Archive: August 2015

District Athletics – Tuesday 18th August @ Duncan McKinnon Reserve

Congratulations to all the students who qualified for the 2015 District Athletics Carnival at Duncan McKinnon Reserve. Please make sure that all permission forms are returned by Monday 17th along with payment for the bus. If you need a copy of the Permission Form please see the office ASAP. The Program of Events is attached…

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Book Week & Literacy Week at TPS

TPS will be celebrating Book Week over a three week period with events taking place between Weeks 6 – 8. The final week will also encompass Literacy Week. To find out more about the wonderful books nominated for the Children’s Book Council Awards this year check out the short-list here. What’s happening across the school?…

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Foundation Number Groups: Money and Fractions

  Money and Fractions $$$ In our Foundation Number Groups, a focus this week in some of the groups has been ‘Money’.  Students have experimented with counting and ordering money according to their value, adding money, and giving change. They did this through conducting their own shops and price list of items. Prior to this students…

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Year 4- Under The Sea Prop Making

On Thursday the 13th of August, the Year 4 students created some props for the Under the Sea song in the musical. Here are some pictures of us creating some jelly fish.  

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Grade 1 Excursion to Melbourne Zoo

Recently both Grade 1 classes headed  to the Melbourne Zoo for our Term 3 excursion. After exploring and running around with the Lemurs for a while, we had some lunch and got up close with a few friendly creatures. Looking at different animals has helped us with our Literacy topic of information report writing. Here…

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Emergancy Management -Sign in

When visiting the school as a volunteer, could all school community members please remember to complete registration details at the front office. If the sign in book isn’t utilised, emergency management could be difficult. During the year several different types of practice drills are undertaken to prepare students, staff and community members should an actual situation arise. Thank…

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