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25.01.2022 It is a little cooler this morning...but the sun is shining. Happy Thursday.

25.01.2022 What a way to finish the end of term two... our very first GOLD PBL awards. We are so proud of you. Congratulations Leah and Owen.

25.01.2022 Tomorrow is 'free dress day' initiated by Taylor students to raise money for the Kids with Cancer Foundation. It is supposed to be quite cold tomorrow. Rug up and remember to wear closed in shoes and hats.

25.01.2022 How can we use rich literature and cultural experiences to promote cultural awareness of First Nations people? Why is it important to understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ connection to country and our own connection to the land? Yesterday Kindergarten to Year 6 classes participated in NAIDOC Week activities. Students read stories, sang songs, did art activities and played games to promote awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and connecti...on to Country. It was such a fun, enriching day for our students. Thank you to our teachers for providing this amazing learning opportunity. See more

24.01.2022 Platinum!!!! Congratulations Leah on receiving the first platinum award. Another week of so many gold and silver awards too. We are very proud of you all. Thank you to Aiden, Alex and TJ for leading the PBL assembly today streamed into classrooms. TJ also shared the new Acknowledgement of Country to commence our award assembly. Thank you. Have a fantastic weekend everyone. Belinda

24.01.2022 Congratulations to this week's SILVER stars.

24.01.2022 This week kicks off the beginning of August and that means it is Hats On again for all ACT primary schools and early childhood centres. Don't be confused by Can...berra's cold climate - instead understand UV radiation and importantly when and how to protect your skin from it. https://actcancer.org//information-s/uv-radiation-and-you/ See more

23.01.2022 Jump Rope for Heart is well underway at Taylor Primary and its great to see so many children out in the playground skipping with smiles on their faces. Taylor students have already raised over $2500! Keep up the great effort, and if you havent signed your child up yet, it's not too late! For some skipping inspiration and how-to videos of fun skills and tricks, have a look at the Jump Rope channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist

23.01.2022 Today a group of our year 5/6 students participated in the Schools Obstacle Challenge at B.FIRM The groups came 2nd and 3rd overall. Such an amazing effort and a great show of team work and resilience. Great job Team Taylor!

22.01.2022 Thank you. This most generous, thoughtful gesture of appreciation was received with so much gratitude from all staff today. We love our work, and we choose education every day because it truly is our passion to contribute to the lives of so many children and their families. ... So thank you for taking the time to let us know. It really means so much.

21.01.2022 Happy Friday everyone. I snapped this yesterday whilst admiring the beautiful gardens off the staff room and into the preschool. I know everyone will join me in saying how grateful we are for Mr Chris. He is one of a kind. Thanks Mr Chris for all that you do for staff, students and the whole community. You are valued and appreciated.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to the Taylor Primary netball team for your win today! So proud of you all for playing such a fabulous game in the cold snowy conditions.

19.01.2022 Today we celebrated last week's PBL award recipients. As last Friday we had several teachers participate in professional learning involving more work around our school strategic priorities of reading and writing connections. We think the learning and focus around our key improvement areas is certainly evident in today's awards. So many safe, respectful, responsible learners. Congratulations everyone.

19.01.2022 Thank you to Ms Patterson who has curated a wonderful collection of books that will help build our cultural awareness of First Nations They are available for home borrowing, encourage your child to do so!

18.01.2022 Yesterday Year 1 had the opportunity to Zoom with a Giant! The children thoughfully prepared questions for Matt DeBoer from the GWS Giants around their inquiry into 'How can I be healthy and happy?' We certainly had some interesting questions and excited fans.

18.01.2022 How do we write to inform the reader? Year 2 authors shared their published books with me today. The children proudly discussed the writing process they followed, researching, drafting, conferring and publishing. Congratulations year 2.

18.01.2022 Congratulations to Year 3/4 who shared their published books today at an unveiling ceremony in the library. All children have been inquiring into the big idea, 'How does research influence writing?' We are so proud of each of you! Families, children are taking their books home to share with you- enjoy!

