A message from Megan

Kii Everyone welcome to Term One 2022

A warm Womindjeka to our new Foundation classes, new students & families and new staff to our community. New staff this year include:

Jasmine at the front office supporting teachers with administrative tasks
Melinda Education Support Staff
Jessica and Kimberley our new teachers in Year 1/2 and Year 3/4
Sai Sri Harsha Deevi as our new Department Computer Technician

Ngoongodgin Thank you to the volunteers who came along to help at our Welcome BBQ last Thursday and our Working Bee on Sunday. We rely on the support of parents, carers and our TPS community to hold social events and keep our school environment looking amazing for play and adventure. Your time spent helping is very much appreciated.

Communication with Thornbury Primary School and the Principal

TPS is a dynamic school environment with many things to communicate with our community, staff and students. We use the Compass Calendar and Compass posts to keep everyone updated on upcoming events and activities. We also thank our Class Carers who support the teacher to be a link between the school and families.

If you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed through these general communications we invite you to contact our administration team or myself to have further discussions. Please email Thornbury.ps@education.vic.gov.au or call the school number. If I am unavailable during the day you reach out please ask the office to schedule a meeting or phone call reply.

I welcome community feedback and input regarding creating the best learning environment for our students.

Mental Health in Primary Schools Pilot Program

This year we are fortunate to be included in the Mental Health in Primary Schools Pilot program. This is a $90 000 staffing grant to allow Anna Chetwynd to learn about and train our staff in the support and monitoring of our students wellbeing and mental health. As this is a pilot program we are learning through training modules the scope of the program and adapting the learning to our student engagement and wellbeing strategies we already have in place.

We are committed to ensuring that all students feel safe and ready to learn across our school.

Curriculum Day - Berry Street Education Model

Last Friday our entire staff had the incredible opportunity to begin our learning of The Berry Street Education Model. This provides our school with the training, curriculum and strategies to engage all students. The model incorporates 5 Key Focus areas:

Body: Building students’ capacity by increasing physical regulation of the stress response, de-escalation and focus.
Relationship: Nurturing on-task learning through relational classroom management strategies.
Stamina: Creating a culture of academic persistence by nurturing resilience, emotional intelligence and a growth mindset.
Engagement: Motivating students with strategies that increase their willingness to learn.
Character: Harnessing a values and character strengths approach to instil students’ self-knowledge for future pathways.

Privacy Policy 2022

Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.

Please take time to remind yourself of our school’s collection notice, found on our website [INSERT LINK to your school’s collection notice].

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages: