Parent Association News

Term One Highlights

Once again, the start of the year has been a huge success for our Parent Association. 

We started the term with a number of new parents and volunteers joining our Parent Association,  and encourage any other interested parents to reach out and find out what is on offer when you come become involved in helping support your child’s school. 

Below are just a few of our Term One highlights: 

• Hot Cross Bun Drive: We supplied our families with 350 hot cross bun six-packs, raising over $780 for the school while also supporting The Basin Bakery! 

• Easter Raffle: ticket sales also raised over $720 for the school, with classroom winners announced at our end of term assembly. Our school-wide major prize winners were:

  1st prize Jed I- Class 1B

  2nd prize Judd S- Class 56C

  3rd prize Spencer B- Class 1A

• End of term sausage sizzle: A huge thank you to all of our parent volunteers who helped with the sausage sizzle lunch, which raised over $550 for our students. 

All Parent Association funds raised in 2025 are going towards the development of open learning spaces surrounding our community stage area, with astro-turf and additional seating planned for outside of classrooms; providing recreational and learning spaces which are accessible for all students. 

Find out how you can help us to reach our goal by emailing: upweysouthpta@gmail.com 

Term Two Upcoming Events

Term Two promises to be an exciting term for our students, with the following events now available for viewing in our Compass Calendar:

• Mother’s Day stall - Wednesday 7th May 
• Special Lunch - Thursday 26th June
• Paint & Sip (adults only event) - Saturday 28th June 

Become involved in our 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 to contact our Parent Association President (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. 

We could not run our breakfast club without the ongoing support of Foodbank Victoria.

In Victoria material aid and food relief had commenced in 1930, with the State Relief Committee responding to widespread distress caused by the Great Depression. In 2006, the then Victorian Relief Committee merged with Foodbank to become VicRelief Foodbank. It formally changed its name to Foodbank Victoria in 2011.

QKR - please ensure your child/ren has the correct classroom on your QKR profile.This must be updated by parents yearly.

Upcoming Events

All upcoming events/activities for 2025 will be published via the Compass Calendar.

Administration

Please use the school email address (upwey.south.ps@education.vic.gov.au) for all your administration queries.  This will ensure prompt action from our admin team.