18.01.2022 Congratulations to this week's PBL award recipients. So many silver awards and another gold award to Isobella. Thank you to our school leaders Charlie and Lucy for presenting the awards today.

16.01.2022 6 gold awards today and so many silver also. Congratulations everyone. Thank you to the year 5 and 6 students who helped me run our first google meets assembly for the whole school. I am super proud of you all. Stay safe and warm this weekend. Belinda.

16.01.2022 How do we celebrate learning at Taylor? Our PBL assemblies are one of the many ways we celebrate student success. Congratulations to all our Silver and Gold PBL recipients for this week.

16.01.2022 The new relocatable is now safely on site. We think it looks fabulous and are so grateful for the new space. The design flows so nicely with the rest of the school. Thank you to our whole school community for your support and flexibility with the change of arrangements today at drop off time. I continue to be so very grateful to be part of such a wonderful community. Belinda Fenn

15.01.2022 Our annual book awards ceremony was simply stunning this morning. We loved being able to have family of award recipients attend and celebrate with the children under the COLA. Thank you to our wonderful Taylor team who did such a fabulous job organising the morning celebrations. Congratulations to our year 6 leaders of 2020 who hosted the assembly this morning. You have continued to inspire our future leaders and we are so very proud of you. Seeing you hand over the leadership of the school to newly elected Prime Ministers, Nicola and Ezekiel and Speakers, Anthony and Jetson was a wonderful moment. You have set the bar high. Student voice is strong at TPS because of you. Thank you. It was such a joy to see all Taylor children celebrating each other as the awards were presented.

13.01.2022 So many silver awards today at Taylor Primary. We are... SAFE RESPECTFUL RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS... Congratulations to Liam and Caitlin on receiving your first GOLD award. We are so proud of you all. See more

13.01.2022 The Education Directorate is working in collaboration with the Office of the eSafety Commissioner and the Australian Federal Police to host a live webinar for f...amilies tonight from 7pm. You can register for the webinar at http://ow.ly/8oZ150Bs28B This webinar is suitable for adults and will provide an overview of: The role and function of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner and the AFP Prevention tips and how to support your child to be a responsible digital citizen How to report inappropriate and harmful content Hard to have conversations and resources to support families Other information about eSafety is available through the Office of the eSafety Commissioners website at https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents

12.01.2022 How can we encourage Taylor kids to be healthy? How does food get from the farm to our plate? Today year 3/4 had an adventure out to Pialligo Estate. We explored the farm and orchards, tasting some delicious cherries straight from the tree. We made pizza with ingredients sourced from the farm. Lots of full bellies and big smiles. ... The second group just made it back inside and managed to stay reasonably dry as the wild weather hit. Thank you to Mrs Kobus, Mr Moore, Ms Wallington and Ms Henry for organising this great excursion.

12.01.2022 Congratulations to all award recipients. What a way to finish the term. Year 1 children have been so motivated by the Muliyan tokens and awards that they have been making their own for their class mates....I even received my very first award today for being responsible. Thank you to Olivia, Lilah and Ahri in year 1 for doing such a fantastic job reading and presenting the awards today. Over $500 was raised today for the Kids with Cancer Foundation. We are so proud of such a ...fabulous student led event. Congratulations Taylor Primary. I wish all families and staff a very safe and relaxing holiday break. See you all in a couple of weeks for term 4. Take care everyone. Belinda.

12.01.2022 There are always so many things to celebrate at our fabulous school. Thank you to all the incredible staff who embrace best practice and are always looking for ways to add value to how children learn. Thank you to the children who were so confident and excited to share their learning. We are so proud.

12.01.2022 R U OK? Today teachers and students marked R U OK? Day. By encouraging conversation and asking R U OK? you may help someone who is having a hard time. Children discussed how to be a good listener and who they can reach out to if they need help.

