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Rites of Passage
Last week, the Class of 2020 attended their Formal Dinner held at the Novotel Hotel in Wollongong. It was a wonderful evening filled with reflectiv...
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Notice Board
term dates for 2021 Term I: 1 February - 1 April Term II: 19 April - 25 June Term III: 19 July - 17 September Term IV: 5 October - 10 December ...
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Building Relationships are the Foundation ...
Term IV is generally the part of the School year when children’s appetite for learning, growth, discovery and challenges increases. This is because...
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Jam Packed Into One Day
Day Camps Our day camps have proven to be a huge success. Students in Year 3 to Year 6 were provided with fabulous experiences, outside the usual ...
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Share the Joy
If there was ever a year we need some Christmas cheer, it is 2020. Bring it on! I was pleased to hear on the news this week that Australians are f...
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Setting Course for the Years Ahead (PAICE)
There is a Chinese proverb that when roughly translated states that ‘Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere’. It is an indisp...
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Growing Up Fast, With Beautiful Friendships
It is hard to believe how much our children have grown since the beginning of the year. Please know that much thought goes into preparing class gro...
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Recycling Doesn’t Go To Waste
In collaboration with the Primary Years Programme (PYP), our learning environment is influenced strongly by the Reggio Emilia Educational Philosoph...
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What’s in Your Hands?
Mark Dombkins is a former Maths teacher of TIGS. Mark left TIGS with his family in 2010 to live and work in Tanzania. Their aim was to be open as a...
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Looking Forward
This week I have been enjoying looking ahead to 2021. On Monday I was joined by a number of staff as we addressed Year 6 children and families who ...
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Welcome to Kindergarten
Welcome to Kindergarten 2021. It is so lovely to meet you in person! It was a delight to welcome our new 2021 Kindergarten students to the Junior...
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Data + Innovation = Personalisation, Outst...
You may have noticed the excitement building around Mathematics in the Junior School. We’ve even made the local news! It is an absolute joy to shar...
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Learning and Growing Together
Schools are places of learning - a pretty obvious statement! However, this is often simplified and narrowed to mean academic learning only and for ...
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Three Reasons To Be Thankful
As we approach the end of 2020, there is much for us to be thankful for. Here are three things that I have been encouraged by this week: Year 12 S...
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Celebrations All Round!
Primary Years Programme (PYP) Exhibition Congratulations to our Year 6 students on an outstanding Primary Years Programme (PYP) Exhibition. Despit...
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The Heart Of The Reggio Emilia Philosophy
At the heart of the Reggio Emilia philosophy underpinning the TIGS Prep approach is a learning environment driven by collaboration, communication a...
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Reflecting On The Journey Ahead
“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way” - Dr Seuss It is amazing to see how much the Prep c...
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TIGS Virtual Reality Experience
There have been limited opportunities this year for new families to come on to campus and see the school in action. If you know of a family conside...
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