Archive: June 2019

Story Dogs

A four legged friend is helping improve confidence in literacy at Toorak PS. Poppy, the golden retriever/border collie cross owned by the McIntosh family is part of our Story Dogs program. Below is an article published in the Stonnington Leader.

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Landscaping our Garden

Many school gardens are limited in their scope and the level of student participation in areas such as planning and design. With the funds raised at the recent Trivia night and sausage sizzle, Toorak Primary School and its parent community are taking a different approach: the re-design and implementation of our school grounds and garden…

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Special NAIDOC Week Assembly

This Friday 14 June, we will be having Boon Wurrung Elders Janet Galpin to perform Welcome to Country and David Tournier to perform a smoking ceremony to launch our NAIDOC Week celebrations (which will be the following week). Grade 1E students (and selected Grade 3 students) will also be singing Bunjil the Eagle, a song…

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Students versus Teachers Edor Game

We are very excited to host a teachers versus students game of Edor on Thursday 20 June on Brookville Gardens, just after lunch at 2:40pm. All parents/carers are welcome. This event is to commence NAIDOC week, which celebrates the history and cultures of Indigenous Australia. Edor is a chasing and tagging game that is widely…

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NAIDOC Week Celebrations

To launch the NAIDOC week celebrations, we will be having a special assembly this Friday the 14th of June. Boon Wurrung Elders Janet Galpin and David Tournier will perform a ‘Welcome to Country’ and ‘Smoking Ceremony’. This is a very important event and all members of the school community are encouraged to attend. In the…

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Parent Teacher Interviews and Progress Reports

The new progress reports and parent/teacher interviews are due to occur.  These interviews will be conducted before and after school from Monday 24th – Thursday 27th June, with a late night on Wednesday 26th.  Booking will be opened on Wednesday 12th June at 4’clock. Please click here for Compass booking instructions http://www.toorakps.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/Parent-Teacher-Interview-handy-hints-2.pdf. The reports will…

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