12.01.2022 I wonder what we look like from space? You can't see it from this photo but this morning we created the Taylor logo together for the Satellite Selfie for Australian Science Week! #satelliteselfie

11.01.2022 How do teachers share their knowledge? The junior teaching team have had the privilege of engaging with professional learning workshops on the Writers Workshop and Structured Word inquiry. Thanks to Mrs Raats and Ms Lambert for sharing your knowledge of how children learn to read, write and develop a love of words. We look forward to seeing what the children do next!

11.01.2022 Congratulations to all our PBL Silver Award recipients for this week. We are so proud of you!!

10.01.2022 Taylor Primary is taking part in Jump Rope for Heart this term! Jump into action and register your child online so they can receive the full benefits of the program and also participate in online fundraising. Within just one week, Taylor students have already raised over $1300 for the Heart Foundation! Sign up now at https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/jump-rope-for-he/parents

09.01.2022 Stunning work progressing at the entrance of our beautiful school. Mt Taylor and Muliyan that looks upon us is coming to life.

09.01.2022 A big thank you to our wonderful Taylor community for your generous contributions of books and donations for our book swap. We raised $800 which not only exceeds our $500 target but is more than double what we raised last year! Your contributions will go toward supporting indigenous literacy programs through the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. A wonderful way to start NAIDOC week!

08.01.2022 I wonder what we look like from space- can you see our Taylor logo? In August we participated in the Satellite Selfie for Australian Science Week and we now know what we look like from the sky! Thanks to Ms White for organising this for our school.

08.01.2022 Our incredible mural at the front entrance is heading towards the final stages. This week as we acknowledge NAIDOC week, all students will have their hand print painted on the lower border of the mural.

07.01.2022 Future leaders in training. Thank you to our current school leaders, who supported some of our lovely year one children to assist in presenting and hosting our final PBL awards of 2020 assembly today. You were such stars! Congratulations to all award recipients. We are so proud of you. Have a lovely weekend everyone. See you all on Monday for the last week of school for 2020. Belinda Fenn.

07.01.2022 What a fabulous day, celebrating the class of 2020. Thank you to everyone who made this evening such a beautiful event for our graduating year 6 students. Year 6, you can be so proud of all of your achievements. As I said this evening, you have risen above all of the challenges presented, especially this year. You are all an inspiration and will leave such a legacy for years to come. Congratulations. Sleep well tonight. Belinda Fenn.

07.01.2022 Today our school leaders led a beautiful Remembrance Day service for the whole school, that they prepared. Thank you, we are so proud of the young leaders that you are becoming and how you model our school values for the whole school. Thank you also to Mr Chris for creating the stunning wreath for this special day.

06.01.2022 Good morning everyone, Our new building had a sleepover on Sulwood last night. Delivery has commenced, but they are going to take a little longer than expected. The front car park will be closed this morning. Please drop off at preschool gates, back gate or at the Kett Street ovals to walk to school with teaching and support staff. Thank you for your assistance today.

06.01.2022 Jump Rope for Heart is well underway at Taylor Primary and it’s great to see so many children out in the playground skipping with smiles on their faces. Taylor students have already raised over $2500! Keep up the great effort, and if you haven’t signed your child up yet, it's not too late! For some skipping inspiration and how-to videos of fun skills and tricks, have a look at the Jump Rope channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist

05.01.2022 How can we work together to comprehend texts? Each day Year 5/6 participate in cooperative reading groups. They read chapters of text independently, develop their own fat questions and then engage in discussions about the text to help develop deeper understanding. Students choose their text based on reading interest. It was great to hear the discussions from the students about the authors point of view and students thoughts on characters.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to all our PBL award winners today. Have a great weekend everyone.

04.01.2022 Today we held our PBL awards assembly outside under the COLA as a whole school. Thank you to Benji who shared in his own language the Welcome to Country. We are so proud of you and thank you for such a beautiful acknowledgement. Congratulations to all award recipients. We were delighted to hear from children in years 3 and 4 who shared their learnings from our NAIDOC week activities. We concluded the assembly with some whole school singing led by year 1 children. A beautiful way to end such a fabulous week at our school. Enjoy the weekend. See you next week. Belinda

03.01.2022 Congratulations to all our PBL award winners today. Keep up the great work everyone being Safe, Respectful, Responsible, Learners. Have a great weekend!

