The National Voice for All Primary School Principals
Thoughts for School Leaders
Files of useful material for you and your school, compiled by
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, Principal of Everton Park State School, in Brisbane, Queensland.
Download the files from the links below. The most recent edition is at the top of the list. All files are PDF files and are between 200Kb and 600Kb in size.
- TFSL - 4 May 2010 - Edition 192.
- TFSL - 27 April 2010 - Edition 191.
- TFSL - 20 April 2010 - Edition 190.
- TFSL - 12 April 2010 - Edition 189.
- TFSL - 19 October 2009 - Edition 187 (221Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 7 September 2009 - Edition 185 (261Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 31 August 2009 - Edition 184 (330Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 17 August 2009 - Edition 183 (314Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 10 August 2009 - Edition 182 (300Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 4 August 2009 - Edition 181 (347Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 13 July 2009 - Edition 180 (325Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 22 June 2009 - Edition 179 (285Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 15 June 2009 - Edition 178 (312Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 8 June 2009 - Edition 177 (228Kb pdf file).
- TFSL -25 May 2009 - Edition 176 (322Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 18 May 2009 - Edition 175 (349Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 27 April 2009 - Edition 174 (514Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 6 April 2009 - Edition 173 (388Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 30 March 2009 - Edition 172 (506Kb pdf file). Includes a checklist for your proposed Building the Education Revolution project.
- TFSL - 23 March 2009 - Edition 171 (279Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 16 March 2009 - Edition 170 (485Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 09 March 2009 - Edition 169 (227Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 02 March 2009 - Edition 168 (276Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 16 February 2009 - Edition 167 (244Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 09 February 2009 - Edition 166 (306Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 02 February 2009 - Edition 165 (183Kb pdf file).
- TFSL - 27 January 2009 - Edition 164 (373Kb pdf file).
2008 Editions:
- TFSL - 08 December 2008 - Edition 163 (PDF - 670 Kb)
- TFSL - 23 November 2008 - Edition 162 (PDF - 344 Kb)
- TFSL - 17 November 2008 - Edition 161 (PDF - 392 Kb)
- TFSL - 11 November 2008 - Edition 160 (PDF - 424 Kb)
- TFSL - 03 November 2008 - Edition 159 (PDF - 297 Kb)
- TFSL - 13 October 2008 - Edition 158 (PDF - 313 Kb)
- TFSL - 15 September 2008 - Edition 156 (PDF - 306 Kb)
- TFSL - 08 September 2008 - Edition 155 (PDF - 347 Kb)
- TFSL - 01 September 2008 - Edition 154 (PDF - 284 Kb)
- TFSL - 25 August 2008 - Edition 153 (PDF - 322 Kb)
- TFSL - 11 August 2008 - Edition 152 (PDF - 276 Kb)
- TFSL - 04 August 2008 - Edition 150 (PDF - 208 Kb)
- TFSL - 28 July 2008 - Edition 149 (PDF - 268 Kb)
- TFSL - 21 July 2008 - Edition 148 (PDF - 452 Kb)
- TFSL - 14 July 2008 - Edition 147 (PDF - 283 Kb)
- TFSL - 23 June 2008 - Edition 146 (PDF - 418 Kb)
- TFSL - 17 June 2008 - Edition 145 (PDF - 257 Kb)
- TFSL - 11 June 2008 - Edition 144a (PDF - 320 Kb)
- TFSL - 20 March 2008 - Edition 144 (PDF - 266 Kb)
- TFSL - 10 March 2008 - Edition 143 (PDF - 360 Kb)
- TFSL - 25 February 2008 - Edition 142 (PDF - 305 Kb)
- TFSL - 18 February 2008 - Edition 141 (PDF - 462 Kb)
- TFSL - 11 February 2008 - Edition 140 (PDF - 617 Kb)
- TFSL - 07 February 2008 - Edition 139 (PDF - 275 Kb)
