The Turragraph Term 3 Week 10 - 26 September 2025
Principal's Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to the final Turragraph this term. It’s incredible how quickly Term 3 has passed. As we wrap up another dynamic and engaging term, we reflect on a wide range of enriching learning opportunities - excursions, incursions, assemblies, performances, community events and much more. The dedication and accomplishments of our students, educators, families and community partners continue to inspire pride and joy. After all the effort and milestones achieved, the next two weeks offer a perfect chance to unwind, recharge and prepare for an exciting final term of 2025. Please be sure to check the upcoming events listed below and in the calendar section so you stay informed and don’t miss out on anything!
Starting Term 4, students transition to wearing summer uniforms. We appreciate your support in ensuring all clothing and personal items are clearly labelled with both your child's name and class. If you require any uniform items, feel free to visit our Uniform Shop, which is open onsite each Friday from 2:30pm.
Please note that, as of December 2025, the school uniform shop will no longer be operated on-site by the TNPS P&C. We have partnered with an external provider, Midford, to manage all uniform sales from December onwards. TNPS uniform items will be unavailable for purchase both online and in-store from Monday, 17 November, until the new store opens in Turramurra for trading on Monday, 8 December 2025.
Wearing the correct school uniform is key to building a strong sense of identity and community spirit at TNPS. We ask that all students come dressed in the full uniform every day, including the TNPS hat, school jumper or jacket and school socks. Please also ensure that all school shoes, including any new pairs for Term 4, are entirely black.
To help keep our students safe, we kindly request that jewellery be kept minimal. Appropriate items include stud earrings, watches, and small religious or culturally significant pieces. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.
As usual, at the start of Term 4, you will receive an updated Termly Newsletter tailored to your child’s learning stage. This newsletter will provide detailed information on classroom programs, school activities and important updates about Key Learning Areas, excursions, incursions and the exciting end-of-year celebrations ahead.
Be sure to mark your calendars:
Our teachers will continue their professional learning on the School Development Day, Monday 13 October.
All students will return to school for Term 4 on Tuesday 14 October, wearing their summer uniform.
Term 4 is a ten-week term, and the last day of the school year for all students and staff will be Friday 19 December.
Picture perfect moments: Celebrating highlights and happy memories from the last two weeks!
Strumming Up Fun: 1/2P Ukulele Stars Take to the Assembly Stage
Hub Club Lego at Lunch: Connecting bricks and buddies
Year 5 Leadership Day: Empowering our future school leaders with teamwork, confidence and care
UR Strong - Ups and downs, twists and turns, highs and lows… Friendships are like a rollercoaster.
Emergency Bushfire Planning Arrangements
We are preparing for the upcoming season to ensure the safety and readiness of our school community. Turramurra North Public School is located in a bushfire prone area and is listed as Category 3 on the NSW Department of Education’s bushfire risk register.
To ensure the health, safety, and welfare of students and staff, the department has determined that on days when the NSW Rural Fire Service declares a Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating for our local government area (LGA), our school may be directed to temporarily cease operations for the following day. In addition, schools may be made non-operational due to changing higher-risk conditions and advice from emergency services and the State Emergency Operations Centre.
The Fire Danger Rating does not mean there will be a bushfire, but rather indicates weather conditions that could pose a high risk for a bushfire event. This measure is proactive to ensure staff, students, and the community remain safe.
All communications will be through our SZapp. It is essential all TNPS families have download the Schoolzine App and monitor advice and notifications from our school. We also recommend that you stay up to date with bushfire and grassfire activity by using the Hazards Near Me app (set a watch zone for our school area), and by monitoring local media. You can also review fire activity and alert levels on the RFS website.
We also recommend that all families follow the advice of the NSW Rural Fire Service and ensure that your family knows what to do if there is a fire. It can take as little as five minutes to make your plan Discuss it with your family so you know what you will do in the event of a fire. www.myfireplan.com.au
School Security
If you see any inappropriate behaviour in or around our school at weekends or during the school holidays, please contact: Department of Education Security on 1300 880 021.
