August 13th: School Council 14th: ICAS Maths 15th: Foundation Como House Excursion 20th: Yr 5-6 Camp Info’ Evening for families 22nd: SSS Choir Rehearsal 24th: Book Week Dress Up Day– school wide 27th: 2019 Foundation Transi-tion Evening for parents 30th: Fathers Day Stall 31st: Fathers Day morning September 3rd: Yr 3-4 Camp Info’ evening for families 7th: PTA Sock Disco 10th: School Council 13th: SSS Rehearsal—City 14th: SSS Rehearsal—City 15th: SSS Performances 20th: 2019 Foundation Transi-tion Program– Session One 21st: Last Day T3-2.30pm dis-missal & PTA Walkathon TERM FOUR PLAN AHEAD October

8th: Day One of Term Four–

full classes to run as per nor-

mal. There will be no assembly

on Day One of Term Four.

25th: Japanese Day

29th: Level 5/6 Camp—

Campaspe Downs

30th: Level 5/6 Camp—

Campaspe Downs

31st: Level 5/6 Camp—

Campaspe Downs November

1st: Level 5/6 Camp—Campaspe

Downs

9th: Shindig

14th: Level 3/4 Camp—CYC City

Camp

15th: Level 3/4 Camp—CYC City

Camp

16th: Level 3/4 Camp—CYC City

Camp

Learning Enrichment Schedule Programs available during Term Three are available via our School Website. For details, visit our new Learning Community Wall outside of the school office, or visit our updated School Website link @ http://www.upweysthps.vic.edu.au/extra-curricular-programs/

91 Morris Rd Upwey VIC 3158

Phone: (03) 9757 0200 Fax: (03) 9757 0299

upwey.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.upweysthps.vic.edu.au

OSHC Hours

Before School Care 7:00am - 9:00am After School Care 3:30pm - 6:30pm Holiday Program 7:00am - 6:30pm www.extend.com.au

Pictured: Our school leaders with Deputy Premier Minister James Merlino, and Tim Costello AM, Chief

Advocate for World Vision. This picture was taken as part of our STEM for Social Action Launch

The last two weeks have been extremely exciting for our school community, with a number of events being held across our school, including but not limited to: Foundation 100 Days Celebrations Japanese Cultural Visits with Fairhills High School students

(article and pictures in the next Newsletter) Year Six Speechmasters evening House Athletics Carnival STEM for Social Action Launch 3MDR Media Arts Immersion Program On top of all the above, I have recently returned from attending the Dandenong Ranges Principal Conference. The focus of the conference was upon three major areas: the importance of community and consistency within schools how modern learning is connecting to the function of the

brain, and links to cognitive load the effectiveness of school-wide collegiate practice

programs and the impact they have on improving student learning.

Coming away from the conference, it was pleasing to note that as we prepare to enter our School Review (end of August) we are putting into place the structure required for our school to continue improving. Student Safety and Community Responsibilities Given the recent events experienced by our school community, it is important that we pause to acknowledge the efforts which

we all play in promoting the welfare of our students, families and community members. In

saying this, I bring to your attention the importance of

keeping the Morris Road carpark clear (section

painted with yellow lines). This section is for access by

emergency vehicles only, and must be kept clear

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Well done to all students in Years 3 – 6 and thank you to our fantastic community, which made our House Athletics Carnival for 2018 a huge success! The carnival took place at Knox Athletics Track in Knoxfield on Wednesday 1st of August and students competed against one another in their respective age groups. The track and surrounding areas were a little wet from overnight rain but the weather smiled upon us and it turned out to be a beautiful sunny day, with very little wind to speak of. The day started with all students being divided up into particular events where they had 40 minutes to compete, with the top four competitors being awarded a ribbon for that event. The students participated in three events in the morning and then three more in afternoon. The heats took place in all track events with a final eight being run for each age group. The students participated in High Jump, Long Jump, Shotput, Discus, 100m Sprint and 80m Hurdles. All students should be congratulated on their wonderful achievements and their sportsmanship shown to each other. It was extremely pleasing to see all students cheering each other from the respective houses, and all should be super proud of their efforts! A big thank you to all parent volunteers who assisted on the day as well as other parents who came along to support their children. A big thank you must also go to the teachers who ran events on the day and contributed to a successful event for our students. A huge thank you also goes to the House and Sports Captains for assisting the parent volunteers and staff with recording of data and directing younger students to events. After a successful carnival we look forward to doing it all again in 2019! Please stay tuned for the next newsletter where the final point results will be published, along with photos of the winning house receiving the house athletics shield and cup, which will be presented at this coming Monday’s assembly. I will also include a list of all students who will be representing Upwey South at the District Athletics carnival to be held at the Knox Athletics Track on Thursday 6th of September 2018. Yours in Sport, Mr Jason Webb

