Principal Team Report

Basketball State Finalists

Congratulations to the Year 6 students that competed as part of the recent Hooptime State Basketball Finals - the first ASPS team to make it this far! All students are commended for their efforts and for the positive way that they represented our school.

2019 State Hooptime Team:  Eric Wiseman, Daniel Welford, Oscar Armstrong, Rupert Sternson, Luka Nomakoudis, James Dunlop, Harrison Hewitt, Atticus Ray-Fleming, Daniel Coshutt (injured) & Darien Hunte (coach)

Managing Screentime and Devices at Home: What is Your Family Plan or Agreement?

As part of the recent Cyber Safety Parent Workshops, parents were encouraged to reflect on what their family agreement is when it comes to screentime and the use of devices when at home (download template below).  The Cyber Safety Project recommended the following:

No screens in their bedroom

No screens in bathrooms or toilets

Charged in a common area

Set screen time limits

Monday Monitoring (ideas via Face Book page)

Social Media Age restrictions: Children should not be using social media platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat before the age of 13. Warnings were provided in relation to platforms such as Tik Tok, Yubo, You Tube (including Kids Tube) and other anonymous chat applications (see slides for details)

Rules are rules! Adults need to model the same behaviours at home.

For families that are struggling at home in terms of monitoring or reeling in your child's use of a device, please don't hesitate to reach out to the school for support.  For students with a BYOD computer, please note that these devices can be left at school overnight if your child is not following your screentime and device usage agreement. If enough families are keen on leaving devices at the school, we will invest in some lockable charging stations. for each of the Year 5 and 6 teams.

Further information can be accessed via the parent portal on the Cyber Safety Project website below:

Updating Personal Information

Please update any  information listed below via the school email - auburn.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au  

Please record your Working with Children Check Number on Geddup and if you do not have a WWCC Card please apply for a volunteer card as a matter of urgency via the Department of Justice website.

• emergency contacts
• address
• separation/divorce
• medical  update
• phone numbers- mobile/landline
• email address

Junior School Sports Day:

Re-Scheduled for 11 December

With today's extreme weather forcing the postponement of our Junior School Sports Carnival, we can now confirm that the event has been re-scheduled for Wednesday 11 December. 

Time: 9:00 - 1:00 pm

Location: School Oval

The tabloid sports format will take place from 9:00 am – 11:40 am.

Following the tabloid sports format, the 50m sprints will commence at approximately 11:45 am

After the completion of the 50m sprints, the picnic will take place on the oval until 1pm.

*Please note no items containing nuts should be brought to the picnic and there is to be no sharing of food during the picnic.

Ravi Parhar  PE COORDINATOR

2020 Parent Payment Schedule

Thank you to the large number of families that have supported the school this year via the school's Parent Payments Program. Your support makes a significant difference to the quality of programs and classroom resourcing that we're able to provide to students at our school. If 

To assist families in budgeting for next year's Parent Payment Program, School Council has approved the following fee schedule which has been developed in accordance with the school's Parent Payment Policy:

Essential Education Items: $410 per student (P-6)

Curriculum Enhancement: $225 per student (P-4)

Curriculum Enhancement: $145 per student (5/6)

School Nurse: $95 per student (P-6)

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program: $245 per student (Years 3-6 only)

ASPS Family Assistance Fund** (suggested contribution of $15 per family)

** The ASPS Family Assistance Fund is a new initiative from School Council which will be established to support those families that are in crisis or experiencing financial hardship. Funds contributed to this initiative will support student participation in school activities, the purchase of school uniform, shoes and other essential items. We are also working with school partners to provide food vouchers as temporary support to families experiencing hardship.  

In addition to the payments listed above, the school also invites families to make tax deductible donations towards the school's Library and Building Trust Fund. In 2019, donations to these funds (along with those raised via local fundraising initiatives) supported the following projects:

- Re-carpeting of the Main Building

- Re-furbishment of the Main Toilet Block

- Furniture upgrade in Years 4 and 5

- Heating and Cooling in the Multi-Purpose Hall (preferred quote and contractor approved at this week's school council meeting!)

If you haven't yet paid this year's fees, it's not too late with final reminders being sent home by the end of next week. Thank you in advance for your continued support.

Chess Team Report

Recently Auburn South participated in the State Finals Chess Tournament at Karingal Primary School.  We did very well, coming 18th out of over 50 schools.  Unfortunately we did not qualify to get into the Nationals but next year we can strive harder and aim to be one of the top schools to be selected.

Congratulations especially to Atticus Rey-Fleming who achieved the highest score for our school.  It was an amazing experience for all those in the Chess Team.  As a Grade 6 I feel really happy that I was able to end my primary school "chess career" on a high note since State level is the highest that our school has ever reached.  I would strongly recommend playing chess since it boosts players' brain power and the tournaments are a great opportunity to enhance skills and to enjoy a day playing chess with like-minded competitors and friends.

Ethan Mar

Year 6 Student