President’s message

The month of June was a very busy month for myself and the Management Committee of TASSO.  There was also the completion of Term 2 – giving students and teachers a well deserved break before moving into Term 3. TASSO Committee Members and staff attended and participated in a multitude of forums and meetings during [...]

Presidents Message May 2019 The first term of school life is done and dusted and what a first term it was. We had state school students excelling in a range of sports. Academically we had primary, high and college students achieving great results. Students creating new friends and many schools had parents entering school life [...]

State Schools Get off to a Flying Start to Improve Students Educational Outcomes Many parents and students have now settled into a new school year. Already schools are reporting positive student behaviour and excellent work patterns , with students being creative and adventurous in their studies. This year hundreds of students have started school for [...]

School Associations Who and What Are They? All Tasmanian public schools legally must have a School Association (SA). The SA is made up of: Significant Adults listed on student’s enrolment forms. ALL staff at the school. Community members who have applied for and been accepted as members of the School Association and are listed on [...]

Welcome back to 2018 And so, it begins a brand-new school year with all its excitement, wonder, stress and contemplating of what lies ahead. I remember being a first-time parent sending our eldest child off to Kinder it was a time of mixed emotions and I don’t think it was any different when our other [...]

Where has the year gone? December was here before I knew it but considering what the TASSO Team and I have been up to over the past few months it’s not really that much of a surprise. This includes; Catching up with DoE Secretary, Jenny Gale. Catching up with AEU (Tas) President, Helen Richardson. A [...]

Conflict Prevention and Resolution Unfortunately, sometimes disagreements happen, not only in our personal lives but also in our schools, committees, and associations. It’s important to remember that as a community, we come from a wide range of backgrounds, life experiences and biases, and this impacts how we interact with those around us. Disagreements can happen [...]

Doing a monthly message as a form of communication is great but then, what do you write about? This is something I have been thinking about and in some respects struggling with. When I’m on the road, which I am doing a lot at the moment, from home to Hobart, or around the state doing [...]

Welcome to another year at TASSO, firstly I would like to welcome our new committee member Eloise (South), Ben (North) and Chris (North-West), it’s fantastic to get parents who are engaged with their local schools, we also welcome back Lindie to our committee.  Saturday the 26th August was our Annual Conference and AGM where we [...]