School News Update
Upcoming Important Dates
Term 2 2025
4 July: Free Dress Day (gold coin donation to support Royal Children's hospital)
4 July: Last Day Term 2 (2:00pm dismissal)
Term 3 2025
21 July: Start Term 3
24 July: 100th Day of Prep Celebration
28 July: Special School Assembly
28 July-8 August: Parent Teacher Interviews
1 August: Mr Wicher's Last Day at ASPS
21 August: House Athletics Carnival (Years 3-6)
1 September: Curriculum Day (school closed)
4 September: School Disco
8 September: Instrumental Music Concerts
17 September: Celebration of Learning Event
19 September: Last Day Term 3 (2:00pm dismissal)
2025 Curriculum Days (student free)
- Monday 1 September
- Monday 3 November
Principal Personal Announcement Update: Acting Principal for Term 3
With my end-date now finalised (Friday 1 August), I can confirm that Mrs Kate Nancarrow will work at ASPS as the Acting Principal through till (at least) the end of Term 3. Kate has been a wonderful addition to the school's leadership team and we're grateful for her continued support. The timeline to find a suitable principal replacement has not yet been finalised but it is hoped that the new principal is appointed and ready to start at ASPS from the commencement of Term 4.
Please note that I will be on leave for the duration of this week. Please contact the office if you require assistance.
ASPS Chargrill Charlie's Fundraiser
Simply purchase a $40 voucher and redeem it at Chargrill Charlie’s!
It’s win/win - you get a night off cooking and ASPS will receive $10 from Chargrill Charlie’s for every voucher sold!
Take your Humanitix ticket into Chargrill Charlie’s and redeem the full $40 voucher purchased. Vouchers are valid until 31st December 2025!
If you have never been into Chargrill Charlie’s, you are about to find out what all the fuss is about! There is a huge variety of amazing food to choose from! And if you’re already a regular customer, your weekly meal can help our amazing School!
All proceeds from this Fundraiser will be directed to the School Production and the new entrance pathway on Tooronga Road.
As an added bonus, the Class with the most vouchers purchased by June 30th will win a CLASS LUNCH from Chargrill Charlie’s!
ASPS SAKG Cookbook (Circa 2018) available for sale
We have found a few boxes of the much-loved ASPS SAKG Cook book from 2018. It contains many of the recipes still taught in our SAKG program today.
Here's your chance to purchase this school keepsake for $15 each. While stock lasts. Sale of the cookbooks ends on Friday 4 July or when sold out.
Collection
The cookbooks can be collected at the school office between Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 4pm. Please show the receptionist your Humanitix purchase confirmation.
Celebrating 100 Years of Auburn South
To mark this special milestone, we’re inviting former students to join us for a school tour and a trip down memory lane.
If you have any old photos or memorabilia from your time at the school, we’d love to see them and share in the memories. Please email them to auburn.south.ps@education.vic.gov.au
2024 Yearbook has arrived
The 2024 Yearbook has arrived and will be sent home with students who ordered one before the end of this term.
Jack's Letterbox: Remembering Jack on his Birthday
This Friday would have been Jack Davey’s birthday. To honour and remember him, Jack’s family have kindly offered to provide a pizza lunch for the Year 6 students. It’s a generous gesture that reflects Jack’s warmth and the special place he holds in our hearts.
If any students and/or families would like to write a message of support to Jack’s family, we encourage you to do this together at home and drop it in Jack’s Letterbox in reception.
We know this may bring up a mix of emotions for students, and we will support them with care and sensitivity throughout the day. Two staff members from the Department of Education’s Student Support Services will also be onsite to provide additional support as needed.
As part of the day, we’ll also hold a staff vs students basketball game, which we hope will be a joyful way to celebrate his memory and the fun and energy he brought to our community.
Free Dress Day: All ASPS students are also invited to wear free dress on Friday with gold coin donations supporting the Royal Children's Hospital.
About Jack's Letterbox
Jack's letterbox is more than just decoration — it’s a symbol of connection and purposeful rememberance.
The Davey family hopes that Jack's Letterbox will become a meaningful way for students and staff to share messages of kindness, gratitude, and hope across our school.
Holiday Demolition Works
Please that the school is expecting that the works associated with the demolition of the cottage portable (building closest to the main toilet block) to be completed over the upcoming school holiday break.
While these sort of works are often weather dependent (and could be delayed), this is an exciting first step towards the redevelopment of this entrance and space. As you can see on the details plans below, this space will, over time (pending fundraising), undergo a major transformation which will address the bottle-neck entrance challenges while making way for more natural play and garden spaces that our kids will love!
Lost Property
A friendly reminder to please check the lost property pile located at the front of the Prep/Grade 1 building as any unclaimed items will be washed and sold at the 2nd hand uniform shop at the end of the term.
Have you or your child lost a watch, sunglasses or small trinket at school? Please check at the school office to see if it has turned up there.
New Faces at ASPS
Colin
Colin
The Department of Education has provided our school with additional support in the form of experienced school leaders. Some families will have met
Natalie
Natalie
Natalie Grieve and Colin Dobson, who have provided occasional leadership support to the school when Marcus has been on leave.
Kate
Kate
Kate Nancarrow, an experienced school leader,
will continue to support the school's principal team through Term 3 or until the conclusion of the principal selection process is completed.
Child Safety and Wellbeing at ASPS: Information for families and the school community
Auburn South Primary School is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.
Our child safety framework explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at ASPS. It includes our:
Child Safety Reporting and Responding Obligations Procedures, and
Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.
Our students and families are important partners in providing a child safe environment. These regular newsletter reminders are one of the ways we ensure our school community is aware of:
- our commitment to child safety, and
- how to provide feedback or raise child safety concerns.
If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please contact a member of the principal team on 9882 2140. Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints Policy.
We also welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments please contact the school on 9882 2140 or auburn.south.ps@education.vic.gov.au .
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).
Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:
- year of schooling
- category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
- level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.
This information assists schools to:
- formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
- consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
- develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.
The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.
The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).
Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).
If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.