There is a wonderful cultural fabric that makes up our school community and we would love to know more about the culture of the members of our school community. We want to identify with the language/s you speak at home and the cultural events that you celebrate, as this will aid us in finding new…
Read moreLast Thursday, the very excited Grade 1’s and some super helpful volunteers departed for our minibeast excursion to Imax and Melbourne Museum! There were many things to see and do… One of the student’s favourite things to experience was the olden day area where they played in an old roller coaster, watched black and white…
Read moreBelow there are 3 examples of the “Shorry” displays that have been created in Grade 1, 2 and 5. All grades across the school have worked on actions that students can undertake to show that they are sorry, “Shorry” when they have upset or hurt another student. Link to Real Schools: www.realschools.com.au Feel free to…
Read moreIn week 8, the Grade 5/6s participated in the incredibly engaging Smoothie Bar business excursion. The excursion covered everything from collecting market research data (including producing graphs for their data), calculating costs and profits, trialing smoothie flavours, receiving and taking on feedback and pitching their smoothie business to the “shark tank”. Teachers were extremely proud…
Read moreWe are getting to the pointy end of the term and things are moving quickly. Students have ‘dug deep’ into our inquiry unit Minibeasts. They put their investigation gloves on and explored high and low around the school for Minibeats. We had a fabulous end to last week. The Toorak Primary community came together to…
Read moreLast week there was a small incident at lunchtime. It went something like this: “I knocked over someone’s lunch box into the mud, instead of just saying ‘sorry’ I quickly went and got some tissue to clean it up. That other student felt better because I showed I was sorry or SHORRY.” It prompted a…
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