Parents

Changed your Details?

Parents are welcome to scan and e-mail medical plans to operoo@oakleighsouthps.vic.edu.au

Child Safe Standards

Oakleigh South Primary School is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. As part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to implementing the recommendations of the Betrayal of Trust report, there is a new regulatory landscape (Ministerial Order No. 870) surrounding child safety, underpinned by new Child Safe Standards. This order came into operation on the 1st of August 2016.

In response to this legislation, Oakleigh South Primary School has developed policies and procedures that aim to keep children and young people safe. The school achieves this by developing a culture of safety through risk management to identify and remove risks of child abuse, policy development and implementation, code of conduct screening, supervision and training, processes for responding to and reporting suspected child abuse and strategies to promote the participation and empowerment of children. The school’s policies can be viewed on-line.

To ensure that everyone is well informed about all relevant information please read the attached documents:

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Child Safe Code Of Conduct

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Child Safe Policy

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Child Safety Reporting Obligations Policy And Procedures

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Child Safe Parent Resources

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Poster Child Safe Standard For Parents

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Poster Child Safe Standards Protect

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Poster Feeling Safe For Students

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Poster Four Critical Actions For Schools

Further information about Child Safe Standards can be found at:

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/default.aspx

Oakleigh South Primary School’s commitment to child safety

Oakleigh South Primary School is committed to child safety.

We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.
We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.
We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.
We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.
Oakleigh South Primary School is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
Oakleigh South Primary School has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.
Oakleigh South Primary School is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.
We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability, and children who are vulnerable.
We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.

DET Literacy & Numeracy Tips to help your child

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DET Literacy And Numeracy Tips To Help Your Child

Lunch Service

The school is using the services of CLASSROOM CUISINE to provide Student Lunches every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY.
Orders must be completed and paid for ONLINE before 8.30am SHARP on the day required.

Click Here to place an order

Operoo & Qkr!

OSPS uses Operoo so that parents can receive school information, fill in permission forms, view academic reports and school communications. You can choose to read our notifications in your “preferred language”. From the top right toolbar select “My Account” and then “Preferred Language” and then choose from the drop down list.

Qkr! for online payments for camps/excursions/purchasing etc. At the beginning of each school year, it is vital that each family accurately register the correct students and the correct class and year level to ensure they are receiving timely information, and making payments for the correct student.

Please only pay for items you have received a notice for via Operoo. If you are unsure whether you have made a payment for an event, please check your receipts or contact the Office before you make the payment.

Every OSPS family will need to download Operoo (formerly CareMonkey) & Qkr! onto their phones, tablets, laptops or PCs.

Any queries please e-mail operoo@oakleighsouthps.vic.gov.au

Click Here for Operoo & QKR Information

OSHC Camp Australia

Oakleigh South Primary School Council have engaged CAMP AUSTRALIA to manage all aspects of the school’s OSHC, including Before, After and Holiday Care.

Camp Australia Outside School Hours Care and Holiday Club

We are proud to partner with Camp Australia to provide our Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) and Holiday Club programs.

As the most experienced OSHC provider in Australia, Camp Australia provides a safe, reliable, engaging and affordable program at our school, to help families balance time and responsibilities in the crucial times outside school hours – and between terms too.

Camp Australia’s OSHC and Holiday Club programs build on our school values to further your child’s experience and interests, providing time for homework, time to relax, educational activities and a healthy snack.

OSHC Parent Information 2021

Click here to find out more about the programs at our school, including hours of operation and fees.

To attend care, you must register your child. Register now for free.

Click Here for detailed info, including contact details

Out of Hours Services

Oakleigh South Primary School venue is host to a variety of service providers. Please note that service providers are not managed or run by Oakleigh South Primary School, they hire our venue. Please use the link to find out further information to get in touch with their service.

Auskick – Oakleigh

Bollywood Dancing

Calisthenics – Balmoral

Chesskids

Code Camp

Cricket – Clayton District

Fit for Kids – Tennis & Golf

Football – Oakleigh Dragons

Karate – G.K.R

Japanese – Melbourne International School of Japanese

Jewish R.E – United Jewish Education Board

Oakleigh South Netball Club Oakleigh Jets

Pilates – Ricki Eckhous

Purple Dog Mosaics

Sikh Religious Education

Soccer – Grasshopper Soccer

The Music School – Keyboard & Guitar

Parent Group

All parents are welcome to be involved with their children’s education and the Parent Group provides an opportunity for members to work together to further the interests of their children by:

Encouraging social interaction among parents and families.
Providing resources and facilities for the pupils through fundraising activities

Examples of the wonderful social events and fundraising events organised by parent group are:

Prep Welcome BBQ
Outdoor Movie Night
Easter Hamper Raffle
Fete Craft / Mother’s Day Stall
Family Night Out – i.e Inflatable World
Father’s Day Breakfast (proceeds donated to charity)
Trivia Night
School Disco
Giving Tree (donated to Salvation Army)
Christmas Stall

Meetings are advertised in the school newsletter, however we also have a large team of helpers that assist during events and fundraisers who do not attend meetings. Please feel free to contact us if you’d like to find out further information.