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This week, the Year 3 and 4 students have been using Dash & Dot robots in their geometry les-sons. These robots have supported students

learning when identifying, classifying, describing, and finding the perimeter of quadrilaterals. The students are highly engaged coding the Dash &

Dot robots, and are excited to learn more!

Throughout Term Three and Term Four, each of our classes will be visiting 3MDR to learn about how me-dia is produced on the airwaves. Students are writing scripts as part of the pre-production phase, and then being given the opportunity to present them on air!!!

Pictured left: Year 2 students getting ready to go live to air last week during their lessons.

The Year 6 Speechmasters Program culminated in a Graduation evening on Wednesday night.

Students presented an Icebreaker speech about themselves, a passionate speech and a speech about a local, domestic, national or international

issue. Some parents were invited to speak for 1 minute on a topic they were

given by a student. E.g Why is a post box red? Grape juice or why do we have eyebrows?

Students showed how much they have developed in their public speaking skills.

Parents have reflected their appreciation of the program.

Thank you Year 6 team.

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Olivia M, Olive H, Stella M, Brigitte A, Millie B, Leo F, Lydia S, Myelz R, Stephanie D, Anna C, Rocky T, Lacey E, Ruby K, Isaac P, Tyler B, Brooke R, Lynden P, Bodhi G, Anthony S, Charlotte C, Riley Mc,

Charlie C, Ben S, Madi R, Dylan P, Luke P, Fern Mc & Ruby H

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is held in the Sapling end of Forest Oak every Thursday from 8.30am.

We thank all the volunteers who help on Thursday mornings.

Is it your birthday? With parent permission, students may wear casual clothing to school to make their birthday even more special.

Adam's Boat Course Aquidis Designs Cushions Bam Bam Italian Beauty in Sassafras Belgrave pharmacy Bendigo Bank Bensons Cafe Restaurant Betta Electrical Bills of Belgrave Bunnings Burrinja Cultural Centre Butcher Club Upper Gully Caesar's Italian Cafe Grounded Cafe Have Ya Bean Calloway Golf Cameo Cinemas Carlton Football Club Cheesecake Shop Boronia Chemist Warehouse Knox Churchill Waverly Golf & Bowls Club Hotel Ferntree Gully CK Nails Country Racing Victoria Curtains and Blinds Direct Dalcheri in Sassafras Dance Empire Dandenong Ranges Earth Moving Dentons Australia Digging for Fire Dream Mamas Eastwood Golf Course Effervescent Living Enchanted Adventure Garden Epoche Kallista Essential Beauty Knox Extreme Tennis Golden Cobra Groove Music Gumbuya World Hairhouse Warehouse Handorf's Chocolate Shop Hatter & Hare Café Hillfrillies – For Sale Styling

Hills Physiotherapy Hugs for Kids iConnect Financial Upwey IGA Upwey Josie & Me Jump Deck Kinglake Forest Ad-ventures Klad Knox Leisureworks Kylie Orr, Author Le Voltaire Learn to Swim Little Devils Little White Box Lunar Drive In MAK hair Mannagum Nursery Mareesa's Cafe Masterfoods Melbourne Museum Melbourne Zoo Metro Boronia Michael Hill Silver Ball Studs Miss Marples Tea Rooms Montania Cafe Bar Restaurant Mr Fix It Mulgrave Country Club Myuna Farm Nappy Cake Creations Nature Direct Nevedya Officeworks Olinda Collective Organic Care FTG Paul Sadler Pets Domain Upper Gully Phillip Island Nature Parks Pinnacle Gym Poppy & Layla Puffing Billy Ranges First National Ripe Cafe Robert Gordon

Royal Hotel Upper Gully Ruccis Rush Escape Game Salt of the Earth Saorl Premium Japanese Sauce Shangri-la Hair & Beauty Sidetracked Enterntainment Silhouette Grooming & Pet Supplies SkyHigh Mt Dandenong Sooki Lounge Studio D Studio3 Photography Upper Gully Tealeaves Tea Shop The Main Corner Tin Pan Alley Tiny Bear Distillery Trees Adventure Bel-grave TunzaFun Knox Tupperware Upwey Chemist Upwey Garden Centre Upwey Health & Beauty Upwey Pizza Upwey South Tennis Club Upwey Village Pies & Cakes Waterford Valley Golf Wetlands Golf & Games Widetread Tyre Ferntree Gully Yama Yama Zagames Zone Bowling Boronia

Santa’s Nice List!

