In the community
Foodweb Term 3
After a fabulous Term 2 working with the Prep-2 students, Foodweb Education is focused on the front of school gardens for Term 3, with the 3/4/5/6 students. Using the Junior Landcare funding our school was allocated we are embellishing our weaving garden and planting an Indigenous Food Forest. The working bee in July saw the building of a path and from now students will be mulching and planting the many Indigenous food plants from around Australia. This is coupled with learning about the plants and Indigenous agricultural practices, inspired by Bruce Pascoe’s “Dark Emu” book. We are working on an incursion, signage and resources to be part of this Food Forest. Foodweb sessions are Wednesday and Friday this term and any parents with interest and/or knowledge in the Food Forest and Weaving Garden would be very welcome to be part of building these exciting gardens.
TPS Comms TEAM
TPS Comms (Communication) Team has been busily working in the background on new strategies of communication for TPS over the past 2 terms. Thank you for your patience as we work through some of the teething issues. We wanted to take the time to explain how things will work!
The Comms team is looking to increase the talent pool and get extra hands on board. We’re looking for digital designer, developers, graphic designer, editors to help rework our website (wordpress 5 CMS) and other communication collateral. The team is looking for some extra hands to help with reworking our website (wordpress 5) and the creation of a brochure for our school over the next two terms, if you would like to help please contact us on tpscomms@gmail.com
Communications at TPS
COMPASS
This will be our primary form of regular and important communication to parents. We aiming to move to permission forms being delivered via this platform in the future. Please ensure you are set up with an account, it can be access via mobile apps or website. https://thornburyps-vic.compass.education
THIS WEEK @ TPS
This is a short bulletin publish on Monday of events occuring during the coming 2 weeks. It also has future important dates to give advance notice. It will be delivered via compass.
FUTURE LEARNING FOCUS
This is the year level term learning plans, what your child will be learning in the coming term. It is design to help parents support the child's learning through out the term. It will be published in week 2/3 of each term. It will be delivered via compass.
DHUMBAJIRRI "Let's Talk Together"
This is our new newsletter, it will focus on what you child has learnt during the past weeks and other community events taking place at TPS. It will be published in week 4/8 of each term. It will be delivered via email and compass on the iNewsletter. The newsletter can be translated in many language and support rich media.
CALENDAR
You can subscribe to our school calendar using the below link on our preferred device, this will populate and keep in sync your personal calendar with the TPS Community Calendar
webcal://thornburyps-vic.compass.education/download/sharedCalendarLayers.aspx?lid=10006&key=2afd26f1-c820-4648-9a1b-0d7ad53a8980&c.ics
or it can be access via https://thornburyps.vic.edu.au/calendar/
Social Committee News
A big thank you to everyone who attended, donated and help make our 4th trivia a truly wonderful night. We would like to thank the following businesses and people for their generous donations or services. From 78 businesses we raised over $14,100 in donations. In bold are TPS family owned and operated businesses:
Custom Plywood Creations, Creating Pathways, Autumn Retreat, Alchemy Medicine, Primal Moves Fitness, The Blisstitute of Aloha Living, Neon Parlour - Travis Vella Art, Handmade crochet coat hangers, Bartel Security Doors, Georgia Karstens Yoga, BIBA Academy, Miette Handmade, The Paint Pot People
CERES, Welcome to Thornbury, OBUS, Collingwood Childrens Farm, Northcote YMCA, Genovese, Think Thornbury, The Old Milkbar, Thornbury Picture House, Jump Fairfield, Elk, Nancy bird, Eve studio, Yarraville Laughs, Zoos Victoria, Big Dreams, I Dream a Highway, Northcote Natural Therapies, Tinker Northcote, Menuki Hairdressing, Keep cup, SNAP fitness,
Carwyn Cellars, Melbourne Museum,Fairyfields Fairfield, Twisters Gym, Kaygees Gym, Balance yoga, Bulleen Art and Garden,
TPS Enviro News
Winter’s been busy for TPS Enviro Team!
At last our Babajen Garden Dreaming landscaping is finished! Wednesday afternoon saw the area opened, and the whole school population packed into it. Shoes were kicked off, kids and adults were rolling around on it, the rocks were used as seats, bumpy paths, and after lunch classes started to use the space.
Planting will begin in the next few weeks with students and be part of the TPS Junior Landcare Grant.
TPS Chickens
The TPS chooks were moved before the landscaping works began to minimise stress for them, and have now retired permanently to a lovely home in Thornbury where they are being well cared for. Our hens are elderly for that breed so we considered it the best option to move them at the start of the holidays.
We plan to get some new chickens in spring, with a new hen house from funds raised. If you would like to be involved in chicken breed selection, caring for the new chickens or helping to put together the new hen house please email: tpsenviro@gmail.com
Working Bee & Native Food Garden
A big thank you to all the hard workers at the Working Bee at the start of term. An amazing effort to fill the prep/1 sandpit, build two new paths for the Native Food Garden and Weaving Garden out the front on Hutton St., and lots of weeding and pruning.
There’s plenty more work to do, including planting and mulching by TPS students with Aviva Reed the TPS Garden Educator. When the planting and mulching is done we’ll complete the paths at the next Working Bee in term 4. Watch this space. Work is a bit delayed by the issues with collapsing bitumen out the front along an old pipe line
Kitchen Garden Classroom
The TPS Trivia night this Saturday is raising money for our next project, renovating the old shelter shed near the Babajen into a functional Kitchen Garden Classroom. This will be a great resource space for the whole school.
Spring veggie and herb seedlings.
Watch this space for a spring veggie and herb seedling sale to raise funds for the Kitchen Garden Classroom. We’ll have some plants grown by TPS students, as well as CERES organic seedlings, and VINC indigenous tube stock.
Join the Enviro Team!
The Enviro Team encourages new members. Our community efforts work towards improving our children’s outdoor learning and play spaces. Your contribution can be big or small, and ideas are welcome. email: tpsenviro@gmail.com
Many thanks,
Renee and the TPS Enviro Team
