From Leadership

School upgrade update

The school upgrade project is going out to tender for construction after the Christmas break with construction forecast to commence at the beginning of Term 2.

Recently, our First Nations students were involved in the creation of new artworks in workshops led by First Nations artist, TPS alumni Peter Hood and supported by Spacecraft studio, building on the school community’s rich First Nations narratives. 

The workshops, held at school, began with Peter’s welcome and fire and smoking ceremony, a foundational starting point for the making process and the symbolic making of pigments from the charcoal remains. 

Students in years 5 and 6 then attended another workshop at the Spacecraft studios where they screen printed some of the artwork created in the first workshops. Selected artworks from the workshops will be presented as a portfolio of images, a key design resource to inspire the architectural & landscape design team. The artworks will be incorporated into the new building design, helping create a school community with First Nations knowledge and culture at its core. 

School Saving Bonus

The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.

From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code.

The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.

If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.

Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities.  

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au). 

A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November.

If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au