Many thanks to members of our

school community, who contributed to

hampers, helped with set up

and/or came to have fun on

Saturday 28th July.

Together, we raised over $10,000!

Look out for new

mobile whiteboards in each classroom!

A very big thankyou to the following businesses who have contributed to Upwey South Primary

School by donating to our 2018 trivia night. Please support them where you can!

Car Parking Auction SOLD! The much sought after VIP Parking

“up the driveway” was successfully

sold at Trivia Night. Katy, the

highest bidder, is delighted to have

her own spot each morning and

afternoon for pickup! Thanks for

your very generous bid Katy! Bet it

will be worth every cent! Please

keep this carpark free prior to 9am

and after 3pm.

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Student Class Positive Learning Behaviour

Alfie S FP For consistently demonstrating our three school values of respect, responsibility and resilience in all aspects of your schooling. Alfie, your hard work and positive attitude has set you up for success

this year. Well done!

Sam FR For demonstrating responsibility within the classroom. You always help to keep the classroom tidy and the materials organised. You are kind and considerate to others in the classroom and are a val-

uable class member.

Daniel B 1A For consistently demonstrating a quiet respect for your classmates. You have shown responsibility through your capacity to think about how others feel before partaking

in any action which may affect your peers. You are a great role-model in your performance of the Upwey South Primary School values.

Jack C 1/2D For demonstrating responsibility with his learning when identifying the features of different locations in Australia.

Congratulations Jack for contributing to class discussions with confidence.

Evie R 2H For demonstrating a high level of responsibility towards her learning and completing all class work at an exceptional standard, A fantastic start to Term 3.

Ella 3/4H For demonstrating respect, responsibility and resilience in all areas of the curriculum. Your self-monitoring strategies set you up to climb out of the Learning Pit. Congratulations on being a won-

derful leader in 3/4H. Your determination is to be celebrated.

Elizabeth C 3/4M WELL done Elizabeth! During our Maths topic, on Fractions, you displayed such enthusiasm and knowledge! You demonstrated positive behaviours for learning when you completed the task of con-

verting mixed number fractions to improper fractions! Super work!

Madi R 3/4P Fore demonstrating resilience when learning a new and difficult concept. The courage you showed and willingness to continue attempting the task to achieve a ‘lightbulb’ moment when learning to

convert improper fractions to mixed numbers was awesome.

Hannelore 5/6C For demonstrating resilience when attending both the State School Spectacular rehearsal and Ath-letics Day all on the one day! You proved to be flexible and showed great appreciation for the oppor-

tunities.

Asher C 5/6M For demonstrating effort with both his handwriting where he is making an effort to join his letters and words and his recount writing where he is using editing strategies of ARMS & CUPS. Congratula-

tions on your efforts Asher.

Julius 5/6P For demonstrating learner resilience when problem solving to create your website for our Amazing Asia Inquiry Project. Your persistence and resilience to work through challenges in your learning

will continue to set you up for success this year.

Mitch D Japanese For demonstrating respect for the teacher and his peers during class discussion and while instruc-tions were given. Congratulations for completing a set task within the given time by following instruc-

tions thoroughly.

Angelica R P.E. For displaying the school values of respect, responsibility and resilience during all P.E. sessions, as well as displaying outstanding sportsmanship during all events at the House Athletics Carnival. Well

done Angelica and keep up the excellent work!

Hannah F Performing Arts

For demonstrating resilience during our State Schools spectacular choir rehearsals. You showed great enthusiasm and bravery at our recent Town Hall excursion. I don’t think you stopped smil-

ing…. Even though you had to sing for 6 hours! Well done.

Ella E Visual Arts For being able to design and execute pieces of work with a high level of skill and creativity. Well done Ella! Keep up the great work.

Amelia T Visual Arts For putting in 100% effort to improve her drawing skills when creating a self portrait. A fantastic ef-fort Amelia!

