School News
What a Show!
An amazing collection of artworks, proudly created by our TPS students, was on display at our Art Show last Thursday evening. The show was opened by our guest speaker, Tania Di Berardino from Zart Art. Families thoroughly enjoyed viewing the impressive pieces. A big thank you to Ms. Reynolds for her dedication to nurturing the creativity in all of our students. And thank you to our volunteers, Belinda Kearins, Tammy Tran, Lydia Bachimov, Tainaya Law, Danielle Robinson, Sweta Garg and Karen Reynolds who kindly donated their time to hang and arrange the art pieces.
State Hockey Finals
Last Thursday, 11 students represented Toorak Primary School at the State Hockey Finals. A huge congratulations to Maddie, Jack, Henry, Harry, Angus, Nara, Kai, Ned, Rentaro, Josh and Brax for your amazing effort on getting to this level.
United Morning Tea
This week we held a morning tea hosted by Uniting, to bring some of our families in the community together to find out about services in the local area. We are very proud of our diverse families, cultures and backgrounds here at Toorak Primary and are always looking for more ways we can make everyone feel includedand engaged in contributing to our school community.
Dental Van Visit
Over the past 2 weeks we have had the dental van from Smile Squad visiting our school. You may have seen the van taking up residence in the Prep playground. During this time the dentist has seen 112 students for a dental check-up. We look forward to having the Smile Squad back again next year in 2025😊
Students of the Week
Wristband Winners
Respect - Shiori 5A, Archie 5B, Skylar 5B, Aisha 5C, Scarlett 5C, Miguel 5C, Rylee 5C, Harriet 5A
Kindness - Aaradhya 5B, Kees 5B, Rupsy 5C, Emily 5C, Kaan 5C, Ada 5C, Isaiah 4A, Jerome 4A, Parker 2A, Nini 2B
Honesty - Elisha 5C, Anastasia 5A, Luella 4A, Stacy 4A, Hai 3A
Responsibility - James V 5A, Jerome 4A, Luna 2A, Amex 4C
Friendship - Sumayyah 5B, James O 5A, Aurora 1C, Daisy 3A, Noah 4C
Toorak Citizenship - Winter 1B
Numbots and Timestables Rockstars
Congratulations to the students who participated in the ‘Melbourne Rocks’ Timestables competition recently. Our school came 9th out of the 120 Primary Schools who participated. The following student were the MVP’s of their class:
00C – Arthur Chen
00D – Harriet M
1A – Kit M
1B – Kayden O
1C – Matteo M
2A – Kaylan M
2B – Daniel E
2C – Harry B
3A – Henrietta H
3B – Levi T
3C – Hugo Stephen
4A – Jerome G
4B – Ella W
4C – Alex Brooke
5A – Chloe P
5B – Ivan
5C – Telek P
6A – Ari
6C – Bob H
The Timestable Rockstar of the Month this month was Telek Payne of 5C who answered over 12000 questions correctly across the month! Our Numbot of the month was Osama Kamal of 2A who was active for the greatest number of days in August.
Keep up the hard work!
Hoop Time
On Monday, two TPS teams participated in hoop time. It was fantastic to see these students showcasing their spectacular skills, teamwork and resilience. Both teams had a very successful day, and all students should be very proud of their effort and commitment.
District Athletics
Last Friday, 40 students represented Toorak Primary School at the Southport District Athletics Carnival. Congratulations to all students who attended. A special shoutout to Kiara (6A), Evanka (6C), Maddie (6C), Angus (6C), Sylvestre (4C) and Elena (4A) who have progressed to represent the Southport District at division. Another congratulations to Maddie (6C) for breaking the 12/13 years girl’s discus record. Well done to all!
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