General News
Music Soiree
On Wednesday 14 June, 2023 TPS will hold its first Music Soiree for the year in the School Hall commencing at 6.30pm. The Soiree is for students who already play a musical instrument including voice. It is a wonderful opportunity for students to perform in front of their parents, family and friends. If you son/daughter would like to participate in the Soiree, kindly complete and return the participation slip by Wednesday 7 June 2023to your child’s classroom teacher or directly to Ms Exintaris. Students performing MUST wear full school uniform.
The Lion King
The whole school TPS production of The Lion King will be held on Thursday 14 September and a full school rehearsal on Wednesday 13th September. Both events will be held at the Glen Eira Town Hall.
There will be two performances, Matinee (time to be advised) and an evening performance at 7pm. As this is a whole school production, students are encouraged to take part. In preparation for costuming and performance rehearsals, we ask that families kindly confirm their child's/rens commitment to the musical and attendance at the performance on the above mentioned dates. Click here for a copy of the participation slip to return to your child’s classroom teacher by Tuesday 13 June.
* Please note that parents/carers will need to take their children to the theatre and collect at the end of the performance. Students will catch a bus to the rehearsal and return to school by 3.30pm.
Secondhand Uniform Stall
The secondhand uniform stall will be open this Friday 2nd June from 8.30am to 9.15am.
Quality preloved uniform at a great price guaranteed!
JSC Big Freeze Beanie
On Friday 9th June the Junior School Council would like to invite the Toorak school community to wear their BIG FREEZE beanie to help raise funds to fight MND. School team points will be awarded to those students who wear their beanie on the day. If all our students wear a MND beanie on the day that’s around $10,000 from our school community towards finding a cure for Motor neurone disease. If you don’t have a MND beanie you can wear any beanie. MND beanies are available from Coles and Bunnings for $25.
2023 Camp Dates
Grade 3 Ace Hi Ranch Camp
4th December to 6th December
Grade 4 Camp Rumbug
6th December to 8th December
Grade 5 Lord Somers Camp
24th October to 27th October
Grade 6 Ski Camp
Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th August
Toysale
The Grade 6 Toy Sale fundraiser will be held on Friday 16th June. If families have any old toys that they would like to donate to this cause, they can bring them to the front office prior to this date. The toys will be priced from $1-$10. The stall will run in a similar fashion to how Mother’s Day stall.
Scholastic Book Orders
The 4th issue Scholastic 2023 catalogue is out now! The last day to place your order is on Monday 12th June. Click here to view the catalogue.
Book Club | Scholastic Australia
Fairbairn Road Closure
A section of Fairbairn Road will be closed on Friday 2nd June 2023 due to underground electrical works.
Safety on Socials
Webinar 1 - Plan, Prevent, Protect and Webinar 2 - Safety on Socials, recordings are available to view at: https://cybersafetyproject.com.au/webinars
Tuning into Kids
Star Health will be offering the Tuning in to Kids group program for parents of children aged 3-10 this term.
This evidence-based program can help parents:
- Strengthen their relationship with their child/children
- Understand their own emotions and support their child/children to understand and manage their emotions
- Support their child/children when they are feeling big emotions
- Manage conflict, stress or arguments
The Tuning into Kids program will run for 6 consecutive weeks from Tuesday 16th May to Tuesday 20th June.
Sessions will be held at Star Health in South Melbourne (341 Coventry St, South Melbourne – opposite the market) from 10:00am – 12:00pm.
Please see the flyer above for more details – you can register your interest via the QR code or link on the flyer.