Teachers have been busy preparing fun activities throughout Week 8 to engage our students during online learning. Our aim is to keep our students connected to TPS and our community, give our students a reason to smile each day and break the monotony of a lockdown for our children. We have had great participation online…
Read moreAt TPS, one of our school values is responsibility. Responsibility is having a duty to achieve something and being accountable for an outcome, and we want to foster this within our students. We will be focusing on this with our students in class and have set up a school wide challenge to develop a sense…
Read moreAt Toorak Primary, we have been on a journey over the last few years to implement a restorative framework and school culture that looks to leverage relationships to improve student wellbeing and outcomes. Here is a video from our consultant, Adam Voigt, about high expectations. Teachers take a ‘firm and fair’ approach at TPS. This…
Read moreSchools have an important role in creating a culture of respect to change the story of family violence and gender equality for future generations. Respectful Relationships Education became a core component of the Victorian Curriculum from foundation to year 12, and is being taught in all government and Catholic schools and many independent schools. Everyone…
Read moreOn Tuesday the 18th of August, Toorak Primary held a very unique Parent Engagement Session online. Although we missed having our community together, it was great to see over 100 families attend the webinar. Adam Voigt, Toorak Primary Schools restorative practice consultant, presented the webinar on ‘How to Develop a Resilient Child’. The session was…
Read moreWe would like to congratulate our students for settling back into school routines. In the first few weeks of the back to school period, teachers have prioritized the wellbeing of their students by: having regular check-ins with students to emotional health having regular circle-times to unpack school values using a restorative framework to build social…
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