Steph Cash

Parent Group

osparentgroup67@gmail.com

Parent Facebook Group – OSPS Parent Community

This group was created during the 2020 year when remote learning commenced as a forum for OSPS parents to engage as a school community and connect. There was overwhelming support to keep this page going while we hopefully enter a COVID normal year of school and education.

Only OSPS parents are able to join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1597982180354198

Parent Opinion Survey

The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst all parents. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour, student engagement and this year, experiences of remote and flexible learning. Our school uses the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

The survey is conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. All responses to the survey are anonymous. The online survey is available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.

Bengali 2020 Translation
Burmese 2020 Translation
Cantonese 2020 Translation
Dari 2020 Translation
Farsi 2020 Translation
Filipino 2020 Translation
Gujarati 2020 Translation
Indonesian 2020 Translation
Khmer 2020 Translation

Korean 2020 Translation
Macedonian 2020 Translation
Malayalam 2020 Translation
Russian 2020 Translation
Serbian 2020 Translation
Spanish 2020 Translation
Tamil 2020 Translation
Telegu 2020 Translation
Urdu 2020 Translation

Policies

Oakleigh South Primary School has developed policies in line with department regulations. They have all been approved by School Council. The following policies are available for your perusal at the office: External Providers Policy, Duty of Care Policy & Procedures, Administration of Medication Policy, Critical incident Plan Policy, Accidents & Incidental Reporting Policy, Working with Children Check Policy. The following policies are available via the links below:

School Council

Contact School Council

Please e-mail: Attention: School Council
schoolcouncil@oakleighsouthps.vic.edu.au

Meeting Dates

OSPS School Council generally meet 6pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at OSPS staffroom.

17th March (Closed meeting)
20th April (Closed meeting)
18th May (Closed meeting)
15th June (Open meeting)
20th July (Open meeting)
17th August (Open meeting)
19th October (Open meeting)
16th November (Closed meeting)

We ask that any parents wishing to attend, please notify Ron or the School Council President of their intention, 24 hours notice at the laterst prior to the meeting time and date, and that they familiarise themselves with the legislation around visitors to School Council meetings. This can be found in the governance handbook located at https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/principals/governance/governanceph.pdf.

School Council Membership 2021

The first meeting for the new “School Council Year” was conducted on 17th March.

A Schedule 7: School Council Members has been published here.

School Council Election Results 2021

The PARENT successful candidates (in surname alphabetical order) are:

Maria Gaitan
Alex Koulaouzos
Anushi Rajapaska
Sarah Tilsley

The DET successful candidates (in surname alphabetical order) are:

Erik Albers
Helen Paroukas

TOTAL MEMBERS AS OF 20th April 2021 (Parents 8, DET 5, Community 2)

PARENTS

Andrew Holman

Nikki Kaur

Jasma Sutaria

John Coulson

Maria Gaitan (Secretary)

Alex Koulaouzos

Anushi Rajapaska

Sarah Tilsley

DET

Ron Cantlon (Principal)

Nikki Virtuoso (Minutes Secretary)

Erik Albers

Anthony Rowe

Helen Paroukas

COMMUNITY

Parent Group Rep: Steph Cash (Treasurer)

Nadia Beauchamp (President)

Term Dates & Bells

Term Dates

2021

Last day of each term is a 2.30pm finish

Term 1:

27 January (teachers start)

28 January Year 1 – 6 students start

29 January Preps 9.30 – 12.30 (No Wednesdays during February)

Last day of Term 1 is Thursday 1st April (2.30pm finish)

Term 2:

19 April to 25 June

Term 3:

12 July to 17 September

Term 4:

4 October to 16 December (2.30pm students finish)

17 December (teachers finish)

Bell Session & Times

8.45am Bag bell

9.00am Start of day bell

9.00am Session 1

9.50am Session 2

10.40am Start of recess bell

11.10am End of recess bell

11.10am Session 3

12.00pm Session 4

12.50pm Lunch eating time bell

1.00pm Start of lunch

1.50pm End of lunch bell

1.50pm Session 5

2.40pm Session 6

3.30pm End of day bell

Uniforms PSW

School Uniforms are provided by Primary School Wear (PSW)

New uniforms can be purchased form their outlet store at 1 Age St, Cheltenham or online.

Click Here to purchase online

PSW Cheltenham

1 Age St, Cheltenham VIC 3192 (03) 9768 0332

Uniforms Second Hand

Oakleigh South Primary School parent volunteers run Second Hand Uniform Shop which is located in the junior wing.

If you’d like to volunteer to assist please contact the office. Washed and suitable donations of uniform can be handed in at the office.

Opening hours are: 8.45am to 9.00am on Wednesdays and Fridays.