Principal's update
Hello everyone,
Here is the school newsletter for week three of term three.
A big thank you to everyone who was able to help out at our Working bee last weekend. The focus of the works was the kitchen garden area adjacent to the MP room. The area is looking much improved as we prepare for spring planting. On Monday and Tuesday this week I attended the DoE Safe Schools state-wide conference at the Pride Centre in St Kilda. The conference showcased the amazing things that are being done to support LGBTQIA+ students and families across the state and the range of supports that are available for students and families. It was affirming to hear that Taradale PS has so many practices in place to support not only LGBTQIA+ students and families, but all students who may need additional supports including neurodivergence, First Nations and multicultural. But of course, there's always more we can do to support students and families and we will continue to refine our practice to support all the students that are fortunate to have enrolled here at Taradale.
If you have any questions or comments about anything, feel free to contact me.
Library fundraiser
Please have a look at the Parents and Friends Page for some exciting information about our library fundraiser
Community composting
From Eve; Are you interested in dropping off your food scraps at the school to be turned into beautiful compost and worm castings? We are setting up a community composting hub with a bucket swap-and-go system. We’ll be using Bokashi, a microbial powder, so that all food scraps including meat, cooked food, orange peel, onions etc can be included. If you are interested please let us know so that we can gauge interest. It would be free to participate apart from the purchase of the bokashi powder from the school ($15 for a packet that will last about 3 or 4 months on an average family’s food scraps)
Year 3/4 camp 25-27 August
Students in years 3/4 have the opportunity to travel to Swan Hill for a camp with our friends from Chewton & Elphinstone PS 25-27 August. We will send home permissions forms, details and costings shortly. The school saving bonus can be used for this camp.
Year 2 camp 11-12 September
Students in year two have the opportunity to travel to Daylesford for our overnight horse riding camp with Chewton PS 11-12 September. We will send home permissions forms, details and costings shortly. The school saving bonus can be used for this camp.
Volunteers
Thank you to the many volunteers that we have at the school. This includes people helping in the library, Breakfast Club, cooking, gardening, listening to children read and more. We welcome more volunteers at the school.
To volunteer at a school you require a working with children check. This can be completed for free online.
Wellbeing
We now have a wellbeing page on the newsletter that I will use to share relevant wellbeing information and resources that we come across that may be useful at home or give greater understanding of some of the language children may come home using from school. I will use the school's website as an archive for the resources for future reference.
2026 enrolments
Last term I received a number of prep enrolments for 2026 as well as enrolments for students starting this term.
We are currently running tours of the school and taking enrolments for 2026.
With a large year 6 cohort leaving at the end of the year, next year we expect to be under our enrolment capacity and welcome enrolment enquiries from near and far.
If you or anyone you know is interested in knowing more about enrolling at Taradale PS, please contact me.
upcoming dates
- 20 August School Council meeting
- 25-27 August yr 3/4 camp to Swan Hill (info to be sent home soon once details confirmed)
- 01-05 September whole school swimming programme
- 11-12 September yr 2 camp to Boomerang Ranch
- 19 September end term two 2.00pm
- 06 October start term 4
Chris
Christopher Burgess
Principal