders / Respect / Resilience

The Life Matters Team do an excellent job providing seminars/workshops to primary and high schools statewide.

I am confident it will be a great experience for all!

Special Sport News

State Selection

Some exciting news for our student Eloise Sachse. Eloise has been selected to represent our state in the National Girls Football Carnival. Her and her family will be travelling to Queensland the first week of term 2 for the competition. Good luck Eloise!

District Selection

Next week 4 of our Year 6 students will be representing our district at the State Football Carnival. Harry Rogers, Harrison White, Innes Staniford, Ashton Geytenbeek. Good luck boys and congratulations!

District Athletics

Congratulations to our 26 athletes who represented our school in District Athletics. The day was completed on 3rd August at Cornerstone College. Unfortunately, for some athletes, rain impacted the day and led to long jump and high jump being postponed until Thursday 1st May.

We had a great day with students giving their best effort in all track and field events. All students showed great perseverance and were extremely supportive of each other.

A special congratulations to all our placegetters on the day.

Jemima Staniford 2nd 800m and High Jump

Kobe Sloan 2nd 200m

Elsie Bailey 3rd 200m and Long Jump

Louie Griffiths 2nd Long Jump

Ruby Cox 1st High Jump

Callum Wilksch 1st 100m, 200m and 2nd High Jump

11-year-old girls 3rd 4x100m relay (Ruby Cox, Tilly Geers, Bria Ward, Lila Braley)

12-year-old boys 3rd 4x100m relay (Callum Wilksch, Harrison White, Harry Rogers, Arlo Moore)

This was our school's most successful District Athletics competition for the past few years. We look forward to building on this success next year.

Keep scrolling to read a recount from the student's perspective.

Some students from year 4-6 classes did district athletics last term. Some of the events included 100m and 200m sprints. 800m and 1500m runs, long jump, high jump, shotput and relay. The people who competed in the sprints and runs were Elsie, Jemima, Ruby, Layla, Eloise, Ellie, Kobe, Ryder, Ned, Xavier, Callum, Harry, Harrison and Innes. And the people who competed in shotput were Sophie and Harley. There were four groups doing relay and the groups were 2013 girls who had Eloise, Elsie, Jemima and Ellie K and for 2014 girls there were Lila, Ruby, Bria and Tilly and for the 2013 boys there were Callum, Harry, Harrison and Arlo and for the 2015 boys there were Kobe, Ned, Ryder and Henry W. High jump and long jump were cancelled on the day because of the rain so they rescheduled those event to another day. The students who competed in high jump were Ruby, Jemima, Ashton and Callum. And the students who competed in long jump were Alyssa, Elsie, Louie, Gus and Henry W. The students who placed were Ruby 1st for high jump Callum 1st for 100m, 200m and 2nd for high jump. Jemima 2nd for 800m and 2nd for high jump. 2014 girls for relay got 3rd . And the 2013 boys also got 3rd for relay. Kobe got 2nd for 200m. Louie 2nd for long jump. Elsie 3rd for long jump and 3rd for 200m. And last but not least we can't forget the drivers who were Ruth, Brad, Sallie, Emma, Jenna, Hayley, Seb, Jess and Troy.

by Harrison and Ashton

Cross Country

Some of the year 4, 5 and 6 students were chosen to participate in Cross Country, which was held at Woodside oval. The students that raced were Harry, Callum, Innes Harrison, Harley, Jemima, Tilly, Maddi, Kobe, and Gus. The year 5 and 6s ran 3km and the year 4s ran 2km.

Harry achieved a 5th placing, Innes and Jemima both succeeded in reaching 3rd position in their races. This means these 3 students will go on to race again in District Cross Country for the Hills in July.

We really appreciate the drivers for pickup and drop offs. Thanks Emma G, Emily BT and Mignon. We had fantastic weather and had a great time.

Harry

School Camp 2025

As you may be aware our school camp for this year will be in week 1, Term 4. We aren't quite sure of the costs but we are predicting it will be somewhere in the vicinity of $300-$400 per child. More details will come closer to the date.

Pupil Free Day OSHC

Reminder to get your OSHC booking in now for the upcoming pupil-free day on Friday 6th June. Please note that OSHC will only go ahead if we get enough bookings.

Uraidla Primary Facebook Group

If you haven’t already heard about it, there is a FaceBook group for UPS families and we welcome everyone to join (parents/grandparents/carers all welcome). Look for “Uraidla Primary School Families” and answer the 3 simple questions on your connection to the school. This group is a friendly way to find the answers for those questions you may have (e.g. when your child tells you at the last minute its casual day tomorrow, and you can’t remember hearing about it from school!), to get reminders on events coming up, find your lost property!, or a way to connect with other families.

It is not run by the school but is supported by the UPS Governing Council and admin (Jodi Braley) will post information regularly. It is designed to be a group with input from all – so contribute in any way you want to. If you do have a question that you don’t want to post yourself, feel free to forward to Jodi (either by facebook message, email jodi.braley@hotmail.com, or in person at school), who is more than happy to help.

Chess

Did you know that each Thursday during the second lunch playtime there is a Chess Club? Chess is a great game and brings many benefits to children, including

* critical thinking

* ⁠concentration

* ⁠challenge

* ⁠enjoyment

* ⁠decision making skills

New players are welcome each week, meeting in Stephen’s class♟️

Enrolment in Reception

If you have a child turning 5 in the next 12 months, they should have already enrolled to start school. Children either start school at the start of the year or in July, depending on their age.

Our school has now reached capacity, which means that we give priority enrolment to children in our catchment area. Please note that younger siblings of existing students are guaranteed enrolment.

If you are speaking to other families about enrolling in school, they can find their local school through the Find My School website: Find a school zone or preschool catchment area (education.sa.gov.au)

Enrolments for mid entry 2025 should already be finalised. With enrolments for start of 2026 due by the end of term 2. Please contact the front office for a registration of interest form today!

If you are still unsure or interested in booking a school tour please contact the office on 8390 3209 and book into one of the below time slots.

10am Tuesday 3rd June

10am Tuesday 29th July

10am Wednesday 27th August

10am Thursday 23rd October

10am Wednesday 12th November