WELCOME
Torrens Primary School | Ritchie Street, Torrens ACT 2607 |
Phone: (02) 6205 7411 | Fax: (02) 6205 7413 |
Email: admin@torrensps.act.edu.au |
Mission Statement
Torrens Primary School provides a purposeful, productive and comprehensive education of the highest quality, working in partnership with the school community. The school aims to provide quality experiences that empower students to live in, and contribute to, a changing society. The school strives to develop in students, the ability to work as members of a team in cooperative learning environments, and to appreciate the worth of individual differences, with the capacity to act as responsible, independent citizens who care about themselves and their environment.
Torrens Primary School, while valuing elements of traditional educational approaches, recognises the need to incorporate current advances in curriculum development, teaching and learning styles and strategies and educational resources in order to develop quality educational programs to meet the needs of our students in a constantly changing world.
Principal's Report
Welcome to Torrens Primary School. The school lies in the older part of the Woden Valley and has a current enrolment of around 485 students which includes our three feeder Preschools, Torrens, Pearce and Chifley. Approximately 50% of these students are from outside the school's priority enrolment area.
Many parents select the school because of its traditional design, single classrooms and excellent reputation. Most of our families come to us through recommendations from friends or relatives. Torrens Primary School enjoys a strong community involvement and support in all aspects of school life. Occasionally we are unable to place students immediately at certain year levels. To accommodate this, a waiting list exists and when vacancies arise parents are contacted.
The school caters for a wide range of individual differences including talented and gifted children. A special emphasis is placed on providing the best possible start during the first years of schooling. Interactive whiteboards have been installed throughout the school to enable the children to develop excellent computing skills. An early intervention program includes the maintenance of smaller class sizes in Kindergarten to Year 3 and the development of early literacy and numeracy skills.
We pride ourselves on several specialist programs
Visual Arts
Performing Arts
ICT
Jolly Phonics
Music Tutor Program
Mandarin
Sue Mueller
Principal
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