03.01.2022 Its that time on a Friday again! Congratulations to all our Bronze, Silver and Gold PBL award winners this week. A special mention to Owen Evans for his Platinum award for being a learner! Well done everyone and keep up the great work.

03.01.2022 Student voice is strong with our Preschoolers. Here they are enjoying a student requested and planned Wheels day!

02.01.2022 Our lovely Preschool children have been working on their collaboration skills. We are so proud of how well they play together, learn from their friends and pursue their curiosities through play.

02.01.2022 One of my favourite times of the week. Another 6 gold awards presented today. Many many silver awards also. Keep up the great effort Taylor. Congratulations to Year 2.... Muliyan has chosen to spend next week with you, learning more about being a safe, respectful and responsible learner.

02.01.2022 It is that time of the week again. Our school leaders are doing a fabulous job. Next week we will plan to stream the mini assembly into classrooms. Congratulations Jack on your first GOLD award and to all the SILVER award recipients.

01.01.2022 When the weather is as beautiful as this, we read outside. Lucky year 1!

01.01.2022 Parents may have a different perspective to students, who have a different perspective to staff. Its so important that we hear from everyone. How do Principa...ls use feedback from the School Satisfaction and Climate Survey to make meaningful change in their school communities? We spoke to Belinda Fenn, Principal at Taylor Primary School, to learn more. Read the full story here: http://ow.ly/Tz1B50Bd52O The survey closing date has been extended to 4 September for parents and carers, giving you extra time to give feedback. Take the survey here: http://ow.ly/jiCx50Bd52N

01.01.2022 How are people connected to their place and other places? Today year 2 children have headed off up Mt Taylor guided by Ngunnawal custodian Tyronne Bell. The children are inquiring into the cultural significance of our local area and how indigenous people use the land. I look forward to hearing about all the learning out in the fresh air and sunshine.

01.01.2022 Mini Olympics is tomorrow! All students can wear their house colours, blue for Boddington, yellow for Marconi, green for Summerland and red for Sulwood. Students will take part in a range of activities led by our student leaders. The Taylor Mini Olympics will be held on Tuesday week 7, 24th of November. ... We encourage all students to bring- A water bottle Packed lunch Enclosed shoes aka. Sneakers Appropriate school clothing aka. T-shirts And a smile. Kind regards, The 5/6 Taylor Enrichment and House Captain Team

01.01.2022 How are year 2 becoming great readers? Sustained daily practise of reading strategies. This week children have been focussing on 'scanning' for specific information in a text.

01.01.2022 PBL AWARDS Congratulations to all students who received awards in our PBL google meet assembly today. We waited for our wonderful Year 1 students to return from their Art Gallery excursion so they didn’t miss out. Well done to you all.

01.01.2022 Good afternoon families, A few months ago during the remote learning period I received a letter from Ella in Kindergarten. She wrote to me requesting a fundraising day for people who are sick. Student voice is strong at Taylor Primary School and is something we celebrate and encourage across the school. I took Ellas letter to the student parliament. Aiden and Willow in year 6 have consulted with Ella and they made the decision to have a free dress day this Friday 25 Septe...mber (Please remember sun smart clothing, hats and closed in shoes). The students in parliament and Ella decided that gold coin donations will be raised for Kids with Cancer. Thank you to Ella and the student parliament for such a thoughtful idea. We look forward to concluding the last day of term supporting the Kids with Cancer Foundation. Belinda

01.01.2022 Welcome back everyone. It was so lovely to see children and staff return to school this morning. I hope that everyone managed to have a relaxing break. Please ensure to check emails each day for important information regarding term three. I am very excited to see the next phase of the mural. Welcome Kristie and Tim. Belinda.