Cocurricular

Tara aims to provide an excellent, all-round education. We offer an extensive range of co and extra curricular activities and extra subjects.

Sport

Tara recognises the benefits of girls playing sport, beyond the obvious health advantages and development of motor skills. By playing sport girls are develop their team and school spirit, their trust, teamwork and leadership skills all while having fun! Tara offers the following sports in Junior School:

Athletics, Kanga Cricket, Cross Country, Diving, Equestrian, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic, Cheerleading, Funk, Rhythmic and Sports Aerobics), Minkey Hockey, Modball, Netball, Snowsports, Swimming, Teeball and Tennis.

All students benefit from a specialist Physical Education (PE) and Sports program which assists in the development of technical skills, communication, sportsmanship, game sense and sports performance.

Our Junior School girls participate in a wide range of individual and team sports both within School and in Inter-School competitions. There are many sports offered in Junior School including swimming, diving, cross country, athletics, gymnastics, snow sports, equestrian, tennis, netball, football, sports aerobics, softball, hockey, cricket and basketball.

Students also compete in IPSHA competition and advance to representative levels of NSW, CIS and NSW PSSA in a number of sports. A high number of Junior School girls often participate in sport and are provided with the opportunity to make new friends, discover their God-given talents and to find their self-confidence.

Performing Arts

All students at Tara are offered the chance to experience the extraordinary opportunities and possibilities of drama, dance and music performance in a range of academic, co and extra curricular performance contexts.

Past Junior School productions have included: Annie, The Wizard of Oz and Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat.

A specialist music program is taught to all students and is enriched by musical experiences including choral groups, ensembles and bands. Every girl in Years 3 and 4 learns an instrument, giving her the chance to discover the joy of music and gain confidence in performing in front of an audience.

We provide opportunities for girls to join a band, choir, instrumental or dance group. This enables girls to perform at school concerts, assemblies, and Inter-School events and competitions. From Year 3, students have the opportunity to participate in one of our renowned Junior School Musicals, produced by our Director of Performance.

Tara’s teachers are there to recognise, nurture, assess and ultimately inspire each student to give to an audience, an effective and rewarding performance work.

Extra Subjects

At Tara, we have a large program of Extra Subjects that are taught by highly qualified teachers and coaches. We offer subjects in over twenty different areas which all incur moderate additional fees.

Girls are given the opportunity to extend their learning beyond the classroom in subjects such as Music: (Pianoforte, Wind, String and Percussion instruments); Sport: (Tennis, Gymnastics, Cheerleading, Sports Aerobics); Dance and Speech Communication.

We encourage our girls to perform in concerts and competitions and support them to undertake public examinations (AMEB, Trinity) as required. Tara girls are offered these opportunities to pursue Extra Subject activity for leisure and enrichment.