Principal's Message 

Dear TCPS Families,

Today was twice a term Open Learning Neighbourhood morning.  These opportunities provide your child/ren a chance share with you their current learning whilst at school. 

For the convenience of families there are two opportunities in terms 2-4. One is a whole School 'Global' morning where all our neighbourhoods are open on the same morning and parents can move freely between each of their children - sharing their time. 

The other open day is a separately timetabled day. This allows parents to dedicate all their available time to each child separately. The two options are provided to in order to best suit the diverse availability of parents.

Today was a 'Global' morning. The next opportunity will be in week 7 of this term and will be staggered to allow for available parents to dedicate their entire time to the one child at a time.

We of course understand that parents are not always able to attend due to work and other commitments.

School Parent Community Event - CCG

Our proactive, hard working and highly motivated CCG (Community Connections Group) have worked tirelessly to put together a detailed and costed proposal to hold a parent and friends Trivia Night Event. This proposal was presented to, and accepted by the TCPS Council last night. Details will be provided through varying sources. 

School Facility Construction Completion

Last year the school applied for and successfully obtained 2 separate government grants for 2 separate structures. One being the bike shed, paths and other associated works, the other was  Shade Sails for the Central Plaza. Work is now completed on our Shade Sails, whilst residual funds from the bike shed are being used to construct a Long Jump pit and to 'beautify'. All works were fully funded through successful grant application processes.

Student Disco

It has been a number of years since we have been able to hold this event - but we are happy to announce that our student TCPS disco will return this year - 3rd August.

Details will be released closer to the event but this will be event hosted and run by the school staff. We are working closely also with the CCG to coordinate a possible 'car park/central plaza' event for parents that will run in conjunction with the disco.

The disco will be held on a Thursday from 6pm - 7pm to minimise the impact on student sporting and activity commitments held predominantly on a Friday afternoon/evening.

General Information for Reference

Please note that there are 2 pupil free days this term 

Monday of week 8 (June 12th) is the Monarch's birthday and is a Public Holiday

Tuesday of week 9 (20th June) is also a designated pupil free day for Child Led Interviews.

More warnings will be provided closer to these dates, but parents may want to start adding these dates to their calendars in preparation.

Please also note the meeting dates for the TCPS CCG (Community Connections Group) on the 'Dates to Remember' newsletter tab.

TCPS ASSEMBLY

We love that our families are once again able to return to our school assembly. Our assembly is a very important part of our week. It is an opportunity to proactively reinforce our school culture and expectations through the acknowledgement and celebration of our students and school. Love of Learning is a key Character Strength of focus.

The inclusion of photos and emails celebration our school and students in and around our community is a key part of our assembly. Due to the substantial amount of time required to process all inclusions, internal and external, and then to build into our assembly visual format, can I please request that all items are sent to me by Thursday prior to assembly. If these emails/photos are sent to the school office or your child's teacher - they will be forwarded to me to 'process'.  

Ideally, they can be sent directly to me via email darren.roskosch@education.vic.gov.au

Elements that TCPS families can contribute to our TCPS Assembly

TCPS Goes Global: Take a school flag (we have 5) or a TCPS polo on your journey's around the globe and send us a photo (3 max). I will then feature this at our assembly and have a photo added to our display wall at the front office.

TCPS Super Stars: If you know a TCPS child/teacher/family member who has achieved something amazing in any field (not just sporting) please send me the details and a possible photo so that we can all celebrate and acknowledge the achievement.

TCPS: Shout Outs: If you have a special family member visiting for the first time who are in an audience - please let me know and I will give them a special TCPS 'Shout Out.'

TCPS: School Council 

2023 School Council Members:

• Kelsey Jamieson – President
• Cat McConkey - Vice President
• Hutch Hussein – Parent Rep 
• Belinda Vaughan - Parent Rep
• Brad Millar – Parent Rep 
• Jessica Maxsted - Parent Rep

• Darren Roskosch (Principal - Executive Officer of SC)
• Jo Loader (Assistant Principal – TCPS rep)
• Bianca McSparron (Business Manager- Finance/Minute Secretary) 

Early Pick up of Children from School

Can I please request that parents contact individual staff members as early as possible if you are collecting your child/ren prior to the end of the school day. This will help in organising for children to be sent to the office ready for collection. Based on the increasing frequency of these occurrences we are unable to use the PA system due to the distraction and disruption it causes to teaching and learning across the school. 

PA announcements occur in recess and lunch breaks.

As teachers do not have constant access to emails during the day, I encourage as much advanced notice as possible so we can do our best to have your child/ren ready and waiting for collection. Office staff will do their best to support you where possible, however with our increasing size there may be unfortunate delays especially if no advanced notice is provided.

Education is free at TCPS - No Student Payments or School Fees in 2023

I am pleased to inform our families that once again in 2023, and for the foreseeable future, there will be NO requested payment towards Curriculum Contributions from families (previously known as student charges). This means education at TCPS is free for our TCPS families.

TCPS will provide ALL curriculum materials for our students without any requested financial contribution in the form of student charges, from our families. 

This includes ALL books/pens/pencils/paper etc, art supplies, online programs, classroom materials, sporting programs incl buses. Parents will not be requested to make any financial contribution to cover these items. 

There are a number of complex contributing factors that has enabled us to once again achieve and provide this for our families.

The ongoing support of our families has ensured that our school has been able to offer the best possible education and support for our students.  We want to thank all those over our school’s history for their support. This has made a huge difference to our school and the programs we have been able to, and will continue to offer.

Darren Roskosch

TCPS Principal