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Principal's Message Acknowledgement of our Staff and Parent Association, School Council Membership- 2026

Tips from the School Office Banner Photo

Tips from the School Office Keeping Aware of Information Relating to School, QKR , Second Hand Uniform Shop, Keep Up to Date, Email, Arriving Late and Student early Collection, Absences, Excursions, Incursions & Camps, School Tours, Lunch Orders, Klad (Essemode) - School Uniform Shop, Uniform & Lost Property, 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:

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning Banner Photo

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning School Wide Teaching and Learning, 3MDR Radio Station Elective, A huge thank you to the team at 3MDR for hosting our students and spending time teaching them how to write scripts and record in the studio!, Stop Motion, Celebrating Learning Across the Victorian Curriculum

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Banner Photo

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Victorian Police Community Liaison program - Building relationships with the community. , Respectful Relationships , SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES, Inspire Health and Medical is partnering with our school!

School Council News Acknowledgement of our Staff and Parent Association, School Council Membership- 2026, Seeking Input into School Council Subcommittees, School Council Membership 2025

Parent Association News Colour Run success!, Christmas Raffle, Term Four Special Lunch, Become involved in our Parent Association, Breakfast Club

Student Leadership Message from Miss Humphries, USPS School Leaders, Vyom, Jasper, Isla and Judd, Looking forward to our Leadership team for 2026, Whole School Reward System, Coolibah House Leaders for 2025:, Mulga House Leaders for 2025:, Waratah House Leaders for 2025:, Wattle House Leaders for 2025:, Specialist Leaders 2025

Foundation Communicating with the Foundation Team, TERM FOUR, Merry Christmas! , THANK YOU!

Year One Communicating with the Year One Team, Christmas Concert Rehearsal, Christmas Concert, Art Show, Thank you

Year Two As the year comes to an end, we would like to thank all of the families in Year Two for your ongoing support throughout 2025. We have loved seeing your children grow academically, socially, emotionally and physically., We wish all of the students and families a very happy and safe holiday season. , Best of luck to all of the students as they move on to Year Three., Merry Christmas!, Rebecca Crawford and Rebecca Hobson, Christmas Concert

Year Three/ Four Communicating with the Year Three/Four Team, Art Show & Christmas Concert

Year Five/ Six Communicating with the Year Five/Six Team, Year Six Graduation, Year Five Leadership Speeches, Christmas Concert

Health & Physical Education Banner Photo

Health & Physical Education Communicating with the Specialist Team

Languages- Auslan Communicating with the Specialist Team, The Year That Was 2025 , Congratulations to Tilly!, Foundation to Year Two, Foundation , Year One , Year Two , Year Three and Four, Year Five and Six

Performing Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team, Performing Arts Award 2025, Whole School Christmas Concert, Groove Foundations Instrumental Music Concert, Foothills Community Care - Reverse Advent Calendar, Upwey South's Got Talent, Victorian State School's Spectacular - 2026

Visual Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team, USPS Art Show

Science Communicating with the Specialist Team, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!, Year One and Year Two learning, Year Three/Four learning, Year Five/Six learning

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program Banner Photo

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program (❁´◡`❁), Opening hours , STAFFING , Feedback and suggestions , Sun Smart Policy , Enrolment , 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, Reducing Bushfire Risk, Springvale Indoor Sports - Holiday Program, Extreme Tennis - Australian Open Junior Tennis Clinics 2026

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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

Health & Physical Education

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2025, and welcome your input:

Justin Scicluna (Health & Physical Education) justin.scicluna@education.vic.gov.au

What a busy few weeks we have had in the Health & Physical Education Curriculum!

2025 House Captains

House Points:

Congratulations Term Four House Champions

Congratulations to our Term Four house point champions. Stay tuned for your free dress day in 2026 which will be announced on Compass in the new year.

2025 Wrap

Firstly, I would like to congratulate the efforts of all students throughout the entire year. It has been a privilege and honour to be a part of their continued development in both the Health and Physical Education space.

The commitment and dedication each student have shown to their learning is something they can be proud of and a platform for them to continue to build upon going into 2026.

Overall, the year has been a success on many fronts, both in the classroom and through the extra-curricular activities such as Swimming, Cross Country, Athletics, Volleyball, Netball, Hooptime, and Winter and Summer Sport

I look forward to seeing the students return in 2026 in readiness for another big year of learning and opportunities for growth.

Have a wonderful holiday break and a safe new year

Year 6 Graduation P.E and Health Award:

Congratulations Jacob on receiving the 2026 Physical Education award

State Hooptime

On Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of December our Year 3/4 Boys Future Stars Team and Year 5/6 mixed and girls Future Stars teams represented our school at the State Hooptime Championships.

To say that we are proud of each team achievements would be an understatement.

Our Year 3/4 boys team were able to win two games over the day and walked away with an enjoyable experience which will hopefully drive them to further improve in 2026.

The boys made it to the last twenty teams in the state from a total of 565 teams entered into the tournament. A mighty effort!

Our Year 5/6 girls team made it through to the elimination finals but unfortunately fell short. This team has demonstrated determination and resilience throughout their entire 2025 Hooptime journey. We would like to thank Bree for coaching the team and ensuring the girls had an enjoyable experience. The girls made it down to the last twelve teams in the state from a total of 256. An amazing effort.

Our Year 5/6 mixed teams placed 2nd in the state coming up short in the championship game. The team were exceptional throughout the whole tournament and should be super proud of their efforts over the campaign. Big thanks to Nat for helping coach the team.

To put things into perspective, the mixed competition started out with 717 teams so to make it down to the last two in Victoria is an outstanding achievement.