Acting Principal's Message

I cannot believe we are halfway through term 1. There is a wonderful feel in the school with students focused on their learning and teachers planning explicitedly for the learning needs of all students. Its’ been a great couple of weeks at TPS with our Foundation students commencing fulltime, our  Yr 5-6 Teeball Gala day, preparation for NAPLAN and amazing work being completed in the classrooms.

I love our school assemblies and feel very proud of the school leaders presenting them. They are doing a wonderful job leading the school. If you haven’t been to an assembly yet, please come along, you won’t be disappointed.

School Council Election

I would like to take this opportunity to update you on the School Council Election process.  It was positive to see that we had parents wanting and willing to contribute to our school and I am pleased to announce the result of the Toorak Primary School Council for 2024.

Parent Members:

• Professor Bain Attwood
• Alicia Brown
• David Clark 
• Laura Murphy
• Kihun Nam
• Matthew Vaughan
• Laura West

Community Member 

• TBA

School Employee member

• Sharon Wildermuth
• Suada Dzaferovic
• TBA
• Luke Fletcher

I would like to extend an enormous thank you to Helena Gaertner, Rashi Prasa and Elisabeth Exintaris for their time, commitment and support given to Toorak Primary School council over the last two years.

As part of school council there is the formation of our sub-committees, to support the work of the school and the School Council. If you would like to get involved and have expertise in a particular area, we would welcome you to join the sub-committees in the following areas - 

• Finance
• Policy Review and Development
• Events, Fundraising and Marketing,
• Student Learning and Wellbeing
• Buildings and Grounds

These subcommittees are not exclusively for school council members and are open to all members of the community.  Please contact the school if you are interested in supporting our school by being a member of one of our subcommittees.

More information about sub-committees can be found here - https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/school-council-overview/overview

Naplan

Preparation for NAPLAN is currently occurring in years 3. NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake. As students progress through their school years, it’s important to check how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and numeracy.

NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students learn through the school curriculum and allows parents/carers to see how their child is progressing against national standards over time. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process. It doesn’t replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance, but it can provide teachers with additional information about students’ educational progress.

NAPLAN also provides schools, education authorities, and governments with information about how education programs work and whether young Australians are achieving important educational outcomes in literacy and numeracy.

NAPLAN begins next week. If families have any questions about NAPLAN please see your child’s teacher.

Ensuring your child/children are safe:

Our school staff are out in the playground on yard duty at 8:45 am in the morning and until 3:45 pm in the afternoon.

Any students that are in the playground unsupervised outside of these times are at risk. We ask that if your child does need to be on the school grounds outside of school hours that you please book them into Before and After School Care to ensure their safety.

Thank you in advance for your consideration as we work together to keep our children safe.

Kind regards,

Sharon Wildermuth

Acting Principal