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End of Term 3

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UPS Spring Art Show

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We are thrilled to let you know that the Unley Primary School Spring Art Show is coming up on Thursday 19 September, in Week 9 of this term. This biennial celebration, which had been on hold since the pandemic, is… Continue Reading →

Volunteers needed!

Our UPS Facilities Committee have been working hard to ensure our grassed areas are looking green and healthy. We are seeking volunteers to help with the spreading of a delivery of loam on Friday 27th of September between 9-12pm on our Campus… Continue Reading →

R U Ok? Day at UPS

Our SRC have decided to encourage all students and staff to wear a splash of yellow this Thursday for ‘R U Ok?’ Day. Students are invited to wear a hair accessory, t-shirt, socks or gloves to raise awareness of the… Continue Reading →

Celebrating Book Week with Room 15

The Room 15 Year 1 and 2 students engaged in several activities to celebrate Book Week and to encourage an interest in exploring the wonder and magic of reading. All the children from the Peppertree building were invited to celebrate… Continue Reading →

Greek News

In Greek LOTE we have been researching the Ancient Olympics. We are learning about the Ancient site of Olympia, the architecture, the events athletes participated in and many other interesting facts.Students have been engaged in various art and craft activities… Continue Reading →

Primary Schools String Orchestra Visit

Unley Primary School was fortunate to have the Primary Schools String Orchestra visit to give us a concert on Tuesday 13th August. The orchestra consists of public primary school students in years 5/6/7. They rehearse together each week. One of our… Continue Reading →

Pupil Free Day & School Closure reminder

Room 12 art and writing based on Fox, by Margaret Wild

The students in Room 12 have been exploring the picture book ‘Fox’ by Margaret Wild. Students were able to create their own interesting sentences about fox by upgrading the simple sentence ‘Fox creeps’ by adding where, when, how and why…. Continue Reading →

Hats at school

Parenting Seminar with Madhavi Nawana Parker

The City of Unley is hosting a parenting seminar with well-known guest speaker Madhavi Nawana Parker at Fullarton Park Community Centre. Parents/caregivers are welcome to book to attend. During this seminar, Madhavi will teach simple, practical ways to help your… Continue Reading →

A special assembly item celebrating our cultural diversity

As a follow up from our wonderful Peace Pole Ceremony on August 6th – Hiroshima Day –  many classes took the opportunity to find out about “Sadako and the thousand paper cranes” and made paper cranes to decorate the trees… Continue Reading →

Wellbeing Parent Library

One of the objectives of the Unley Primary School Education & Wellbeing Committee, is to share information with families relating to wellbeing. We sent out a survey to families in Term 1, asking for insights into key areas they wanted… Continue Reading →

Primary Schools String Orchestra

We are very proud of our Year 5 student, Eric Yu, who has won a spot in the Primary Schools String Orchestra this year. The orchestra is made up of 20 different Department for Education schools across Adelaide. Recently, they… Continue Reading →

Father’s Day Stall

Our Community and Fundraising Committee are pleased to be holding a Father’s Day Stall on Wednesday the 28th of August. This is an opportunity for students to purchase a present for the special people in their lives. Each class will… Continue Reading →

2024 Rotary Teacher Awards

The Rotary Club of Unley is celebrating great teachers in high schools, primary schools, and pre-schools across the City of Unley by launching these new awards. The three award categories are: Encouragement Awards for early career stage teachers Achievements Awards… Continue Reading →

Fundraising Update

As a school, we are so grateful for our generous community who dig deep when it comes to our fundraising events. It’s been a long term goal to upgrade the green playground on Campus 1. Over the last few years… Continue Reading →

Book Week Parade

We are excited to announce that our Book Week parade will be held on Friday the 23rd of August. We welcome family and friends to join us at 9:10am on the Campus 1 courts as we dress up to celebrate… Continue Reading →

July/August Cultural Celebrations

July 7th  Tanabata, Japan – people write wishes on paper and decorate bamboo trees with them. August 10th  Qixi Festival, China – Chinese Valentine’s Day , also known as “cowherd and weaver girl festival”. August 14th  Pakistan Independence Day August… Continue Reading →

Green Adelaide YELP Workshop at UPS

On Tuesday in Week 2 our Planet Protectors hosted the Green Adelaide Youth Environmental Leaders Workshop with 80 students and teachers visiting from local and hills schools. Throughout the day students – explored our sustainability projects enjoyed a presentation by… Continue Reading →

Term 3 Diary Dates

Rotary Peace Pole Ceremony

We would like to invite UPS families to join classes and local Rotarians at our Peace Pole Ceremony at 10:30am on Tuesday 6th August (Week 3) in Tommy’s Garden. We hope this will provide an opportunity for families and classes… Continue Reading →

Term 2 Sports Update

Wow, what can I say! Unley Primary School students have been incredibly active this term participating in SAPSASA and Statewide sports. Witnessing our community unite to provide encouragement, support, and dedication to represent Unley Primary School has been truly remarkable. I… Continue Reading →

SRC Fundraiser – Walk a mile in my boots

For more than 7,000 people experiencing homelessness in South Australia, the cold winter months are the most dangerous time of year. As a school community we have chosen to take part in the Walk a Mile in My Boots challenge,… Continue Reading →

UPS Quiz Night – Tickets available NOW!

Our annual UPS Quiz Night fundraiser is coming up this term on Saturday the 24th of August. Tickets are now available at www.trybooking.com/CTHPR or by using the QR code above. Come dressed as anything related to the Olympics, as simple or as… Continue Reading →

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