Best Wishes
On behalf of our students, staff and the entire TNPS community, I would like to extend our very best wishes to Miss Ellem as she prepares for her upcoming wedding. We are all so happy for her and wish her a joyous and memorable celebration! Thank you, Miss Ellem, for your hard work and the positive impact you have made in our school community.
We warmly welcome Miss Mikala Carter, who will be joining us to teach 4/5E in Term 4. We are excited to have Miss Carter as part of our school and look forward to a fantastic term ahead with her. We know she will bring great energy and enthusiasm to the classroom, and I encourage everyone to make her feel very welcome.
And finally, thank you for your ongoing support throughout this term. Wishing you a safe, happy and relaxing Spring holiday filled with quality family time and plenty of screen-free moments. I look forward to warmly welcoming all students and families back on Tuesday, 14 October. Enjoy the break!
Michelle Verhagen
Principal
Band
Junior Band Performance & Band Program Update
Congratulations to our Junior Band on their beautiful performance at this morning’s Principal’s Award Assembly. This was the Junior Band’s very first time performing in front of the whole school, and they played with great confidence and musicality. A big thank you also goes to our wonderful Band Mentors, whose guidance and support helped the Junior Band shine on stage.
It was also lovely to see both the Junior Band and Performance Band students acknowledged by Ms Verhagen for their excellent achievements at the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival (ASBOF). This recognition is a testament to the hard work, dedication and enthusiasm of all our young musicians.
Band Rehearsals – Term 4, Week 1
Monday 13/10 – Pupil Free Day (no rehearsals for Performance Band or Extension Band)
Tuesday 14/10 – Junior Band first rehearsal of Term 4
Thursday 16/10 – Performance Band rehearsals resume
We are very proud of all our band students and look forward to more wonderful music-making in Term 4!
Rob Di Marzo
e-Safety Webinars for Parents/Carers
Social media age restrictions explained – a guide for parents and carers
From 10 December 2025, certain social media platforms won’t be allowed to let Australian children under 16 create or keep an account. Join the e-Safety 30-minute information session, on 20 November at 12:30, to understand the changes.
Mind Quest 2025
Mind Quest is back!
A message from Shelagh Poray - Director Mindquest Program
Welcome to our 29th year of the MindQuest Program. This fast-paced, academic program offers 35 exciting courses for High Potential and Gifted Students from Years 1-6.
Mind Quest is designed to enrich and extend children’s learning through a broad range of experiences that are one or two years beyond students’ year level and the scope of the general curriculum. This fast paced challenging program offering 33 exciting courses for gifted and talented students is designed to enrich and extend students of similar interests and abilities.These highly successful, fun-filled weekends offer students the opportunity to meet other students of similar interests and abilities.
- Location: Glenwood High School, Forman Avenue Glenwood
- Date: 15 - 16 November 2025
- Enrol Now: Closing Friday 17 October 2025
Interested? Call MindQuest on 02 9748 108 or collect a flyer from the TNPS school office.
Term 4 Calendar
Any updates are in red.
