Dear Parents, August 29th Curriculum Day Our school will be having a Mathematics Curriculum Day. Staff will be participating in professional development with Dr Andrea McDonough, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education from the Australian Catholic University. The focus will be on developing open ended problem solving tasks and real life investigations. This is a pupil…
Read moreCamp Quality delivered a puppet show to the Grade 5/6 classes today, with the aim of helping families experiencing cancer to have the best quality of life they can. The session was both helpful and informative for all students and Mr Carota was also involved!
Read moreLast week’s fabulous Toy Sale organised by the Green Team and Mr Coleman raised around $1400. Much of this money will be directed to the production of a sensory garden near the bird aviary, for the enjoyment of all students. A decision was made to direct $500 of these funds to Storydogs. It apparently costs this much to place a…
Read moreConditions couldn’t have been better for our students to spend time in the snow! Forty one year five students enjoyed many hours learning how to ski with qualified instructors and highly skilled TPS staff. As you can imagine, this camp can be challenging for students who have never seen snow or skied previously – walking in ski boots,…
Read moreThe staff and students on the Grade 5 Ski Camp have had an amazing time but are heading home. We expect them to arrive safely at 4pm and would appreciate your help by being punctual so that you are able to assist with the many bags that will need to be collected. Thank you for your…
Read moreOur first School Council meeting for term 3 was held early in the term, and started with a couple of presentations from the Junior School Council. First, Millie in grade 4 gave a detailed and confident report about JSC activities, and we were particularly pleased to see the role they have taken on to sort…
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