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Boys T-Ball Team
Boys T-Ball Team
Congratulations to our Boys T-Ball Team who this week won the Southern Metro Regional finals convincingly 18 to 12 runs. The boys will now compete in the Victorian State finals on Wednesday 7 September 2022. Thank you to the parents who drove the students to the venue and to their Supercoach, Mr Yardney.
Girls T-Ball Team
Girls T-Ball Team
Our T-ball girls also competed at the Southern Metro Regional Finals last week. The girls won 2 out of their 3 games, but unfortunately just missed out on the final on a countback. Thank you for our parent support. Apparently, it was a noisy ride home!
Interschool Skiing
This week Missy M represented Toorak Primary School in the Victorian Interschool Ski Championships. Missy achieved 3rd in the Alpine event and 5th in the Ski Cross event. Missy has been invited to compete in the Australian Championships on the 6th and 7th Sept. Congratulations Missy!
Science Week Bridge Building Competition
To celebrate Science Week at TPS, each class was given the challenge to build a bridge using only the materials listed below:
- Paddle pop sticks
- 1 roll of tape
- 10m of string
- 4 cardboard rolls
- 1 cardboard box no bigger than a standard moving box
- 1 newspaper and any items from the classroom recycling bin
The winning class will be the bridge which held the most take-home readers. Results will be shared at assembly on Friday at 9 am.
Wristband Nominations
Each week students are rewarded at assembly with a coloured wristband for positive behaviours relating to Respect, Kindness, Honesty, Responsibilty and Friendship.
The students below were rewarded with a wristband in week 5 and 6 of term 3.
Wristband nomination - week 6
Wristband nomination - week 6
| Annabel 6B | Responsibility |
| Saaitya 5B | Respect |
| Neve 3C | Kindness |
| Millie 3C | Kindness |
| Maisie 3C | Kindness |
| Teddy 2B | Kindness |
| Kai 4A | Kindness |
| Kule 5B | Kindness |
| Fred 4C | Honesty |
| Stefan 5B | Honesty |
| Aarna 5B | Responsibility |
| Ella 2D | Friendship |
| Sunday 2D | Friendship |
| Bella 5A | TPS Citizenship |
Student of the Week
Congratulations to our week 6 term 3 Student of the Week winners.
Student of the Week - week 6
Student of the Week - week 6
School Wide Positive Behaviour Program
Students this term are being rewarded via a house-coloured token system for showing respectful behaviour. Each week the tokens are tallied by our house captains and the winning house is revealed at assembly. Students in the winning house are collectively rewarded with 15 minutes to participate in a special activity.
Below are the results to date -
Week 1 I will have a can-do attitude. I will approch each day in a positive way. | Hinkler |
Week 2 Achieve my personal best. Keep trying when faced with a challenge. Be kind to myself if I make mistakes. | Kingsford |
Week 3 Help others. Use only kind words to solve problems. Be aware of others and share the space. | Nelson |
Week 4 Have a positive mindset for the next subject. Have items ready for the next part of my learning. | Monash |
Week 5 Stay focused. Show patience. Show my best concentration. | No Winner- Curriculum Day Week |
Week 6 Go to the toilet before school, after school and during breaks. Communicate any problems or troubles that I have. | Hinkler |