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Meet The 2025 TPS Staff 

Principal's Message ​

Tooradin Primary School is a rural, family oriented, school of fourteen classes where caring for each other occurs in an environment that promotes, independence, perseverance, respect, co-operation and courtesy. Our older students help and inspire our younger students as they learn and grow into Global thinkers throughout the various stages of their development. We work together at Tooradin Primary School designing programs to meet the individual learner's needs celebrating the unique gifts and talents of every child focusing on preparing our learners for 'their' futures. We have high quality staff committed to providing first class education for your child ensuring ever child has opportunities that enrich and advance their learning capabilities within a supportive, stimulating and happy school environment.
 
We encourage our children to be the best they can be. This means that although we are a small school we focus on catering for the individual needs of all our children. The development of a strong partnership between parents/caregivers and the school is very important to us. We encourage parents/caregivers to share what they know about their children with us. We have a genuine ‘open-door policy’ and welcome questions and encourage people to raise concerns with us to help us improve our school. 
We place great emphasis on: 

  • The development of high-quality literacy and numeracy skills
  • A strong commitment to student well-being and social skills education
  • Working with our children to help them become engaged and inquiring learners who have the skills to ask questions, find answers, evaluate information and take action
  • Providing our children with a wide range of opportunities in the arts, culture and sport
  • Children understanding their own learning, what they need to learn, why they need to learn it and what their next learning steps are.
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We are an environmentally friendly school with a focus on healthy living and sustainability.  Our community is very supportive of the school and well represented by a committed School Council. Our supporting School Council ensures that we have the resources to provide not just quality education within our school environment but also a diverse range of learning opportunities in the wider environment.
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If you would like to know more about our school or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or contact the school office to arrange a visit.  We look forward to working with you.
 


OUR 2025 STAFF

Leadership Team

Jess Szalek Principal
Kylie Thomson Assistant Principal
Deb Whiteley Learning Specialist Disability Inclusion
Heidi Cardiss Acting Learning Specialist Numeracy
Cheryl Masterton Business Manager

Office Administration

Cheryl Masterton Business Manager
Elana Heitmann Office Admin

Year 5/6 Team

Jordan Jansen Year 5/6 PLT Leader
Connor Benwell Year 5/6
Scott Field Year 5/6

Year 3/4 Team

Heidi Cardiss Year 3/4 PLT Leader
Emily Harkins Year 3/4
Ethan Duell Year 3/4

Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 Team

Sarah Heitmann Year 1/2 PLT Leader
Tess Ratten Foundation

Specialist Team

Leanne Fechner Italian PLT Leader
Deb Whiteley DigiTech
Mark Trounson Physical Education

Education Support Team

Bec Kinna Education Support
Lauren Howlett Education Support
Nicola Adams Education Support
Jasmine Ferrari-Mela Education Support