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Principal's Message Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey, Seeking input from families regarding our Student Progress Reports, John Monash Science School - Intake Three now underway

Tips from the School Office Banner Photo

Tips from the School Office Keeping Aware of Information Relating to School, Second Hand Uniform Shop, Keep Up to Date, Email, Arriving Late and Student early Collection, Excursions, Incursions & Camps, School Tours, Lunch Orders, Klad Sport - School Uniform Shop, Uniform & Lost Property, BPAY Payments, Staff Carpark, BPAY Payments, 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:

School Council News Annual Report 2023

Parent Association News Parent Association, School Breakfast Club Program, Partnering with the Pancake Parlour Schools Program

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning Banner Photo

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning School Wide Teaching and Learning, What are the 'Big Ideas' and how do we apply these to primary Math?, Talk Moves - our agreed conversational norms for classroom talk, Extra-Curricular Opportunities Beyond the Traditional Classroom

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Banner Photo

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Communicating with the SWPBL Climate and Culture Team, Respectful Relationships , SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES, Inspire Health and Medical is partnering with our school!

Student Leadership STUDENT LEADERSHIP 2024, “Tell yourself first of what kind of person you want to be, and then act accordingly in all that you do.", Fun in the yard, BOOK WEEK - USPS Dress Up Day - Wednesday 21st August, USPS School Leaders, SWPBL Leaders, House Leaders , Specialist Leaders

Foundation Communicating with the Foundation Team, PRODUCTION - Cinderella Rockerfella, BOOK WEEK, FOUNDATION SPECIALIST TIMETABLE

Year One Communicating with the Year One Team, School Production, Cinderella and Rockerfella, Night 2 - Thursday 8th August, Book Week, Our costumes, Tricky Words, Take Home Readers

Year Two Communicating with the Year Two Team:, Production - Cinderella and Rockerfella:, Dress Rehearsal:, Technnical Rehersal:, Show Night:, Scienceworks:, Book Week Dress Up:, Term Three Assemblies:, Year Two Specialist Timetable:

Year Three/ Four Communicating with the Year Three/Four Team, Cinderella and Rockerfella, Book Week, CAMP

Year Five/ Six Communicating with the Year Five/Six Team, Cinderella and Rockerfella, Rehearsals, Production Nights, Book Week Celebration

Health & Physical Education Banner Photo

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

Languages- Auslan Communicating with the Specialist Team, Term Two, This term our learning focus will be on Sports, Olympics and Hobbies. , Foundation to Year Two, Year Three and Four, Year Five and Six, Auslan Day Thursday 29th August

Performing Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team

Visual Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team

Science Communicating with the Specialist Team, Level 5/6, Level 3/4

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program Banner Photo

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program STAFFING , BOOKING , 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, 20% In-Store Purchase from 1st September 2024-15th October 2024, Is there an on-site uniform shop at the school?, Second Hand Uniform Shop

Community News Community Announcements, Food Bank, Upwey Ferntree Gully Baseball Club, Upper Ferntree Gully Junior Crecket Club, Sherbrooke Little Athletics, Women's Baseball

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Upwey South Primary School

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

Principal's Message

Please take the time to read each page of our newsletter, as we provide you with information updates across our school.

Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey

WE WANT OUR PARENTS / CAREGIVERS / GUARDIANS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!

In our last newsletter, we invited our community to take part in the annual Department of Education Opinion Survey.

Given the response rate below, we are seeking your input so that we may apply statistical validity to collated outcomes.

Please refer to the information below, which was included in our previous newsletter:

Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation.

Our school will use the survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning and improvement strategies.

The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 29th July to Friday 30th August 2024.

All families are invited to participate in the survey.

To complete a survey please:

1- Log onto the website: https://www.orima.com.au/parent

2- Enter the PIN is 784103

To provide our school with statistically valid data, please only complete one survey per family.

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.

The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / caregivers / guardians who speak a language other than English at home.

Seeking input from families regarding our Student Progress Reports

As a school we are wanting to hear from parents/carers about what they value, what they think, and what they would like to see changed or improved in our student progress reports.

The first step in this process is inviting interested parents/carers to provide their input into the design of s set of survey questions which will be distributed to our school community in early Term Four, 2024.

If you are interested in contributing to the design of the survey brief, please email damien.kitch@education.vic.gov.au

John Monash Science School - Intake Three now underway

One of the great things about the learning culture of Upwey South Primary School is that our principal-class are active in classrooms, incursions, and excursions. Last week, I was fortunate to accompany the third intake of Year Six students who are taking part in the 'Big Science-Little Scientists" Immersion Program, held at John Monash Science School (JMSS). Throughout the remainder of this term, these four students will visit JMSS to explore concepts such as nanotechnology, aeronautics, chemical compositions, and modern scientific endeavours. These students from Intake Three will then join with our students from Intake Two, and take part in the JMSS Science Fair which is open to the public in late November, 2024. More details to follow as we enter Term Four.