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

Year Two

Communicating with the Year Two Team:

Gallery Image — 2A - Mrs Rebecca Crawford

Rebecca Crawford (Class 2A) Rebecca.Crawford@education.vic.gov.au

Zoe Bates (Class 2B) Zoe.Bates@education.vic.gov.au

Production - Cinderella and Rockerfella:

Our whole school production for 2024 was a huge success!!! Below is a summary of the journey we went on to get there.

Dress Rehearsal:

We had a lot of fun bringing our costumes to school a practising our dances in the gym! We worked on getting the steps right for such a long time and it felt fantastic trying on our costumes and dancing in them.

Technnical Rehersal:

It was then time to travel to Burrinja and learn about how the lights, microphones, sets and music turns all of our hard work into a show!!! We got to have a turn learning where to stand and how to enter stage left and exiting stage right.

Show Night:

Night One: There was lots of nervous energy which filled the air, but our teachers kept us calm and we enjoyed watching the show on the big screen while we waited to perform! We had a lot of fun and realised it wasn't so scary.

Night Two: In the black box we waited patiently to go on stage and even managed our costume change in time to dance the night away! We coloured, watched the show, listened to stories and played games of Uno together to fill the time.

Thankyou Mrs Lang for all of your hard work in helping us become stars. Special thanks also to Mrs Haines for all of her costume, sound and lighting work, our amazing teachers and our families for their endless love and support.

Scienceworks:

On Monday August 19th, we all hopped on the bus and travelled over the Westgate Bridge to the Scienceworks Museum. We spent time visiting the general viewing area, which included fun, interactive exhibits such as 'building a robot', 'car building', and 'sound baths' which were a few examples of the things we could try. There was also the Sportsworks exhibition where we could try to race Cathy Freeman, power a skeleton riding a bike and participate in wheelchair sprints. After lunch, we visited the Planetarium and went to Mars with our new friend 'Tyco' the dog. We learnt that Mars gets it's red dirt from the iron oxide that is in the ground, along with how planet Mars is extremely cold. After the show, we did some stargazing and made pictures out of the stars. We then looked at the nights sky in Melbourne and discovered planets such as Saturn. It was a wonderful day! Thankyou to the parent helpers and USPS staff member - Meagan for assisting the Year One and Two teachers with running the day and for their invaluable contributions to making the day a success.

Book Week Dress Up:

Term Three Assemblies:

Week 2 – Thursday 25th July
Week 6 – Thursday 22nd August
Week 8 – Thursday 5th September

Year Two Specialist Timetable:

These times are indicative of the school operating on a regular timetable and are likely change due to the variety of school wide events we offer our students.

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