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Free parenting session with Mark LeMessurier

Monday. 27th March. 7 to 8.30pm. FREE. Booking is a must. Details below. TOPIC – FAMILY CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND CONSEQUENCES This seminar is taken from my new book, ‘Guiding Kids through the Tough Moments: Techniques to Build a Space Where Children… Continue Reading →

School Photos – March 7

Please mark this date in your diaries. On Friday 17/2, an email was sent to all families from our photographer provider, MSP, with information about how to order school photos. Could you please ensure you have received this email and… Continue Reading →

Open morning – Regulation Room

Science in Term One

Science helps us understand the world around us and make sense of things we see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. It helps us to learn about things like plants, animals, the Earth, stars, and how our bodies work. Science also… Continue Reading →

Volunteers Needed

Back to school!

Old Tailem Town

The Year 2 classes had a wonderful time at Old Tailem Town Pioneer Village to complete our history unit. The students have been exploring how our local area has changed overtime and investigated how aspects of the past can still… Continue Reading →

Crazy Hair for the Solomon Islands

Our SRC fundraiser in Term 4 involved supporting the Dalousu Village in the Solomon Islands. We have supported the Dalousu Village for a number of years now in partnership with the Unley Rotary Club. For this event, students could wear… Continue Reading →

Investigating Celebrations with Room 8

In Room 8 we have been exploring celebrations from around the world. We have been investigating how these special events are celebrated and looked at the similarities between how people mark significant occasions; such as special meals, family gatherings, music… Continue Reading →

Supporting children with class placements

With class placements on the horizon, we thought families may like to read the attached article from Madhavi Nawana Parker. Madhavi Nawana Parker has provided young people, families, and schools with lifelong tools to develop resilience, confidence, wellbeing, and social-emotional… Continue Reading →

EAL/D Morning Tea

A reminder to all EAL/D families that our shared morning tea is happening on Wednesday 7th December at 10:30am in the Sports Arts Centre. Please drop food to the kitchen in the SAC between 8:30 and 9am, or bring it… Continue Reading →

The Journey of Our food – Room 21

Did you know that Himalayan Rock Salt comes all the way from Pakistan? Did you know that we have salt right here in South Australia? We were surprised to learn about this in “The journey of our food” incursion recently…. Continue Reading →

Crazy Hair Day to support the Solomon Islands

The Unley Primary School SRC is excited to continue our sister school project with the Dalousu Village School in the Solomon Islands. The SRC has been working with members of the Unley Rotary Club over the last 3 years to… Continue Reading →

JAM Band

On Friday, our students were treated to a wonderful performance by a group of passionate Adelaide musicians, the Just Add Music (JAM) Band. The 7-piece band used a variety of live instruments including keyboards, guitars, drums, percussion, ukulele, flute, saxophone to… Continue Reading →

Instrumental Music Night

At Unley Primary School, there is an abundance of musical potential in students, and this is cultivated and demonstrated in our Instrumental Music Program. At the moment, we have 6 instrumental music teachers coming into Unley each week, and have… Continue Reading →

Term 4 – A Note from Mr Hodges

Term 4 has already been a big term, with a lot of enjoyable community events and fun for the students. Our students have had swimming, dance, assemblies, excursions, Jam Band and of course, Sports Day! Thank you to all our… Continue Reading →

Quiz Night 2022

The much anticipated 2022 Quiz Night was held last Saturday night with 12 tables of keen competitors participating. The array of spectacular costumes linked to the theme ‘Tropical Soirée’ was a sight to behold. The coveted award for the best… Continue Reading →

A Makeover for the Nature Play Space

On November 12, a group of dedicated families braved the elements to help give the Nature Play Space a makeover. Our working bee started off well, and although we had a fair bit of rain later in the day, most… Continue Reading →

Pancake Breakfast

Last Friday we held what has now become a treasured feature of the Unley PS  calendar.  Our wonderful Community and Fundraising Committee and our Governing Council held a Pancake Breakfast and an opportunity for the school community to get together for a… Continue Reading →

Friday lunch… the sun was shining, finally!

Working Bee – Can you help out?

The Facilities Committee is always looking for ways to improve our school. The next project that we would like to tackle is the nature play space next to the music room. This is a space that get used thoroughly by… Continue Reading →

Parent Learning Workshop

On Thursday, David, Dale and Danni were joined by over 40 parents and carers to find out about Maths at UPS. We were pleased to share our teaching of Maths and the whole school approach we use to develop confident… Continue Reading →

Year 5/6 SAPSASA Basketball

On Thursday October 20th, nine year 5/6 girls represented our school in the large schools SAPSASA basketball finals. Mia G, Mia W, Tilly, Poppy, Scarlett, Isabella, Clovis, Beatrice and Diyasha were coached by Jason Dix and were outstanding representatives of… Continue Reading →

Parent Information Session – Maths

We have a new date for our Maths Parent Information Session – Thursday 3rd of November. Please register here. If you registered for our original session that was meant to be held in Term 3, there is no need to… Continue Reading →

Festival Choir 

Congratulations to our choir of 40 year 5/6 students who performed last Tuesday evening at the Adelaide Festival Theatre. They looked smart in their concert uniform in row 1 and row 3 and were amazing! All their hard work learning… Continue Reading →

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