Archive: June 2017

Grade 3 and 4 Sustainability

The Grade 3’s and 4’s are excited that their sustainability classes are beginning next week! We will be working in classes with the classroom teacher and Mr. Beck, starting with soil preparation. As an introduction to sustainability this term we are really looking to promote enthusiasm towards gardening through inquiry-based learning and activities. Students will be…

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Grade 4 at Footsteps

This term the Grade 4’s have been going to Footsteps each week to learn the choreography for their parts in August’s Peter Pan Musical! This has been an engaging way for students to stay active as well as learn their dances. This week they worked on a new dance, not for the musical. They worked…

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Toorak Primary’s Community Night

Thank you to everyone that attended our Community Night! We have had lot’s of positive feedback from staff, students and the community on the success of the night. A huge thank you to Zoe and the Prahran Football club for running the sausage sizzle, also to all the teachers who stayed and helped with the…

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Welcome Sebastian Beck

Toorak Primary School welcomes Sebastian Beck, our new Garden and Sustainability Coordinator. Sebastian will work 2 days per week to devise a program which integrates into our curriculum, organic gardening and food production and composting and healthy eating using our very own garden. The program will give students the opportunity to learn about sustainability, engage…

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Bookweek Reminder

As part of Book Week Celebrations, students will attend a poetry incursion by author, Brian Nankervis on Tuesday 6 June. Foundation to Grade 2 students will attend the incursion from 9.10am to 9.55am and Grade 3 to Grade 6 students from 10.05am to 10.50am. Students are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character…

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Parent Line of Communication

If parents have concerns about their child, the first person to contact in the communication line is the child’s classroom teacher followed by the Level Leader, Assistant Principal and finally the Principal. Level Leaders are: Foundation – Melody Welton, Level One – Mia Turner, Level Two – Stuart Neville, Level Three – Daniel Addison, Level Four – Sharon Lomas,…

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