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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

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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

Visual Arts

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - MAYA ANGELOU

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2024, and welcome your input:

Danielle Haines (Visual Arts) danielle.haines@education.vic.gov.au

Foundation students have mastered the art of sewing, finishing off their heart plates and decorating them with unique patterns. This week we have begun our next project that will introduce students to weaving. They have been busy creating their own decorated paper with oil pastels and waterbased markers. Each student coloured in some plastic and sprayed it with water, placing their paper down using a transfer technique to create bright colours. There were many coloured fingers by the end of the lesson along with our fantastic papers.

Before we move into our sculpture unit, Year One and Two students are having a go at sewing on fabric. They started by preparing their piece of hessian and have nearly finished stitching a border. They faced many challenges but are demonstrating significant improvements each week. Some have even started their own fish design which will provide an opportunity to experiment with different types of stitches.

Year Three and Four students have been learning a blanket stitch to sew the two halves of their Pete Cromer inspired softies together. As the first couple of softies are being completed, others are becoming more motivated to see what they will achieve. There has been some fantastic progress this week as everyone is getting the hang of this useful stich.

It's all about symmetry in art for the Year Five and Six students. We spent time discussing radial symmetry and ability to cut something in half in any position to get a copy on each side. Students designed a simple mandala and then drew on an old CD using sharpies and sometimes puffy paint to create a unique design.

This week we are combining radial symmetry with sculpture, using simple origami folds to create a relief sculpture. Students are making design decisions in regards to colour and layout, choosing any combination of folds, or even making up their own.