- TFSL - 30 January 2008 - Edition 138a (PDF - 234 Kb)
- TFSL - 7 December 2007 - Edition 138 (PDF - 385 Kb)
- TFSL - 26 November 2007 - Edition 137 (PDF - 203 Kb)
- TFSL - 19 November 2007 - Edition 136 (PDF - 327 Kb)
- TFSL - 12 November 2007 - Edition 135 (PDF - 593 Kb)
- TFSL - 5 November 2007 - Edition 134 (PDF - 622 Kb)
- TFSL - 29 October 2007 - Edition 133 (PDF - 593 Kb)
- TFSL - 22 October 2007 - Edition 132 (PDF - 434 Kb)
- TFSL - 15 October 2007 - Edition 131 (PDF - 295 Kb)
- TFSL - 08 October 2007 - Edition 130 (PDF - 237 Kb)
- TFSL - 17 September 2007 - Edition 129 (PDF - 367 Kb)
- TFSL - 10 September 2007 - Edition 128 (PDF - 310 Kb)
- TFSL - 2 September 2007 - Edition 127 (PDF - 208 Kb)
- TFSL - 27 August 2007 - Edition 126 (PDF - 340 Kb)
Silver Partners:
- Seminar: The Mental Health & Wellbeing of Young People
- Special Offer: 10% Discount on Purchases from Educational Experience
- 2012 APPA-ACEL Executive Leaders Study Tour to the Mediterranean
- APPA Newsletter - March 2012 Issue
- International Confederation of Principals: Girls' Education Conference - August 2012
Latest Professional Reading
"Your Child's First Year at School: A book for parents":
Have your new parents received the book, Your Child’s First Year at School: A book for parents yet? A great welcome to your school and a must-have for every new parent in every primary school. Over 25,000 copies of the book were bought in the last year. The cost is only $9.99.
Click here to read more information and to download a brochure to place an order.
APPA’s Critical Drivers for 2012
- APPA's Future Priorities (Apr. 2012).
- Strategic Directions and Operational Plan for 2012 (Apr. 2012).
- A new narrative for Primary Schooling.
- Position Paper - School Autonomy (2011).
- Position Paper - Performance Pay (2011).
- Submission to the Funding of Schools Review.
- APPA's Position Paper on current educational issues (2008).
- The Charter on Primary Schooling - the purposes of primary schooling.
- In The Balance: The future of Australia's primary schools - report on the current state of primary schooling.(Executive Summary).
- APPA’s Expectations of the National Curriculum.
- APPA's Transparency and Accountability Principles.
- Position paper on the publication of school performance information (2009).
Most Read Professional Learning Articles
- Report Comments for Teacher Use
- Copacabana Public School (NSW): Get Smart Interactive Activities
- Writing Report Card Comments: It Doesn't Have To Be Sooo Stressful!!
- Thoughts for School Leaders
- Student Progress Report Designer: Sample Comments
- Report Card Comments & Phrases — Personality & Attitude
- 100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English
- Coxhoe Primary UK (Numeracy)
- Woodlands Junior School: Interactive Literacy Activities for Kids
- Report Writing Made Easy: Grades 2-5
For APPA Members
Click here to download the latest 2012 Principals Associations Calendar.
1. Qantas Club membership
2. Hotel bookings
School Aid
School Aid is the charity that channels funds raised by young people in Australian schools to projects that build educational facilities for young people in tragic circumstances around the world. Their website is at www.schoolaid.org.au.
APPA members have always strongly supported School Aid. Please continue - the young people in your schools will learn so much from being involved with School Aid projects.
2012 APPA Conference
Venue: Melbourne Convention & Exhibiton Centre, VictoriaDates: 18-21 September 2012
Theme: Our Primary Purpose: Leading Learning
2011 MSP / APPA Award
2011 MSP / APPA International Travel Award
The award was presented at the national conference. Click here to read the media release about the award to Darwins' Top End Group School Principal, Leonie Jones.
Watch this space for information about the 2012 award.