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Do you have a younger sibling who will be starting school in 2019? Are you a new family to our school, and would like to join for 2019? Do you have friends, neighbours or extended family who may like to enrol for 2019? If so, please click on the image to the left (hyper-linked) to download a PDF enrolment form. Further forms will also be required to complete your enrol-ment which are available from the office. Alternatively, please visit our school website or contact the main office during school hours. Dates of 2019 Transition sessions are listed in the graphic below.

To access up-to-date information for 2019 beginning students, join the communica-tion box titled 2019 Foundation Transition.

2019 Foundation Transition

Information available via

Flexibuzz and on our school website.

Click on link to

access.

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Extend’s school holiday programs are a fantastic opportunity for your child to do fun and engaging activities with friends!

Bookings open soon!

Week

Monday, 24 September

2018

Tuesday, 25 September

2018 Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Thursday, 27 September

2018 Friday, 28 Septem-

ber 2018

Morning Session

Science: Erupt-ing Lemons Craft: Foil

Etching

Sport: Silly Ba-nanas

Cooking: Cherry Choc Balls

EXCURSION: Scienceworks

INCURSION: Treasure Chest

Quest

Public Holiday (Grand Final VIC)

12.30pm - 1.00pm

Afternoon Session Party After-noon: 80's Flashback

Goodie Bag: Glass Magnets

Cooking: Zuc-chini Brownies Sport: Bullrush

Week Monday, 1

October 2018 Tuesday, 2 Octo-

ber 2018 Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Thursday, 4 October 2018

Friday, 5 October 2018

Morning Session

Sport: Survivor Tag

Craft: Pop Bot-tle Firefly

EXCURSION: Warrock Farm

Sport: Footy Sea-son Celebrations Craft: Marbled

Milk

Craft: Glass Sculptures

Sport: Ultimate Time Challenge

Science: Floam Sport: Slide, Sling,

Save

12.30pm - 1.00pm

Afternoon Session

Cooking: Fruit Sparklers

Sport: Plant the Trees

INCURSION: Footy Fever

Party Afternoon: Minute to win it

Goodie Bag: Tile Coasters

The arrival

of Mollie’s

baby! We are pleased to announce that Max has entered the world safely on Saturday August 4 weighing in 8.10 pounds. Mollie is doing well. We look forward to her visiting with Max. Below is a picture of Max.

OSHC Hours

School DaysBefore School Care 7:00am - 9:00am and 3:30pm - 6:30pm Vacation Care and Curriculum Days 7:00am - 6:30pm www.extend.com.au

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Fresh Fruit Fridays

We value the support of our local community store!

Each class will receive a platter of cut up fruit.

If any parents could volunteer their time to cut up and distribute the fruit each Friday morning from 8.50am it would be greatly appreciated.

You must sign in at the office and have a current Working with Children check.

All fruit is donated by our local IGA in Upwey, we thank them for their continued generosity.

Open every Thursday 3 – 4 pm , behind the main office next to the staff room *Cheap *Convenient *Environmentally Friendly*

All Logo item $2 All non-logo items $1 Come and check it out!

Donations of old uniforms gratefully received and can be dropped off at the office at any time �

Lost Property is held in the school office. Please ensure you name all items your child brings to school.

Any named items are returned back to the classroom. Now is also a great time to check your child’s clothing to ensure they have

their own items. Thank-you for your assistance.

OnPsych School Psychology Services

Do you find that your child is displaying emotional or behavioural issues? OnPsych are a team of fully qualified and registered psychologists who specialise in child and adolescent services working in primary and secondary schools in

both individual and group settings. Services are performed at NO COST to the school, student or parent through Medicare bulk billing.

We are now lucky to have an OnPsych staff member at Upwey South Primary School, Lily.

Who is Lily? Lily is a passionate psychologist who works with both children and adolescents who are experiencing a range of psycho-logical issues such as anxiety and mood disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, interpersonal, learning and behavioural disorders, exam stress, self harming and adjustment difficulties (social & situational). Lily employs psychological tech-niques such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, client-centred and solution-focused therapy with psycho-education. Lily firmly believes that a collaborative approach will produce the most successful outcomes for a child. If you believe that

this might benefit you child, please contact your child’s classroom teacher for further instructions.

If you would like any further clarifications about the onPsych service, please call us at 1300 659 350.

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