October
- 14 - Term 4 commences for all students
- 15 - Ice Cream Day - generously provided by Hill, Daly and Corte families
- 16 - Groups and Sports Photo Day
- 17 - HZSS recommences and continues each Friday
- 22 - Band Showcase - for students and staff
- 23 - Footsteps Dance K-6 - commences and continues each Thursday
- 24 - HZSS summer comp
- 24 - Turragraph published
- 27 - Assembly hosted by 1SR - 2:15 in hall - parents and carers warmly welcome
- 28 - Kindy 2026 Information morning from 9:30am - 10:45am in hall
- 30 - Footsteps Dance K-6
- 30 - Band Musical Explorers Evening - instrument trial 6-7:30pm in hall
- 31- World Teachers' Day
November
- 5 - School Tour 9:30am
- 6 - Footsteps Dance K-6
- 6 - P&C Meeting 7pm in the hub
- 7 - HZSS summer comp
- 7 - Turragraph published
- 11 - Kindy 2026 Orientation Session 1 - 9:30-10:45am, including presentation and Q&A for parents/carers
- 11 - Remembrance Day (more information to come)
- 12 - School Fete Day ( Year 5 and 6 to lead - more information to come)
- 13 - Footsteps Dance K-6
- 14 - HZSS summer comp
- 17 - Uniform items not available to purchase online or in store from 17 November to 8 December
- 18 - Kindy 2026 Orientation Session 2 - 9:30-10:45am, including tour for parents/carers
- 20 - Footsteps Dance K-6
- 21 - HZSS summer semi finals
- 21- Turragraph published
- 24 - Assembly hosted by KA - 2:15 in hall - parents and carers warmly welcome
- 27 - P&C Annual General Meeting 7pm in the hub
- 28 - HZSS summer finals
- 28 - Band Fest 6-7:30pm hall (more information to come)
December
- 2 - Junior Band last rehearsal
- 3 - Final SRE Christmas Assembly and SEE classes
- 3 - Thank You Volunteers' Morning Tea 11-11:30am hall (more information to come)
- 4 - Footsteps K-6
- 4 - Performance Band last rehearsal
- 5 - Final 2025 Turragraph published
- 9 - Presentation Day 2025 assemblies in the TNPS hall. Year 3-6 assembly at 9:15 - 10:45am, with morning tea for parents & carers in hub at 11am, then K-2 assembly at 11:35 - 12:35pm. All students are to wear full school uniform with black shoes (not sports uniform). Parents and carers are welcome to attend. Individual invitations will be sent home to the parents and carers of award recipients.
- 12 - Year 5 & 6 Dinner Dance and Year 6 Graduation Ceremony - 6pm in the hall (more information to come)
- 15 - K-2 Picnic Day - Reptile Park (more information to come)
- 15 - Year 5 and 6 Picnic Day - Sydney Academy of Sport (more information to come)
- 16 - Year 3 and 4 Picnic Day - Strike Bowling (more information to come)
- 17 - Semester 2 Student Reports emailed to parents and carers
- 18 - Talent Quest (more information to come)
- 19 - Clapping Out Ceremony 2:45pm in the top quad - parents and carers welcome
- 19 - Last day of school for students and staff
February 2026
Monday 2 February - Term 1 2026 commences for students.
Years 1-6 at 9am and Kindergarten at 9:30am.
New TNPS students by appointment from the office.
More information to come.
Kindergarten 2026
Enrol now for Kindy 2026
The year is flying by! With so many distractions in a busy day, some families may have overlooked this vital step in the process.
To receive an invitation and information on our Kindy Transition program commencing in October and continuing through November, your child must be enrolled at our school.
Enrol on our website or call the office - 02 9144 4107.
Team Kids Vacation Care
Uniform Shop Changes
Dear Parents and Carers,
Important change to how school uniforms will be purchased from December 2025 onwards.
TNPS uniform items will be unavailable to purchase both online & in store from Monday 17 November, until the new store opens for trade on Monday 8 December 2025.
As of December 2025, the school uniform shop will no longer be run by the TNPS P&C on-site at school. We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with an external provider, Midford, to manage all uniform sales from December onwards.
The new provider will offer a full range of our approved school uniforms and accessories, with the added benefits of in-store shopping and fittings at the Midford Turramurra store. Online ordering will still be available through a web page set up for TNPS on the Midford website and online orders will be delivered to school and then distributed to the students classrooms free of charge in the normal manner. However, there will also be an additional option for items to be delivered directly to home by Star Track with a charge of $15. More details regarding the onsite store location, opening hours and the process for creating online orders will be circulated closer to the transfer date.
In the meantime, in order to reduce the current stock held in the Uniform Shop prior to the transfer to Midford, we will be offering a 10% discount on all items purchased from now until the transfer to Midford at the end of November, with a 20% discount being offered on all fleece jacket purchases. This is a great opportunity to stock up on any uniform items required for the remainder of this year at a discounted price, or even grab some larger sized items ready for next year!
We are working closely with Midford to ensure a smooth transition in December and appreciate your continued support over the next few months. If you have any questions regarding the changes, please feel free to contact the Uniform Shop or TNPS.
Thank you for your support.
TNPS P&C - Uniform Shop