Parent Information Booklet

Parent Information

Compass Parent Portal

COMPASS provides parents with access to important student information. 

 

COMPASS enables you to:

  • Access classroom newsletters, timetables, homework and semester reports
  • Access your child’s attendance data and enter absences
  • Provide parental consent and make school payments
  • Make appointments for Parent/Student/Teacher conferences
  • View school events through our Compass calendar
  • Email your child’s classroom teacher
  • Receive newsfeeds
  • Access important school information relating to uniform, OSHCare, lunch orders plus more…

Please click here for a short Compass tutorial

 

Your Compass login will be emailed to you prior to your child commencing at Toorak Primary School.

After School Hours Care

OSHC pride themselves on providing your child with fun, play-based learning experiences before and after school as well as during school holidays. The Toorak OSHC program operates in the school hall from 7am to 8.45am and 3.30pm to 6.15pm. Enrolling with OSHC is easy and completely free. Just head to their website at www.oshclub.com.au.

Uniform

Your child's uniform is purchased online from State Schools’ Relief using our Qkr App. Uniforms are delivered to your home address.  

 

The Parents & Friends Association also sell quality second hand uniform items, which have been kindly donated by families.

 

Click here for more information and uniform photos.

 

School Houses

Your child will be assigned to a school house for their school life. The four school houses are Kingsford (red), Nelson (blue), Monash (green) and Hinkler (yellow). Siblings are placed in the same house. Polo shirts in your child's house colour can be purchased as a uniform item and can be worn every Friday and at house sporting events.

Parent Helpers

We enjoy having our parents assist in the classroom and joining us on excursions. To be a parent volunteer in your child's classroom, you will need to have a Working with Children Check, have signed the parent code of conduct and watched our parent helpers webinar.

Lunch Orders

Toorak Primary School offers a lunch order service to cater for our busy families. Classroom Cuisine lunch orders are available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Your child’s lunch will be delivered to his/her classroom. Click here for more information. 

Extra Curricula Activities

We offer a variety of extra curricula activities for our students the majority of which operate after school. They include -

  • Lunchtime Chess Club
  • Musicorp Lessons
  • Art Classes
  • The Young Engineers Program
  • Tennis Lessons
  • Soccer Lessons

Grade 3 to Grade 6 Netbook Program

When your child reaches grade 3, he/she will be encouraged to participate in our  BYOD Netbook Program.  Netbooks are available for purchase through Learning with 

Technologies. 

School Camps

Toorak Primary School prides itself on providing quality camps for our children from grade 3 through to grade 6.  Our camps teach independence, resilience and team work. Most of all the children have a huge amount of fun!

In 2022, our students attended the following camps -

  • Grade 3 - Ace High Ranch, Mornington
  • Grade 4 - Camp Rumbug
  • Grade 5 - Ski Camp
  • Grade 6 - Canberra Camp