School News
Classroom, Art, Sport, Music, French, Literacy, Numeracy and Wellbeing
District X-Country
Last week 42 students in grade 3-6 competed at the Southport District Cross Country event. All students represented Toorak Primary School with pride, giving their best efforts which saw some impressive results and personal bests. Congratulations to Isabella Schiavo (3rd), Amber Forbes (8th) and Ava Idzes (9th) in their top 10 finishes. Isabella and Amber qualified for Division yesterday with Isabella finishing 26th and Amber 40th.
This week in year 1-6 PE classes, we have had junior coaches from AFL Victoria visit our school to teach students the skills of Aussie Rules. Students have had fun putting these skills into practice.
Walk to School Day
On Friday 19th May, many students participated in National Walk to School Day. Parents, students and the Prahran police met at Sezana's on Toorak prior to walking as a group to school. Upon arriving at school, students were provided with a baked treat generously donated by Hawksburn Bakers Delight. To add to the fun, students were invited to decorate their school bag, wear colourful socks and apply a 'walk to school' tattoo provided by the Prahran Police.
Year 2 Puppets
This fortnight Year 2 has been making some amazing puppets to tell the stories of Ancient Greece. See if you can recognise these characters - Zeus, Athena, and Poseidon Hephaestus Hades and his 3 headed dog, Hera and Assorted. We look forward to performing with our puppets as our Ancient Greece Unit draws to a close.
Open Classrooms
We received some wonderful feedback from our parents who attended the open classroom morning last Thursday. We thank you all for coming! Our students thoroughly enjoy you being part of their learning journey at TPS Comments included -
| Seeing both my children feeling proud and excited to learn |
| The teachers were amazing and knowledgeable |
| Sitting with my baby and being welcome in the children's space! |
| Being able to see how much the children enjoy maths |
| Gaining a better understanding about the class structure |
| Seeing my child in the environment he is spending most of his awake time and his interaction with their teacher and other students. |
| How excited my daughter was to have me watch her in the classroom |
| Observing and being with my child in the classroom - seeing how they interact, communicate and undertake exercises. I also enjoyed being in the classroom and seeing my child's work on the wall/being hung up |
All Girl's Chess Tournament
Presbyterian Ladies College hosted an All-Girls' Chess Tournament last Thursday 25th May. Strong participation from schools including Presbyterian Ladies College, Lauriston Girls', Loreto and Glen Waverley Primary School made it a very competitive tournament.
Rupsy was the only participant from Toorak Primary as we could not have any other strong girl players. Rupsy won 6 out of her 7 games and was ranked 5th individual player out of the total 106 players.
Wristband Nominations
Congratulations to our wristband nominations.
Respect - Ella 3B, Ayub 3B, Lachlan 4B
Kindness - Max 3B, Jessica 4B, Kareem 4A
Responsibility - Leilani 4B, Jamie 4B, Charoen 4B