Highlight of the year
11 July 2024
Recipients 2024
Recipients 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 TIP recipients. These initiatives have all been assessed as the winners of this year's TIP program and we're excited to share this year's TIP projects.
Sebastopol Primary School
ReCharge Room
Allowing a break card and a space for a student to re-set and recharge is of paramount importance to the school wellbeing team due to the current levels of disengagement - our ReCharge Room.
$2,000
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Werribee
Shipping container kitchen
Our kitchen space will increase the skills of all students, enabling them to cook with ingredients from the school garden.
$2,000
Nagle Pre-School
Our very own robot
We're introducing a screen-free, hands-on programmable coding robot to support STEM learning in early childhood education.
$733
Chewton Primary School
Bush Tucker Garden
Creating and learning about local bush tucker from local Dja Dja Wurrung community.
$2000
Greater Shepparton Secondary College
Growing ag' skills and experience
Enabling student participation and exposure to state-wide sheep and cattle programs
$2000
Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School
'Thermomix'ing' in the Twin Rivers Cafe
A safer way to cook for students preparing food in the popular community cafe.
$2000
Statewide Vision Resource Centre - Heatherwood School
Support Skills Program
Helping students with low/no vision to use kitchen technology safely. Training a new generation of baristas and bakers.
$1996
Wayi School
Billy Cart Kids
A STEM incursion to develop team building, problem solving and self-regulation skills. With a fun Billy Cart ride to look forward to.
$1565
Patterson River Secondary College
A spinning idea
Improving visibility of and accessibility of books in the school's library and learning support hub. Putting books front and centre.
$2000
John Fawkner College
Protecting our Reconciliation Garden
Fencing to protect our school's living educational space where students learn about First Nations people and cultures.
$500
Rushworth P-12 College
Food Rocks
Growing our own herbs and vegetables to use in our Food Rocks program covering breakfast, morning tea and lunch.
$1750
Northern Darebin Combined Kindergarten Association
Three times the compost and gardening fun
All three kindergarten sites will benefit from the installation of compost bins and vegetable gardens.
$1321
Paynesville Primary School
Sew ... I can mend and make my own clothes
A Grade 6 program to teach students how to mend and make their own clothes.
$1548
Kalinda Primary School
We're recycling our own plastics!
A school community plastic recycling program that will ultimately enable students to use micro-recycling machinery to recycle plastics at school. These recycled plastics will be used in our STEM program for 3D printing.
$1680
Bayside Special Developmental School
Southside Cafe
Providing students with a clear cross body bag with their own personal 'credit' card to use at the school's Southside Cafe.
$1455
St Mary's Parish School, Ararat
Community Music Making in the Bush
Instruments are used for students to learn and in community ukelele lessons in preparation for the annual school community bush dance.
$2000
Oscar Romero Catholic Primary School
Changing the way we deal with waste
Separating our waste classroom by classroom to make a lasting impact. Each classroom to have its own set of bins for waste.
$2000
Essendon Primary School
A microscopic view of our ecosystem
Using science and pocket microscopes to increase students' understanding of biodiversity in the schoolyard.
$1500
