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Principal's Message Acknowledgement of Staff Professional Trust and Commitment, Sunsmart Hats and Schools, Gifted Insights Select Entry Enrichment Program, Spotlight on School Policies, Keeping Aware of Information Relating to School, Communicating with the School Administration Team

Calendar of Events Breakfast Club, Term Three Upcoming Events, 2022 Term Dates, 2023 Term Dates

School Council News & PTA News Banner Photo

School Council News & PTA News 2022 School Council Membership, Do You Want to Get Involved with a Subcommittee?, School Contributions, Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund (CSEF) - Financial assistance for families., Shade Sail Works and Outdoor Inclusive Learning Settings

School Enrolments 2023 Foundation Enrolments Now Open!, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES - The underpinning of our School Philosophy, The Three Pillars of our Learning Community

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning Banner Photo

Curriculum- Teaching and Learning School Wide Teaching and Learning, Let’s TALK Program

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing Banner Photo

Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing Communicating with the SWPBL Climate and Culture Team, School Wide Acknowledgement System 2022, Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy, Inspire Health and Medical is partnering with our school!

Foundation Communicating with the Foundation Team, MATHS, COMO HOUSE ECURSION!, 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL CELEBRATION!, FATHER'S DAY , BOOK WEEK, Show and Tell Term 4, THANK YOU!! , SPECIALIST TIMETABLE TERM THREE

Year One Communicating with the Year One Team, Term Four Tricky Words, Home Readers, SPECIALIST TIMETABLE

Year Two Communicating with the Year Two Team

Year Three/ Four Communicating with the Year Three/Four Team, THANK YOU, BOOK WEEK DRESS UP, THIS TERM IN MATHEMATICS, CAMP, REMINDERS and IMPORTANT INFORMATION, OUR SPECIALIST SESSIONS

Year Five/ Six Communicating with the Year Five/Six Team, MATHEMATICS - Term Three, INQUIRY, Fathers Day / Special Visitors afternoon., BOOK WEEK CHARACTER DRESS UP, LOOKING FORWARD INTO TERM FOUR:, Camp Updates:

Health & Physical Education Banner Photo

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

Languages- Japanese Communicating with the Specialist Team

Performing Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team

Visual Arts Communicating with the Specialist Team, VSSS Mass Choir!, An Overview of our Learning

Their Care- Out of School Hours Care 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, Is there an on-site uniform shop at the school?

Community News Community Announcements, Paragon Karate, Golden Cobra Martial Arts, Kumon Boronia, Upwey Tecoma Cricket Club, Auskick, Eastern Raiders Softball Club, The Kids Fun Run with Thomas, Belgrave Pre School 50th Birthday celebrations, Upwey Ferntree Gully Baseball Club, Netball, School Holiday Program - Ninja Parc, Sherbrooke Little Athletics

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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

Languages- Japanese

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2022, and welcome your input:

Sensei Masae Uekusa (Japanese) Masae.Uekusa@education.vic.gov.au

Konnichiwa, minasan! (Hello, everyone!)

‘YOUKOSO’ (Welcome) to the Upwey South Japanese Room!

Thank you and well done for all the amazing work and every effort into learning Japanese in term 3!

Foundation: ‘Weather Report’

Foundation students learnt the weather song by heart and now they can sing it without any help. They can also quickly respond to the roll question ‘Donna tenki? (How is the weather?)’ with the appropriate answers. Fantastic effort!

Year 1 and 2: ‘MOTTAINAI BAASAN’ (‘Mottainai’ grandma)

Grade 1/2 students finalised their ‘Mottainai baasan’(‘Mottainai’ grandma) book to celebrate their learning. It is great to hear the students using Japanese animal names to communicate with each other and talking to themselves! Very well done!

Year 3 and 4: Hiragana Black Belt Challenge (Continued)

Grade 3/4 students have learnt up to the purple belt of the Hiragana chart this term. This means they have worked on half the chart, 25 out of all 46 Hiragana letters. Learning each letter involved learning the shape, its trigger stories (mnemonics) stroke order and actually writing it. Great effort!

Year 5 and 6: ‘MOTTAINAI BAASAN’ (‘Mottainai’ grandma)

Grade 5/6 students the phrases, words and Hiragana letters related to ‘Mottainai baasan (Mottainai grandma)’ stories. I was impressed how quickly they could code-shift into learning Japanese in-between the production rehearsal. The students have definitely stepped up and acquired a lot of learning skills. Great work!

Thank you everyone for your kind support for the Japanese program in term 3.

Hope you have great holidays and see you in term 4!