Starting at TPS

2023 Term Dates for Students

(Foundation students do not attend Wednesdays for the first four weeks, except for 1 scheduled meeting time on a designated Wednesday to be confirmed early in the term.)

TERM ONE: Wednesday 31st January - Thursday 28th March

TERM TWO: Monday 15th April - Friday 28th June

TERM THREE: Monday 15th July - Friday 20th September

TERM FOUR: Monday 7th October - Friday 20th December

Please Note: Dismissal times on the last days of Term One, Two and Three are at

2:30pm. The last day of Term Four is 1:30pm.

Term One Wednesday Assessments

Foundation Students do not attend Wednesdays for the first 4 weeks.

You will be given an appointment time from your classroom teacher to attend an hour session for your child to do one on one assessments with their teacher.

WEDNESDAY ASSESSMENT DAYS for 2024

January 31st,

Feb 7th, 14th, 21st

First Full Week of school starts from Monday 26th February.

Drop Off and Pick Up Zone plus Bicycle Storage:

DROP OFF AND PICK UP ZONE:

TPS has a Drop off and Pick up Zone on Hutton Street at the front of the school.

Be aware of the two-minute parking restrictions apply and drivers are not to leave their vehicles.

Bicycles and Scooters:

TPS has a bike shed where students' bicycles can stay in for the day.

What you child will need:

What to send in your child's bag:

Most materials your child will use at school will be supplied, but you will need to provide:

A clearly named, Sunsmart hat
A clearly named drink bottle
A lunch box with morning tea, a fruit snack and a lunch.
Spare clothing for "accidents" including underwear, socks, tshirt and pants/shorts/leggings

Please ensure that all of your child's belongings (including clothing) are clearly labelled with your child's full name.

Lost Property

Lost Property is located at the bottom of the stairs closest to the school office. Names items will be returned to classes during the school day. Please check regularly that the name can be read on the items of clothing and that you have not collected someone else's belongings.

Medication/First Aid

If your child needs to take any kind of medicine during school hours, you need to complete the below form and bring the medicine to the office. It may be a short -term antibiotic or pain medication, or a long term, daily medication like Ritalin - either way, please bring it in and let us know. This includes Epi/AnaPens.

Medication Authority Form.pdf

Food (Healthy / Nude Food/Lunch orders)

Families are encouraged to send their child to school with healthy food that contains minimal wrappings or preferably nude food:

10am Fruit/Vegetable snack (finger food)
11am Recess - e.g. fruit, sultanas, biscuits
1:30 Lunch - e.g. sandwich and fruit
Water bottle

You can check here for great lunch box ideas.

Students are given eating time in classrooms before play breaks begin.

We use Classroom Cuisine for our lunch orders. This is an online service. Please order before 8.30 each day. This service is currently available every day except TUESDAY

Visit https://classroomcuisine.com.au to order.

Food Allergies / Anaphylaxis

We have a number of students with food allergies. In order to manage the risk of anaphylactic reactions, we do not allow children to share food at school.

We also encourage students to eat in the classroom, so they are not bringing allergens into the yard.

Some classes will receive further communication at the beginning of the year to limit how much of a known allergen they have in their packed lunch each day.

*There is further information about this in the Policies at TPS page